JUST CARDS

I was excited to see the 2017 card design competition on the My Favourite Things blog.  When I saw they had a clean & simple category I thought I may as well give it a go!  All the details for the competition are here.

I used my most frequently used and favorite die of the moment, the HUGS die along with the Distressed Patterns stamp set.  I stamped some of the distress patterns onto vellum with embossing ink before coating in white embossing powder and heat setting it. I then sewed the vellum panel to my card base.  I heat set some embossing powder onto some white card stock before die cutting the HUGS letters from it, and then added them to the card base.  As you can see very CAS!

I have still been making the odd card, but life just got so busy that is was really hard to find some spare time.

I've decided to start making a few changes, so that I can spend some quality time with the family, plus get back into this hobby I love.

I've made a card that was inspired by two challenges, the CAS on Sunday - use a repetition image, and Less is More - shimmer.

I used the butterfly die from Concord & 9th for my repetition background, and the My Favorite Things Hugs die which I die cut from paper I had sponged some distress oxide inks onto. I added some Spectrum Noir sparkle pen to the Hugs die for some shimmer although it's hard to see in the photo, along with some Pretty Pink Posh sequins to finish it off.