Black CAS Card.....

Today's card has been inspired by 

The CAS Mix Up Challenge which is Stamping + Smooshing + a choice

.....Mine is Die Cutting....

The smooshing technique I have used is Alcohol Inks using red, orange and gold.

The orange doesn't show up in the photos...Sorry x

The die cut is a Poppy Stamps die that cuts the petals and centre out separately......

So the flower ends up being quite dimensional 

I enjoyed adding the black acrylic paint lines 

and the gold paint to the edges of the Poppy.

The background has been stamped 

and heat embossed with gold embossing powder, just like the sentiment.

 The gold Alcohol ink is fabulous in real life.

There are a few links to videos for the smooshing techniques on 

The CAS-Mix Up challeng blog....I used the acetate smooshing one.

There is a little more detail of the colours and smooshing  in this photo 

before I cut into it....Don't you just hate doing that?

Another fun technique and I enjoyed making a black CAS card.

The photos really do not do the poppy justice as the smooshing 

and AI's look gorgeous x

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Crafty Hugs x

Challenges that I will be linking my card up to.....

The CAS Mix Up Challenge which is Stamping + Smooshing + a choice

.....Mine is Die Cutting..and heat embossing......

They are also celebrating their First Birthday!!!!! 

Poppy Stamps - Go For Gold Challenge 
Update...I was lucky to get a win for this card....Thank you very much

AAA Cards - CAS using Die Cuts
Addicted to Stamps and More - CAS Challenge
Happy Little Stampers - CAS Challenge - Die Cuts
Update....Thrilled to have been chosen as a favourite with this card...Thank you x
Happy Little Stampers - Die Challenge - Anything Goes with Dies

Wishing You .......

I have had a fun day crafting today, so this is my card ....

I have used the Poinsettia die cut that I didn't use at Christmas 

and hoped I could use it for a generic 'flower' card?

I have inlaid the die cut.

The colour was inspired by Simply Less is More colour challenge of Mainly Teal

and 

the technique of Smooshing by The CAS Mix Up challenge of 

Stamping and Smooshing and my 'one other' is die cutting.

They are also celebrating their 1st Birthday.....xxxxx

Happy Birthday and Thank you for the continued great challenges of 

CAS, Mixed Media and learning new techniques x

I sprayed several teal colours of inks onto my craft mat and smooshed away.

The sentiments have been stamped and heat embossed with 

platinum embossing powder.

I initially stamped in black ink, which was a little heavy, 

so with the help of the glorious

Misti I over-stamped with versamark and the embossing powder.

I hope the Poinsettia die has worked as a 'flower' die?

Thank you so much for stopping by.

I wanted to say a Big Thank you to Hazel of My Card Attic for helping me 

with advice on my new photo box and the workings of Photo Shop.

It was so nice to be able to photograph my card, this time of night with no hassle

....Thank you Hazel, you have been so kind and generous  x

Crafty Hugs x

Challenges I would like to play along with.....

Simply Less is More colour challenge of Mainly Teal

The CAS Mix Up challenge of Stamping and Smooshing 

and my 'one other' is die cutting.

Happy Little Stampers - Watercolour Challenge - Anything goes with a twist of Smoosh

Happy Little Stampers  - CAS Challenge is to Use Die Cuts

The Flower Challenge - Anything Goes

Journey.......

Today's Project.....
Update...I was lucky enough to get a top six with this tag at Try it on Tuesday...
Thank you so much, thrilled and delighted x

The red tag has been spritzed and smooshed with shades of red paints and inks.

I have used a 'Tyre' stencil and black embossing paste over it.

The vintage cars, chevrons and sentiment have been stamped in black archival ink.

The edges have been blended in black and the cars hi-lighted in white ink pen.

The Kraft tag....

I have used a stencil and white stencil paint through it, blending black ink to achieve a light grey colour.  The bottom edge has been done using a stencil and black embossing pate.

The vintage vehicles, sentiment and the man have been stamped in black ink 

(great to over stamp with my new (Misti).....

I have blended the edges in black and used a white hi-lighter pen to finish.

The front vellum tag....

Versa-marked an embossing folder and gently pressed it onto the vellum.

Heat embossed in white. I tried actually embossing it but it was having none of it!

The top of the tag has the same treatment as the bottom of the kraft one.

Layered the three tags up onto corrugated card, that was heat embossed, on the edges in white.

Fun crafty day today

Crafty Hugs x

I would like to enter the following challenges.....

Tuesday Taggers - Transport 

I was inspired by the challenge's theme of Travel and anything goes medium

RubberDance - Use Kraft-White and Red

Option-Romance..I have gone with just the colour theme

I was inspired by the February Challenge Reminder by Majo here

Color Throwdown - Red/Grey/White Plus Neutrals

Stamplorations - Mixed Media -Anything mixed media except a card and use a stencil