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

Love and Laughter...

Today's card is a CAS card.....

I stamped the large leaves with white gesso and then did a little blending on the card.

The gesso acted as a resist.

I then stamped the large leaf off set, which gave me the white surround.

I used a couple more foliage stamps in shades of grey.

I splattered, just a little with white acrylic ink.

I finished with stamping the sentiment onto vellum 

and heat embossing with platinum embossing powder.

I used mixed media card to give a little more texture.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Crafty Hugs x

I am linking up my card to ,,,,,,,

CASology Challenge - Foliage 
CAS-ual Fridays - Off The Edge
Stamplorations - CAS challenge - Anything goes (not going with the option of blue)

SPRING........

Today's card is a CAS Water Colour Card.....

I used a stencil for the water-colouring of the flowers

and used Lindy's Magical powders to water-colour with.

 As water-colouring is new to me 

I felt the stencil helped me with the confidence to give it a try.

The Lindy's magical powders played really well together.

Some have the mica in them, which adds a beautiful twinkle to the card.

After the card was dry, my intention was to 

stamp over the water-colouring with the co-coordinating stamp....

I had used the stencil the other way around so I couldn't!

However...I felt the card was quite loose (for me) so I was happy x

I lightly water-coloured the background with grey 

and splattered with pink magicals.

The sentiment is stamped in graduating tones of green with the help of the Misti.

The die cut rectangle has been popped up onto foam.

The inspiration to make the card came from the... 

The CAS Water-colour Challenge, which is Spring
I am thrilled to have been given an outstanding design shout out for this card-Thank you x

and The Rubber Dance Challenge - Everything Spring

Crafty Hugs x

I would also like to pop my card into the following fun challenges...

Penny B Saturday Challenge - Bright and cheerful Colours
The Flower Challenge - Anything Goes