Cardz 4 Galz- CAS Card

This project is my contribution to the Cardz 4 Galz CAS challenge.  

 

Cards 4 Galz Friend Project

 

I made this card as part of the design team for Cardz 4 Galz.  I have really been enjoying being a part of such an amazing, talented design team!!  I feel I have definitely gotten my mojo back from Dr. Evil (Terribly corny, old joke lol).  Yeah Baby!!  It does feel good being able to actually make projects that meet my standards.  It is also a pleasure to see the entries that are always so beautiful and well just amazing.  I am so inpressed with the paper crafting community, they are some friendly, helpful, caring, talented people and I truly feel honored every day to be involved in such an awesome community!!  For my project I used the following:

Stamps- Maker Forte- Elegant Roses (I fussy cut the flowers and leaves after stamping with versamark ink and heat embossing with gina k designs gold detail embossing powder.  The greeting is from the very cool modern greetings stamp and die set from Gina K. Designs stamped in versa fine clair black.  

Cardstock- Spellbinders 8 1/2 x 11 watercolor paper for the flowers (cut down to an A2 size panel), Neenah solar white 110 lb cut in half at 5 1/2 and scored at 4 1/4 for an A2 card.  I also cut a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 panel of neenah solar white for the front panel.

Ink- I watercolored the flowers with a watercolor set from amazon (currently sold out), I also ink blended light lilac with a very light hand all over the panel (Ink from Gina K. Designs).

Tools- I used the largest die from the teardrop point nesting dies from Simon Says Stamp, I absolutely love this set of nesting dies, they are so beautiful and versatile with many sizes to choose from and best of all at an amazing price point!!  Last I added a few embellishments from the cool tones pawsitively dazzling gems from simon says stamp.

Seaside/Coast (C4G Challenge)

I made this card for the Cardz 4 Galz design team.  The theme for today (6/11/26) is a seaside/coast project.  I used the oceanfront stamp set and the beach day stamp and die set (both stampin up, both retired).  I also used the hero arts unbelivably awesome stamp and die set (just for the details of the clouds and the water breaks).  I stamped the beautiful oceanfront design using my misti on an a2 panel that I then cut out using the wavy edge nesting dies (scrapbook.com).  The silhouette palm tree and the lovely shells were cut from the beach day dies the sentiment, that I just love is also from that bundle.  I used a tonic embossing pen to draw in the birds and used gina k black detail embossing powder.  I adhered the panel to an a2 top folding card made from neenah solar white 110 lb cardstock.                                                                                         

 

Hello Friend

I made this using Pinkfresh Studios Nested Hexagons- Blanket Stitch.  If you look behind the flowers you can just see the lovely stitch around the hexagon.  I also used the garden cosmos build a flower from altenew.  It turned out so much better than what I even had in my head, I love it so much its got to be one of my all time favorite cards and I know just the friend to give it to.

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Cut it Up Challenge Blog- #357 Friendship

Update:  I was chosen in the top three for the cut it up challenge and I feel so good about that!!  I thought my creativity was totally gone so this really feels great!!  Ty ladies for choosing me out of quite a few beautiful cards by very talented crafters.  I was definitely among some talented company!!