Sunday 10 February 2013

CAS2 - Day10 - Loving hugs

On day 10 of the online CAS card class we were presented with not 3 but 6 different ways to use the same stamp set. So inspiring!

Our assignment was to try and using 1stamp in three different ways (creating 3 cards) or to take a stamp and use it in a super creative way. I took inspiration from Teri Andersen's minimalistic design and came up with the following card, using stamps from 3 different sets.


Things did not go according to plan with this one. I started out by stamping the sentiment (Paper Smooches) in clear distress ink and heat-embossing it in black. I had forgotten to use my new powder tool and found that the black embossing powder was everywhere, including the back side. So I started fresh, this time powdering like mad and after heat embossing there were only a few specks of black where they did not belong. To balance the sentiment weight with the brackets I decided to stamp and emboss the sentiment again to give it a little more body (this time using my stamp press to get the placement right). Somehow I was not really paying attention while heat setting it, because I thought I was done, I touched the embossing powder to check and the powder went everywhere. I decided to include the specks as part of my design (no one will know it was an accident unless I tell them LOL) and did another round of heating it with my heat tool, this time making sure I did it right. I stamped the brackets in charcoal to avoid making them too heavy. I added a smaller heart inside the stamped red heart with glitter glue and applied some Glossy Accents when this had fully dried. I used my corner chomper on the corners of my panel and my card and adhered the panel with foam tape.

I'm entering this into the following challenge:
Great Impressions - Have a heart

6 comments:

  1. Ha, you're so right!
    No one will know unless you tell them!
    It looks fine!

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  2. Despite your trials - your card is awesome! I love the sentiment. Thank you for visiting my blog. I love your cards.

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  3. It may not have gone as you intended Marianne, but it's a very striking and lovely creation.

    B x

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  4. This may not have gone as planned, but it is still wonderful I love the CAS design.

    Please consider linking up your project at the Great Impressions Stamp "Have a heart" challenge. http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/

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  5. Looks great to me! So glad that you linked up your beautiful CAS creation at Great Impressions Stamps challenge! Thanks for joining us!

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  6. A wonderful example of the CAS technique. Love it.

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