CAS cards

*After 18 months of not blogging, I just found I had this draft entry I'd never published...

Hello, friends!
I don't have much time lately to make cards or blog about them because I am preparing to move... I am afraid that I will not be around for a while, as normally happens when we move, it takes time to settle and craft again. Anyways, here a couple of very simple cards I made:

I ink the stamps with Memento tuxedo black inkpad, then colored with watercolor pencils and rounded the corners with a punch. I love lighthouses, they are one of my favorite images for cards.

Challenges:

I ink the stamps with Memento tuxedo black inkpad, then colored with watercolor pencils and rounded the corners with a punch. To embellish it I used some rhinestones (yellow for the sun, red for the flower and purple for the bird.)

CAS cards

Hello!
As I am preparing to move (work traveling for a few months), I don't have much time to craft 😕 that's why today I only have a couple of very simple cards to show you.... I think the last thing to pack would be my crafts' supplies I hope to be able to do more before the move. I am bringing my markers for sure, and my digistamps in the computer with me and don't know if the next months until I am back can do cards, but at least I will color. Anyways, this is what I have today to show you:

Sorry the pictures are not the best today, they look too dim.... I stamped with black tuxedo Memento inkpad both of them. I colored it with Koh-i-noor watercolor pencils. I embellished the first one with three pink little gems, and the second one with a border punch.

Challenges:
Lemon shortbread: Anything goes
Paperminutes: watercolors
Sunny day crafting: always add an animal
2 crafty critters crazies: anything with critters
Crafty animals: anything goes
Kleuren met podloren: animals

How do you do when making a "one layer card" to color with markers? On purpose I colored them with pencils, because the back looks bad when coloring with markers.

Challenges:

http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com

Always happy birthday: birthday
Pause, dream, enjoy: any card
DLArt: linky challenge (ATG)
The creative crafter: anything goes
Seize the birthday: anything goes (opt. topping travel)

More of the simple cards

Hello!
Still not feeling well here, this virus doesn't want to leave our home, hahaha... it seems the virus feels "at home"... Anyways, I was coloring some and made these two cards, again, very simple, I can't think about sketch or embellishments, maybe this week I can do better cards... bear with me!

I stamped the images with Tuxedo black Memento ink and colored it with Koh-i-noor watercolor pencils. For the first one I used a corner punch and some rhinestones for the flowers' centers. For the second one I only put some rhinestones in the corners to embellish it a little bit.

Challenges:
Less is more: one layer card + floral
Sweet stampin': dies/punches
Polkadoodles: anything goes
DLArt: linky anything goes
QKR Stampede: anything goes

Kraft Stars

Hello!
Today I would like to share with you a very simple card I made, I found some inspiration on Pinterest, I liked a few cards made with Kraft paper/cardstock on white background...  (if you click in the words Pinterest, kraft paper, cardstock on and white background, you'll see my inspiration. This is my take:

I love stars in Christmas, stars are so important for Christmas!!!! I used Kraft paper and a star punch. I used the positive and the negative shapes. I used some rustic thread (don't know the name in English) to hang the stars and used some foamy tape to anchor them to the background. I finally added a sentiment (free on-line vector)... I had to cover a mistake I made when I tried to stamp the sentiment and didn't look good at all!
I hope to do better with Kraft on white in future, but for being first time it's not that bad either!

Challenges:
Winter Wonderland: Christmas Joy
Creative fingers: anything goes
A perfect time to craft: anything goes
613 avenue create: atg + CAS
Little red wagon: back to basics
DLArt: linky anything goes
crazy for CAS: pinterest inspired

Playing with my dies

... and embossing folders...
Hello, dear friends and visitors!
Does it happen to you that you have some embossing folders and dies and you almost never use them? It does to me... So I was playing a little bit with some of them and made a few things. I will show you one card today and I will keep showing you in future some other things I am making with my forgoten stuff...
This week is International Women Day and here is celebrated as Mother/Sister/Girfriend/etc... So I need to make a lot of cards to congrat many women in my circles.

For this card,   I used a Flowers embossing folder and used it for the white cardstock on the background (you can see that on the right side picture). For the flower I used a flower die (from a set of three different shapes) with pastel yellow and sky blue cardstocks and used some yellow rhinestones for the center, I also used a Swirl die to cut green cardstock. I used more pastel yellow cardstock to mat the card.
(I posted two pictures because in the left one you can see the real colors and the right one you can see the texture of the background.)

Challenges:
AAA: Embossing/CAS
Dragonfly dreams: use a die cut
Lil patch of crafty friends: AG
A Gem of Challenge spring
Crafting with an attitude: AG
Crafty girls creations: AG
 Simon says: touchy feely
Crimbo crackers; die cuts
Star stampz: embossing
Crafting by design; AG
Inspiration Destination; AG
Di's digi designs: use 2 or more dies

Pinterest inspired...

Hello!
Hope you are doing well. I like to see cards at Pinterest, there is a lot of ideas and inspiration there...

Few days ago I saw two card here and here and then, I made my own, a little bit different, what do you think? It is a very simple card, but I guess I like the simplicity of it.

I used a dark yellow (or light orange) textured cardstock, a butterfly die cut (Sizzix), some rhinestones and foam tape for the flying away butterfly. I used kraft cardstock as a mat.


Challenges:

A gem of challenge: Spring
All sorts femenine
Crafting with friends: AG
Simon says: touchy feely
Creative fingers AG
Jo's scrap shack: AG
Kitty bee desings: in the garden
Simply papercraft: AG
Eureka stamps: CAS
Crafting with an attitude: AG
Crafty girls creations: AG

CAS Thank You cards

Hello and happy Sunday!
As I told you, I have some friends with an event about to start and I am making some cards for them to give to their guests. Today, I will you show a few "Thank you" cards I made. The word "Rakhmet" is in Kazakh language and it's simply Thank you. For the cards I used scraps of paper I have and some cardstock to mat the scraps. The dp is by Alt (Central Asian designs).

Card 1

 Card 2

 Card 3

 Card 4

 Card 5

Challenges:
Simply create too: shop in your stash
Sister Act: AG
4 crafty girls: AG
Baffies: AG
WAW: AG
City Crafter: do you speak English?
Fan-tastic Tuesday: AG
Tuesday Throwndown: AG
MIM: AG
Catch the Bug: AG
The Doodle Garden: AG

CAS welcoming cards

Hello, friends!
I hope you are having a great weekend.... I thought I would have some rest, but still very busy here.....
Some friends are organizing an event and for some people they will be giving welcome cards. They asked me to make them. Today I will show you the CAS ones, the yellow is for ladies and the blue for men. I made many, but I am showing one of each, because I forgot to take pictures to all of them together and already gave them away. In a few days, I will show you another batch, not so CAS...

I used yellow and turquoise cardstock, they are the colors of the Kazakh flag. I used an Alterations (Tim Holtz) embossing folder, (the sun is part of the Kazakh flag) I also used a round punch for the corners of the panels. The writtig is in Kazakh and Russian (oficial languages in Kazakhstan) and the translation is "Welcome". I only used yellow and turquoise ribbon and made a knot to embellish it.

Challenges:
Crafty Catz: AG
Simply create too: shop in your stash
Sister Act: AG
4 crafty girls: AG
MilkCoffee: embossing
Baffies: AG
WAW: AG
City Crafter: do you speak English?
Fan-tastic Tuesday: AG
Tuesday Throwndown: AG
MIM: AG
Whoopsi Daisy: monochrome

Some spring daisies

Hello and happy Tuesday!
Today was a warmer day here and snow is melting quickly, they are announcing that tomorrow we'll have some more snow again :)
As you may already noticed, I am so ready for spring!!!!!! This is a new CAS card I made, I CASEd this from a card I saw at Pinterest, but I made my own interpretation:

I used a die cut Layered flowers (Sizzix) and some swirls and folliage in green to make this card. The background is a turquoise cardstock and Swirls embossing folder.

Challenges: 
Party Time Tuesdays: Pinterest Challenge
Love to scraps: AG 
Cuttin & Stampin Challenges : Spring Is Here
Make it Monday: AG
Cuttlebug Mania: Let's Feel It - Add Texture
My craft creations: AG
Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge: Case a card by someone you admire or a crad you always wanted to case (pic at the right side)---->
The paper nest dolls: AG
Word Play Saturday: swirls
Sister Card: AG 
Through The Craft Room Door: Anything Goes
Brown sugar: use a die cut/punch 
Crafting from the Heart: Anything Goes / Use Flowers 
Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge: Anything goes + Option: Make your own Flowers 
The Paper Nest Dolls Norway: Use a Punch or Die


EDITED: I am one of the VIPs at Party Time Tuesday!!!!!!!!!!

Yellow flower

Hello and happy Tuesday!
Welcome to my new followers... this week I have 3 new ones!!!!! I love to see what you are up to ;)
As I told you yesterday, I am trying a different kind of cards, with no colored image. I browsed on Pinterest a lot these last days and feel inspired to try. This is a new card I CASEd (inspiration here), I would love to hear your thougths about it:

I made the flower with yellow cardstock and Sizzix layered flowers dies and folliage dies for the leaves with green cardstock. I added a brown button and a yellow string to make its center.

The paper is MME (glittered stack) and some brown cardstock. I also used a jute string and made a knot. I hope you like it :)

Challenges:
Make It Monday: AG
Come and get it: C&S
Simon Says: AG w/ twine or string
Glitter and sparkle: buttons
Digi Darla: personal style (CAS)
OSATT: AG
Suzy Bee's: flowers
The Squirrel and the fox: use embellishments
Crafters companion: CAS
Drunken Stampers: AG

Blue butterfly

Hello and happy Monday!
Today I started to try something a little different from what I am doing lately. You know that normally I use an image and then I make my card. Well... I was browsing on Pinterest and find some really cute card that I love, no colored image and CAS as it's my style too. So today, my first attempt to a different style of cards :)

This is a close up to the butterfly. I cut it with a Sizzix die and then I used the dots embossing folder (Sizzix). I placed it on a darker blue cardstock mat.

For the bacground I used a new folder I've got Paisleys (Sizzix). I cut the corners with a round punch. The only embellishment is blue baker's twine and a few blue rhinestones.

I would like to hear what do you think of this card... thanks!

Challenges:
Come and Get It: Clean and Simple
2 sisters: embossing
Simon says: AG w/ twine or string
OSATT: AG
Eclectic Ellapu: texture
Dream Valley: no dp
613 Ave.: AG (no twist)
Scrappy hands: embossing
The squirrel and the fox: use embellishments
Crafters companion: CAS
Challenges 4 everybody: AG
Scribbles: sparkle it up
Sparkle Forum: show us new stuff (embossing folder)
The crafting cafe: embossing

CAS and monochrome birthday card

Hello!
I made a CAS card and I would like to show it to you today:

I used Donkey by Meljen's design. I colored it with Koh-i-noor aquarelable pencils.

I used purple cardstock and purple bakers' twine to embellish it. The sentiment is by Mo Manning (wonderful day set).

I hope you like my simple card!!!
Challenges:
Seize the birthday: anything goes with topping (monochrome)
Artistic Inspirations: anything goes/frame it
Cutie Pie: cute for boys
Digi Darla: anything goes
Parade your crafts: birthday
A little bit crafty: Clean and simple
Stamp and create: birthday
Tammy's scrapin corner: anything goes
Pink Elephant: digital images/papers
Design to color: anything goes

A fast CAS birthday card

Hello!
This morning my daughter had a birthday party, but as we didn´t know if she will go until last late evening (when we bought a gift), we didn´t prepare for it. This morning we wrapped the gift, and when it was ready, my daughter says: "Where is the card?", I went to my box, and found no card for boys' birthdays... so between both of us made this fast CAS card for her friend.

Thankfully I had already colored this cute bear by Spyder and only needed to cut the image and the mat. I used Labels2 Nestabilities and some yellow cardstock.

I used green cardstock, because green is my daughter's friend's favorite color. We used an embossing folder (birthday - Sizzix).

With another embossing folder (Cuttlebug - birthday), we made the round medallion and glued it to the front. In the inside we used another of the folders but no pics!

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
My heart pieces: CAS
Tuesday thowdown: embossing
Shopping our stash: no patterned paper
Sister Act card: anything goes
Milk Coffee: male inspired
DigiHaven: anything goes