Stenciling with CAS-ual Fridays

Hello, I'm over on the CAS-ual Fridays blog today with a CAS card using a stencil for a soft background.

You can click HERE to take you over to the CAS-ual Fridays blog to see how this card came together.

I am also entering this into the CAS on Friday challenge #162 which is "use a stencil". 

Here's a link to the products I have used and  if you are interested in purchasing any of them don't forget to use my discount code for 15% off. Modern Petals Stencil ,

 Mon Ami stamp set,  Mon Ami Fleur Fri-Dies.

Thanks for visiting and I'll be back tomorrow with some more cards!

Less is More Challenge #403

Hello and happy Saturday.  It's time for a new challenge over at Less is More and this time we want to see you use metallic on your card. This could be metal objects, metal colours, foiling etc.  I have used some silver embossing powder for my metallic look!

We are sponsored again by the very generous Funky Fossil Designs.

Sarah has some beautiful stencils and stamp sets!

For my card today I used a dotted stencil and inked up the side of my card panel with versamark ink and used some silver embossing powder.  The flower is from Catherine Pooler Designs and I cut it out with my scan n cut and popped it up with some dimensional tape.  The sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers.

We would love you to join us!  All you have to do is make a CAS card with some metallic on it and link it up to our challenge HERE.  Don't forget we like to see lots of white space on your card.

Thanks for visiting!

WWC236 - Heidi's "All About Occasions" Challenge

Hello, it's Wednesday again and time for a new challenger over at Watercooler Wednesday.

This week Heidi is our host with an "All About Occasions" challenge.

For my card I have used a new stencil from Catherine Pooler Designs along with the "Toucan Do It" stamp set from CP Designs as well.

I sprayed the back of the stencil with a spray adhesive to keep it in place while I sponged CP ink over the top.  I stamped the cockatoo directly onto the card and coloured it in with some Prisma pencils.

Come join in the fun at Watercooler Wednesday.  All you have to do is make a  card for any occasion and link it up to our challenge post.  Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges have created for some inspiration. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Tuesday, 3rd September at 09.00am Melbourne Time or Monday 2nd September 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for visiting!

WC235 - Marsha's Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge

Hello, it's time for a new challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday!

This week Marsha is our host with a Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge.

I'm not very good at creating masculine cards so I find you can't go wrong with balloons!  I've used one of my new stamp sets from Uniko called "Balloon Bash" and stamped it using Catherine Pooler inks. The sentiment is from my all time favourite sentiment set from CAS-ual Fridays called "Shenanigans".

Come join in the fun at Watercooler Wednesday.  All you have to do is make a masculine card of any kind and link it up to our challenge post.  Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges have created for some inspiration. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Tuesday, 27th August at 09.00am Melbourne Time or Monday 26th August  5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for visiting!

Naughty or Nice!

Hello, I'm over on the CAS-ual Fridays blog today with a Christmas card.

I've used the Naughty'isms stamp set along with the Naughty Fri-Dies.

You can click HERE to take you over to the CAS-ual Fridays blog to see how I put this together.

Now who will I send this card to!!  

I am also entering into the Merry Little Christmas Challenge #13 - Anything Goes.

Here's the stamp sets and Fri-Dies that I used and I have linked them in the description above.

Don't forget to use my discount code to save 15% in the shop. (MICHELLESENTME)

Thanks for visiting, now I'm off to finish packing for my little trip to Fiji.

AAA Cards Challenge #147

Hello, it's time for a new challenge over at AAA Cards.

Our very generous sponsor is CAS-ual Fridays with a $25 gift code for the lucky winner.  Our guest designer is the lovely Angie Cimbalo with a stunning card for you.

For my card today I have used "Love Notes" and "Heart Beats" stamp sets from CAS-ual Fridays.  I started by stamping the love notes down the edge of my card panel in black ink, then sponged some colour over the top using Catherine Pooler Inks. I splattered some water drops over the ink then stamped the sentiment using the same black ink and foam mounted the card panel onto a top folding card base.

We would love you to join us, all you have to do is make a CAS card as per our theme above and link it up to our blog HERE.  Just remember we like to see lots of White Space on your cards!

Thanks for visiting!

CAS Christmas Card Challenge Reminder

Hello, my card today is for the CAS Christmas card challenger reminder post where I am Guest Designer for August.

I've used the Mistletoe & Holly stamp set from CAS-ual Fridays, coloured it in with my Prisma pencils and added some glitter using a glue pen.

Thanks for visiting and be sure to check out all the inspiration over on the CAS Christmas blog HERE.

You can find the stamp set I used HERE and you can use my special discount code below on any purchase in the CAS-ual Fridays shop.

Less Is More Challenge #402

Hello and happy Saturday!  It's time for a new challenge at Less is More and this time we would like to see you make a One Layer Card using stencils.

Our sponsor is Funky Fossil Designs and they have the most beautiful stencils.

For my card today I have used a beautiful heart stencil from Funky Fossil. There are two parts to this stencil, the outline which I sponged Catherine Pooler All That Jazz ink over.  Then I inlaid the second part of the stencil and used CP Daydream ink.

I stamped the sentiment from CAS-ual Fridays "Sands of Time 2" stamp set.

We would love you to join us!  All you have to do is make a one lay card using stencils and link it up to our challenge HERE.  Don't forget we like to see lots of white space on your card.

Thanks for visiting!

WWC234 - Dawn's "All About Occasions" Challenge

Hello, it's Wednesday again so that means it's time for a new challenger over at Watercooler Wednesday.  The lovely Dawn is our host this week with an "All About Occasions" challenge.

I have made a Christmas card this time using a new to me stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs called "Reindeer and a Tree". This set is full of cute little Reindeer, a Santa and a Christmas Tree.

I stamped out all six of the reindeer and the Santa and coloured them in with alcohol markers.  I cut them out using my Scan n Cut and adhered the Santa and two of the reindeer to a card panel that I embossed to look like snow. Now that I look at my finished card, I think I should have positioned that last reindeer differently!  He looks like he is doing something he shouldn't be if you know what I mean!!  Do you think! ha ha

Come join in the fun at Watercooler Wednesday.  All you have to do is make a card for any occasion and link it up to our challenge post.  Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges have created for some inspiration. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Tuesday, 20th August at 09.00am Melbourne Time or Monday 19th August  5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for visiting!

WWC233 - Karen's Feminine "Anything Goes" Challenge

Hello, it's time for a new challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday and this week Karen is our host with a Feminine Anything Goes.

For my card I have used the pretty floral stamp from Catherine Pooler Designs "Grateful Heart" stamp set.

Come join in the fun at Watercooler Wednesday.  All you have to do is make a feminine card of any kind and link it up to our challenge post.  Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges have created for some inspiration. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Tuesday, 13th August at 09.00am Melbourne Time or Monday 12th August  5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for visiting!

AAA Cards Challenge

Hello, it's time for a new challenge over at AAA Cards and this time our theme is "Made in Minutes" with the optional twist of Summer.

Our Guest Designer is  - Bobby with a beautiful Summery card.

Our very generous sponsor is STAMPlorations with a $15 gift certificate.

For my card I pulled out an old stamp set from Close to My Heart called "One in a Melon" and stamped it with Catherine Pooler Inks.

This was definitely made in minutes!  So quick and easy!

We would love you to join us, all you have to do is make a CAS card as per our theme above and link it up to our blog HERE.  Just remember we like to see lots of White Space on your cards!




I am also entering my card into the Just us Girls challenge which is "Summer".  Watermelon definitely reminds me of summer!

Thanks for visiting!

CAS Christmas Card Challenge Guest Designer

Hello, I am happy to be Guest Designing for the CAS Christmas Card Challenge for the month of August!
This months challenge is "Glitter" and I can't think of a better time than Christmas to use up some of my glitter!

I've used the Christmas Sparkle stamp set from Uniko for my card.  I inked it up with my Kaliedacolor Ink Pad in Blue Breeze using my MISTI.  Then I went over it again with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with some diamond glitter embossing powder.  I stamped the sentiment and bow from the same set in black ink then added some glitter using a glue pen around the edge of the cardstock.

Thanks for visiting and if you would like to join in on the fun over at CAS Christmas click HERE to take you over to the challenge blog.  There is lots of inspiration from the DT to get your creative juices flowing.

CAS-ual Fridays Ballerina Shaker Card

Hello, I'm over on the CAS-ual Fridays blog today with a fun shaker card I made for my Great Niece.

As you can see, her name is Jade and I'm hoping she loves her birthday card.

I have used Flower-Case Alphabet and Tutu Stamp Sets along with the Ballerina Fri-Dies and the Hearts A2 Panel Fri-Die.

Hop on over to the CAS-ual Fridays blog if you would like to see how I made this card.

Here's the stamp sets and Fri-Dies that I used and I have linked them in the description above.

Don't forget to use my discount code to save 15% in the shop. (MICHELLESENTME)

Thanks for visiting and I'll be back tomorrow!

Less is More Challenge #401

Hello, it's time for a new challenge over at Less is More and this time we have a colour challenge for you.

Our very generous sponsor is

and we have 2 Guest Designers this time!

Sarah from Funky Fossil Designs and our June winner Alli C.

Be sure to check out their beautiful cards on the challenge blog along with all our Design Teams cards!

I have two cards today using Tangerine, Aqua and White.

For my first card, I have used the Sunray stencil from Funky Fossil, masked around it with some tape and sponged with CP Orange Twist ink.  I shifted the stencil a few times to give the layered effect.  I coloured in the middle with some Prisma pencils.

My next card uses this gorgeous butterfly stamp from Funky Fossil.  I have coloured it in with Prisma pencils.

We would love you to join us!  All you have to do is make a card using the above colours and link it up to our challenge HERE.  Don't forget we like to see lots of white space on your card.

Thanks for visiting!

Encouragement Hop

Hello and happy 1st of August!  I am so happy to be participating in this Encouragement Card Hop organised by Courtney Kreeber, Mary Polanco and Jenn from Scrapbena Creations.
You should have come here from Courtney's channel and next up is Joy Baldwin, you can click HERE to take you over to Joy's you tube channel.

Now on to my card!
I stamped the sentiment from CAS-ual Fridays "Frankly" stamp set with CP Midnight ink.  Next I stamped the flowers from Altenew
 " Weekend Doodles" and coloured them in with alcohol markers.  A few days later I decided it needed a little bit more colour so I added some Prisma pencils over the top to brighten it up a bit. I also added some dots to the flowers with a white gel pen.

Thanks for visiting and if you are interested in the CAS-ual Fridays stamp set I have used on my card, you can click HERE to take you over to the shop.  You can use my special code below for a 15% discount too!

Don't forget next up on the hop is Joy Baldwin.

Have fun hopping and a big thanks to Courtney, Mary and Jenn for organizing this fun hop!