Stephanie's Second card challenge - CAS-ual Friday!

(I didn't want to put two challenges in one post, considering Steph made two different cards for two different challenges.)


This is another post for Steph's second card during our Sunday crafting session. It is for CAS-ual Friday Challenge

CFC133

CFC133: Create a Clean And Simple project that uses hearts in summer colors.
While we are featuring lots of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps products, you can use any products from your stash, and enter before noon on July 18th.
*the use of CFS products is not required to play or win*


And here's her work. :-)

PS: Because I'm more of a stamper than Steph is, we use my stamps and ink pads to do all the card-making.  And therefore in my next post I'll be showing the same mason jars images on my card too.  :-)

Handmade - Vintage Sweetness

So this time, I have been looking for the elements which are as close as what the challenge wants, and I manage to get them! (except the cutlery stamps I have aren't in a set and they look odd together.)   It also means I start to look a little bit like one of those big scrap-booking spenders hehe.




And yes I finally made it to the deadline!  And here's my card for the Fusion Card Challenge:

My card below:

Up front.  The black background with glossy polka dots doesn't look very good in picture, but is really cool in the Kaisercraft paperpad! 

From this angle you can really see the glossy polka dots on the black background. I love these paper with special features, but unfortunately you can't always see it through the pictures.   

I love the teapot image.  It's actually a sticker which I found in a local bookstore in Taiwan.  Very cute. 

You Are Amazing! CAS Card with Chevron Washi Tape, Stamping and Liquid Pearls

So I haven't done any challenge for a month now.  I've been busy with my friend, Amanda's troublesome maid who stayed at my place for three weeks comfortably while Amanda was back in Japan to see her husband.  She brought me troubles while she was here, and worst of all, she took off after Amanda's back in Dubai, leaving her alone with her two kids.  But that was another story.

During the whole April I also signed up on a driving school, going to lectures and taking theory test, failing the road test, taking driving classes, failing test again, and taking more classes now.  More time and money wasted on a testing system that is totally confusing and there's nothing you can do unless you keep paying money.    So all in all this last month was not great.  But I did manage to survive, thanks to some great friends who give me support and love all the time.   

So Yesterday I made a card for a challenge.  It is the CAS-UAL Fridays Stamping Challenge

And here's my card. I use three major ingredients for the card: Chevron washi tape, Stamping, and liquid pearls.  (it looks a bit like a Christmas card with the pearls, though.)

This green/blue chevron pattern is my favourite washi tape. I line them up one by one and it's just clean and modern.

The dot on the flower was originally light blue. I put a liquid pearl later on just to add a bit of a small pop, just like the first photo.

See the silver finish on the wreath?  I haven't used perfect pearls for a while and this is just great to add some shine to the stamped image.  (I did use a silver pen to fill in the upper left side of the wreath but it didn't work very well.  Glad I stopped there and didn't go on) 

All in all, I'm still not feeling excited about this coming road test.  After hearing a lot of dark sides of the testing system I'm just not feeling hopeful at all.  But life has to move on. We'll see.

Live Life to the Fullest - A CAS monochromatic card (almost) -

Now, after days making cards and a mini album for my beloved friends in Singapore, yesterday I finally have time to sit down and actually do what I want to do - playing with challenges.  The great thing about challenges is that you get to stretch your creativity by different topics/style/techniques given by the challenge, and to finish projects that give you lots of FUN!  I'm not fussed with prizes as there are numerous more creative crafters than myself that deserve to win, and I get to see their projects as well.   (Once would be good though hahaha.)


So here it goes, my favorite CAS challenge -

CAS-ual Fridays  -  They are always popular!
http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.sg/2014/01/cfc125.html



CAS(E) this Sketch #59 - this is the first time I joined their challenge and as long as it's CAS then I like it! http://casethissketch.blogspot.sg/2014/01/case-this-sketch-59.html


And giving that I'm at a hotel and don't have a lot of tools I think I did a good job too.  It's the good old cut and paste, but looks pretty cool. :-)

From the side -

Black is not always popular, but it's always COOL~