Crafting @ Eighty

Good afternoon everyone. Today I have another CAS card that I have made for the Clean & Simple Facebook page. I am quite enjoying making these CAS cards, which is quite testing as it is even more important to know when to stop.  The stamp image is from "Clearly Besotted", & has a matching die.  It is part of a set of 5 different floral arrangements in vases. I have had them for some considerable time & this is the first time I have used them, due to normally making busier cards. I really must work out a way to ensure my sentiments are straight. I find that with clear stamps they tend to cling to my finger when trying to straighten them. I will persevere! Thank you for visiting my little blog.

 Good afternoon everyone. Today I have a clean & simple card design to show you.  I found a new technique, well unknown to me anyway, recently - to use dies as stencils. You use the actual die - not a paper or card die-cut of it. This was the result. I really liked the look & will be using it again. More importantly it has given my mojo a lift. Thank you for visiting.

 Good afternoon everyone. I do hope you are coping well in this very hot spell. Its very nice to see the sun but we have our curtains closed in the hope of it being a little cooler in here, & also a fan running. When I posted a couple of days ago I was surprised to see I hadn't shown any of my work for a month! Well, for some reason it would appear I just forgot to do it, as I had made several cards. Here are 2 of them, both a very similar design but different images. They were inspired by some  cards I have seen somewhere - probably Facebook or Pinterest. Both cards use Honey Doo stamps & some stencils (which I own up to having quite a lot of) which I haven't used for a while. This one I used the most of the stencil design using Distress Inks in pale greens. Then I stamped & coloured the flowers & foliage, with some nice colouring pens, cut them out & then arranged around the stencil image. This one, again I used Distress Ink for the stencil, & the colo

Good heavens! Over a month since I last posted. I have slowed down quite a bit but didn't think it was that much. I think I have just forgotten to sit here & let you know what I have been up to. I decided to test myself & make a clean & simple card for a change. I don't make particularly busy ones, but wanted to try cutting back a little more. The bluey-green square is a piece left over from some encaustic art work I did. I layered it onto a white square added the flower & foliage, & a stamped greeting. Before attaching the topper to the base card I scored some vertical lines in the centre to add some texture.  Very pleased with the outcome. Already there are bits & bobs from other projects on my desk to create some more cards. It's a good way to use up left overs. I will now look at projects I have made recently & see what I haven't yet shown on my blog. Thank you for visiting, please come again.