STAMPIN UP'S THAT'S THE TAG

I've been playing with a new set - now if you are a regular to my blog you will know i like to use old stamps sets and I'm not always about buying the latest trends!  This set is a great example. It comes with matching tags - though to say they are matching is a bit misleading as they really are just oval tags but still fun.

I've made two separate cards for two separate challenges using the same set.

The first one is for Addicted to CAS whose code word is Daisy.  One of the tags has a daisy tag in it but I wanted to do something a bit different with it.  I found a couple of rolls of old Washi tape I hadn't used and stuck them over a piece of cardstock trying to keep the colours flower like and bright.  I then used the die cut to cut out the daisy shape out of the washi piece plus another black one.  I then paper pieced all the little pieces out of the washi'd die cut and added them into the other blank piece.  It almost forms a slight mosaic.  As this is a CAS challenge I simply added a stem and some leaves in Lemon Lime Twist from Stampin Up's Jar of Love together with the cute little saying.

My other card is for CAS Colours and Sketches#332, where they combine both challenges - as follows:





I've used some of the new Designer Series Paper from Stampin Up as the background on to some green card stock.  The die is another one of the die cuts from the same set but you can add the stars to cut out.  I've layered a piec eof Emerald Envy behind the Pistachio to show the stars better.  I then cut the same stars out of some other SU DSP and stuck them either side of the tag.  The sentiment is in Berry Burst which is the nearest I had to the Primrose Petals and the ribbon is non SU.

 

MALE CARDS

I've been playing with my new Cardio stamp sets again - such great stamps that allow you to make a scene but I don't have enough of them yet. However, I chose just one from a set called Garden Hosedown for my card for two challenges - Watercooler Wednesday #WWC230 who wants male cards and Addicted to CAS #163 which had the challenge word of Heat.

I started off my sponging the background with some Tim Holtz inks - Bundled Sage, Barn Door, Worn Lipstick and Fossilized Amber.  I then stamped the BBQ with Black Momento ink and added the flames in the red and yellow inks.  The smoke stamp was inked off SU Basic Gray.  The sentiments come from Clearly Besotted.  This was then simply added to a white background to keep it CAS.