Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Hello...we are home in Iowa!

Well, we made it home in one piece!  I miss waking up and chatting with my mom each morning but it is nice to be back in my own craft space.  Speaking of craftiness...I finally got into my craft room today after spending a couple days unpacking and organizing.  I decided to take part in two challenges today and I had a ton of fun with them!  The first being the CAS-ual Fridays' challenge of making a square card. 


The second challenge is a new challenge blog dedicated to my favorite tool...The Silhouette!  The blog is The Cameo Spotlight and this week's challenge is to make a card with a summer theme and I had fun doing just that! 


I don't usually do square cards because they require extra postage but I was game for the challenge.  For my card, I tried a little something new.  I sized and cut the Wave Border shape on two different sheets of cardstock.  I then adhered the two cuts together to make a thicker wave to use as an embossing tool for my vellum.  Using my wave, vellum, rubber mats, and my die cut machine; I created an embossed wave pattern on my vellum.  I then inked the back side of my vellum to give it some color.  Just another way to make the Silhouette all the more handy!  To make the duck floaty, I created my floaty shape with two ovals and merged it with the duck from Lori Whitlock.  It made the perfect little summer floaty!  Check it out:

Inks:  Hawaiian Shores (PTI)
Cuts:  Wave Border (Silhouette), Duck Card Kit (Lori Whitlock)
Paper:  Solar White (Neenah), Yellow, Orange (Hero Arts), Black, Vellum (PTI)
Misc:  Foam Tape (Scotch), Glossy Accents (Ranger), Hello Embellishment (Crate Paper:  Story Teller), Silhouette Cameo, Vagabond, Corner Chomper (Cropper Hopper)

13 comments:

  1. Chrissy, this card is loaded with creativity! I love how you made your own floaty! Perfect little CAS card. Thanks for playing along this week at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  2. Hi Chrissy! This is so adorable!!! The technique you used with the vellum looks wonderful. Really FUN CAS card! So glad you played along with us in our very first Cameo Spotlight challenge.

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  3. Cute card! I love your floaty and the embossed vellum! Thanks for playing in the Cameo Spotlight Summer Challenge!

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  4. You are so super creative, this card looks and sounds like such fun and who doesn't love a rubber ducky???
    So glad you shared your creativity with us this week at CASual Fridays :0)
    Jenny x

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  5. oooh, adorable. I remember those floaty toys as a youngster. I love how you combined two shapes to make it. Brilliant! Thank you so much for playing along with The Cameo Spotlight challenge.

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  6. Your little duck floaty is adorable and I love the embossed waves on the vellum background!

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  7. What a cute little duck and the embossing effect is a great idea.

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  8. Adorable ! Thanks so much for playing in The Cameo Spotlight Summer Challenge!

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  9. This is so cute. Love it. Sue.x

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  10. Love the cool die cut emboss on vellum technique! How clever of you to create the floaty with two ovals! Thank you for joining us in The Cameo Spotlight challenge! Happy crafting!

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  11. Oh my gosh I love what you did to make the wave embossed pattern on the vellum! How clever of you and what a great tip. I'll have to remember that one. Thanks for sharing!

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  12. So much goodness going on here! I love how you made a custom design using an existing design! And I'm just so impressed that you made your own homemade embossing templates! Looks fantastic! Thank you so much for playing along with us at The Cameo Spotlight!

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  13. Ahhhhh . . . I want to be in my little ducky floatie right now! LOL Super cute and fun, for sure!! Thanks so much for playing with us a The Cameo Spotlight Challenge - we're so glad you did!!

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