CAS Mix Up April Challenge - love

It's time for more inspiration from the CAS Mix UP Design Team. Our challenge for this month is Layered Stamping with Heat Embossing.

I changed gears from white card base to dark color card base to take  advantage of the opaque layering of heat embossing.

Here's my card:

Using Layered Stamping with Heat Embossing, Die-cutting, and Stamping

[How I made the card]
1. Die-cut a rectangle window and used the negative portion as a mask for heat-embossing the window with clear sparkle embossing glitter (*1).
2. Heat-embossed the rose, layering with the white, the pink, and the red.
3. Gold heat-embossed the leaves on a piece of black cardstock and die-cut it. Glued it below the flower.
4. Heat-embossed the sentiment in gold.
5. Scored the frame.

*1: It's interesting to see that the clear sparkling glitter embossing powder turned green on the black card base.


You have until April 24th. Hope you try this technique and share your card with us in the gallery!

Stamp: Vintage Roses (Altenew), Arrow, Star, Diamond (ART)
Paper: Basic Black (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Dies (Vintage Roses - Altenew, Elegant Rectangle STAX - My Favorite Things), Embossing Powder (White, Gold - Hero Arts, Melon Mambo, Cherry Cobbler - Stampin' Up!, Clear Sparkle - Wow!)

CAS Mix Up April Challenge - so happy

Welcome to our new challenge at CAS Mix Up!

Our talented Designer, Susan Joyce, is hosting the challenge this month and her theme is Layered Stamping with Heat Embossing. Our wonderful guest designer is Bozena (ArtCardBox).

If you're not familiar with layered stamping with heat-embossing, please check out the tutorial videos provided on the challenge site.

Here's my card:

Using Layered Stamping with Heat Embossing, Die-cutting, and Stamping

[How I made the card]
1. Heat-embossed the layered butterfly stamps in the following order: first, the wing color; next, the wing pattern; and finally, the black outline. (*1)
2. Lightly stenciled the concentric circles with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink.
3. Heat-embossed the sentiment with glitter black embossing powder.
4. Die-cut the front panel and popped it up with craft foam.

*1. It's hard to see in the picture, but the outlines are heat-embossed in glitter black embossing powder (the same as the sentiment).


I like the shine of layered heat-embossing! 


You have until April 24th to link up your card here. Looking forward to seeing your cards in the gallery!

Stamp: Painted Butterflies, Leaf Canopy (Altenew)
Paper: Whisper White (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko), Distress Oxide Ink (Tumbled Glass - Ranger)
Accessories: Embossing Powder (Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo - Stampin' Up!), Embossing Glitter (Rainbow Black - Wow), Stencil (Concentric Circles - My Favorite Things), Die-namics (Mod Rectangle STAX - My Favorite Things), Craft Foam Sheet

CAS Stencil March Challenge - thinking of you

The CAS Stencil March Challenge is all about Ghosting Technique.
I tried this technique for the first time and made a mistake or two, but it was fun! Thanks, Julia, for hosting this fun challenge! 

Here's my card:

[How I made the card]
1. Randomly sponged 3 Distress Inks (Stormy Sky, Bundled Sage, and Twisted Citron) on a piece of mixed media paper.
2. Placed the stencil over the paper and generously spritzed water over it.
3. Removed the stencil quickly, waited 10-15 seconds for the inks to react with water, and gently absorbed the excess water with paper towel.
4. Die-cut a rounded rectangle panel from the mixed media paper and another one from a piece of vellum. Layered them together.
5. White heat-embossed the sentiment on the card base.
6. Adhered the rectangle panel onto the card base.
7. Die-cut grasses from glimmer paper and glued them to the panel.

I used colored "white" space  for a change. 
The entry due of the challenge is tonight (March 24), so I'm glad that I got to squeeze in. 😊

Thanks for stopping by!



Stamp: Sheltering Tree (Stampin' Up!)
Paper: Mixed Media Paper (Strathmore - 140 lb.), Dapper Denim, Silver Glimmer Paper (Stampin' Up!), Translucent Vellum (My Favorite Things)
Ink: Distress Ink (Stormy Sky, Bundled Sage, Twisted Citron - Ranger), VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Dies (Grasses - Alexandra Renke, Rounded Rectangle - Hero Arts), Stencil (Seasonal Decorative Masks - Stampin' Up!), Embossing Powder (White - Hero Arts), Connect Glue (Gina K)