Back with more black CAS_ual Fridays 62

CFC62  Take 2. The designer's cards are so impressive I had to try another card  and a technique. Stickle trim and gold embossing enhance the bright saffron color of these Black-eyed Susan's. 

Yesterday while I was out running errands my eye caught a garden full of these beauties, and that's when I noticed that they're brown center pops up. Well I knew that... but the card I posted before-here, does not show that centers popped, so I was inspired and got to thinking how to make them look authentic. I folded the die cut and rounded the brown center, added a dimensional dot walla! Popped up centers.

Since I already had my daisy die cuts out and another black card base, so one more daisy card. I love the black polka dotted ribbon. Hugs and smiles and the card is done.

Gayatri, an amazingly talented designer at CFC posted this card. That's the link. I just love the clear embossing on the black with the pop of neon for the sentiment.

 Looking through the few stamps I have to find a suitable image to use with this embossing technique I chose this silhouette stamp and frame both from Gina K Stamp TV. 

This was difficult to photograph but you can see the couple dancing. "What a marvelous night for a moon dance " would be the perfect sentiment for this card.

After inking with Versa Mark, adding the clear embossing powder and heating it I used the negative space of a circle punch to sponge the moon. Not all the ink rubbed off the emboss resist area but I still like the effect.

I'm not sure if I can enter all three of these cards or if they have to posted individually, but it doesn't matter. I was inspired and had fun creating them.

"Dancing is like dreaming with your feet!"  ~Constanze

Be well and thanks for looking. ~ Carole

CFC55: Put A Bling On It

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge is always a test for me. I look at the design teams amazing examples for inspiration and I see the clean and simple concept. There's a wow factor that the DT's create with just a few elements. I'll keep studying their art and practice restraint until I get it right.

This weeks sponsor is  "Simon Says Stamp.com" with a chance to win a $25.00 shopping spree and the winner will also earn a guest spot with the Girl Fridays for the July Challenge! Wouldn't that be fun?

  


Here's my clean and simple card  with some bling. OMG ...did I get carried away with bling? 






Let's try again....this time my butterfly is covered in glitter not rhinestones. It has sparkle and I believe the simplicity is the ruling factor. So this is my lesson. More is not always better. So maybe you too can understand why this tests my control. Lessons - learning - growing keeps me involved.

 I really liked the stamped images so I made one in blue too! I added some sparkle with a gel pen and the satin ribbon along with the butterflies stamped and hand cut for dimension. I am trying not to add too many elements



Back in March we lost our beloved dog "Beau". We actually received 2 sympathy cards and I found that very thoughtful and heartwarming. There is a deeper understanding from pet owners about the loss. We still miss Beau every day. So I knew I wanted to make a sympathy card to share just in case. This is clean and simple too! But I would have added a dog bone charm if I had one.





"Better keep yourself clean and bright: you are the window through which you must see the world." ~ George Bernard Shaw

Be well thanks for visiting. Carole 

Cas-ualfriday Challenge

  Today's challenge - CFC18: Create a Clean and Simple project inspired by a  book, and use the colors black, white and red.   
 The book is "Inspirability" by Pash. Top designers speak out about what inspires them. 


The cover inspired me to create this card. I used Gina K's red hot paper and used the Gelly roll clear star pen to create a swirly background shine. 
 SB Label 4 outlined in black was used for the sentiment. I printed the sentiment with Baroque Script font on acetate with the  printer mirror feature on. After it dried I rubbed it on the label.   
Then I searched the internet for  pictures of furniture...printed the chairs at 2" and the table at 1". I cut them out inked the edges with grey, drew a  horizontal line then glued them on.


Clean and simple right?  Well I did spend over an hour drawing the swirls and circles, but it does offer a rather elegant look. Perhaps I shouldn't have angled the chairs...it looks a bit wonky;) It's always as I'm posting that I look at the card with ways to improve. The inside of the card will have the quote-"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." - Jack London     


I want to give a big shout out to my sister Deborah...she so wanted for me to have a working camera that I could easily download digital pics from that she purchased a " Finepix J10 Fuji camera for me, then spent some time showing me how to use it. Her generosity floors me. She said she didn't want me to soar with just one wing.I still have so much to learn on how to take a good shot, but now I have a camera to practice with. WOW! Aren't sisters the BEST? Of course they are!!!


I haven't blogged all week because my cousin Darlene Gail "ArteDar" came to visit from Cape May, NJ.  (check out her blog) We spent two days catching up and getting to know each other better. She is such an inspiration and has such a warm open heart, I gave her a new Indian identity...  "Heart Wide Open"  Darlene Gail does incredible mixed media art and offered me so much information and gave me so many hand made gifts and products with a whole lot of encouragement to find and create my own art. We decided to do a mixed media representation of our Indian Identities. Side note: My sister Deborah gave me the Indian Identity-"Arms Wide Open" several years ago. So I will be stepping out of my comfort zone and creating a mixed media project to reflect the heart and soul of my dear friend and cousin Darlene Gail. Be sure to check back for our creations;)


"There's always something new to discover about out dear friends" - Carole Sweeney
Be well...craft on! Peace Love and Harmony