CAS-ual Fridays #52

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge - Feathered Friends. The letters are from Lawn Fawn and the Bird is from Pebbles. I colored them with Copics and stitched a line on the bottom with We-R-Memory Keepers thread. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Tuesday Trigger - Stay Cool

I created this card for this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World. Click here to join in all the fun! I was inspired by the colors of this photo and by the subject matter - Ice Cream!! Hope you are staying cool this summer and thanks for stopping by.

Here's what I came up with.

Materials

Card stock - Whisper White, Crumb Cake (Stampin Up)

Stamp Sets - Keep Cool (Lawn Fawn), Ice Cream Cone (Unity June 2011 Kit of the Month)

Ink - Black (Memento), Markers - Assorted Colors (Copic)

Gel Pen - white (Stampin Up)

Instructions

1. Create card from card stock - finished size is 4.25 x 5.5

2. Freehand faux stitches with white gel pen

3. Stamp image, color, and cut out

4. Adhere stamped image to card with foam tape

5. Stamp sentiment

Just a Note "Stitched" Card

This card uses the faux stitching technique.

Here are instructions for creating this card. I hope you find them easy to follow and useful. Finished size is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches.

Materials List
Stamp Set - Apple Blossom Hostess - Stampin' Up
Ink - Rich Razzleberry - Stampin' Up 
Card stock - Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry, Confetti White - Stampin' Up
Designer Paper - Razzleberry Lemonade - Stampin' Up

Embellishments - Melon Mambo Pom Pom Trim, Crumb Cake button, Pumpkin Pie Corduroy Button, Rich Razzleberry Grosgrain Ribbon, Stitch Piercer template and tool, White Gel Pen, Work Window Punch, Modern Label Punch - all Stampin' Up

Adhesives - Stampin' Up Snail Adhesive

Instructions
1. Create card from Crumb Cake card stock - fold longways
2. Cut Designer Paper into 9 small rectangular pieces

3. Use the stitch template to poke holes in the small rectangles.

4. Use white gel between each hole

5. Adhere rectangle to card

6. Adhere Melon Mambo Pom Pom trim to top and bottom of card

7. Stamp sentiment on Confetti White paper and punch with Word Window punch, then cut a piece of Rich Razzleberry Card Stock with the Modern Label punch and adhere them together, add Pom Pom trim and adhere to card

8. Glue Pumpkin Pie corduroy button to Crumb Cake button, then glue Rich Razzleberry ribbon to button and adhere to card