Super CAS Birdie - Clearly Besotted Stamps

Hi Everyone, How are you all getting on mid week? I'm ignoring the damp grey weather and remembering last week's sun.

I'm on a felt kick still. You all know I love a bit of paper piecing, and so I decided it was time to try this with felt. I've gone super CAS on this card, using one of the birds from my Clearly Besotted Some Birdie Loves You set, principally because I told Lisa I would use it some time soon (Lisa has a blog now - My Card Trip - so you can see her beautiful creations there as well as on IG - she's amazing with florals!).

I started by stamping the bird onto a piece of red and yellow felt in Memento Tuxedo Black. I then heat set it using a warm iron - put a piece of kitchen towel on top - before adding Stick It! on the back.

I took an A2 white card and stamped my images on it using my Mini MISTI, as the branch was a separate stamp and I wanted the bird lined up exactly.

I then fussy cut out the bird from red felt, cutting out the beak and the little end bits on the tail feathers and wing. I fussy cut these from the yellow felt. I then had the fiddly task of sticking the pieces on the blank image on my card. I used my fabric scissors for the fussy cutting.

The Stick It! made it easier for cutting, but not sticking, possibly because I hadn't die cut it, and so it hadn't been pressed firmly into a shape. It pulled a little on the felt when I took the backing paper off, removing the sticky stuff, and so I had to resort to Multi Medium Matte in a couple of places.

I then coloured in the branch with my Polychromos pencils. Here's a little close up.

Below is a list of what I used to make this card. Please note I DO NOT USE affiliate links.

Some Birdie Loves You	Ravishing Reds Felt Pack	Yummy Yellows Felt Pack	Faber Castell Polychromos Artists Pencils - Tin Set of 60 Pencils	My Sweet Petunia - MISTI Mini	Memento Tuxedo Black	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy	Stick It! Adhesive sheets Small
A4 Super Smooth White Card - 250gsm - 100 Sheets	Martha Stewart Mini Scoreboard	Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper - 1/4 and 1/2 inch	Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Glue Adhesive Paint INK41511

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I love how this came out, and I was so happy with the work put in with all those fiddly bits, I decided to leave it CAS as I was worried about ruining it.

I'm linking this up to Squirrel's Random Challenge which is all about wild things.

Thank you so much for visiting today and I hope I've inspired you to try something different. Have a good one!

Hello Sunshine - CASology Challenge Week 201

Hi there! I posted a picture of a card I made on IG and the Sugar Pea Facebook Group and was told it was perfect for this week's CASology challenge, so I've turned it into a blog post to enter - got to be in it to win it!

Guess what the challenge is this week? Sunshine.... Here's the card :)

I think that's sunny enough, don't you? Apologies for the photos, it was an extremely dull day today.

I started by taking a white A2 card base and covering the front with a panel from my Sugar Pea Paper Pad. I then took a coordinating piece of yellow felt (you knew that was coming!) and put some Stick It! on the back. I found that die cutting without something firm on the back made my thin word dies tear a little when I took them out. This stops that and it means you can stick it onto the card without any glue. What's even better is that it is repositionable for a while, making it easier to stick down. I then die cut the word sunshine from my WPlus9 Sunshine Layers die set.

Once the word was stuck down, I added a little Hello from my CB Many Mini Messages in Ranger Lemon Twist with foam pads, and then some yellow enamel dots.

Sunny and simple!

Below is a list of what I used to make this card and where I purchased them. Please note, I DO NOT USE affiliate links :)

A4 Super Smooth White Card - 250gsm - 100 Sheets	Sugar Pea Whatever the Weather Paper Pad	Sellotape Double Sided Tape 25x33	Yummy Yellows Felt Pack	Stick It! Adhesive sheets Small	Ranger Dye Ink Pad Lemon Twist	Clearly Besotted Many Mini Messages	Hobbycraft Clear Acrylic Stamping Blocks 2 pack
Hero Arts Stamp Scrubber Pad	Clear Design Ultra Clean Stamp Cleaner	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy	Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Machine	WPlus9 Sunshine Layers Die

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Thank you so much for stopping by, have a great week.

Sewn Felt Card Background - with Lawn Fawn Mermaid for You - VIDEO

Hi Everyone! I'm back on the blog with a card using felt - really it's becoming a bit of an addiction, and one I'm not unhappy about having :). I've also a video to share with you as I had to show you how easy it was to make a totally different background for your card. You get to see my lovely red sewing machine!

I loved my embossed felt background loads, but I wanted to try something else, and chose to sew a wavy pattern onto my felt to depict the sea to go with this super cute Lawn Fawn mermaid set - I'm so happy to have a narwhal!

I started with a 4x5.25 inch piece of felt and simply sewed wavy lines using some nice Gutermann metallic threads.

After adhering it to an A2 card base with double sided tape, I adhered the mermaid, narwhal, shoal of fish and sentiment on with some foam pads.

I felt it was still lacking something so added in the sequins from Lucy's Shop for extra sparkle and to look like bubbles under the sea.

You can see the full video on my YT channel:

I loved this so much, I made three cards with this background. I'm so excited about rediscovering my love of sewing - I have Mary Dawn Quiringo to thank for that really and if you have a look at her IG feed you'll see what she's been up to (@mypinkmexico) - and especially that I can link it up with my love of making cards.

I'm also linking this up to the latest Seven Hills Crafts Monthly Challenge which is a sketch this month.
  

Below is a list of what I used to make this card and where I purchased them. Please note I DO NOT USE affiliate links:

Blissful Blues Felt Pack	Icicle Sequin Mix	Glacier Sparkly Shaker Selection	Lawn Fawn Mermaid for You	John Lewis JL110 Sewing Machine, White	Gutermann Metallic Thread 200M Colour 7016	Gutermann Metallic Thread 200M Colour 7009	Altenew Crisp Dye Inks - Cool Summer Nights
Crafters Companion Neenah Classic Crest Card Pack - A4 Solar White 20 pack	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy	Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Glue Adhesive Paint INK41511	Sellotape Double Sided Tape 25x33	Tonic Studios Maxi Guillotine	Tonic Titanium Fine Control Scissors	Memento Tuxedo Black	Copic Markers
Double sided foam pads	Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# SET OF 26 COLORS 26Cdsk	Martha Stewart Mini Scoreboard	Lifestyle Crafts QUICKSTIK Precision Pickup and Placement Tool	Hobbycraft Clear Acrylic Stamping Blocks 2 pack

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Thank you so much for visiting me today. If you've stopped by, please do say Hello!