Saturday 27 October 2012

I Spy some CASual Krafty Die Cuts


I'm in full on Christmas card mode at the minute - no matter what the challenge at the moment I seem to be drawn to Christmas and in particular Christmas trees.  For this card, I've combined 3 challenges - firstly this week's CASual Friday which is to use kraft card  http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/cfc76.html  and combined that with this week's ISpy sketch http://ispysketches.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/issc39-with-maureen-plut.html   and the die cut embelishment challenge at 52CCT  http://52cct.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/october-embellishment-challenge.html


I used a square kraft base card with a darker kraft panel on top which was embossed with a falling snowflake embossing folder.  I coloured the raised flakes with a white gel pen.  The sentiment strip is washi tape.  I then used a hero arts die cut tree in 2 sizes to cut my trees from a variety of materials - cork, wood veneer, spotted kraft paper and more plain kraft which I covered with brown flock and brown glitter.


21 comments:

  1. Wow! Tara this is fabulous. Love the colours against the kraft.
    Lynne xxx

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  2. Tara, this is great! LOVE the different materials you used to create your fabulous trees! I've added a new linky...thanks for posting in the comments--you've been added! Thanks for joining us at 52CCT! :)

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  3. Hi Tara
    Gorgeous card .... Love the trees... Hugs Sylvie xxx

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  4. Hello Tara! Just catching up post my holiday and borwsing through your makes while I've been away - all fab as usual! Love this one - the use of the different cardstocks and snow beautifully done!

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  5. I love the way you coloured the embossed snow on this card and the mixed media trees are fab! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, Vicky x

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  6. Wonderful card Tara... it never occured to me to highlight embossed snow with a pen!!! Love the different shades of brown/kraft :0)
    Jenny x

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  7. Very nice. Good composition. I like the die-cut trees from different materials. Truly CAS.

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  8. Hi Tara

    This is gorgeous. Love the use of craft, your little trees and mostly the 'snow'! Thanks for joining in with 52 CCT this week

    Louise xx

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  9. I can't stop making Christmas cards either lol Love your design, what a fantastic card :) x

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  10. Don't you just LOVE that embossing folder! I think I've used it on almost all my Christmas cards lately! LOVE this sweet card!

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  11. What a beautiful card!

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  12. Tara - I love all the ways you've incorporated texture on this card! Great ideas! Thank you so much for getting your kraft on with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  13. Fab Christmas card very simple but so effective and love your use of Kraft card

    Anne

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  14. Lovely card!! Love the way you created the snowflakes.Thanks for sharing your KRAFTY creation with us @ CASual Fridays!

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  15. Gorgeous CAS card - wonderfully done with the Kraft. The snowy effect is just fabulous! Thanks so much for joining us at 52CCT this week!

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  16. Love the colored raised flakes! Wonderful Christmas card! Thanks for playing at I Spy!

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  17. This is a fabulous CAS design. I especially love how you colored the raised snowflakes with a gel pen. And what a great idea to add interest by using different materials for the trees! Thanks for joining us this week at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  18. simply sublime! I adore this simple scene...
    Rosi

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  19. I LOVE this Tara, such great details like the gel pen over the embossed dots and the different materials used for the trees! Stunning card!
    Thanks so much for sharing your lovely card with us at 52 {C}CT! Ruth x

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  20. Really great card. The cluster of trees is so pretty! Thank you for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays for our first big CAS-ual Fridays Stamps release week!

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