New Baby Girl

To welcome a new baby girl for my niece, I am playing to the CAS Colours & Sketches theme for this slimline card giving it a 90 degree rotation. “Félicitations” (Congratulations) is dry embossed onto the top layer with the aperture gold heat embossed border and then lined with a dry embossed pink vellum. Teddy is hanging onto the bow and the 3 tiny heart die cuts were gold heat embossed to match.

Thanks for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna

Supplies: Baby Rocker Renke die, MFT hearts die, Darice dot background EF, Impression Obsession Tide line die, Spellbinders layering mini slimline, Gumiapan parchemin die, Gold EP, Simply Graphic die 4 voeux.

Laced Poinsettia

Playing to CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #487. An aperture to mimic the sketch over a little white tissue paper, textured on a card base and embellished with gold EP. Gold thread entwined over the center of a lacy poinsettia die cut. Joyeuses Fêtes (Happy Holidays) word die to title the Christmas card.

Thanks for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna

Supplies: Simply Graphic word die; MFT stitched horizontal strips; Tatterd Lace poinsettia die; WOW gold pearl EP; gold thread.

Eucalyptus

Playing to Hilary’s Gesso Stencil combo over at the CAS Mix Up September Challenge. For this card I made a gessoed panel with the Carta Bella Wander and Find stencil and then ink blended with Fossil Green OI. I then stamped and white heat embossed an eucalyptus branch. A little Finetec watercolour was added to the leaves and a scored background white card stock was used as the base.

Thanks for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna

Supplies: Carta Bella Wander and Find stencil; Oxide Inks; White EP; Finetec watercolour; MFT horizontal Stitch Strip die; Score Board

Plume

A little Coucou to the gals over at CAS Mix Up Challenge. The theme for August is “emboss resist” so I alternated masking to each side of the die cut feather so I could stamp and white heat embossed each side with a different stamp. Some Ost. blue Brushos was sprinkled and spritzed with water. A little Schmincke AquaBronze rich gold powder was also added for some shimmer. After double stacking the feather some gold thread was wrapped around the stem and adhered to a white card base. “Juste une note” (Just a note) was stamped and gold heat embossed twice.

Thank you so much for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna

Supplies: SSS Feathers die-cut; Bushos; Schmincke AquaBronze pigment; White EP; gold thread; Simple à Souhait stamp; Hero Arts stamp K5445; Hampton Art Stamp DF2635

Butterfly overload

This poor flutter was heat embossed for I don’t know how many layers…hence the title. Never give up on an idea. Playing with CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #480 and Less is More Challenge #470. The sentiment “tu es unique” (you are unique) seemed suiting for this card 😉

Thanks for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna

Supplies: IO Open Scroll Butterfly die, Simply Graphic Petits Feuillages, Wow heat EP, Bonnidee sentiment.

Soft Noël

A soft Christmas card for two challenges: Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #546 & Color Throwdown Challenge #703. Baby Blue snowflakes and a Krafty Noël word die over cream card stock. A vellum circle to subdue the secondary flakes in the background.

Hope all is well and you’re having a great summer. Thanks for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna

Supplies: Simply Graphic word die, MFT snowflakes, Lawn Fawn circle die, Wow EP, vellum

PAPA

A father’s day card for the Masculine theme over at Less Is More Challenge #466. A small white rectangle to which I die cut the word PAPA (DAD) pasted over a silver heat embossed circuit grid and an underlayer slightly larger black rectangle to frame. Happy Father’s Day to all those special Dads.

Thanks for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna

Supplies: Paper Rose Circuit Texture Metal Die, Honey Bee alphabet dies, WOW EP

For the Pleasure

Such a fun Photo Week over at the Just Us Girls Challenge #634. A pop of cycles and florals made me adopt a circular theme for this card. A few pink splatters along with the sentiment “Pour le Plaisir” (For the Pleasure) to sum it all up.

Thanks for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna

Supplies Tattered Lace dies, Spellbinders bloom die, MFt Stitchable Dot Circle Stax, Florilèges Designs sentiment, WOW Sparkle heat embossing, Rangers Liquid Pearls.

Joyful Thanks

My goodness, this card took forever… after awhile, the mojo gets rusty when you’ve been away from the craftroom 😛 The rainbow theme over at Less is More Challenge #645, the Fusion Card Challenge -Rainbow Plates, along with Judy’s sketch over at the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #537 made for great inspiration. I scored the card base to keep this card CAS. Colourful stamping on vellum and then glitz heat embossed.

Thanks for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna

Supplies Martha Stewart score board, Altenew fine circles die, Penny Black word die, Altenew stamp, Memento inks.

May BD

Paying to the tune of the Paper Players PP588 for an outdoorsman birthday card. Three watercoloured squares dry embossed with a new EF with a gold embossed Happy Birthday word die. That sums it up.

Thanks for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna

Supplies: cream card stock, McCollection word die, Wow EP, Sizzix 3D leaf veins EF, Daniel Smith watercolours.