CAS Birthday

      This is a delightfully CAS card and I haven't done one this simple in quite a while.  What time was consumed making the card all took place in making the background pink and the words white.

     The kitten is a photograph scanned into Word software, behind which I made the background pink. The words were made white on that background but they were so light when I printed the image directly onto the card front, I used a white gel pen and went over them after the card was printed.  What looks like 'layers' of image and background was actually all printed right onto the card front.

     After printing onto heavy cardstock, I folded the card, photographed it, and slipped it into an envelope.  The whole thing took about 20 minutes.  This is for my granddaughter-in-law's birthday (and I'm not telling her age.  I don't want to get eaten!)

     Challenges:

Aloha Friday

Creative Inspirations

Daisy Chain

Digi Choosday

Di's Digi Designs

Incy Wincy

Penny's P-C

Simon Says Stamp

SUYP Cats

Word Art Weds

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Winter Bobcat

      A couple of months ago, I did a card which featured a bobcat and, in order to get the coloring right, I printed out this photo from a search I did online.  I have no idea who took the photo, nor do I remember exactly where I found it, so it's impossible for me to give credit to the photographer.  It could have come from the National Geographic website or from any of the hundreds of nature photography sites which exist.  I seriously thought about just throwing it away because of the problems with identifying the photographer but it was so beautiful, I just couldn't stand to dump it into the trash.

     If anyone knows the photographer, please let me know so that I can give proper credit.

     So, I created a simple card by cutting the picture with a QuicKutz die, then shaping the corners with a Fiskars punch.  I mounted that onto back CS, and put it on a card base.  The sentiment was done by heat embossing a Casual Friday stamp with white EP.  Clean, simple, and perfect for any occasion.

     Challenges:

Ally's Angels

A Perfect Time ...

Classic Design

Crafts Galore Encore

Double Trouble

Dream Valley

Let's Craft & Create

Lil Patch of ...

There's a Stamp ...

Your Scrapbook ...

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Miss You

      I created this card for a young man who has been separated from his favorite pet for what seems like a lifetime to both of them.  His mom had this photo, sent it to me, and now I've sent the finished card to her so that she can give it to Jacob. 

     Image is a photo, cropped to fit, then cut with a die from QuicKutz.  Matted in white and layered onto a die cut (Spellbinders) mat.  Everything went onto a white card base and I left it with no embellishments for a very masculine, CAS design.

• Challenges:
• Allsorts
• Creative Fingers
• Cute Card Thurs
• Cuttlebug Mania
• Di's Digi Designs
• Gem of a Challenge
• Simon Says Stamp & Show   
• Simon Says Stamp                                                                                      

     That's all I have for today so Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie