#1124 – CAS is Difficult!

PE: Top 3 at Neglected Stuff challenge!

Hello and welcome! It’s time for yet another challenge at Seize the Birthday and this time, our leader, Nancy, is the leading lady, and she chose the topping ‘Clean and Simple with a Stencil‘. Of course, our ‘Anything Goes‘ topping always applies, so if the topping is not to your liking, you can just join with a Birthday project.

And here’s what I made –

I started with the stencilling. I picked a linen textured white cardstock, and used the Stamplotations Art Flowers 1 stencil , masking it with sticky notes to blend in the colors. Once done, I used Simon Says Stamp Stitching Panel on the panel. Yeah, I had a hard time getting rid of all the teeny tiny die cut pieces (the best tip I learnt from Jennifer McGuire to remove such small things was to run a tooth pick or something similar over the die cutting, like drawing a line. While it does make it tons easier, it is still time consuming to run it over a large surface), so I left a few behind here and there.. makes it a little artistic too! 😉

For the card base, I had initially chosen a purple cardstock, but later switched to white, since it was looking much better. I adhered my stencilled panel directly on it, and cut out a strip of a matching purple cardstock and adhered it right next to it. Once the whole thing dried, I trimmed off the overhanging edges.

For the sentiment, I used Simon Says Stamp Butterfly Blossoms, stamping it over a white cardstock die cut using Sizzix Phrases die. I then adhered this over my card.

Arrgh.. it was so difficult to stop myself from adding a sequin or something to embellish my card!! I soooo wanted to add something. This card is really proof of my willpower – I can’t go any more CAS than this! My apologies to Nancy!! 😀

But I can still join a few challenges –

The Neglected Stuff challenge September: Anything Goes – the stencil I used, Stamplotations Art Flowers 1 stencil, I’ve had it in my stash for so long – probably more than 3-4 years – and never used it!!

Die cut Divas September challenge: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Anything Goes

Just us Girls challenge #794: Stencil week

Stencil Fun challenge September: Anything Goes with optional Nature

Anyway, you can loads of better inspiration from the rest of our DT and our guests at the Seize the Birthday blog! Of course, some of you are experts at CAS, and the ones who are not, just like me, can try their hand at this challenge – so join the party!

Thank you so much for stopping by!