Clearly Besotted

18.01.2014

Case Study – turning up the heat!

Happy Saturday everyone – hope you’re enjoying your weekend? I’ve ~~enjoyed~~, erm ENDURED a week without the hubby whilst he’s been off skiing and although I’ve been struck down with a nasty cold for most of it, I have managed to fit in a bit of crafty time here and there. I have also had a bit a of a play with my blog – just fancied a change – what do you think?? There’s still some bits and pieces I want to tweak but on the whole I think it’s ok!!

So my card today was inspired by Donna Mikasa who is the current muse over at Case Study Challenge. Whilst hers screams “cool” I kinda veered the other way and went HOT!! Well, we need some warmth at this time of year, don’t we?? (Australians need not answer that!!!).

I used my Martha Stewart mini score board to deboss some lines on to my mat then brayered over it with Dried Marigold distress ink. The sentiment from the new Clearly Besotted Say it in Style set was then heat embossed in white. To make it pop a wee bit more I rubbed some Spiced Marmalade DI just around the sentiment – adds just a touch of dimension! Well, I am being a taxi for the best part of the afternoon so better get some jobs done! Have a lovely weekend everyone xxx

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15.01.2014

A bit of flower arranging!

Hey everyone. Here with a card I have had in my head ever since Steph showed us the Love Birds stamps and dies released this month from Clearly Besotted. I bought the Fresh Cut Florals from Wplus9 a few months ago but with Christmas and all that jazz – this is the first chance I’ve had to ink them up! I die cut and stamped a load of flowers and leaves the other day and last night decided to get busy with a bit of flower arranging! I adore the little birdcage from CBS so I die cut it in white and then made a “bed” of blooms for it to nestle into. I am also slightly obsessed with the Falling Hearts die from Simon Says Stamp so used it again as a back drop created with embossing paste – you can’t see the dimension in the photo but it looks quite effective IRL!

Once again, I am able to enter the Wednesday Challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp blog as this time they are asking us to “Emboss It”.

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10.01.2014

Clearly Besotted Challenge – LOVE

Hello, here with details of this month’s challenge over at Clearly Besotted Stamps. If you’re new to CBS then where have you been??? LOL! Steph and Jenny are an amazing team who produce top quality stamps and dies, on trend designs and customer service that literally cannot be beaten. I’m so lucky to be one of the design team members and every month starting at 10am on the 10th Steph hosts a challenge. The only rule is you must use at least one CBS product to qualify for the prize. The theme for the month of January is “LOVE” and with all the gorgeous stamps available at CBS I’m sure you will all come up with something beautiful! Check out all the DT inspiration and full details on Steph’s blog.

So onto my card. I have used the newly released Key To My Heart stamp set and dies and the Love Hearts stamps and dies. I made a stencil using the Simon Says Stamp Falling Hearts die (one of my favourite products ever) and mixed some translucent embossing paste (tinted with food colouring gel of all things!!) to give me a soft pink shade to match in with the inks (Mama Elephant).