CAS thanks for Paper Wings Productions September Blog Hop!

Hello, crafty peeps! WELCOME to the Paper Wings Productions Design Team Blog Hop & Giveaway! If you’ve arrived here from Ashley’s blog, then you’re in the right place. If you’re just stopping by for a visit, please CLICK HERE to start from the beginning.

We have started our monthly blog hops back up with a new team. We hope you will check out all of the awesome projects we have created for you. Go grab your favorite snack, get comfortable and enjoy the hop!

The main prize is a $25.00 gift certificate to the Paper Wings Productions online store.

• be a follower of the Paper Wings Productions blog
• visit each of the participating designer’s blogs and leave a comment
• come back and leave us a comment on the Paper Wings Productions blog telling us you’ve completed the hop

To increase your chances of winning, “Like” our Facebook page and/or invite your friends to the hop. Be sure to leave a separate comment for each of your additional entries. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 on the Paper Wings Productions blog.

Let me side-track you for a moment to showcase my projects. I created a set of two masked ‘Thanks’ note cards – one in warm colors with gold mirror cardstock accent and one in cool colors with silver mirror cardstock accent – using the FABulous Art Textures and Sayings and Sentiments stamp sets along with a variety of distress oxide inks. Oh my gosh… a good inky time was had by all!

These were super easy CAS cards. I cut a piece of white cardstock in quarters and used two of them (one for each card). I tore two pieces of masking paper about two inches longer than the cardstock quarter and masked part of the left side and most of the right side of the cardstock piece, anchoring it down to my craft sheet with the extra inch of masking paper on the top and bottom. This left a vertical ‘channel’ of cardstock which I inked with three colors of distress inks, overlapping and blending as I went. I then randomly stamped all the images in the Art Textures stamp set in black ink, covering the inked cardstock ‘channel’. When I was happy with the result, I carefully removed the masking paper and trimmed the inked/stamped portion, leaving a narrow margin of white on both sides. I adhered that to the mirror cardstock and trimmed it again, leaving a narrow margin of mirror cardstock on both sides. I adhered the trimmed piece to the card base and then stamped the sentiment from the Sayings and Sentiments stamp set in the lower right corner with the black ink.

For the inside, I adhered a strip of the mirror cardstock down the left side of a white panel and then layered the panel on colored cardstock. I left the inside blank to write a custom message. I finished the front with several dots of Crystal Drops.

Here are pics of the other card in cool colors, created the same way.

Thanks for indulging me, lol! Now, back to the blog hop! Be sure to head on over to Veronica’s blog next!

Here is the complete line-up just in case you get lost along the way:
Dana
Ashley
Leslie (you’re here! :)
Veronica
Paper Wings Productions blog – “The Aviary”

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Proud to enter this set of cards into the following challenges:
Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog: #17 – Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday: #298/#299 – Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge: #25 – Anything Goes
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Paper Wings Productions products used:
Stamps: Art Textures stamp set and Sayings and Sentiments stamp set

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Premium White cardstock, GKD Sweet Mango and Wild Lilac cardstock, Marco’s Gold and Silver Mirror cardstock
Ink: Ranger Distress Oxides- Fired Brick, Wild Honey, Fossilized Amber, Picked Raspberry, Wilted violet, Salty Ocean; Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Accessories: Masking paper, Ranger Distress Sprayer, Nuvo Crystal Drops- Ripened Pumpkin, English Mustard, Dandelion Yellow and Violet Galaxy; Nuvo Glitter Drops- Sherbert Shimmer and Blue Lagoon; Tim Holtz Stamp Platform

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s blog hop projects! Be sure to check out all the fun stamps and other goodies in the Paper Wings Productions store! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

Author: Leslie

Crazy cat lady and crafting junkie! We have 10 feline rescues. I’m addicted to stamping and love making cards, ATCs, and 3-D projects (especially paper shoes, paper purses and mini albums). I also dabble in mixed media, art journaling, altered art and custom jewelry. If you’re looking for me, I’ll either be in my studio or getting some kitty lovins! ;) View all posts by Leslie