Saturday 4 February 2017

Loll Inspird Me

I recently posted a card made by Jane that I had CASED.  Today I want to share a card I CASED from another blog friend Loll, of Stamping with Loll

I have been following Loll's journey with alcohol inks and she originally inspired me to break open my bottles. Loll's blog is Stamping with Loll. and it is well worth popping over to take a look. Her work is beautiful! Here is Loll's card...


I  took some of the left over snippets from my Yupo background creations and created a wee scene with my "Never Before Used Schtuff", my Horse Sleigh Landscape, Memory Box die. NBUS for short. I cut the sleigh from a snippet of white glitter paper.

To ensure a non lumpy focal point, I ran the die through the bottom of the Alcohol ink portion and then lined up the two die cut edges for a smooth edged scene. I saved the Yupo waste from behind the horse and sleigh and inlaid it back into the finished scene.

 I then used a Lawn Fawn stitched circle die to cut the scene and pop dotted it to my card. I finished the card off with a Cursive Script Merry, Memory Box die cut from a slim snippet of the inked Yupo paper
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This was so much fun that I made a second card with the horse and sleigh cut from a gunmetal grey glitter paper and a cut another Cursive  Merry Die from the same grey glittered cardstock.



I am entering this card over at Darnells 10th NBUS challenge where the theme is for you to use a NBUS item of course. There is also an optional challenge for you to use bubble wrap. I decided to forgo this option as I do not have any at the moment.

You can check out the NBUS challenge at Darnell's blog djkardkreations

22 comments:

Cathy said...

Wow, these backgrounds are gorgeous, perfect with those diecuts. Cathy x

Valerija said...

Lovely cards.
Valerija xx

Jane said...

Such pretty cards....and such great designs.Gorgeous! xx

Pia S said...

Oh, I want that horse and sleigh die! How completely different these cards look by just changing the color of the die cut! Beautiful sky made too.

Rainey's Craft Room said...

These are gorgeous clean and simple designs with a very effective inky sky element.
Lorraine

coldwaters2 said...

Wow three beautiful creations Mo I do love the CAS style but what caught my eye was the background skies, wow, the ink effect is awesome, well done you
hugs
lorraine x

Whisper said...

Oooo what a stunning bit of 'Casing', am loving what you have done, Luv Sam x

Izzy Scrap said...

This is absolutely gorgeous ! I love your backgrounds and the very CAS style of your cased card ! Thanks for sharing and for inspiring !

Donna said...

These are gorgeous Maureen! I love the silhouette of the sleigh and your backgrounds are beautiful! Great job.

Barb said...

Two beautiful cards Mo. Your alcohol backgrounds look lovely and what a pretty die that is. Barbxx

Brenda said...

Beautiful, just beautiful Maureen! I love your background you created before, but love it even more now with these awesome dies. Well done!! I love Loll and have CASed her myself. She makes the best cards and inspires with her inky backgrounds! Hugs, Brenda

Verna Angerhofer said...

I love your cards you made and they are great little scenes. I can see why you were inspired by Loll's card. It, too, is a beauty!

Heidi MyLittleStampingBlog said...

Holy Moley! These turned out so great!!!

Jenny L said...

Hi Maureen,
what very fab card, and your alchol background is awesome.
Love the horse and sleigh in both colours.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

cotnob said...

Fabulous cards Maureen, a beautiful background and super CAS design.
Pauline
x

Kathleen said...

Two fabulous cards Mo and some gorgeous images and colours, great take on Lolls card.

Kath x

Loll said...

LOVE your cards Mo! Your alcohol ink background are gorgeous. Thanks for the shout out! xx

Greta said...

Beautiful yupo scrap & beautiful cards, Maureen! Now I really "need" that sleigh die--just love it! The first card is stunning--so light & fresh, yet perfect for Christmas!

Darnell said...

Both your cards are stunning, Maureen! You totally channeled the uber talented Loll with your CASEing! Now I'm pinning you and I know other card artists will be CASeing YOU!! Thank you very much for playing in my NBUS Challenge #10! Hugs, Darnell

Linby said...

Two wonderful cards, you totally CASED it.

Pat said...

These two cards are gorgeous Maureen using the pretty Yupo backgrounds and the horse and sleigh die looks great with it. x

Tracy said...

Such pretty cards....the backgrounds are gorgeous.