Cards, Sale and More

Hello! Thanks so much for visiting my blog today. I have so many things to share with you.

I'm on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog with two AMAZING cards for you, showing off techniques that were inspired by Jenn's CASE-d card from yesterday. Check out that post again to refresh your memory. ;-)

And do leave me some love on the BRI blog. There is a 15% off sale on in-stock items until the end of the week. Take advantage and stock up on some of those goods! Code is CATSAWAY15.

I'm also on The Ton blog today with FIVE cards. Yes. Haha. They were really quite simple to make. I'm showing how you can create your own backgrounds.

Lately, I've been purging a lot of items from my craft room. I have been crafting for almost one year and am getting better about what kind of things I will use most. A huge thank you to everyone who has placed an order -- most things have shipped out already and I hope they arrive to you soon! I still have A LOT more and continue to update as I browse my stash. Check out that post here. Please message me if you have any questions!

Did you miss my first ever guest design post?! I was on the MarkerPop blog using Gorjuss stamps. Do check it out!

I've been working behind the scenes on my new website AND a shop for my cards. :) Hopefully they'll launch by the end of the month. Thank you to everyone for all their support and love! Have a great week.

10th Blogiversary Celebration

If you're looking for my Crafty Items Sale, go here. Thanks to everyone who has ordered from me. All orders so far have been packed and shipped. I will be adding more items this week. :) ♥ ♥ ♥

And now for today's news...

Today's post is special! No, no, I'm not the one celebrating 10 years of blogging, but my friend Jenn Shurkus is! WOW, 10 years! I am joining her celebration as a Party Goer by CASE-ing a card of hers. You can find more details about her celebration on her blog.

As I browsed Jenn's Pinterest and Flickr galleries, many cards caught my eye! I love her mixed media approach and how she isn't afraid to try something new or different. This is the card I decided to CASE.

How pretty is that? And so simple, too! I applied dry and heat embossing technique to my card and instead of the translucent embossing paste she used, I used black. It wasn't until I finished my card that I realized I also used the word hello! ;-) 

I used Tim Holtz Bubble Stencil and added some Dreamweaver Matte Black Embossing Paste over it on the right side of the card. I set it aside to dry and then I glued a portion of gold paper doily on the bottom left, cutting off the excess. Some doilies are too big to use on an A2 card so when I discovered I could add a doily in this way, I was ecstatic. I have so many so they need to be put to use! ;-) I stamped the word 'hello' from Altenew's Super Script in VersaMark ink on vellum and heat embossed with black embossing powder. I applied it with vellum tape in the center. 

Jenn had splatters of ink on her card and I decided to do a little watercoloring with colors. I used distress inks :-) 

Did you know that you could play along as well?? Jenn has a lot of awesome sponsors offering great prizes. Celebrate along with us and CASE a card or project of Jenn's from her 10 years of blogging. Link up your project on her site here. You will have until August 4th to participate and all winners will be announced August 7th at 8 a.m. EST!

Thank you for visiting and be sure to check out her blog for more details and for other party goers' cards! I have more cards based on today's inspiration but I'll share that later this week. Take care!