CTC 312: CASE Your Favourite Retiring Dies

 Hi!

Happy Easter! Have you had a lovely day? I hope so! My teenagers slept in today, so we were able to do our egg hunt at a much more reasonable hour. Yes, even though they are 17, 15 and 13, they still want the chocolate! It's the only day of the year that I let them eat as much junk as they want. They used to go nuts, but they've finally worked out that they end up feeling sick, so they are a bit more cautious these days!

This week for our CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge, we are asking you to CASE a project made with your favourite retiring dies. There are so many of my favourites retiring this year, it was nearly like asking me to choose a favourite child! In the end I went for my World Map Dies. I got the because my husband is interested in maps, particularly antique maps, so this suite was a must have, and will stay in my permanent collection.

I found this little tag on page 26 to CASE, but I decided to turn it into a full size card.

Because this gave me more room to play with, I decided to add two globes to the front. I used the dies to crop the globes from some Brass Foil, and then used a left over piece of Foil to anchor the two globes to the card. 

The backing for the globes was made with watercolour paper. I used my Water Painter and some Misty Moonlight ink to colour the paper, making sure that the colour went on very unevenly.

I made a third globe in the same manner for the inside of my card. A pair of sentiments from A Good Man finished off the card nicely.

What is your favourite retiring die set? There are so many to choose from, so I can't wait to see what you choose. Don't forget to upload your photo into our Facebook group when you've made your card.

Before you dash off to get inky, please do finish the Blog Hop. Next up is the lovely Lauren. Hmmm, I wonder which set of dies she has chosen?

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #527: Just Add A Sketch

 Hi!

Woo Hoo for Friday and the newJust Add Ink challenge! This week Kim has drawn up a fun sketch for us to follow.

That little flourish at the top has so many possibilities!

I've CASEd myself a little bit for this card. I made a similar card in Granny Apple Green last week, and after I did I thought that it would also look great in blue. This sketch gave me the opportunity to try it!. The background is Blueberry Bushel ink smooshed onto Shimmery White cardstock. I kept hold of my Blueberry ink when it retired earlier this year, as it's a wonderful blue that stays blue when you add water. A lot of other blues go grey or purple.

The globe die is a Tim Holtz Sizzix die, called Mini Globe. I cut it twice - once in Basic Black with a layer of Foam Adhesive Sheet, and a second time in Gold Glimmer Paper. I just glued the Gold on top of the black once I'd popped out all the pieces - there were a lot to pop out!

I completed this inside just like my Granny Apple Card - why mess with a good thing? The smaller globe is from the World Map Dies.

You can find the rest of this week's Design team cards over on the Just Add Ink blog, where you can also link up your card once you've made it. Can't wait to see what you do with the sketch.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Granny Apple Green

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the new Colour Creations Creative Showcase. We are looking at Granny Apple Green this week. I really like this bright, cheerful green.

I started off with some Shimmery White cardstock, and then I smooshed it with some Granny Apple Green Ink. To do this, I used my Aqua Painter to add some water my largest clear block. I then used the Aqua Painter to add some GAG ink and then smooshed the cardstock over the ink. I let it dry a little and then repeated until I was happy with the look. Letting it dry between smooshes gives you a few 'tide lines' instead of one great big blob of ink.

A Silver Foil globe from the World Map dies - showing Australia, of course - was the perfect compliment to the sentiments I used on the front of the card. I backed my foil with an Adhesive sheet before die cutting, which makes adhering so much easier. I cropped a few stars from the left over foil to go on the front.

I couldn't do only half of the world, so the other globe went on the inside. I'd smooshed this piece of card when I did the front so that I only have one lot of mess to clean up. I hate when I don't remember to do the inside until after I've cleaned up!

As always, please pop on over to Catherine's blog, where you'll find the rest of the links to this week's Granny Apple Green cards.

Bye for now,

Tina