CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #62–Back In Black!!

Hellooooo!!

 

Did you think I’d fallen off the face of the earth?!!  It’s been a very busy week here at our house.  We’ve been doing the Gramma and Grampa thing while our kids are camping.  OH EM GEE!!  It’s been fun, but very, very tiring!  Needless to say, there are a few things that are being neglected while we give our undivided attention to our infant grandson, and that’s just a-okay with me!!  How often will we get the chance to snuggle and smooch on that little bug without the interference of anyone else?  Not very often, right?!  So needless to say, my little bloggo has been very quiet.

BUT I’m popping in between feedings to share this week’s CAS-ual Fridays Challenge, which is a super fun one!!  Your challenge is to:  Create a CLEAN & SIMPLE project to include a BLACK card base!  Black is such a dramatic color, and looks sooo cool combined with most colors, especially bright and bold colors!  Don’t you agree?!

Our out-of-this-world amazing sponsor this week is Lil Inker Designs – an online company that carries some of the CA-YUTEST dies and stamps that you ever did see!!  I happen to own the Rainbows and Clouds dies and stamps, and adore using them as often as I can.  Lil Inker Designs has also provided a fabulous prize for this week’s TGIF winner, but you’ll have to click on through to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog to see what it is!  Thank you, Lil Inker Designs!!

As soon as I saw this challenge, I knew what I wanted to do!  I adore stamping inside the negative of a die cut as a bold effect.  I’ve had this Chandeliers Hero Arts stamp and die set for quite a while, and knew that it would be perfect for this challenge!  I die cut the chandelier/bird image out of the card front, debossed the panel with a linen impression plate, threaded silver cording through the die cut negative, and stamped the sentiment in VersaMark and heat embossed it with silver embossing powder.  I then stamped the chandelier and bird on the black card base, through the die cut negative, using VersaMark, and then heat embossed them with turquoise and orange embossing powder.  I tied a turquoise ribbon at the bottom, added some bling to the chandelier lights, and then adhered the card front to the card base with foam tape.

PRODUCTS USED:

STAMPS:  Chandeliers (Hero Arts/Sizzix), Lighten Up Sentiments (PTI)
INK:  VersaMark (Tsukineko)
PAPER:  Black Licorice (French Poptone)
OTHER:  Chandelier Die (Hero Arts/Sizzix), Rhinestones (Stampin’ Up!), Apricot, Aqua and Silver Embossing Powder (Zing/American Crafts), Hawaiian Shores Ribbon (PTI), Linen Impression Plate (PTI), Silver Cord (A Muse Studio)

 

Well kids, it’s time to go feed or change or burp or play with or rock a very sweet little baby . . . catch ya on the flip side, peeps!!  Thanks so much for stopping by today!!  Have a great weekend!