Experimental Birthday

Experimental Birthday
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

So...I need to do a better job of posting my cards. Sadly, I totally CASE'd this card several days ago and now I can't remember where I got the idea. And I checked all my usual haunts too. Oh well. Eventually I'll find it and then give that person credit! :-)

To the card...

I cut a small piece (cuz I'm totally hoarding my limited stash) of Gina K's Pure Luxury cardstock and brushed it with Broken China Distress Ink, then stamped it several times using Scattered Straw Distress Ink and a whispy plant stamp. I inked the edges with Wild Honey Distress Ink.

I sent a small piece of green cardstock through a crimper, then sprayed it with Gold Glow Smooch Spritz. I adhered that to a white cardblank, adhered the white cardstock piece on top and then stamped my sentiment in Wild Honey Distress Ink.

In real life, this card is kind of cool. I'm not sure it's "me" though. ;-)



Supplies:
Paper: Recollections (white cardblank); GinaK (Pure Luxury white cardstock); Bazzill (green cardstock)
Stamps: Stampabilities (birthday); Inkadinkado (plant stamp, #97205)
Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Wild Honey, Scattered Straw, Broken China)
ETC: Fiskars (crimper); Clearsnap (Smooch Spritz, Gold Glow)


Thanks for looking over here today....have a great weekend!!

~Cynthia

(Birthday)

(Birthday)
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

I CASE'd this card from LateBlossom, off her Simplicity blogsite. But I added my own twist, so that totally counts, right? ;-)

Susan (aka LateBlossom) used a bracket stamp. I don't own one.

I know.

The horrors.

BUT, I do have some pretty cool grunge board brackets with some pretty cool swirlies on them.

Close enough!

My sad little camera (on my phone) totally washed out the colors, but the brackets are a lovely blue color, matching the sentiment's ink perfectly, in real life.



Supplies:
Paper: Recollections (white cardblank)
Stamps: Stampabilities (Happy Birthday)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Chipped Sapphire)
ETC: Tim Holtz Grungeboard (Swirls), automotive sandpaper to sand brackets


Have a wonderful day and thank you so much for popping on over to my little spot in the blog-o-sphere! =D

~Cynthia

Butterfly CASE

Butterfly CASE
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

I would like to triumphantly point out that this card was taken in 100% full bright need-sunglasses sunlight.

YAY!!!

I CASE'd this from the Less is More challenge for this week. It is almost impossible to see, but I dragged a glue pen down the card front, beneath where the butterfly is now adhered, making 4 lines of different lengths. Then I sprinkled glitter over those lines and placed the butterfly over it to make cute little 'flight lines.'

The butterfly is die cut (Cuttlebug) from BoBunny paper.

And the birthday sentiment is from my favorite Hero Arts set, Birthday Messages, stamped in ColorBox Pink ink.

Super cute, super quick!



On a side note, it was so much fun to visit other crafters' blogsites this weekend and see how many of us worship the Risen Savior, Jesus Christ. He is risen INDEED!!

~Cynthia

Happy Easter!!

He is RISEN!! He is RISEN INDEED!!!

Mix Media Art Journal Page

Mix Media Art Journal
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

Perhaps I should have titled this "And Now For Something Completely Different." This is what I've been doing lately...playing in a Canson Mix Media journal. It's been rather fun and oh, so totally different from my happy happy cards! =D

I know the picture is way way way WAY bad. We have NO sun here today so I took this picture in the bathroom, where the light is half-way decent. But the page is really not as dark as it seems in the picture.

I used several techniques, but the new one for me was stamping on tissue paper, then using Mod Podge to adhere it to the painted page, thus allowing the tissue paper to melt into the paint, leaving the image clear. Can you see the funky sun faces? That's one of my oldest, but most favorite, stamps I own.

The words are hard to read. I had finished the painting part several days ago, but yesterday's Bible verse was perfect for it, so I finally finished it. It says (on the left) "His going forth is as certain" (and on the right) "as the dawn." That's from the book of Hosea, Chapter 6.

That verse really struck me yesterday, especially in light of Holy Week, Easter Sunday, and how Jesus' resurrection (His 'going forth' from the tomb) was so certain...a done deal, as it were. It gives me confidence that God is still in charge and He really does know what He's doing! :-)


I hope you have a wonderful, joyous Easter weekend! Thanks for stopping by today! :-)

~Cynthia

3.5 Minute CASE CAS!

3.5 Minute CASE CAS!
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

I CASE'd this idea from LateBlossom over on her Simplicity blogsite.

It's a very CAS card.

I was heating up my lunch (Curried Sweet Potato Soup--OH YES) and I had about 3.5 minutes to stand around watching the soup ride the little carousel in the microwave.

I thought...surely I could make a card in three-and-a-half minutes. Surely I could.

So I ran into the craft room, got the brilliant idea to make a CAS card just like LateBlossom's and thus you have my....


3.5 Minute CASE CAS Card.


I simply stamped the birthday sentiment three times, in three different inks, and then used the ScorBuddy for some textural scoring interest.

*DING*

Ooo! Lunch is ready!! :-)



Supplies:
Paper: Recollections (white cardblank. Yeah, I know it looks blue, but we have NO SUN this morning and even though I took like 5 pictures inside, outside, under light, with no light, upside-down, holding my breath...this is what I got. *sigh*)
Stamp: Hot Off the Press (Mix Your Messages set)
Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Dried Marigold)
ETC: ScorBuddy



Have a great day! And thanks for stopping by!!

~Cynthia

Birthday Re-do

Birthday Re-do
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

Way back on March 28, I posted this birthday card, which I set aside on my desk until I needed to send it.

A few days ago I picked it up and noticed....A SPOT on my card! Somehow I had dripped something or other on it and the card was no longer 'sendable.'

So I fixed it.

It was simple, really. I cut the offending spot off and adhered only the front cover of the card onto a white cardblank.

I actually like this second go 'round better. I like the layers. I like how the white pulls everything together.

Disaster averted.

=D


Have a great weekend!


~Cynthia