CAS Celebrating 21

Tried to make a quick card, but an hour or so later, I still hadn't finished. I did make several panels for future cards, though, so THOSE will be quick & easy (I hope!!).

Now that my nieces are growing up, it's getting difficult to decide what kind of birthday cards to make for them. I figured with geometric shapes and bold colors outlined in black, you can't go wrong. Hope she likes it! 

This is as clean & simple as I can get. It was so difficult not to do anything with all that white space...but I do like the clean look. I added some bling with a blue Wink of Stella pen, which you can see only in the close-up shot. It's not easy to capture that glitter on camera! TFL!

Entering this into the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #239

and

CAS on Sunday where the Theme is Sparkle (I hope the Wink of Stella counts)

I CASE'd Wilma's card - love her color combo of Twisted Citron & Mermaid Lagoon.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: My Favorite Things: Party Patterns, Fiskars: Classic Alpha, We R Memory Keepers: Celebrate

Inks: Stampin' Up Tempting Turquosie & Melon Mambo, Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark, White EP

Dies: Sizzix Circles 

Other: Blue Wink of Stella Glitter Pen

Blue and Gold Graduation

Made another grad card using my Dreamweaver stencil and distress inks. I am entering this in the colourQ challenge #296. I paper pieced the graduation cap and tassel and added extra shine with the Wink of Stella pen. Thanks for looking!

Supplies: 

Paper: Ranger Speciality Stamping Paper

Dies: Spellbinders Sentiments One, Labels One & Circles, Sizzix Stars

Stamp: Northwoods

Ink: Distress Faded Jeans, Mustard Seed

Other: Wink of Stella Pen

Celebrate with Glitter!

In this card, I got to use my new Wink of Stella Glitter Pen. I bought a clear one but when I tried it, I was disappointed to see that it really looked gold, not clear. But then the other day I came across someone else saying the same thing, and I found out that it only looks gold when you initially get the ink flowing. After a few swipes, it does come out clear and now I know why everyone is so in love with these pens. The glitter adds such a cool shimmer! Check out the smaller photos below - you can really see those stars shine! TFL!

Supplies: 

Dies: Sizzix Stars #2, Edgeabilities Classic Edges One

Ink: Copics & Memento Paris Dusk 

Stamp: We R Memory Keepers

Other: Washi Tape, Wink of Stella Glitter Pen