So, when I saw on the Winnie & Walter Blog they were sponsors for the AAA Cards CAS Game #111 I knew I wanted to (try) to play along for a chance to win a gift certificate and when Amy (you know... #AMYMADEMEBUYIT Amy) challenged me to try out the CASology Week 292 Challenge which has a Foil Cue Card (and Stamplorations is the Sponsor!) I decided to mash them together because, well, this really IS the biggest challenge for me... CAS.. and what was the chance I'd be able to do it twice??? (Not very good... she whispers). Don't get me wrong! I LOVE and can truly appreciate a beautiful CAS card... but when I'm creating, I have a switch in my crafty brain that doesn't usually turn off in time to create something CAS myself. And I'm ok with that, because I also love lots of layers and embellishments and stuff. When I stop at your place and tell you I LOVE what you did... I do because while I may have a creating preference, my viewing pleasure has no boundaries..
SO the AAA challenge is to use only one third of the card... I had foiled this awesome Coffee Bean Background from The Cutting Cafe a while ago and was just saving it for a future project... and I thought this would be perfect. I challenged myself by using the silver instead of gold which is my usual go to. The file comes with black coffee beans, brown coffee beans and just the outline (so you can color them whatever color you want). Knowing I was going to foil these, I printed them on my laser in black and used some Gina K Silver Sequins foil. LOVE that stuff because of all of the sparkle and the colors it picks up! Then I cut the Hello Sunshine out of my strip of foiled print using a Stamplorations die.. one of my favorites! I backed it with black glitter paper to make it stand out from all of the sparkle going on.
The coffee cup die is from CC Designs and it was the perfect size. I cut the butterfly from some Crate paper and I added a couple sequins in black also to finish it off. See how the foil is picking up all of those beautiful colors?? LOVE it!
Thanks for stopping and you'll be seeing those foiled coffee beans again soon... come back! And be sure to check out these two challenges:
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ReplyDeleteYou absolutely rocked the challenges!
Awesome card! I love the foiled coffee beans! Thanks for joining us at CASology!
ReplyDeleteLoving all the shimmer of those foiled beans and well done for staying CAS when it’s not your preferred style. Thanks for playing along with the AAA Cards Challenge.
ReplyDeleteYour rocked it!!! This is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh my, those foiled beans are the best! Absolutely adorable!!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool! I love the foiled coffee beans on the design. That really looks awesome with the other coffee elements.
ReplyDeleteYour card turned out awesome and I LOVE that you foiled the coffee beans! very cool!!
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So sooo pretty!! Love this! Thanks so much for sharing with us at CASology! Anna xo
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant, Lisa! Those foiled coffee beans are so cool and I love the die cut sentiment! Doesn't look like you have any trouble with CAS to me! Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful CAS card, I love the shimmer. Thanks for playing along at AAA Cards
ReplyDeleteBeautiful foiling! I really need to get into this trend! Beautiful CAS card!
ReplyDeleteWow! This card is gorgeous! Love that foiling - the sparkle is fabulous! And I love it even more having read that you stepped out of your comfort zone to create this CAS card. It turned out brilliantly! Thanks for playing along with us at AAA Cards! I hope we see you again in one of our challenge!
ReplyDeleteHello Lisa, Fabulous foiled beans. Such a fun card. Thank you for sharing with us at AAA Cards =) Tracie
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