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Friday 17 July 2020

Raising a glass to friends

Hello, crafting friends!

Never mind whelmed, I have been overwhelmed-and-a-half by the chaos that my inbox has become all of a sudden! It was that week off that did it :/ Anyway, while clearing it out I found a few challenges that are about to end. Yep, THAT's why I miss so many challenge deadlines!


This is a very quick and simple card which enabled me to use up some annoyingly small snippets of card stock - hooray! I started by masking off the bottom of a thick card base with a sticky note and sponging a little ink upwards to create a 'ground'.


Next came the die cutting: I used an MFT set called Birthday Cocktail, cutting the glass once out of vellum and then again out of grey card stock, and the bow out of a bright pink scrap. The drink was coloured on the back of the vellum glass with a marker, and I gave it some sparkle on the front with a Wink of Stella pen.


The glass was assembled using thin smears of glue. I attached it to the card base and added a sentiment from Stampin' Up's From Our House To Yours using grey and pink inks. I stamped tiny hearts from the same set onto the tag from the die set and added it to the glass, but I didn't like the look, so I added interest with some gems instead.

CHALLENGES
I'm joining in with The Snippets Playground  - the only thing that wasn't a snippet was the card base and even the gems were rescued from a card that was being recycled! I'm also playing along at AAA Cards where the main theme is Made in Minutes, and coming back for a second entry at Festive Friday, where I've chosen Friendship sentiment, Sparkle and Die cuts from the inspiration list. I hope I'm also in time to link up with Less is More's Fuchsia, Yellow and Grey colour theme.


AND IN OTHER NEWS
This card is dedicated to all my lovely crafting friends. I really do appreciate you - the people in my life that understand what I mean when I'm consumed with excitement about a new stamp set or accidentally discovering a new colour palette! Thank you for coming to visit and cheering me up with your comments; and thank you for always being there when I pop round to yours.


I raise my glass to you all (or I would do but Eva seems to be in charge of it!)

Cheers!

27 comments:

  1. Sweet happy card ~ I like how you layered your glass and colored in for liquid. The pink bow makes it complete ~ Cheers to you, Eva, and all the crafting friends! Enjoy the weekend

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  2. Love your glass of bubbly with the bubbles escaping!

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    1. Especially cheers to you Bonnie - wishing you a happy birthday :)

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  3. Such a great and ingenious card Vicky, love it and the way you describe doing the background that would help me. Thanks. As for the bubbly - Yes please! LOL
    Take care
    Faith x

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    1. I was trying to be quick but I wish I'd also masked the sides of the background! You don't need any advice from me Faith - your inking is great!
      *clinks glass* x

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  4. A really super CAS card, lovely image and sentiment, love the photo too, he must be very well behaved to pose like that.
    Have a lovely weekend.

    Kath x

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  5. . . . And cheers to YOU too! Terrific snippets card and a super picture of Eva.

    Hug x

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  6. Thought of you today when I walked into the hallway to find that Bella had eaten a whole lot of tissues and an empty chocolate bar wrapper. Her favourites are the papers around muffins and she can lick them for hours.....Brilliant CAS card and that red bow is so fine and perfect. Cheers to you too!! xx

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    1. Oh NO Bella! Eva never eats them, just shreds them, but you do hear of dogs eating socks and toys :/ Hope lovely Bella is ok Shona xx

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  7. What a lovely post, Vicky! This little crafty community really is a special one. Its so nice to have such a supportive corner within the wider internet world where so often things turn nasty. Love that gorgeous sparkly glass of bubbly with the jauntily angled bow!

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    1. It really is isn't it - and never more so than now!
      Cheers to you Jen!

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  8. Clean and perfect, Vicky! I LOVE the way you colored the drink. The lightly sponged background is perfect. Of course, what better way to accent it than with a few gems. Thank you for sharing at Festive Friday this week. And give Eva a treat on behalf of the Schach Pack!

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  9. Super cute design, I see Eva is also enjoying a drink.

    Hugs Diane

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    1. Just looking after mine - she definitely prefers her drinks out of a bowl!

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  10. CAStastic! Super stylish and a wonderful take on the challenge main theme. Thanks for playing at AAA Cards, hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Stay safe and keep crafting!

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  11. So sweet, Vicky! I'm raising my coffee cup to you as I type single handed! xoxo

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    1. Sparkling water for me this time! Cheers Em! xx

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  12. Love this sweet card - the bow makes it! Cheers to you too as I raise my cup of tea!

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  13. Now I've picked up a great idea from you on this card... love the vellum overlay to get that glass effect :) Wouldn't mind a sip either!
    Jenny x

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  14. What a lovely card Vicky - cheers!

    Hugs

    Di xx

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I'd love to know what you think. Do leave me a comment - it always makes my day! Vicky x


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