Friday, 26 September 2025

Clean & Simple with a stencil for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and our leader Nancy has chosen CAS with a stencil to challenge us this time around.


Or you can play along with our anything goes birthday theme.


My team mates and our party guests JohannaMilla and Bonnie have some great inspiration for you, so I hope you can play along.


I made a card with this flower a few years ago, and wanted to try a more clean and simple version
It was inspired by this card by Sherry Hester. Love her layout of the petals and leaves.

I stencilled some white card with candied apple distress ink and the Tim Holtz ornate stencil, then diecut the petals from it. The petal outlines are coloured with the same ink.
The stems and leaves are diecut from green card and the whole flower layered up for dimension.

The sentiment is from Annabelle Stamps, an Australian company that retired a long time ago. Her designs were gorgeous, I love the font on this one.

I'm linking up to these challenges:


Cardz 4 Galz, dies or punches



Simon Says Stamp Monday, sentiment as the focus

Supplies:
Memory Box sketch daisy die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Tim Holtz ornate stencil; Candied apple distress ink;  Annabelle Stamps sentiment stamp; Versafine Clair nocturne ink
 and clear ep; hammered card base.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,
Cathy x

11 comments:

Valerie Kaye said...

What a clever use of a stencil! I just love the cheery pop of color for this CAS card.

Loll said...

This is so pretty, Cathy!! Love the stenciling on this beatiful flower die, especially with Candied Apple ink. Beautiful CAS design. xx

Linda's Relaxing Lair said...

Beautiful card. Warm greetings from Montreal, Canada ❤️ 😊 πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

Diane said...

A beautiful CAS card!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Stencil Fun!
Diane SF Co-Owner
{Nellies Nest}
{Stencil Fun}

Johanna said...

Like you I love the font of your sentiment. How you did the flower is unique and pretty.

Johanna said...

You get 2 comments from me today. I love how you did your flower and the background is also lovely. Like you I love the font of the sentiment. Thanks for playing at Double Trouble, Johanna DT

Nancy said...

Nailed it! So so pretty, Cathy!

Bonnie said...

I love this flower and never thought to use it this way! It's so pretty with the stenciled design and that red is even more beautiful with all the white space!

shirley-bee said...

Stunning CAS card, Cathy! I love how you’ve used the stencil, would never have thought of that. The red and white makes the design really pop.

Linda said...

I love your CAS card. I consider myself a CAS card maker, but when I try something like your card, I always feel it needs a little more. But yours is perfect, Cathy.

Lynda said...

Stunning. Gorgeous. Thank you for joining us at Cardz 4 Galz xx Lynda/Loopyloo DT