Welcome to the start of another week

Morning 

First order of business today is to welcome my newest follower, Christi, thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.

If you've been reading my blog much this past week or so then you will know that I've been commissioned to make a bunch of birthday cards and a bunch of blank cards for the "commissionee" (Is that even a word?) to select the appropriate occasion. This is another one of the generic occasion free cards! Hope you like it as much as I do .. it's what I'd like to call "extreme CAS"!

My card

The back and front of my card and front of my envelope

The inside of my card and reverse of my envelope

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, card with matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to 3.75" x 5" and 4" x 5.25"
• Dina Wakely star image stamped using Ranger Archival jet black ink
• My Favourite Things splatter image stamped around the star using Memento rosebud ink
• To the larger white card panel I applied the Memento rosebud ink DTP (Direct To Paper), to form a coloured border
• Crystal stickles used to "bling it up"

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:

1. Stamplorations - October CAS challenge - ANYTHING CAS GOES with optional twist of BLACK
2. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - challenge No. 44 - ANYTHING GOES
3. Craft Your Passion - challenge No. 355 - ANYTHING GOES

And then I wondered how I could make a card using the star from the above card and yet make it different ...

My card

The front and back of my card and front of my envelope

The inside of my card and reverse of my envelope

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to 3.75" x 5" and 4" x 5.25"
• Dina Wakely star image stamped using Ranger Archival jet black ink, including on to a piece of post it note which I cut to use as a mask
• With my mask in position I stamped the Studio112 frame around the star using Ranger Archival jet black ink
• My Favourite Things splatter image stamped around the base card using Memento grape jelly ink
• Alcohol inks to colour
• TPC Studio sentiment also stamped using Ranger Archival jet black ink
• Crystal stickles to bling up the project

Whaddya reckon? Did my "same but different" card look different enough?

Have a great week peeps