CASology #316

Welcome to Week 316 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I really should make a stack of these to keep on hand because I rarely seem to get birthday cards in the mail on time if at all.  I've been especially bad this year but am trying to get back on track.  

Looking forward to seeing what direction the cue word takes you.  Check out the gorgeousness from the rest of the design team then play along!

Anna Uhras

Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Marcie Sharp

Melissa Chipperfield 

Rachel Bergfeld

Sue Symens

This week's guest designer:

Raga

This week's sponsor:

Your Next Stamp

** We're back to weekly challenges now that the summer is over!**

Link your creations to the CASology blog by Monday, 15 October at 9am (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Bermuda Bay, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Seriously Awesome) Lil' Inker Designs

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Stickers:  American Crafts

CASology #315

Welcome to Week 315 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I have a lot of gratitude towards Altenew for sending this gorgeous flower stamp with a personalized "Handcrafted by Jennifer Wills" stamp included.  Talk about customer appreciation!  I know there was a lot of buzz around these stamps a while back but it took some time to get ahold of mine.  While it's lovely that Altenew sent these out as a surprise gift, Bermuda doesn't take kindly to items that arrive without invoices.  Even free gifts need a value so we can pay duty on them!  Anyway after some finagling I finally got mine and I couldn't be happier.  Thanks, Altenew!

Looking forward to seeing what direction the cue word takes you.  Check out the gorgeousness from the rest of the design team then play along!

Anna Uhras

Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Marcie Sharp

Melissa Chipperfield 

Rachel Bergfeld

Sue Symens

This week's guest designer:

Haris

** We're back to weekly challenges now that the summer is over!**

Link your creations to the CASology blog by Monday, 8 October at 9am (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Night of Navy) Stampin' Up, (Yellow) Paperbilities

Stamps:  (A Gift for You) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Die:  (With Gratitude) Lil' Inker Designs

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Yeti & Kitty

Hi there!  

I have two more cards to share today.  First up is for the Stripes challenge over at Just Us Girls.  I love this striped paper and used dotted paper from the same collection to paper piece the yeti's scarf.  I think he's definitely ready for the holidays with his hot cocoa, Santa hat and rosy cheeks!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertry Ink, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper: 

Stamps:  (Yeti & sentiment from Beast Friends) My Favourite Things

Ink:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Copics: (W1, W3, W5) Copic

Die:  (Stitched Circle) Lil' Inker Designs

Gems:  Recollections

Next up is a card for the Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes challenge.  Every once in a while I drift outside my CAS comfort zone and go a little crazy with the patterned paper.  I really had fun with this one and love how it turned out.  And how cute is Newton stalking that poor defenseless piece of cake!  Actually that's pretty much how I am whenever cake is involved...   Nom nom nom!!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertry Ink, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper: (Crush 6x6) We R Memory Keepers

Stamps:  (Cat & sentiment from Newton Loves Cake) Newton's Nook

Ink:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Copics: (R000, BG01, C1, C3) Copic

Die:  (Stitched Circle) Lil' Inker Designs

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Gems:  Recollections

Floral Duo

Hello there!

I've got two cards to share with you this evening.  First up is for the Freshly Made Sketches and Colour Throwdown challenges.  These Tall Blooms stamps are some of my favourite from Reverse Confetti.  I coloured them with Copics and die cut them.  I added a little twine bow to the middle bloom and popped it up on foam tape.  The sentiment is from Altenew.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Bermuda Bay, Smokey Slate, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flowers & leaves from Tall Blooms) Reverse Confetti, (Sentiment from Many Thanks) Altenew

Ink:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Tall Blooms) Reverse Confetti

Markers:  (YG03, YG23, BG01, BG15) Copic

Twine:  Darice

Gems:  Recollections

My next card was inspired by Michelle W over at the Muse challenge.  I adhered pretty closely to Michelle's layout & colour combo but added extra stripes and used die cut flower and leaves instead of stamped ones.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red, Riding Hood Red, Cherry Cobbler, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Black & White Stripes 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Birthday Greetings) Altenew

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Fantasy Floral) Altenew

Gems:  Recollections

CASology #314

Welcome to Week 314 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

Today's cue word gave me the perfect chance to finally ink up this sentiment from MFT which I think is totally adorable.  Of course, I had to make a girl card too - just 'cause.  :)

Looking forward to seeing what direction the cue word takes you.  Check out the gorgeousness from the rest of the design team then play along!

Anna Uhras

Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Marcie Sharp

Melissa Chipperfield 

Rachel Bergfeld

Sue Symens

This week's guest designer:

Claire G.

** We're back to weekly challenges now that the summer is over!**

Link your creations to the CASology blog by Monday, 1 October at 9am (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Onesie from Cute As A Button) Reverse Confetti, (Sentiment from Welcome Baby) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Arctic, Frosty Pink) Altenew

Gems:  Recollections

Hello, Butterfly

Hi there!

I've got one more card to share today - this one for the Simon Says Wednesday challenge to Bling It On!  This Altenew butterfly has been sitting on my desk since I was playing around with Jennifer McGuire's fast watercoloring technique.  I added some Nuvo drops to it for a bit of texture and interest.  The Hello is by Mama Elephant and I covered it with Glossy Accents.  I finished it off with American Crafts glitter tape and, of course, a few tiny gems.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Watercolor) Ranger, (White) Papertrey Ink, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Butterfly from Bejeweled) Altenew

Ink:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko, (Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet) Ranger

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Hello) Mama Elephant

Glitter Tape:  American Crafts

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Gems:  Recollections

Teal Typewriter

Hiya!

I'm just popping in with a card for the Addicted to Stamps and More photo inspiration challenge.  All the pictures in the collage are fabulous and I love the colours but I took my inspiration from the teal typewriter in the middle and broke out some coloured embossing powder (which I hardly ever use but really should use more often).   

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Basic Grey) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Farm Girl 8x8) October Afternoon

Stamps:  (Typewriter from Type It) Mama Elephant, (Sentiment from Sentiment Sampler) Paper Smooches

Ink:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Zing Aqua) American Crafts

Dies:  (Norebaook Basic) Paper Smooches

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Gems:  Recollections