JENerally Speaking: July 2016

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

CASology #208

Welcome to Week 208 of CASology! Take a look at the cue word for this week:

There are lots of people off of work on exciting holiday journeys at the moment but for my card I went more for the idea of a life journey - we never know where it's going to take us. Although this design could easily get very busy I kept it CAS by using a limited colour palette and keeping the background totally unadorned.

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

This week's guest designer:

Barb

This week's sponsor:

Rubber Dance Stamps

Link your creations to the CASology blog and remember that the deadline for entries is Monday at noon (CDT).

Since all of the images on my card are paper pieced I'm going to play along with this week's challenge at Just Add Ink.

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper: (Felicity 6x6) Glitz

Stamps: (All from Going Places) WPlus9

Ink: (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder: (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Marker: (R22) Copic

Gems: Recollections

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

CASology #207

Welcome to Week 207 of CASology! Take a look at the cue word for this week:

When I am feeling rough in the morning the only thing I can think about is coffee and how fast I can get some so life can begin (as the sentiment says)! Its so amazing how one little cup can smooth over that rough feeling and make everything okay. :)

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

This week's guest designer:

Anna

This week's sponsor:

Stamplorations

Link your creations to the CASology blog and remember that the deadline for entries is Monday at noon (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: (White, Kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Cherry Cobbler) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper: (Everyday collection 6x6) Avery Elle

Stamps: (All from Coffee Cozy Stamps) Lil' Inker Designs

Ink: (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder: (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies: (Wonky Stitched Rectangle) My Favourite Things

Gems: Recollections

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Butterfly Rainbow

Hello hello! Today I have a bright and happy hello card for the Virginia's View All About Colours challenge. Definitely not my usual CAS style but I had fun making this layered rainbow of Paper Smooches butterflies. I stamped them all diagonally across the card base first and then I fussy cut a few of each colour and popped them up Pop Dots. Some gems and an embossed sentiment finished it off nicely I think. :)

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps: (Butterflies from Flap Happy, Sentiment from Fun & Flirty) Paper Smooches

Ink: (VersaMark) Tsukineko, (Abandoned Coral, Festive Berries, Carved Pumpkin, Fossilizsed Amber, Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio, Mermaid Lagoon, Wilted Violet) Ranger

Embossing Powder: (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Gems: Recollections

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

CASology #206

Welcome to Week 206 of CASology! Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I broke out some NBUS goodies for today's card - the Reverse Confetti globe die and the Sweet Stamp Shop box of crayons were dusted off and put to use for the first time. Originally I was going to have the Earth be blue and green but having that behind the colorful crayons was just way too busy so I kept the whole globe neutral. I added the crayon colours to the sentiment for a little fun and to tie everything together.

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

This week's guest designer:

Lindsey

This week's sponsor:

Rubber Dance Stamps

Link your creations to the CASology blog and remember that the deadline for entries is Monday at noon (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: (White) Papertrey Ink, (Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Stamps: (Crayons from Artsy Fartsy) Sweet Stamp Shop, (Sentiment from Word Salad) Paper Smooches

Ink: (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Dies: (Globe) Reverse Confetti

Markers: (R27, YR04, Y17, G07, G28, B29, 100) Copic

Gems: Recollections

Monday, July 11, 2016

Butterfly Stripes & Red Flowers

Hello, Monday! I'm playing along with two challenges today. First the Simon Says Wednesday Photo Inspiration challenge. I was most inspired by the photo in the top left corner - the rough turquoise stripes with the bright yellow flip flops. I used some Paper Smooches Paint Strokes dies for the stripes and added yellow butterflies instead of flip flops. The thank you die is also Paper Smooches. I'm also going to enter this in the Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies challenge. I just had a look at their shop which was silly because of course I now have a wish list of goodies from them!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: (White) Bazzill, (Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up

Dies: (Butterflies) My Favourite Things, (Paint Strokes, Thank You) Paper Smooches

Glitter: (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

Gems: Recollections

Next is a card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Colour Challenge. I went bold and bright but simple for this one - white embossing, fussy cutting and some gems using CAS-ual Fridays stamps.

That's it for today. See you tomorrow for CASology!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: (Real Red, Midnight Muse) Stampin' Up
Stamps: (All from Wonderful Words) CAS-ual Fridays

Ink: (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder: (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Gems: Doodlebug

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Sun, Foliage, Flowers & Lots of Ink!

Hi there! Crafty time has been sporadic lately but I managed to get a few cards made yesterday. My first was inspired by three challenges. I took the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, the sponging challenge from Just Us Girls and the Inspired by Words theme from Time Out - "Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine"

Anthony J. D'Angelo.

I sponged the oval with Distress Inks and then paper pieced the sun and clouds. They're from the first Technique Tuesday set I ever got and I love it!

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper: (Yellow) Bo Bunny, (Grey) K & Company

Stamps: (All from The Weather Report) Technique Tuesday

Ink: (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon) Ranger

Embossing Powder: (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Glitter: (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

Next up is a design inspired by Anita's gorgeous card over at Muse. I used Distress Inks for the background and stamped the foliage with Jet Black Archival Ink. I used my MISTI so I could stamp them multiple times to get nice, dark coverage. I'm also going to enter this in the Addicted to Stamps and More Anything Goes challenge.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: (White, Black) Papertrey Ink

Stamps: (Leaves from Botanicals 2) Paper Smooches, (Sentiment from Casual Comfort) CAS-ual Fridays

Ink: (Jet Black Archival, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed) Ranger

Gems: Recollections

After all that inking I went super CAS for my third card using the palette from The Colour Throwdown. I used some fabulous bright red Zing embossing powder for the flower and heart and even broke out some washi tape.

That's it for today. Hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with some more cards. Hope you all had a fabulous weekend!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps: (Flowers from Fall Florals) My Favourite Things, (Sentiment from Good Times) Mama Elephant

Ink: (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder: (Zing Rouge) American Crafts

Washi: Pebbles

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

CASology #205

Welcome to Week 205 of CASology! Take a look at the cue word for this week:

My card this week is one of the quickest I've ever made. I think lining up the letter stamps was the most time consuming part of the process. I decided to use a pretty famous chevron for my card - who can look at this pattern without thinking of Charlie Brown? :)

I also made a second card using the same theme. On this one the chevron almost looks like an unhappy emoji mouth - perfect for Charlie Brown's most used phrase!