CASology #242

Welcome to Week 242 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I had completely forgotten about this Hero Arts stamp set but when I stumbled across it I realized it was perfect for this week's challenge and I'd knock an NBUS off the list!  I went for colours that could work for a guy or a girl and a jaunty angle for a bit of fun.  Also I discovered that if you put Nuvo drops onto stamp ink they'll take up the colour of the ink.  Kind of fun!

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!

Deidre Payne

Hannelie Bester

Hazel Hodgkins

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield 

Rachel Bergfeld

Sherrie Mannion

This week's guest designer:

Melissa

This week's sponsor:

Waffle Flower

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:  (All from CL737) Hero Arts

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukeniko, (Bermuda Bay, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point) Stampin' Up

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

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CAS Colours & Sketches Guest Designer Take 4

Hi there!  I'm back for my final week of guest designing for CAS Colours & Sketches.  I just want to say thank you to the lovely CC&S ladies for welcoming me and letting me play along with them for the last 4 weeks.   

This week we have a sketch challenge:

When I see layers for a CAS card sketch I always get a little worried but keeping the top layer white helps to keep it clean.  I used a peekaboo amount of patterned paper underneath it and pulled colours from it for the rest of the card.  This MFT bear is from one of my most used My Favourite Things sets.  I think he's just so cute!

Be sure to check out the inspiration from the Design Team and then play along!  You have until 6pm Eastern Time on Monday, 3 April.    

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  (Sweet Celebration 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamps:  (Bear & sentiment from Beary Special Birthday) My Favourite Things

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

Markers:  (RV10, RV34, Y15, YG03, C1, C3, C5, 100) Copic

Gems:  Recollections

Die Cut Sympathy

Hi there!  I've got a card today for the Simon Says Wednesday challenge to use more than one die cut or punch.  This card is pretty much all die cuts so I think it qualifies nicely.  All the elements on the card (except the gems) are from Paper Smooches.  I love those paint stroke dies.  They're so cool and can be used for so many different types of card.  To help the leaves pop I cut them from green and black card and layered them to give a bit of a shadow.  

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

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Dark grey) Papertrey Ink, (Certainly Celery, Basic Grey, Basic Black) Stampin' Up, (Light grey, Blue) Bazzill

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Good Gab) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Vase, leaves, paint strokes) Paper Smooches

Markers:  Zigs

Gems:  Recollections

Zig Flowers

I decided to give the old Zigs another try yesterday and ended up with this card based on the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  Now that I'm looking at it on screen I wish I'd done a wash around the flowers to make them pop a bit more but oh well.  Next time.  I found them a little easier to work with this time and the only thing I did differently was use a water brush instead of a regular paintbrush.  This has at least given me hope that if I keep trying I can eventually feel confident using them.  :)

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Ranger, (Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flower & leaf from Freestyle Florals) Mama Elephant, (Sentiment from Birthday Greetings) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Die:  (Scalloped rectangle) WPlus9

Markers:  Zigs

Gems:  Recollections

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Baby Boom

Hello there!  

I've got a card today for the Muse challenge and the Paper Players CAS Baby card challenge.  Jenni's sweet little baby card provides plenty of inspiration.  I picked up on the baby clothes on a white panel over gingham.  I inked up these adorable Reverse Confetti onesies, fussy cut them and popped them up on foam tape onto the Lil' Inker pierced squares.  The gingham background is from Market Street Stamps (sadly no longer in existence).  I couldn't just make one pink card so I made three more in other colours using the different onesies.

  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  ((Onesies from Cute As A Button) Reverse Confetti, (Gingham) Market Street Stamps

Inks:  (Bubblegum) My Favourite Things, (So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Soft Sky) Stamping' Up

Die:  (Pierced square) Lil' Inker Designs

Gems:  Recollections

Weather & Flora

Hello! 

I've got two cards to share today starting with one for CAS(E) This Sketch and the CAS challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.  I thought of this Papertrey Ink stamp as soon as I saw the CTS sketch and inked it up for the first time.  I coloured it with Copics, added some clear Wink of Stella and that was it.  Definitely quick and CAS.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (All from Splits: Get Well Soon) Papertrey Ink

Inks:  (Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukeniko, (Peach Parfait) Stampin' Up

Markers:  (Y15, Y38, B00, C1, C3, C5) Copic

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

Next is a card for Anything Goes at the Flower Challenge.  My card was inspired by this one made by the wonderful Michele.  I loved the dotty grey scalloped background and the images tucked onto the top of the sentiment.  I finally got around to playing with these fun Simple Flowers from Altenew.  Aren't they yummy?  So bright and happy.  :)

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  (Grey dots) Pebbles

Stamps:  (Flowers & leaves from Simple Flowers, Happy from Birthday Greetings) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukeniko, (Regal Rose, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Night of Navy) Stampin' Up

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Birthday) Papertrey Ink, (Scalloped rectangle) Winnie & Walter

Gems:  Recollections

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CASology #241

Welcome to Week 241 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

My mind went straight to this MFT penguin stamp set when I saw this week's cue word.  How cute is he in his little shorts with his melting popsicle!  I coloured him with Copics, fussy cut him and popped him up on foam tape on top of the heart.  

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!

Deidre Payne

Hannelie Bester

Hazel Hodgkins

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield 

Rachel Bergfeld

Sherrie Mannion

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) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Penguin & sentiment from Penguins in Paradise) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukeniko

Dies:  (Heart) Taylored Expressions

Markers:  (YR04, YG06, YG23, BG05, E33, C7) Copic

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

Gems:  Recollections

CAS Colours & Sketches Guest Designer Take 3

Hi there!  I'm back for my third week of guest designing for CAS Colours & Sketches.  

This week we have a colour challenge:

These are classic bright Stampin' Up colours this week - some of the first I ever bought.  (You don't have to use SU colours - just match your colours as closely as possible).  The Avery Elle butterfly was stamped, fussy cut and popped up on foam tape over the leaves and stitched arch.  You can't see it but the leaves are covered with clear Wink of Stella and I've scattered some gems around as well.  The sentiment is Altenew and I like the clean lines of the font against the busy layers of die cuts.

Be sure to check out the inspiration from the Design Team and then play along!  You have until 6pm Eastern Time on Monday, 27 March.    

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Textured White) Bazzill, (Old Olive, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Butterfly from Butterflies) Avery Elle, (Sentiment from Bejeweled) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Leaves) Papertrey Ink, (Stitched Arch) My Favourite Things

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

Gems:  Recollections

No Prob-llama

Hello and happy Saturday!  I've got a card for the MFT sketch challenge and the Just Add Ink Just Add "L" challenge.  I love these MFT llamas and I think this guy looks especially fabulous in his party hat!  All the papers are MFT and I coloured him with Copics.  That's it for now - I'm going to get outside and enjoy this beautiful day!

 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Sweet Sunshine 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamps:  (Llama and sentiment from Llama Love, Hat & balloon from Birthday Bears) My Favourite Things

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

Dies:  (Stitched Scallop Basic Edges) My Favourite Things, (Stitched Circle) <il' Inker Designs

Markers:  (W1, W3, W5) Copic

Gems:  Recollections

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Kitty & Flower

Hi there!  I've got a card for two challenges today.  I'm playing along with Newton's Nook's Inky Paws Birthday challenge.  I used Tracey's sweet and colorful card over at Muse for my inspiration.  Newton is coloured with Copics and the gift is paper pieced with Echo Park papers from the same set as the background papers.  Pretty quick and simple to put together and I love the bright and happy stripes!

      

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Splash 6x6) Echo Park

Stamps:  (Kitty & sentiment from Newton's Birthday Bash) Newton's Nook

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

Markers:  (R00, R22, C1, C3) Copic

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

Gems:  Recollections

I'm also playing along with the Doodle challenge over at Addicted to CAS.  I still have some of the stamped PTI Doodlie-Do images that Anita sent me a while back so I coloured one with bright rainbow colours and popped it up on foam tape.  The sentiment is from Mama Elephant.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Flower from Doodlie-Do) Papertrey Ink, (Sentiment from Party Kit) Mama Elephant

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Markers:  Copic

Gems:  Recollections

CASology #240

Welcome to Week 240 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

We've had some tricky cue words the last couple of weeks but today's is a simple one.  Most stampers have flower images and with flowers come leaves so I'm hoping to see lots of you playing along this week!  I stamped my Paper Smooches leaves with Altenew inks and layered a Lil' Inker Designs sentiment over the top.  A few Nuvo drops scattered around, a black strip to ground the leaves and that was that! 

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!

Deidre Payne

Hannelie Bester

Hazel Hodgkins

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield 

Rachel Bergfeld

Sherrie Mannion

This week's guest designer:

Anna

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, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Leaves from Botanicals 2) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades) Altenew

Dies:  (With Sympathy) Lil' Inker Designs

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic