Wool You Be Mine?

 

I've got another sweet pun and anadorable little kitty today for the Freshly Made Sketches, Colour Throwdown and Simon Says Wednesday (Anything Goes) challenges.  This set from Hero Arts is so cute and has 4 adorable kitties to choose from.  I wanted to add some texture to the card base with a knit type stamp or embossing folder but don't have anything like that so I went for this pattern from Lil' Inker Designs which was as close as I could get.  (And I like how it turned out!)

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Dapper Denim) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Knitting) Hero Arts

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

Dies:  (Rectangle) Spellbinders, Coverplate) Lil' Inker Designs

Markers:  (RV10, C1, C3) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Blushing Red Crystal Drops) Tonic

You Sweep Me Off My Feet

 

Today's card is for CAS Colours & Sketches.  I'm still on a Valentine kick so I dug out this old Fresh Squeezed Stamps set.  I've used a couple of stamps from the set but not this broom and the fabulously punny sentiment.  This was a quick one to put together.  I think fussy cutting the broom took longer than anything else.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

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

Stamps:  (All from A Punny Valentine) Fresh Squeezed Stamps

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko, (Sand Dunes, Rocky Shores) Altenew

Dies:  (Stitched wavy line) Mama Elephant

Markers:  (E31, E35, E37, E43) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Red Berry Crystal Drops) Tonic

Bah Humbunny

 

I have a couple of cards today inspired by the Addicted to Stamps and More Christmas challenge.  These grumpy holiday bunnies from Honey Bee Stamps still manage to be adorable despite their moodiness.  I had fun colouring them and their accoutrements and putting some ancient patterned papers to use for the backgrounds.  

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Papers:  Various

Stamps:  (All from Bah Humbunny) Honey Bee Stamps

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

Dies:  (Flag, oval) My Favourite Things, (Speech bubble) Lawn Fawn, (Letters) Mama Elephant

Markers:  Copic

Other:  (Nuvo White Crystal Drops) Tonic

  

Lacy Birthday

 

I only recently discovered the Colour Hues challenge and Lindsey has been encouraging me to play along.  I was really struggling with my mojo when I sat down to make a card for the current navy and cream challenge and after far too long spent dithering over it I ended up with this.  My photo is overexposed as this looks very white.  It's actually PTI Vintage Cream cardstock.  I really wanted to add some yellow Nuvo Crystal Drops to the centres of the flowers but obviously that would defeat the purpose of the challenge.  Looking at it now perhaps some clear gems or silver Nuvo drops in the centres would have added that little something that seems to be missing.  Something to remember for the future I guess.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Vintage Cream) Papertrey Ink, (Night of Navy) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flowers from Frosted Garden) Altenew, (Sentiment from Labeled Messages) Mama Elephant

Inks:  (Juniper Mist) Catherine Pooler

Dies:  (Lacy coverplate) Lil' Inker Designs

Hogs & Kisses

 Today's card is for the sketch challenge at the Paper Players.  Yay for using up some patterned paper and also for finally using that sentiment!  I'm pretty sure it's main reason I bought that stamp set all those years ago and I've finally used it.  Yaaaaassssss!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Melon Mambo, Real Red, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

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

Stamps:  (Pig from Hog Heaven) My Favourite Things, (Sentiment from Hogs & Kisses) The Craft's Meow

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Heart) Taylored Expressions

Markers:  (RV29, R11, R20) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

You Stole My Heart

Today's card is for the Just Add Ink sketch challenge.  I replaced the rectangles with hearts and then Copic coloured and popped up this adorable little bear from Lil' Inker Designs.  The speech bubble is also popped up and I threw in a few Nuvo dots to highlight the sentiment.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Lovie Friends) Lil' Inker Designs

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Hearts) Taylored Expressions, (Speech bubble) My Favourite Things

Markers:  (RV29, R20, W1, W3, 100) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Butterfly Love

 

A quick CAS card for the My Favourite Things sketch challenge and the Colour Throwdown.  Now that I look at it on the screen I may have taken too much liberty with the sketch when I moved the stripes much closer together.  I might have to go back and revisit it if I have a chance.  I used a Neat & Tangled cover plate die for the black stripes and a favourite MFT butterfly die with a MFT sentiment stamped in Perfect Plum ink.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Vintage Cream) Papertrey Ink, (Perfect Plum, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamp:  (Sentiment from You Give Me Butterflies) My Favourite Things

Ink:   (Perfect Plum) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Butterfly) My Favourite Things, (Stripes) Neat & Tangled

Other:  (Nuvo Liquid Mercury Crystal Drops) Tonic

Scribble Flower Twofer

 

I've got cards today for Darnell's Twofer challenge where the prompt is Flowers.  I had pulled out my Taylored Expressions Scribble Flowers dies for a recent challenge and while I was making those cards I had the spark of an idea for the Twofer challenge.  For the first card I used the dies to create a simple flower in a frame.  For the second card I took part of the flower and created a fun polka dot background with it.  It's bright and cheery and maybe even a bit silly but overall it has a fun and celebratory feel to it I think.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green, Old Olive, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Hello Beautiful from Essential Sentiments) My Favourite Things, (Happy from Birthday Greetings) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Hero Arts

Dies:  (Scribble flowers) Taylored Expressions, (Frame) Paper Smooches, (Flag) My Favourite Things, (Birthday) Papertrey Ink

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Love You Furever

 

Today's card is for Freshly Made Sketches.  I'm working on Valentine's cards for the store at the moment so prepare to see a lot of hearts in future posts.  I had these colours on my desk from another card so decided to keep going with them.  Initially the sentiment was just stamped on the card base between the stripes but it felt a little lost so I restamped it on yellow cardstock to make it pop.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

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

Stamps:  (All from Love You Forever) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Heart) Taylored Expressions

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Hello & Thanks

 

I've got two cards inspired by the colours at the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge.  I pulled out this scribble flower die from Taylored Expressions which I thought would be fun with these bright and cheery colours.  The sentiment dies are both Paper Smooches.  I finished them off with one pink Nuvo crystal drop at the end of each sentiment.

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Scribble flower) Taylored Expressions, (Hello, Thanks) Paper Smooches

Other:  (Nuvo Rhubarb Crumble Crystal Drops) Tonic

CASology #382

 

Welcome to Week 381 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

So many people are itching to be reunited with loved ones right now so I thought this pup would be perfect for today's cue word.  I coloured him with Copics and popped him up on some foam tape for a bit of dimension. 

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!

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo 

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munroe

Sue Symens

This week's guest designer:

Tracy

***You've got 2 weeks for this challenge!***

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

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Woof Pack) My Favourite Things

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

Die:  Heart) Simon Says Stamp

Markers:  (R29, E35, E37, 100) Copic

Other:  (Glossy Accents) Ranger, (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Flower Cluster Birthday

 

I've got a card today for two challenges - Simon Says Wednesday challenge (use something new) and Seize the Birthday.  (The Topping for STB is Snowy Background but since I rarely make snowy cards I'm going for the Anything Goes topping).  This is a new to me die from Simon Says Stamp.  It wasn't as fiddly as I expected it to be and in the end the hardest part was choosing the colours for the flowers.  The sentiment is made up of a Mama Elephant die and a Neat & Tangled stamp.

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Textured White) Bazzill, (Strawberry Slush, Flirty Flamingo, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamp:  (Birthday from Everyday Labels) Neat & Tangled

Ink:   (Strawberry Slush) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Flower cluster) Simon Says Stamp, (Happy) Mama Elephant

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Birthday Chicks

 

Today's card is for the My Favourite Things sketch challenge and the Addicted to Stamps and More Make Your Mark challenge.  There aren't a lot of stamp sets that I use over and over but these birthday chicks from MFT are ones that I return to regularly.  They're so cute and quick and easy to colour which is always a bonus for me as I think I'm one of the slowest Copic colorers ever!

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (All from Birthday Chicks) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Flag) My Favourite Things

Markers:  (RV00, YR20, YR16, Y15, Y17, YG11, BG10, B60, E31) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

You Got This

 

Today's card is for threes challenges - CAS Colours & Sketches, Fusion (I turned the sketch 90 degrees to the left) and The Card Concept (CAS style).  Both the photo prompts have warm and cozy hot chocolate/coffee images so I reached for my favourite coffee mug die from Lil'Inker Designs.  They have a great set of sentiments that fit on the cup so I could easily make a whole set of cards just by changing up the sentiment and the colour combo.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Textured White) Bazzill, (Cherry Cobbler, Bermuda By, Pool Party, Soft Suede) Stampin' Up

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

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Hero Arts

Dies:  (Coffee cup) Lil' Inker Designs, (Stripes) Mama Elephant

Markers:  (R85, Y17, G05, G14, BV13, E33, E35) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Hot Diggity Dogs

 

Today I have cards for the Paper Players challenge to use something new.  I've been wanting this adorable Essentials by Ellen pooch set for ages and finally got my hands on it thanks to a sale.  I coloured the dogs, skateboards and balloons with Copics and then fussy cut the sweaters from Reverse Confetti paper.  The Lil' Inker Designs speech bubble was the perfect size for the sentiment.   

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Rose Red, Cucumber Crush) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Paper Bliss 6x6) Reverse Confetti

Stamps:  (All from Clever Sausage) Essentials by Ellen

Inks:  (Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Speech bubble) Lil' Inker Designs

Markers:  (R85, Y17, G05, G14, BV13, E33, E35) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Speech Bubble Hello

 Today's card is for the Hello challenge at Just Us Girls.  I was making another card and ended up with this colorful leftover hello speech bubble.  I couldn't let it go to waste and the JUGS challenge gave me the perfect opportunity to make use of it.  Originally I was going to mount it on a black card base but then I decided I wanted a little more pizzazz so I cut it down and put it on a Granny Apple Green card base instead.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Granny Apple Green, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Sweet Marmalade 12x12) Sassafras

Dies:  (Say Hello) My Favourite Things

Other:  (Glossy Accents) Ranger, (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

CASology #381

 

Welcome to Week 381 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

This is a great cue word to start off the new year because it really does hold a lot of possibilities for interpretation.  I went for some simple thought bubbles and a thinking of you sentiment which can include thinking of good times with the recipient.  Since my design was all about the sentiment I decided to use bright colours to really make it pop.

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!

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo 

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munroe

Sue Symens

This week's guest designer:

Shawna

***You've got 2 weeks for this challenge!***

Link your creations to the CASology blog by 9am Monday, 18 January (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Bermuda Bay) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Thinking of you from Bejeweled) Altenew, (You from Flower Medallion) Neat & Tangled

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Thought bubbles) XCut