Turquoise Anniversary Butterfly

Hello!

Today I've got got a card for the Just Us Girls Shades of Teal challenge.  I made quite a few cards with different PTI butterflies yesterday all using different Altenew inks.  For this one I took a cool Avery Elle circle die and used it to create a pierced background to help the butterfly pop a bit more.  I had forgotten all about it and found it recently while I was digging around for another die.  I love when that happens - its like Christmas!  

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (All from Beautiful Butterflies and Beautiful Butterfly Layers) Papertrey Ink

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Mountain Mist, Volcano Lake, Lagoon) Altenew

Dies:  (Butterfly) Papertrey Ink, (Pierced circles die) Avery Elle

Glitter:  (Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss) Tonic

Gems:  Recollections

Roses & Coffee

Hello and happy Friday!  I have two cards to share before I jet off to work.  First up is for the photo inspiration at The Challenge.  I was inspired by the rose, the muted colours and the lace.  Yes, I actually used lace!  I have a silly amount of ribbon for someone who almost never uses it so I was thrilled to bits to use this scrap of Hero Arts lace for this card.  :)  The stamps are all Altenew - I thought their Vintage Rose set was perfect for this challenge - and I used Distress Inks for the stamping.

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Flowers & leaves from Vintage Roses, Sentiment from Halftone Hello) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Tattered Rose, Victorian Velvet, Pumice Stone, Antique Linen, Old Paper, Frayed Burlap) Ranger

Lace:  Hero Arts

Gem:  Recollections

I swore to myself that this year I would play along with Merry Monday every week so that I would be on top of my Christmas cards and I've already missed the first two challenges.  *Sigh*  Hopefully I'll do better from now on.  The theme this week is Warm Beverages and what could make for a happier holiday than a stack of caramel lattes??  Yum yum!  My card was inspired by the memory of a red solo cup card that I saw a few years ago when it won a CAS-ual Fridays challenge.  I actually managed to find it too!  Funny the things that hang around in my brain... 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight, Gumballl Green) Stamping' Up

Stamps:  (Mug from Warm Hearts) Paper Smooches, (Sentiment from SSC114) Stampendous

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Stitched Stars) Lil' Inker Designs

Markers:  (R27, E43) Copic

CASology #99

Welcome to Week 99 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

When I was in Boston last fall I found these fun retro stickers at Dick Blick.  They've been waiting patiently for some action and this week's cue word gave me the perfect excuse to use one of them.  I paired it with some Lil' Inker sentiments from their super cute anniversary set called It's Today, Right?  Quick, simple and fun! Now it's your turn.  Check out the rest of the awesome designs from the design team and then get creating!

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

Judy Marino

Meghan McMillan

Gillian Ross

Kimberley Wiener

Joyce Mehrberg

May Sukyong Park

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

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Kraft) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Sentiment from It's Today, Right?) Lil' Inker Designs

Inks:  ( VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Sticker:  (Retro Vintage Stickers) Cavalli & Co

The Card Concept

There's a new card challenge in town!  The Card Concept offers a challenge (this week it's a colour challenge) and asks you to make a card using one of the 6 design styles explained here.  Most of my designs tend to be Clean and Simple (CAS) although I occasionally veer off into Clean and Layered or Clean and Graphic.  I would say this card is CAS (although it wouldn't take much more to push it into the Clean and Layered category I don't think).  The flower image is from The Craft's Meow and the sentiment is from Market Street Stamps.  Unfortunately both these companies have closed up shop.  So sad when good companies say goodbye.  :(

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Regal Rose, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flower from Flower Garden) The Craft's Meow, (Sentiment from Simple Salutations) Market Street Stamps

Ink:  (Regal Rose, Early Espresso) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Wavy border from Borders 1) Paper Smooches, (Tilted Banners) Simon Says Stamp

Punch:  (1/8" hole punch) McGill

Other: (Glossy Accents) Ranger

Golden Anniversary

Hi there and happy Friday!  I'm popping in with an entry for the Moxie Fab All That Glitters Is Gold challenge.  It came along at the perfect time as I was recently asked to make a golden anniversary card for a friend's parents.  I tend to shy away from gold on my cards. (Remember how I avoided it all together for the CASology gold challenge?)  Anyway I couldn't hide from it this time.  It had to make an appearance and not only did I not hide from it but I used it in two different ways. 

Originally I had planned to cut the numbers and emboss them so that they'd end up a bright, shiny gold.  That didn't work so well though as I used gold embossing powder on letters cut from black cardstock.  I ended up with numbers with a bit of a golden shimmer. They looked cool but weren't really going to stand out against the black card base.  To solve that problem I cut the Paper Smooches Bam Bubble dies from gold card and layered them behind the numbers.  I'm pretty pleased with how it came out and my friend loved it too. Whew!  (I always stress so much about special orders...) 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Black) Gina K

Stamps:  (Glasses from Happily Ever After, Sentiment from Claire's ABCs) Lawn Fawn

Ink:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Seafoam White, Gold) Ranger

Dies:  (Bam Bubbles) Paper Smooches, (By the Numbers) Papertrey Ink

Other:  Glossy Accents

Happy Anniversary, Darnell & Mister!

After the lovely Darnell shared this phwoar picture of her hubby it came to light that today is their wedding anniversary!  If you've never visited Darnell then you must because not only is she hilarious but she's super sweet and supportive.  She also has a fantabulous crafty playhouse in her garden.  Not jealous at all... or much anyway...  :)  After making the anniversary discovery Ardyth gathered a few of us together to wish Darnell and Mister a very happy one!  Big love and hugs to you, Darnell! 

Rumour has it that Darnell will be posting wedding photos today so Ardyth asked us each to share a picture from our own wedding.  Luis and I went the Registry Office route for our day, deciding to spend our money on a lavish honeymoon instead!  :)  Here's a picture after the event:

And one from before the event.  It's typical of our family - my brother goofing off, me laughing hysterically and mom wondering where she went wrong...  :)

If you get a moment, pop over and say Happy Anniversary to Darnell, read a post or three and explore her playhouse! 

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (Real Red, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Banner from Bannerific, Letters from Smitty's ABCs) Lawn Fawn

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Gems:  (Bling It Designer Rhinestones) Basic Grey