Bike & Bird

I had some unexpected crafty time today so I have a couple more cards to share.  First is for the photo inspiration challenge at Just Add Ink.  I pulled out another old Market Street Stamps set which had the perfect bicycle image for the challenge.  I used some MFT patterned paper and an MFT stitched arch die to frame it and popped that up on foam tape.

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  (Thick & Thin 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamps:  (Bike & sentiment from Riding By) Market Street Stamps

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black Tsukineko

Dies:  (Stitched arch) My Favourite Things

Markers:  (Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink) Stampin' Up

Other:  (Nuvo Liquid Mercury Crystal Drops) Tonic

Gems:  Recollections

Next is for the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge where Anything Goes.  They're showcasing WPlus9 products this week and I think this is one of the first sets I bought from them way back when.  It's a lovely set and has some more masculine images (which is good since just about every sympathy card I make has flowers).  I stamped the reeds and sentiment on this pretty piece of ombre paper and popped up the bird on foam tape.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper: 

Stamps:  (All from Guiding Light) WPlus9

Ink:  (Greys) Altenew

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Hello Sun

Hi there!

I had hoped to get more crafting done this weekend but we had a bit of a health scare with Tex and so I've been laying low with him.  My poor old boy is 14 now and has a whole host of health issues but he still loves his walks and his food so as long as that keeps up I'm happy.  Considering the state of him when we got him (adopted at 11 years old) we are thrilled that he's been with us for almost 3 years now.  We're just enjoying every day with him and loving him to bits.

Now onto the card I did manage to make.  I took inspiration from CAS(E) This Sketch, the photo at Inkspirational and the theme (Warm) at Time Out.  I immediately thought of this image from Market Street Stamps (sadly no longer open) when I saw the photo and was excited to dig it out and dust it off.  I used Firebrick Altenew ink to stamp the suns in the background.  The other was stamped, coloured with Copics, fussy cut and popped up on foam tape.  The sentiment is also from Altenew. 

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Sun from Life Is Beautiful) Market Street Stamps, (Sentiment from Bejeweled) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Markers:  (R05, YR02, YR07, YR16, Y17, Y38, Bo5) Copic

Gem:  Recollections

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

Pet Sympathy

Hi there!  Just popping in quickly with a card for Freshly Made Sketches.  I was asked for some pet sympathy cards recently so I used this week's sketch as a jumping off point.  I combined an old Market Street Stamps sentiment with Simon Says Stamp/Kelly Purkey dog  and cat images and a SSS heart.

Hope you all have a lovely week!  

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Dog from Oliver, Cat from Newman) Simon Says Stamp/Kelly Purkey, (Sentiment from Pawprints on Our Hearts) Market Street Stamps

Inks:  (Memento Rich Cocoa) Tsukineko

Die:  (Heart) Simon Says Stamp

Other:  (Glossy Accents) Ranger

Welcome to the Neighborhood

Hi there!  I'm popping in with a card for the current Curtain Call challenge.  I knew what I wanted to do as soon as I saw the inspiration photo.  That doesn't happen very often and it's even less often that I get a card in this far ahead of the deadline.  :)  Anyway the card came together really quickly thanks to these cute little Paper Smooches bird house dies (as well as the tiny birdie).  Love when it all goes smoothly!  

    

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Sumer Fresh) Simple Stories

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Home Sweet Home) Market Street Stamps

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Bird House) Paper Smooches

To Every Thing There Is A Season

I mentioned earlier in the week that I was working on a new card order.  My client asked for a variety of cards that would express "something along the lines of one season is ending and another is beginning."  Luckily I had the perfect sentiment from the Vintage Clocks stamp set from The Craft's Meow (sadly now closed).  She was thrilled with the sentiment so I got to work making 10 cards.  I had fun using lots of patterned papers and dies and keeping the stamping to a minimum.  I always feel proud when I put a dent (no matter how tiny) in the patterned paper stash!  

CASology #196

Welcome to Week 196 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I broke out an NBUS Paper Smooches die for my card this week and paired it with an older PS stamp and a Market Street Stamps sentiment.  How cute is that birdhouse?  I'd love to have a striped on like that in my yard!  Hmmm... weekend project?

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!   

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Deidre Payne

Hannelie Bester

Hazel Hodgkins

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield 

Sherrie Mannion

Tracey McNeely

This week's guest designer:

Lisa

This week's sponsor:

Cindy B Designs

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, (Night of Navy) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Family Ties 6x6) Pebbles

Stamps:  (Bird from Forest Whimsy) Paper Smooches, (Sentiment from Home Sweet Home) Market Street Stamps

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Bird House) Paper Smooches

Gems:  Recollections

Whales & Flowers

Yeehaw!  7 days in a row of posting to the ol' blog!  Life is good in the Craft Cave.  :)  Today's post features two cards for two challenges.  First up is the design over at Freshly Made Sketches.  I turned the sketch 90 degrees counter clockwise and then paper pieced these adorable NBUS Lawn Fawn whales.  I'm hoping that I'll get around to making a few more with some of the other love themed mini LF sets.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Regal Rose, Real Red, Bermuda Bay, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Whales & sentiment from Whale You Be Mine, Bow from Critters in the Dog Park) Lawn Fawn, (Dots from Geo-Graphic) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Bermuda Bay) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Stitched heart) Lil' Inker Designs, (Dashed rectangle) Avery Elle

  

Next is my take on Anita's card over at Muse.  I pulled out a My Cute Stamps flower stamp and used the back side to stamp the colours and then flipped it over to stamp the flower.  The sentiment is from Market Street Stamps.  Unfortunately both of these stamp companies have gone out of business.  :(

So will I make it 8 days of posting in a row?  Come back tomorrow to find out!

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Flower from Miss You) My Cute Stamps, (Sentiment from Simple Salutations) Market Street Stamps

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana) Stamping' Up

Dies:  (Dashed panel) Avery Elle

Gems:  Recollections

CASology #179

Welcome to Week 179 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

Happy New Year!  

Unfortunately we start the year by saying goodbye to our teammates, Kimberly and Ren, but given their talents I know we'll see them all over Bogland so it's not a real goodbye.  :)

On a happier note we are welcoming three amazing new design team members - Deidre Payne, Sherrie Mannion and Jacquie Southas!  Be sure to check out their blogs and give them all a big warm welcome!

We have a pretty "simple" cue word for today!  :)  It allows for a pretty wide interpretation.  I've used it in two ways - with my sentiment and also in keeping my one-layer card super clean and simple.  I was really tempted to glitter it up or add some embellishments but thought that would take away from the simpleness so I left it bare.  

Be sure to check out the gorgeous inspiration from the rest of the design team and then play along with us!

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Deidre Payne

Hannelie Bester 

Hazel Hodgkins

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Sherrie Mannion

Tracey McNeely

And this week's guest designer:

Rachel

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

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Tree & sentiment from Woodland) Market Street Stamps

Inks:  (Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Markers:  (R29, YG03, E37) Copic

CASology #134

Welcome to Week 134 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

The question has been raised about the difference between monochrome and ombre.  I have to say that when I think of monochrome I think of photographs in black and white or in sepia tones.  The description I found on line says, "consisting of or displaying images in black and white or in varying tones of only one color."  Ombre on the other hand is colour "shaded or graduated in tone."  I think of ombre as a one colour rainbow while monochrome looks like you put a colour filter onto a photo.  With that in mind I went for sepia tones for my card and sepia tones always lead me to coffee images.  Not too original I guess but it got some ideas flowing for me.  And now it's your turn to get those ideas flowing!  Check out the gorgeous creations by the rest of the design team and then get crafting!

  

 Ardyth Percy-Robb

Gillian Ross

Hazel Hodgkins

Joyce Mehrberg 

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener 

Kymona Tracey

May Sukyong Park

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

And this week's guest designer:

Maria

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

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Crumb Cake, Early Espresso) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Cup & sentiment from Daily Grind) Market Street Stamps, (Ring from Cyber Cafe) Paper Smooches, (Splotch from Ink Splash) Neat & Tangled

Inks: (Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso) Stampin' Up

CASology #132

Welcome to Week 132 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I'm sure there are a few of you scratching your heads about this one and thinking that I have really gotten my cue words mixed up this week.  However, I have taken the word "hot" in a truly Bermudian direction.  You see, here on de rock when you've had a couple of drinks and are tipsy you are "half hot" and when you are good and drunk you are "full hot"!  

I thought this stamp set from Skipping Stones Designs (sadly closed) would help me illustrate the idea perfectly.  However, it took me two tries to get it right.  One might suggest I actually was half hot when I made my original card as seen below:

Can you spot the error?  Here I used an image from Market Street Stamps (also sadly closed) along with the Skipping Stones sentiment.  I chose the image first and was so excited about my Stickles salt on the rim of the glass that I got my "m" drinks confused.  Yup.  While the sentiments speaks of martinis that drink is most definitely a margarita.  Whoops.

After some muttering of naughty words and scrambling around (I didn't notice the error until I was editing the photo of the original card) I got another card pulled together, photographed and ready for inspection!  

Now it's your turn to show us where the word "hot" takes you.  Be sure to check out the gorgeous creations from the design team and then get playing!  

 Ardyth Percy-Robb
Gillian Ross

Hazel Hodgkins

Joyce Mehrberg 
Judy Marino
Kimberly Wiener 

Kymona Tracey

May Sukyong Park

Melissa Chipperfield
Tracey McNeely

And this week's guest designer:

Penny

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

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill

Stamps:  (All from Chic Martini) Skipping Stones Designs

Ink: (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Marker:  (Old Olive) Stampin' Up

Gems:  Recollections

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill

Stamps:  (Margarita from Tiki Time) Market Street Stamps, (Sentiment from Chic Martini) Skipping Stones Designs

Ink: (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Markers:  (Certainly Celery, Gumball Green) Stampin' Up

Gems:  Recollections

Glitter:  (Crystal Ice Stickles) Ranger