CASology #193

Welcome to Week 193 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

My mind kept going to baby cards when I thought about the cue word this week - pink for girls and blue for boys.  (I think I had Hazel's adorable baby card from last week on my mind!)  I love this Martha Stewart punch for baby cards and I dug out a positively ancient piece of patterned paper to use with it.  (I think it's from 2008 or so.)  I felt very pleased with myself for using it - even if only a tiny bit of it!

Looking forward to seeing your lovely pink creations.  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:

Shanna

This week's sponsor:

Serendipity 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

Patterned Paper:  (Pink Flamingo Plaid) My Paper Garden

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Baby Zoo) Altenew

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Punch:  (Elephant) Martha Stewart

Gem:  Recollections

Flowers & Pandas

Hello again!  It's been a looooong time since I've posted this many days in a row.  I'm really enjoying the extra time in the Craft Cave and just wish I could have it all the time.  If only I'd had one of those 3 winning lottery tickets...  Ah well, one can but dream!

I have two cards to share today.  First up is the colour challenge over at The Challenge.  I made a similar card for a CASology challenge but this one is a lot brighter and with a more relaxed font.  I Copic coloured the WPlus9 flower and popped it up on foam tape.  The Lawn Fawn letters were cut 3 times and stacked for added dimension.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Textured White) Bazzill, (Smooth white) Papertrey Ink, (Night of Navy) Stamping' Up

Stamps:  (Flower from Doodle Buds) WPlus9

Inks:  (Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Louie's ABCs) Lawn Fawn

Markers:  (YR16, YR68, BG15, BG23) Copic

Gem: Doodlebug

Next is a card for the One Layer Simplicity "The sky's the limit" challenge and also for the AAA Cards glitter challenge.  I stamped the ballon in pink ink and then covered it with pink glitter (although it looks rather red here...) and I masked the string to make it a bit shorter.  I stamped the sentiment in blue ink since I didn't have a blue sky.  :)

That's it for me today but I'll see you tomorrow with more cards!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Panda from Pandamonium, Balloon from Party Kit) Mama Elephant, (Sentiment from Rainbow & Cloud Sentiments) Lil' Inker Designs

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Melon Mambo, Not Quite Navy) Stampin' Up

Glitter:  (Tourmaline) Martha Stewart

Gems:  Recollections

Crazy 4 Picture Perfect Trees!

Another multi-challenge card here today.  No sketches - instead a colour combo and a theme.  The colour combo is courtesy of Picture Perfect Creations Challenge #52 and the theme at Crazy 4 Challenges C4C78 is to have a tree somewhere on the card in honour of International Earth Day.  

Eyelets were some of the first crafty goodies I bought 4 years ago (when I started exploring this whole card making lark) and surprise, surprise, they are still sitting in the Craft Cave fighting off dust bunnies and hoping for their moment of glory.  Well today is your lucky day, you little orange eyelets!  Wipe off that dust and come on down - I'm putting you to work!  (Hope it was worth the wait for them)  :)

Supplies: CB: Handy Hippo; Cardstock: SU & Bazzill; Stamps: Hero Arts; Ink: SU Elegant Eggplant & VersaMark; Punch: Martha Stewart; Eyelets: Making Memories; Gems: Basic Grey; Copics: BV08

Multi Challenge card

Supplies: Cardstock: SU Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight and River Rock;  Stamps: Woodware  USA image and Hero Arts sentiment; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Cherry Cobbler; Copics: R59, Y17, YG91; Martha Stewart Daisy Dot punch; Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder

I'm on a birthday card kick at the moment.  I never seem to have one when I need one (or when someone else wants one!) so I'm trying to build up a stash.  This birthday card was supposed to be for three different challenges but one has already closed.  Doh!  I have to remember the time difference when I'm entering a Just Add Ink challenge.  :)  I used the JAI colour combo and the the sketch from Card Patterns Sketch 104. 

I also used a Woodware stamp which means I can enter it in the Woodware USA Challenge #16 - Anything Goes.  I really like Woodware's stamps and as a company they also provide fantastic customer service.  I had an issue last year where it appeared that my order had gone missing.  The rep that I dealt with was lovely and worked quickly to sort everything out and not only did they resend the order but they added extra goodies to the order to say sorry for the delay!  Woodware is definitely on my thumbs up list.   

Curtain Call Colour Challenge: Act 71

I'm really enjoying these colour challenges but I'm going to have to order some more Stampin' Up paper pretty soon.  I seem to be going through it at quite a clip!  I made another one of my no-sentiment cards using the above colours from Curtain Call Act 71.  I also christened my Martha Stewart butterfly punch although I was a bit disappointed with it.  I had hoped it would make a cleaner cut but I spent quite a bit of time tidying up the edges of the butterflies.  I tried punching through some tin foil to sharpen up the punch but it didn't seem to make that much difference.  Has anyone else had this issue or did I just get a dud punch?

Supplies: Cardstock: SU Cherry Cobbler, So Saffron, More Mustard, Crumb Cake; Stamp: PTI - Asian Fusion; Ink: SU Cherry Cobbler;  Punch: Martha Stewart; Copic: W-3