Mother's Day Bird

Today's card is for the Freshly Made Sketches and Colour Throwdown challenges.  I have a pile of this Memory Box bird die cut in many colours sitting on my desk and the Throwdown colours gave me the perfect chance to put one to use.  Once I'd picked her out the rest of the card basically put itself together!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Blushing Bride, Lucky Limeade) Stampin' Up, (Coral mulberry paper)

Stamps:  (Sentimnt from Extra Special) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Meadow Bird, Small Circle Burst) Memory Box, (Leaves) Reverse Confetti 

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Gems:  Recollections

Mother's Day Flower

Popping in today with a CAS card for The Card Concept.  I was inspired by the purple flowers and grey vase.  I used the same flower and a similar layout recently but changing up the flower colour and background gave it a completely different vibe - a softer feel that I thought would appeal to my mom for Mother's Day.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Flower from Build-a-Flower Magnolia, Sentiment from Extra Special, Splatter from Watercolour Frames) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Bamboo, Olive, Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields, Midnight Violet, Mocha, Silver Stone) Altenew

Other:  (Nuvo Violet Galaxy Crystal Drops) Tonic

Dotty Mother's Day

Yesterday was a frustrating almost mojo-less day and I only ended up with these two cards before finally giving up.  They're for the Colour Throwdown challenge and also for a friend who asked for a card for his wife for Mother's Day.  As usual I'm dithering about which one I like best.  Thoughts?

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Crumb Cake, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flower from Handpicked Bouquet) Altenew, (Sentiment from Fillable Frames #4) Papertrey Ink

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Pink Diamond, Pinkalicious, Rubellite, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades) Altenew

Die:  (Halftone Cover Die) Altenew

Gems:  Recollections

CASology #342

Welcome to Week 342 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I love it when I find a sentiment that is the perfect fit for an image from another company.  This My Favourite Things sentiment was made for these Paper Smooches elephants and the SugarPea Mother die cut was the icing on the cake for a card at this time of year since Mother's Day is on Sunday!

  

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!

Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield 

Rachel Bergfeld

Sue Symens

This week's guest designer:

Deepti

Link your creations to the CASology blog by Monday, 13 May at 9am (CDT).

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  (Calm & Cozy Chevron 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamps:  (Elephants from A Little Lovin') Paper Smooches, (Sentiment from More Essential Sentiments) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Stitched circle) Heffy Doodle, (Mother) SugarPea Designs, (Heart) Simon Says Stamp, (Banner) My Favourite Things

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Mother's Day Butterfly

Hello!

I've got another card to share that I made yesterday.  This one is for Freshly Made Sketches and CAS on Friday.  Of all my butterfly dies I go back to these Papertrey Ink ones the most often. They come in two different sizes and are easy to layer.  I used some (ancient) Crate Paper patterned paper for the butterfly and the background panel.  Tiny piece by tiny piece it will eventually all get used!  (Hey, it's good to have a dream right?)

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  (Lillian Collection 12x12) Crate Paper

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Extra Special) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko,

Die:  (Butterflies) Papertrey Ink

Other:  (Nuvo Liquid Mercury Crystal Drops) Tonic

Freshly Made Butterflies

Hi there! 

Another weekend is almost over and I didn't get as much time in the craft room as I would have liked - too much adulting to be done I'm afraid!  I did manage to make a couple of cards and I'll share the other one tomorrow.  For today I have an entry for Freshly Made Sketches using a Winnie & Walter scalloped rectangle and Papertrey butterflies and sentiment.  I've been using a lot of this DCWV glitter paper lately and I might actually run out of it.  What a calamity!!!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Basic Grey, Basic Black) Stampin' Up, (Pink glitter) DCWV

Patterned Paper:  (Calm & Cozy Chevron 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamp:  (Sentiment from Fillable Frames #4) Papertrey Ink

Ink:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Butterfly) Papertrey Ink, (Scalloped Rectangle) Winnie & Walter

Gems:  Recollections

Button Flowers & Butterfly

I've got two cards to share today.  First up is for Inspired by All the Little Things.  I was doing some tidying in my craft room and found these ancient Sassafrass flower stickers.  I put them together with some die cut Paper Smooches stems and an Essentials by Ellen sentiment.  Quick and easy but colorful and fun.      

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Sentiment from 12 Days Companion Greetings) Essentials by Ellen

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Stems from Dainty Flowers & Dainty Flowers 2) Paper Smooches

Stickers:  Sassafrass

Gems:  Recollections

Next up is for the Just Us Girls black and white stripes challenge.  I initially tried making white stripes on black cardstock using embossing paste but it all went horribly wrong so I went back to the drawing board.  I wanted broad stripes but only found skinny stripes in my patterned paper collection.  I finally just trimmed pieces of black and white cardstock and die cut them with a stitched square to create the little panel.  The PTI butterfly is cut from hot pink DCWV glitter paper.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Basic Grey, Basic Black) Stampin' Up, (Pink glitter) DCWV

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Think Big Favourites 5)) Papertrey Ink

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Butterfly) Papertrey Ink, (Stitched square) Lil' Inker Designs

Gems:  (Large gem) Doodlebug, (Small gems) Recollections

CASology #296

Welcome to Week 296 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

Mother's Day and Father's Day always sneak up on me so this is a great prompt to get me going on these categories of cards.  Despite trying to be more original every year I still end up with flowers on the majority of my Mother's Day cards.  I guess if it ain't broke...  

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!

Anna Uhras

Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman
Kevin Bray

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield 

Rachel Bergfeld

This week's guest designer:

Rahmat

This week's sponsor is:

Stamplorations

Link your creations to the CASology blog and remember that the deadline for entries is Monday at 9am (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Flower from Watercolor Wonders, Sentiment from Wild Hibiscus) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Pink Diamond, Pinkalicious, Rubellite, Honey Drizzle, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades) Altenew

Gems:  Recollections

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

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Mom, Pen & Star

Hello hello!

I've got three challenge cards to share today.  First up is for The Colour Throwdown using a mixture of different companies.  The flower is Lil' Inker, the die cut letters are Lawn Fawn and the sentiment is Altenew.  I love it when they all play nicely together!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Family Ties 6x6) Pebbles

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Painted Butterflies) Altenew

Dies:  (Flower) Lil' Inker Designs, ('M') Lawn Fawn

Gems:  (Brown) Doodlebug, (Clear) Recollections

Next up is a card for CAS Colour and Sketches.  While perusing my patterned papers I came across this script design from Kaisercraft and it sparked the idea for the card.  The pen and sentiment are from Papertrey Ink.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Night of Navy, Bravo Burgundy) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Periwinkle 6.5x6.5) Kaisercraft

Stamps:  (Pen & sentiment from Happy Trails) Papertrey Ink

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Hero Arts

Dies:  (Stitched rectangle) Lil' Inker Designs

Gems:  Recollections

Last but not least is a card for the Just Add Ink shaker card challenge.  I don't make shaker cards very often but I recently got some of these shaped shaker makers from MFT and they sure make the whole process a lot easier!  The sentiment is a Neat & Tangled die and the paper is by Pebbles.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Celebrate) Neat & Tangled, (Star Shaker) My Favourite Things

Confetti: Recollections

Gems:  Recollections

Tribal Butterfly

Hi there!  I've got a card for the Just Us Girls Trend Week challenge - Create a background using inks.  I had fun inking up a panel of paper with Distress Inks and then die cutting this super cool Waffle Flower tribal pattern.  I layered a solid vellum butterfly behind the grey one and the edges of the wings are popped up on foam tape.  I added some Nuvo drops to the butterfly for a bit of fun.  

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Mother Knows Best) Fresh Squeezed Stamps

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukeniko, (Abandoned Coral, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed Distress Inks) Ranger

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Butterflies) Papertrey Ink, (Tribal Pattern) Waffle Flower Crafts

Other:  (Nuvo White Crystal Drops) Tonic

Mother's Day Flower

Hi there!  Just popping in quickly while Luis throws some food on the grill.  I've got a card for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge and the Paper Players Tic Tac Toe challenge where I used the bottom row - Pink + Leaf/Leaves + Flower.  I used a Papertrey Ink leaf die in place of the circle on the sketch.  The flower is Altenew which I watercolored with Distress Inks nd I added some Stickles to the center.  

That's it for tonight.  Hope you have a wonderful week!

ETA:  The lovely Sandie suggested I join in with the current challenge at Time Out - flowers with the optional twist of stamp kissing.  No kissing here but definitely a flower!  :)

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Watercolor) Ranger, (Going Green, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flower from Wild Hibiscus) Altenew, (sentiment from Mother Knows Best) Fresh Squeezed Stamps

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukeniko, (Jet Black Archival Ink, Tattered Rose, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Mustard Seed) Ranger

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Glitter:  (Yellow Stickles) Ranger

Gems:  Recollections

Brusho Flower & Pink Butterflies

Hi there!  I have two cards to share today.  First up is for The Flower Challenge's sketch challenge and I'm also playing along with the Showers and/or Flowers challenge at the Simon Says Wednesday challenge.  I sprinkled and spritzed some Brushos onto watercolor paper and then stamped the Winnie & Walter flower and leaves over the colours.  I fussy cut them and popped them up on foam tape over the strips of glitter tape, added a Hero Arts sentiment and some gems and was done!  I'm pleased with how this flower came out.  On my first attempt I used way too much powder and water and the colours were so dark that the flower didn't show up.  I really need to devote a bit more time to playing with these powders.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Flower from In Bloom: Addie's Garden) Winnie & Walter, (Sentiment from CL334) Hero Arts

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukeniko, (Jet Black Archival Ink) Ranger

Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Hero Arts

Brushos:  (Sunburst Lemon, Sea Green, Turquoise, Violet) Colourcraft

Tape:  (Black glitter tape) American Crafts

Gems:  Recollections

Next is a card for the Time Out photo inspiration challenge.  I love this picture and the feeling of movement from those gorgeous pink butterflies.  I dug out some My Favourite Things and Memory Box butterflies and plenty of Rose Red paper and set to work die cutting.  I had intended on a much more random placement of the butterflies but before I knew it I ended up with this symmetrical pattern so I just went with it.  A few of the butterflies are layered and the central ones have gems.  I like how it's kind of CAS and busy all at the same time.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Textured White) Bazzill, (Rose Red, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Scandinavian Prints) Neat & Tangled

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukeniko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Butterflies) My Favourite Things, (Butterfly Delights) Memory Box

Gems:  Recollections