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

Flowers & Trees

Hi there!  I haven't been around too much this past week because we've been busy getting Tex settled in.  Aside from just getting used to his new home he's had training on the Invisible Fence system and a visit to the vet to contend with.  He's taking it all in stride though - he continues to amaze us!

Anyway I finally made it into the Craft Cave today and got a couple of cards put together.  First up is a card for the Muse challenge and the One Layer Simplicity Multitude of Gratitude challenge.  I was inspired by Tracey's flower and layout but used more autumnal colours to represent this month of gratitude.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Flower from Calico, Sentiment from Chit Chat) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Chocolate Chip) Stampin' Up

Gems:  Recollections

  

My second card uses the design from Freshly Made Sketches and the palette from Colour Me.  I pulled out some Woodware stamps that I've had for years and paper pieced them with solid coloured cardstock (definitely one of my favourite techniques).  I have to dash off to work for a couple of hours now so that's it for today.  Hope you've all had a lovely weekend!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red, Tangelo Twist, So Saffron, Cucumber Crush, Soft Suede) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Tree & holly) Woodware, (Sentiment from Joy to the World) Avery Elle

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Star) Mama Elephant

Gems:  Recollections

The Song in My Heart

Finally it's actually Friday and I'm not a day ahead of myself anymore!  I'm sharing a card for the current One-Layer Simplicity Challenge - Strip Down.  Despite the heat and humidity, I kept my clothes on while making this card - no stripping down for me.  :)  I used Antique Linen Distress Ink for my inked strip and musical notes and a sentiment from CAS-ual Fridays.  Off to work now to really get this Friday started!  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (All from Love Notes) CAS-ual Fridays

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukeniko, (Real Red) Stampin' Up, (Antique Linen Distress Ink

Gems:  Recollections

CASology #154

Welcome to Week 154 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

This week's cue word leaves the door wide open for lots of interpretation and I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with.  I inked a strip with Spun Sugar Distress Ink, stamped a little Paper Smooches candy repeatedly and then covered them with different coloured Stickles.  Sweet, glittery goodness!  Be sure to go and check out all the awesome inspiration from the design team and then play along!   

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Gillian Ross

Hannelie Bester

Hazel Hodgkins

Joyce Mehrberg 

Judy Marino - Taking a break

Kimberly Wiener 

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

And this week's guest designer:

Cat

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

I'm also going to enter this card in the One-Layer Simplicity Sparkle and Shine
challenge and the Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes challenge.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) PaperTrey Ink

Stamps:  (Candy & sentiment from Sugar Rush) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Spun Sugar Distress Ink) Ranger

Glitter:  (Cotton Candy, Yellow, Eucalyptus & Baby Blu Stickles, Petal Pink Liquid Pearls) Ranger

One-Layer Thanks

Well, hello, Friday!  So good to see you!  (I'm off this Saturday so I can actually celebrate that it's Friday).  I'm playing along with three challenges today.  The current One-Layer Simplicity challenge is Fabulous Flowers and The Paper Players are having a CAS Floral Challenge. Also, since I used all Paper Smooches stamps here I'll be playing along with the PS Sparks Anything Goes challenge.  How fun is this PS flower?  I love how you can fill in each layer with a different colour of ink without layering.  I used my Hero Arts inks (which haven't seen all that much action since I bought them) and I love the rich colours.  I must remember to pull them out more often...

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill

Stamps:  (Layered flower, stem & leaves from Calico, Small flower from Botanicals 1, Sentiment from Pretty Phrases) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Raspberry Jam, Pale Tomato, Orange Soda, Butter Bar, Field Greens) Hero Arts

Gems:  Recollections

Starry Congrats

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Did you see that this month's muse at CASE Study is Donna Mikasa?  She's a super talented CAS designer who rocks bright and cheery pops of colour.  This week we're to CASE her sweet thank you card.  I immediately thought of this star from Fresh Squeezed Stamps and wanted to use my Hero Arts inks.  I'm really digging the fun colours!  I think I may do a couple other designs with monochromatic stars in blues and pinks for baby cards as well.  I was kind of wishing I had a Wink of Stella pen to add some glitter to all of my stars but since I don't I added a dot of Stickles to the centre of each one for a little sparkle.  I also want to link this card to the One-Layer Simplicity Challenge.  I don't make too many one-layer cards as I'm not that confident with my stamping.  Maybe this challenge will help me to get a little braver?  The challenge this week is to restock your card stash.  I was thinking maybe I should focus on a big occasion like birthday cards or something but congrats card are often needed too so I can now consider my Congrats card stash 1 card richer (making a grand total of… 1).  

ETA:  I had also intended to link this to the Moxie Fab Trendy Star Power challenge!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill

Stamps:  (Star from Weather Through, Sentiment from You Said It) Fresh Squeezed Stamps

Inks:  (Bubble Gum, Orange Soda, Butter Bar, Green Hills, Tide Pool, Stone Wash) Hero Arts

Glitter:  (Star Dust Stickles) Ranger

Gems:  Recollections