Celebrate the Season

Today's card is for the current CAS Colours & Sketches challenge.  Of all my poinsettia images this one from Altenew is my favourite and gets used every year even though I never got dies for it and have to fussy cut it every time!  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Black) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Crumb Cake) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Poinsettia from Poinsettia and Pine) Altenew, (Sentiment from Simple Strips Christmas) Taylored Expressions

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko,

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard & Simply White Crystal Drops) Tonic

Baby Bears

I'm playing along today with the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp.  I needed a few baby cards so I pulled out this cute little bear from WPlus9 and paired him with some Studio Calico papers.  To finish them off I scattered a few Simon Says Stamp stars to frame the sentiments from Taylored Expressions and MFT.

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  (Story Time 6x6) Studio Calico

Stamps:  (Bear and cloud from Little Dreamers) Wplus9, (Sentiment from Simple Sentiments) Taylored Expressions, (Sentiment from Essential Sentiments) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow'

Dies:  (Stars) Simon Says Stamp, (Scalloped rectangle) Wplus9

Markers:  (R02, B45, C1, W1, W3, W5) Copic

CASology #393

 Welcome to Week 393 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

This week's cue word actually made me think of parking a car so I reached for this Taylored Expressions race car and sentiment.  I often pair them with some washi tape but this time I used a Hero Arts stencil to create the "road" for the car.

I'm also going to play along with the Colours Hues challenge - Red and Blue.

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!

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo 

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munroe

Sue Symens

***You've got 4 weeks for this challenge!***

Link your creations to the CASology blog by 9am Monday, 2 August (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (All from Vroom Vroom) Taylored Expressions

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Rockin' Red, Something Borrowed) Catherine Pooler

Stencil:  (Tweed pattern) Hero Arts

Other:  (Nuvo Red Berry Crystal Drops) Tonic

Gems:  Recollections

Berry Heart

Today I managed to use some patterned paper that I thought would never see the light of day on one of my cards and I'm pretty excited about it!  The Fruit and Berries challenge at the Paper Players gave me the idea for it so thanks, ladies!  I used these Concord & 9th stamps for the first time so I'm also going to play along with Darnell's NBUS challenge.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper: (Berry Sweet 8.5x8.5) K&Co

Stamps:  (All from Be Mine) Concord & 9th

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Heart) Taylored Expressions

Markers:  (R27, Y21, YG03, C1) Copic) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Red Berry Crystal Drops) Tonic

CASology #390

 

Welcome to Week 390 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I was trying to come up with a more original take on this week's cue word but I ran out of time and ended up reaching for this butterfly (because they're generally found outside!) that was left over from this project.  I wanted those pretty colours to be the stars of the show so I kept things simple and just added a small sentiment on top of the butterfly.  I dithered about Nuvo drops for a while but in the end I decided it didn't need anything else.

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!

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo 

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munroe

Sue Symens

This week's guest designer:

Cecile

***You've got 2 weeks for this challenge!***

Link your creations to the CASology blog by 9am Monday, 24 May (CDT).

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Sentiment) Taylored Expressions

Ink:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko, (Raspberry, Sailboat Blue, Purple Twilight, Gold) Ranger Alcohol Inks

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Butterfly) Papertrey Ink, (Flag) Taylored Expressions

Birthday Hearts

 I don't usually enter a bunch of challenges all with one card but it's that heart time of year and I'm already done with making Valentine's cards.  Both the birthday sentiment and the scalloped frame were on my desk so all I had to do was die cut some hearts from some patterned paper, layer everything up and I was done!

I'm playing along with AAA Birthday (Large sentiment), Inkspirational (Hearts), Seize the Birthday (Topping: Hearts) and Time Out (Inspiration photo).

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Papers:  (Love Story 6x6) Echo Park

Dies:  (Hearts) Taylored Expressions, (Sentiment) Simon Says Stamp, (Scalloped frame) My Favourite Things

Gems:  Recollections

You Stole My Heart

Today's card is for the Just Add Ink sketch challenge.  I replaced the rectangles with hearts and then Copic coloured and popped up this adorable little bear from Lil' Inker Designs.  The speech bubble is also popped up and I threw in a few Nuvo dots to highlight the sentiment.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Lovie Friends) Lil' Inker Designs

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Hearts) Taylored Expressions, (Speech bubble) My Favourite Things

Markers:  (RV29, R20, W1, W3, 100) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Scribble Flower Twofer

 

I've got cards today for Darnell's Twofer challenge where the prompt is Flowers.  I had pulled out my Taylored Expressions Scribble Flowers dies for a recent challenge and while I was making those cards I had the spark of an idea for the Twofer challenge.  For the first card I used the dies to create a simple flower in a frame.  For the second card I took part of the flower and created a fun polka dot background with it.  It's bright and cheery and maybe even a bit silly but overall it has a fun and celebratory feel to it I think.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green, Old Olive, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Hello Beautiful from Essential Sentiments) My Favourite Things, (Happy from Birthday Greetings) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Hero Arts

Dies:  (Scribble flowers) Taylored Expressions, (Frame) Paper Smooches, (Flag) My Favourite Things, (Birthday) Papertrey Ink

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Hello & Thanks

 

I've got two cards inspired by the colours at the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge.  I pulled out this scribble flower die from Taylored Expressions which I thought would be fun with these bright and cheery colours.  The sentiment dies are both Paper Smooches.  I finished them off with one pink Nuvo crystal drop at the end of each sentiment.

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Scribble flower) Taylored Expressions, (Hello, Thanks) Paper Smooches

Other:  (Nuvo Rhubarb Crumble Crystal Drops) Tonic

Sympathy Butterfly

Hello and Happy New Year!  

It's been ages since I posted a card but the holiday season ended up being far busier than I expected and there wasn't a lot of card making time.  Hopefully now that schedules are returning to normal I can get back to creating.  It takes me a while to get going after a break like that so I've started with a really simple design.  I turned to Freshly Made Sketches for some inspiration and ended up with this.  I used an old favourite butterfly from Altenew and some ancient Bo Bunny paper.  Nothing fancy but it woke up the mojo and got me going again.

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  (Barefoot & Bliss 12x12) Bo Bunny

Stamps:  (Butterfly from Bejeweled) Altenew, (Sentiment from Simple Strips Background) Taylored Expressions

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Stitched rectangle) Mama Elephant, (Flag) Taylored Expressions

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

My Heart Beats For You

It's been a gorgeous weekend here so I haven't spent a ton of time inside but I did get a couple of cards made this morning.  This one is for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  This heartbeat monitor die from SugarPea is so cute and came to mind immediately when I saw the sketch.  I paired it with a CAS-ual Fridays sentiment and a Taylored Expressions heart.  I love it when different companies play well together!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red, Smokey Slate, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

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

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Heart) Taylored Expressions, (Monitor line) SugarPea Designs

Other:  (Nuvo White Crystal Drops) Tonic

Seize the Birthday Guest Designer

Hi there!  

I'm super excited to announce that I've been invited to be the Surprise Party Guest for Seize the Birthday for July and August!  I've been playing along with STB since 2014 - here's the first time I had a winning card with them.  The design team is fantastic and the fact that you can play with the "Topping" option if you need some inspiration or just create any birthday card makes it so easy to play along.

This week's Topping is Red, White and Blue.  I'm sure plenty of folks will go in a patriotic direction with July 4th coming up.  Its not a holiday here though (we're a British Overseas Territory) so I went for a funky blue sky and a bright red plane instead.

I hope you'll join in the fun!  You have until 9am (PST) on Tuesday, 14 July to play along.

Supplies Used:

Cardstoc:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Pacific Point) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Plane from Plane Awesome) Taylored Expressions, (Flying by from Flying By, Happy Birthday from Grand Greetings) Lawn Fawn

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Hexagon coverplate) Papertrey Ink, (Flag) My Favourite Things

Markers:  (R35, R46, C1, C3, C7) Copic

Twinery:  (Black) The Twinery

Other:  (Nuvo Red Berry Crystal Drops) Tonic

Rockin' Guitar

I've got a card today for 3 challenges - CAS Colours & Sketches, Freshly Made Sketches and Darnell's NBUS challenge.  This is the first time I've used this Taylored Expressions guitar image and I just realised I've put it together backwards.  *sigh*  It really has been one of those days.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Guitar from You're My Hero) Taylored Expressions, (Pattern from So 80s) WPlus9, (Sentiment from Label Love) Altenew

Inks:  (Lovely Lipstick, Night of Navy) Stampin' Up, (Cement Gray) My Favourite Things

Die:  (Floral Squares) Pinkfresh

Other:  (Nuvo Morning Dew Crystal Drops) Tonic

CASology #365

Welcome to Week 365 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I've had this tiny Taylored Expressions kite for ages but I'm pretty sure this is the first time it's seen the light of day.  This is the time of year when lots of kites start appearing in the skies here in Bermuda all building up to Good Friday which is a day of kite flying, codfish cakes and hot cross buns for us.  Sadly the packed beaches and parks with kites vying for airspace will probably not be happening this year so I'm looking forward to seeing all your gorgeous kite designs instead.

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!

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo 

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munroe

Sue Symens

This week's guest designer:

Claire

Link your creations to the CASology blog by Monday, 13 April (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Textured White) Bazzill, (Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Type It) Mama Elephant

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Kite) Taylored Expressions, (Stitched clouds) Lil' Inker Designs