Wait For The Sunshine

The last few weeks have completely gotten away from me and I feel like I've hardly spent any time in the Craft Cave.  I finally got in there for a bit today and made a last minute card for this week's ColourQ challenge.  I'm too late for Halloween so I went for cheery and used my Die-namics umbrella die.  I can see this getting a lot more use in the future!  Have a lovely evening!

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamp:  (Sentiment from Die-Namics Umbrella) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black)  Tsukineko

Die:  (Die-Namics Umbrella) My Favourite Things

Impression Plate:  (Linen & Canvas) PTI

Gems:  (Bumblebee assortment) Doodlebug

Market Street Stamps Guest Designer

I was so excited last month when this card was chosen as the winner of Market Street Stamps' monthly Block Party!  That means I'm their guest designer for the month of November and my first card were featured on the blog yesterday.

I decided to use my winning card as inspiration for my two cards.  For this one I again used the triangle stamps from Nuts About Nature but this time I used the open triangles and stamped them on patterned paper.  I then fussy cut them and created a flower.  I used the Bit of Burlap background stamp to give some texture to the card base and I finished it off with a sentiment from Great Big Greetings (which is definitely one of my favourite recent releases) and a whole lot of Glossy Accents!

For this card I again used rainbow colours but this time for the sentiments (also from Great Big Greetings).  The Candy Stripe background stamp gives a bit of pizzazz to the card base and this adorable phone from Teacher Notes is the perfect partner for the sentiment!  

If you've never checked out Market Street Stamps before then you are missing out and you must have a look around their shop.  And I'll be back on November 30th with some more MSS cards!

Supplies Used:

Keep Smiling

Cardstock:  (Cajun Craze, More Mustard) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Happy Trails) K & Co

Stamps:  (Bit of Burlap, Triangles from Nuts About Nature, Sentiment from Great Big Greetings) Market Street Stamps
Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black)  Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Ranger

Button:  (Obscure collection) Basic Grey

Embroidery Floss:  Janlynn

Call Me

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Real Red, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Candy Stripe, Telephone from Teacher Notes, Sentiment from Great Big Greetings) Market Street Stamps

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko, (Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Richa Razzleberry) Stampin' Up

Embossing Powder:  (Seafoam White) Ranger

CASology #17

Welcome to Week 17 of CASology!  Here's the cue card for this week:

We're super excited this week to welcome our sponsor - Neat and Tangled!  Neat and Tangled is a relatively new stamp company created by Danielle Walls.  Her designs are so sweet and therefore perfect for this week's cue word!  I chose to use the peppermints and sentiment from Home Sweet Home.  A little bit of tone on tone stamping in the background, a lot of Glossy Accents on the peppermints and my card was done!  I can't wait to see all the sweet goodness that you guys come up with for us to drool over this week! Before you start though check out the rest of the gals:

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely

And this week's guest designer:

Bev

Link up your creations to the CASology blog and remember that submissions are due by Sunday, 4 November at noon CST.

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Real Red, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Home Sweet Home) Neat and Tangled

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black)  Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Ranger

Gems:  (Lily White assortment) Doodlebug

Copic:  R29

Other:  (Glossy Accents) Ranger

RetroSketches #35

Happy Saturday!  I'm back with the latest challenge from RetroSketches and this week the sketch is based on one of my cards (originally seen here).  I was in a patterned paper kind of mood when I worked on this and broke out some old Cosmo Cricket paper - the Everafter collection.  This is an older Hero Arts stamp set too but then I'm usually a bit behind on the trends!  :)  I can't wait to see how the sketch inspires you!  Happy crafting!

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Basic Grey) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Everafter collection) Cosmo Cricket

Stamps:  (All from Sew Artsy) Hero Arts
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black)  Tsukineko

Christmas Candle

My mojo and I have not been getting along at all this week.  I've been working on some Christmas cards for a client but when it comes to challenges my brain has completely frozen over.  I finally managed to make a card for the CAS-ual Fridays Over the Edge challenge and I'm squeaking it in with about half an hour to spare.  I'm hoping this has loosened up my brain a bit and maybe I can get some other challenge cards made this afternoon.

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Image) Woodware, (Sentiment) Hero Arts
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black)  Tsukineko

Die:  (Double Ended Banners) PTI

Gems:  (Bumblebee assortment) Doodlebug

CASology #16

Welcome to Week 16 of CASology!  Here's the cue card for this week:

Since we just had the Zoo challenge recently I decided to steer away from wild animal images.  Well, almost!  I couldn't resist putting the leopard print on the hearts and going with a punny sentiment.  :)  So what comes into your mind when you think wild?  Check out what the rest of the DT has come up with:

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely

Also this week's guest designer:

Vicky

Link up your creations to the CASology blog and remember that submissions are due by Sunday, 28 October.

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Riding Hood Red) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Arrow from Hit the Mark) Market Street Stamps, (Leopard print from March '11 KOM - Just You) Unity, (Sentiment from Alphadots & Simply Said) Paper Smooches
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black)  Tsukineko, (Riding Hood Red) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Heart Prints collection) PTI

When Love Is Deep

I was really disappointed that I missed out on the first CAS(E) this Sketch challenge so I was determined to get a card made for it this week.  They have a killer design team over there and they're all ladies whose work I avidly follow.  :)  I've got all sorts of new things going on with this card.  The Cherry Blossoms and sentiment are from Sweet Stamp Shop and the pink "smudge" is from The Craft's Meow's Typically Teen set. The pink I used is Garnet Twinkling H2O.  I've had a box full of H2Os for well over a year now and this is the first time I've busted them out.  I really  like the bit of shine you get from them.

I also want to mention some awesome customer service.  A few weeks ago I decided to order some stamps from The Craft's Meow.  I filled up my cart, went to check out and realised there was no shipping option for Bermuda.  I do have a way of ordering things through the US but it adds on a lot of money so I emailed TCM and asked if they might at some point consider adding Bermuda as a shipping destination.  Less than 12 hours later (on a Sunday no less!) I had a response saying that Bermuda had been added and I could put my order in.  Now that is impressive.  On top of that the stamps arrived quickly and are really great quality.  I'm excited to really get playing with them!

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill

Stamps:  (Branch & sentiment from Cherry Blossoms) Sweet Stamp Shop, (Smudge from Typically Teen) The Craft's Meow

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Ranger

Paint: (Garnet Twinkling H2O) LuminArte