Season's Tweetings

Hi there!  I've got another card to share from the ones I made yesterday.  This one is for three challenges.  I used the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch as my starting point and paper pieced these adorable Lawn Fawn birdies.  I added some clear Wink of Stella to their green winter wear but otherwise kept it super simple.  Plus I added another brightly coloured card to my stash!  Yay!  I'm also going to play along with the AAA Cards Anything Goes challenge and the CAS on Sunday Christmas challenge.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Winter Sparrows) Lawn Fawn

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

Wreath & Flower

Luis was out with the boys today so I made it into the Craft Cave today for the first time in a week.  I managed to get a few cards put together and am going to share two of them tonight.  This first one was inspired by the current ColourQ palette and photo.  I finally broke open this gorgeous WPlus9 Woodland Wreaths set to make this clean and layered card.  I added clear Wink of Stella to all the berries for lots of sparkle.  I'm also going to enter this in the Simon Says Wednesday Christmas challenge and the Addicted to Stamps And More Anything Goes challenge.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Soft Sky) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Wreath & bow from Woodland Wreaths) WPlus9, (Sentiment from Think Big Favourites #20) Papertrey Ink

Inks:  (Tangerine Tango, Rich Razzleberry, Wisteria Wonder, Sahara Sand) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Scalloped panel, Stitched panel) Mama Elephant

Gems:  Doodlebug

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

My next card uses the sketch (a very pared down interpretation of it perhaps!) and the thankful theme from The Friday Mash-Up.  I used a flower and a sentiment from older, neglected Lawn Fawn sets so I'm also entering this in the Lawnscaping In With the Old challenge.  I'm trying to make an effort to create more cards with coloured card bases so that I can jazz up my card stand a little bit.  I've been making lots of super CAS cards lately so I feel like I need to inject some colour to grab people's attention.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Old Olive) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flower from Judy's Blooms, Sentiment from Our Friendship Grows) Lawn Fawn

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Markers:  (R17, YR16, Y15) Copic

Gems:  Recollections

CASology #173

Welcome to Week 173 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

Cas-ual Fridays saved the day again for me when looking for a sentiment this week.  I found two in my CF collection but decided to go with this one and I paired it up with a Hero Arts rainbow and cloud.  I attempted to paper piece the rainbow but it went very badly so I broke down and used my Copics to color it.  Thankfully, it was pretty hard to go wrong with this image!  Be sure to visit the rest of the design team for some gorgeous inspiration and then play along with us!  

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Hannelie Bester 

Hazel Hodgkins

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Ren Lo

Tracey McNeely

And this week's guest designer:

Claire

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

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Rainbow & cloud from CL765) Hero Arts, (Sentiment from Butterbows) CAS-ual Fridays

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

Markers:  (R32, YR02, Y11, YG41, BG01, C-5) Copic

Gems:  Recollections

Skipping Stones Tip/Technique Blog Hop

Hi there!  I'm excited today to take part in my first Tip/Technique Blog Hop as part of theSkipping Stones Design Team.  Each team member will share a card along with a tip or technique for designing or even organization.    

I have a couple of tips in regards to this card.  When I'm having trouble coming up with a design idea I'll sometimes flip through my 6x6 patterned paper pads and see if anything sparks my interest.  I found this adorable sky with doily clouds and immediately thought of the hot air balloons from the Uplifting set.  I'm not the most confident when it comes to coloring so I tend to do a lot of paper piecing just like I did here with the balloons.  My #1 tip for paper piecing is to outline your images with a black marker once you've cut them out.  It helps to provide a crisp edge that allows the images to really pop.  The sentiment is taken from Heartsong 2.

Be sure to visit everyone along the hop and leave some love as one lucky commenter will win a stamp set.  Why not have a browse in the Skipping Stones Design Store too - just in case you're the lucky winner!  ;)

 Skipping Stones Design Blog

Coralynn

Teresa

Ilina

Heather

Tanja

Jen  <---You are here!

Martha Lucia

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Doily sky from The Pier 6x6, Red, yellow & green from The Open Road 6x6) Crate Paper

Stamps:  (Balloons from Uplifting, Sentiment from Heartsong 2) Skipping Stones Design

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Gems:  Recollections

Warm Kitty Wishes

Hi there!  I have two cards to share with you this afternoon.  First up is a card for The Paper Players colour challenge to use black and white plus silver or gold and one other colour.  I used an NBUS Neat & Tangled stamp and I tried out some glitter finish embossing powder from American Crafts.  The card is far more sparkly in real life than in the picture but that's par for the course I'm afraid!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red, BasicBlack) Stamipin' Up

Stamps:  (Warm Wishes) Neat & Tangled

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Zing Gold Glitter Finish) America Crafts

Next is a card for the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers K is for Kitties challenge.  Conveniently, I had to make a cat themed card for a client so I have an entry however, I have some other actual snarky ideas and am hoping to get some time to make one or two of them tomorrow.  We'll see.  I have to take Mr. Tex to the vet at lunch time as he is itching like mad.  No fleas - seems to be a skin issue.  Poor guy is going nuts!  Anyway that's it for now.  Time to head out in the wind and rain to take care of the kitties.  (Cue world's smallest violin).  :D  Have a lovely evening!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Hello Again 6x6) Echo Park

Stamps:  (Have a purrfect from Nine Lives, Birthday from Party Posse) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Cat from Cat Icons, Quote Tag) Paper Smooches, (Bow) Avery Elle

CASology #172

Welcome to Week 172 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I've gone super CAS for this week's card.  I knew I had this sentiment but couldn't remember which stamp company it was from so I spent ages combing through all of my sets trying to find it.  It's actually a good thing to do once in a while since it reminds me of what I have and sparks lots of ideas.  I just need to do it when I have more time on my hands!  Anyway I paired the CAS-ual Fridays sentiment with a Paper Smooches butterfly, added some gems and that was it!  Be sure and check out the inspiration from the design team and then play along with us!

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Hannelie Bester 

Hazel Hodgkins

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Ren Lo

Tracey McNeely

And this week's guest designer:

Jenelle

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

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Butterfly from Flap Happy) Paper Smooches, (Sentiment from Butterbows) CAS-ual Fridays

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Regal Rose) Stampin' Up

Gems:  Recollections

Pink Christmas

Hi there!  I'm popping in with a card for the current Time Out challenge - Christmas with the optional twist of using pink and/or purple.  I finally put my Reverse Confetti trees to use.  They were everywhere last year and I loved them so I finally got them for this year.  Better late than never right?  I used a combination of patterned papers from Authentique and Lawn Fawn for the trees and banners and added a few gems to finish it off.  Fun and funky!  Time to jet back off to work now.  I'll see you here tomorrow for CASology!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Soft Suede) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Dark pink from Classique: Pretty 6x6) Authentique, (Polka dots & stripes from Let's Polka, Mon Amie) Lawn Fawn

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Snow Day) Lawn Fawn

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Trees, flags) Reverse Confetti

Gems:  Recollections