Let Your Dreams Take Flight

Hello there!  I've got a card for 2 challenges today - CAS(E) This Sketch and Inspired By All The Little Things.  I flipped the CTS sketch 180 degrees and was very literally inspired by the Little Things photo.  I thought this could be a good alternative graduation card - I'm tired of making cards with hats and books at this point!       

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Textured White) Bazzill, (White, Black) Papertrey Ink, (Bashful Blue) Stampin' up

Stamps:  (Plane & sentiment from Plane Awesome) Taylored Expressions

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Clouds) WPlus9, (Stitched rectangle) Lil' Inker Designs

Markers:  (R27, R29, R59, C-1, C-3, C-5) Copic

Gems:  Recollections

Cake & Flowers

Hi there!  Today I've been busily working away trying to build up my stock for the Mason's Lodge event and got some inspiration from a few challenges.  My first card is based on the design at Freshly Made Sketches.  I kind of CASEd myself using this card from a year and a half ago.  I used an MFT sentiment which is the perfect size to go with that big cake.  I'm also going to enter this in the Anything Goes portion of the Seize the Birthday challenge.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Textured White) Bazzill, (White) Papertrey Ink, (Bermuda Bay) Stampin' up

Stamps:  (Cake from Bake Me a Cake) Lawn Fawn, (Sentiment from Brushstroke Birthday) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Scalloped rectangle) Mama Elephant

Marker:  (Y15) Copic

Gems:  Recollections

Next is a card inspired by both Michele Ferguson's card at Muse and the photo at The Card Concept.  (I'd say my card fits the Clean and Simple category).  WPlus9's Fresh Cut Florals set is one of those that I HAD to have but it has never seen much ink so thank you to these challenges for inspiring me to dust it off!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Not Quite Navy) Stampin' up

Stamps:  (Flowers from Fresh Cut Florals) WPlus9, (Sentiment from Think Big Favourites #3) Papertey Ink

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Daffodil Delight, Always Artichoke, Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonder, Perfect Plum) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Big Vases) Paper Smooches

Gems:  Recollections

To Every Thing There Is A Season

I mentioned earlier in the week that I was working on a new card order.  My client asked for a variety of cards that would express "something along the lines of one season is ending and another is beginning."  Luckily I had the perfect sentiment from the Vintage Clocks stamp set from The Craft's Meow (sadly now closed).  She was thrilled with the sentiment so I got to work making 10 cards.  I had fun using lots of patterned papers and dies and keeping the stamping to a minimum.  I always feel proud when I put a dent (no matter how tiny) in the patterned paper stash!  

Retro Little Things

I was supposed to be finishing up some special order cards yesterday but I got distracted by a couple of challenges and ended up making this card.  I used the photo from Inspired By All the Little Things and the design from RetroSketches.  Lesley Croghan has given us lots of gorgeous pictures for the Inspired By challenge so I was glad to finally get organized enough to play along.  I used my Brushos to colour the butterflies and finally dug into this gorgeous ombre chevron paper from Lil' Inker Designs.  Okay, back to the special orders.

Have a great day!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Black Onyx) Gina K, (Watercolor) Ranger

Patterned Paper:  (Ombre Chevrons) Lil' Inker Designs

Stamps:  (Butterflies from Flap Happy) Paper Smooches, (Sentiment from CL334) Hero Arts

Ink:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko, (Jet Black Archival Ink) Ranger

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bight White Super Fine) Wow

Die:  (Double-Ended Banners) Papertrey Ink

Paint: (Sunburst Lemon & Turquoise Brushos) ColourCraft

Gems:  Recollections

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CASology #196

Welcome to Week 196 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I broke out an NBUS Paper Smooches die for my card this week and paired it with an older PS stamp and a Market Street Stamps sentiment.  How cute is that birdhouse?  I'd love to have a striped on like that in my yard!  Hmmm... weekend project?

Looking forward to seeing what direction the cue word takes you.  Check out the gorgeousness from the rest of the design and then play along!   

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Deidre Payne

Hannelie Bester

Hazel Hodgkins

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield 

Sherrie Mannion

Tracey McNeely

This week's guest designer:

Lisa

This week's sponsor:

Cindy B Designs

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

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Night of Navy) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Family Ties 6x6) Pebbles

Stamps:  (Bird from Forest Whimsy) Paper Smooches, (Sentiment from Home Sweet Home) Market Street Stamps

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Bird House) Paper Smooches

Gems:  Recollections

Chevron Baby

Hi there!  I spent the end of last weekend down and out with this cough & cold bug that's going around and didn't get back into the Craft Cave until yesterday.  I finished that big 32 card order and am now working on a new order which I'll share later in the week.  Also I've been invited to take part in a Wine & Cheese event at the Mason's Lodge with a number of other craft vendors.  I did it last year and enjoyed it so I've got two weeks to really build up my stock for this year.

Today's card was inspired by the photo at Just Add Ink and I'm also going to enter it in the Anything Goes challenges at Addicted to Stamps and More and the Simon Says Wednesday challenge.  I used dies from My Favourite Things (chevrons) and Lil' Inker Designs (Baby) and a sentiment from Altenew.  It was pretty quick to put together so I made one for a girl as well.  Time to jet off back to work.  Have a great day!

  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill,  (Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Basic Grey, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Baby Zoo) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Chevrons) My Favourite Things, (Baby) Lil' Inker Designs, (Flag) Paper Smooches

Gems:  Recollections

Skipping Stones April Stamp & Share Challenge

Hello and welcome to the April Skipping Stones Stamp & Share Challenge!  This month we have a sketch challenge for you.

For my card today I used a fun set from the last release - Hippo Birdie Two Ewe.  I love these adorable critters (that hippo especially makes me smile) and I thought they'd fit perfectly into the circles from the sketch.  I paper pieced all the animals and popped the circles up onto foam squares for a bit of dimension.

I hope you'll find time to play along especially as one lucky person will receive a Skipping Stones Design stamp set of their choice!  Skipping Stones stamps are NOT required to play along but if you have some we'd love to see them!  Be sure to check out the rest of the gorgeous inspiration from the design team and then get crafting!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Black) Papertrey Ink, (Blue) Bazzill, (Pink pirouette, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Hippo Birdie Two Ewe) Skipping Stones Design

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Punches:  (2" & 2 1/2" circles) Marvy Uchida