Hello Balloons

A card for this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge On Cloud 9 where we are to create projects featuring things you would see in the sky.



Supplies Used
Cardstock: (White) Bazzill, (Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Marina Mist) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Clouds and balloons from Scootin' By) Sweet Stamp Shop, (Sentiment from CL342) Hero Arts
Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Die:  (Half and Half) PTI
Gem:  (Ladybug, Bumblebee and Limeade assortments) Doodlebug

CASology #5

Welcome to week 5 of CASology!  Here's the cue card for this week:

The word "pond" made me think of frogs, ducks and dragonflies.  After going through all my stamps and rejecting the few frog images I had I happened upon this Pink Paislee dragonfly stamp from a Moxie Fab prize package.  The blue circle and the blues and greens in general echo the pond theme and the repeating shapes keep the design simple.  

Be sure and check out the rest of the fabulous design team for more inspiration:

   Ardyth Percy-Robb

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely

And also this week's guest designer:

Joyce

Link up your creations at the Casology blog and remember that submissions are due by Sunday, 12 August at noon CST.

Supplies Used
Cardstock: (Kraft) PTI, (Night of Navy) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Loyal collection) Authentique

Stamps:  (Dragonfly from Butterfly Garden collection) Pink Paislee, (Sentiment from Word Salad) Paper Smooches
Ink:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Seafoam White) Ranger

Punches:  (2' circle) Marvy Uchida, (1 1/2" & 1" circle) EK Success

Die:  (Nesties Standard Circles Large) Spellbinders

RIP Jem

Luis and I are utterly devastated and heartbroken at the loss of Jem.  He was our sweet, goofy, lovable boy and there is a huge void in our lives now. 

I will probably continue to post cards as making them is the only thing right now that is helping to keep the grief at bay.  But please forgive me if I don't have much to say for a while.

Quatrefoil Buddy

The cleaning bug finally seems to be leaving me.  The house is looking fresh and shiny and I have a pile of things to cart away.  Ahhh!  My quest to embrace minimalism in my living space is far from completed but at least I've made a few steps in the right direction.  The Craft Cave, however, will never under any circumstances be considered minimalistic and that's just fine.  I need a little clutter somewhere in my life...


Speaking of which I spent a lovely couple of hours amidst the crafty clutter yesterday morning and I made a card for the latest ColourQ challenge.  The pattern on the bag made me think of Papertrey Ink's Quatrefoil die so I ran it through my Cuttlebug using each of this week's colours and then put them all together on the front of the card.  The sentiment is from the Simply Said collection by Paper Smooches and it's quickly becoming my favourite of their sentiment sets.  Have a lovely day!    




Supplies Used
Cardstock: (White) Bazzill, (Pink Pirouette, Poppy Parade, Tangerine Tango, Lucky Limeade) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Sentiment from Simply Said) Paper Smooches
Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Die:  (Quatrefoil) PTI
Gem:  (Cupcake assortment) Doodlebug

Just Us Girls #148

Good morning!  I am so excited to have been invited to be the August Guest Designer at Just Us Girls!  If you've never played along with the JUGS girls you must check them out. Each week of the month they host a different type of challenge to get your creativity flowing:

Monthly Challenge Lineup:

Week 1 - Sketch

Week 2 - Technique

Week 3 - Color

Week 4 - Photo Inspiration

Week 5 - WILD card!

Now, sketches are not usually my favourite things to work with as I struggle to not take them completely literally.  However, I forced my thoughts away from flowers and rectangles and when I saw my Paper Smooches Space Cadet set this idea came together pretty quickly. Love when that happens!  Now hop on over to the JUGS blog to check out the gorgeousness from the Design Team and then put your thinking caps on and play along!  You have until 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, August 9th.

Supplies Used
Cardstock: (White) Bazzill, (Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Lucky Limeade, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Images from Space Cadet, Sentiment from Metropolis) Paper Smooches
Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Die:  (Nestabilities Labels One) Spellbinders

Gems:  (Blue Jean assortment) Doodlebug

Dreams

I've been dreaming for ages about this week off from work and I was sure I would spend it happily holed up in the Craft Cave carding away.  But have I?  Of course not.  For some reason I got a cleaning bee in my bonnet and have been having a massive clear out and tidy which has stolen away most of my time.  The rest of it has been lost to the Olympics.  What is that about?  *Sigh*  I did manage to create a card for Unity's Friends With Flair blog hop though.  I've been neglecting the hop lately and wanted to ink up this fabulous stamp that I got using my publication incentive.  I love that patterned paper but I only have a small piece of it that came in a variety pack.  Does anyone know who makes it?  Okay, back to sorting and, hopefully, a little more cardmaking!  Have a lovely weekend!  :)    


Supplies Used
Cardstock: (Basic Grey) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Love Life) Unity
Ink:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko
Embssing Powder:  (Seafoam White) Ranger
Punch:  (Corner punch) Marvy Uchida)
Gems:  (Beetle Black) Doodlebug

A Friendly Hello

Just popping in with a friendly - but quick! -  hello for the current CAS-ual Fridays challenge!  It's a colour challenge this week - lime, aqua and navy.  I used stamps from the latest Unity Kit of the Month - love those dangling old school phones!  OK, off to run about a million errands.  Have a lovely day!


Supplies Used
Cardstock: (White) Bazzill, (Lucky Limeade, Tempting Turquoise, Night of Navy) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Image & sentiment from July 2012 KOM - Ol' Bag of Fun) Unity
Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Dies:  (Nesties Labels 2) Spellbinders
Gems:  (Swimming Pool assortment) Doodlebug