CAS(E) This Sketch #48

Welcome to Week 48 of CAS(E) This Sketch!  Take a look at this week's sketch by N@ Ali:

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and this week's Dynamic Duos colours are two pinks - Blushing Bride and Primrose Petals - perfect for this month!  I used the Paper Smooches Hope set and some simple paper piecing to create my card.  Clean, crisp and to the point!  Hop on over to the CAS(E) This Sketch blog to check out the gorgeous DT creations and then play along with us!

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Blushing Bride, Primrose Petals) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Glove & sentiment from Hope) Paper Smooches
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Gems:  Recollections

CASology #64

Welcome to Week 64 of CASology!  Here's the cue word for this week:

Despite the ridiculous number of stamps I own I have almost no harvest related images.  It wasn't until the last box of stamps I pawed through that I came across this Inkadinkado image.  I stamped it on the More Mustard card first in Cajun Craze ink and then again in More Mustard ink to give it a bit of depth.  I love the warm rusty colour of Cajun Craze - it just says autumn to me - and it really lets this image pop.  The CASology Design Team ladies have come up with their usual array of stunning creations.  Go and check them out and then play along with us!

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis 

Tracey McNeely

Judy Marino

Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Gillian Ross

Kimberley Wiener

And this week's guest designer:

Gay

Link your creations to the CASology blog and remember that submissions are due by 4pm CST on Sunday, 6 October.

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (Cajun Craze, More Mustard) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Grain from Meadow) Inkadinkado, (Sentiment from Golden Days) The Craft's Meow
Ink:  (Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Early Espresso) Stampin' Up

Gems:  Recollections

Thinking of Owls

Hello to a new week!  I'm here with not one but three cards for the current Sketchbook Saturday challenge.  A customer asked for three bright Thinking of You cards with owls on them.  I pulled out my Dear Lizzy 6x6 and my favourite Paper Smooches owl and got to work!  I was trying to remember the rules from that card making class about mixing and matching papers.  It's something I do very rarely so I'm not sure if I totally have the hang of it yet but I had fun going very non-CAS!  I'm also going to enter these cards in the Anything Goes challenges at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge and the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge.

What started out as a dark, rainy and thundery day has turned into an absolutely gorgeous, sunny evening.  The weather has been all over the map these last couple of months and for the first time in years we are ahead of the normal annual rainfall amount.  It has saved us plenty of money since we haven't had to buy water but I think we've spent the same amount in gas trying to keep up with the grass growth!  No complaints though - I'll take having to mow the lawn every week over crunchy, brown grass any day.  :)

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Pretty In Pink, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Pool Party) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm 6x6) American Crafts
Stamps:  (Owl from Chubby Chums) Paper Smooches, (Sentiment from All Squared Up) Avery Elle
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Punch:  (Corner rounder) Marvy Uchida

Gems:  Recollections

CAS(E) This Sketch #47

Welcome to Week 47 of CAS(E) This Sketch!  Take a look at this week's sketch by Chrissy Larson:

This card would not have come together without a lot of outside inspiration which I took from 3 different places.  The dotty washi tape gave me my colour combo.  The central design was inspired partly by this card from Cristina (2nd card in the post) and partly by this card from Anita.  Thank goodness for fellow crafters when the mojo is on the fritz!  If you're in need of inspiration for a card start with this week's sketch and then hop over to the CAS(E) This Sketch blog for a ton of  gorgeousness from the rest of the design team.  Can't wait to see what you come up with!

I'm also going to enter this into the Anything Goes challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog.

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Raspberry Ripple) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Circle from Breath of Fresh Flair) Fresh Squeezed Stamps, (Sentiment from Think Big Favourites #12) Papertrey Ink
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Tangerine Tango, Pool Party) Stampin' Up, (Alpine) ColourBox

Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Ranger
Washi Tape:  Glitz

Kraft Sympathy

Hello there! I'm finally coming back from a struggle with my mojo.  It completely abandoned me in the last week and is only just crawling back with it's tail between it's legs.  So frustrating!!  I finally managed to get a card made for this week's Dynamic Duos challenge and I even used the dessert option of wet embossing (just on the sentiment but still...).  Can you tell I'm loving these Simon Says dies?  They will be making plenty of appearances in the future I'm sure!  I'm also going to enter this at the Simon Says Stamp Stamptember Inspiration challenge.  As well as the Simon Says die the black cardstock is from DCWV and the embossing powder is from Ranger, both of which can be purchased in the Simon Says Stamp store.  Off to work now.  Have a lovely day!

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (Kraft) Gina K, (Black) DCWV
Stamp:  (Sentiment from Think Big Favourites #3) Papertrey Ink
Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Ranger
Die:  (Leaf Column Background) Simon Says Stamp
Punch:  (Corner Rounder) Marvy Uchida

Gems:  Recollections

CASology #63

Welcome to Week 63 of CASology!  Here's the cue word for this week:

It's officially autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and in some places the leaves are starting to to turn to their gorgeous fall colours.  We don't experience that here in Bermuda so I have to make do with creating my own autumn leaves.  I inked a panel with Distress inks and laid it behind this Simon Says Stamp die.  The kraft panel is embossed with Papertrey Ink's woodgrain embossing folder and I added an Avery Elle sentiment.  Are you ready to share your Autumn inspired cards with us?  First, go drool over the gorgeous Design Team cards and then get creative!

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis 

Tracey McNeely

Judy Marino

Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Gillian Ross

Kimberley Wiener

And this week's guest designer:

LeAnne

Link your creations to the CASology blog and don't forget that submissions are due by 4pm CST on Sunday, 29 September.

I'm going to enter this card in a few challenges. CASual Fridays has asked us to use fall colours and at least one leaf.  Check and check!  :)

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge asks us to use products available from the Simon Says store.  The Leaf Column dies are Simon Says products and the Distress inks and Avery Elle stamps are also available at the store.  Also, as part of the Stamptember celebrations, the Simon Says Stamp blog has asked us to share cards that were inspired by the Stamptember festivities.  There's not much on the Simon Says blog that doesn't inspire me these days.  They have such an amazing and diverse group of designers sharing their talents - there's really something for everyone!

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (Kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Old Olive, Early Espresso) Stampin' Up
Stamp:  (Sentiment from Oh Happy Day) Avery Elle
Ink:  (Early Espresso) Stampin' Up
Dies:  (Leaf Column Background, Leaf Column Outline) Simon Says Stamp
Embossing Plate:  (Woodgrain) Papertrey Ink

Golden Anniversary

Hi there and happy Friday!  I'm popping in with an entry for the Moxie Fab All That Glitters Is Gold challenge.  It came along at the perfect time as I was recently asked to make a golden anniversary card for a friend's parents.  I tend to shy away from gold on my cards. (Remember how I avoided it all together for the CASology gold challenge?)  Anyway I couldn't hide from it this time.  It had to make an appearance and not only did I not hide from it but I used it in two different ways. 

Originally I had planned to cut the numbers and emboss them so that they'd end up a bright, shiny gold.  That didn't work so well though as I used gold embossing powder on letters cut from black cardstock.  I ended up with numbers with a bit of a golden shimmer. They looked cool but weren't really going to stand out against the black card base.  To solve that problem I cut the Paper Smooches Bam Bubble dies from gold card and layered them behind the numbers.  I'm pretty pleased with how it came out and my friend loved it too. Whew!  (I always stress so much about special orders...) 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Black) Gina K

Stamps:  (Glasses from Happily Ever After, Sentiment from Claire's ABCs) Lawn Fawn

Ink:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Seafoam White, Gold) Ranger

Dies:  (Bam Bubbles) Paper Smooches, (By the Numbers) Papertrey Ink

Other:  Glossy Accents