CASology #135

Welcome to Week 135 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I have a ton of mini Sweet Stamp Shop sets that have never seen ink so today seemed like a good time to start putting them to use.  I masked the little mouse so he'd be sitting on top of the cheese and added a silly sentiment ("Who cut the cheese?").  Totally juvenile but it amuses me to no end!  :)  If I made the card again I'd probably add a shadow below the cheese to ground it a bit.  For now though he's going to have to look like he's riding a flying cheese wedge (guess all the flying carpets were rented out…).  Okay, your turn to make a big impression on us with your mini-inspired cards.  Check out the gorgeousness from the Design Team and then get crafting!

 Ardyth Percy-Robb

Gillian Ross

Hazel Hodgkins

Joyce Mehrberg 

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener 

Kymona Tracey

May Sukyong Park

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

And this week's guest designer:

Ksenija

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

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Gina K

Stamps:  (All from Cheese Please) Sweet Stamp Shop

Inks: (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Pumpkin Pie) Stampin' Up

Markers:  (R32, Y17, C-3) Copic

Battling the Watercolour

Despite wanting to toss my paints and brushes out of the window I'm continuing to mess around with watercolors in the hopes of one day feeling vaguely confident in my abilities with them.  I ended up trashing a lot of cards but I finally came up with this one. It's a long way from the work of the designers I admire but it's a tiny step in the right direction for me (at least compared with everything else I made this week)!  I'm going to enter it over at the Addicted to Stamps Make Your Mark challenge (use markers, pencils, paints, etc).  And now I'm off to work - my last day!  Hope you have a lovely weekend! 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Ranger, (So Saffron, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flowers from Water Blooms) Mama Elephant

Ink: (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Seafoam White) Ranger

Die:  (Thanks Script) Mama Elephant

Gems:  Doodlebug

Altenew Thank You

I adore this flower from Altenew's Hennah Elements.  It's such a great outline stamp that looks amazing coloured in, paper pieced or even left black and white.  It's probably the Altenew stamp that I use the most (although these leaves from Doodle Blooms are coming in a close second).  I used the colours from The Challenge and paper pieced the flower and leaves.  I started out by following the sketch then got a little creative with it but it's close.  Okay, time to head off to work.  Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Old Olive) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flower from Hennah Elements, Leaves from Doodle Blooms, Sentiment from Magnolias for Her) Altenew

Ink: (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Double-Ended Banners) Papertrey Ink

Wonderful in Every Way

Hi there!  I'm popping in with a card for the current Paper Players challenge to create a CAS card featuring a bird.  This Memory Box Perched Reed Bird is one of my favourite bird dies.  He looks great in just about any colour or pattern and works for so many occasions!  Here I cut him from Brushed Gold card stock and paired him with a selection of My Mind's Eye washi tapes.  Unfortunately the sentiment ("Wonderful in every way") is rather dark in the photo and while it's clear enough in real life I wonder if it might be even better if I made it again with white embossing powder…



Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Rustic Cream) Papertrey Ink, (Early Espresso, Brushed Gold) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Everyday Greetings) Mama Elephant

Ink: (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Super Fine Detail Black) Ranger

Die:  (Perched Reed Bird) Memory Box

Gem:  Recollections

Washi Tape:  My Mind's Eye

Distress Ink Butterfly

I hate it when I actually have a decent chunk of time to spend in the Craft Cave and the mojo goes into hiding.  It's so frustrating!  I was trying to play around with watercolors and didn't make much more than a mess in the end.  I really don't feel like I'm improving with practice when it comes to that medium.  :(  I finally gave up on the painting and decided to move onto something more simple.  I used the negative of a PTI butterfly die as a mask along with some Distress Inks to create this one layer card for the current CAS(E) This Sketch and Addicted to CAS challenges.  I am so grateful that those inks cooperated so it didn't feel like the day was a total loss!    

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Halftone Hello) Altenew

Inks: (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Shabby Shutters & Peacock Feathers Distress Inks) Ranger

Die:  Papertrey Ink

Gems:  Recollections

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

CASology #134

Welcome to Week 134 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

The question has been raised about the difference between monochrome and ombre.  I have to say that when I think of monochrome I think of photographs in black and white or in sepia tones.  The description I found on line says, "consisting of or displaying images in black and white or in varying tones of only one color."  Ombre on the other hand is colour "shaded or graduated in tone."  I think of ombre as a one colour rainbow while monochrome looks like you put a colour filter onto a photo.  With that in mind I went for sepia tones for my card and sepia tones always lead me to coffee images.  Not too original I guess but it got some ideas flowing for me.  And now it's your turn to get those ideas flowing!  Check out the gorgeous creations by the rest of the design team and then get crafting!

  

 Ardyth Percy-Robb

Gillian Ross

Hazel Hodgkins

Joyce Mehrberg 

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener 

Kymona Tracey

May Sukyong Park

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

And this week's guest designer:

Maria

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

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Crumb Cake, Early Espresso) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Cup & sentiment from Daily Grind) Market Street Stamps, (Ring from Cyber Cafe) Paper Smooches, (Splotch from Ink Splash) Neat & Tangled

Inks: (Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso) Stampin' Up

Drowning in Patterned Paper

Despite the fact that I primarily consider myself a CAS carmaker, I really love patterned paper.  A lot.  Especially those little 6x6 paper pads.  They're just so cute and perfect and square and sit so nicely on my shelf.  I flip through them and admire the patterns and then put them back and stamp a card.  But now I really have to get using those papers because I might have gone on a bit of a bender at the i {heart} papers closing sale…  I mean come on, they were 50% off!!  How's a gal supposed to resist that especially when I've been really good in the shopping department for the last few months.  I couldn't fight it and now my 6x6 shelf is double stacked. Oy vey!  So this card for the current RetroSketches challenge is my start at using that paper.  At this rate it may take me 20 years to use it all so if I have to lock myself away in the Craft Cave more often so be it.  I'll accept that lot in life!  :D

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Bermuda Bay, Chocolate Chip) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Sweet & Sour Soup 6x6) Jillibean Soup

Stamps:  (Typewriter & sentiment from Just My Type) Lawn Fawn

Ink: (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko