What's Canoe With You?

I love the little fox from Avery Elle's Happy Camper set and this week's ColourQ palette and photo immediately made me think of him.  It's so nice when a card comes together so quickly and easily - just a bit of stamping, some fussy cutting and it was done!  It's my kind of CAS card and because of that I'm also going to join in with the Clean and Simple challenge over at Virginia's View. Hope you're all having a lovely weekend!

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (All from Happy Camper) Avery Elle

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo) Stampin' Up, (Potter's Clay) Memento

Dotty Christmas

I am totally gutted that I did not take the day off of work today so that I could spend it in the Craft Cave for World Card Making Day.  :(  I have got to be more organized next year so I can really appreciate this holiday!  For now though, before I head to work, I'm going to share a card for two challenges - The Cutting Edge and Merry Monday. I think the Papertrey Ink Bells & Boughs set and the Wonderful Words: Holiday set are two that I use the most for Christmas cards. Do you have a Christmas set that seems to find it's way onto more cards than any others?


Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Real Red, Gumball Green, Brushed Gold) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Bow from Bells & Boughs, Christmas from Holiday Cheer) Papertrey Ink
Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Die:  (Bow from Bells & Boughs, Wonderful Words:  Holiday) Papertrey Ink, (Circle Border) Simon Says Stamp
Gem:  (Ladybug assortment) Doodlebug

Wish Big & Pink!

Hi there!  I'm here to add some cheer to your Friday morning with some fabulous pink balloons!  I love these Mama Elephant balloons and thought they would go perfectly with the latest sketch and colour combo from The Challenge. I'm also joining in with Seize the Birthday although I haven't used this week's toppings for my card.  I'm hoping to get another one made later in the week.  For now though it's time to jet to work.  Have a lovely day!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Melon Mambo, Smokey Slate, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Balloons & strings from Party Kit) Mama Elephant, (Sentiment from Storybook) Avery Elle

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Melon Mambo, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Die:  (Balloon) Mama Elephant, (Small Scalloped Border) Papertrey Ink

Gem:  Recollections

Happy Christmas

I've got more Christmas cards this week starting with this one inspired by the sketch at the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge.  It's a great sketch for using up scraps of patterned paper and you could use it for any occasion. This is the first time I've used the ornament stamp and possibly the sentiment stamp too.  The gems around the sentiment are actually red despite looking black in the photo.  Okay, that's it for now.  Have a great day!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill

Patterned Paper:  (Alison Kreft It's Christmas 6x6) Webster's Pages

Stamps:  (Ornament from All Yule Need, Sentiment from Joyful Greetings) Paper Smooches

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Gems:  Recollections

Hello, Old Friend!

I haven't played along with CAS(E) This Sketch since I finished up my stint on the design team but this week's sketch grabbed my eye so I'm joining in the fun.  I broke out my Papertery Ink Ombre Builders and had a little play with some rainbow colours from Hero Arts.  The Paper Smooches hello die cut is layered three times and coated with Glossy Accents for a nice shine and I finished it off with some big ol' bling!  A simple and happy hello that's easy to mail.  Off to work now.  Have a lovely day!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Ombre Builders) Papertrey Ink

Ink:  (Pale Tomato, Orange Soda, Butter Bar, Green Hills, Tide Pool) Hero Arts

Die:  (Quote Tag Hello) Paper Smooches

Gem:  Recollections

Other:  (Glossy Accents) Ranger

CASology #115

Welcome to Week 115 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

Lots of delicious ideas popped into my head when I saw this week's cue word.  Betty Crocker Devil's Food Cake being the number one drool inducing option.  Yes, you read that right.   Betty Crocker.  Out of a box. I'm pretty picky about cake.  Nothing too fancy or too chocolately or too dense or too rich.  Simple simple simple.  And then I thought of Maltesers which are my favourite chocolates.  Again, not too chocolately - just enough.  Mmmmm…  Anyway despite all these visions of sweet things dancing in my head I ended up going in a totally different direction.  Given my job there's another type of chocolate that I see a lot of and that is Chocolate Labs!  While I have a lot of dog stamps this was the only one that I thought really resembled a Lab and given that he seems a little sad to me I thought he'd do well starring in a Miss You card.    

And now it's your turn to inundate us with chocolatey goodness!  Go and check out the gorgeous creations from the Design Team and then get to work!

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

Judy Marino

Meghan McMillan

Gillian Ross

Kimberly Wiener

Joyce Mehrberg 

May Sukyong Park (on a break)

And this week's guest designer:

Bobby

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

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Kraft) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Darling Dear 6x6) Studio Calico

Stamps:  (Dog from Oliver) Kelly Purkey, (Sentiment from Type It) Mama Elephant

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Chocolate Chip) Stampin' Up

What's Up, Dreamer?

Hi there!  I've got two cards to post today for three different challenges. First up is this adorable Avery Elle giraffe.  I used the palette from ColourQ and the Cuddly theme from Addicted to CAS.  I paper pieced him and then popped him in a Lil' Inker frame.  I thought the fun font of the Paper Smooches sentiment was a perfect match for this happy guy.

Next up is a card for the CASE Study challenge which just happens to be their final one.  I strayed pretty far from Debby's elegant, white creation but it makes sense in my brain.  Whenever I looked at Debby's card the hanging feathers and berries made me think of a dreamcatcher (maybe I still had Debby's card from the week before stuck in my brain).   Anyway it led me to this stamp set from Market Street Stamps (which, sadly, is no longer in business).  I'm still watching videos from the Watercolour Class (ridiculous, I know) and tried playing around with creating a watercolor background.  I tried the iron off embossing technique with the stars.  I didn't quite get all the embossing powder off so I need to try this again.  I had fun with this first attempt though!  :)

Supplies Used

Cardstock:  (Kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Giraffe & clouds from What's Up?) Avery Elle, (Sentiment from Good Gab) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukinko, (Unicorn) Hero Arts

Embossing Powder:  (Seafoam White) Ranger

Dies:  (Stitched Polaroid) Lil' Inker Designs

Cardstock:  (Distress Watercolour) Ranger, (Elegant Eggplant) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (All from Dreamcatcher) Market Street Stamps

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukinko

Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Ranger

Watercolours:  Loew Cornell

Gems:  Recollections