Tuesday, July 29, 2014

CASology #106


Welcome to Week 106 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:


I'm guessing that this week's cue word will bring in a plethora of gorgeous entries.  I mean, who doesn't love a good rainbow?  There are so many ways to incorporate rainbows and rainbow colours into a card design so I'm really excited to see what you guys come up with!  Check out the beauties created by the rest of the design team and then get to work!


Meghan McMillan (Taking a break)

And this week's guest designer:

And our July guest designer:

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

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill
Stamps:  (Brush stroke from Positive Strokes) Paper Smooches, (Sentiment from Kid Quotes) Inkadinkado
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry) Stampin' Up
Pearls:  Recollections

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Dauber Thanks


I've broken out my Hero Arts ink daubers again - this time to make a one layer card for the current A Blog Named Hero challenge.
I paired them with the aptly named Dauber Bunch stamps and I had fun making little rainbow flowers!  There will definitely be more daubers finding their way into the Craft Cave in the future...


Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (Kraft) Papertrey Ink
Stamps:  (Flowers & sentiment from Dauber Bunch) Hero Arts
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Early Espresso) Stampin' Up, (Pale Tomato, Orange Sode, Butter Cup, Field Greens & Tide Pool daubers) Hero Arts
Gems:  Recollections

Friday, July 25, 2014

Oh, Ship!



Hi there!  I'm popping in with a card for the current RetroSketches challenge.  I CASified the sketch a bit - took out a layer and replaced the bow with a banner - but I think the sketch is still pretty clear on my card.  I fought my hoarding instinct and used a piece of patterned paper for the background.  I thought the waves on it were perfect for the design.  I love this Simon Says set.  It always gives me a little giggle!  :)  Hope you've all got fun plans for the weekend! 







Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (Kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red) Stampin' Up
Patterned Paper:  (Uncharted Waters 6x6) Glitz
Stamps:  (Ship & sentiment from Naughty Nautical) Simon Says Stamp
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Punch:  (2" circle) Marvy Uchida

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Hello Flower



Good morning!  I'm sharing a card for the current Paper Players challenge to create a clean and simple monochromatic card.  At first I played around with some watercolors but I still need a lot more practice before I feel comfortable with them.  At the moment my attempts are reminiscent of my kindergarten creations!  I finally decided to stick with coloured cardstock and make a simple, pink Paper Smooches flower.  I popped each layer up on foam tape and added Star Dust Stickles to the centre of the flower.  Clean, simple and just my style!  :D  





Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (Kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Melon Mambo) Stampin' Up, Vellum
Stamps:  (Sentiment from Dauber Bunch) Hero Arts
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Dies:  (Big Bloom) Paper Smooches
Glitter:  (Star Dust Stickles) Ranger

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Bubbles & Birdie



Hi there!  I'm popping in with a card for the current challenge over at The Cutting Edge.  Our inspiration is an adorable card by Jean Manis.  How cute are those kitties and their little ball of yarn?  Those dies have just jumped to the top of my wish list (and I hope they make some doggie ones too!).  Anyway for my card I took inspiration from the colours, the tag and a die cut with openings.  I christened my new Simon Says Bubble Parade die and thought it was the perfect place for a little birdie to sit.  Okay, off to 5K training now and then a walk for Atticus.  Hope you have a lovely day!    





Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red, Basic Black) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Sentimetn from Simple Salutations) Market Street Stamps
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Dies:  (Bubble Parade) Simon Says Stamp, (Nestled Bird) Poppy Stamps, (Flag Tags) Paper Smooches
Gem:  Recollections

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

CASology #105


Welcome to Week 105 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:


There seem to be an endless number of run/walks for different charities, especially for breast cancer charities.  I'm currently in training myself to run my first 5K in October and I'll be raising money for 2 cancer charities.  I wanted to make a card that I could send out to people as a thank you for their donations and this week's cue word gave me the push I needed to get it going.  And now it's your turn to get going!  Check out the fabulous creations by the rest of the design team and then get crafting!  


Meghan McMillan (Taking a break)

And this week's guest designer:

And our July guest designer:

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

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Smokey Slate, Basic Black) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Sneakers & sentient from Hope) Paper Smooches
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Dies:  (Letters) Mama Elephant
Marker:  (Pretty in Pink) Stampin' Up

Monday, July 21, 2014

ColourQ & Curtain Call

***This is my second post for the day.  For my Colour Me post please scroll down or 


Hi again!  I've had a fabulous day in the Craft Cave today and have lots of cards to share over the next few days.  I'm starting with a card for the current ColourQ and Curtain Call challenges.  I used all five of the colours from the ColourQ palette and I thought a celebratory card would be good for Curtain Call as it's their 1st anniversary!  I used these new (to me) Papertrey Ink dies to create a festive background and added some balloons.  I love the mixed fonts on the sentiment too - so fun! Hope you've all had a lovely day!

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait, Lucky Limeade, Bermuda Bay, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Sentiment from Birthday Style) Papertrey Ink
Inks:  (IVersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Dies:  (Balloons & streamers from Birthday Style) Papertrey Ink
Twine:  (Charcoal) The Twinery

Stitched Flowers



Hello, Monday!  I'm playing along with the current Colour Me… challenge.  I finally got the Papertrey Ink Solid Stitches and Swirls stamps to go along with the original Stitches and Swirls set.  I love them!  So much fun to layer!  I chose to only layer some of the flowers and leaves here and love the contrast with the ones that I only stamped with stitches.  I coloured some gems with my Island Indigo marker to use in the flower centers.  This is such a great trick.  You never have to buy anything but clear gems because you can customize them any way you need to with markers!





Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (Bermuda Bay, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Stitches & Swirls, Solid Stitches & Swirls) Papertrey Ink
Inks:  (Island Indigo) Stampin' Up, (Unicorn) Hero Arts
Marker:  (Stampin' Write Island Indigo) Stampin' Up
Gems:  Recollections

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Card Concept & PS Sparks

***This is my second post for the day.  For my Muse/CAS on Sunday card please scroll down           or click here.***


Hi again!  I'm back with another two for one challenge card.  This time I'm playing along with The Card Concept's colour challenge and Paper Smooches Sparks's Anything Goes challenge.  As well as the colour combo for The Card Concept I also took inspiration from the chevron pattern on the bed spread and used a Studio Calico mask to create my background.  I wanted the sentiment to really pop so I layered these fun Paper Smooches dies with foam tape and let them hang over the edge of the card.  What do you think? Does it scream fun and awesomeness?  :)  (And I think this fits into the Clean and Layering category).

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Poppy Parade, Basic Black) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Sentiment from Sentiment Sampler) Paper Smooches
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Bermuda Bay) Stampin' Up
Dies:  (Bam Bubbles) Paper Smooches
Stencil:  (Chevron Mask) Studio Calico
Gems:  Recollections

Muse & CAS on Sunday


Hi there!  This is my first of two posts today. I managed to squeeze in a couple of hours in the Craft Cave this morning between swimming Atticus and going for lunch with some friends.  I'm playing along with the current Muse challenge as well as the new CAS on Sunday challenge.  Therese is the Muse this week and gave us this gorgeous one layer card that she stamped and highlighted with coloured pencils.  I decided to CASE it pretty closely. I've used the same WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals stamps and just flipped the design upside down.  I think I've only used these stamps once or twice so it was good to dust them off.  I also played some more with my Hero Arts inks - such yummy colours!  The CAS on Sunday challenge is to create a sympathy card and this Altenew sentiment is my new go to choice for the occasion. Hope you've all had a lovely weekend!  

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill
Stamps:  (Flowers & leaves from Fresh Cut Florals) Wplus9, (Sentiment from Ori Kami) Altenew
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Bubble Gum, Raspberry Jam, Green Hills, Forever Green) Hero Arts
Gems:  Recollections

Thursday, July 17, 2014

A Scattered Hi



Hi there!  I'm popping in today with a card for the current Paper Smooches Sparks challenge.  It's a Picture Perfect challenge this week and the photo is a trio of sweet striped mason jars.  I took my inspiration from the stripes, the twine and the colours on the tag.  I used all the letters from the Alphawhimsy die set - that doesn't happen very often! Hope you're all having a good week!

  






Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up, Vellum
Stamps:  (Mason jar from Crystal Clear) Paper Smooches
Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Ranger
Dies:  (Alphawhimsy) Paper Smooches, (Horizontal Stripes) Papertrey Ink
Twine:  Darice

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Rainbow Air Vent


Wednesday is upon us already.  Ack!!  I'm joining The Cutting Edge Challenge and the Virginia's View Challenge to use die cuts.  The inspiration for TCEC is this gorgeous card from Lisa Addesa.  I'm a huge fan of her work so I was excited to play along.  I was inspired by the rainbow colours, the horizontal panel and the embossed card base.  I decided to add an extra pop of red and layer a sentiment flag over the panel and finally I topped the rainbow off with some matching rainbow gems.  Sweet and simple.  Hope you have a lovely day!         


Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Sentiment from Word Salad) Paper Smooches
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Dies:  (Air Vent) Simon Says Stamp, (Flag Tags) Paper Smooches
Embossing Folder:  (Linen & Canvas) Papertrey Ink

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

CASology #104


Welcome to Week 104 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:


My choice of theme may seem a bit morbid but unfortunately we do need these cards at work sometimes so I try to always have some on hand.  I made one for a cat as well.

  
I'm excited to see lots of lovely animal cards this week.  Check out the cuteness from the rest of the Design Team and then get crackin'!


Meghan McMillan (Taking a break)

And this week's guest designer:

And our July guest designer:

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

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Very Vanilla) Stampin' Up
Patterned Paper:  Bo Bunny
Stamps:  (Pillow & bone) Simon Says Stamp, (Yarn) Newton's Nook, (Sentiment) Fresh Squeezed Stamps
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Monday, July 14, 2014

Birthday Bash

***This is my second post for the day.  For my ColourQ post please scroll down or 


Hi again!  I originally made this card for 3 challenges but I got the closing date for the Curtain Call challenge totally wrong so I won't be entering my card over there!  LOL!  I am, however, still in time to join in with the Simon Says Let's Be Clear challenge (I used vellum) and the Seize the Birthday Stars &/or Stripes challenge (5 tiny stars make it eligible for Toppings!).  Both the notebook pages are die cut from vellum (plain & orange) and are hand stitched together.  The background was created with my new Hero Arts ink daubers. Holy cow, those things rock!!  So much fun!  I am definitely going to have to get my hands on a few more of those puppies!

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, Vellum
Stamps:  (Sentiment from Birthday Balloons) Simon Says Stamp
Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko, (Pale Tomato, Orange Soda & Butter Cup Daubers) Hero Arts
Embossing Powder:  (Zing Grapefruit) American Crafts
Dies:  (Notebook Basics) Paper Smooches, (Stars from Holiday Shapes) Simon Says Stamp
Glitter:  (Star Dust Stickles) Ranger

ColourQ Trio



Hello to a new week!  When I sat down yesterday to play along with the latest ColourQ colours I was inspired by the birds in the picture and ended up making 3 cards.  They all use the same Hero Arts bird image but they have different sentiments.  This first one is my favourite.  I'm hoping these will do well at work.  Very often someone will say, "Oh I like this design but I wish it was a birthday card instead" (or some variation of that).  This way I have 3 similar designs with 3 different sentiments which will hopefully cover all the bases!



Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Poppy Parade, More Mustard, Coastal Cabana, Island Indigo) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Three Birds) Hero Arts, (Hat from Hats Off to You, Smitty's ABCs & Harold's ABCs) Lawn Fawn, (Sentiment from Birthday Buddies) Paper Smooches, (Sentiment from Think Big Favourites) Papertrey Ink
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Poppy Parade) Stampin' Up, (Unicorn) Hero Arts
Dies:  (Hello Words) Paper Smooches, (Speech bubble) XCut

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Scribbly Thanks



Another weekend is quickly drawing to a close.  I got in a bit of time in the Craft Cave this afternoon and wanted to share a card I made for the latest Colour Throwdown challenge.  I love these Circle Scribbles dies from Papertrey Ink.  I layered all three of them here to create a scribbly flower.  The background is a stripe from Watercolour Wonder.  Hope you all had a lovely weekend and had time to get crafty!  






Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Pumpkin Pie) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Stripe from Watercolour Wonder) Papertey Ink, (Sentiment from Label Love) Altenew
Inks:  (Baja Breeze, Night of Navy) Stampin' Up
Dies:  (Circle Scribbles) Papertrey Ink
Gems:  Doodlebug

Friday, July 11, 2014

CAS-ual Fridays Guest Designer



Hello and Happy Friday!  I am so excited that thanks to this card I am a Guest Designer over at CAS-ual Fridays today!  I've had lots of fun playing with CF goodies and have 4 cards to share with you.  The first two cards I made using the technique of stamping the backside of a stamp and then stamping the correct side over it.  I love that this flower stamp didn't create a perfect circle when I used the backside of it.  I like the wonkiness!


The same thing happened with the backside of this stamp - love the scalloped edge it created!  I stamped the correct side of the image in orange and then covered the whole image in orange Stickles.  It's got such fabulous sparkle in real life!


For this card I created my own background pattern with these awesome jack images.  They're so funky and fun!  I also pulled out my neglected Hero Arts inks for all of these cards - I'd forgotten how gorgeous they are!


For my last card I kept it super simple - die cuts from coloured cardstock and a sentiment on a Simon Says banner.

Thanks so much to Michele for having me as a guest over at CAS-ual Fridays.  Michele was one of my earliest supports and blog followers and I've love watching CAS-ual Fridays evolve from a brilliant challenge site to an awesome company full of amazing products!  If you are inspired by any of my cards and "need" to do some shopping then head straight over to the CAS-ual Fridays store for look at their entire collection!

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Strawberry Slush, Tempting Turquoise, Very Vanilla) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Calm & Gentle, Exclamations, Mum's the Word, Shenanigans, Sunbeams) CAS-ual Fridays
Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Bubble Gum, Raspberry Jam, Pale Tomato, Orange Soda,  Butter Bar, Tide Pool) Hero Arts, (Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up
Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Ranger
Dies:  (Casual Trees) CAS-ual Fridays, (Small Folded Banners) Simon Says Stamp
Twine:  Darice
Glitter:  (Orange Peel Stickles) Ranger, (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig
Gems:  Doodlebug, Craft Supplies for Less

Thursday, July 10, 2014

RetroSketches Thanks



Good morning!  Thursday already. Another week speeding by!  My card today uses the RetroSketches sketch and the Lawnscaping colour combo.  I kept it pretty simple and stuck close to the sketch.  Must dash off to work now.  Have a lovely day!







Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Sentiment from Hello Friend) Lawn Fawn
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Dies:  (Fillable Frames #8, Hexagon coverplate) Papertrey Ink
Punch:  (1/8" hole punch) McGill
Twine:  (Mandarin) The Twinery
Gems:  Doodlebug

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

CASology #103


Welcome to Week 103 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:


This week's cue word definitely had me thinking right up until the last minute.  Lots of things came to mind - glowworms (seen only at certain times of the year in the water), phosphorescence, lightning bugs, neon, blushing, lanterns, city lights, etc - but none of them were morphing into card ideas for me.  Finally a design came to mind - the glow of a TV screen!  I pulled out the fabulous Paper Smooches set called Boob Tubes and googled some TVs.  Quite a few red ones popped up so I went for a fabulous fire engine red TV.  I would have loved to have had one like that as a kid!  Now it's your turn to make your cards glow.  Check out the amazing designs from the rest of the design team and then get glowing!  :) 


Meghan McMillan (Taking a break)

And this week's guest designer:

And our July guest designer:

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

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Real Red, Smokey Slate, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (TV from Boob Tubes) Paper Smooches, (Sentiment from Sty Tuned) Lawn Fawn
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Dies:  (Inline Letters) Mama Elephant