Plaid Kitchen

Hello!

I'm popping in again with a card for the current MFT Sketch Challenge.  I broke out the adorable Kitschy Kitchen set for this card and paired it with some American Crafts paper to create a real down home cozy country kitchen!  I don't often get matching die sets but I'm glad I got this one because it has that cute little shelf die with it.  The simple things that make me happy...

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Soft Suede) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Stamp:  (Plates from Kitschy Kitchen, Sentiment from You Bake Me Happy) My Favourite Things

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko 

Dies:  (Shelf, Stitched Scallop Basic Edge) My Favourite Things

Markers:  (R59, Y17, YG67) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Gems:  Recollections

  

JUGS Flower

I LOVE the photo inspiration at Just Us Girls this week and knew what I was going to do right away.  The "window" die cut is from Mama Elephant and I filled it with assorted papers from Reverse Confetti.  The Simon Says Stamp flower is paper pieced with cardstock and the sentiment is from Altenew.  Usually I fuss around with the design and layout of a card for AGES so I love it when a card quickly comes together just as I imagined it.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Tangelo Twist, Lucky Limeade, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Cheerful & Kind 6x6, Every Little Bit 6x6) Reverse Confetti

Stamp:  (Sentiment from Many Thanks) Altenew

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko 

Dies:  (Fresh Daisies) Simon Says Stamp, (Window) Mama Elephant

Glitter:  (Nuvo Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer) Tonic

Gems:  Recollections

Flower Frame

Hi there!

I've got one more card to share today - this one for the current Muse challenge.  I pulled out some real oldie goldies for this card.  The flower frame image is from Hero Arts and I've had it since waaaay back when I started crafting.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink - remember the Think Big Favourites series?  Feels good to show a bit of love to some old neglected stamps.  I paper pieced the flowers and leaves and added some black Nuvo drops and some gems.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, Cucumber Crush) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flower frame) Hero Arts, (Sentiment from Think Big Favourites) Papertrey Ink

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Gems:  Recollections

Graduation Squared

I've got cards for two different sketch challenges today.  First up is for CAS Colours and Sketches.  Simon Says has a few of these "Stacked" dies (stars, flowers, diamonds) and I love them all!  For these stars I inked up some card stock with Distress inks and then die cut them from it.  The sentiment is from an awesome graduation set from Lil' Inker. 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamp:  (Sentiment from Grad Class) Lil' Inker Designs

Ink:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko (Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Fossilized Amber, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon, Wilted Violet) Ranger

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Stacked Stars) Simon Says Stamp

Gems:  Recollections

Next up is a card for Freshly Made Sketches.  I love these layered sentiment dies.  A lot of companies are doing them now but this one is from Honey Bee who I think did some of the first.  The cap is from the same Lil' Inkers set as the sentiment on the first card.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Tangerine Tango, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Fun & Frolic 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamp:  (Grad cap from Grad Class) Lil' Inker Designs

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko 

Dies:  (Congrats) Honey Bee Stamps

Gems:  Doodlebug

Inking About You

Hi there!  

Popping in quickly with a card for the very last Sketch for You to Try at Reverse Confetti.  I went a little crazy with the RC patterned papers but it was fun and I love that little octopus and his perfectly punny sentiment!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Perfect Plum, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Cheerful & Kind 6x6) Reverse Confetti

Stamp:  (All from Seaside) Reverse Confetti

Ink:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko (Lavender Fields) Altenew

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Pierced square) Lil' Inker Designs, (Speech bubble) Xcut

Gems:  Recollections

Poodle Party

Hi there!

I've got a card for three challenges today - The Paper Players (sketch), Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge (Anything Goes) and Addicted to Stamps and More (CAS).  

How cute is this sassy little MFT poodle?  I had to surround her with pink - no other colour seemed right for her - and I think she looks pretty pleased about it!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Basic Grey) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Dots & Stripes Sorbet 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamp:  (Dog from Lucky Dog, Hat from Beary special Birthday, Sentiment from Four-Legged Friends) My Favourite Things

Ink:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Stitched circle) Lil' Inker Designs

Markers:  (RV34, C1, C3, 100) Copic

Gems:  Recollections

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CASology #297

Welcome to Week 297 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I realize there are plenty of different activity related shoes out there - hiking boots, riding boots, flippers, golf shoes, etc - but for me, most of my active pursuits need nothing more than a pair of sneakers.  As a kid I was pretty boring and only ever wore plain black or white sneakers.  They could not have ANY colour on them.  These days I have a bit more fun - purple running shoes and turquoise Converse are more my thing.  Entering my second childhood maybe?  

Looking forward to seeing what direction the cue word takes you.  Check out the gorgeousness from the rest of the design team then play along!

Anna Uhras

Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman
Kevin Bray

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield 

Rachel Bergfeld

This week's sponsor is:

Uniko Studio

Link your creations to the CASology blog and remember that the deadline for entries is Monday at 9am (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Sneakers) Serendipity Stamps, (Sentiment from 12 Days Companion Greetings) Essentials by Ellen

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko
Markers:  (R32, YR02, Y02, G02, B02, C1, C3) Copic

Gems:  Recollections

Thank You Butterflies

This is one of the other cards I managed to make over the weekend.  It's for the CAS Colours & Sketches colour challenge.  I love this colour combo - bright and cheery and perfect for spring!  The circles and butterflies are from a Winnie & Walter die set and the sentiment is an oldie but goodie from Papertrey Ink.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Think Big Favourites #6) Papertrey Ink

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Circle, butterfly) Winnie & Walter

Gems:  Recollections

Freshly Made Butterflies

Hi there! 

Another weekend is almost over and I didn't get as much time in the craft room as I would have liked - too much adulting to be done I'm afraid!  I did manage to make a couple of cards and I'll share the other one tomorrow.  For today I have an entry for Freshly Made Sketches using a Winnie & Walter scalloped rectangle and Papertrey butterflies and sentiment.  I've been using a lot of this DCWV glitter paper lately and I might actually run out of it.  What a calamity!!!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Basic Grey, Basic Black) Stampin' Up, (Pink glitter) DCWV

Patterned Paper:  (Calm & Cozy Chevron 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamp:  (Sentiment from Fillable Frames #4) Papertrey Ink

Ink:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Butterfly) Papertrey Ink, (Scalloped Rectangle) Winnie & Walter

Gems:  Recollections

Flowery Boot

This is my third card for the April Paper Smooches challenge and it's definitely my favourite. (Apologies to the other two cards).  Instead of making an umbrella vase like in the photo I went for a boot vase.  That PS boot die is so cute and was screaming to be cut from some flowery paper.  It's layered a few times for dimension (as is the sentiment) and the flower is popped up on foam tape.      

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Maggie Holmes 6x6) Crate Paper

Dies:  (Boot, flower, thanks) Paper Smooches, (Stitched Scallop Basic Edge) My Favourite Things

Glitter:  (Nuvo Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer) Tonic

Gems:  (Brown) Doodlebug, (Clear) Recollections

Muse Birdie

Thank you to Kim Heggins whose Muse card made me finally break out these adorable WPlus9 birdies.  They are definitely going to see more ink!.  I used Altenew inks for this card.  I find myself reaching for them more and more.  I love how the ink cubes come in little ombre sets - makes life so easy!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Bird & branch from All Year cheer) WPlus9, (Sentiment from Just Thinking of You) Neat & Tangled

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Sunkissed, Frayed Leaf, Volcano Lake, Lagoon, Moca) Altenew

Gems:  Recollections

Blue Unicorn

Hiya!  I've got a card for the Paper Players magical challenge.  There are so many fun unicorn images out there at the moment from classic to cute to chubby.  I went with this Concord & 9th unicorn - a more classic look.  Most of my past unicorn cards have involved a rainbow so I tried to get away from that this time and went ombre instead.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Bashful Blue, Pacific Point, Night of Navy) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Unicorn Awesomeness) Concord & 9th

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko, (Soft Sky) Stampin' Up

Markers:  (B00, B05, B39, C5) Copic

Glitter:  (Gold Wink of Stella) Zig

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Button Flowers & Butterfly

I've got two cards to share today.  First up is for Inspired by All the Little Things.  I was doing some tidying in my craft room and found these ancient Sassafrass flower stickers.  I put them together with some die cut Paper Smooches stems and an Essentials by Ellen sentiment.  Quick and easy but colorful and fun.      

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Wild Wasabi, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from 12 Days Companion Greetings) Essentials by Ellen

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Stems from Dainty Flowers & Dainty Flowers 2) Paper Smooches

Stickers:  Sassafrass

Gems:  Recollections

Next up is for the Just Us Girls black and white stripes challenge.  I initially tried making white stripes on black cardstock using embossing paste but it all went horribly wrong so I went back to the drawing board.  I wanted broad stripes but only found skinny stripes in my patterned paper collection.  I finally just trimmed pieces of black and white cardstock and die cut them with a stitched square to create the little panel.  The PTI butterfly is cut from hot pink DCWV glitter paper.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Basic Grey, Basic Black) Stampin' Up, (Pink glitter) DCWV

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Think Big Favourites 5)) Papertrey Ink

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Butterfly) Papertrey Ink, (Stitched square) Lil' Inker Designs

Gems:  (Large gem) Doodlebug, (Small gems) Recollections

CASology #296

Welcome to Week 296 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

Mother's Day and Father's Day always sneak up on me so this is a great prompt to get me going on these categories of cards.  Despite trying to be more original every year I still end up with flowers on the majority of my Mother's Day cards.  I guess if it ain't broke...  

Looking forward to seeing what direction the cue word takes you.  Check out the gorgeousness from the rest of the design team then play along!

Anna Uhras

Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman
Kevin Bray

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield 

Rachel Bergfeld

This week's guest designer:

Rahmat

This week's sponsor is:

Stamplorations

Link your creations to the CASology blog and remember that the deadline for entries is Monday at 9am (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Flower from Watercolor Wonders, Sentiment from Wild Hibiscus) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Pink Diamond, Pinkalicious, Rubellite, Honey Drizzle, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades) Altenew

Gems:  Recollections

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

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Mom, Pen & Star

Hello hello!

I've got three challenge cards to share today.  First up is for The Colour Throwdown using a mixture of different companies.  The flower is Lil' Inker, the die cut letters are Lawn Fawn and the sentiment is Altenew.  I love it when they all play nicely together!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Family Ties 6x6) Pebbles

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Painted Butterflies) Altenew

Dies:  (Flower) Lil' Inker Designs, ('M') Lawn Fawn

Gems:  (Brown) Doodlebug, (Clear) Recollections

Next up is a card for CAS Colour and Sketches.  While perusing my patterned papers I came across this script design from Kaisercraft and it sparked the idea for the card.  The pen and sentiment are from Papertrey Ink.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Night of Navy, Bravo Burgundy) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Periwinkle 6.5x6.5) Kaisercraft

Stamps:  (Pen & sentiment from Happy Trails) Papertrey Ink

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Hero Arts

Dies:  (Stitched rectangle) Lil' Inker Designs

Gems:  Recollections

Last but not least is a card for the Just Add Ink shaker card challenge.  I don't make shaker cards very often but I recently got some of these shaped shaker makers from MFT and they sure make the whole process a lot easier!  The sentiment is a Neat & Tangled die and the paper is by Pebbles.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Celebrate) Neat & Tangled, (Star Shaker) My Favourite Things

Confetti: Recollections

Gems:  Recollections