House It Going?

I haven't joined in with the Play Date Cafe in a while but I was inspired this week by the fabulous new design team members so I decided to play along.  I also couldn't resist these bright, cheery colours.  I pulled out some Market Street Stamps houses and a punny sentiment and kept my card CAS.  I like the pops of colour off the white cardstock.  Aside from fussy cutting the tiny hearts it was a pretty easy card to put together so I made a few for my stash. 

Supplies Used

Cardstock: (White) Bazzill, (Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Houses from Neighbourhood, Sentiment from Home Sweet Home) Market Street Stamps

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Punch:  (Corner rounder) Marvy Uchida

Gems:  (Bubblegum, Tangerine & Bumblebee assortments) Doodlebug

Casology #6

Welcome to Week 6 of Casology!  Here's the cue card for this week:

Nothing says school more than ABCs and 123s!  I paper pieced some Lawn Fawn letters and numbers onto this PTI spiral notebook die cut (which is one of those ones I HAD to have yet have barely used...).  I thought it needed just a little something else though so I did some tone-on-tone stamping on the card base.  It adds some interest and texture without going too far outside the realm of CAS.

Have a hop around and visit the rest of the DT for some fantastic inspiration:

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely

Also this week's guest designer:

Shirley

Link up your creations to the CASology blog and remember that submissions are due by Sunday, 19 August at noon CST.

Supplies Used
Cardstock: (White) Bazzill, (Kraft) PTI, (Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Letter from Quinn's ABCs, Numbers from Quinn's 123s) Lawn Fawn, (Lines from School Time) PTI

Ink:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Spiral Notebook Page) PTI

Heartsong

Today I snuck away from my gargantuan To Do list for a while and spent some time in the Craft Cave.  I decided to play along with the latest sketch challenge at Skipping Stones Design and to try and use some patterned paper.  Unfortunately those polka dots overwhelm the sweet sentiment: 
"A friend is someone who sings your heart's song back to you when you have forgotten the words." David Coppola  
I may go back to it at some point and try and rework it so you can read it.  For now though I like the colours - not ones I'd normally put together - so I thought I'd let it have it's moment in the sun.

Supplies Used
Cardstock: (Kraft) PTI, (Cajun Craze) Stampin' Up
Patterned Paper:  (Green from Loyal collection) Authentique
Stamps:  (All from Heartsong) Skipping Stones Design

Ink:  (Chocolate Chip) Stampin' Up

Type Hype

Cath found a really fun vintage typewriter for the latest Tuesday Trigger at the Moxie Fab World.  I was inspired by the colourful keys and the way they seem to float above the typewriter so I popped my letters up on thick foam tape.  I added PTI's Book Print impression plate in the background for some extra texture. 

The thank you is for all of you who left such sweet and thoughtful comments regarding the loss of Jem.  Luis and I were really touched by all your well wishes.  I still keep expecting Jem to come bounding around the corner with his goofy smile.  I think it's going to be a while before that feeling fades.

Supplies Used
Cardstock: (Off-white) Pacon, (Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black) Stampin' Up
Dies:  (Block Alphabet) PTI

Impression Plate:  (Book Print) PTI

Punches:  (1" circle) EK Success, (Corner rounder) Marvy Uchida

In Colour Hello

I didn't think I was going to get to play along with ColourQ this week but I got a call this morning that my new Stampin' Up In Colours had arrived so I felt like it was a sign that I should jump in and make a card.





Supplies Used
Cardstock: (White) Bazzill, (Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green, Certainly Celery) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Sentiment from Chit Chat) Paper Smooches
Ink:  (Gumball Green) Stampin' Up
Dies:  (Clouds 1 & 2, Beautiful Blooms II #2, Leafy Vine Border) PTI
Punches:  (5/16" hole punch) McGill, (Corner rounder) Marvy Uchida
Gem:  (Bumblebee assortment) Doodlebug

Just Us Girls #149

Hi all.  I'm back for my second week as August Guest Designer for Just Us Girls.  It's technique week and this time we are to use ribbon scraps.  I don't usually use much ribbon on my cards (despite how much of it is in the Craft Cave) so this was a good challenge for me.  I ended up making two different cards and using my ribbon scraps in different ways. For the first card I layered the scraps behind a die cut negative and for the second I stamped on the ribbon itself.  I used StazOn ink when I stamped on the ribbon so the ink wouldn't run and was pleased with how crisp the images ended up.  Head on over to the Just Us Girls blog to check out all the gorgeous creations from the JUGS team and then play along!  You have until 9pm EST on Thursday, 16 August!

Supplies Used

Elephant Card
Cardstock: (White) Bazzill, (Real Red, Island Indigo) Stampin' Up
Stamp:  (Sentiment from Hanging Out) PTI
Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Dies:  (Heart Prints & Sweet Baby) PTI
Punch:  (Corner rounder) Marvy Uchida
Gems:  (Beetle Black assortment) Doodlebug


Banner Card
Cardstock: (White) Bazzill
Stamps:  (Images & sentiment from Petite Cherub) Rusty Pickle
Ink:  (StazOn Jet Black) Tsukineko, (Basic Grey) Stampin' Up
Gems:  (Cupcake assortment) Doodlebug

ABCs

A card for The Paper Players Back to School challenge.  I always forget what a total nightmare it is to photograph black cardstock.  I wanted to go for a blackboard look though so I had to use it.  





Supplies Used
Cardstock: (Kraft) PTI, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Images from A-Z Alphabet) Unity
Ink:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko
Embossing Powder:  (Seafoam White) Ranger
Markers:  (Gelly Roll Metallic) Sakura
Punch:  (Corner rounder) Marvy Uchida