I Believe In Pink

Both my mom and grandmother survived breast cancer so Breast Cancer Awareness Month hits pretty close to home for me.  This week CAS-ual Fridays is asking us to celebrate the women in our lives and the colour combo at ColourQ is perfect for the card I imagined.  The stamp is from Unity's October 2011 Kit of the Month - Faith, Hope, Love... Live By It.  The kit is full of inspiring images and sentiments that are perfect for celebrating the fabulous women in our lives.

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Pacon, (Melon Mambo, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (October 2011 KOM - Faith, Hope, Love... Live By It) Unity
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black)  Tsukineko

Punch:  (Corner Rounder) Marvy Uchida

Gems:  (Cupcake assortment) Doodlebug

Block Party!

I really had hoped to spend a ton of time in the Craft Cave this weekend given that yesterday was World Card Making Day.  Sadly, I only got a few hours in and most of it was spent on a special order.  (More on that later).  I did, however, find time for a card for the Market Street Stamps Block Party.  I used the solid triangle from Nuts About Nature to create a rainbow pattern and added a simple sentiment from the same set.  This is a really versatile set that will definitely be seeing a lot more use from me.  

And here's that special order I mentioned.  I originally made this card last November for a CAS-ual Fridays challenge.  A friend liked it and asked me to make a set for her to use this year.  Hence, most of today was spent fussy cutting about 10 zillion trees!  I'll be dreaming of paper trees tonight...

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill
Stamps:  (Triangle & sentiment from Nuts About Nature) Market Street Stamps
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black)  Tsukineko, (Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry) Stampin' Up

Gems:  Doodlebug

RetroSketches #32

Happy World Card Making Day!  Have you all been finding time to get your craft on?  Hopefully I'll be spending most of the day working on some special orders I have and maybe squeeze in a challenge or two.  For now though I'm excited to announce that I'm a co-Headliner at RetroSketches for the month of October!  I know, I know - I always profess to have a sketch allergy but I figured this would be a good challenge for myself.  Not to mention the fact that the RetroSketches team consists of three super talented ladies who I'm proud to play along with:

Arielle Gordon

Kasia Curry

Laurie Willison

I used a paint sample for the orange bars and the image and sentiment are Paper Smooches.  What do you see in this sketch?  Can't wait to see your creations!

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Kraft) PTI,  (Island Indigo) SU
Stamps:  (Chair & sentiment from Vogue Abode) Paper Smooches
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Twine:  (Mandarin) The Twinery
Punch:  (Corner rounder) Marvy Uchida

Golf Birthday

This week's Just Us Girls challenge to use numbers on a card came along at the perfect time as I was asked to do a special order card for a 30th birthday. The recipient is a guy and he likes golf so I had to work that into the design.  I was a little unsure at first about how to create the texture on the golf ball but the PTI polka dots impression plate was the perfect solution.  Love it when things actually come out the way I imagine them!  :)

  


Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Gina K, (Kraft) PTI,  (Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Night of Navy) SU
Stamps:  (Argyle) Market Street Stamps, (Candle from Birthday Messages) Hero Arts, (Letters from Smitty's ABCs) Lawn Fawn
Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Night of Navy) SU, (Distress Vintage Photo) Ranger
Dies:  (Block Alphabet, By The Numbers) PTI
Impression Plate:  (Polka Dots) PTI
Punch:  (1 1/2" circle) EK Success

CASology #13

Welcome to Week 13 of CASology!  Here's our cue card for this week:

After struggling last week because I hardly had any shoe images, this week I suffered from an abundance of choice in the zoo department!  I finally settled an on elephant from My Cute Stamps.  I first paper pieced him with pattered grey paper but it was way too busy so I went for solids and ended up with a colour blocked look which is clean and crisp.  How many critters do you have in your stamp zoo?  Can't wait to see them!  But first go and check out the rest of the DT and their fabulous creations:

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely

Also this week's guest designer:

Donna

Link up your creations to the CASology blog and remember that submissions are due by Sunday, 7 October at noon CST.

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Rose Red, So Saffron, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Elephant and hat from Circus Animals) My Cute Stamps, (Present from Birthday Sayings, Sentiment from Elephants) Hero Arts
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Counting My Blessings

Every morning, whether I'm going to have crafty time that day or not, I check the latest challenges and print out the sketches/colour combos/etc provided.  On the back I write the date the challenge ends and then I pin them up in chronological order on the bulletin board over my desk in the Craft Cave.  Today I sat down and realised that the Skipping Stones Design sketch challenge ends today so I'd better get on with something if I wanted to enter.   I pondered it a bit and decided it might work with this week's Play Date Cafe colours.  I thought of this SSD wreath (which has never seen ink) and got to work.  I was pretty pleased with my card when I finished, took my photos and trotted down to the computer to write up my post.  I went over to the SSD blog to get the correct link for the challenge and found this:

Look familiar?  Kim Kesti provided the sketch this week and this was her sample.  Doh! How embarrassing!  So has it been in the back of my mind since I looked at the challenge last week??  Clearly it snuck in there subconsciously and my design is now really a CASE so I wanted to give proper recognition to Kim.  

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Kraft) PTI,  (Bravo Burgundy) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Image & sentiment from Everyday Blessings) Skipping Stones Design
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Bravo Burgundy) Stampin' Up
Impression Plate:  (Linen & canvas) PTI

Twine:  (Honeydew) The Twinery

Copics:  (YR16, YG03, R59)

Hey Hey

Another weekend has come and gone and we're back to Monday already.  Time is flying!  I didn't get much crafty time this weekend but I managed to put together a card for ColourQ.  I'm loving all the rich colour palettes that are around at the moment and am really diggin' this pillow that Arielle found!  I pulled out my new Neat and Tangled stamps for this card.  How cute is that little phone?  I kept things pretty simple and just added a gem to the centre of each phone for a little extra somethin' somethin'.  Hope your week is off to a great start!     

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Phone & sentiments from Just Hello, Border from Little Tangles) Neat and Tangled
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Soft Suede) Stampin' Up
Punch:  (! 1/4" circle punch) EK Success, (Corner rounder) Marvy Uchida