CAS(E) This Sketch #46

Welcome to Week 46 of CAS(E) This Sketch!  Take a look at this week's sketch by Karolyn Loncon:

This sketch helped pull together two challenges for me - the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge and the Moxie Fab Stickers and Tape challenge.  I pulled out these sweet little Fresh Squeezed Stamps sunflowers to use but was having trouble figuring out how to work with the small image.  The layout for this week's sketch was perfect as it helped me to create a small clustered focal point.  As for the background, I have a couple of different woodgrain stamps but they just weren't working for me on this card.  Then my eye fell on my woodgrain washi tape and the lightbulb went off - it's perfect for layering on the card base!  I love it and it actually looks like a piece of patterned paper.  Maybe this sketch can help you out with a few challenges. Take a look at the rest of the amazing cards by the design team and then play along with us!  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill,  (Crushed Curry, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sunflowers from Friendly Folk, Sentiment from You Said It) Fresh Squeezed Stamps

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Double Ended Banners) Papertrey Ink

Tape:  (Woodgrain) Crafty Basics

CASology #62

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Welcome to Week 62 of CASology!  Here's the cue word for this week:

Arrows are super trendy right now and lots of companies have arrow stamps and dies and other arrow shaped odds and ends.  I wanted to make a clean and graphic Christmas card so I used Avery Elle's Chevron Die Bits to make a Christmas tree out of arrows.  Once I had all the little bits die cut it was super quick to put together.  It's also nice and flat - perfect for mailing!  Hop on over to the CASology blog and check out all the cool different arrows used by the rest of the DT and then play along with us!

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis 

Tracey McNeely

Judy Marino

Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Gillian Ross

Kimberley Wiener

And this week's guest designer:

Janet

Link your creations to the CASology blog and don't forget that submissions are due by 4pm CST on Sunday, 22 September.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Early Espresso) Stampin' Up

Stamp:  (Sentiment) Hero Arts

Ink:  (Real Red) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Chevron Die Bits) Avery Elle, (Nesting Star) Lifestyle Crafts

Hello There

Good morning!  Just popping in quickly with a last minute entry for the CASE Study challenge.  I was inspired by the stripes, purple flower and blue bow.  I love that bright and cheery Simple Stories paper and I can see that my new Simon Says Stamp banners are going to get a lot of use!  The flower is a Hero Arts cling that I've had for a few years so this card has a good mixture of old and new goodies.  Off to get the day started. Hope yours is lovely!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Tempting Turquoise) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  Sn@p Life) Simple Stories

Stamps:  (Flower and stem from Luscious Patterned Flowers) Hero Arts, (Sentiment from Good Times) Mama Elephant

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Rich Razzleberry) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Nesting Diamond) Lifestyle Crafts, (Small Folded Banners) Simon Says Stamp

Liquid Pearls:  (Buttercup) Ranger

Leafy Hello

Hello!  Just popping in quickly with a card for the Colour Throwdown challenge.  I had to get creative with my colours as I don't have any Really Rust or Sage Shadow and ended up using DCWV cardstock. I used dies from Paper Smooches and WPlus9 to make my little leaf cluster and the frame is PS as well.  That's it for me today.  Atticus didn't get much exercise yesterday thanks to all the rain so he's bouncing off the walls today.  Time to take him for a long swim!  Hope you have a lovely evening!  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip) Stampin' Up, (Rust, Sage) DCWV

Stamp:  (Hello from Where Your Heart Is) Simon Says Stamp

Ink:  (Memento Potter's Clay) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Hickory Leaf, Loopy Leaf, Duo Dies 1) Paper Smooches, (Folk Art Florals) WPlus9

Gems: Recollections

Rockin' Paper Piecing

Hi there!  Today was rainy and thundery all day a perfect day to spend in the Craft Cave.  I worked on some special order cards and Christmas card ideas and then took a break to play along with ColourQ.  I don't have any Bermuda Bay paper (which seems wrong somehow!) so I used some Paperbilities paper which actually looks a lot more like BB in real life.  I paper pieced this Sweet Stamp Shop cassette and added a Lawn Fawn sentiment.  Bright, fun and rock and roll!

The bad weather today was also conducive to having a little sulk about the fact that my brother has gone back home.  :( We had an awesome visit with him - lots of laughs and fun and way too much good food!  And Atticus is devastated that his Tio Phil has left him.  Phil spoiled Atti with lots of swims and walks and ball games.  Here's how Atti is looking now that Phil is gone:

Even with a big ol' pile of beds he's still not a happy puppy.  :(

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Turquoise) Paperbilities, (Primrose Petals, Daffodil Delight, RIch Razzleberry) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Cassette from Old School Rock) Sweet Stamp Shop, (Sentiment from Stay Tuned) Lawn Fawn

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

CAS(E) This Sketch #45

Welcome to Week 45 of CAS(E) This Sketch!  Take a look at this week's sketch by N@ Ali:

This week I turned our sketch 90 degrees to the right and then played with some Fresh Squeezed stamps and some fun colours.  I am loving that Happy Birthday speech bubble - I have a feeling it's going to get a lot of use!  Hope on over to the CAS(E) This Sketch page to check out the gorgeous DT creations and then be sure and play along!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill

Stamps:  (Feathers from Tickle My Fancy, Sentiment from On Trend) Fresh Squeezed Stamps

Inks:  (Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonde, Elegant Eggplant) Stampin' Up

Gems:  Recollections

CAS Musings About Home

Monday was an awesomely productive day in the Craft Cave as evidenced by the fact that I made a card for a challenge the same day the challenge was posted!  LOL!  Therese's adorable kraft houses on her Muse card caught my eye immediately and I knew I was going to use my new Avery Elle dies for my take on it.  I have also been wanting to play along with the CAS on Sunday challenge for New Home cards so I knew this would be perfect for it.  I popped up the house with the heart and also added Glossy Accents to make that red pop even more.  Hope you're all having a happy Hump Day!  :D


Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red) Stampin' Up

Stamp:  (Sentiment from Rustic Spring) Mama Elephant

Inks:  (Real Red) Stampin' Up

Die:  (Icon Fill In The Blank) Avery Elle

Gems:  Recollections