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'!

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

Judy Marino

Meghan McMillan (Taking a break)

Gillian Ross

Kimberley Wiener

Joyce Mehrberg

May Sukyong Park

And this week's guest designer:

Angela

And our July guest designer:

Lindsey

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

Birthday Bash

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

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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  I originally made this card for 3 challenges but I got the closing date for the Curtain Call challenge totally wrong so I won't be entering my card over there!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

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

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

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

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!  :) 

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

Judy Marino

Meghan McMillan (Taking a break)

Gillian Ross

Kimberley Wiener

Joyce Mehrberg

May Sukyong Park

And this week's guest designer:

Quyen

And our July guest designer:

Lindsey

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