Hello, Old Friend!

I haven't played along with CAS(E) This Sketch since I finished up my stint on the design team but this week's sketch grabbed my eye so I'm joining in the fun.  I broke out my Papertery Ink Ombre Builders and had a little play with some rainbow colours from Hero Arts.  The Paper Smooches hello die cut is layered three times and coated with Glossy Accents for a nice shine and I finished it off with some big ol' bling!  A simple and happy hello that's easy to mail.  Off to work now.  Have a lovely day!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Ombre Builders) Papertrey Ink

Ink:  (Pale Tomato, Orange Soda, Butter Bar, Green Hills, Tide Pool) Hero Arts

Die:  (Quote Tag Hello) Paper Smooches

Gem:  Recollections

Other:  (Glossy Accents) Ranger

CASology #115

Welcome to Week 115 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

Lots of delicious ideas popped into my head when I saw this week's cue word.  Betty Crocker Devil's Food Cake being the number one drool inducing option.  Yes, you read that right.   Betty Crocker.  Out of a box. I'm pretty picky about cake.  Nothing too fancy or too chocolately or too dense or too rich.  Simple simple simple.  And then I thought of Maltesers which are my favourite chocolates.  Again, not too chocolately - just enough.  Mmmmm…  Anyway despite all these visions of sweet things dancing in my head I ended up going in a totally different direction.  Given my job there's another type of chocolate that I see a lot of and that is Chocolate Labs!  While I have a lot of dog stamps this was the only one that I thought really resembled a Lab and given that he seems a little sad to me I thought he'd do well starring in a Miss You card.    

And now it's your turn to inundate us with chocolatey goodness!  Go and check out the gorgeous creations from the Design Team and then get to work!

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

Judy Marino

Meghan McMillan

Gillian Ross

Kimberly Wiener

Joyce Mehrberg 

May Sukyong Park (on a break)

And this week's guest designer:

Bobby

Link your creations to the CASology blog and remember that the deadline for entries is Monday at noon (CST).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Kraft) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Darling Dear 6x6) Studio Calico

Stamps:  (Dog from Oliver) Kelly Purkey, (Sentiment from Type It) Mama Elephant

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Chocolate Chip) Stampin' Up

What's Up, Dreamer?

Hi there!  I've got two cards to post today for three different challenges. First up is this adorable Avery Elle giraffe.  I used the palette from ColourQ and the Cuddly theme from Addicted to CAS.  I paper pieced him and then popped him in a Lil' Inker frame.  I thought the fun font of the Paper Smooches sentiment was a perfect match for this happy guy.

Next up is a card for the CASE Study challenge which just happens to be their final one.  I strayed pretty far from Debby's elegant, white creation but it makes sense in my brain.  Whenever I looked at Debby's card the hanging feathers and berries made me think of a dreamcatcher (maybe I still had Debby's card from the week before stuck in my brain).   Anyway it led me to this stamp set from Market Street Stamps (which, sadly, is no longer in business).  I'm still watching videos from the Watercolour Class (ridiculous, I know) and tried playing around with creating a watercolor background.  I tried the iron off embossing technique with the stars.  I didn't quite get all the embossing powder off so I need to try this again.  I had fun with this first attempt though!  :)

Supplies Used

Cardstock:  (Kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Giraffe & clouds from What's Up?) Avery Elle, (Sentiment from Good Gab) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukinko, (Unicorn) Hero Arts

Embossing Powder:  (Seafoam White) Ranger

Dies:  (Stitched Polaroid) Lil' Inker Designs

Cardstock:  (Distress Watercolour) Ranger, (Elegant Eggplant) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (All from Dreamcatcher) Market Street Stamps

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukinko

Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Ranger

Watercolours:  Loew Cornell

Gems:  Recollections

Red Wreath

After being so pleased with myself last week for finally making a Christmas card I decided to keep going with it.  The Merry Monday Challenge was one of the first things that popped up on my Feedly page this morning so I went to check it out.  And then I almost left.  It was a dreaded Bingo challenge!  I usually avoid these like the plague.  Too many options = too much stress for Jen.  But then I decided to stop being a baby and actually challenge myself - a novel concept!  I went with the first column - sparkle, die cut, red.  Not sure why but I decided on a backwards wreath - red leaves and green berries.  Hey, if I'm gonna step outside of my comfort zone then I'm gonna step allll the way out!  I just hope I can find my way back in…

Supplies Used
Cardstock:  (Kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Dots from Rustic Wreath) Paperteey Ink, (Sentiment from CL619) Hero Arts

Inks:  (Unicorn) Hero Arts

Embossing Powder:  (Seafoam White) RangerDies:  (Rustic Wreath) Papertrey Ink, 
Sequins: Doodlebug

CASology #114

Welcome to Week 113 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

A number of fluttery things came to mind for me this week but in the end "a heart all aflutter" won out!  This was the first inky outing for these Lil' Inker stamps and I paired them up with a Lil' Inker stitched heart.  I tend to centre a lot of my designs so I decided to be a little more adventurous with this card and place my images off centre.  Kind of fun huh?  And now it's time for you guys to have some fun!  Check out the fabulous creations from the design team and then get crafting'!

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

Judy Marino

Meghan McMillan

Gillian Ross (on a break)

Kimberly Wiener

Joyce Mehrberg 

May Sukyong Park (on a break)

And this week's guest designer:

Karren

Link your creations to the CASology blog and remember that the deadline for entries is Monday at noon (CST).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Cream) Handy Hippo, (Real Red) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Hearts & sentiment from Stay Beautiful) Lil' Inker Designs

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Real Red) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Stitched Hearts) Lil' Inker Designs

Simply The Best

Hi there!  I'm popping in this evening with a card for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge.  I love this gorgeous wishing well and my card is a pretty literal interpretation of the picture.  I found the brick paper in an Allison Kreft for Webster's Pages Christmas collection.  I had been trying to get my brain in Christmas mode but when I saw this paper it ground to a halt and switched gears back to summery flowers.  I haven't used these Paper Smooches Reflections stamps and dies too often but they were exactly what I needed for this design.  Yay for dusting off unused goodies!  




Supplies Used
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up
Patterned Paper:  (Allison Kreft It's Christmas 6x6) Webster's PagesStamps:  (Flowers & sentiment from Reflections) Paper Smooches, (Sentiment from Wallflower) Cas-ual Fridays
Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Bubble Gum, Pale Tomoato, Fresh Peach, Butter Bar) Hero Arts
Dies:  Reflections Flowers, Graphics & Leaves) Paper Smooches
Gems:  Recollections

Fabulous Day

Hello and Happy Sunday!  I have to say that I really love the Hennah Elements flowers from Altenew.  They're gorgeous and versatile - great for every technique from paper piecing to watercolouring.  Using the ColourQ palette this card came together so easily and I love the simplicity of it.  

Yesterday after work we decided to skip the cleaning and instead Luis and I went to the beach with some friends and did some cliff jumping.  I haven't done that in years and I felt like such a kid!  Definitely need to do stuff like that more often.  :) 



Supplies Used
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Maroon) Paperbilities, (Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Summer Starfruit) Stampin' Up
Stamps:  (Flower & leaves from Hennah Elements) Altenew, (Sentiment from Signature Greetings) Papertrey Ink
Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Gems:  Recollections
Glitter:  (Wink of Stella) Zig