Best Dad I Ever Saw

I've got another Father's Day card for you today - this one far more CAS than yesterday's.  In fact it came together super quickly which is always rare for me.  A strip of woodgrain paper, a saw die, a sentiment and voila - done!  Love it!  

I'm going to enter this in the Simon Says Wednesday Father's Day/For A Guy challenge and the Male Room Father's Day challenge.

The weekend is almost here!  We're going to a BBQ tomorrow night so I have to bake some S'Mores cookies for that.  Yum!  We'll see how many actually make it to the party...  

Any big plans for your weekend?

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Early Espresso, Brushed Silver, Brushed Gold) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Necessities:  Wood) My Mind's Eye

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Punny Man) Taylored Expressions

Inks:  (Versa Fine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Saw) Taylored Expressions

Best Daddy Ever

I was recently asked to make a Father's Day card from 2 little boys and this idea came into my head pretty quickly.  I thought the primary colours were perfect for kids and it turns out that the dad's father was a pilot so I definitely picked the right images!

I stamped, die cut and Copic coloured the Taylored Expressions airplanes and popped them up on foam tape.  The clouds are Papertrey Ink, the banners are Simon Says Stamp and the letters are Lawn Fawn.  It's bigger than usual - 5x7 - because mom wanted to make sure her little guys had plenty of room to each write a message.  :)  I'm going to enter this in the Father's Day challenge at the Paper Players and also the Father's Day/For a Guy challenge at the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Textured White) Bazzill, (Bashful Blue) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Airplanes from Plane Awesome) Taylored Expressions, (Letters) Lawn Fawn

Inks:  (Versa Fine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Airplanes) Taylored Expressions, (Clouds) Papertrey Ink, (Banners) Simon Says Stamp

Markers:  Copic

Twine:  (Charcoal) The Twinery

Bandaids & Anchors

Hi there!  I have two cards to share with you today for two challenges.  This get well card was inspired by Hannelie's design over at CAS(E) This Sketch.  I masked off the smiley face on the Lawn Fawn bandaid and then stamped it on a rainbow variety of cardstock.  The Paper Smooches get well die is layered 3 times and coated with Glossy Accents.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Melon Mambo, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise, Rich Razzleberry) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Bandaid from On The Mend) Lawn Fawn

Inks:  (Versa Fine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Get well) Paper Smooches

Next is a card for Curtain Call's Sail On inspiration photo.  I combined a Paper Smooches anchor with a Taylored Expressions sentiment and then braided some twine to make my rope.  I love how quickly this came together!  

That's it for today - hope you have a lovely one!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Real Red, Island Indigo, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Punny Man) Taylored Expressions

Inks:  (Versa Fine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Anchor) Paper Smooches

Punch:  (1" square) Marvy Uchida

Gems:  Recollections

Hemp"  Darice

CASology #201

Welcome to Week 201 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

Wow what a great turnout for our 200th challenge celebration last week!  Thank you so much to everyone who played along and we hope you'll continue to join us each week!  

Summer is well and truly upon us here in Bermuda.  The humidity has kicked in with a vengeance and it's only the beginning of June.  Ugh!  It's gonna be a long hot summer.  In honor of the summer we'd like to see your sunshine cards this week.  I used one of my favourite sun images (from Hero Arts) and an ancient mini envelope punch that had quite a layer of dust on it.  I combined words from 2 different Lawn Fawn sentiments to make my own, tossed on a few sequins and voila - the sunshine is ready to be mailed!

Looking forward to seeing what direction the cue word takes you.  Check out the gorgeousness from the rest of the design and then play along!   

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Deidre Payne

Hannelie Bester

Hazel Hodgkins

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield 

Sherrie Mannion

Tracey McNeely

This week's guest designer:

Diana

This week's sponsor:

Rubber Dance Art Stamps

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

And now for the winner of the blog candy...

#47 - Tami of Team Gingerbread!

Congrats, Tami!  Please contact me at LilJen1 at northrock dot bm to claim your prize!

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Sun from CL765) Hero Arts, ("Sending" from So Much To Say, "Sunshine" from Sunny Skies) Lawn Fawn

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Punch:  (Mini envelope) McGill

Sequins:  Doodlebug

Whales & Flowers

Hello, Monday!  I have two cards for four challenges to start off the week.  I love this happy colour palette from ColourQ and the patterns on the sheets were perfect inspiration for the Under the Sea theme at Cupcake Inspirations.  I used some Papertrey Ink birthday banner dies (or are they garlands?  Or streamers?) to make my waves and then popped up the PTI whale and sentiment on foam tape.  It actually came together quite quickly which is always a bonus.  :)

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Blue) Paperbilities, (Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up!

Stamps:  (Whale & sentiment from Keep Swimming) Papertrey Ink

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko  

Die: ((Flag Tags) Paper Smooches, (Banners) Papertrey Ink,

Markers:  (c-1, C-5) Copic

Gems:  Recollections  

Next is a card inspired by the photo over at the Fusion challenge and I'm also going to enter it in the CAS-ual Fridays Florals challenge.  I stamped the CAS-ual Fridays flowers with Mermaid Lagoon Distress ink and then used some water and a small paintbrush to spread the colour around and fill them in.  Each one has a little Recollections gem in the centre.  

Okay that's it for today.  See you tomorrow for CASology!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Watercolor) Ranger, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up!

Stamps:  (All from Wallflower) CAS-ual Fridays

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Peeled Paint, Mermaid Lagoon) Ranger  

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

Gems:  Recollections  

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Teacups & Cupcakes

I've got two more cards to share from yesterday's time in the Craft Cave.  Oh and speaking of the CC I forgot to mention this.  The air conditioning unit for the Cave wouldn't work on Wednesday after having been perfectly fine on Tuesday.  We finally got someone down to look at it yesterday and discovered that a lizard had gotten inside it and electrocuted himself which shorted out the unit.  Poor guy was totally fried!  Not sure what possessed him to go in there as he's lived around that corner of the house for years.  I'll miss seeing him hanging out on the wall doing his push ups.  :(

Anyway, back to the cards.  The first one was inspired by the photo at The Card Concept and I'd say it's a Clean and Layered design.  Lots of different companies on show here - Paper Smooches tea cup, Lil' Inkers flower, Fresh Squeezed Stamps sentiment and My Favourite Things patterned paper.  Love when they all play so nicely together!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Coastal Cabana) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Calm & Cozy Chevron 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamps:  (Teacup from Cyber Cafe) Paper Smooches, (Sentiment from You Said It Sister) Fresh Squeezed Stamps

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Soft Granite) Hero Arts

Die:  (Stitched Arch STAX) My Favourite Things, (Stitched Flower) Lil' Inker Designs

Gems:  Recollections

My second card was inspired by the design at Freshly Made Sketches.  Some Crate Paper papers, My Favourite Things dies and Mama Elephant cupcake and sentiment came together for this one.  Yay for more happy colours and patterns!  

That's it for now. Have a lovely day!  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Crisp Cantaloupe, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Party Day 6x6) Crate Paper

Stamps:  (Cupcake from Carnival Cupcakes, Sentiment from Carnival Toppers) Mama Elephant

Inks:  (Versa Fine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Wonky Stitched Rectangles, Wonky Stitched Squares) My Favourite Things

Gems:  Recollections

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Patterned Butterflies

Hi there!  Hope you're all enjoying your weekend.  I got a bit of crafty time today and I really wanted to play along with the sketch over at The Challenge as they are taking a summer break after this.  I stuck very closely to the sketch and made use of some patterned papers and a few dies - no stamping in sight.  I actually made two cards but the one below veered off from the sketch a bit by using a full circle instead of a half circle.  I love my CAS designs but every once in a while I get a patterned paper bug and I just have to go with it!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Poppy Parade, So Saffron, Night of Navy, Early Espresso) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper: (Dolled Up 6x6, Indie Chic 6x6) My Mind's Eye

Dies:  (Stitched Circles) Lil' Inker Designs, (Butterfly) Papertrey Ink, (Many Thanks) Essentials by Ellen

Gems:  Doodlebug