Happy Bird-Day!

Today's card is for the Seize the Birthday Totally Tropical challenge.  I used to love visiting the flamingos at the zoo when I was a kid and remember the big excitement on the island when one escaped.  It was spotted in several areas around the island (including at the airport) before it eventually settled in the Spittal Pond nature reserve.  Smart bird.  Anyway they definitely conjure up tropical vibes for me and so I though this Reverse Confetti flamingo would make for a fun birthday card.  I wanted a green background for him and was excited to find this Basic Grey paper that had a smattering of pink in the green.  This is why we hoard the patterned paper...

  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Flirty Flamingo, Strawberry Slush, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Obscure 12x12) Basic Grey

Stamps:  (Flamingo & sentiment from Fabulous Flamingo) Reverse Confetti, (Party hat from Beary Special Birthday) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Flamingo) Reverse Confetti, (Speech bubble) Paper Smooches

Washi Tape:  Me & My Big Ideas

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Congrats Banners

I've got a card today for Freshly Made Sketches and Just Us Girls (Use 2 or more different patterned papers).  I knew I wanted to use dies for this sketch but I spent quite awhile digging around before I finally came across these Reverse Confetti banners.  I paired them up with some of my favourite My Mind's Eye papers and then added this Honey Bee congrats.  Originally I planned to use black cardstock but then I went for Bermuda Bay which really made the turquoise in the papers pop.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Bermuda Bay) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Reunion 6x6) My Mind's Eye

Dies:  (Banners) Reverse Confetti), (Congrats) Honey Bee Stamps

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic, (Glossy Accents) Ranger

Fla-Mazing!

I've got a card to share for the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge featuring another caffeinated critter from The Rabbit Hole Designs.This flamingo has clearly had a rough night but will be fla-mazing in no time thanks to that cup of joe!  I love the extra little details on these stamps like the slippers that all the critters wear - how cute are those bee slippers?  I actually ended up making two cards with this stamp.  I think I like the first one best but what about you?

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Flirty Flamingo, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Back & White Basics 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamps:  (All from Caffeinated Flamingo) The Rabbit Hole Designs

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Circle Burst) Avery Elle, (Flag) My Favourite Things

Markers:  (R22, R32, Y15, Y38, C1, C5) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Liquid Mercury Crystal Drops) Tonic

Here For You Butterflies

I've got a card today for the new Colour Throwdown challenge where the colors are black, white and turquoise.  I was digging through some old stash and came across a set of die cut butterflies from Making Memories and decided they needed to be put to use.  I paired them up with some patterned paper from Basic Grey, a sentiment from Altenew and some black Nuvo dots.  I figured while I had them out I'd make a second card but with a yellow background this time using My Mind's Eye papers.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Blue from Adrift) Basic Grey, (Yellow from Lost & Found 6x6) My Mind's Eye

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Bamboo Roses) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Butterflies) Making Memories

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Oxide Smoosh

Today's card is for the Addicted to Stamps and More Anything Goes challenge.  I was looking back through my blog and was reminded of an ink smooshing/watercolour technique that I learned from Jennifer McGuire.  It's been a while since I did it and I wanted to try it again so I went digging for some large flower images.  I found this old The Craft's Meow set and thought it would be perfect for it.  I tried the technique with regular Distress Inks and Oxide Inks.  They come out quite differently but I like the richness of the Oxide inks on this one.  It's so pretty that I wanted it to take center stage so I simply added an MFT sentiment and a couple of gems and left it at that.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up, (Watercolour) Ranger

Stamps:  (Flower & leaves from Beautiful Spring) The Craft's Meow, (Sentiment from Geometric Greenery) My Favorite Things

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko, (Abandoned Coral, Fossilised Amber, Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover Oxide Inks) Ranger

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Gems:  Recollections

CASology #369

Welcome to Week 369 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I went for an immature and cheeky (pun totally intended!) take on the cue word this week.  I can only imagine that unicorn farts (or "the wind passed by unicorns" as some might say) would probably actually be very pleasant and would smell like cotton candy or bubblegum.  What do you think?

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

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo 

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munroe

Sue Symens

Link your creations to the CASology blog by Monday, 8 June (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Bashful Blue, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Unicorn & rainbow from Unicorns 'N Rainbows, Sentiment from Pure Magic) Essentials by Ellen

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Markers:  (RV000, YR00, Y00, G00, B00, BV31, C7) Copic

Twofer Flowers

Aaaargh!!!  I just realised I've missed the deadline for the Twofer challenge!!!  

This time the prompt was flowers and I'm so excited about what I came up with but I came up with them a day late.

*sigh*  

Oh well.  I'm going to share them anyway.

I chose a flower from Altenew's simple flower set.  I started by making a thank you card with a simple bunch of flowers.  Then I was looking at the swirl on the flower and it made me think of the snail card I made for a recent CASology challenge.  So I took the body of a snail from an Essentials by Ellen set and then used the flower to make him a different shell!   Pretty neat huh?  Finally I added a Lil' Inkers Designs sentiment to make it into an encouragement card.

Supplies Used:

Thank You Card

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flowers & leaves from Simple Flowers) Altenew, (Sentiment from Salutations) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko, (Tiki Torch, Tiara, Lime Rickey) Catherine Pooler

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Encouragement Card

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Old Olive, Crumb Cake) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flower from Simple Flowers) Altenew, (Snail from Snailed It) Essentials by Ellen, (Sentiment from Snailed It) Lil' Inker Designs

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Pale Tomato, Fresh Peach, Cop o' Joe, Wet Cement) Hero Arts

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic