Baby Buttons

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I haven't played along with the Girl Fridays at CAS-ual Fridays in ages and, despite having two weeks for their button challenge, I'm still coming in at the last minute.  Ah well, better late than never right?  I used a bulb image from Technique Tuesday to create this button mobile and it felt fabulous to dig into my button stash!  I wanted to do the same card in blue but for some reason I am lacking in the blue button department.  Time for some button shopping maybe?  (Just kidding, Jessi!!!).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Gina K.

Stamps:  (Bulb from Bright Idea) Technique Tuesday, (Welcome from CL352) Hero Arts, (Baby) Studio G

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Gems:  Recollections

CASology #57

Welcome to Week 57 of CASology!  Here's the cue word for this week:

The first thing that came to mind when I thought of a picnic was ants!!  Actually, they're pretty constantly on my mind in the summer as they're everywhere.  You cannot leave even the tiniest crumb of food on the counter or you'll have a mile long trail of ants marching through the house.  And when we're going through a dry spell they come inside looking for water.  It's a pretty constant battle.  Sometimes they're not even after anything - they're just passing through.  Luis and I woke up one night recently to find them in our bed.  They came in through the AC unit, took a shortcut across the bed and then headed to the living room and out the patio door.  They weren't even after food or anything!!!  Nightmare. Okay, ant rant over.  The little ant on my card has big things on his mind - he's clearly a go getter! Who wouldn't dream about a gingham watermelon?  LOL!  Enough of my silliness.  Time for you to check out the designs from the rest of the DT and then start working on your entry!

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely

Judy Marino

Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Gillian Ross

Kimberly Wiener

And this week's guest designer:

Kanan

Link your creations to the CASology blog and remember that submissions are due by 4pm CST on Sunday, August 18th.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Wild Wasabi) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Summer Fresh) Simple Stories

Stamps:  (Ant & watermelon from Happy Summer) Lawn Fawn, (Thought cloud from He Said, She Said) Paper Smooches, (Sentiment from Heydey Sentiments) Hero Arts

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Black) Ranger

Fusion Throwdown

Whew!  I crept in with seconds to spare on this challenge! This card uses the colours from The Colour Throwdown and the sketch from the Fusion challenge.  The Throwdown colours matched this Pebbles paper perfectly so I had to use it.  I'm usually not so good at working patterned paper into colour challenges so I'm feeling pretty chuffed about it.  Sorry to be short but there's dinner to be made so I'm off.  Have a good evening!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Kraft) Papertrey Ink,  (Daffodil Delight, Pool Party) Stampin' Up, (Green) DCWV, (Blue) Paperbilities

Patterned Paper:  (Family Ties) Pebbles

Stamp:  (Sentiment from Big & Bold Wishes) Papertrey Ink

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Nesties Classic Squares Large) Spellbinders, (Turning A New Leaf) Papertrey Ink

Punches:  (1", 1 1/2" & 2" flowers) Woodware Craft Collection, (1/4" hole punch) McGill

Gem:  (Swimming Pool assortment) Doodlebug

Inspired Flowers

Hi there!  I'm playing along with Muse and ColourQ with this card.  I was inspired by the layout of Laurie's card and also by the rolled flowers - Laurie always rocks them!  While I like the look of the rolled flowers I wanted my card to have a bit less bulk.  I trimmed each layer of these Purple Onion Design flowers and attached them with some glue dots so they still have a bit of dimension.  Hope you've all had a lovely weekend!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Gina K,(Calypso Coral, Pool Party Night of Navy, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flowers & leaves) Purple Onion Designs, (Very Vintage Greetings) WPlus9

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Fillable Frames #4) Papertrey Ink

Punch:  (Corner Rounder) Marvy Uchida

Embossing Plate:  (Linen & Canvas) Papertrey Ink

Gems:  Recollections

Moxie Collage

The inspiration picture for the latest Tuesday Trigger challenge at the Moxie Fab World is a bright and cheery collage.  It immediately made me think of think of this Hero Arts bird collage stamp.  I won it ages ago and it's been sitting patiently waiting to be used.  (NBUS alert!!)  I have always been pretty intimidated by it as it's much busier than my usual style but I decided to see if I could make it work for me.  Some cheery colours and paper piecing later and I like it!  It's still busy and collagey but I feel like it's also me.  Mission accomplished.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Pretty In Pink, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Crumb Cake) Stampin' Up

Stamp:  (Bird Collage) Hero Arts, (Very Vintage Greetings) WPlus9

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Gems:  Recollections

Vellum Butterflies

The challenge this week at Paper Smooches Sparks is to use the photo for inspiration and include a sheer/clear element in the design.  I took the pink and blue from the picture as a starting point and then decided to break out some coloured vellum.  I had been hoping for some hot pink vellum but no such luck.  Clearly I have to do some shopping...  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Wild Wasabi) Stampin' Up, (Coloured vellum) Strathmore

Stamp:  (Sentiment from Giddy Bugs) Paper Smooches

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Butterflies 1, 2 & 3, Duos Die 1) Paper Smooches

Gems:  Recollections

Washi Tape:  Elmer's

CAS(E) This Sketch #40

Welcome to Week 40 of CAS(E) This Sketch!  Take a look at this week's sketch by Karolyn Loncon:

I decided to use this week's sketch to play along with the Moxie Fab World's Trendy Triangles Challenge.  I stamped the row of Market Street Stamps triangles three times and then coloured them in with some rainbow Copics.  I added some embossed lines on either side of the design to frame it and a gem to finish off the sentiment.  I also did a version where I only coloured some of the triangles.  I really like all the white triangles.  I think I may make a set of these using a few different colour combos.     

I'm also going to enter this card in Simon Says Stamp's Triangles Challenge.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Gina K

Stamp:  (Triangles from Hit The Mark) Market Street Stamps, (Sentiment from Sentiment Sampler) Paper Smooches

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

Gem:  Recollections

Markers:  (R29, YR16, Y17, G07, B29, V09, R85) Copic