Hot Air Balloon Birthday

 It's a public holiday here today so I got some much needed crafty time.  The first thing I did (after dithering over what podcast to listen to...) was play along with Freshly Made Sketches.  I rotated the sketch 90 degrees to the left and went from there.  This Lawn Fawn hot air balloon is an old favourite and I paired it with some WPlus9 clouds.  I had fun colouring and then got brave and gave my second card a not blue sky!  Who am I???

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Balloon from Blue Skies, Sentiment from Happy Everything) Lawn Fawn

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

Dies:  (Cloud border) Wplus9

Markers:  (R32, YR00, YR31, YG41, B12, B63) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard and Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

CASology #387

 

Welcome to Week 387 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

So many ideas came to mind when I saw this week's cue word - the animals I've had in my life (who are always a source of comfort), cozy pajamas, a comfy sofa - but in the end I went for the card I needed in the moment which was, unfortunately, a sympathy card.  I like this sentiment as an alternative to "With sympathy" as it feels a little less formal (although now that I look at it I ended up dressing it with a rather formal frame).  

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

***You've got 2 weeks for this challenge!***

Link your creations to the CASology blog by 9am Monday, 12 April (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Soft Stone) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Penny Lane 12x12) My Mind's Eye

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Heartfelt Sentiments) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Frame) Paper Smooches, (Leaves) Reverse Confetti

Gems:  Recollections

Birthday Rainbow

 

Another card from yesterday's crafty session.  This one is for The Colour Throwdown challenge. This colour combo is definitely not one I'd ever choose for myself but I decided to be brave and go for it.  And you know what?  I'm pretty happy with the end product!  This is also the first time I've used that Essentials by Ellen rainbow die so I'm going to play along with Darnell's NBUS challenge too.  :)

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Perfect Plum, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Cake and Candles) Avery Elle

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Rainbow) essentials by Ellen, (Heart) My Favourite Things

Gems:  Recollections

Alcohol Ink Butterfly

 

I finally managed to get some crafty time today and this is the first card I made.  I took inspiration  from the photo at The Card Concept to make this CAS card.  Ages ago I was playing round with alcohol inks and I've had a few cardstock panels of it sitting on my desk ever since.  One of them had the perfect colours for this butterfly.  It's an oldie but goodie PTI butterfly die.  I cut it twice from black cardstock to layer up the "frame" of it and then filled it in with a cut from the alcohol ink panel.  The sentiment is from Avery Elle and I placed a few gold Nuvo Crystal Drops around it to make it pop.

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Cake and Candles) Avery Elle

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Raspberry, Sailboat Blue, Purple Twilight, Gold) Ranger Alcohol Inks

Dies:  (Butterfly) Papertrey Ink

Other:  (Nuvo Gold Crystal Drops) Tonic

CASology #386

 

Welcome to Week 386 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I had a few different ideas for the cue word but in the end I went for a creature that lived a loooooooong time ago!  These Heffy Doodle dinos are super cute and have the best punny sentiments.  I mean Juras-sick?  Seriously?  I love it!

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

This week's guest designer:

Kuni

***You've got 2 weeks for this challenge!***

Link your creations to the CASology blog by 9am Monday, 29 March (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Dino Time) Heffy Doodle

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Zig zag stitched oval, Love speech bubble) My Favourite Things

Markers:  (G21, G94, YG63, YG91, E43) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Bottle Green Crystal Drops) Tonic

Ribbon Rainbow

 

As I mentioned in Thursday's post (and showed in my craft room tour) I have a ton of ribbon that I never use.  So I decided to continue to challenge myself to do something with it.  This works well with Time Out's challenge to do something different and I'm also going to play along at Seize the Birthday (no topping) since I ended up with a bright and cheery birthday card.  I used my ribbon to make a bright rainbow background and topped it with a Simon Says Stamp birthday die.  I'm loving the vibrant colours and the fun textures from the different ribbons.  Now to see how much more of the stuff I can use going forward...

Supplies Used:

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

Ribbon:  Hero Arts

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Flower and Ribbon

 

Today's card is for three challenges - Freshly Made Sketches, Simon Wednesday challenge (A Bit o' Green) and The Paper Players (Spring is in the Air).  

I took inspiration from the hot pink flower in the Paper Players photo and thought it would work nicely with the Freshly Made sketch.  Instead of adding leaves to the flowers I used green ribbon behind it.  The flower is an old one from Hero Arts that I coloured with Copics.  The ribbon is also Hero Arts.   A friend was looking at photos of my craft room recently and asked how I use ribbon on my cards.  I said, "I don't!" which got me thinking that I really should try to use some or pass it on to someone who will.  I made two cards using ribbon today and I'm pretty darn pleased with this first one!  (I'll share the other one tomorrow).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Flower) Hero Arts, (Sentiment from Bigger Blooms) Papertrey Ink

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

Markers:  (RV29, R59, YR16, Y17) Copic

Ribbon:  Hero Arts

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic