JENerally Speaking

Sunday, August 8, 2021

I Ate Him

I've got a card today for the Inky Paws Use Stripes challenge and the Stripes challenge at Seize the Birthday. I'm always a little torn about this image and sentiment (poor birdie!) but Newton's so cute it's hard to resist him - so much so that I made two cards!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: (White) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper: (Dots & Stripes Sorbet 6x6, Dots & Stripes Fresh 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamps: (All from Newton's Birthday Flutter) Newton's Nook

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

Markers: (R11, Y15, BG09, C1, C3) Copic) Copic

Other: (Nuvo Rhubarb Crumble & English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Flower Background

I'm popping in today with a card for the colour challenge at Just Add Ink. I used a Newton's Nook flower die to create the background with the flower in the upper left corner popped up for some extra dimension. I layered the Paper Smooches sentiment 3 times and then covered it with Glossy Accents for some shine.

Supplies Used:

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

Dies: (Hibiscus) Newton's Nook, (Happy birthday) Paper Smooches

Other: (Glossy Accents) Ranger

CASology #394

Welcome to Week 394 of CASology! Take a look at the cue word for this week:

For this week's card I broke out an NBUS set from Lil' Inker Designs and paired the stamps with a splash of yellow and some fun stripes. Keeping it all layered and centered helps to keep the elements from becoming too overwhelming and keeps a CAS feel.

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!

This Week's guest designer:

Karen

***You've got 4 weeks for this challenge!***

Link your creations to the CASology blog by 9am Monday, 6 September (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: (White) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper: (Painted Prints 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamps: (All from Super Kids) Lil' Inker Designs

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

Dies: (Stitched Wonky Squares) Lil' Inker Designs

Markers: (R11, R27, Y08, B29, W1, W3, W5) Copic

Other: (Nuvo Red Berry Crystal Drops) Tonic

Thursday, July 29, 2021

Time Out Guest Designer

I was lucky enough to be the winner of a recent Time Out challenge and was invited to be a guest designer for their latest challenge! It just so happens that today is also my birthday - a pretty cool birthday gift huh?

It's an Inspired by Words challenge this time and, as always, you can take inspiration from the whole quote or just one word. Usually I end up just working off one word but this time I found a rose die and friend sentiment that seemed to work well together and I went with it.

The sponsor this week is CAS-ual Fridays and you have until August 11th to play along!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: (Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Lemon Tart, White) Papertrey Ink, (Certainly Celery, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps: (Sentiment from All Year Cheer) Wplus9

Inks: (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder: (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow'

Dies: (Fantasy Floral, Halftone cover plate) Altenew

Other: (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Polka Dot Flip Flops

I'm playing along today with the Inspired By... challenge and Just Us Girls (script). I have a lot of flip flops but none as fun as these polka dotted beauties. (Perhaps it's time to change that...) The challenge photo inspired me to dig out this Lifestyle Crafts die that I've had forever but have very rarely used. (Shocker, I know). These fun scripty Avery Elle sentiments haven't seen the light of day in awhile either so thanks to JUGS for nudging me along to dust them off.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: (White) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper: (Its Bitsy Polka Dots 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamps: (Sentiment from Cake & Candles) Avery Elle

Ink: (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies: (Flip Flops) Lifestyle Crafts

Other: (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Baby Bears

I'm playing along today with the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp. I needed a few baby cards so I pulled out this cute little bear from WPlus9 and paired him with some Studio Calico papers. To finish them off I scattered a few Simon Says Stamp stars to frame the sentiments from Taylored Expressions and MFT.

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper: (Story Time 6x6) Studio Calico

Stamps: (Bear and cloud from Little Dreamers) Wplus9, (Sentiment from Simple Sentiments) Taylored Expressions, (Sentiment from Essential Sentiments) My Favourite Things

Inks: (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder: (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow'

Dies: (Stars) Simon Says Stamp, (Scalloped rectangle) Wplus9

Markers: (R02, B45, C1, W1, W3, W5) Copic

CASology #393

Welcome to Week 393 of CASology! Take a look at the cue word for this week:

This week's cue word actually made me think of parking a car so I reached for this Taylored Expressions race car and sentiment. I often pair them with some washi tape but this time I used a Hero Arts stencil to create the "road" for the car.

I'm also going to play along with the Colours Hues challenge - Red and Blue.

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!

***You've got 4 weeks for this challenge!***