CASology:Basket

So I have to admit that I was a little stumped when I saw CASology's Cue Card: Basket this week. I don't recall having any baskets in my stamp collection. Baskets of flowers just aren't my thing. I did have hot air balloon baskets but someone on the DT already used that set so didn't want to copy it. 

So I went through my stash of wooden and non-PTI stamps and found the AMuse Sports set. SCORE! 

I was inspired to keep it simple by the Colour Me....Monochromatic challenge so I stamped the basketball hoop and ball in black but colored the basketball in with Copics. Matted the white card on orange and adhered the whole panel with foam tape on a polka dotted card base made from AMuse card stock. LOVE that I dug into my stash for both the paper and stamp. 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Orange You Glad...

....that this is not the view outside your window??!!

Another 6-8 inches today in NJ on top of all the snow we have already. Kids get a snow day, DH working from home, pot of Chicken Mushroom Wild Rice soup on the stove, and thankfully a little bit of crafty time while all were outside shoveling. 

And speaking of orange....I am inspired by the  Colour Me....Monochromatic! challenge this week. My first card uses the pretty medallion from PTI Giga Guidelines set. I stamped a row in white on kraft card stock then turned the stamp 45 degrees and stamped over it in Orange Zest. Sentiment is from Fancy That and an orange rhinestone in the center of each medallion completes it. 

Love how the white looks on kraft. 

Second card uses the new Swoosh set. Funny how I was so excited to get this set but once it go here, I totally forgot what I wanted to do with it.  I decided to keep it simple and played along with the One Layer Simplicity challenge this month - WORDS, WORDS, WORDS.  

I masked off a column and stamped the hello swoosh in several fun colors. I scored the ends of the column for more interest. 

Hope you are having a great week. Thanks for stopping by.