CASology #200 CAS

Its a big week at CASology - we're celebrating our 200th challenge! YAY! I'm so blessed to be a part of such a wonderful team.  

So what could be more fitting for this week's celebration than CAS as our cue word? Just as a reminder, CAS means clean and simple which is: 

1. One main image

2. Lots of open space--uncluttered

3. Limited layers and embellishments

4. Quick and easy to recreate (note--it may take a long time to get a design you like, but once you have that design, making more should be a piece of cake)

For my card, I used these fun speech bubbles from Lawn Fawn's Birdie Told Me set in different colors. I stamped them along one side to maintain open space and added two sentiments in two of the bubbles. 

So, we don't have a prize sponsor this week but to celebrate CASology's 200th, several members of the DT will be offering blog candy. Each DT member who is participating will select a random commenter from their blog who also linked up a card at CASology. Winners will be announced on each DT blog as well as on the CASology blog next Tuesday. 

Check out the fabulous CAS creations of the rest of the team - 

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Deidre Payne
Hannelie Bester
Hazel Hodgkins
Jacquie Southas
Jen Wills
Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino
Kymona Tracey
Melissa Chipperfield
Sherrie  --- you are here
Tracey McNeely

Guest Designer:  Diana

My prize is this Spellbinders Square die set and this set of Jennie Bowlin butterflies. I usually make my own die cut butterflies but sometimes you need a ready-made embellishment for a quick card so these vellum butterflies are fabulous. 

Now it's your turn! Remember to leave a comment here AND link up a card at CASology for a chance to win my blog candy! Can't wait to see what you come up with! 

Thanks for visiting and hope you'll come again soon! 

ColourQ #343 Take 2

Hope everyone in the US is enjoying this long weekend. Quick share of another card for this week's ColourQ challenge. Love the elegance of this color combination. 

I had an extra gold embossed panel from my creating my last card so thought I'd put it good use by making another card. This time I created a thanks card using my lovely new MFT thanks die. I added a few black enamel dots because, well, I love them. 

Be sure to come back on Tuesday for the new CASology challenge - lots of fun this coming week!

ColourQ #343

Happy Hump Day! I'm playing along with the ColourQ challenge this week using some of my new goodies. I'm loving the elegance of this color combination!

For my card, I cut a smaller panel of  PTI Berry Sorbet and embossed it with MFT Abstract Background in gold and tilted it on the black card base. I'm loving the MFT FABULOUS die - such a great font. I added a little banner embossed with You Are (part of a sentiment from an MFT coffee stamp set).

Really love how this card turned out! Might try it in other colors. 

Thanks for taking a peek and enjoy the rest of your week!

PTI May 2016 Blog Hop

It's PTI Blog Hop day! Its been a while since I participated but was really excited when I saw the inspiration photo and found myself with some crafty time recently. 

For my card I stamped a row of balloons (from Balloon Bash) in Mint Julep, Lovely Lady, Lemon Tart, Aqua Mist, and Summer Sunrise on a watercolor cardstock panel. After inking up the balloon I lightly misted the block before stamping resulting in a muted look. I added balloon strings in Soft Stone and the Happy Birthday sentiment (Think Big Favorites) in Stormy Sea. Tried Soft Stone first but it was hardly visible with the colored balloons underneath. Finished the panel off with embossing from MFT Wonky Stitches before adhering to Lemon Tart base. 

Fun stuff. Can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with from the inspiration photos. There's always such a wide variety of creations. Thanks for stopping by and see you around the Hop. 

CASology #199 FAST

Happy Tuesday! Time for a new CASology challenge. This week's cue is FAST!

For my simple one layer card, I dry embossed the PTI Scene It Backer die onto the center of the white card base. I love this die because it a large, slightly ridged circle. I stamped streamers from the PTI Hooray set in various happy colors within the embossed circle and added the simple sentiment from PTI Special Delivery sentiments. 

Check out the Design Team's takes on FAST - so many different and fun interpretations! 

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Deidre Payne
Hannelie Bester
Hazel Hodgkins
Jacquie Southas
Jen Wills
Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino
Kymona Tracey
Melissa Chipperfield
Tracey McNeely

and our guest designer - Coni

So act FAST and create something for this week's challenge! LOL, couldn't help myself. Can't wait to see what you come up with! Thanks for popping in. 

Inspired By All The Little Things #16

Happy Monday friends! Checking in with a quick card I made inspired by the Inspired By All the Little Things challenge this week. Love the rectangles of the doors and the peacefulness of the green and blues in the photo. Makes me think of European cobblestone streets where people bike everywhere. 

I stamped my Mint Julep card base with MFT Scattered Surface background in Soft Stone and added a few PTI Tag Sale #9 dies on top for a tone on tone look. Sentiment diecut from MFT cut from Simon Says Stamp Island Blue. The 'Sending You' from PTI Thanks All Ways was stamped in Smokey Shadow. 

Thanks for popping in and hope you have a good week. I'll be back tomorrow with this week's new CASology challenge. 

MFT Flashy Florals

So excited to get the new MFT Flashy Florals kit. This is my first ever kit from MFT and I love that ink, paper, dies, and stamps are all packaged together so nicely. I was inspired to make a card using this set by my friend Tracey's pretty MUSE challenge card this week and the fun colors at ColourQ.

I was inspired Tracey's simple design and placement of her flowers and sentiment. To make it my own, I used a die cut THANKS instead of heat embossing in gold and added a few dry embossed lines on the upper left and bottom right for interest. 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend. 

CAS(E) This Sketch #173

Got another card for this week's CAS(E) This Sketch. Its similar in design to the other one I created for the challenge in my last post. This time I selected the colors....PTI Limeade Ice, Aqua Mist, and Harvest Gold on Tropical Teal background embossed with triangles.

Thanks for taking a peek. Have a great day!

Three on Thursday

Checking in finally with some non-DT cards. Been crazy these past couple of weeks with family, Mother's Day and my birthday. Both days within a week of each other so my kids are extra nice to me. Got a FitBit so I've been a little obsessed with getting my steps and workouts in. :)

First card was inspired by this week's ColourQ challenge. I used the Catherine Pooler's Enchanted Garden and the All About You sets from her last Stamp of Approval kit. I masked off a diagonal line and stamped a flower image in the challenge colors. I added two thin strips of matching cardstock and the die cut You. 

Second card was inspired by the One Layer Simplicity Fruit Smoothie Challenge. My stamp stash is limited to apples. I again masked off a section of the card and stamped a pattern of apples from PTI Back to School, added a stitched line from PTI Sew Simple Borders and the sentiment from Catherine Pooler All About You. Gonna use this card for my end of year thank you gift for one of my daughters' teacher. 

Last card was inspired by both this week's CAS(E) This Sketch and Inspired By All The Little Things challenges. Love the colors in the Inspired challenge. 

I embossed the front of a cardbase made from Simon Says Stamp Smoke cardstock (my favorite grey!) with a small triangle pattern embossing folder from Lifestyle Crafts. I cut out a few triangles from PTI Smokey Shadow, Orange Zest, Soft Stone, and October Afternoon patterned paper and arranged them in a cluster inspired by the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge. Added a die cut HAPPY and stamped birthday. 

So much fun creating...I'm due happy mail package from PTI and MFT soon so more to play with (not that I really need more!!). Thanks for popping in! Have a great day. 

CASology #198 STENCIL

This week's new CASology challenge is STENCIL and its a fun one to play along with because there are SO many stencil options around now. Check out the wide variety of stencils available at this week's sponsor STAMPlorations. 

For my card I used the STAMPlorations Happy Flowers stencil with embossing paste. I mixed Wendy Vecchi translucent embossing paste with Sparkle N Sprinkle Microfine Glitter in Teal Velveteen and Blue Raven Opaque Glitter (two separate batches). I used an art spatula to put the teal glitter paste on the flower portions of the stencil and the blue Raven on the stem parts. The result is a beautiful textured glitter and was super easy to create. The open areas of this particular stencil kept the design CAS. 

Hardest part was waiting for it to dry thoroughly before adding to my card base with the embossed sentiment banner. Don't let texture paste intimidate you. Mixing it with embossing powders or glitters as well as ink refills opens up a variety of color choices for your stencils. 

Check out the DT's takes on STENCIL. Look forward to seeing your creations! 

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Deidre Payne
Hannelie Bester
Hazel Hodgkins
Jacquie Southas
Jen Wills
Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino
Kymona Tracey
Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

Have a good week! Thanks for stopping by! 

CASology #197 TEAR

Happy Tuesday crafty friends! Its time for a new CASology cue word - TEAR. My favorite part about the CASology challenge is that there are usually a few ways to interpret the cur word and that's all part of the fun! 

I chose to use this definition of TEAR:

noun: tear; plural noun: tears

1.a hole or split in something caused by it having been pulled apart forcefully.

synonyms: rip, hole, split, slash, slit; snag

"a tear in her dress"

To create my Thank You card I made a circular tear in a paper towel and used it as a mask. Saw this technique done online a while ago and been wanting to try for a while. 

I used an ink blending tool on the paper towel mask with PTI Bright Buttercup ink to create a rough background for the sentiment from PTI Choose Joy. 

I added a stitched embossed border around the white card front and of course a few yellow enamel dots. 

Take a look at all of the TEAR inspirations by the design teams - so many different CAS interpretations! 

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Deidre Payne
Hannelie Bester
Hazel Hodgkins
Jacquie Southas
Jen Wills
Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino
Kymona Tracey
Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely
Guest Designer:  Marilyn

and stop by this week's Sponsor: Right at Home 

Can't wait to see what you come up with this week! Thanks for popping by! 

CASology #196 MOVE

Hello! Hope you are having a great week! Tuesday means we have a new CASology challenge. This week its MOVE.

I chose to make a Congratulations on your New Home card. I used a wooden stamp from Hero Arts that features a row of six houses. I inked each one separately and spritzed the stamp lightly with water before stamping it on watercolor paper. Sentiment is from PTI Keep It Simple Congratulations.

There are lots of fun ways to interpret this as you'll see with the design team creations....

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Deidre Payne
Hannelie Bester
Hazel Hodgkins
Jacquie Southas
Jen Wills
Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino
Kymona Tracey
Melissa Chipperfield
Tracey McNeely

 Sponsor:  Cindy B Designs

Guest Designer:  Janet

Can't wait to see what you come up with. Thanks for stopping by!