CASology #280 KINDNESS

Hello CASology friends. Hard to believe we've come to the last CASology challenge for the year. Its a two-week challenge to give you more time since this time of year is very hectic. 

We have a good one this week...let's end this year focusing on KINDNESS. 

And for me, this is the last CASology challenge as a Design Team member.  :( 

I need to step away from my DT duties to focus on work since my girls are now in their tweens/teens.  

For this KINDNESS challenge, I wanted to make a thank you card for Melissa and the rest of the CASology DT who have shown me great kindness and friendship over the past year and a half I've been on the CASology team. They are truly a wonderful group - supportive, encouraging, and as you know, so very inspiring. I'm forever grateful to Melissa for giving me this opportunity to join them. 

My card is quick and simple. I framed the PTI sentiment with a embossed border and centered it on the card maintaining a nice thick border of color. I created a layered flower from MFT Stitched Flowers dies and nestled it i the corner of the sentiment block. 

Be sure to check out the fabulous creations the DT has come up with: 

Anna Uhras 
Deidre Payne
Jacquie Southas
Janet Ribet 
Jen Wills
Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino
Kymona Tracey
Melissa Chipperfield
Rachel Bergfeld

Guest Designer:  Bharati

Sponsor:  STAMPlorations

And THANK YOU to all of you for visiting and supporting me as well with your kind words and comments. Happy holidays to you and all the best in the New Year! Wishing you a very happy and crafty 2018!

CASology #275 Gray

🎶.....when skies are GRAY. You'll never know dear, how much I love you....please don't take my sunshine away.  🎶

That song came to mind when I saw this week's CASology challenge: GRAY.  Its a song I used to sing to my daughter (now 12) a lot.

I wanted to use a monochromatic gray color scheme so I paired PTI Soft Stone with Simon Says Stamp Smoke Gray. I die cut the PTI butterflies out of the Soft Stone. Sentiment is from PTI Pen & Ink (one of my new favorites!) which I still had handy from last week's card. 

Be sure to check out the GRAY cards made by my awesome DT friends: 

Anna Uhras 
Deidre Payne
Jacquie Southas
Janet Ribet 
Jen Wills
Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino
Kymona Tracey
Melissa Chipperfield
Rachel Bergfeld

Guest Designer:  Mary B.

Hope to see you in our gallery! Have a great week! 

CASology #278 STORMY

Hi crafty friends! Hope you are having a good week! We have a new CASology challenge this week: STORMY. 

This one is a little tough but I know (wink, wink!) you love a challenge! 

For my card I was inspired to use one of Papertrey Ink's newest colors STORMY Sea. I used that color for my card base and the matching ink for the sentiment to help someone navigate some STORMY times. I love this sentiment from PTI Pen & Ink...looks like handwriting. I added some wonky stitches around the border to add some interest to the white space and finished the card off with some scattered hearts stamped in Terracotta Tile. 

Check out how the rest of the DT took STORMY and be sure to join our challenge this week. 

Anna Uhras 
Deidre Payne
Jacquie Southas
Janet Ribet 
Jen Wills
Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino - On break this week
Kymona Tracey
Melissa Chipperfield
Rachel Bergfeld - On break this week

Guest Designer:  Anita B.

Look forward to seeing what you create in the gallery! Thanks for stopping by!