CASology #258 DIAMOND

Happy Tuesday friends! We've got a fabulous CASology challenge this week...DIAMOND! 

I made an almost one-layer card for my DIAMOND-inspired creation this week. As I was searching through my stash for diamonds, I remembered the fabulous Do You See What I See stamp from Winnie & Walter. What do you see in its pattern? I saw the diamond shape and knew I wanted to create something with it. And what goes so well with diamonds? Platnium! I heat embossed the pattern off center with silver toned heat embossing powder and inked a monochromatic pink color scheme inside.  I topped it with a silver heat embossed label sentiment from Altenew which I adhered with foam tape. 

Close up of the pattern...

Who doesn't love diamonds in card making?? Whether it be the geometric shape or the precious stone, DIAMOND is a great jump start for a CAS card. Check out how the rest of the DT was inspired:

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

Guest Designer:  Lana

Sponsor:  STAMPlorations

And be sure to stop by next week for an exciting week at CASology - our 5th Anniversary Blog Hop! 

So honored to be a part of the team and can't wait for you to see all the fun planned for the celebrations. 

Have a good week. Thanks for stopping by! 

Altenew Challenge Blog Hop

I am so excited to participate in the Altenew Ultimate Challenge Blog Hop this week as part of the CASology team.  There's so much fun and prizes going on this week  - be sure to check out the  Altenew blog for all the juicy details! 

I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I only have one Altenew stamp set. Many of their sets are on my crafty shopping wish list but haven't yet made their way to my craft room. But I wanted to highlight the one set I have - Altenew Label Love.  Love this set - so versatile. 

I wanted to highlight the word AMAZING so I stamped a half circle in a rainbow of colors using the backside of the AMAZING stamp. I added a thin black card stock strip along the side to ground the circle. 

Who knew there were so many challenge blogs?? Fun stuff! Can't wait to check them all out and play along. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you will visit again. 

Two on Thursday

Hello -

Things have been so crazy lately I've had very little time in my craft room. But I did get to play around yesterday afternoon to make two cards for two challenges I don't get to participate in very often.

First card is for the Fusion Card Challenge this week. I was inspired by the primary colors in the photo to make a card for the upcoming teacher appreciate week in May.

I used the pencil stamps from PTI Teach & Inspire to create the diagonal design on the card. Sentiment from Thanks All Ways. Think this will be perfect for my daughter's male teacher. 

Second card is inspired by the colorful rainbow at the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge this week.

I heat embossed the Winnie and Walter 'Do You See What I See' stamp in white and blended a rainbow of TH Distress Inks onto the panel. I matted the panel on black cardstock to make it pop before putting on white cardbase. Added a nest of white thread underneath the sentiment from Altenew Label Love. 

Easter weekend is kicking off here. No school or work tomorrow and my brother, sister in law and two kids are coming to visit from NC for a long weekend. For those of you who celebrate, Happy Easter and if you don't, have a wonderful weekend! Thanks for popping in!

Loving The Aquas

I recently just created a Pinterest board for all my card creations (check out my Pinterest link on the right) and realized that I often create with colors in the aqua family.....think Papertrey colors Aqua Mist, Tropical Teal, Hawaiian Shores. Reminds me of the ocean and the sky. So versatile - can be happy or toned down when paired with certain other colors. These colors make me happy.

So when the Papertrey anniversary bash kicked off with a color challenge, in's no surprise that the palette I was drawn to the most was Amy's gorgeous combination -

The aquas look fabulous with various shades of grey. Plus this color palette used the two new Papertrey colors that I have not yet had a chance to play with. So here's what I came up with - 

I just got Stitches & Swirls which is stamped in Smokey Sea, Tropical Teal and Aqua Mist. Panel put on a card base of Smokey Shadow. I stamped the sentiment in Smokey Shadow on a strip of Mint Julep matted on Smokey Sea. Sentiment strip was adhered with foam tape. 

I continued the design on the inside with a sentiment fro Healing Touch. 

Got another card to share using the aquas inspired by the Pinterest Inspired Challenge this month - 

I used the Winnie & Walter 'Do You See What I See' stamp again but this time heat embossed it in white on an angle. I inked the background with Tim Holtz Crushed Olive, Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers and Squeezed Lemonade. 

I added a nest of white thread under the sentiment from Altenew Label Love. Panel added to a Hawaiian Shores card base. 

Now that I am more conscious that I use these colors so often, I'm going to TRY to use other color families....let's see how well that turns out! :)

Enjoy the weekend! Thanks for popping in! 

Geometric Confetti Cuts

Hi! I got to playing around with a very cool die in my stash - Reverse Confetti's Geometric Confetti Cuts. Two fun color challenges this week drew me to its modern mosaic look.

For the ColourQ challenge, I die cut it in 4 different colors - PTI Vintage Jadeite, New Leaf, Limeade Ice, and Silver. Then I pieced together the mosaic using Press N Seal which was VERY helpful in keeping the finished mosaic together and adding adhesive. All the cool shades of green with the silver are a surprisingly fabulous combination! Sentiment is from Altenew Label Love which I heat embossed in silver, cut out, and adhered with foam tape. I absolutely LOVE how it turned out. 

So I used the die again but this time for the fun bright color combination at The Paper Players challenge this week. 

Same process with this card except I used Press and Seal underneath the die and paper when I cut it so all the pieces would stay together in place. This made creating the mosaic much easier since I didn't have to look through piles for the right piece. Sentiment for this card is again Label Love but embossed in gold. I tried black at first but it didn't look right. This I found after 8 unsuccessful embossing attempts to get a good, clean sentiment strip. For this card I used PTI Pure Poppy and Raspberry Fizz and the turquoise color is Bazzill card stock. 

Thinking I'll make a few more of these with the leftover pieces while I have them out. Otherwise I don't think I'll end up ever using them again if I "save" them in an envelope for later. 

Thanks for popping in and hope you have a wonderful and crafty weekend! 

Colour Me.... #100 Challenge

Hi -

Been a busy week so haven't had a chance to make any fun, everything has been for a practical "need right now to give to XX" kind of emergency!

But didn't want to let it the last Colour Me.....Monochromatic challenge go by without playing. This card is for Hayley and Tara for taking a chance on me and inviting me to join the Colour Me...! design team last year. It was a great experience for me on a DT and they definitely challenged me with some of their color combinations. This card is to thank them for running 100 inspiring challenges and to wish them all the best in the future! xoxo

Have a great week!