CASology #211 DREAM

Can't believe its mid-August already. The summer is really flying by! And of course, its Tuesday and time for another CASology challenge! This week its DREAM.

Dreams immediately conjure up sky and cloud images for me so I used clouds as a backdrop for this great quote from PTI Building Blocks set.  For my clouds, I used Wendy Vecchi white embossing paste mixed with Ranger embossing glitter in Bridal Tinsel with the Memory Box clouds stencil. 

Glittered texture looks so pretty in real life. Here's a closeup - 

So what will DREAMS inspire you to create? And before you create, check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Design Team: 

Ardyth Percy-Robb

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

Sponsor:  STAMPlorations

Thanks for popping in! 

Lots of Color

I was in a very colorful mood yesterday when I made these two cards. First card is for the fun Colour Me....Playful! challenge this week.

I chose a sentiment from PTI Choose Joy and used PTI Building Blocks to support the sentiment's message. I matted the top panel in black before mounting on the green card stock to enhance the colorful stack.

Second card is another colorful one that I created for the CASology challenge. I embossed the Lil Inkers Stitched rectangle die on the front panel. Then I used the PTI heart border die with various brightly colored PTI card stock and arranged them in within the stitched rectangle. Sentiment is a simple one from Clearly Besotted stamps. 

I kept it clean and simple by keeping lots of white space around the colorful center. 

Enjoy your weekend and Halloween if you're celebrating today! Thanks for stopping by! 

Blocks of Color

Sharing a couple of colorful 'pick-me-up' cards I made in order to pull myself out of these winter blues. Feels like this winter has been WAY too long and I'm sick of shoveling and 1 degree temperatures. Not kidding, it was 1 degree yesterday. 

First card is a bright orange card - like how I wish the sun would make me feel just about now. lol. I used monochromatic colors for the CASology challenge this week. 

 

I was inspired by an older PTI release sketch. I masked off triangles and used an ink blending tool with Terracotta Tile, Orange Zest, and Summer Sunrise. Sentiment is from Thank You Kindly and of course added a couple of orange enamel dots. Love how clean and simple this card design is by keeping all the bright color at the bottom. 

This second card is bright and cheery. Love this color combination from ColourMe....! this week. I stamped some blocks from PTI Building blocks in the challenge colors and added the diecut sentiment from Simon Says Stamp in the bottom corner. I think the blocks being clustered in the center with white space on both sides keeps the card CAS. 

And on the storefront, I made this fabulous Italian Chicken Soup from Pioneer Woman. One good thing about winter...SOUP! This one was a hit with the family, warm and comforting.

Hope all is warm and wonderful for you this weekend. Thanks for stopping by! 

Two Card Tuesday

So back from vacation and was busy catching up on laundry, grocery shopping, and all those lovely chores that I happily took a break from for 10 days. I finally got back into my craft room last night and it took a few bad cards to get me into the groove again. But I refused to go to sleep until I had made two cards I was proud of. Much easier to stay up too as I was also catching up on some of my favorite shows I missed last week.

First card I'm sharing uses the happy colors at ColourQ this week. Such vibrant bright colors are perfect for a birthday card.

I stamped the little cupcake from Tiny Treats Birthday along the border and added this unusual birthday greeting from Building Blocks in the middle.  And of course, I added a few enamel dots because they remind me of sprinkles. 

Haven't played along with CASology in a few weeks so was very happy to see their new cue card Letter. SO many ideas run through my head for this one! 

I took a small Bazzill envelope in my stash and stamped Special Delivery (from Special Delivery Sentiments) on it and added the smaller sentiment in blue on a Building Blocks die. 

I also added the airmail design on the bottom in blue and red for a little bit of interest. 

Haven't had time to comment on blog posts yet but I've been keeping up with all your pretty creations..... 

Thanks for taking a peek! Hope your week is going well.