CASology #274 TINY

Hello friends. We've got a new CASology challenge for you and its time for you to think TINY.

For my card, I looked for my tiniest of stamps. I stamped a small flower image (from PTI Choose Joy) at the bottom corner of my card and embossed a partial stitched zig zag line from a border die to ground the floral image. The lower case, small font sentiment from PTI Comfort Food additions was stamped underneath the zigzag. Simple and sweet and PLENTY of white space. 

Close up:

Check out the TINY creations by the Design Team - 

Anna Uhras 

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas

Janet Ribet 

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

and hope to see your entry in the gallery! Have a great week!

Another ColourQ # 348

Popping in with a quick birthday card inspired by the ColourQ challenge this week. I used the fun banner from PTI Choose Joy to stamp within a stitched panel and matted it with Green Parakeet to make it pop against the dark blue.

Thanks for stopping by! Long weekend here because of Independence Day so excited to spend some time with my family. Have a good weekend too! 

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! 

Creating Like Crazy Instead Of....

Hello friends -

Good news is that I've been busy creating a lot lately. Bad news is that its keeping me from working on what I really need to be doing - TAXES! UGH. The evil procrastination monster strikes again!

But on to fun stuff! My first card was inspired by the Muse challenge this week where the fabulous Tracey is the inspiration. I wanted to make something light and airy so I went back to my tried and true PTI Circle Scribbles set. I stamped in the same colors and general placement of her flowers. In place of sequins, I stamped smaller scribbles in gold (like Tracey's embossing).

Tracey's gorgeous card - 

Next card is for the fun ColourQ challenge this week - 

I used the PTI diagonal stripes coverplate to create my black and white background. This is so easy to use when you adhere the card stock to a double sided adhesive sheet first. Easy peasy to place down on the card base using the coverplate as a guide. I die cut the Hip Hip Hooray from the Phrase Play line in Hawaiian Shores. The stripes look even better in real life. 

Next up is my card for the PTI Make It Monday this week which challenges us to customize our patterned paper. I definitely wanted to try this because I have SO MUCH patterned paper that I never use. I have a few of the PTI patterned paper packs but I NEVER use the big polka dot paper. Lizzie's idea to stamp randomly on the paper is brilliant.  It took me a while to find a good image that I liked and was the right size but I ended up loving this little flower from the Cup of Cheer set. 

Patterned paper is the from the soft stone collection. I stamped flowers in Enchanted Evening, Melon Berry, Aqua Mist, and Sweet Blush. Sentiment and die from Sentiment Splits. 

Last card for today is for the February One-Layer Simplicity challenge - FRIENDS. 

Sentiment is from PTI Choose Joy, flower from Flower Fusion, and "grounding" lines from Ombre Stripes. 

Whew, that's it for now. I'm really gonna stop crafting now and eat the frog. REALLY! :)

Have a great weekend! 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!