CASology #272 CHERISH

Happy Tuesday! This week's CASology cue word CHERISH is great because focuses our attention on something we love.

My card is super simple this week...the hallmark of CAS. I used PTI Tipped Tops dies with patterned paper filled with little hearts and adhered it to a piece of coordinating card stock. I stamped the sentiment from MFT along the bottom and kept the space around the it empty - preserving the "white" space. 

Check out the creations of our CHERISHED Design Team! 

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

Sponsor:  So Suzy Stamps

Thanks for stopping by! 

CASology #270 ODD

Hello friends....We have a great, fun challenge this week at CASology. Hopefully you won't find it ODD and that you'll be inspired like I was for this challenge.

One of the classic design principles is to use ODD numbers of your elements. For some reason, things in odd numbers are more pleasing to the eye. In my card, I used 3 leaves (from MFT Geometric Greenery) and 3 enamel dots. I kept it modern by using only 3 colors - white, Lemon Tart, and Tropical Teal. I was so excited to use the new PTI To The Edgers die to create my pointed border. 

Check out what ODD creations our Design Team came up with.... and hopefully you'll be inspired to create something ODD as well! Can't wait to see what you come up with! 

Anna Uhras 

Deidre Payne

Hannelie Bester

Jacquie Southas

Janet Ribet 

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

Guest Designer:  Natasha

Sponsor:  Uniko Studio

CASology #264 SQUARE

Happy Tuesday! This week we've got a challenge that will prove its HIP to be SQUARE!

I used SQUARE two ways for this week's challenge. I made a square card and I used one of the square medallion shapes from PTI's vintage set Guide Lines. I tilted it so I could form a pattern and stamped it in a variety of complimentary green and blue colors. I only stamped 3 lines so I could preserve some white space on both sides of the design. Sentiment from MFT stamped in the darkest color. 

Be sure to check out how SQUARE has inspired the Design Team - 

Anna Uhras 

Deidre Payne

Hannelie Bester

Jacquie Southas

Janet Ribet 

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

Remember its hip to be SQUARE this week...can't wait to see what you create. Have a great week! Thanks for visiting. 

CASology #263 BUD

Hello friends - Hope you are having a great summer and have some time for some crafty fun.

This week's CASology cue word is BUD. My immediate thought was to flowers...specifically a single stem or bud of flowers. For my card I stamped a singly tulip in shades of purple and heat embossed the MFT sentiment across the bottom with WOW Wunderlust embossing powder which has a glittery finish. I dry embossed a stitched border around the card and added a few lavender sequins to finish. 

Check out what our DT did with BUD this week. 

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

Guest Designer:  Sunday Stamper 

Sponsor:  Kitty Bee Design

Hope you carve out some crafty time and join us this week at CASology. Thanks for stopping by! 

CASology 262: PRICKLY

Happy Tuesday! We have a fun but PRICKLY CASology challenge this week.

I went a bit off the grid with this challenge as I was brainstorming PRICKLY. In the world of exchanging cards, I find that growing older is a bit of a PRICKLY subject. I find as friends get older, they don't want to make a big deal of their birthday. Aging is a bit of a PRICKLY subject, the higher their age is.  Many don't even want to celebrate so I made a card that I could send to someone...not to make a big deal, just acknowledging their birthday in a small way. 

For my card, I die cut a bunch of numbers in various colors inspired by this week's MFT color challenge. I just got several variety packs of MFT cardstock and I'm in love with the vibrant colors and thickness. Sentiment is from PTI Offbeat Birthday which I embossed in white. 

What does PRICKLY mean to you?? Check out what the rest of the DT was inspired to create....

Anna Uhras 

Deidre Payne
Hannelie Bester
Jacquie Southas
Janet Ribet 
Jen Wills
Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino
Kymona Tracey
Melissa Chipperfield
Rachel Bergfeld
Guest Designer:  Amy R.

and be sure to keep your card clean and simple in order to be eligible for a prize from our fabulous 

Sponsor:  STAMPlorations

Thanks for popping in! Have a great week. 

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CASology #260 JUICY

Hello friends! What an exciting anniversary we had last week! We were blown away by the amount of visitors and comments to our blogs. Thanks so much for your sweet comments. And yes, I'm still in disbelief at meeting Rob Lowe! Glad to see I'm not the only fan! :) 

Back to our next challenge here at CASology! 

For my JUICY card, I was inspired to create something with strawberries that seem best when they are ripe and juicy. I used some a K&I pattern paper full of shimmer and strawberries. Patterned paper is a little tricky with a CAS design. You don't want to use too much otherwise it gets too busy. I used the angled MFT Basic Stitched Edge to use the paper in an interesting way.  I added the MFT sentiment on the angle. 

You can see the shimmer a little better here. 

Check out the other JUICY creations by the rest of the Design Team - 

Anna Uhras 

Deidre Payne

Hannelie Bester

Jacquie Southas

Janet Ribet 

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

Guest Designer:  Michele

Can't wait to see what you create! Thanks again for stopping by! 

CASology #256 PIZZA

Happy Tuesday friends....and to those in the US, Happy Independence Day! Usually 4th of July conjures up images of backyard BBQs, hot dogs, and burgers. But this week, we've got quite a challenge for you all this week at CASology - PIZZA!

I was inspired by the graphic equivalent of a pizza pie and slice of pizza. I used this fabulous extra large sentiment from MFT as my focal point. It was meant to reference a slice of birthday cake but I took some liberties here with my pizza connection! I cut a large circle out of PTI Tropical Teal cardstock and cut the 'slice of happiness' out of a colorful piece of MFT patterned paper. Quick and easy. 

Take a look at the fabulous PIZZA creations from the DT...

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

 Guest Designer: Maja

and keep your creation clean and simple to win a great prize from our sponsor this week....

Sponsor:  SugarPea Designs

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

CASology #252 INSECT

Happy Tuesday! We have a great cue word at CASology this week. It could be fun or potentially creepy depending on your point of view! I chose the majestic butterfly for my INSECT card this week. I used my favorite butterfly image from PTI Life is Beautiful set. 

After my butterfly was the my blocked inked with PTI Lilac Grace on top and Amethyst Allure on the bottom, I lightly spritzed it to give it a watercolor look when I stamped it on watercolor cardstock panel. I used MFT Wonky Stitches around the border. After completely dry, I heat embossed the MFT sentiment over the butterfly in gold. 

And since I had my Life is Beautiful stamps and dies already out, I decided to make another card with it. I cut solid butterfly out of PTI gold cardstock and then the coordinating butterfly with the detail out of speckled vellum and adhered on top of the gold one. I added 3 gold rhinestones on the butterfly body to cover up the foam tape I used. I heat embossed the dotted trail on the card base in gold (from PTI Super Stars) before adding the layered butterfly. I heat embossed the MFT sentiment within the trail.

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

 Guest Designer: Anna

So hope you've been inspired to create your own insect-inspired card...all insects welcome whether they are big and beautiful or big and creepy! Can't wait to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by! 

CASology #251 MEDICINE

Hello friends - Its Tuesday and it time for a new CASology challenge - MEDICINE.  Lots of ways to go with this but I wanted to make a card for someone in particular...someone who has been battling illness for a long time. Hoping that she find some comfort in my card and note.

I wanted to use one single flower from the MFT Doodled Blooms set which I embossed and die cut. I stamped the wavy lines from PTI Ombre Builders repeatedly to create a background for the die cut flower. I stamped the sentiment from MFT Essential Sentiments along the bottom and used foam tape for the bloom for added interest. 

Check out what the rest of the Design Team did with MEDICINE this week. 

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

Guest Designer: Gwendolyn

and be sure to check out our wonderful Sponsor: Serendipity Stamps this week. 

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

Happy Saturday!

Happy Saturday! Hope you are all having a great weekend! I've been playing with some new stuff so excited to share with you. I know how precious your weekend time is so I'll get right to it....

First card uses the PTI Beautiful Brushstrokes additions set. I wanted to mimic falling feathers along the side of the card. Sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Wishing set. Colors inspired by the challenge at The Heart Desires.

Next card is inspired by the CAS on Sunday challenge: HEARTS.  They celebrate their #100th challenge and this is the first time I'm playing. Actually only discovered this challenge this week. It uses a strip of hearts that was included in the Simon Says Stamp Wishing set. I stamped the heart rows in different lengths and nestled the sentiment from Clearly Besotted Stamps. 

And since it was still out on my desk, I used the brushed circles from PTI Beautiful Brushstrokes for my last card. Sentiment from MFT. Entering this into Darnell's NBUS challenge for these brushed circles. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

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CASology #225 SOFT

Hello friends! Thanksgiving is upon us in the US and I've got my sister and her family coming in for the weekend. LOTS of cooking happening this week! But before all that, there's a new CASology challenge that I hope you'll find time to play along with......  

I was inspired by SOFT to use some various purple felt scraps in my stash (from my daughter's various school and art projects). I die cut felt flowers using MFT Stitched Flowers dies and layered them. I dry embossed a stitched rectangular frame on an angle and used it to anchor the felt flowers. My "soft" sentiment is from Hero Arts.

Please check out what the rest of the Design Team created for SOFT and leave them some love for them on their blogs...

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: Nonni

and be sure to keep your creation clean and simple in order to be eligible for a prize from our fabulous sponsor this week: 

Sponsor:  Poppystamps

  

Can't wait to see what your inspired to make! Thanks for popping in!

It's Been A While....

....since I played along with the CAS(E) This Sketch and ColourQ. I found myself with some free time this week so was excited to create again using their inspiration.

For my CAS(E) This Sketch card, I used the Hero Arts Large Lotus stencil with my favorite colors - Limeade Ice, Aqua Mist, and Hawaiian Shores - along the top part of the card panel. I stamped the large sentiment from MFT and added some matching enamel dots. I added a strip of black at the top to anchor the design at the top of the card. 

Second card is inspired by this week's ColourQ palette. These colors are perfect for Halloween but I rarely use Halloween cards so I wanted to make another type of card. 

Since these colors are so bright and cheerful, I thought they'd be perfect for a birthday card. I stamped my bold sentiment from Mama Elephant in the center in black using my MISTI to get a nice dark image. Then I stamped various sunbursts from MFT around the sentiment. I matted the stamped panel with black and then adhered to the Amethyst Allure card base. I never would have put these colors together myself but love how it turned out. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

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CASology #220 COFFEE!!

So this might be my favorite CASology cue word ever.....COFFEE! I absolutely adore coffee. I probably couldn't survive life without it so I guess that makes me an addict. 

It starts my day off right...

And the joke in my house is that my girls don't talk to me until after I've had my first cup. They know better because anything I say before the first cup either doesn't make sense or won't be the answer they want. 

So now that you understand my love and need for coffee, I'll get to this week's crafty business! 

Believe it or not, this coffee addict doesn't have a lot of coffee related crafting supplies. But I do have a few recently acquired items I couldn't wait to use. 

For my card, I used the MFT Stitched Strip die to created stitched lines on a kraft panel. I die cut the Simon Says Stamp Coffee Cup die out of a scrap piece of My Minds Eye patterned paper and used the backside pink/red for the heart insert on the cup. Sentiment is from MFT Coffee sentiments set. 

Be sure to check out all the coffee creations by 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

Guest Designer:  Asa

and our 

Sponsor:  STAMPlorations

  

I know you are inspired to create your own COFFEE creation. Can't wait to see what you come up with! Thanks for popping in! 

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CASology # 217 CUTE

Hello friends! We've got a really CUTE challenge at CASology this week -

For my card, I used a very cute panda image from our sponsor this week Kitty Bee Designs. I printed this cute panda on white cardstock and used the Simon Says Stamp postage stamp dies to create a frame. I added a little turquoise die cut glittered heart in the panda's hand as well as the die cut MFT sentiment underneath the panda. 

Before adhering the finished panel to the black card base, I embossed a larger postage stamp frame on it. 

Check out the other CUTE creations from the DT:

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:  Diana

Can't wait to see your CUTE clean and simple designs...you may win this week's prize from our sponsor Kitty Bee Designs. 

Thanks for stopping by!