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 #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.