CASology #247 FLOW

Happy Tuesday friends! This week's CASology word is FLOW.

So what does that mean to you? All I can think about is 'going with the FLOW' when it comes to my birthday next week. 45 years old...sigh.  Seemed the perfect time to use this sentiment from from the new PTI Offbeat Birthday set. I stamped a row of candles from Make A Wish along the bottom of a rectangle in a few soft pastel colors. I matted it on a stitched rectangle mat of Mint Julep and centered that on a Winter Wisteria card base.

Check out how the DT is inspired by FLOW this week...

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

Guest Designer: Sundaystamper

and be sure to keep things clean and simple for a chance to win a prize from our fabulous Sponsor:  Altenew

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

CASology #226 CANDLE

Hi friends! Tuesday is here and its time for a new CASology challenge.

I love LOTS of candles on a cake. It screams celebration to me. For my card I stamped a colorful row of candles (PTI Make A Wish) along the bottom of the card. Didn't line them up straight but gave them more of a scattered look. On top of the candles, I stamped the Think Big Sentiment. All of the stamped elements are in the lower third of the card which preserves white space and keeps it simple even though a used a rainbow of colors. 

Come see how CANDLE has inspired the Design Team this week. Some of them will be featuring some images from this week's fabulous prize sponsor Kitty Bee Designs. 

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:  Rachel

 Sponsor:  Kitty Bee Designs

Have a good week! Thanks for popping in! 

Three for Tuesday

Hi friends! Lots of fun stuff going on with Papertrey's anniversary bash this week. 

My first card is for the clothing inspiration challenge from Day 2. I'm currently searching for a gown for a formal event I'm attending in a couple of months. Pinterest and online stores are a rabbit hole that's hard to climb out of. I was inspired to make a card by this dress from a favorite designer of mine - Monique Lhuillier. Of course, none of her dresses are within my budget but they are wonderful to look at! 

I used Stitches and Swirls in Hawaiian shores on Harvest Gold card stock to mimic the design of the dress. A few enamel dots topped it off. 

Second card here is for the Day 3 Grab and Craft challenge. Challenge was to make a card using items grabbed in 5 minutes. Surprising 5 minutes is long enough to be more methodically about what I picked. I grabbed my favorite go-to inks - Simply Chartreuse, Raspberry Fizz, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold in black. I picked a stamp set from my NBUS bin - the SAF 2014 Joy set - as well as a a scrap piece of black paper and an Aqua Mist half sheet. 

Last card to share today is inspired by this week's CAS(E) This Sketch challenge. 

I used birthday candles for the 3 strips along with a large sentiment collage from PTI In The Bag. I also scattered some stars along the bottom of the cluster to coordinate the stars in the sentiment. 

That's it for me today. Now off to work on crunching some numbers for taxes....ugh. Hope you are having a great week. Thanks for stopping by! 

ColourQ #317

Good morning! Quick card to share before I head off to the supermarket. (AHH! I know, week of Thanksgiving. Scary!)

This birthday card is inspired by the ColourQ challenge this week which featured a bright collection of colors. I stamped the candles along the bottom and cut the panel to allow a strip of Aqua Mist card stock to peek through. Big bold sentiment is from Mama Elephant.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving my friends! I am thankful for your friendship and for this hobby we all share and love so much. xo

Colour Me......Playful! #39

Happy Wednesday! Time for a new Colour Me......Playful! challenge this week and its a really fabulous color combination!

I'm in desperate need of birthday tags for wine gifts so thought this color combination would be perfect for this. I used the wine bottle tag die which I die cut in white and also die cut the top portion in Tropical Teal which I adhered to the top to make it more sturdy. 

I stamped dotted lines in Harvest Gold across the tag and stamped a few candles from Wishes Come True in Pure Poppy and Orange Zest. Sentiment from Keep It Simple Birthday stamped in Tropical Teal. 

I hope you will play along at Colour Me this week. The Colour Me...! team has made some fabulous cards for your inspiration this week so head on over their blogs and check them out.

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

And our featured designer for September......
Holly Endress

Can't wait to see what you come up with in the gallery! Thanks for taking time to visit.

Happy Birthday Darnell!!

Another Happy Birthday card to share....this one is for the fabulous Darnell. Darnell keeps this crafty world we all belong to happy, fun, and supportive and is always the first to chime in with encouraging words and has some of the funniest (& real!) craft blog posts out there. Happy Birthday Darnell! Hope this birthday week has been great!

You can check out Darnell's virtual birthday celebration on Ardyth's blog.

My card uses the Wishes Come True set featuring four brightly colored candles. I added a stitched border around the card base. Card design inspired by this week's CAS(E) This Sketch challenge.

Hope you are enjoying this great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!