CASology #179 and some EXCITING news

Happy New Year friends! I had a great week off with the family - holidays with the extended family, spent time with old friends, playing lots of games, and saw Star Wars Force Awakens twice! So nice to have a break from work and shuttling between school and extra-curricular activities.  

I am happy to start off 2016 by sharing the exciting news that I am joining the CASology design team. Can you say......AHHHH! I've always loved this challenge and am amazed by what the design team comes up with each week. I'm humbled to be amongst this group of creative gals!

So for the first challenge of the year, the cue card is SIMPLE. Simple is the core of CAS. 

I made this card as soon as I had heard the news about joining the CASology team. I wanted to make a card that showed how excited I am to be a part of this team. 

My card is a simple one-layer card using white card stock. I stamped my champagne glass (from PTI Propose a Toast) in the bottom corner to preserve white space and used a simple but striking sentiment from Reverse Confetti. Champagne and bubbles stamped in Brilliance Galaxy Gold for a hint of shimmer. 

For more inspiration on this week's Cue word SIMPLE, please visit the other DT 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:  Rachel

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week! 

Loving the Wet Paint

Hello again - 

Wanted to share two cards I made with the Wet Paint sets. LOVE them! 

First card I stamped the Congrats sentiment in black repeatedly along the side and then stamped it again in different colors slightly offset.  I think there was a PTI Make It Monday a while ago which highlighted this technique. The colors were inspired by this week's ColourQ palette. 

Next card uses the Celebrate Wet Paint sentiment as part of an anniversary card (CASology:ANNIVERSARY). 

I heat embossed both the sentiment and tilted bubbly champagne in gold. I added a strip pretty gold textured paper along the edge and then matted the whole thing on black card stock. Champagne glass is from Propose A Toast. 

That's all for me for now. Got a busy weekend - my 10 yr old is doing a kids triathlon tomorrow morning and of course, Father's Day is on Sunday.  Thanks for taking a peek! 

Cards for a Rainy Day

We're on Day 2 of rainy and clouds here in NJ which bad for outdoor activities but good for getting some crafty time in!  I have a few cards to share with you today. Cloudy outside so that doesn't make for getting good photos of them though.

First card is an anniversary card for my parents. Its a sweet and simple card using the champagne glass & sentiment from Propose A Toast.  Champagne is stamped with Brilliance Gold. The gold mat is cut from gorgeous gold textured paper I found at Michaels. Entering this into CASology:ANNIVERSARY challenge. 

Next card uses this week's colors at ColourMe....Striking. I was inspired by THIS  gorgeous card by Nichole Heady. Sentiment is from Birds & Blooms.  Flowers from Ruby Reprise and Ruby Rose. I added a black enamel dots and used foam squares to lift the panel off the card base. 

For this third card I stamped a circular frame from Happy Hydrangea in a rainbow of colors to go along with this sentiment from Reverse Confetti Dream in Color.  Inspired by the One Layer Simplicity - I've Been Framed Challenge. 

This last card is for a little girl's birthday this weekend. Turns out the gift bag I have for her gift has the same colors in it as this week's ColourQ challenge! So of course I had to make a little card to go along with it. 

I clear embossed balloons from Balloon Bash onto white card base. I added layered 3 die cuts for impact and added the sentiment from Big Birthday Wishes on a banner.  I photographed the card on black background for contrast so you can hopefully see the shimmer of the embossed balloon background. 

Wishing you a wonderful sunny weekend! Thanks for stopping by!