CASology #232 CUT

Happy Tuesday! Time for a new CASology challenge this week. There are LOTS of ways to go with this week's word CUT.

For my card, I used this AWESOME word die from STAMPlorations. Its a great brush lettering style font and cuts like butter. 

I wanted to make the die cut as the focal point so I cut the word out in 5 different complimentary colors and glued them together slightly offset. 

I adhered the colorful layered diecut on the middle of a piece of white cardstock embossed with funky stitches. The rest of the sentiment is from PTI Big Birthday wishes set which I cut up so I could use awesome instead of the word amazing that was part of the stamp. Adhered the panel on a Dark Indigo card base. Dark Indigo is the bottom layer of my awesome die cut stack. Love how it turned out! I am so in need of masculine birthday cards for my stash. 

Be sure to check out where the rest of the team took CUT 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:  Anita

Sponsor:  STAMPlorations

Don't forget to check out our sponsor STAMPlorations this week for their amazing dies and keep your entry clean and simple for a chance to win the prize! Thanks for popping in! 

CASology #212 FUN

Happy Tuesday everyone! It's time for a little FUN at CASology this week! Well for me, its always fun but its especially fun this week.

For me, I have fun shopping BY MYSELF. No one pulling me in different directions or complaining about how long I take at a store. I love my girls but shopping is most fun alone. Love finding a good deal on a fabulous new handbag (my guilty pleasure second to crafting supplies!) or a cute pair of shoes! 

I had so much fun making my card.  I stamped a bunch of colorful heels from the STAMPlorations A Girl & Her Shoes set on a smaller piece of white cardstock already framed with the Wonky Stitches die. Sentiment from the same set in black to keep it simple. I adhered the stamped piece with foam tape so it stands up a little on the white card base. Love the white on white background while the foam tape and stitched frame keep things interesting. 

Loads of ways to interpret this word so bust out your favorite fun stamps and get creating! Just remember to keep it clean and simple and have fun! And check out the FUN creations from 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:  Cat

and our fabulous sponsor this week:

Sponsor:  Waffle Flower

Look forward to seeing what you come up with in the gallery. Thanks for stopping by! 

CASology #203 - Congratulations

Happy Tuesday! June is a big month of many weddings and graduations. So its perfect time for our  challenge at CASology this week - 

For my card I used a fabulous set called A Girl and Her Shoes from this week's sponsor STAMPlorations to create a graduation card for a close family friend who LOVES shoes. 

I dry embossed part of the PTI Wine Bottle tag die onto the bottom of my card base. Within the embossed tag area, I stamped the silhouette of the shoe in PTI Soft Stone and the quote in PTI Smokey Shadow. Love this quote! 

I stamped the shoe again on the inside and the sentiment on top. 

So be sure to check out the rest of the DT's take on CONGRATULATIONS:

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 this week Guest Designer:  Angela

Can't wait to see what you come up with for CONGRATULATIONS this week and don't forget to keep it clean and simple with plenty of white space. 

Thanks for popping in! 

CASology #198 STENCIL

This week's new CASology challenge is STENCIL and its a fun one to play along with because there are SO many stencil options around now. Check out the wide variety of stencils available at this week's sponsor STAMPlorations. 

For my card I used the STAMPlorations Happy Flowers stencil with embossing paste. I mixed Wendy Vecchi translucent embossing paste with Sparkle N Sprinkle Microfine Glitter in Teal Velveteen and Blue Raven Opaque Glitter (two separate batches). I used an art spatula to put the teal glitter paste on the flower portions of the stencil and the blue Raven on the stem parts. The result is a beautiful textured glitter and was super easy to create. The open areas of this particular stencil kept the design CAS. 

Hardest part was waiting for it to dry thoroughly before adding to my card base with the embossed sentiment banner. Don't let texture paste intimidate you. Mixing it with embossing powders or glitters as well as ink refills opens up a variety of color choices for your stencils. 

Check out the DT's takes on STENCIL. Look forward to seeing your creations! 

Ardyth Percy-Robb

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

Tracey McNeely

Have a good week! Thanks for stopping by!