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! 

CASology #195 SPRINKLE

Happy Tuesday! We've got a fun one for you at CASology this week! 

I am in need of birthday cards. For my card I used this fabulous sentiment from the Papertrey Make It Market: Shakers + Sprinkles set. I stamped the Keep Calm... in the middle of a white card panel. I used the sprinkles stamp from PTI Enclosed:Cupcake and stamped a cluster of colorful sprinkles around the "Sprinkle On' portion of the sentiment. I use a stitched circles die to cut the sentiment out of the panel. I adhered main panel portion flat on a Blueberry Sky card base and then used foam tape to lift the stitched circle in its place. 

Be sure to check out the other Sprinkle creations from our 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

and our Guest Designer: Lisa

Can't wait to check out your SPRINKLE creations this week. Have fun with it.  Thanks for stopping by. 

Colour Me.....Plum!

Hi. Hope its warm where you are! Here in NJ, not so much. Still some snow on the ground and is a beautiful 20 degrees out. But sunny, so that's good.

Sharing a card I made for the Colour Me....Monochromatic! challenge this week which features a plum color. I've been working my way through Laura Bassen's Creative Color techniques class on Craftsy and she has inspired me to finally use the Tim Holtz ink blending tools I've had in my stash for ages. And now I think I'm addicted...

I blended Plum Pudding using a Studio Calico stencil. I didn't cover the whole thing, just wanted to create a subtle 'path' for my butterfly. 

And here's the card I made for the Craftsy class....

I was playing around with blending different inks together and decided to die cut the new Phrase Play out of the panel. Made the background from one of the Sparkle and Shine stars. 

Love how this turned out for my first time doing this type of thing. 

Hope you are having a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by! 

Colour Me.....Playful! #51

Happy Wednesday. Its time for a new Colour Me.....Playful! challenge  and this week we have a holiday inspired combination of green, red, and goldish brown. It has a more rustic traditional feel to it. You can of course,  create anything with these colors and add in neutrals such as black, gray, white, kraft, and vanilla.

I was inspired to use this colors for my cards and tags for my holiday gift giving this week. First up are two tags I made to accompany holiday candy bars. Make sure you look past the candy at the tags.... :) Yum right?!  

I used PTI Holiday Cheer stamps and various PTI tag dies to make them. I didn't have the right ink color so used matching paper instead. 

Next up are a bunch of quick cards I made for the girls to give to their Sunday School teachers this past weekend. 

For this first one I created a tone on tone background using a holly branch from Tremendous Treats Christmas and used the Lil Inkers diagonal die to highlight the sentiment from Wet Paint. 

This next three cards use the Sparkle and Shine dies and stamps along with the Holiday additions stamp. I wanted to make the most of the negative and positive parts of my die cuts. 

Well that's it for me this week! Hard to believe this is my last post at Colour Me....! as a DT member. Its been a great six months and this challenge has really pushed me to work fast and use some colors I never would have normally put together. I've met a great group of VERY talented ladies and am thankful to Hayley and Tara for this amazing opportunity! 

Now its your chance to play along with these holiday colors.....maybe make something not holiday themed? Now that's a big challenge! I tried to do that but as you can see my holiday to-do list was way too long. 

Be sure to check out what our design team has done with this color scheme.

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

Can't wait to see what you've made in the gallery! Remember you have TWO weeks this time to play along. 

Happy Holidays!!