CASology #227 SPACE

Hello friends! Its time for a CASology challenge - SPACE. When I think of space, I think of white space which is a key element of clean and simple design. I try to add interest to white space using tone on tone layering or stamping, dry embossing, or adding texture. My new favorite way of adding texture is to use embossing paste with a stencil. Don't be intimidated by embossing paste. Its relatively easy to use and once you get the hang of using it, you'll turn to it again and again! 

For my card I temporarily adhered one of the PTI Modern Background stencils to white cardstock base (using painters tape) and masked off the portion of the stencil that I did not want to use. I wanted to create a modern looking 'snowflake'. On a little painters palette, I mixed a spoonful of Wendy Vecchi translucent embossing paste with a bit of Ranger Perfect pearls (Perfect Pearl color) and applied it to the area of my stencil to create this cool design. 

Slowly remove the stencil off the card so the design doesn't get smudged and set aside to dry. I stamped a simple holiday greeting underneath because the stenciled design reminded me of a snowflake. 

The Perfect Pearls add a gorgeous sheen to the paste and it brings a subtle color while still preserving overall white space. 

Also playing along at Paper Players this week with my "snowflake" design. 

Be sure to check out the other takes on SPACE this week at CASology - so fun varied! 

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:  Jessica

Sponsor:  Pink & Main 

Hope you'll play along with this week for a chance to win a prize from Pink & Main. Be sure to check them out. Thanks for stopping by! 

OLS,ColourQ, & NBUS

March is here! That means there's a new One-Layer Simplicity challenge. This month's challenge is Let Green 'March' In which means we can only use shades of green and one neutral. 

I fought the temptation to use black ink on my card and used only green inks on my card. I blended a few different green inks (PTI Limeade Ice, New Leaf, and Simply Chartreuse) using one of the new PTI Modern Background stencils (which in case you are wondering are a perfect size and very durable).  I added two flowers and sentiment from the new BE set. Sentiment stamped in PTI Pinefeather. 

Also linking to Darnell's fabulous NBUS challenge since these are the new PTI goodies. 

I am LOVING the colors at ColourQ this week. Totally right up my alley as you know! :) 

I used one of the images from the PTI Enclosed Star set to stamp a pattern in Memento Teal Zeal & Blue Danube, Mama Elephant Smoke, and Avery Elle Aquamarine. Used my Misti to stamp the Wet Paint sentiment in black several times so it stood out against these bold colors. 

Hope you are having a great week! Thanks for popping in. 

CASology #186 DISTRESS

It's Tuesday again and it's time for a new CASology challenge - DISTRESS. 

For my take on DISTRESS, I decided to use distress inks which is my favorite thing to play with these days. It can be hard to keep distress inks clean and simple so I confined my design to one side of the card to preserve white space. I blended Tim Holtz distress inks in Mustard Seed and Wild Honey on half of the Clear Scraps Spiral stencil to create a sun. Color is darker toward the middle of the sun. Sentiment is from Hero Arts. 

There are so many ways to take DISTRESS and I can't wait to see what you guys do with it! There's a prize from our sponsor Lawn Fawn this week.

And be sure to check out what the fabulous DT members have created this week:

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:  Annie

Have a great week!

ColourQ, CAS(E), & Create With Us

Hi friends - 

Checking in with two colorful cards today. 

First one was inspired by one of Lizzie Jones' PTI release cards this month for the Create Along With Us challenge.  Her card featured colorful fun Peep-like bunnies. 

My card features a colorful row of ice cream cones from PTI Sweet As Can Be using the same colors Lizzie used. I split the panel and stamped the sentiment in the space. I used a Jennifer McGuire trick of using fun foam to lift the panel off the card base instead of strips of foam tape. I used fun foam in orange to compliment one of the ice cream cones. You may see the orange peeking out in the photo. Looks kinda whimsical in real life. 

Second card is inspired by both the ColourQ and CAS(E) This Sketch challenges this week. I blended the three different pinkish shades using a Dylusions Dyan Reaveley Stencil. Wet Paint sentiment is heat embossed in gold. 

Temps dropping in NJ this weekend! :( Stay warm! Thanks for popping in! 

Sunday Recap

Sharing a couple of projects I created today while catching up on some shows. It was 14 degrees outside today and WAY too cold to go anywhere. First up is a wine bottle tag inspired by the Tag You're It! inspiration from Donna Mikasa. 

I cut a wine bottle tag out of black card stock and layered a smaller white tag on top. On the white tag I stamped these colorful medallions (from Round Repeats) and layered a die cut sentiment (Wonderful Words Thank You cut in two) on top.

For the next project, I created a one layer card. Card design inspired by CAS(E) This Sketch challenge. I used my new Clear Scraps Spiral stencil on the bottom corner and blended Summer Sunrise ink starting dark in the corner and working my way out. I'm getting the hang of blending inks now and love the effect.  I added a hot air balloon from Up, Up, and Away and colored it with Copics. 

Entering this into this month's One-Layer Simplicity challenge. 

Hope you are enjoying the long weekend! Thanks for stopping by!