CASology #267 BIG

Hello friends! Get ready for a BIG week at CASology!

I went BIG two ways with my card while trying to keep it clean and simple. I stamped the large flower from Winnie & Walter in PTI Scarlet Jewel in the center of the white card base. I stamped the polka dot center in a lighter pink. I didn't color in the flower to keep it light and airy. 

After stamping I used the large PTI Big Basics: THANKS die in the middle of the flower. I adhered the die cut word with foam tape cut from the same die and placed it back in the flower. A little dimension and subtle interest. 

Come see all the BIG things the DT created this week - 

Anna Uhras 
Deidre Payne
Hannelie Bester
Jacquie Southas
Janet Ribet 
Jen Wills
Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino
Kymona Tracey
Melissa Chipperfield
Rachel Bergfeld

Guest Designer:  SundayStamper

Sponsor:  STAMPlorations

Can't wait to see what you come up with....remember go BIG or go home! Have a great week. Thanks for popping in! 

CASology #258 DIAMOND

Happy Tuesday friends! We've got a fabulous CASology challenge this week...DIAMOND! 

I made an almost one-layer card for my DIAMOND-inspired creation this week. As I was searching through my stash for diamonds, I remembered the fabulous Do You See What I See stamp from Winnie & Walter. What do you see in its pattern? I saw the diamond shape and knew I wanted to create something with it. And what goes so well with diamonds? Platnium! I heat embossed the pattern off center with silver toned heat embossing powder and inked a monochromatic pink color scheme inside.  I topped it with a silver heat embossed label sentiment from Altenew which I adhered with foam tape. 

Close up of the pattern...

Who doesn't love diamonds in card making?? Whether it be the geometric shape or the precious stone, DIAMOND is a great jump start for a CAS card. Check out how the rest of the DT was inspired:

Anna Uhras 
Deidre Payne
Hannelie Bester
Jacquie Southas
Janet Ribet 
Jen Wills
Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino
Kymona Tracey
Melissa Chipperfield
Rachel Bergfeld

Guest Designer:  Lana

Sponsor:  STAMPlorations

And be sure to stop by next week for an exciting week at CASology - our 5th Anniversary Blog Hop! 

So honored to be a part of the team and can't wait for you to see all the fun planned for the celebrations. 

Have a good week. Thanks for stopping by! 

PTI July 2016 Blog Hop

Wow, can't believe its the 25th already! Lots of creative stuff going on this July. For this month's challenge Blog Hop, we had the picture below. Gorgeous room huh? 

I was inspired by the wall and the pillows most and created this: 

I have a Winnie and Walter background stamp that reminded me of the wall in the photo so I stamped it several times askew on the card panel with PTI Soft Stone ink. I stamped and die cut a large flower from PTI Friendly Flowers in Berry Sorbet. For the leaves, I die cut out of Aqua Mist and stamped in Blueberry Sky to resemble the pretty flowers on the pillow. Sentiment is from PTI Mega Mixed Messages.  Love how this turned out. 

Can't wait to see how everyone has interpreted this photo! Thanks for stopping by! 

Two on Thursday

Hello -

Things have been so crazy lately I've had very little time in my craft room. But I did get to play around yesterday afternoon to make two cards for two challenges I don't get to participate in very often.

First card is for the Fusion Card Challenge this week. I was inspired by the primary colors in the photo to make a card for the upcoming teacher appreciate week in May.

I used the pencil stamps from PTI Teach & Inspire to create the diagonal design on the card. Sentiment from Thanks All Ways. Think this will be perfect for my daughter's male teacher. 

Second card is inspired by the colorful rainbow at the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge this week.

I heat embossed the Winnie and Walter 'Do You See What I See' stamp in white and blended a rainbow of TH Distress Inks onto the panel. I matted the panel on black cardstock to make it pop before putting on white cardbase. Added a nest of white thread underneath the sentiment from Altenew Label Love. 

Easter weekend is kicking off here. No school or work tomorrow and my brother, sister in law and two kids are coming to visit from NC for a long weekend. For those of you who celebrate, Happy Easter and if you don't, have a wonderful weekend! Thanks for popping in!

Loving The Aquas

I recently just created a Pinterest board for all my card creations (check out my Pinterest link on the right) and realized that I often create with colors in the aqua family.....think Papertrey colors Aqua Mist, Tropical Teal, Hawaiian Shores. Reminds me of the ocean and the sky. So versatile - can be happy or toned down when paired with certain other colors. These colors make me happy.

So when the Papertrey anniversary bash kicked off with a color challenge, in's no surprise that the palette I was drawn to the most was Amy's gorgeous combination -

The aquas look fabulous with various shades of grey. Plus this color palette used the two new Papertrey colors that I have not yet had a chance to play with. So here's what I came up with - 

I just got Stitches & Swirls which is stamped in Smokey Sea, Tropical Teal and Aqua Mist. Panel put on a card base of Smokey Shadow. I stamped the sentiment in Smokey Shadow on a strip of Mint Julep matted on Smokey Sea. Sentiment strip was adhered with foam tape. 

I continued the design on the inside with a sentiment fro Healing Touch. 

Got another card to share using the aquas inspired by the Pinterest Inspired Challenge this month - 

I used the Winnie & Walter 'Do You See What I See' stamp again but this time heat embossed it in white on an angle. I inked the background with Tim Holtz Crushed Olive, Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers and Squeezed Lemonade. 

I added a nest of white thread under the sentiment from Altenew Label Love. Panel added to a Hawaiian Shores card base. 

Now that I am more conscious that I use these colors so often, I'm going to TRY to use other color families....let's see how well that turns out! :)

Enjoy the weekend! Thanks for popping in! 

Two for Thursday

Hello friends -

I was very intrigued by the new Pinterest Inspired Challenge this month. Love the colors and graphic feel of this inspiration photo:

I used the awesome 'Do You See What I See' stamp from Winnie and Walter and heat embossed it in black on white card stock. I applied several Tim Holtz distress inks (Weathered Wood, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers, Crushed Olive, & Salty Ocean) to the embossed panel. Looks really cool in real life but I wasn't sure what to do with it as a whole piece. 

So I die cut several vases out of it to make this:

I clustered the three vases (PTI Mega Vases) on one side and heat embossed a simple sentiment from the PTI Keep It Simple line. I adhered one flat and then the other two with different thickness foam tape for dimension. 

Second card I'm sharing today uses the supercool Balloon Strings stamp from My Favorite Things which I stamped on half of the card. I scattered various hearts cut out of Bazzill card stock on the strings. Sentiment from Mama Elephant.  Colors inspired by the ColourQ challenge this week. Hardest part of this challenge was using the two different red tones. Think it worked out well here. 

Hope you are having a great week! Snow is almost all melted here and temps now in the 50s. But guess what's expected tonight....more snow! 

Thanks for popping in! 

CAS(E) This Sketch & ColourQ

Wanted to post two cards before I get the kids off to school. This first card is for the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge which ends shortly.

I used PTI Brushed Off in Enchanted Evening, Blueberry Sky, and Spring Rain. 

Second card is for the ColourQ challenge this week. I heat embossed the large bloom, flower center and leaf from Winnie and Walter. I sponged PTI Winter Wisteria ink on the large bloom and Simply Chartreuse on the leaf. 

Gotta run! Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day! 

Big Bloom

So got to playing around with the new Winnie & Walter - Simon Says Stamp collaboration set Big Bloom that I got during the SSS Stamptember celebration and can already see this will become one of my favorite sets. It goes so well with gold embossing powder.

First is a card which inspired by the Pinterest Inspired Challenge this month. Love this mix of colors.

For my card I heat embossed the big bloom on watercolor paper and used watercolor to paint in the petals. Sentiment from Mama Elephant heat embossed in gold as well.

My second card pairs the gold embossing with deep purple. Love how regal it looks. I used a different center for the big bloom. 

Also linking to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Thanksgiving challenge as well as the One Layer Simplicity Gratitude challenge. 

That's it for me. Thanks for stopping by!