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. 

CASology #194 Mom

Happy Tuesday friends! We have a fun challenge at CASology this week. Perfect timing for MOM since Mother's Day is coming up next month. 

For my card, I used the MOM Subway Art builders stamp set from this week's CASology Sponsor: STAMPlorations. Be sure to check their fabulous store out - lots of fun stamps and stencils! 

I die cut Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangle out of white cardstock and stamped the MOM Subway Art #3 set in PTI soft stone ink. I also stamped it on a piece of PTI Harvest Gold cardstock as well. I used positioned the letters MOM (from PTI Polka Dot alphabet dies) on the center of both the white and gold stamped pieces and die cut the letters and then inlaid the yellow into the white cardstock panel. 

I matted the stitched rectangle on black and then added it to a Soft Stone cardbase. 

Be sure to check out the other MOM creations from our Design Team this week - they are surely going to inspire you to create something special for that special woman in your life! 

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:Shanna and our fabulous sponsor Serendipity Stamps. Thanks for stopping by! 

CASology #193 PINK

Happy Tuesday! Its time for a new CASology challenge.
This one is gonna have to tickled PINK! LOL.

Despite having three little girls, I rarely use pink in my crafting so I was very excited for this challenge. I wanted to use a few pinks - the more the better right? I cut the Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangles die three times using PTI Raspberry Fizz, Lovely Lady, and Hibiscus Burst. I stamped the simple sentiment from Keep It Simple series before cutting each rectangle into three. 

I pieced them all together so all three colors were represented making three different cards. Pretty easy really and the monochromatic colors pack a pretty punch. 

Be sure to check out the other PINK 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:Shanna and our fabulous sponsor Serendipity Stamps. 

Can't wait to check out your PINK creations this week. Thanks for stopping by. 

CASology #192 SPROUT

Happy Thursday friends! Time for a new CASology cue word. This week we are challenged with SPROUT. Perfect for this time of year here but also is a challenge.

For my SPROUT card, I used a branch stamp and sentiment from AMuse. I cut a rectangle stitched panel (Lil Inkers) and stamped the branch coming out from the one side. I added a few leaves in PTI New Leaf which is such a vibrant fresh green that reminds me of new growth. I blended in some Aqua Mist ink beneath the branch to mimic the sky and ground the brush on the panel. Card base is Aqua Mist as well. 

Can't wait to see how you interpret SPROUT this week! Be sure to check out where my fabulous teammates took SPROUT this week. And shout out to this week's sponsor So Suzy Stamps! 

Ardyth Percy-Robb

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

Thanks for stopping by!

ColourQ Duo

Happy Saturday! Sharing two cards inspired by the gorgeous ColourQ palette this week.

I used the tiny dotted lines stamp from PTI Ombre Builders to stamp a background which I matted with black to make the colors stand out. I added the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp in black and added a few coordinating enamel dots to the panel as if they were cascading down. 

My second card was for last week's ColourQ challenge which I completely forgot to post. I had left the card on my craft table and completely forgot about it! Totally late for the challenge but loved the result so much I wanted to share it. 

I used PTI Friendly Flowers stamped on kraft cardstock and sentiment from PTI Thank You Kindly. Before I adhered the stamped panel on the card base with foam tape, I wrapped some red jute string around for texture. 

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

CASology #191 WASHI

Happy Tuesday! We have a fun one for you at CASology this week! WASHI! We all probably have more WASHI than we will ever use or even care to admit to having. I have tons of it but have been using it more often in my everyday note taking, list making, and bullet journaling. 

For my card I created a striped butterfly out of washi. As pictured below, I created the striped pattern by alternating gold and silver washi tape on a scrap piece of card stock and then die cut the butterfly out of it. I also used washi tape for the PTI Swoosh sentiment as well. Before adhering the butterfly and sentiment, I scored part of the card base on a diagonal to line up with the washi tape lines in the butterfly. Scoring adds interest while preserving white space. Check out Laurie's PTI Make It Monday video this week for great ideas on using score lines for additional detail and texture! She always uses score lines on her CAS projects in such interesting ways. 

Check out the rest of the DT interpretations of WASHI for more ideas on how to use up your washi stash. Can't wait to see what you come up with! Have a good week!

Ardyth Percy-Robb

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

PTI March 2016 Blog Hop

Its the 25th which means it time for the PTI Blog Hop! We had some fabulous images to draw from this month. I was drawn to this one for the color and design. 

For my card I used Soft Stone as my card base. I heat embossed flowers from Stitches and Swirls and added color using my newly acquired Sold Stitches & Swirls. Sentiment is from Reason to Smile which has a hint of stitching in it. I stamped the SMILE in white ink first and then stamped it slightly offset in Enchanted Evening. 

Off to check out what everyone created! Thanks for popping in! 

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!