Tuesday, May 17, 2016

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! 



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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

CASology #197 TEAR

Happy Tuesday crafty friends! Its time for a new CASology cue word - TEAR. My favorite part about the CASology challenge is that there are usually a few ways to interpret the cur word and that's all part of the fun! 


I chose to use this definition of TEAR:

noun: tear; plural noun: tears
1.a hole or split in something caused by it having been pulled apart forcefully.
synonyms: rip, hole, split, slash, slit; snag
"a tear in her dress"

To create my Thank You card I made a circular tear in a paper towel and used it as a mask. Saw this technique done online a while ago and been wanting to try for a while. 




I used an ink blending tool on the paper towel mask with PTI Bright Buttercup ink to create a rough background for the sentiment from PTI Choose Joy. 



I added a stitched embossed border around the white card front and of course a few yellow enamel dots. 

Take a look at all of the TEAR inspirations by the design teams - so many different CAS interpretations! 

Tracey McNeely
Guest Designer:  Marilyn
and stop by this week's Sponsor: Right at Home 

Can't wait to see what you come up with this week! Thanks for popping by! 
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

CASology #196 MOVE

Hello! Hope you are having a great week! Tuesday means we have a new CASology challenge. This week its MOVE.


I chose to make a Congratulations on your New Home card. I used a wooden stamp from Hero Arts that features a row of six houses. I inked each one separately and spritzed the stamp lightly with water before stamping it on watercolor paper. Sentiment is from PTI Keep It Simple Congratulations.


There are lots of fun ways to interpret this as you'll see with the design team creations....
 Sponsor:  Cindy B Designs
Guest Designer:  Janet
Can't wait to see what you come up with. Thanks for stopping by! 
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

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:
and our Guest Designer: Lisa

Can't wait to check out your SPRINKLE creations this week. Have fun with it.  Thanks for stopping by. 
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

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! 


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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

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:
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. 
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

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! 

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Saturday, April 2, 2016

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! 
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