CASology #211 DREAM

Can't believe its mid-August already. The summer is really flying by! And of course, its Tuesday and time for another CASology challenge! This week its DREAM.

Dreams immediately conjure up sky and cloud images for me so I used clouds as a backdrop for this great quote from PTI Building Blocks set.  For my clouds, I used Wendy Vecchi white embossing paste mixed with Ranger embossing glitter in Bridal Tinsel with the Memory Box clouds stencil. 

Glittered texture looks so pretty in real life. Here's a closeup - 

So what will DREAMS inspire you to create? And before you create, check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the 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

Sponsor:  STAMPlorations

Thanks for popping in! 

CASology #210 DIZZY

Happy Tuesday crafty friends! Tuesday means a new CASology challenge and we have a fun one today. DIZZY! Hmm....what can we create with this one?

My first thought when I saw DIZZY was being forgetful or out-of-mind. And what happens when you are forgetful? You need to apologize....and so the idea for my card. 

I love PTI's Royal Velvet color for serious cards. I heat embossed three feathers from PTI Feather Finery in gorgeous gold along the center of the card, keeping plenty of white space along the margins. Small sentiment is also embossed.

Check out what the rest of the DT came up with for DIZZY: 

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:  Amy

Sponsor:  Uniko Studio

Also entering this into this week's CAS(E) This Sketch challenge. 

Can't wait to see how DIZZY inspires your card making this week! Don't forget to keep it CAS! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

New to Splatters

So here's my story of my splattered card.... 

I was so taken by the pretty colors at ColourQ this week that I had to make a second card. For my card, I stamped various flowers from MFT Sketched Blooms along the bottom of a white card panel in PTI Enchanted Evening, Melon Berry, Sweet Blush, and used New Leaf to color in the petals. I nestled the sentiment from But somehow I ended up with two little black ink dots unintentionally. Hmmmm, what to do? 

I had already stamped these blooms several times and this was the first one that had no stamping smudges on the flowers (this is what happens to me when I craft until 2am!). In the past I've tried using white gel pen to correct stray ink but have never been completely successful with this correction technique. Then I remembered Lizzie Jones' Mastering Drips and Splatters video from last week's Stamp-A-Faire at PTI. The stray ink spots looked like ink splatters so I thought I should add a few more to make it look more artsy and intentional. 

So I created some extra splatters using black watercolor paint and a touch of water using Lizzie's techniques in the video. My problem is that my splatters ended up in the one place I did not want - ON my sentiment. UGH! 

Oh well. I still love how it looks overall but that one splatter on the S is killing me! :) 

I finished the card off with a strip of Melon Berry striped paper on the bottom of the stamped panel to ground the flowers before adding it to the Enchanted Evening card base. 

I'm glad I tried the splatter technique which is so out of my comfort zone and will definitely try again!  So glad PTI gave us an opportunity to try and share our Masters Inspired creations for this SAF remix.  Thanks for popping in! Have a great weekend. 

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ColourQ #353

Sharing a card I made with the pretty color combo at ColourQ this week. For some reason I am always drawn to color combos that have some blue in it... 

My card features a cluster of arrows around the TY sentiment, all from PTI Live Love Life. I used the Tipped Tops dies to add some interest to the two panels on the pink card base. 

Finished another card with this color combo and will post soon. Thanks for stopping by! 

CASology #209 - Watercolor

Happy Tuesday! We have a fun new challenge for you at CASology this week - WATERCOLOR. 

This one promises to be a lot of fun.

For my card, I heat embossed the word HUGS in white on white watercolor paper. I smeared a few ink colors (PTI's Amethyst Allure, Lovely Lady, Enchanted Evening, and Blueberry Sky) on a craft mat and added water to each to use them as my palette for the simple diagonal swooshes I painted over the embossed HUGS.  After it was dry, I added the rest of the sentiment above and below the HUGS. 

I layered the watercolored panel with black mat before adhering to the Amethyst Allure card base. 

Check out the ways WATERCOLOR influenced the rest of the DT: 

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:  Anita

Remember to keep it clean and simple and you can win a prize from our 

Sponsor:  Craft Classes Online

Can't wait to see what you come up with! 

CASology #208 JOURNEY

Happy Tuesday! New CASology cue is up. It's mid summer so everyone's mind is on vacations, getaways, and perhaps a JOURNEY?

My take on JOURNEY uses the map stamp from PTI Destination set. I heat embossed the map in white and blended Enchanted Evening ink on top and cute the circle out. I also cut a piece of Spring Rain cardstock and embossed the edge with a stitch die and adhered to a portion of the Enchanted Evening cardstock base. I added the map in one corner using foam tape and stamped the sentiment underneath. I love blue and the monochromatic blue color scheme keeps it all peacefully CAS. 

Can't wait until you see all the fabulous JOURNEY cards the DT created! 

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:  Barb

You have until next Monday at Noon (EST) to link up for a prize from this week's sponsor, Rubber Dance Stamps

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week! 

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! 

Masters Stamp-A-Faire #2

OK so let's just say that the Masters Stamp-A-Faire pushed me out of my comfort zone....

First card was inspired by Amy's Starry Night project. Here's the inspiration piece: 

Here's my take....I LOVE how it turned out even though it took me three tries to make a decent inked background that was usable. Think I'll try this technique again but stamp a nativity scene on the horizon. 

My second card was using Kay's Watercolor Like A Master tutorial. This too was my third attempt and while I'm comfortable enough for posting, I want to try again to make it better. I changed up the colors from Kay's example and I don't like the way the two inks Lavender Moon and Royal Velvet blended. Maybe too much contrast in the two colors. Also I realized afterward that Kay pulled additional color in between the flowers using the colors of the flowers. I used the colors of the leaves in between. Perhaps it would have looked better with more purple and pink in between. 

Will definitely try these both again. It was fun to get my fingers and craft space all messy....for one night. Not sure if this could ever be my regular thing though but I loved trying something new. 

Hopefully I'll get some time to try the other projects today but got some things going on with the kids. Thanks for popping in!