CASology #221 CURE

Hi friends! Its Tuesday and time for a new CASology challenge.

Cards are our way of spreading happiness, cheer, encouragement, and strength. Its like our own way of providing a CURE for whatever our loved one is going through.

For my card, I used the Wonky Stitches die to cut a panel and stamped the word Hugs repeatedly down the middle in PTI Lovely Lady. I added the additional sentiment in black and adhered it to a Lovely Lady card base. Keeping everything in the same color keeps it CAS. 

Check out what the rest of the DT has created to inspire you....Can't wait to see what you come up with! 

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:  Petra

Sponsor:  Birch Press Design

Thanks for stopping by! 

Curtain Call Glittery Gourds

Haven't played along with the Curtain Call challenge in a LONG time but found myself with some extra craft time this week. So excited I could create something inspired by these gorgeous golden glittery pumpkins!

For my card I used PTI Gold Foil Bitty Dot paper as my base. The paper already has a gold rim in the middle so I added a butterfly die cut out of PTI Gold adhesive paper and a small sympathy sentiment.
The gold looks gorgeous and elegant in real life.

Thanks so much for popping in! 

It's Been A While....

....since I played along with the CAS(E) This Sketch and ColourQ. I found myself with some free time this week so was excited to create again using their inspiration.

For my CAS(E) This Sketch card, I used the Hero Arts Large Lotus stencil with my favorite colors - Limeade Ice, Aqua Mist, and Hawaiian Shores - along the top part of the card panel. I stamped the large sentiment from MFT and added some matching enamel dots. I added a strip of black at the top to anchor the design at the top of the card. 

Second card is inspired by this week's ColourQ palette. These colors are perfect for Halloween but I rarely use Halloween cards so I wanted to make another type of card. 

Since these colors are so bright and cheerful, I thought they'd be perfect for a birthday card. I stamped my bold sentiment from Mama Elephant in the center in black using my MISTI to get a nice dark image. Then I stamped various sunbursts from MFT around the sentiment. I matted the stamped panel with black and then adhered to the Amethyst Allure card base. I never would have put these colors together myself but love how it turned out. 

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CASology #220 COFFEE!!

So this might be my favorite CASology cue word ever.....COFFEE! I absolutely adore coffee. I probably couldn't survive life without it so I guess that makes me an addict. 

It starts my day off right...

And the joke in my house is that my girls don't talk to me until after I've had my first cup. They know better because anything I say before the first cup either doesn't make sense or won't be the answer they want. 

So now that you understand my love and need for coffee, I'll get to this week's crafty business! 

Believe it or not, this coffee addict doesn't have a lot of coffee related crafting supplies. But I do have a few recently acquired items I couldn't wait to use. 

For my card, I used the MFT Stitched Strip die to created stitched lines on a kraft panel. I die cut the Simon Says Stamp Coffee Cup die out of a scrap piece of My Minds Eye patterned paper and used the backside pink/red for the heart insert on the cup. Sentiment is from MFT Coffee sentiments set. 

Be sure to check out all the coffee creations by 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

Guest Designer:  Asa

and our 

Sponsor:  STAMPlorations

  

I know you are inspired to create your own COFFEE creation. Can't wait to see what you come up with! Thanks for popping in! 

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CASology # 219 SPOOKY

Hello craft friends. Its October which means Halloween is right around the corner. To get us in the mood, we have a fun CASology cue word this week:

I don't really make Halloween cards so I didn't have appropriate stamps in my stash for this challenge. So what did I do? I created my card using Halloween themed scrapbook paper from Echo Park. It was a monochromatic green piece with cool spider webs and a few hanging spiders. Definitely more cute than spooky but I have friends who are deathly afraid of spiders who would disagree with the word cute! 

I cut out a portion using my wacky stitched border die. I took the Happy Halloween from another piece of paper from the same collection and added it between the falling spiders. 

Patterned paper for cards could definitely be CAS if colors are kept to a minimum and very little embellishments are used. 

Check out the other creations from our Design Team: 

Ardyth Percy-Robb

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

Sponsor:  Serendipity Stamps

Guest Designer:  Isabelle

Thanks for stopping by! Can't wait to see your SPOOKY creations!

CASology # 217 CUTE

Hello friends! We've got a really CUTE challenge at CASology this week -

For my card, I used a very cute panda image from our sponsor this week Kitty Bee Designs. I printed this cute panda on white cardstock and used the Simon Says Stamp postage stamp dies to create a frame. I added a little turquoise die cut glittered heart in the panda's hand as well as the die cut MFT sentiment underneath the panda. 

Before adhering the finished panel to the black card base, I embossed a larger postage stamp frame on it. 

Check out the other CUTE creations from 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

and our 

Guest Designer:  Diana

Can't wait to see your CUTE clean and simple designs...you may win this week's prize from our sponsor Kitty Bee Designs. 

Thanks for stopping by!

CASology #216 FRAME

Hello friends! We have a new CASology cue that I had a lot of fun with....

For my card I die cut several of the PTI Framed Out die in Soft Stone cardstock. I arranged the die cuts in a pattern on soft stone cardbase for a tone-on-tone look (one of my favorite CAS go-to techniques!). I stamped the sympathy sentiment from PTI Fillable Frames on the inside of one of the diecuts and adhered it inside the bottom frame. A few scattered putty colored enamel dots in each frame finished it off. 

Check out how FRAME inspired our design team this week - lots of fabulous creations: 

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:  Ohhh Snap!

Sponsor:  STAMPlorations 

Now its your turn to create something fun and fabulous....just make sure its clean and simple for a chance to win a gift certificate from our sponsor this week STAMPlorations! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

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Altenew Challenge Blog Hop

I am so excited to participate in the Altenew Ultimate Challenge Blog Hop this week as part of the CASology team.  There's so much fun and prizes going on this week  - be sure to check out the  Altenew blog for all the juicy details! 

I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I only have one Altenew stamp set. Many of their sets are on my crafty shopping wish list but haven't yet made their way to my craft room. But I wanted to highlight the one set I have - Altenew Label Love.  Love this set - so versatile. 

I wanted to highlight the word AMAZING so I stamped a half circle in a rainbow of colors using the backside of the AMAZING stamp. I added a thin black card stock strip along the side to ground the circle. 

Who knew there were so many challenge blogs?? Fun stuff! Can't wait to check them all out and play along. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you will visit again.