CASology Week #311...Flip

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is FLIP.  Being a Southern California gal, I pretty much live in flip flops.  Having a polka dotted pair in every color would be like a dream come true.

Now it's your turn.  How does FLIP inspire you?  I hope you play along this week.  Please remember to keep it Clean and Simple.

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from the design team.

Anna

Bharata

Diedre

Jacquie

Janet

Jen

Joyce (that's me)

Karen

Marcie

Melissa

Rachel

Sue

Our Guest Designer is 

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Time Out #116...Reminder...

There is still time to play along with our current challenge at Time Out.  Our challenge this time is

I thought of bright lights, and remembered the Lawn Fawn Lunar Lights stamps, which I bought used and had yet to ink up.  I just love the look of those lanterns.  I paper pieced them with some Lawn Fawn papers.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is Anita, so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge.  Happy Little Stampers is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run another week.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.

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3 Cards for Sunday

My first card today was inspired by many of the PTI DT cards promoting Fence Line Autumn, including this one by Amy Sheffer.  It reminded me that I need to pull out Fence Line Summer and ink it up.  I am entering this card at PTI Create Along With Us.

I used the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch #285 and the colors from Just Us Girls #454 for my next card.  I used one of my oldest and most favorite PTI stamp sets, Dot Spot and some stamps from Kim's Crafty Friends set.

Last up is a card using a stamp from the July My Monthly Hero kit.  I created a blended sky and then stamped 2 of the images from that set.  I heat embossed them using Black Sparkle embossing powder.  It's hard to see the sparkle in this photo, but it is very sparkly in person.  I am entering this card at A Blog Named Hero: Sparkle & Shine and also Seize the Birthday:  Anything Goes.

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Orchid Expressions Thank You

I'm playing along at Muse #279, where the inspiration is provided by the so-very-talented Tracey McNeely.  I was inspired by her pretty die cut red flowers, the blue water colored background and the sentiment placement.

Tracey's Inspiration Card

I used PTI Orchid Expressions flowers, stamped in various shades of pink and sponged Distress Oxide ink and sprinkled with water to create a background for my flowers.

 I am also entering this card at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Sprinkles and Splatters, where my splatters are water drops on the sponged Distress Oxide background.

My next card also uses the same flowers, and is inspired by a simplified version of the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #350. 

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CASology Week 310...Sports

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is SPORTS.  I used the silhouette images of a runner from PTI She Moves, and sponged a little bit of Aqua Mist ink over them to soften the look.  The sentiment is one of my favorite inspirational sayings.

Now it's your turn.  How does SPORTS inspire you?  I hope you play along this week.  Please remember to keep it Clean and Simple.

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from the design team.

Anna

Bharata

Diedre

Jacquie

Janet

Jen

Joyce (that's me)

Karen

Melissa

Rachel

Sue

We are sponsored this week by STAMPlorations.

Our Guest Designer is 

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My Crafty Roundup

This is a photo heavy post, so I'm going to get right into it.  I'll start with what I think may be my favorite card of the week.  This card took a while to construct, but I am happy with the way it came out.  I based it on something I saw somewhere, but cannot find again.  I white embossed the skyline from Concord & 9th City Stacks on various shades of grey paper and layered them up over a sky that I made with Distress Oxide ink and water.

I am entering this card at Where Creativity Meets C9 #24: Anything Goes.

Next up is a birthday card with an adorable elephant die that spouts 'real' water from Poppystamps.  I am entering this card at Poppystamps Challenge #47: Make a Splash, Freshly Made Sketches #349, CAS Colours & Sketches #284, and Seize the Birthday: Water.

My next card is inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #284.  I used the cute bunny and stars from CAS-ual Fridays Somebunny.

The inspiration photo from Inkspirational #167 had me drooling at the thought of ice cream.  Instead of eating ice cream, I finished this card, that I had started using some Hero Arts stamps I borrowed from Kim.

I used some stamps from Altenew Sketchy Cities America to make a few quick thank you card sets.  These are great to have around, and give just the right amount of space for my kids to write their "thank you's".

Featuring Boston....these are embossed in red...entering at Addicted to CAS #142: Masculine.

Featuring New York....these are embossed in silver...entering at Addicted to Stamps and More #304: CAS.

Next up is a card celebrating friendship, and I am entering it at AAA Cards #121: Friendship. 

Still with me?  This card uses the 'Fast Watercolors' technique taught by Jennifer McGuire and is the challenge at Just Us Girls #453.  I am also entering it at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Distress it and Where Creativity Meets C9 #24: Anything Goes.

I used Lily by Concord & 9th and Abandoned Coral and Twisted Citron Distress Inks.

I am ending with a card made with the same stamps as my first card--Concord & 9th City Stacks.  I am definitely most obsessed with this stamp set these days.  A quicker and simpler card than my first card--black embossing and coloring with pencils.  I am entering this card at The Male Room #91: Birthday and Where Creativity Meets C9 #24: Anything Goes.

That's it for me today.  

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