CASology Week #379...Wheat

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is WHEAT.  Wouldn't you know it, but I actually have a wheat stamp...Amber Waves by CAS-ual Fridays.

I went neutral and earthy for my card today.

Now it's your turn.  How does WHEAT inspire you?

As always, remember the following CAS guidelines when creating your design:

1. One main image
2. Lots of open space, uncluttered
3. Limited layers & embellishments
4. Quick & easy to recreate (Note: It may take a while to create a design you like, but once you have that design, making more should be a piece of cake!)

I hope you play along this week.

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from our Guest Designer, Lisa,  and the design team. 

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My Crafty Week....with some very special visitors

Happy Sunday.  Get ready for lots of photos.  I was lucky enough to host some crafty friends this week.  On Tuesday, Kim, Jacquie and I got inky together.  We had such fun, and were very productive.

Kim and I took a break from crafting to take Sherlock for a walk on the beach.

OK, on to the cards.  Here is my favorite of the bunch.  I stamped the city skyline image from Concord & 9th and then sponged a rainbow over the buildings.  This card took 8 minutes and 8 seconds, and the reason I timed myself was for the Inkspiration Challenge #166: Make a card in 10 minutes or less.  I am also entering this card at Just Add Ink #420, where the inspiration photo was a rainbow flower.

Kim and I started our first crafting session by watching this week's video PTI Make it Monday #331: Creating Mixed Background Texture.   I finally broke out PTI Stitching Garden for this card.  I am also entering this card at CAS On Friday #138: Tag It.

I was inspired to transform this card I made a couple of weeks ago, adding some more ice cream cones and using my newest PTI ice cream set, Sweet Treats.  I am entering this card at PTI Transformation Tuesday Challenge.

Original Card

Transformed Card

I inked up another new PTI set for the pets challenge at Less is More #377.  I followed the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #348.  I don't have a cat anymore, but this kitty sleeping in the window reminds me of the cat I had before I got married.

I used a different image from that same stamp set for my next card, which I am entering at AAA Cards #121: Friendship.

Up next is a card I started at Tracey's house, using some cute jungle animal stamps.  I am entering this card at Simon Says Stamp Challenge Monday: Wild Things and Addicted to CAS #142: Masculine.

Another card started at Tracey's, this one for Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Make your Own Background and Seize the Birthday: Water.  I created the background by sponging Distress Oxide inks and then sprinkling water.

The Male Room #91 is celebrating their 5th birthday, and I have this card made with Concord & 9th Birthday Stacks stamps.

Last but not least is this card, made with CAS-ual Fridays Amber Waves and Lovely Greetings.  I am entering this card at Calling All Sistahs #15 where I used their suggested color scheme of red, white, blue and gray, and also at CAS-ual Fridays #105: Stamp a Pattern.

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ColourQ #215, CAS-ual Fridays #119, Simon Says, and Serendipity #23

I've got two cards today--the first one is for three different challenges:  ColourQ #215, Cas-ual Fridays #119:  Embossing and Simon Says Monday Challenge to use ink.  This card also proves to me that I need the new dies that PTI announced today called Tipped Tops.  I wanted to use a tipped panel on this card, and did not plan on the actual shape that I got.  No big deal, but I think a die would make it easier.  I used my new CAS-ual Fridays Amber Waves stamps on this card--how fun to use CAS-ual Fridays stamps for their own challenge.

My next card is for this weeks Serendipity Stamps challenge SSCB#23 to use scraps.  Well, I have a lot of scraps, so I pulled out some scraps from my little PTI Pink Patterns pad and paper pieced the dresses on the Serendipity Three Dresses stamp.  This stamp is one of my favorite stamps to paper piece, and I made a baby card with three pink dresses.

Supplies Used (PTI):
Many Thanks
Stamps:  CAS-ual Fridays Amber Waves
Paper:  White
Ink:  Canyon Clay, SU:  Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry, Cherry Cobbler, Versafine Vintage Sepia
Dies:  Woodgrain IP

Welcome Baby
Stamps:  Serendipity Three Dresses, Think Big Favorites
Paper:  White, Sweet Blush, Pink Patterns
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
Dies:  Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangles

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