CASology Week #387...Comfort

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is COMFORT.  I always like to keep a supply of sympathy cards on hand, in the hopes that I won't need them.  Kind of like carrying an umbrella to make sure it won't rain.  When I saw this week's cue word, COMFORT, I decided to make a sympathy card.

I used a set of stencils from The Greetery to create my tree, having about 1/3 of that tree going off the side of the page as a way to create more white space on my card.  The sentiment is from a very old PTI set, Botanical Silhouettes, that I still turn to time and again.

Now it's your turn.  How does COMFORT 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 the design team.  

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Happy Sunday

 

Hello and happy Sunday.  I am squeaking in before the current challenge ends at AAA Birthday #22: A Large Sentiment.  I pulled out some die cuts that my bestie Kim sent me a while back and used them to make a pair of cards that I am also entering at the MFT Color Challenge #160, Addicted to Stamps and More #399: Any Occasion (birthday), WWC310: Occasions (birthday), and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Here is a closer look at each card...I am also entering this card with my bear and his tower of chocolate gifts at Addicted to CAS #192: Animal and Inkspirational #233: Tower.  I sponged ink on the die cut letters and adhered them to a card front, adding my bear popped up with foam tape.

I added strips of colored card stock to the back of my die cut card front, after popping out all of the letters.  Then I added my chocolate cake right on top of the 'O' in you.

My next card is inspired by the sketch at MFT Sketch Challenge #530 and MFT Slimline Challenge: Birthday Wishes.  I created this little scene using MFT Winter Songbirds, and the MFT Cloud stencil.  I don't use Twitter, but love this playful sentiment.

I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday #208: Create a Scene, Addicted to Stamps and More #399: Any Occasion (birthday), WWC310: Occasions (birthday), Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes, and Addicted to CAS #192: Animal.

I always love a reason to pull out some PTI stamps, and the challenge to Create a Thinking of You Card at Ink to Paper this week gave me all the reason I needed.  I used stamps from Fence Line Summer and a sentiment from Botanical Silhouettes for this card.

Last to post, but first to create....this card was inspired by the photo at  Just Us Girls #573.  I fell in love with that wonderful sky, and attempted to create one just like it myself, using blue, purple and green  Distress Oxide inks, Avery Elle Clear Shimmer Spray and dots of white paint.  I found this trees die in my stash, and thought it would play off the trees in the inspiration photo.  I am also entering this card at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

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A Crafty Round Up

Hello friends.  I had another crafty weekend, and here is what I made.....

First up is a card combining rainbow supplies from Concord and 9th and Mama Elephant.  I used Copic markers to color my rainbow.  I am entering this card at Addicted to CAS #185:  Rainbow and Addicted to Stamps and More #391:  Anything Goes.

Next up is a CAS One Layer Card, inspired by the challenges at Less is More #420:  Going Dotty and  the Project Reach Out Challenge to make a birthday card.

Another birthday card, this one inspired by the challenge at Seize the Birthday #191: Totally Tropical, a liberal interpretation of the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches #372, AAA Cards #166: Birthday Bash and Perfectly CAS #9: Animals.

This card was inspired by the sketch at MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #491, CAS on Friday #181: Animal, and Inkspirational #214:  Funny Sentiments.

This card is inspired by the sketch at Stay Crafty with Hero #9, A Blog Named Hero May Challenge: Hugs from a Distance, and Just us Girls #538: Use 2 or more patterned papers.

This next card is inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #437 and I am using a Mama Elephant die that I bought quite a while ago and had forgotten all about.

Adding to my stash of sympathy cards with this card, inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #374 and The Paper Players #493 (flowers, sympathy, purple).

I am ending my crafty report with a pair of cards using Picket Fence Dear Best Friend stamps, which I just ordered during their latest sale.  I am entering the first card at Color Throwdown #595 and the second card at Cupcake Inspirations #494.

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