CASology Week 165: Circles

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Hello and happy Tuesday.  It's time for another challenge at CASology.  Our cue word this week is CIRCLES.  The sky is the limit on this one.  There are so many ways to use circles on your card.  I decided to pull out a die I haven't used in a while that has a lot of circles on it, and also to do a bit of rainbow water coloring with my Ziggies.

Here you can see what the water colored rainbow panel looked like before I cut into it--well sort of, because I forgot to take a picture before I cut, but I put the negative over the card, and you can kind of see what I did.

Now, it's your turn.  How are you inspired by CIRCLES?  I hope you play along this week. Please remember to keep it Clean and Simple.

I am also linking up at Simon Says Wednesday:  Die Crazy

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

We are sponsored this week by Whimsy Stamps.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Gillian Ross 
Hannelie Bester 

Hazel Hodgkins 

Jen Wills 

Joyce Mehrberg (that's me)

Judy Marino 

Kimberly Wiener

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely 

Guest Designer: Skye

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Sunday Recap

Well, the weekend has just sped by, and I am now posting everything I made.  First up is a card going to someone who is probably reading my blog right now...so I won't say anything more, except that she has some very exciting news to celebrate.

I stamped and masked my flower image three times, adding some leaves in the background.  I used several colors of distress inks to sponge and blend over my flowers and leaves.  I embossed my front panel, adhered a sentiment and then matted that panel on another piece where I sponged the darkest Distress ink just along the edges.

In honor of the May Flowers challenge at Retro Rubber #14, I pulled out one of my very favorite and oldest flower stamps--In Bloom by PTI.  I used the color scheme at Sunday Stamps #101--first time playing at this challenge for me, and am also entering at Designer's Choice Recipe challenge at Inkspirational Challenge #82 (Distress Inks, Flowers, Embossing) and Addicted to Stamps #144: CAS.

Next up is a card for CAS-ual Friday's 4th birthday celebration.  I used a sentiment from Bold Wishes and some of their Fri-dies as well.  I randomly filled in some of the open centers of the die cuts with the negative pieces. 

I am also entering this card at Freshly Made Sketches #186 and Seize the Birthday Use the Negative.

Next up is a card with my brand new Ellen Hutson Mondo Magnolia stamps and dies.  I used the colors at Colour Me #71 for this card.  I die cut the largest flower once from Hibiscus Burst paper and once from vellum.  The vellum is only adhered in the center, kind of softening the pink of the flower, and also adding a bit of dimension as the petals curl up a bit.  My leaves are from PTI Cutting Garden, since this flower set did not have any leaves, and my sentiment is a die cut Thanks on a Line cut out of Basic Grey paper.

I am entering this card at  Paper Players #245 Clean and Simple Girly Thanks and Happy Little Stamper CAS Challenge:  Die Cuts or Punches.

My next card is another sympathy card for my stash.  I used a brand new Hero Arts floral set I had forgotten I ordered until I opened my package from Joann's and there it was.  I love happy surprises like that.

I am entering this card at A Blog Named Hero Clean and Simple challenge and CAS on Sunday #58: Cheer Up, Buttercup.

My last two cards are variations on the same 2 Simon Says Stamp challenges--SSS Monday to use Simon branded product and SSS Wednesday is a color challenge.  I just saw that I missed the Monday deadline.  Oh, well.  I'll just link up at SSS Wednesday.

I used paint chips for the colored bubbles inlaid into the Bubble Parade die.  I really love these colors together, and will link this card up at Simply Create Too #85 where the challenge is to use a favorite color combination.

I colored the negative pieces with Copics in this variation of the card.

Well, that's it for me today.

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Happy Birthday Happy Dancer!

I was so very excited to receive an invitation to the social event of the season--Ardyth and Darnell are throwing a birthday bash for Bev, our Happy Dancing friend.  Bev is such a talented crafter and warm-hearted friend.  Have a piece of cake while I show you my card for Bev.

I decided to CASE one of Bev's cards for her birthday party.  It took me a long time to decide which card because there were so many CAS beauties to choose from.  This is the card of Bev's that I picked to CASE.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEV

I hope you have a wonderful and crafty day.

Of course, I had to use some NBUS and link to Darnell's NBUS challenge, since Darnell is one of the party hosts.  I used the SSS Bubble Parade die, which has been gathering dust in my craft room for several months now.

I ran that Bubble Parade die through in Limeade Ice, Tropical Teal and Hawaiian Shores, and decided to use all the extra bits for other cards.

Do you want to join in the fun at Bev's birthday bash?  Head on over to Ardyth's blog and join the linky party.

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