CASology Week #202: Masculine

This is my second post today.  If you are looking for my ColourQ post, please click here.

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is
Masculine.  I am in need of some Father's Day cards, so that is what I decided to do with this week's cue word.

Perhaps you remember this plaid that I made for a challenge a few weeks ago?  I had one piece left, and so I made it the focal point of this Father's Day card.

Lately I have been fussy cutting my sentiments and popping them up on my card wherever I think they look best.  Here, I placed my sentiment across all three elements of my card, tying them together.

Now, it's your turn.  How does MASCULINE 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.

Ardyth

Diedre

Hannelie

Hazel

Jacquie

Jen

Joyce (that's me)

Judy

Kymona 

Melissa

Sherrie

Tracey

Guest Designer: Milka

We are sponsored this week by 7 Kids College Fund

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Thinking of You and Get Well

Hello and happy Mother's Day to everyone who either is a mother, has a mother, or both.  (I think I've covered just about everyone there.)

I finally have a few minutes to post some cards I made this week.  First up is a card inspired by the gorgeous Muse card my friend Michele created to inspire us.  Here is Michele's amazing card.

I was inspired by the flowers, purple (!!) and that embossed circle grounding Michel's focal point.

I white embossed my sentiment on a banner cut from Royal Velvet card stock.  My vase is vellum, and the flowers are from Winnie & Walter and I stamped on water color paper, fussy cut and then painted with Plum Pudding ink.

It is difficult to see in this photo, but I used a stitched oval to impress a shape surrounding my vase and flowers.

I am also linking this card up at Card Concept #54: Spring Flowers and Addicted to Stamps and More #192: Make Your Mark.

My next card was inspired by the sketch at Retro Rubber #37, but unfortunately, I missed the posting deadline.  No matter, because the sketch was still very useful as inspiration.  I realized that I am lacking in masculine get well cards, so I stamped a plaid pattern to play along at Addicted to CAS #87: Plaid and made 2 cards with that plaid.  They are almost the same, but I will show them both here anyway.

I used the Plaid Builder set from PTI in Green Parakeet, Hawaiian Shores and Pure Poppy.  I still have one more piece of this plaid pattern, so stay tuned to see it in a future card.

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CASology Week #175: Pie

This is my second post for today.  If you are looking for my ColourQ post,  please click here.  

Hello and happy Tuesday.  Time for another challenge at CASology.  This week, our cue word is Pie. How about some apple pie?

I die cut and stamped some apples, and used a wood grain impression plate and some bamboo sequins to remind me of a tree.  I used PTI Plaid Builder stamps to create my own plaid on the right side of my card.

Now, it's your turn.  How does PIE 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.

We are sponsored this week by Serendipity Stamps.

I am also linking this card up at Less is More #252, where the recipe is FRUIT.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Hannelie Bester 

Hazel Hodgkins 

Jen Wills 

Joyce Mehrberg (that's me)

Judy Marino 

Kimberly Wiener

Kymona Tracey 

Melissa Chipperfield

Ren Loh

Tracey McNeely 

Guest Designer: Conil

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CASology Week 161: Plaid

If you are looking for my ColourQ post with exciting news, please click here.  If you are looking for my PTI August Blog Hop card, please click here.

Hello and happy Tuesday.  It's time for another challenge at CASology.  Our cue word this week is PLAID.  I love plaid on cards.  (On clothes, not so much)  I broke out my PTI plaid builders set and several WPlus9 ink pads and stamped a plaid pattern on a piece of card stock 4 1/4 by 5 1/2.  Then, I had to decide what to do with my plaid panel.

One rule of CAS design is to try to keep your stamped images to 1/3 of the card.  In my opinion, texture, dimension and small embellishments can go a long way towards adding interest to the 2/3 of the card left white--without making it too busy or detracting from the main image.  I decided to use a piece of my plaid stamped piece as a border and impressed my top panel with a plaid impression plate.

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

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

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: Karen

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Two Trees and a Bowl of Apples

I made two cards for this week's Time Out #36 CASE Alice, where the challenge is to CASE this card with a twist.  I thought this card was so adorable.  It reminded me that I haven't used kraft for a really long time.  I was also inspired by her colors and the placement of her image in a corner and sentiment more centered.

I knew I wanted to use my new SSS One With Nature stamps, but could not decide between two different ideas for the twist, so I tried them both.

For my first card, I heat embossed my images in white and then colored with Prismacolor pencils. I've been so smitten with all my new coloring toys that it has been a long time since I pulled out the Prismacolor pencils.  I love how vibrant they are, even on a kraft background.

For my second card, I stamped the same images in the same place (thank you MISTI), and then added color with ghost stamping--first in white and then using two different green inks.

Honestly, I do not know which card I like better.  Good think I don't have to choose.

My third card today uses the Texture Kissing technique from this week's Make it Monday #219.  My colors are from this week's ColourQ #301.  I used the solid bowl image from Bowl of Sunshine and kissed it with Background Basics Tin Type.  I made the plaid paper using Plaid Builders stamps.

I am also entering all of these cards at Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes.

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