CASology Week #262: Prickly

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is PRICKLY.  I immediately thought of a cactus.  They are so very prickly.  They are also just about the only sort of plant I can manage to keep alive on my own.

I used some cactus stamps from PTI Putting Down Roots to make a housewarming card.

Now it's your turn.  How does PRICKLY 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

Diedre

Hannelie

Jacquie

Janet

Jen

Joyce (that's me)

Judy

Kymona 

Melissa

Rachel

Sherrie

We are sponsored this week by STAMPlorations.

Our Guest Designer is Amy R.

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Mid Week Progress Report

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Happy Wednesday.  I am here to post a few cards I made over the past several days.  First up is a card using the techniqe from this week's Make it Monday #209:  White on White Die Cuts with a Pop of Color.  One of the take aways from this week's lesson is about choosing what die cuts will work with this technique.  The image should be recognizable even without the stamping on top.  I chose to work with one of the popsicles in Summer Sweetness.  I think those popsicles are pretty easy to see, although the pink one is definitely the most scrumptious-looking.   You can almost see the WOS in the photo.

I am also entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday Clean and Simple Challenge.

Better late than never...I am sending birthday wishes to a very sweet friend, Monika, who is hosting a birthday linky party.  The challenge is to CASE one of her cards, and she was even kind enough to point out her favorites.  I CASED the card in the lower right corner of her linky party graphic.  It is a little hard to tell, but I cut a square out of computer paper and used it as a mask for my big dahlia stamp from SU Regarding Dahlias set.  I just love that image, and I hope Monika will love it too.

I am also linking this up at Simon Says Monday Due Date challenge.  Even though my card is past due, the birthday wishes are sincere.

The challenge at Time Out #29 is "You can't make a rainbow without a little rain"  Well, I beg to differ.  We are in a terrible drought in California and so have no rain.  BUT, I was able to make a rainbow anyway, thanks to PTI Rainbow Stripes dies.  Yay for dies saving the day.  (If only we could water our plants with dies....)  I was inspired by this card by Lisa on I'm in Haven.

Last up is a card inspired by the sketch at this week's Retro Sketches #160.  I cut into a sheet of Happy Home paper by Bella Blvd. to make a new home card.  (Don't worry, I still have a pristine sheet of this paper for hoarding purposes).  I am also linking this card up at Addicted to Stamps and More #141 where the challenge is Anything Goes.

That's it for me today.  Enjoy the rest of your week.

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Guest Designing for Top Dog Dies

Hi there.  I'm back with my second post as a Guest Designer with Top Dog Dies.  Please click here to see my first post.  Today I am showing two cards using the Ornate Gate Die.

Top Dog Dies is a new online store that offers their own brand of wafer-thin and steel-rule dies, along with dies from brands you already know and trust, including My Favorite Things, Lawn Fawn, Taylored Expressions. Savvy Stamps and Cheery Lynn Designs. Top Dog Dies is also the leading U.S. retailer for Tattered Lace, a new line of intricate dies designed by British designer Stephanie Weightman.

I thought that this die would be perfect for cards related to a new home.  For my first card, I paired this die up with a sentiment from PTI Putting Down Roots and some bird die cuts from Memory Box.  The sentiment is stamped onto a Simon Says Stamp Sketchy Banner.  I just love it when new stamps and dies work with things I already own, and this Ornate Gate Die does just that.

For my second card, I paired the Ornate Gate Die with another sentiment from PTI Putting Down Roots that I stamped onto a Stitched Sentiment Flag die cut from Lil Inker.  The sentiment is embossed in white and stamped onto PTI Melon Berry card stock.  I added a few stamped and die cut plants, also from PTI Putting Down Roots to my little front door scene.

Here are the two cards together.  I am entering them both at Addicted to Stamps for their CAS challenge.

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