CASology Week #365...Kite

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is KITE.  I used a fun kite silhouette stamp from Mama Elephant as well as some sentiments from Simon Says Stamp Sending and Wishing stamps for my card.

Now it's your turn.  How does KITE 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 and the CASology design team.

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CASology Week #209: Watercolor

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is Watercolor.

This was a really quick card to create.  I started with a water coloring page from PTI featuring Bold Blossoms stamps.  I used my Zig water color pens to water color the flowers and leaves.  I like how forgiving water coloring is--it doesn't take much to get something that looks kind of artsy.

Now, it's your turn.  How does WATERCOLOR 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:

We are sponsored this week by Craft Classes Online


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Wishing We Lived Closer

I am popping in very quickly to post one more card using that delicious color scheme from Simon Says Wednesday challenge.  I came across this Hero Arts Newspaper Skyline when I was looking for something else this morning, and thought it would be very fun in the challenge colors.

I stamped each building in a different color and cut them all out.  Then added a sentiment from SSS Sending and Wishing stamps and dies.

I am also entering this card at A Blog Named Hero Clean and Simple challenge.

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Birthday, Sympathy and Anniversary

Hello there.  I have three cards to share today, and they are for lots and lots of different challenges. First up is a graphic birthday card.  I had a lot of fun piecing this one together--kind of like a puzzle.

The challenge this week at Simon Says Monday is to use any one Simon Says Stamp brand product, so I pulled out the Mod Circle Frame Die and the Sending and Wishing stamp set to make this birthday card.  I cut the Mod Circle Frame die in each color, and used 3 layers of black for the 'wishing' word.  I used the colors at ColourQ #291 and am also entering at Seize the Birthday with toppings:  use the negative, Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge Die Cuts / Punches and AAA Cards #39 birthday extravaganza.

I used the serene color scheme at the Paper Players #244 as my inspirational jumping off point for my next card.  These colors said 'sympathy card' to me, so that is the direction I went.  I started by sponging Distress Cracked Pistachio ink through a screen stencil on to Sahara Sand card stock.  I stamped my bird image (from PTI Iconic Images) in WPlus9 Ocean Drive ink on the stenciled area, and then added my sentiment.  Looked a little too stark, so I impressed it with a woodgrain impression plate.

I am also entering this card at Addicted to CAS #63 Birds, Addicted to Stamps and More #144 CAS, and CAS on Sunday #58 Cheer Up, Buttercup.  

And, I am still making anniversary cards for my mom.  Here is one I made using the sketch at Happy Little Stampers--I know I keep using this sketch, but it is a very fun one and quite versatile.  I pulled out an old favorite stamp for this one--remember PTI Dot Spot?  I paired it with Wet Paint and Happy Everything for a fun mod look.

I discovered a new-to-me challenge at Craft Stamper Take it Make it May Challenge Anything Goes: must use a stamp, so I am playing along there for the first time today.

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