CASology Week #403...Botanical

 

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is BOTANICAL.   There are so many different ways to go with this cue word.  I am in need of replenishing my stash of sympathy card (unfortunately), and I always think a simple botanical image or texture works well for this kind of card.

I pulled out some Botanical stamps from Paper Smooches (still miss that sweet company) and got to work.

While I had my supplies out and creative sympathy thoughts going, I made a few more cards.  It's always good to be prepared with sympathy cards, as I typically don't feel like making them right when I need them.

Now it's your turn.  How does BOTANICAL 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 Elizabeth, and our design team.  

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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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My Crafty Weekend

Hello and happy Sunday.  I'm starting out with a card that is a total CASE of my friend Lindsey's card here.  I used a mask with a circle cut out in combination with a mask of a NYC die cut to create my focal point.  I sponged a night sky using an ombre collection of Distress inks, then added my Santa sleigh and reindeer up in the sky and my sentiment down below.  It's hard to see in this photo, but I used WOS to add glitter to my Santa sleigh and reindeer.

I am entering this card at ABC Christmas: U is for Up in the Air, Just Us Girls #557: Ombre, Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Make it Sparkle.

AAA Cards #176 asks for a card with a cozy scene in the corner.  I had two ideas for this challenge.  Here is the first, using Mama Elephant Sincerely Yours stamps and a PTI cover plate for dry embossing.

I am also entering this card at WWC292 and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Dry Embossing.

Here is my second idea for AAA Cards #176, using Newton's Nook Book Club for this card. I am also entering this card at Festive Friday #69: (cat, embossing, clean & simple) and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Dry Embossing.

Last up are 2 very quick to make cards inspired by the colors at Color Hues #3 and the challenge at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Make it Sparkle.

I used a 3D embossing folder I just got from Altenew and a technique from this video of Jennifer McGuires.  I 'swinked' my gold Delicata ink directly onto the embossed card stock--only the very highest layer got just a touch of gold.  I am also entering this at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Dry Embossing.

Last up is the other card for Color Hues #3.  I was also inspired for this card by the challenge at Ink to Paper to make a 'beautifully simple card'.  I stamped the largest butterfly from PTI Ever So Much in Gold Delicata ink on cream card stock.  I am also entering this card at Inkspirational #223: Angle it.

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Sunday Roundup

Hello and happy Sunday.  I'm here to post a few cards I made this weekend.  Up first is my favorite of the bunch.  I used this adorable pup cooling off in his kiddie pool from Lounging Pups for my card.  I was inspired by the colors at CAS Colours & Sketches #394 and the Day #19 Creative bug Masking video at the Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge  #13.  I am also entering this card at A Blog Named Hero Cute challenge, Inspired by...#138: Punny Sentiments, and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Oh So Cute.

Up next is another card for the Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge  #13, this one inspired by the Creative Bug video from Day 8 Peek-A-Boo, and I am also entering this card at A Blog Named Hero Cute challenge and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Oh So Cute.

The video from Day 8, gives some very helpful tips on how to use the Hero Arts Peek-A-Boo dies.  They recommend cutting a template from cardstock and then cutting off all the little doors.  You can then lay the template on the card front and then you know exactly where to stamp all the little messages that are behind all of the doors.

This card is stamped with white ink on black card stock.  I was originally planning to color some of the images in, but then I decided I liked how it looked with no color.  In person, it looks very much like a doodled blackboard.


This is what my template looked like after stamping all the messages.

And this is what the card front looks like before I glued my card front down.

Up next is another card for the Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge  #13, this one inspired by the Creative Bug video from Day 17 Cling Stamps.  I used the Hero Arts Leafy Vine cling stamp on Ocean Tides paper, and stamped tone on tone.  I had a request from my sister to restock her sympathy cards, so this one is for her.  I am entering this card at WWC285: Anything Goes Masculine.

This card pairs a mini bird I just bought from Ink to Paper with a bird and some flowers from Spring Woods from PTI.  I love how well they all play together.  I am entering this card at Festive Friday #66 (bright colors, flowers, bird, uplifting sentiment, sparkle).  I meant to add sparkle only on the birds' wings, but ended up with (lovely?) sparkle all over the card (and don't squeeze your Wink of Stella and shake it with the cap off near a card you just completed, unless you want a card with sparkle all over... just sayin').

 

My next card is another sympathy card for my sister's use, and it is inspired by the colors at Just Add Ink #519.

The next 2 cards are not inspired by any current challenges...they are all going to my sister to restock her sympathy card stash.  I really hope that she does not go through this batch as quickly as the last one.

That's it for me today.  Stay safe and craft on.

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CASology Week #368...Plant

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is PLANT.  I decided to make a sympathy card using this die with three trees on it.  Unfortunately, lately I have been running out of sympathy cards, so I am now trying to rebuild my stash.  I hope this one doesn't have to be sent for a long time.

Now it's your turn.  How does PLANT 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 Vicky and the CASology design team.   We are sponsored this week by STAMPlorations.

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My Crafty Weekend

Well, the weekend is over, and I had so much free time (because I didn't clean my house at all), so I have a monster post coming.  I'll be brief with my writing, since there are so many photos.

Entering at:
-  ITP Project Reach Out Sending Love

Entering at:
-  ITP Project Reach Out: Gratitude (using PTI ink and card stock)

Here's the sign mounted on my mail box:

Entering at:
-  Paper Players #489:  Make You Smile

Entering at:
-  The Male Room #135: Sentiment in Focus

Similar to card above...another sympathy card for my stash

Entering at:
-  Addicted to CAS #183: Silhouette
-  Poppy Challenge #68:  Winged Things (Resting Birds)

Entered at:
-  AAA Cards #164: One Image & Inspired by TV (Lassie)
-  Paper Smooches Anything Goes
-  Addicted to CAS #183: Silhouette

Entered at:
-  Less is More #418:  Scribbles, Drips and/or Splats
-  The Male Room #135: Sentiment in Focus

Entered at:
-  Freshly Made Sketches #433
-  Addicted to Stamps and More #387:  Make Your Mark
-  Shopping Our Stash #419:  Happy Mother's Day
-  Inkspirational #212:  Photo (pink flowers)

Need more Mother's Day cards, so flipped the sketch and changed the colors, for another card.

Entered at:
-  Addicted to Stamps and More #387:  Make Your Mark
-  Shopping Our Stash #419:  Happy Mother's Day
-  Cupcake Inspirations #492:  Colors

Entered at:
-  Inky Paws #122: Color

Entered at:
-  Color Throwdown #591
-  Paper Smooches Anything Goes

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