Time Out #102...Reminder...Happy Birthday XOXO

There is still time to play along with our current challenge at Time Out.  Our challenge this time is a photo challenge.

I picked up on the black and white stripes and the gold, and made this CAS birthday card using Avery Elle Beautiful Bow stamps.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is Trina, so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge.  STAMPlorations is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run another week.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.

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CASology Week #286...Butterfly

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is BUTTERFLY.  I have so many butterfly stamps and dies, it was a challenge to decide which to use.  In the end, I picked a set I hadn't used very much--PTI Make it Market Color Pop Butterflies.  Try saying that 3 times fast!

I followed a very common design, with three vertical elements, some going off the page, and with the sentiment partly overlapping my image.

Now it's your turn.  How does  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

Bharata

Diedre

Jacquie

Janet

Jen

Joyce (that's me)

Karen

Kevin

Kymona

Melissa

Rachel

Our Guest Designer is Barb.

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My Crafty Weekend

Hello and happy Sunday.  Are you watching the Super Bowl?  I am going to watch the commercials, and read my book in between commercials.

I had a Super Crafty weekend.  Here goes...

Vicki's Inspiration Card

I was inspired by the trio of 3 colored critters in Vicki's adorable inspiration card at Muse #251.  I broke out my MFT Polar Bears for this birthday card.  I gave the bear in the front a stylish teal scarf and trendy teal skates, and will enter this card at Addicted to CAS #129:  Teal and Addicted to Stamps and More #277: Make Your Mark.

My next card is inspired by the Candles topping option at Seize the Birthday, the colors at Color Throwdown #478, and the Color Me Pretty challenge at CAS on Friday #125.

I loved this week's sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch #257, and hope to try another one this week.  Here's what I made yesterday.  I am also entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes.

PTI Make it Monday #311 is all about using different types of paper.  I used some cork paper as well as a page from a book I bought in Italy several years ago for paper crafting purposes.  I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #322.

Switching gears a little, there are so many challenges this week about love and Valentines day.  I pulled out some of my heart dies.  First up is a card using MFT Heart Balloon dies and SSS Handwritten Borders as the string.  I was originally inspired by the sketch at this week's Fusion challenge.  My card went a bit off the rails for the sketch, but I will try again later in the week to see if I can get closer.   I am also entering this card at Just Us Girls #426: Love and AAA Cards #108: All You Need is Love.

Last up....one more Valentine...  I inset the heart on the left and stacked 3 die cuts for the heart on the right for more texture on the card.  I am entering this card at Paper Players #379: Valentine and Just Add Ink #394:  Romance.

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CASology Week #285...Swoon

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is SWOON.  A swan who swoons?  Of course--swoon with love for a wedding.

I (finally) broke out my PTI swans from Swan'sational and created this CAS wedding card.  I love the little water stamp included in the set--I used it to ground my swans.

Now it's your turn.  How does SWOON 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.

Also, I am a little late in welcoming 3 new members to the CASology Design Team.  We are so lucky to have Bharata, Karen and Kevin join us, and I am looking forward to getting to know them and being inspired by them as well.  Please check out their blogs and leave them some love.

Anna

Bharata

Diedre

Jacquie

Janet

Jen

Joyce (that's me)

Karen

Kevin

Kymona

Melissa

Rachel

Our Guest Designer this week is Izzy.

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Finally Crafting Again

I'm back from my travels and my nest is only half full, so I had a chance to play around in my craft room this weekend.

First up is a card inspired by this adorable card by Kim over at MUSE #250.

Kim's Inspiration Card

I was inspired by all the cute colored images, the die cut windows, and the sponging inside the windows.  I used MFT/EH Good Friends stamps and fussy cut (forgot I ordered the dies, too), and colored with Copics.

I am also entering this card at CAS on Friday #125: Color Me Pretty and Addicted to Stamps and More #276:  Anything Goes.

My next card uses the technique of the week at PTI Make it Monday #310: Shadowed Sentiments and the color scheme at Color Throwdown #477.  I stamped HB in Orange Zest and then used Aqua Mist for the shadow.  I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday.

Last up is a card that uses 3 really cool nesting dies by Birch Press, sent to me by my dear friend, Tracey.  I used the color scheme from this week's Cupcake Inspiration #438 and am also entering at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Layer it Up.

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Time Out #101...Reminder...Friendship is the True Gift of the Season

There is still time to play along with our current challenge at Time Out.  

I love this two step pile of gifts stamp from PTI.  It makes it really easy to create a large focal point using two different colors.  It can be a bit tricky to line up, but once that is done, it is very easy.  I die cut and stamped some of the little bows and such and adhered them with foam tape for extra dimension.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is Michele, so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge.  Birch Press Designs is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run another week.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.

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CASology Week #284...Late

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is LATE.  My first thought was all those birthdays I mean to send cards for, and end up being late.  So, I made a belated birthday card.  I know this card will come in handy before too long.

I used stamps and dies from PTI Forget Me Not.  I stamped the flowers and sentiment directly on my card front, and then used stacked die cuts coated with Wink of Stella to complete my sentiment.

Now it's your turn.  How does LATE 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

Jacquie

Janet

Jen

Joyce (that's me)

Kymona 

Melissa

Rachel

We are sponsored this week by STAMPlorations.

Our Guest Designer is Joanna.

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