My Crafty Weekend

I had some crafty time this week.  YAY!!

First up is a card with color blocking for this week's PTI Make it Monday #292.  I am also entering this card at CAS on Friday #113: Exotic.

Next up is a card inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #232.  The paper in the negative space is some old Stampin' Up designer paper, and it is the 'old' for JUGS #404 challenge.  I am also entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes.

I took a slightly different approach to the color scheme at Color Throwdown #453.  I made a set of 3 cards, each one using one of the colors from the challenge.

I used the techniques from this video for my cards.  I traced a ribbon spool for the pink and green balloons, after using the SSS A2 card edge die for the yellow one and not being completely happy with the shape.

I am also entering this card trio at Seize the Birthday Anything Goes.

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Time Out #88...Reminder...Sending You a Little Sunshine

There is still time to play along with our current challenge at Time Out.  Our challenge this time is inspired by words, and we have this quote from Roald Dahl to inspire us.

'If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely' 

I pulled out Hello Sunshine from PTI and stamped just a quarter of a sun right over my quote.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is Toni, so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge.


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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PTI July 2017 Blog Hop

Lots going on today....this is my second post.  If you are looking for the CASology 5 Year Anniversary blog hop, please click here.

I am playing along with the PTI July Blog hop, where we have this photo to inspire us.

I was inspired by the color scheme of the photo, as well as the leaves at the top and bottom of the card in the upper left corner.  I wanted to use some new stamps, so used Herb Garden and Pen and Ink.

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CASology 5 Year Anniversary Blog Hop: Week #259: Balloon

Hello and happy Tuesday.   This week, we are celebrating our 5 year anniversary at CASology with a blog hop.

If you are hopping along, you should have arrived here from Kymona's blog.  If you want to start the hop from the beginning, click here.

This week, our cue word is Balloon.  A very fitting cue word for our week long celebration.  I made a birthday card, masking and layering a festive grouping of balloons.

I hope that you will hop along with CASology this week.  There are so many prizes from our many sponsors.  You will also get to hop along and see some creations from our previous DT members who have moved on to other things over the years.

Your next stop on the hop is Rosemary's blog.

Information about the hop and the prizes can be found here, at the CASology Home Page.

Now it's your turn.  How does BALLOON inspire you?  I hope you will hop and 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

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Happy: Birthday and Anniversary

Lucky me!  I got to spend the entire day crafting with Kim on Friday.  She flew down to see me, and we got our creative juices flowing.  I have 2 cards to share today from our stamping session.

I made this card for Make it Monday #291: Embossed Resist Shadow Elements, using Initial Sentiments Birthday stamps.

Next up is a card inspired by this week's sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #231.

Keeping it short and sweet today.

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CASology Week #258: Diamond

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is diamond.  I remembered I had these fun diamond shaped dies, and I cut a bunch of platinum (ha...silver) and gold diamonds, and had them cascading down the front of my card.  Who wouldn't want to be cascaded with diamonds, right?

Now it's your turn.  How does DIAMOND 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 Lana.

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With Sympathy and Thank You

Hello and happy Sunday.  I'm quickly popping in to share 2 cards I made yesterday.  My first card is for the PTI Create Along with Us Challenge, and I decided to CASE this beautiful card from Michelle.

My next card was inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #296.

Running off to do some errands.  Enjoy the rest of your day.

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Time Out #87...Reminder...Happy Birthday

There is still time to play along with our current challenge at Time Out.  Our challenge this time is a CASE challenge, and we have this amazing card by Cornelia to inspire us.  

I was inspired by that adorable crazy bird, the background behind the bird, and the way Cornelia did her sentiment.  Although I have the same bird stamps, I decided to use my crazy dogs for this card.

I stamped and colored my pup, and then masked him off to stamp the woodgrain mat background behind him.  I stamped my sentiment on a piece of scrap card stock, and then cut it out and adhered it with foam tape.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is Pooja, so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge.  Happy Little Stamper 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 #257: Wish

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

I broke out my Wishes Come True stamp set and stamped a rainbow of candles.

Here is the first card I made.  It looked to me like my rainbow was backwards, so I completed the card and then made another one, putting the colors in reverse order.

Now it's your turn.  How does WISH 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 Uniko Studio

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You're On My Mind

Happy Sunday.  I'm popping in quickly to post a card I made for this week's Make it Monday #290.  I didn't stray too much from the inspiration card, but I'm still happy with the way it came out.

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