CASology Week #404...Ride

 

On a personal note, this will be my last challenge as a member of the Design Team at CASology.  I have been on the team since 2014, and I cannot believe how the time has flown by.  CASology was the first DT I was ever on, and I would like to say a big thank you to Melissa for taking a chance on me and welcoming me to her team.  I am grateful to my teammates at CASology and well as all the talented card makers that have played with us over the years.  You are a constant source of inspiration.  I'll see you all around blogland, and probably at CASology as well, where I plan to play along as often as I can.

Now, back to my typical CASology post...

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is RIDE. I just love this little scooter with its festive balloon message.  To keep the card CAS I used white on white texture behind my main focal image.

Now it's your turn.  How does RIDE 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 Marieke, and our design team.  

Thanks for Visiting

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.  

Thanks for Visiting

CASology Week #402...Fluffy

 

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

I remembered I had these really cute and fluffy looking bird stamps from PTI, and I thought they would make a cute baby card.  I never know when I might need a baby card, and this bright yellow is great to have on hand, as it would work for any flavor of baby.

While I had my stamps out, I created another baby card using a different design and color scheme.  That's 2 baby cards for the stash.

Now it's your turn.  How does FLUFFY 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 Ishani, and our design team.  

Thanks for Visiting

CASology Week #401...HAT

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is HAT.  It's still winter somewhere, and these 3 snowmen friends are just hanging out, each wearing their own unique hat.

Now it's your turn.  How does HAT 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 Tracy, and our design team.  

Thanks for Visiting

CASology #400...Affection

 

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

This cue word made me want to pull out a really old die from PTI Love Lives Here and pair it with a sentiment from a newer Hero Arts MMH kit.  I played around with colors and just found three that I liked together.  I've got the houses with hearts cut out, which reminds me of how much I love my neighborhood, but I would love it more if some of my besties would move in next door.

Now it's your turn.  How does AFFECTION 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 design team.  

Thanks for Visiting

CASology #399...Renew

 

Hello!   Happy New Year and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is RENEW.

I feel that RENEW is such a great first cue word and a great way to start the year.  I think of yoga--being present, breathing deeply and renewing a commitment to healthier living.  I have just completed a 3 week on line yoga program, and am feeling renewed.

Now it's your turn.  How does RENEW 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 design team.  

Thanks for Visiting

CASology Week #398...Above

 

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

I live in an area where hot air balloons are very popular, and I often see them in the distance, flying above the trees and clouds.  I used these cute hot air balloons from Hero Arts, and a bit of masking to create my scene, where the sentiment is tucked into the space below the balloons.

Now it's your turn.  How does ABOVE 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 design team.  

Thanks for Visiting

CASology Week #397...Type

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is TYPE.  I went pretty literal with this one, and looked through my stash (actually, just typed into Evernote!) to see what typewriters I had.  Wow, I had quite a choice to make.  Now, I think my kids have probably never seen a typewriter, but I actually took typing class in high school, and I have to say that even then, this typewriter would have been seen as old-fashioned.  I do like the look of these Vintage Blueprint stamps from Tim Holtz.

I love red and kraft together, so went with that simple color scheme.  And, because this image is so large, and I was trying to leave a lot of 'white' space, I stamped partially off the page.

Now it's your turn.  How does TYPE 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, Claire, and our design team.  

Thanks for Visiting

CASology Week #396...View

 

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is VIEW.  I always enjoy looking out the window to check out the view.  I used Simon Says Stamp Spring Windows stamps to create my window scene.

Now it's your turn.  How does VIEW 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, Asa, and our Design Team.  

Thanks for Visiting

CASology Week #395...One

 Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is ONE.  I created a little scene with one little mouse holding one balloon.  It doesn't get much simpler than this.  My card front panel has no layers or die cuts, and some might consider it a one layer card.

Now it's your turn.  How does ONE 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 design team.  

Thanks for Visiting

CASology Week #394...Mask

 

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is MASK.  I masked off an area of my card, and blended some distress inks on one side of my card.  I used a die cut from PTI Turning a New Leafe, and tucked a sentiment right under the lowest leaf.

Now it's your turn.  How does MASK 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 Karen, and the CASology design team.  

Thanks for Visiting

CASology Week #393...Park

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

There are so many ways to go with this cue word...I was thinking of all the wonderful and fun things you can do at a park, what you see at a park, and even some of the challenges of parking a car.  But my mind was drawn to the greatest of all parks (in my opinion)--Central Park in New York City.  It also helped that I have this old Mama Elephant Central Park stamp set that was just begging for some ink.

There are so many things on can do at Central Park, but one of the fun things to do as a tourist is to take a horse and buggy ride around the park.  I did that many years ago, when we took our two young girls to New York on vacation.

I used the city skyline stamp to create a very faint, far away looking skyline, and the skyline die to create a closer up skyline.  I fussy cut the horse and buggy to put in the foreground of my scene.

Now it's your turn.  How does PARK 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 design team.  

Thanks for Visiting

CASology Week #392...Strength

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

I pulled out my Altenew Bamboo Roses and stamped some flowers around my sentiment.  I added some sequins for an additional pop of color.

Now it's your turn.  How does STRENGTH 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 design team.  

Thanks for Visiting

CASology Week #391...Photo

 

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is PHOTO.  I reached back--way, way, way back, into my stash to find these mini photo frame dies from PTI Framed Out, and added a few fun tiny images from PTI Tiny Treats Birthday.  I used an embossing texture plate to add a bit of interest to my white space.  One way to use tiny images is to put them in a frame.

Now it's your turn.  How does PHOTO 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 design team.  

Thanks for Visiting

CASology Week #390...Outside

 

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

I am lucky enough to live in Southern California, where we can go to the beach year round.  I created a little scene for one of my favorite outside places...the beach.

Now it's your turn.  How does OUTSIDE 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, Cecile and the design team.

Thanks for Visiting

CASology Week #389...Dear

 

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

I thought of dear friends, and what fun things I used to do with my friends (before Zoom and pandemic).  I pulled out Dear Best Friend stamps and dies from Picket Fence, and put together this quick and simple card.  To add some color and emphasis to my image, I added just a bit of stenciling behind my die cut image.

Now it's your turn.  How does DEAR 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 Tenia  and the design team.  

Thanks for Visiting