Cards-by-the-Sea: Cats

Saturday, May 23, 2015

Happy Saturday

Happy Saturday. Yay--a long weekend. I am starting out by posting several cards I have been working on.

I was inspired by the inlaid die cut dogs at this week's MUSE #118 and the colors at Color Me...! #72 to make this birthday card for a friend who is a huge cat lover. I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #187.

I used the inlaid die cut technique multiple times to make my row of colorful cats using Impression Obsession cat dies.

I am also entering this card at Addicted to CAS #64 where the challenge is animals and Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge to use Die Cuts or Punches.

I did a little bit on the inside of this card.

I am still loving my Retro Style stamps from PTI. Here is a birthday card I made using those stamps and the Numbers Impression Plate.

I am entering this card at Seize the Birthday Anything Goes and Craft Stamper MITI Anything Goes Take a Stamp challenges.

I pulled out a new but never been used Hero Arts stamp for this next card which I am entering at A Blog Named Hero where the challenge is NEW. I stamped once in white and then moved the stamp a little bit and stamped again in green. The stamp I used was cling, so positioning was a bit difficult, but I think this technique is very forgiving.

I am entering this thank you card at The Challenge #35 as I was inspired by the jar of pretty yellow flowers in the inspiration photo. I am also linking up at Simon Says Monday XYZ challenge (Y for yellow flowers). Yes, that little shelf that my vase is sitting on is made of washi tape.

And a couple of teacher cards for the end of school. I'm CASing various projects pinned by PTI from the release of Teach and Inspire. I used ColourQ #292 colors for this CASE of Nicole Heady's card.

And another version, this one a CASE of Maille Belles. Until I added the bling at the end, I was using the color scheme from Colour Me...! I am entering this card at Simply Create #86 Keep it Simple.

That's it for me today. We are supposed to get more rain this weekend--good news considering the terrible drought we are facing.

Thanks For Visiting

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

CASology Week 129: NBUS

Hello and happy Tuesday. I am just so excited today because we have a special challenge going on this week at CASology. We are teamed up with none other than Darnell of djkardkreations. Our cue word this week is a word (more like an acronym) made up by Darnell herself--NBUS. It stands for Never-before-used-schtuff.

So, grab something new, and start creating. It can be something you just bought, or something you bought ages and ages ago--the choice is yours. But, I'm sure you've got something on hand that you HAD to have at the time, and now is sitting unloved. Pull it out and give it some love. Then, post your beautiful creation here and over at Darnell's, where she is hosting a NBUS Challenge #3.

I am ashamed to admit that I had a hard time deciding what to use, as I have many, many choices. In the end, I decided to use a set of Impression Obsession cat dies, as I spoke to a good friend over the weekend, and she is about to say goodbye to her cat of 15 years.

Will you play along this week? I sure hope so. What NBUS will you pull out? Check out the beautiful designs from the CASology Design Team members and see how they were inspired by NBUS. You can link up at CASology as well as over at Darnell's. Don't forget to keep your card Clean and Simple, if you are playing along with CASology.