CASology Week 375...Spice

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is SPICE.  There are many ways you could interpret this word....I went with something pretty straight forward...when I hear the word 'spice', I immediately think of herbs and spices for cooking, so that is what I went with.  

Believe it or not, I actually have a stamp set with herbs from PTI called Herb Garden.  Did you know that in ancient times, thyme was traditionally associated with courage, bravery and strength?  I did not, but love knowing that now.  I made this card as an encouragement card.

I started by sponging a light layer of ink using a stencil to mask off everything but the center of my card.  Some very simple stamping, and my card is done.

I am also going to enter this card at Retro Rubber #144:  Anything Goes (my stamps are from 2017).

Now it's your turn.  How does SPICE 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, Galina, and the design team.  We are sponsored this week by Your Next Stamp.

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With Sympathy

I had a chance to make a card this weekend, and when I saw Kim's beautiful inspiration card over at MUSE #234, I knew I had to play along.

Here is Kim's inspiration card.

Kim's Inspiration Card

I was inspired by Kim's design, her blue flowers with green leaves and a pop of purple, and her die cut sympathy sentiment.  You can see that I kept pretty close to Kim's card.

I wanted the die cut sentiment to be the only die cut on the card, so I did a lot of masking to get the two flower clusters stamped with their leaves.  I cannot tell you how nervous I was stamping the last few things--worried I'd make a smudge or mistake at the very end.

I was also playing along with PTI Make it Monday #297: Mixing Florals, so I combined flowers from Gran's Garden with leaves from Herb Garden.  True confession--I think my leaves are really parsley!

I am also playing along at Addicted to CAS #120: Florals and CAS on Friday #117: Use a Die cut.

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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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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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