CASology Week #87: Blush

It's time for another CASology challenge.  This week, our cue word is BLUSH.  What do you think of when you see the word BLUSH?   I had to have a real think about this one, but am happy with what I came up with.  I decided to make a card designed to cause the recipient to blush.  A sentiment a bit over the top complimentary.  Have some fun with this cue word, and then please link up your creation on the CASology blog by Monday 3/24 at noon (CST).

 

I used a masking technique taught by Kara in one of the Clean and Simple Card Making classes last week to make my card.  I took a piece of 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 computer paper and die cut a piece right out of the center using a PTI Mat Stack 1 die.  I temporarily adhered that mask to my card front and proceeded to stamp all along the edge of the mask.  I stamped my sentiment right in the center.  

When I removed the mask, I was left with that lovely floral frame.  Hard to see, but all those flowers got a generous coating of Wink of Stella.  

Wouldn't you blush down to the tips of your toes if you received this card?

Since CASology is a Clean And Simple challenge, I thought it would be helpful to review some things to keep in mind when creating a CAS design:

1.  One main image
2.  Lots of open space (uncluttered)
3.  Limited layers & embellishments
4.  Quick & easy to recreate

 

You can see that my card meets all 4 criteria above.

 

Just for fun, I made another version of this card, but I used the die cut shape, rather than the negative mask. I used the same stamping technique and applied the same CAS principles to my design.

 

 

 

 So, what do you think of when you see the word BLUSH?  

Check out the beautiful designs from the CASology Design Team members and see how they were inspired by BLUSH.  Then, please play along and link your creation to the CASology blog by Monday 3/24 at noon (CST).  

 

Don't forget to keep your card Clean and Simple.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Gillian Ross

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg (that's me)

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

Maureen Merritt

May Park

Meghan McMillan

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

And our guest designer this week, Jeanne.

 

 

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Happy 16th Birthday and Lawnscaping

My oldest daughter turns 16 today.  I cannot believe it.  Where has the time gone.  I made her a card using all shades of pink and purple--her favorite colors--and a bit of glitter, too.  What girl doesn't like glitter, right?  The driving age here in California is 16, and I am so very happy that she is not interested in driving at this point.  I must be providing good enough taxi service, and I'd like to keep it that way for at least another year.

Here is a peek at the inside of the card.  I used one of the PTI Movers and Shakers Poppers die from over a year ago...for the first time.   I think I'll use this die again.  Once I found the tutorial, it was actually quite easy to use and set up.

I have a little mini card and matching envelope for this week's Lawnscaping Challenge No. 67.  I just got the WR Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board, and I love it so much.  It is really quick and easy to use, and makes just the cutest little envelopes.  It is especially good with double sided paper.  

I used Critters in the Burb and Critters at the Dog Park for the mini card and MME The Sweetest Thing-Tangerine paper.

Speaking of Critters at the Dog Park, I need to run--I promised my daughter I'd take the dog to the dog park this morning.

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Make it Monday--Take 2 with ColourQ

 

I'm back with another card for this week's Make it Monday.  This time, I used the beautiful palette from ColourQ #142.  Taking my cues from Kara, I used PTI colors--Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise and Berry Sorbet.  I made a piece of plaid paper using Waltzingmouse Off Beat Backgrounds, and stamped my strip on the diagonal, for a bit of a different look.

Supplies Used (PTI):

Stamps:  Movers and Shakers, Rosie Posie, WM Off Beat Backgrounds

Paper:  White, Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist

Ink:  Aqua Mist, Berry Sorbet, Summer Sunrise, Versa Color Turquoise

Other:  Heart Border

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Happy Father's Day

Are you ready for Father's Day?  I am, as of now.  I've got three cards to share today, and one of them uses one of this week's Make it Monday MIM#69 sketches.

I had to take some liberties with the flowers--I used a stamp from Grunge Me instead, and made it into a background, since everything else I tried looked strange.

MIM

I finally broke out my new Chevron Dies for this next card.  I took pieces of Canyon Clay, Enchanted Evening, and Scarlet Jewel card stock and stamped them with the Crackle Background stamp.  Then, I cut then into random width chevrons, and arranged them on my card.  I got the idea to cut letters out of postage stamp die cuts from this card by Kara.

Chevron

Despite my excitement several months back over the Movers and Shakers dies, this is the first time I have used this die set to make a slider card.  It came together pretty easily, thanks to the tutorial here.

Slider

Here is a peek at the inside:

Supplies Used (PTI):
MIM
Stamps:  Alpha Blocks, Grunge Me, Movers and Shakers Sentiments
Paper:  Canyon Clay, White, Kraft, Fine Linen Pattern Pack
Other:  Alpha Blocks Die

Chevron
Stamps:  Half & Half, Movers and Shakers Sentiments, Crackle Background
Paper:  Vintage Cream, Enchanted Evening, Canyon Clay, Scarlet Jewel
Other:  Postage Die, Alphabet Die, Chevron dies

Slider
Stamps:  Movers and Shakers Sentiments, Background Basics Circles, Turning a New Leaf, Clear Dollar Father's Day sentiment
Paper:  Enchanted Evening, Soft Stone, Scarlet Jewel
Other:  Sliders Dies, Limitless Layers Ovals

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Papertrey February 2012 Blog Hop

This month's Papertrey blog hop is all about interactive cards.  I was lucky enough to get my February order in time to break into my goodies and use them on a card.  I made a birthday card for my daughter's good friend, and used three interactive elements.

I used Its a Jungle stamp set and die to create my spinning creature.  My daughter wanted a tiger, rather than a cheetah, so she drew in some stripes. I used the curved die from Spinners to create the track, and the straight die for my sentiment.

My second interactive feature is the glow in the dark embossing powder I used to emboss those harvest berries branches that make up this tiger's jungle.  

For my third interactive feature, I put a message inside the card, using the zipper dies and Movers and Shakers sentiments.

Here is what it looked like before I put it together:

Supplies Used (PTI):
Stamps:  Its a Jungle, Movers and Shakers Sentiments, Harvest Berries, Paper Source Owl
Paper:  Dark Chocolate, Simply Chartreuse, Spring Moss
Other:  Spinners & Zippers dies, Its a Jungle Dies, Fiskars Grass Punch, SU Square Lattice Embossing Folder

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