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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

CASology Week #265: Education

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology. This week, our cue word is EDUCATION. Time to go back to school!

This card is going to my niece, who is teaching in her very own classroom for the first time this fall. I know that she will be an an amazing influence on her young students this year.

Now it's your turn. How does EDUCATION 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.

Jen

Joyce (that's me)

Kymona

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Sunday, May 24, 2015

Teacher Thank You Cards

I have 4 more teacher thank you cards to share today. Probably more than I will need this year, but I had ideas and didn't want to stop. My oldest daughter is using them to write notes to her favorite teachers--saying goodbye and telling them how much they mean to her, as she graduates and moves on. All these cards use PTI Teach and Inspire. I find that when I start to play with a stamp set, the more I use it, the more ideas I have.

I used the color scheme from Color Throwdown #343 for this first card.

I used the colors from ColourQ #292 on this next card, which is basically the card above, flipped.

I added Pencil Me In to Teach and Inspire and came up with the following card, which uses a loose interpretation of the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch #124.

I am also linking this card up at AAA Cards #40 The Masculine Touch.

My last card is not inspired by any challenges--just one I decided to make for fun.

That's it for me today.

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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.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

CASology Week #86: Roots

It's time for another CASology challenge. This week, our cue word is ROOTS. What do you think of when you see the word ROOTS? Are you thinking of trees or plants? Family roots? Root..root..root for the home team? Have some fun with this cue word, and then please link up your creation on the CASology blog by Monday 3/17 at noon (CST).

When I saw the cue word, my first thought was family roots. My family heritage is Jewish, and, since Passover is coming up, and I needed a Passover card to send to an elderly relative back in New Jersey, I went with that. I think I have used every appropriate image from PTI Mazel Tov on Passover cards at one time or another, so I decided to take a different approach. I went for a sweet tree from Teach and Inspire to signify spring and new growth. This tree has the happy coincidence of also having roots. A two-fer. It doesn't get much better than that.

I stamped my tree on a narrow panel in Memento Luxe Rich Cocoa and Simply Chartreuse inks and tied a little tag around it with my sentiment (from Mazel Tov). I adhered that panel to my card base with foam tape. I impressed my card base with the Woodgrain Impression Plate. Impression plates and folders are a great way to add interest to white space, while keeping the overall card clean and simple.

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

Check out the beautiful designs from the CASology Design Team members and see how they were inspired by ROOTS. Then, please play along and link your creation to the CASology blog by Monday 3/17 at noon (CST)

Yay--More time to play:
In order to give participants more time to play along, we are extending the deadline for entries to Mondays at noon (Central Time). Due to this extension, we will be announcing our winners and honorable mentions on Tuesdays at 7:00 a.m. (Central Time), one hour before a new challenge begins. Challenges will begin at the same time as usual, 8:00 a.m. (Central Time) on Tuesdays.

How will you be inspired by ROOTS?