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.  

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Labor Day Crafting

I am back from vacation and done with the laundry--time to hit the craft room!

First up is a card using the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #237.  I took a little bit of liberty with the sketch, but was so excited about how my rainbow was looking, I did not want to stop.

I am also entering this card at Simon Says Stamp Monday Stamp It challenge, as there was so much stamping involved.

Next is a card for Make it Monday #296: Small Images on Repeat.   I used some images from Tiny Treats Birthday to make a card to add to my birthday stash.  I followed Lexi's suggestion to make the card smaller--mine is an A1 sized card.  I am also entering this card into Seize the Birthday Anything Goes.

Last up--a card for Just Us Girls #409: Shoes.  Well, this So Cal gal lives in flip flops, so that is what I went with.  I am also entering this card at Less is More #344: Lime Green / Royal Blue, and Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes.

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Weekend Recap

As the weekend winds down, I am here to post 3 of the cards that I made.  First up is the last card I made, but perhaps my favorite--I had a lot of fun with it.

I was inspired by the photo at Time Out, where they are celebrating their first birthday with Challenge #26.  I was inspired by the frames, the colors, and the beadboard that I saw behind those frames.  I used WPlus9 and Hero Arts inks in colors matching the photo--with the exception that I switched the pink to more of a red because I wanted to make a masculine card.  I stamped a variety of frames from Label Basics and then filled them in with various birthday sentiments.  I scored lines every 1/2 inch across the card front before adhering my front panel with foam tape.

The fun part was selecting the sentiments.  I used sentiments from the following sets:
PTI:  Mat Stack 3, Peaceful Garden, and Tiny Treats Birthday: Hero Arts Birthday Messages, and Waltzingmouse Eat Cake.  I was able to find all those sentiments pretty quickly because I stamp all my sentiments into a sentiment binder--I turned to the Birthday section, and I could see which sentiments might fit each frame.

A peek at 2 pages of my sentiment binder

I am also entering this card at Just Us Girls #283 where the challenge is Masculine, and Seize the Birthday where the topping is Masculine.

Next up is a card that uses the sketch from this week's CAS(E) this Sketch #113 and is also inspired by the current challenge at The Card Concept #30.  I believe my style on this card is Clean and Layered.

I am also entering this card at Addicted to Stamps #134 where the challenge is CAS, CAS on Sunday #53 where the challenge is Girl Power, and Simon Says Wednesday Girly Challenge.

Last up is a card where I tried the ink layering technique that Jennifer McGuire shows in this video. I used a Hero Arts stencil on Soft Sky paper, inking first with white pigment ink and then with Blueberry Sky dye ink after slightly offsetting the stencil.  And, yes, I'm still playing around with Frilly Flowers.

I am entering this card at RetroSketches #156, ColourQ #282, CAS on Sunday #53 where the challenge is Girl Power, and Simon Says Wednesday Girly Challenge.

That's it for me today.

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CASology Week #97: Bee

Hello and happy Tuesday.   Wow--you guys really went to town on last week's cue word of flower.  We had so many stunning entries--it was really difficult to choose the winners.

It's time for new challenge at CASology. Our cue word this week is BEE.  Now, do NOT do what I did and run screaming because you hate bees and don't think you have any bee stamps.  Do not even think of calling in sick to the challenge.  I know that bees are really good for the environment and the garden.  I have even seen lots and lots of cute bee stamps.  But, what can I say--I just don't like bees (or honey either).

Anyway, it turns out that I do have a bee stamp after all, and it is kind of a cute bee--provided it stays on my card and doesn't buzz around and sting me.  This little cutie pie bee was hiding in my PTI Tiny Treats Birthday set.  You will probably not be surprised to learn that this is the first time I have ever inked him up.

I stamped my bees on a stitched circle die cut, and colored them in with a Distress Marker.  No particular reason to choose Distress other than that I just got it and wanted to try it out.  I made a background out of a hexagon die cut adhered to a white card base, and randomly filled in some of the hexagons.  In order to make the yellow hexagons match the yellow on the bee, I just colored the white hexagon die cut with the same marker I used for the bee.

I have to say that this bee looks friendly and cute--not as scary as some of the real live bees who swarm around outside.

Now, it is your turn.  What are your feelings and opinions about bees?  Love 'em?  Do you have any cute bee stamps you are dying to bust out?   Have some fun with the cue word BEE, and then please link up your creation on the CASology blog by Monday 6/2 at noon (CST).
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.

 

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

 

Check out the beautiful designs from the CASology Design Team members and see how they were inspired by BEE.  Then, please play along and link your creation to the CASology blog by Monday 6/2 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

May Park

Meghan McMillan

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

 

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Ombre All Day Long

This morning I watched the video for Make it Monday #120:  Overlapping Ombre.  It took me a little while to figure out what I wanted to do at first.  But once I made my first card, I kept thinking of more ways to use this technique.  I finally had to stop because certain people needed to be picked up from school and fed, but I hope to be back to it before this challenge is over.


Irresistibly Ikat with Spring Moss, SU Pear Pizzazz, Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado

Irresistibly Ikat with Memento Angel Pink, Hibiscus Burst, Versacolor Opera Pink

Sketched Shapes with Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Terracotta Tile

 

Lovely Layers with Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening.  I am also entering this card at Simon Says Stamp and Show The Button Challenge.

Think Big Favorites with Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Ocean Tides

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Make it Monday #98--Take 3

They say the third time is a charm, and today I think that is very true.  I've got my third attempt at this week's MIM #98:  Chalkboard Technique, and I think this is where I will rest.  Although it almost broke my heart to smudge white ink around on this card, I am finally happy with the result.  I used 8 different stamp sets on this card, a first for me.

Supplies Used (PTI);
Stamps:  Say it With Style, Tiny Treats:  Birthday, Just the Ticket, Mixed Messages, Birthday Bash Sentiments, Tag-it's, Star Prints, Hero Arts Birthday Messages
Paper:  Ocean Tides, White
Ink:  Versamark
Other:  White Filigree Embossing Powder, Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangles, Twine from my stash

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Clean and Simple Plainly White

Officially, it is Day 9 of the Clean & Simple Card Making class, but in my house, it is Day 7: Plainly White cards.  This was a fun one for me.  I have more ideas than time.  Here are three cards that I was able to make this morning.

happy birthday

I had some fun with this card, using my scoreboard to create that diagonal panel on the bottom.  Turns out it was quite helpful in guiding the placement of my little birds.  I am also going to post this for this week's One-Layer Wednesday OLW75 challenge for a masculine birthday card--I think this would be sweet for a little boy, and I was very careful NOT to use any pink at all.

the sky is the limit

It doesn't get much simpler than this.  I cased one of the sample cards from the class--masked, stamped, colored with Prismacolor pencils--done.  I think this will go to one of my nieces who is in the process of selecting a college for next year.

XOXO

 This final card will be part of a collection of valentine cards I will be sending in support of Winter Sim's valentines card drive to support Children's Hospital.  Click here to find out more--there's still time to get some valentines card to support the cause.

My friend, Monica, from the PTI forum is having a great giveaway on her blog, Simply Sunshine.  Check it out--you could win a gift certificate for some great A-Muse products.


Supplies Used (PTI):
happy birthday
Stamps:  Tiny Treats Birthday, Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler

Paper:  White

Other:  Prismacolor pencils

the sky is the limit

Stamps:  Up, Up and Away

Paper:  White

Other Prismacolor pencils

XOXO

Stamps:  Tree Tops, WPlus9 Love You More

Paper:  White, True Black, Hibiscus Burst

Other:  Mat Stack & Layerz Mat Stack 3 dies, Tiny Tags die, twine

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