Guest Designer at Addicted to CAS

Today I am honored to be the Guest Designer at Addicted to CAS # because I was chosen as CAS Perfectionist for their challenge #163:  Heat with this card.

The code word for this week's Addicted to CAS Challenge is BUBBLE.

                         

I made this card using several different stamp sets, all featuring speech bubbles.  To keep my card Clean and Simple, I clustered all of my elements in the lower right hand corner, stamping several of them partially off the page.  I also stamped my sentiments directly on my images, further concentrating all the action in that corner.  I added some subtle texture to my card front, adding interest to the white space.

So, I hope you will play along this week, featuring whatever sort of bubble suits your fancy.

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CASology Week #239: Landmark

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is landmark.

I must admit to becoming a bit of a news junkie since the election last fall.  The plight of refugees and immigrants has been on my mind, and it seemed like a great time to pull out Lady Liberty herself, the Statue of Liberty--one of my favorite landmarks.

Now it's your turn.  How does LANDMARK 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.

Diedre

Hannelie

Hazel

Jacquie

Janet

Jen

Joyce (that's me)

Judy

Kymona 

Melissa

Rachel

Sherrie

Our Guest Designer is Wendy.

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ColourQ #360...Hang in There

It's time for another color challenge at ColourQ.  I have one customer for my cards, and she had requested some cards she could send to cheer up her clients who have been looking for the perfect house for a long time without success.  The card I made using this weeks colors is another card for her.  You can see the first one here.

I pulled out an ancient Waltzingmouse set (5 plus years old?) that I always love to paper piece.  Isn't this a cute country house?

I am also linking this up at Simon Says Wednesday Clean and Simple Challenge, Retro Rubber #47: Anything Goes, and Addicted to CAS #97: Stitching (all the image stamps have faux stitching in the design.

Please head over to the ColourQ blog to see more inspiration from the Design Team.  I hope you will play along this week.

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ColourQ #331....Happy Birthday Old Salt

If you are looking for my CASology post, please click here.

Happy Tuesday and welcome to a new challenge at ColourQ.

We have a new color scheme for you today--beautiful blues and greens together that just made me think of the ocean.

I used the PTI Waves cover plate die and cut it from each of the 4 colors, then pieced it back together using a bit of each color.  I only used about 1/3 of the die, and that became my ocean.

I die cut and stamped a little sailboat, and then added one of my very favorite masculine/nautical birthday sentiments (Waltzingmouse Ocean Bound).

Please head on over to the ColourQ challenge blog to see more inspiration from the design team. I hope you will join in the fun and play along this week.

I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday Anything Goes and Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes.

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Time Out Guest Designer

Hello Hello!!  I am so very happy to say that I am a Guest Designer this week at Time Out because I won their black and white with a splash of color with this card (third one down).  Our inspiration this week is 'Home Sweet Home' and we have this bright and beautiful inspiration photo to work with.

I just loved this photo.  I was inspired by that wall paper, and so used Waltzingmouse Funky Flowers stamps to create my own bright and vibrant background. I split my panel with a stitched Lawn Fawn die to provide a space for my sentiment, after impressing the entire card front with the Burlap Impression Plate.

I hope you will play along with us at Time Out this week.

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CASology Week 137: Tropical

Hello and happy Tuesday.  Time for another CASology challenge, and this week the cue word is TROPICAL.  For all of you in a cold and snowy climate, please take this opportunity to warm up and enjoy the sunshine with this week's challenge.

I made a little tropical sunset scene on my card--I love these Waltzingmouse palm trees because they look just like the ones all over town here where I live.  I masked off a circle on my card, and blended and sponged several colors of Distress inks to get my sunset.  I stamped the trees and hut, purposely having just a bit of the tree extend outside my inked area.  I was a little stumped about where to put my sentiment, finally settling on the lower left side of my focal point--half in and half out of the inked area.

I am also linking up to a few additional challenges:  Addicted to CAS #58 where the challenge is Distress, Happy Little Stampers Sponging Challenge, and Simon Says Monday B is for....(beach).

I hope you will play along with us this week, and show us how you are inspired by the word TROPICAL.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Gillian Ross

Hazel Hodgkins

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg (that's me)

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

Kymona Tracey

May Park

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely 

Guest Designer: Anna

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 103: Glow

Happy Tuesday.  It's time for a new challenge at CASology, where our cue word this week is GLOW.  Most of the time, I try to go with the first idea that pops into my head, and that was the case this week.  I immediately thought of this cute Waltzingmouse Little Lantern set I received as a gift from a sweet friend and had never inked up.  I was thinking of the warm glow of a lantern, set outside to welcome someone home.  I think I am already planning for the day that my oldest daughter comes home from her summer adventures.

Here is a reminder of the CAS guidelines:

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.  I thought that by putting the strip of yellow paper on the left side of the card, I was reinforcing the glow of the lantern.  What do you thnk?

Now, it is your turn.  What do you think of when you see the word GLOW?  Have some fun with the cue word GLOW, and then please link up your creation on the CASology blog by Monday at noon (CST). 

Check out the beautiful designs from the CASology Design Team members and see how they were inspired by GLOW.  

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 

 

Guest Designers:  Quen and Lindsey 

 

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