CASology Week #190: Weather

This is my second post today.  If you are looking for my ColourQ post, please click here.

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is
Weather. If you are one who likes to chat about the weather, then this is the challenge for you.

Now, I live in San Diego, and we pretty much have only one type of weather.  I am not complaining--I love living in place where it is warm and sunny most of the time.  However, there is not much to say about our weather.

I decided to make a card that reflects our San Diego weather, and I will send it to my daughter next year when she is in college in Maine, freezing her tootsies off.  Perhaps she will receive it during a blizzard....

I cut a piece of card stock to about 1/3 the size of my card front and stamped it with the sun rays from PTI Hello Sunshine.  I used a die cut and stamp together to make my sentiment and finished the card off with a few sunny yellow sequins.

Now, it's your turn.  How does Weather inspire you?  I hope you play along this week. Please remember to keep it Clean and Simple.

I am entering this card at Less is More #268, where the challenge is 'what's outside your window' and Paper Players #287 where the challenge is clean and simple spring.

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from the design team.

We are sponsored this week by Avery Elle.

Ardyth

Diedre

Hannelie

Hazel

Jacquie

Jen

Joyce (that's me)

Judy

Kymona

Melissa

Sherrie

Tracey

Guest Designer: Amelia

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ColourQ #334....Sweetest Birthday

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

Happy Tuesday and welcome to a new challenge at ColourQ.

Look at this beautiful make up case and tell me that it doesn't make your mouth water?  I looked at this photo and colors, and my mind went straight to ice cream.  (Full disclosure--many things send my mind straight to ice cream)

I pulled out an old PTI ice cream set, and just started scooping.  

Delish, right?

I am also entering this card at Simon Says Monday where the challenge is food or drink.

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.

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Weekend Recap

Hello, hello.  I am here on Sunday night, posting the results of my crafty adventures this weekend.

First up is an Easter card that is headed to one of my mother-in-laws (the Catholic one!).  I used the sweet smaller tulips from PTI Tulip Time.

I am entering this card at Less is More #268, where the challenge is 'what's outside your window'.  It is officially spring here in San Diego, although our winter often feels like spring or sometimes even summer.  Tulips are out everywhere, and that is what I see from the window of my car when I am driving around.  I am also entering this card at Paper Players #287 where the challenge is clean and simple spring.

I have another Easter card, this one for a friend, and I used PTI Spring Woods.

I used the PTI Pretty Frame die as an impression plate, and also sponged a bit of Spring Rain ink right under my focal point.

I am entering this card at AAA Cards #60: Easter and Just Add Ink #303: Just Add 'E' (Easter).

For my next card, I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #228 and the colors from Color Throwdown #384.

I am also entering this card at Simon Says Monday: Use Some Lucky Stars--if you look along my left panel, you will see some very teeny and very lucky confetti stars.

I used PTI Confetti Toss for the left panel, Hooray for the streamers and Bold Blossoms for the sentiment.

Saving the best for last, this next card is my favorite of all the ones I made this weekend.  Honestly, I don't know why, but I really am loving these Happy Birds I just got from WPlus9.  I started with the sketch from this week's CAS(E) this Sketch #164.

I didn't want to do too much to color these birds, so I just took some of my lightest and palest Copic markers and lightly colored the lower part of each bird.  Then, I outlined the birds in Copic C1.  

I forgot to take a photo of the inside of the card, but I stamped "It's Your Birthday" and a couple of small images from PTI Good Times inside the card.  I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday no toppings and Simon Says Wednesday Cute and Cuddly.

That's it for me today.

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Happy Birthday Kim

Today is a very special day--it's Kim's birthday.  Kylie has organized a special and secret birthday linky party on her blog.  Hop on over and help Kim celebrate in style.

You can also stop by Kim's blog, Cupcakes, Cards and Kim and leave Kim some birthday love.

How about some cake--vanilla is Kim's favorite.

And, of course, the birthday card.

I made this card using a distress ink lifting technique I saw here.  Quite often, a technique works for the person making the video, but not for me.

I am happy to report that this technique actually worked and gave me this cool effect, where I was able to lighten the ink inside the flowers.  The flowers are from Lil Inker Inky Flowers and the sentiment is Mama Elephant.

I am linking this card up at Seize the Birthday The Great Divide and The Card Concept #51 Naturally Pink, where my card is Clean and Layered.

Please head over to Kim's blog to wish her a happy birthday, and then visit Kylie's blog for all the details of the linky party.  I hope you will join in and wish Kim a happy Birthday.

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Thinking of You and Belated Birthday Wishes

I had so much fun last week at Muse I decided to play again this week, where we have this beautiful card from Anita as our inspiration.

I decided to follow Anita's design and technique, switching up only the stamp set and ink color.

I used PTI Doodlie Do, stamping over the masked sentiment, masking the flowers to put some leaves in the background, and then sponging ink over the flowers.

After losing my first attempt to the rubbish bin because of unfortunate ink splatters after everything else was done, I decided to just add a pop of color with some sequins for my second attempt.  I don't think I get along well with splatters.

My next card is for the Create Along with Us challenge at PTI, where I chose a card by Ashley for my inspiration piece.

I was inspired by Ashley's fun use of the new floral stamp set, which I convinced myself I didn't need because I have Beautiful Blooms I and II.  They are not the same, but I thought I could pull off Ashley's design with supplies I already own.

I used a few different flowers from both of the Beautiful Blooms stamp sets to create a belated birthday card for my stash--despite my best efforts, I often find I need belated birthday cards.  

I kept my colors to shades of pinks and greys, as I am also playing along at Inkspirational #104 and The Card Concept #51 Naturally Pink.  I would place my card in the Clean and Simple category.

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Time Out #52...Birthday Wishes

Hello and welcome to another challenge at Time Out.  This week, our challenge is a CASE challenge, and we have this gorgeous card from Marjan to inspire us.

I love the soft water color look of Marjan's stamping.  I was also inspired by the colors, flowers and long stems.

I stamped my ranunucus in Versafine Onyx black, and then used my Zig pens to water color them in colors similar to the colors Marjan used.

I stamped my sentiment on a piece of scrap card stock and fussy cut it out.  Then, I glued that piece to another scrap that I had painted with Zigs and cut it out again.  I thought that my sentiment was getting lost, and this way it stands out a little more.

I hope that you will take some Time Out to play along with us over the next two weeks.  Please see the Time Out challenge blog to see more inspiration from the Design Team.

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