You Are Awesome!

 

Today's card is for the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge which is a double challenge this week and I managed to use both the colours and the sketch!  I used a mixture of companies here - the sentiment (both stamped and die) are Neat & Tangled, the dotty background is WPlus9 and the Bam Bubble is Paper Smooches.  I love when they all play so nicely together!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Black) Papertrey Ink, (Rose Red, Crushed Curry) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Dotty pattern from So 80s) Wplus9, (You Are from On The Corner) Neat & Tangled

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Marina Mist) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Bam Bubble) Paper Smooches, (Awesome) Neat & Tangled

Other:  (Nuvo Navy Blue Crystal Drops) Tonic

Time Out Guest Designer

 I was lucky enough to be the winner of a recent Time Out challenge and was invited to be a guest designer for their latest challenge!  It just so happens that today is also my birthday - a pretty cool birthday gift huh?

It's an Inspired by Words challenge this time and, as always, you can take inspiration from the whole quote or just one word.  Usually I end up just working off one word but this time I found a rose die and friend sentiment that seemed to work well together and I went with it.

The sponsor this week is CAS-ual Fridays and you have until August 11th to play along!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Lemon Tart, White) Papertrey Ink, (Certainly Celery, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from All Year Cheer) Wplus9

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow'

Dies:  (Fantasy Floral, Halftone cover plate) Altenew

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Baby Bears

I'm playing along today with the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp.  I needed a few baby cards so I pulled out this cute little bear from WPlus9 and paired him with some Studio Calico papers.  To finish them off I scattered a few Simon Says Stamp stars to frame the sentiments from Taylored Expressions and MFT.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Black) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Story Time 6x6) Studio Calico

Stamps:  (Bear and cloud from Little Dreamers) Wplus9, (Sentiment from Simple Sentiments) Taylored Expressions, (Sentiment from Essential Sentiments) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow'

Dies:  (Stars) Simon Says Stamp, (Scalloped rectangle) Wplus9

Markers:  (R02, B45, C1, W1, W3, W5) Copic

Stripes & Flower

 This card is for the Colour Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketches challenges.  (I realize it's not in the running for Freshly Made as it's not a square card but I wanted to acknowledge where I got the layout from).  I used cardstock to make the striped square, stamped the WPlus9 flower over the top of it and finished it off with a Simon Says Stamp sentiment and some Nuvo crystal drops.   

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Green, blue, purple) Paperbilities

Stamps:  (Flower from Very Vintage Greetings) Wplus9, (Sentiment from Simple Sentiments #1) Simon Says Stamp

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Stripes) Mama Elephant, (Square) Essentials By Ellen

Others:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Nautical Birthday

I was flipping through my 12x12 paper stash yesterday and came across this American Crafts paper that I thought would be perfect for the Seize the Birthday nautical theme birthday challenge.I pondered a few different layouts but in the end decided to keep it simple and let the paper be the star of the show.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Black) Papertrey Ink, (Textured White) Bazzill

Patterned Paper: (Margarita 12x12) American Crafts

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Essential Sentiments) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (Suede Shoes) Catherine Pooler

Dies:  (Sailboat) WPlus9, (Squares) Essentials by Ellen

Other: (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Floating Kitty

 I've got a card today for the Just Us Girls (Float) and Seize the Birthday (Furry Friends) challenges.   Working through more patterned paper here.  Bit by bit I am determined to conquer it!  This is ancient paper from Hot Off the Press and seemed like the perfect background for naughty Newton floating off on a birthday balloon and the WPlus9 scalloped die gives it a bit of a cloud feel.

 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Green Party Words, Purple Party Words) Hot Off the Press

Stamps:  (All from Newton's Birthday Bash) Newton's Nook

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Scalloped Rectangle) WPlus9, (Speech bubble) Paper Smooches

Markers:  (E33, E35, E37, 100) Copic

Other: (Nuvo Red Berry & Violet Galaxy Crystal Drops) Tonic

Hot Air Balloon Birthday

 It's a public holiday here today so I got some much needed crafty time.  The first thing I did (after dithering over what podcast to listen to...) was play along with Freshly Made Sketches.  I rotated the sketch 90 degrees to the left and went from there.  This Lawn Fawn hot air balloon is an old favourite and I paired it with some WPlus9 clouds.  I had fun colouring and then got brave and gave my second card a not blue sky!  Who am I???

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Textured White) Bazzill, (Crisp Cantaloupe, Bashful Blue) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Balloon from Blue Skies, Sentiment from Happy Everything) Lawn Fawn

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Cloud border) Wplus9

Markers:  (R32, YR00, YR31, YG41, B12, B63) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard and Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Merry & Bright Trees

 I've got a card today for the photo inspiration challenge at Just Add Ink.  I love those bright and cheery Christmas trees in the picture and went straight for these Reverse Confetti tree dies.  Initially I had them placed centrally on the card but thought they needed a bit more pizzazz so I dug around until I came across the Ride the Wave die from MFT and that gave me the idea for some snowy hills.  The WPlus9 Sentiment fit perfectly across the front of them and it comes with a matching die - so cool!  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Melon Mambo, Peach Parfait, Tempting Turquoise, Soft Suede, Smokey Slate, Basic Black, Glitter) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Holiday Trimmings) WPlus9

Ink:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko,

Embossing Powder: (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Trees) Reverse Confetti, (Ride the Wave) My Favourite Things

Other:  (Nuvo White Crystal Drops) Tonic

CASology #377

 

Welcome to Week 377 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

We are lucky to have an incredible sunset view over the water at our house and a boat sailing by silhouetted in front of a blazing orange sky is a beautiful sight.  I used the very versatile Skinny Stripes from Essentials by Ellen to create the graphic sunset and a long retired (but still very cool) sailboat die from WPlus9.

Looking forward to seeing what direction the cue word takes you.  Check out the gorgeousness from the rest of the design team then play along!

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo 

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munroe

Sue Symens

This week's guest designer:

Marina

This week's sponsor:

Uniko

***We're going back to challenges every 2 weeks!***

Link your creations to the CASology blog by 9am Monday, 9 November (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Stay Salty) Essentials by Ellen

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Sailboat) WPlus9, (Skinny Stripes) Essentials by Ellen

Other:  (Nuvo Navy Blue Crystal Drops) Tonic

Circle Twofer

Last time I tried to play along with Darnell's Twofer challenge I missed the deadline so this time I'm determined to get in there before it's too late!  

WPlus9's Doodle Buds set has a few different flower shapes in it including this fun circle.  On my first card I used it as it was intended as a flower.  I thought, however, that it would also make a fun balloon so I created some bright and happy birthday balloons for the second card.  I used some baker's twine for the string and added a fun, curly happy birthday sentiment.

Supplies Used:

Flower Card:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizazz, Crumb Cake) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flower from Doodle Buds) WPlus9

Inks:  (Jet Black Archival Ink) Ranger

Dies:  (Tag) Papertrey Ink, (Hello) Paper Smooches

Markers:  Zig

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Balloons Card:

Supplies Used:

Cardstoc:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Circle from Doodle Buds) WPlus9

Inks:  (Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Sentiment) Paper Smooches

Markers:  (R22, Y15, Y38, YG06, BG23, B05, B23, B63, BV13) Copic

Twinery:  (Stone) The Twinery

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Rockin' Guitar

I've got a card today for 3 challenges - CAS Colours & Sketches, Freshly Made Sketches and Darnell's NBUS challenge.  This is the first time I've used this Taylored Expressions guitar image and I just realised I've put it together backwards.  *sigh*  It really has been one of those days.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Guitar from You're My Hero) Taylored Expressions, (Pattern from So 80s) WPlus9, (Sentiment from Label Love) Altenew

Inks:  (Lovely Lipstick, Night of Navy) Stampin' Up, (Cement Gray) My Favourite Things

Die:  (Floral Squares) Pinkfresh

Other:  (Nuvo Morning Dew Crystal Drops) Tonic

Awesome!

Today's card is for CAS(E) This Sketch and Addicted to Stamps and More (CAS challenge).  This awesome WPlus9 stamp set came immediately to mind when I saw the CTS sketch this week.  Its one of my oldest stamp sets and I love it as much now as I did when I first got it.  I stamped the background with a bit of rock 'n' roll technique in two different sets of colours.  Then I embossed and fussy cut the awesome and popped it up on foam tape in the centre of the background.  The You're so was stamped in black, trimmed out and also popped up on foam tape.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from So 80s) WPlus9

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Pink, Apricot, Sky Blue, Heliotrope) ColourBox

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Pink Bicycle

I've got a last minute card for the Inkspirational photo challenge today.  I spotted the pink bicycle in the corner of the picture which inspired me to pull out this NBUS Simon Says Stamp bicycle die.  I paired it with a WPlus9 hello die and some Altenew washi tape for yet another no stamping card!  There have certainly been a lot of those lately.  Not sure why but at least I'm making use of some neglected goodies.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Pretty in Pink, Basic Grey, Basic Black) Stampin' Up, (Gold)

Dies:  (Classic bicycle) Simon Says Stamp, (Hello speech bubble) WPlus9

Washi Tape - Altenew

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops Tonic

Pastel Feathers

Hi there!

Today I have a card for the CAS Colours and Sketches and Just Us Girls challenges.  JUGS want us to use feathers this week and I thought they would go well with the soft colours at CAS C&S.  These Simon Says Stamp feathers were die cut and layered a few times to add some dimension.  The sentiment is an oldie but goodie from Verve and the scalloped panel is one of my favourites from WPlus9.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Soft Stone) Papertrey Ink, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Wisteria Wonder) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Words of Wisdom) Verve

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Feathers) Simon Says Stamp, (Scalloped rectangle) WPlus9

Other:  (Nuvo Liquid Mercury Crystal Drops) Tonic

CASology #353

Welcome to Week 353 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

Today's cue word gave me a good excuse to dig out these WPlus9 feathers which haven't seen any use in ages.  I kept things simple with an ombre colour palette and then added some Nuvo drops for a little embellishment on the feathers.

Looking forward to seeing what direction the cue word takes you.  Check out the gorgeousness from the rest of the design team then play along!

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Milka Gubo

Melissa Chipperfield 

Nancy Elrick

Sue Symens

This week's guest designer:

This week's sponsor is:

Uniko

Link your creations to the CASology blog by Monday, 14 October (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Faithful Feathers) WPlus9

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko, (Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields, Deep Iris) Altenew

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bight White Super Fine) Wow

Other:  (Nuvo Liquid Mercury Crystal Drops) Tonic