CASE at Less is More

Hi All,

Popping in with a CASE of Rebecca's card at Less is More.

I loved Rebecca's card and come up with my take on this:

Here is Rebecca's card:

Keeping the same layout but using a stamped image instead of the die. But using the die for a sentiment. Here I have used fun foam in a reddish colour and used black card behind it to give a slight shadow.

The die is from STAMPlorations.

I will enter this into:

Less is More-CASE

STAMPlorations October CAS Challenge-using option of black

      

Cheers!

Hi All

I don't normally post 2 cards in one day but just realised that the My Favourite Things-Clean and Simple Challenge ends today-I thought I had a few more days! This got me motivated as I also had an idea for a card for the latest AAA Card Challenge-inspired by a TV show.

Here it is:

Are any of you old enough to remember the comedy show 'Cheers' with the actor Ted Danson? I watched this in my teenage years and loved it. So this card is a nudge to that show. I also have another....more up to date idea for this challenge but lets see if the idea turns into a card...as you know, they don't always!

I made this card as CAS as I could, even for me....I wanted to add some of my enamel dots but stopped myself!

I have used MFT uncorked stamp set for the sentiment and the MFT die-namics wine service for the wine glasses cut in fun foam.

This goes off to my very dear niece who just got a new job!

Enjoy the rest of your day xx

    

Silent Night!

Hi All

I hope your weekend is going well

Here is quick card for you:

This was inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch. At first I had no ideas but then DT member Jen's take on the I thought was so creative-I hadn't thought of flipping it over- and an idea popped into my head-thanks Jen for the inspiration-check out her card here

The dies were a pressie from the lovely Kylie and I used glitter card to cut them out. The snowflakes were simply stamped and the sentiment heat embossed in gold-both these are from Winnie and Walter. There is lots of dimension here, with lots of different sections popped up on foam pads-although hard to see in the photo

I will enter into:

CAS(E) this Sketch

Happy Little Stampers-Christmas Challenge-AG

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-lets get ready for Christmas

      

Inkspirational #171

Hi All

Time for a new challenge at Inkspirational.

But first off we have some very exciting news!
We are expanding our Design Team and have 3 superb designers joining us:

Anila
Marlena
Pia

Welcome Ladies!

I have for a long time been fans of all these amazing designers and can't be happier that they are joining our Ink Team.

If you click on their names above you can go to their blogs and you will just love what you see.....I always do!

Also to find out more about Anila, Marlena and Pia pop on over to Inkspirational-you can also see their first stunning cards for us.

 It is our word prompt and the the word is:

Comfort

I went with the comfort we all feel when hugged!

I used this hugs die from Winnie and Walter

I used a stitched die cut panel cutting some score lines to this. I cut it from some previous watercoloured card and just layered it on some soft peach fun foam so you can see the peach as a shadow. Mounted this all on some lilac card that was the closet match to the die as I could get.

All the Design Team have made super cards for this challenge and pop on over to Inkspirational and take a look.

Then get inky!

Enjoy!

Another Early Morning Make!

A very happy October to you all!

I was crafting earlier today and this is what I made:

Inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch

The dies is Jumping Jack Dies from CAS-ual Fridays ciu from glitter card. The sentiment is also from CAS-ual Fridays but from an old set that has been retired...but I still love it!

I will enter into:

CAS(E) this Sketch

Water Cooler Wednesday-all about Holidays-sorry me again DT!

Enjoy your day x

     

Twinkle!

Happy Weekend my crafty friends!

Another very CAS Christmas card for you inspired by the latest sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch. I loved this sketch and knew I had to play along and wanted to make another 'just stamps and ink' card and super, super CAS.....just so my heart could be happy!

This stamp and sentiment are both from Verve-now closed sadly.

I know this looks super simple but boy did I have to play around to get it just how I wanted it. And have to say...I love it!

I have added texture to the base by using my linen embossing plate...naturally!

Have a fun weekend:

I will enter this into:

CAS(E) this Sketch

Watercooler Challenges-Holidays

     

Shine Brightly

Hi All,

What do you do when you can't sleep?

I was awake at 3am and by 4.30am gave up and decided to craft.

I have a couple of sketches that have caught my eye recently and here is one of the early morning makes made inspired the one of them. 

My fav kind of card-one layer and just ink and stamps-makes my heart happy!

As soon as I saw the sketch at CAS colour and Sketches I thought Christmas card!

I used a sentiment from Verve (now closed) and some star stamps from a set my crafting friend Gerrina gave me a few years ago-every year I find another stamp in this set I haven't used and ink it up-thank you Gerrina.

This will be entered into:

CAS Colour and Sketches

Water Cooler Wednesday-Holidays.

I will be back tomorrow with another early morning make inspired by another sketch!

Enjoy your day x

     

Challenge #119

Hi All

Time for you to take some Time Out and play in our Theme Challenge at Time Out



Many of you will know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and we do a challenge each year to help to raise awareness.We hope you will do the same and join in with us.

If you don't want to make a Breast Cancer Awareness card specifically then you can make a friendship card-we all need hugs.

And don't forget you have the option of making this a one layer card! 

I went for our optional One Layer:

This challenge is sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays

For my card I used their following stamps:

Word Ribbon

Sassy Smiles

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Marieke. Her blog is a delight to visit, full of inspiring projects-take a look here-you will see what I mean. We are so happy to have you join us Marieke.

Marieke and the Design Team have all made super cards-check them out here

I am also on a Design Team that is purely about raising awareness of Breast Cancer-Calling All Sistahs-pop on over there and see what we are all about. We have a challenge each month (one going on now!) and lots of info on how to do self breast exams etc.

For our Time Out Challenge you have until 10th October 5pm to join us

Enjoy!

Crafty Friends!

Hi All

Yesterday I was lucky enough to meet Cornelia IRL!

We have been crafty buddies for a number of years now and it was an absolute joy to meet her IRL-loved my time with you Cormelia x

We had planned to meet in New York with a group of other crafty buddies but I was too ill to travel so it was wonderful to have a re-do!

Cornelia gave me some lovely crafty goodies. One of which was this New York Skyline Die...she said as I hadn't made it there earlier in the year, she was bringing it to me!

And here is how I put it to use, inspired by some challenges I spotted today:

The layout is from the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch-I will enter this.

It was also inspired by:

AAA Cards-Imagine-I took 'imagine' as me imaging one day I will be in New York-my dream!

The Library Challenge-The Oscars-it was actually the book cover that caught my eye first as I thought it looked like skylines but then also 'The Oscars' reminded me of how much the Statue of Liberty looks like the Oscar award!

          

Inkspirational #170

Hi There

A new challenge starts today at Inkspirational.

It is our photo challenge and here is my card:

Inspired by our photo:

This sentiment comes from The Ton Stamps. And I feel these words speak to all us crafty gang....a super CAS card like this can look so much more fun with a touch of glittler!! 

The sentiment was just stamped onto some card and I popped it up on some foam pads for dimension. Added a few die cut stars-cut from glitter fun foam! 

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Isle. Her blog is full of inspiring projects-pop on over and have a look here. We are delighted to have you join us Isle.

Our DT and Isle made some super cards using this photo as inspiration-take a look here. 

Then time to get crafty!

Enjoy x

Calling All Sistahs September Challenge

Hi Sistahs,


I am here with our monthly Calling All Sistahs Encouragement challenge from CAS-ual Fridays. Our little bunch of Sistahs are all about raising awareness for Breast Cancer and would love you to join our monthly challenge.

What do we mean by an 'Encouragement' card? Well anything that would brighten someone's day. I am sure you have plenty of ideas of how to do this and make cards like this every time you sit down you craft. So why not share them with us?

We have a photo and some colours to inspire you. Use either the photo or the colours-you don't need to use both but can if you want.

Here is my card for this month:

Here I have used CAS-ual Fridays Stamps-Truth Is stamp set and matching die set Truth Blooms Fri-Dies. And the sentiment is from the set Supercalifragilistic

And the photo that inspired it:

Here is how you play along:

1. Make a card that will brighten someone's day inspired by the photo or colours or both.

2. Link up here by 12am EST on the 13th of June

3. Share with your friends and followers so we can get the word out about our challenge.

One person will win a $25 gift code to use on anything in the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps store.  All products are welcome, but if you use CAS-ual Fridays stamps or dies on your card, Michele will DOUBLE your prize!!!

My fellow Sistahs have all made amazing cards-check them out here and then get inky!

Make someone happy today with a very special card from you!

Can't wait to see your cards!

Enjoy xx

I will enter this into:

CAS on Friday-Flowers

The Flower Challenge-Anything Goes

   

Calling All Sistahs September Reminder

Hi There Sistahs,

I am here today as part of the Calling All Sistahs design team, to help raise awareness of Breast Cancer and the importance of doing that monthly self breast exam. It takes 5 mins-check out how to do that here.

Michele, owner and designer of CAS-ual Friday Stamps designed a special line of stamps and dies to help raise awareness of Breast Cancer-you can check them out here. Michele donates 50% of the profit from these to National Breast Cancer Awareness.

Here is my reminder card for this month:

Using Stamp Set 'Be' from CAS-ual Fridays

All our Design Team have made amazing cards-check them out here.

We would love you to go shopping from this range to help us raise awareness of Breast Cancer and if you do and use the code 'cas comfort' you get a discount!

Come back tomorrow as I will be here with our monthly 'Calling All Sistahs' challenge!!

Have a super day and don't forget to put 5 mins aside to do that self exam!

Have a fun day x

    

Time Out Challenges #118

Hi All,

A new challenge starts today at Time Out Challenges and it is our 'Home Sweet Home' photo challenge.

Here is the card I created:

Inspired by the colours in the photo below:

This challenge is sponsored by Poppy Stamps and I have used their Embossed Heart Butterfly Die

The fish tail tags are from My Favorite Things and the sentiment from Happy Little Stampers

We are so excited that the Design Team of Poppy Stamps are joining in with us for this challenge. Check out what they have created on their blog here



Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very creative designer Angie. Her blog is a delight to visit-check it out here, you will love what you see!

Lets see what inspiration there is over at Time Out and The Poppy Stamps blog!

Time for you to get crafty and take some TIME OUT to join us.
You have until 5pm BST 29th September to join us.

Enjoy!

I will enter this into:

Poppy Stamps Anything Goes Challenge

Inkspirational #169

Hi All

Time for our Designer's choice of challenge at Inkspirational. This week Yvonne is asking us to use a stamped/lace/paper/stencil doily on our cards.

I went for a stamped and embossed doily and actually made it into a Christmas card:

Both the doily stamp and the sentiment are from Uniko.

Our Guest Designer for the challenge is the very talented Toni. I love her cards and you can check them out on her blog here.

Toni and the Design Team have all made super cards-check them out here

Time Out #117

Hi All

Time for another challenge at Time Out Challenges.
It is our 'Inspired by Words' challenge and the words are:



You can use any of these words, and there are plenty there to play with! Or perhaps the whole phrase means something to you-and if so-use them all!

I just went with 'grateful' and made this card:

My flower is from our super Sponsors Uniko and it is from the set Just Because. The sentiment is from their set Paradise-Humming Bird

The amazing Design Team have all used different words and you can check them out here

You have until 5pm BST on 12th September to play along.

Enjoy!

Inkspirational #168

O.K so how did I get to this card from the word snap?......

I pondered on this for weeks and then thought you 'snap' when you loose your temper or get angry. And what is a good thing to do to help you not to 'snap'....breathe and count to 10! Or if you do 'snap' then to calm yourself down.....breathe!!.....just like in a yoga or mediation class!

And why red and blue....the red colour of anger moving to the cool, calming colour of blue!

A 'CAS' card yes, but I promise you, a lot of thought went into its creation!!

Plus when I showed it to hubby to see if he could tell me how I went from snap to this card-he said the cut/torn part was like I had snapped the card.....nope I didn't see this until he mentioned it!!

I used the stamp set 'Breathe' from CAS-ual Fridays

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Cathy. I have admired Cathy's creative and inspiring cards for many years now and am delighted she is joining us-take a look at her blog here

Then pop back to see what Cathy and the DT have made for you here

Enjoy!

I m going to add this to:

CASology-Sports-it is the perfect expression for 'Yoga'...going from that feeling of being stressed to the relation you feel as you breathe into a stretch and after a class!!

    

Finally I created!

A happy Monday to you all!

I know you have seen some posts from me but they were all cards made a while ago. Then yesterday my friend Nonni asked me how I had made a card I sent her. I couldn't remember! So after looking it up, I thought that was fun to make....lets see if I can do it again!! So thank you Nonni for inspiring me to actually make my first card in weeks!

Here it is:

I had a look around for some challenges and found the sketch at CAS(E) this sketch to give me the layout. I used the sketch to make the background using the watercolours in brush stokes following the sketch. I liked my arty take on the sketch.

The colours I got from Just Us Girls. I didn't have the right green in watercolours but mixed a green I did have with a green brusho colour and thought it worked.

I used the open Concord and 9th butterfly so you can see the background. The butterfly is covered on Wink of Stella and really dies sparkle. 

If you are interested how I did this.....you watercolour your background card in the colours you want and leave to dry. Then watercolour another card in the same colours but in the opposite order. This way when you die cut the butterfly and place it on the background there will be a contrast in colours-here you see the green of the butterfly is over the blue background and the blue is over the green background!

This was relaxing and fun to make.

Have a fun day x

I will enter it into:

CAS(E) this Sketch

Just Us Girls-aqua, pale yellow and light green

Create Something Catchy-watercolour

CAS on Friday-Butterlies

Creativity meets C9-anything goes