CAS-Colour and Sketches #14

Friday Eve again and that means a new challenge at CAS-Colour and Sketches. This week we have this fabulous sketch for you:

It took me a while to convert this sketch to my version of CAS-I challenge this was! Actually I was pretty stumped. Then my cousin Lynn mentioned on her blog here that she was a guest designer at Craft Meow. And I suddenly remembered I had a 'retro' craft meow set. This set contains a 'disco ball' stamp-well that is what I think it looks like-and my card idea came together:

I have masked the ball and mixed and matched a few sets of sentiment stamps to come up with my 'retro' version of this sketch.

Our DT have all fab takes on this sketch, so go and disco over to here and take a peek, then get stamping!
Looking forward to visiting your blogs and seeing all your cards x

Inkspirational Sketch Challenge

This week at Inkspirational we have this fabulous sketch for you:

I loved the sketch and decided to go with the colour combo of white and cream. I have to say I do love this combo. Here is my CAS version of this sketch:

I have scored the linen card stock to represent the back panel. I embossed some white card stock then die cut these 2 hearts. I was not sure what celebration I would use this for, so kept the sentiments simple so I could decide at a later date.

Our DT have come up with a fabulous collection of projects based on this sketch-a real variety, so there should be something for every taste........so take a peek here and I am sure you will be inspired.

And don't forget our monthly winner gets the chance of a $30 gift card from our fabulous sponsors Eclectric Anthology

Happy crafting!

Muse Pink and Black

Hi all,

This is a fleeting visit to share with you a card I made today using the 'Secret Garden' and Bloomin' Marvelous' stamp set from SU.

I was inspired by Deanna Jean's fabulous card at the Muse Club this week. I loved how the large flowers were so prominent against the white space and decided to focus on this. The colour scheme this week on Make My Monday, of pink and black, was one I was not prepared to pass me by......who doesn't like pink and black! I combined pink ink with different shades of pink promakers and a few black gems.
I stamped my flowers on the background and main section together then raised the centre card with foam pads after embossing it with the linen IP.

Have a 'bloomin' marvelous' evening my friends!

And Deanna's card:

Cheers!

Happy Sunday,

I hope you all are having a relaxing Sunday and get some time to do some crafting.

My card today is made with my new Stampin' Up stamp set 'Happy Hour'. This set arrived at the perfect time for me to make a 'guy' birthday card I needed. This guy loves his glass of red wine so I went with that theme. The challenge at Addicted to CAS this fortnight is 'masculine' so this was another push to get this card made!
I remember seeing my fellow DT member Karen use this set to make a girly version. I asked her if I could case  fabulous this card. My version is very CAS and much more 'masculine'. I based the layout on the sketch below from Retro Sketches

This week is a big 'cheers' to Retro Sketches as it is their 1 year anniversary and you can choose any of the last 52 sketches. This one is their second ever sketch and I chose it because I felt it suited a guy CAS card.

This is what I came up with:

I will also enter this into the 'something for a guy' challenge at Craft Room Challenge

Hope you have a good day and perhaps a glass or 2 of red wine!

Inkspirational Challenge-End of Week Encouragement!

Are you playing along with our 'case' challenge at Inkspirational? If not, you still have time to 'case' Vicky's  gorgeously CAS card-you know how much I love a CAS card!

Enter our challenges all month and you could be in for a chance of winning a $30 gift card from our fabulous sponsor this month Eclectic Anthology.

Here is my 'case' of Vicky's card:

I went with Vicky's theme of 'Get Well' and her layout. I have actually paper pieced the front of the tissue box and used markers to colour the rest of the box. All stamps are from Paper Smooches

And here is Vicky's card:

So what does Vicky's card inspire you to create? You can get more inspiration and ideas from our design teams fantastic creations here.

Happy Stamping and I can't wait to see what you make x

Its that time of the week again!

Yes my crafting friends.........its my weekly Christmas post!

This week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown the theme is love and hearts. Slightly easier for me than the colour combo last week. However it has taken me all week to get my ideas together! I knew I wanted to use  the digi sentiment from Create with TLC  but that was as far as I got, however this is what I came up with:

I remembered seeing this tutorial on Technique Time Tuesday last November. I loved the cards I saw made using this 3D punch element technique but hadn't tried it. So today I followed the step by step guide to make my heart bauble. I actually used a heart die cut. I love how it turned out and I think it is perfect for the sentiment.
The background card is dotted embossing to match the polka dot DSP but the photo doesn't show it so well.
I added the twine and heart button to hang my bauble and then stamped a little red heart to finish off my card.

I will also enter this into the following challenges:
Crafting All Seasons-die and punches
Can you Digi it-Love is in the Air

Have a great Friday!

CAS-Colour and Sketches #13

Friday Eve again and that means a new challenge at CAS-Colour and Sketches. This week the colour challenge is:

I didn't have these exact colours so used the closest inks I had.

And here is my card-the little small circles are actually my Summer Starfruit but they kinda look a bit orange here! 

I really enjoy making cards like this-just stamping and making my own pattern. I am pleased with the way this turned out and have tried to make sure I have followed the 'triangle' stamping technique.

All stamps are from Paper Smooches.

So what do these colours inspire you to make? Perhaps you want to go all stamping like me, or DSP or die cuts?? I am excited to see what cards you make. And don't forget our fabulous DT have some more inspiration for you. Take a peek here.

Happy inking x