CASology: Week 174 OWL

I began by die cutting, then stamping and then coloring the owl. Next I die cut the branch, and then the circle (an embossed piece of tan card stock). The word bubble was placed before the image was attached. The Paper Smooches images are good to give to children and that is where this card will be directed. It was nice to make a non-holiday card.

Stamp/Die - Paper Smooches "Chubby Chums"

Die Cuts - Nestabilities "Circles", MFT "Branch with Leaves"

Paper - Neenah, MFT (tan), snippet

Embossing Folder - Paper Studio "Woodgrain"

Stamps - Inkadinkado (bubble), PS (sentiment)

Other - Copics, Memento

http://casology.blogspot.com/2015/11/week-174-owl.html

25 Days of Christmas Tags - Day 24

Day 24 of Tracey's Christmas tags. Natasha's tag used kraft paper and had a tree so that is what I did. The reindeer is NBUS which I just purchased at Paper Source and the tree is from Purple Onion. Both images were fussy cut and attached to the tag. I used glossy accents as snow and added a simple sentiment. The tag was cut using a SU! punch and I attached the gingham ribbon and red jute.

Paper - Kraft, white card stock

Stamps - Purple Onion (tree and sentiment), Paper Source (reindeer)

Ink - Memento, Copics

Other - Glossy Accents, ribbon, jute, SU! tag punch

http://inmycreativeopinion.blogspot.com/2015/11/25-days-of-christmas-tags-day-24.html?

MERRY MONDAY # 181 - Blue, White & Texture

This may be my favorite Christmas card for the year. On watercolor paper I smooshed distress ink and sprinkled on water. When the paper was dry I stamped the tree with VersaMark and heat embossed with white embossing powder. This piece was matted onto blue card stock. I die cut the words in blue cs, and dry embossed the tree folder and all components were assembled.  

Paper - SU! Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, water color

Stamp - PTI "Through the Trees"

Embossing Folder - Paper Studio "Woodgrain"

Die Cut - Paper Smooches "Christmas Words"

Distress Ink - Faded Jeans, Chipped Saphire, Pine Needle, Rusty Hinge

Other - VersaMark, White Embossing Powder

http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/2015/11/merry-monday-181-blue-white-with-texture.html

This is a second card I made using different colors.

Thanksgiving Blessings to all.

25 Days of Christmas Tags - Day 21

For Day 21 of the challenge I chose inspiration from Judy Marino. My tag has a green wreath and uses a plaid paper. The stamp and sentiment are from Purple Onion which I colored with Copics and used a NBUS die tag from MFT. I made the mini tag and assembled all the pieces and lastly added white gellyroll dots (snowflakes) and then added stickles.

Stamps - Paper Onion

Paper - Neenah, SU! DSP

Ink - Copics, Memento, Gellyroll Pen, Stickles "Stardust"

Die Cut - MFT "Tag You're It"

Other - Jute Twine

http://inmycreativeopinion.blogspot.com/2015/11/25-days-of-christmas-tags-day-21

CASology: Week 173 PRETTY

I am entering this card because I really love it and think it is so CAS and pretty. The wooden stamp looks like a poor orphan and ready for a makeover. Recently a dear friend gave me a box of lovingly used stamps to share with my card making group. Some of the stamps I played with first and this little orphan who has no name became the Sleeping Beauty. Using SU! markers I colored the stamp and used a small spritz of water and applied to the paper and I was pleasantly surprised. I then used a negative piece of a die cut snippet and inked some clouds and lastly added a little bit of liquid applique for snowflakes. This could have been a one layer card but I matted it in blue cs and a green base card. A small sentiment was all that was needed, like a touch of lipstick.

Stamp - The Artist Stamps, Burbank, CA (this is bordering on antique)

Ink - SU! Markers and Bashful Blue

Paper - Neenah, SU! Bashful Blue, Lasting Impressions dsp (green)

http://casology.blogspot.com/2015/11/week-173-pretty.html

25 Days of Christmas Tags - Day 20

I finally mailed by charity Christmas cards and now I can focus on cards and tags for myself. This tag  was inspired by one of Kimberly W's penguin tags.  I chose to add a strip at the bottom and this silver metallic piece, as well as the punched snowflake, is mini Wall Border paper which I read about in a magazine last year, and I found it at Walmart. The image was stamped and colored with Copics, a dab of glossy accents on the cap, and die cut. I cut two pieces for the tag, white and a piece of dsp. 

Stamp - Darice "Wintery Wish"

Die Cut - MFT "Stitched Square"

Paper - Neenah, Paper Studio Christmas Designer Paper (Hobby Lobby), Pressed Petals "Silver Glitter Border"

Other - Copics, Memento, Glossy Accents, Silver Thread, Baker's Twine

http://inmycreativeopinion.blogspot.com/2015/11/25-days-of-christmas-tags-main-post-and.html

TIME OUT Challenge #44

This is my first time submitting to Time Out and this challenge is caseing Karen Dunbrook.

Karen's cards are always an inspiration to me and I have learned many techniques that she so graciously explains. For this card I stenciled a Christmas tree but that is not how I am using it.  The stamped sentiment says "try something new" and that is what I am doing using the tree just as a shape. I did not want a Christmas card, just a stenciled shape with a bold sentiment.  I used two colors of distress ink and Versafine and trimmed the focus piece and attached to the base card.

Stencil - Artplorations "Christmas Trees"

Distress Ink - Peeled Paint, Crushed Olive and VersaFine

Stamp - Unity "enjoy, explore, believe"

Paper - Michael's white card stock

http://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.ca/2015/11/challenge-44.html

Case this Sketch #149

To begin with I placed a mask onto watercolor paper and then die cut the leaf onto a piece of foam.  The foam was then lightly attached and then I sponged two colors of distress ink. On a piece of leftover watercolor I heavily sponged the darker shade of blue. When the snippet of paper was dry I die cut it. I did line work around the oval and stamped the sentiment and attached this piece onto blue cardstock.  The black foam piece was attached permanently onto the paper and then the blue leaf was attached.

Die Cut - Paper Smooches "Foliage 1"

Stamp - Avery Elle "oh happy day"

Ink - Distress: Broken China, Tumbled Glass, VersaFine, Copic Multi Liner pen

Paper - Artist's Loft 90# (Michaels), SU! Tempting Turquoise

Other - foam sheet (Michael's)

http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/2015/11/case-this-sketch-149.html

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #179: Pink, Green and White

I am on a "tag kick" or so it seems.  Actually I am trying to get Christmas cards completed and the tag look is popular so I am playing, and having fun.  A couple of weeks ago I went online to look up the name of a tiny stamp I had purchased from Unity and it cost be about $30. Sucker!  So this stamp is one of my newest acquisitions.  The image was stamped and colored with Copics, a white GellyRoll pen, At You Spica markers and Wink of Stella.. The piece was attached to an embossed green paper and the two pieces are from a two piece tag set from PTI.  I die cut a fishtail tag and added the sentiment and a pink bow and the focus piece was mounted onto a piece of white cs and a piece of dsp.

Stamps - Unity "Elf Christmas"

Die Cuts - PTI Tag #8, Lil Inker (sentiment tag)

Ink - Memento, Copics, GellyRoll, At You Spica, Wink of Stella

Ribbon - SU! Rose Red

Paper - Michael's (white and green), Neenah, Heidi Grace dsp

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug "Argyle"

http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/2015/11/merry-monday-179-pink-green-and.html

CASology Week 172: GIVE

I just received this stamp from Unity and it fit the cue word at CASology which is give.  After stamping and coloring I shaped the image into a tag and added washi tape at the top and then punched and added ribbon and red jute.

Stamp - Unity "Christmas Teddy"

Paper - Neenah

Ink - Memento, Copics

Other - washi tape, ribbon, jute

http://casology.blogspot.com/2015/11/week-172-give.html

25 Days of Christmas Tags - Day 9

This is my first entry in the 25 Days of Christmas Tags.

In searching my UFO box I came upon several pieces that were previously die cut and looking at Lisa Arana's tag I decided on this round shape.  I used products from SU!, Paper Smooches, Lil Inkers, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Purple Onion and MFT (I think that is all).  The DSP is SU! and so is the ribbon. 

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Seize the Birthday: "Anything Goes"

For this card I demonstrated smooshing to my card making group. After the paper had dried we used leaf die cuts and also leaf stamps. This card is an example I made for the class. I used a background stamp and then attached stamped and fussy cut leaves, and then added the sentiment. The piece was attached to a second piece of confetti cream card stock.

Stamps - Memory Box (background stamp), SU! (leaf), Stampabilities (sentiment)

Ink - VersaFine, SU! Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Garden Green, More Mustard

Paper - SU! Confetti Cream

http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2015/11/anything-goes.html

CASology Week 171: VEHICLE

For this card I used a disassembled Stampin' Around stamp. Several years ago I read on a blog how to take apart the stamp wheel and because I never could get good images I chopped up most of the wheels I had.  As I usually do I stamped with Memento and colored with Copics.  I tore a second piece of white card stock to give the look of snow and then stamped the sentiment.  Usually this sentiment I use on a masculine card with a car, but I think many of us feel time zooms by, especially as we age.  The inside of the card says "Merry Christmas." When the card was assembled I added white liquid applique for snow flakes.

Stamps - SU! "Time for a Tree," Morning Star " Another Year..."

Ink - Memento, Copics

Paper - Neenah

Other - Marvy Liquid Applique

http://casology.blogspot.com/2015/11/week-171-vehicle.html

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #178 Red and Gold

There are several steps taken to make this card primarily because I was in the designing stage. I began by using Brushos and made the background piece on watercolor paper. The image was stamped with VersaMark and heat embossed with white embossing powder - but I did not like it.  So the next step was to color another piece of wc paper with Brushos, let it dry, stamped and heat embossed and then fussy cut.  The image was then attached to the background piece and I attached a die cut poinsettia center piece. The sentiment was die cut on gold paper and then die cut on white foam.  When I finished assembling the card I added some gold InkaGold where yellowish splatter appeared on the background paper.  Whew!

Stamp - Unknown (a hand-me-down that was disassembled)

Ink - Brushos, VersaMark, InkaGold

Paper - Watercolor, Michael's white and gold

Dies - Lil Inkers "joy," MFT "Poinsettia" (center)

Other - Darice foam sheet

http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/2015/11/merry-monday-178-red-gold.html

Tag You're It! Challenge #34

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I was again asked  to be a guest designer for Tag You're It! and I am honored to CASE Susan's tag. 

I love the bird house theme and it was fun to put my take on her design.  The stamps I used are both from Unity but two different sets.  I began by stamping and heat embossing the bird house on two different papers, and then punched a small red heart.  The tree limb, leaves and fishtail are die cuts from My Favorite Things.

Stamps - Unity "Where You Are," "Love at Home"

Die Cuts - MFT Jumbo Fishtail Banner Stax, Branch with Leaves

Paper - Michael's white card stock, snippets

Ink - VersaFine

Other - Zing Clear Embossing Powder, baker's twine

http://tagyoureitchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/11/tag-youre-it-challenge-34.html

CASology: Week 170 HEART

There are those days when it is difficult to find a stamp or come up with an idea for CASology, however I try to do the weekly challenges.  I feel the need to do nothing but Christmas cards so that I can get them mailed to my charities.  Heart?  What?  Then I remember this tiny stamp I ordered from Unity and it works.

I stamped and colored the image then die cut it and a piece of red cs.  The embossed piece was in the Christmas paper box, a leftover.  I stamped the sentiment and die cut it and then added a red heart using a punch.

Supplies:

Stamps -  Unity "Lil Stewie"

Paper - Michael's and Neenah

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug "Snowflakes"

Dies - MFT "Circles," Lil Inkers "Fishtail"

Ink - Memento

http://www.casology.blogspot.com/2015/10/week-170-heart.html