What did I do today?: December 2016

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

CASology Week 228: BOW

Welcome to Week 228 at CASology!

It is always fun to see how a cue word with multiple meanings and pronunciations is going to be interpreted. For my card, I started with the idea of making a bow tie and pulled out an MFT die. I played with a few different papers before moving to a red felt that gave me the body I was wanting.

Leaving the tails off looked more like a bow tie, but the embellishment didn't feel balanced, so I adhered the tails. I still see a bow tie, but maybe you see a gift bow? Either way, I love the finished card with a CAS-ual Fridays sentiment.

Check out the Design Team cards for more terrific ideas!

Jacquie Southas (you are here)

Jen Wills

Tracey McNeely (taking the week off)

Guest Designer: Bobby!

Sponsor: Birch Press Design

We are looking forward to seeing how BOW inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! You have until Monday at noon (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Muse #195 + SSS Ice Inspiration

I knew immediately what card I wanted to make after seeing Anita's lovely card for the Muse Challenge #195.

This card uses a Poppystamps Snowflake die in a similar way to Anita, although I left the die cut white and inked the panel pieces with Tumbled Glass Distress Inks. I also inked the card base so the color would peek through the open parts of the snowflake and the channel between the ribbon pieces.

Two layers of the snowflake ribbon help add extra dimension to the card. The Paper Smooches Christmas Sampler sentiment is inked with Tumbled Glass and stamped to follow the curve of the ribbon.

Wink of Stella is swiped along the die cut for a touch of icy sparkle.

I am also linking this card to the Wednesday Challenge Blog where this week the challenge is Ice Inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

CASology Week 227: SPACE

Welcome to Week 227 at CASology!

I was initially thinking of an outer space themed card when I saw this week's cue card, but you know how the stream of consciousness can take you in another direction. For me it went from outer space to constellation to star to Memory Box Star of Wonder die.

The star is cut from gold glitter paper and adhered on a Dark Indigo card base along with a Poppystamps sentiment die cut from Tim Holtz Kraft-Core Metallic Papers. Dark Indigo is a new deep blue color from Papertrey Ink that I'm loving, but found really hard to photograph.

Check out the Design Team for more great cards inspired by the word SPACE!