CASology Week 297: ACTIVE

Welcome to Week 297 at CASology!

I decided to make an anniversary card for my husband when I saw the cue word for this week. It may not look like a traditional anniversary card, but the inside will read "with me", and going for an early morning hike is a favorite activity for him.

The Concord & 9th tree ring is stamped on the kraft card base with kraft ink to provide a base for the die cut sentiment. The MFT High Rise letters are cut twice from black card stock and once from a map before being layered together. The smaller letters are die cut with PTI Headline Alphabet dies.

Check out the design team cards for great ideas!

Anna Uhras
Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas (you are here)

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman
Kevin Bray

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

Sponsor: Uniko Studios!

We are looking forward to seeing how ACTIVE inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! You have until 9 AM Monday (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Twofer Card Challenge #4

I have had my Stamping Up Hey, Chick stamp set sitting on my desk since the Twofer Card Challenge #4 Pets was announced.

 

In the interest of full disclosure, I only dream of having chickens for pets and have to get my chicken fix when visiting my sister.

For the friendship card, a stamp positioner is used to space a trio of the mop headed chickens on a white panel and they are colored with Copic markers. The two outside birds are colored the same and the middle one is given a full rainbow explosion of color.

Even the legs are given rainbow details. The sentiment is from Papersmooches Fresh Snow stamp set.

I was thinking of the chickens in their coop when I made this birthday card. All three chicken images were stamped, colored with Copic markers and fussy cut to fit in the MFT Peek-a-boo Squared die. 

The sentiment is stamped & heat embossed in the 4th circle and the woodgrain embossed circle panel popped up on the card base. The chickens are adhered flat to the card base under the bottom of the circles and a foam pop dot is put under the heads for added interest and dimension.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CASology Week 296: PARENT

Welcome to week 296 at CASology!

My head was spinning with ideas from something for a new parent through to a Mother's or Father's Day card before I finally settled on giving a little parental advice for one of my young adults. The Dylusions Clearly the Right Words sentiment is stamped and heat embossed onto four scraps of colored card stock before being cut apart.

Taking a strip from each color, the sentiment is reassembled in an ombre order from yellow through to a terracotta orange  color. Each strip is adhered at a slightly different height, giving an up and down movement and adding interest to the design. To finish the card off, a wonky heart die cut is adhered below the sentiment.

The design team has fabulous cards this week!

Anna Uhras
Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas (you are here)

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman
Kevin Bray

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

Guest Designer: Valliam!

Sponsor: STAMPlorations!

We are looking forward to seeing how PARENT inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! You have until 9 AM Monday (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie