CASology Challenge #373

 Welcome to CASology Challenge #373!

We have a rather unique word to inspire you for the next two weeks and it really is wide open as to what you do with SEPTEMBER. Maybe there is a September birthday or anniversary in the family, or you are thinking about back to school or looking forward to the change in seasons. Fall in southern California edges out Spring as my favorite season only because we get a little more sunshine than the gray mornings of May and June. 

I pulled out my rarely used Brilliance inks and Concord & 9th Give Thanks stamps for this super simple card. The inks add a bit of shimmer and fun.

The design team has fabulous cards!

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas (you are here)

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield 

Milka Gubo

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munro

Sue Symens

Guest Designer: Zoe !

Sponsor: Lawn Fawn!

We are looking forward to seeing how SEPTEMBER inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! This is a two  week challenge, so you have until 9 AM Monday, September 14th (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #450

 Freshly Made Sketches #450!

Karren has given us a wonderfully versatile sketch to work with this week. I decided to ink smoosh a watercolor panel to create a sky background and base for the heat embossed MFT Brushstroke Birthday sentiment.

A trio of brightly colored MFT Gerbera with sparkly centers provide the circle element in the sketch. This panel is popped up on a big dot embossed panel for a little extra texture.

Check out the terrific design team card and play along with us this week!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #449

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #449!

I absolutely love Cécile's sketch this week and fully intended to create a geometric design. I really can't explain how the triangles morphed into umbrellas and a beach scene. Sometimes creativity takes a road trip and I decided to stay with it this week.

I did stay with a loose triangle shape when inking the sand and sky backgrounds, slightly offsetting them so the sand is shifted to the right side of the panel and the sky more to the left. A trio of seagulls were heat embossed in the sky as the small triangle element before the beach umbrellas and heat embossed sentiment were layered on the panel.

I hope you check out the amazing design team cards and play along with us this week!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie