CAS(E) This Sketch! #347

Although I am often a slow adopter to new tools on the market, I ordered the Taylored Expressions Masking Stencils the second I saw them. How has it taken so long for someone to come up with this staple? Well done, Laurie Willison!

CAS(E) This Sketch #347 is perfect for the square stencil.

I layered the small square stencil on a white panel and then layered the TE Wavy Stripe Stencil on top and blended Tumbled Glass Distress Ink over both.

After removing the wavy stencil, I lightly inked the center of the square adding a bit of color and soften the contrast between the stripes.

A couple velum SSS Alexis snowflake die cuts are layered and adhered in the center before being added to the panel. A frosty gem finishes the snowflake and the MFT Snow Globe sentiment is popped up last.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CAS(E) This Sketch #340 + Poppystamps Challenge #60

I thought the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch #340 was perfect to use with my Poppystamps Bat Ring die and enter in the Poppystamps Challenge #60 Anything Goes.

The die is cut twice, first from black cardstock and then from white. The inner moon portion of the die cut is inked with Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks and inset into the black bat ring.

I'm not sure if it was the need to ink up my purple Taylored Expressions Blending Brush that led me to ink a bit of night sky before the bats and moon were added, but I'm glad I did.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CAS(E) This Sketch #323

I'm spending a little of our gray and drizzly Memorial Day weekend organizing a few things in the office and one thing led to another, resulting in a card inspired by CAS(E) This Sketch #323.

The Avery Elle Brushed sentiment is clear embossed on a watercolor panel before the it is colored with three shades of green Zig Real Brush markers.

The sentiment section was cut with an MFT Stitched Hexagon Stax die first and then the Poppystamps Mod Hex die was used to cut the smaller hexagons.

To add interest and dimension, the sentiment piece is layered three times, the next two larger pieces twice and the smallest hexagons are just a single layer each.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CTS 305 + Memory Box Challenge #45 + SSS Clean & Simple

I have a card to share based on CAS(E) This Sketch #305, Memory Box Challenge #45 Love is in the Air and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge to make a Clean and Simple card.

I was originally planning to keep the vertical orientation of the design, but wanted the majority of the Memory Box Heart Wave die facing the right way. 

Rotating the sketch also allowed me to use the PTI XO Skinny Mini stamps and tag for the sentiment,

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CAS(E) This Sketch! #297

I'm thrilled to be guest designing for CAS(E) This Sketch! #297 created by Brian King!

With about a month before I have to start sending Christmas cards in the mail, I decided a poinsettia would fill in the oval shape in the bottom right corner.

Watercolor paper is colored with Zig Real Brush markers before the Poppystamps Blooming Poinsettia pieces are die cut and assembled. The MFT Snow Globe sentiment is heat embossed on a strip of black paper and adhered to the finished flower.

Wink of Stella adds a bit of sparkle to the center buds and a trio of raindrops are scattered on the mini-scalloped panel.

I hope you find time to play along with the challenge this week. Thanks for the invitation to guest design, Chrissy!

Jacquie

MIM334 + Seize the Birthday & CTS287 + PSC#48 + SSS Anything Goes

After a month long separation, I'm so happy to be reunited with my craft room and even happier to have a couple of cards to share today.

This first one is inspired by Lexi Daly's Glitter Inlay challenge for PTI's Make It Monday #334 and Seize the Birthday.

The sticker paper was cut slightly bigger than the Text Block birthday die cut. After the die cut was adhered, a trio of glitter colors were poured over the panel and worked into all the nooks and crannies created by the letters.

The finished panel is popped up on a white card base.

This second card is inspired by the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch #287, along with the Anything Goes challenges at both Poppystamps (PSC#48) and the Wednesday Challenge at Simon Says Stamp.

A trio of Mama Elephant Party Kit balloons provide the rectangle element of the sketch, with the angled Poppystamps Happy Birthday Melody die stretched across the panel.

     

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

MBC #38 + CTS #276 + Seize the Birthday

This card was inspired by the Memory Box Challenge #38, CAS(E) this Sketch! #276 and Seize the Birthday: Beachy Birthday.

I stamped and heat embossed the fish on a watercolor paper panel before coloring them with my Zig Real Brush markers. The sentiment is added after the panel dried. 

For added interest, the blue ocean is painted on the card base before the panel is popped up with foam adhesive.

   

"Beachy Birthday"

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CASology Week 302: SQUIGGLE

Welcome to Week 302 at CASology!

The dictionary defines SQUIGGLE as a short line that curls or loops in an irregular way so I started the week thinking I was going to make a card with squiggly strings tied to balloons and I'm really not sure how I ended up with this card. The creative process is fascinating some weeks, isn't it?

I'll blame getting distracted by CAS(E) This Sketch! #273 and thinking how the Simon Says Stamp Handwritten Sentiments could be stamped and repeated for their challenge.

The MFT Friend Request and Smart Phone dies provided the other design elements needed for this card. The squiggly hello is stamped and embossed and then the panel was inked with Twisted Citron Distress Ink. The phone was assembled and adhered to a Smoky Shadow card base below the heat embossed Friend Request sentiment.

The design team has fun cards this week!

Anna Uhras
Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas (you are here)

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman
Kevin Bray

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

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

I am linking this card to CAS(E) This Sketch #273 and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where Simon Says Use More Than One Stamp this week.

  

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CAS(E) This Sketch! #263 Guest Designer!

I'm thrilled to be guest designing along with the Chrissy Larson and her super talented design team at CAS(E) This Sketch! this week!

My circle is inked with Salty Ocean Distress Ink before the Wplus9 sailboat die cut is adhered with foam dots.

A line of ocean waves washi tape is added to both the card base and the angled panel, with the sentiment stamped onto the tape with Archival Ink.

I hope you are inspired to play along with CTS #263 this week!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CTS #261 + Simon Says Girl Power

Last weekend was one of my favorites of the year with four days spent at the top of Palomar Mountain with seven of my craftiest friends. Part of the fun is getting to play with each others' stamps and dies, working on bigger projects and leaving a mess out all weekend.

This card came together with borrowed Pretty Pink Posh stamps and dies using CAS(E) This Sketch! #261 for design inspiration.

I love that the sentiment fit in the framed hexagon and that the tilted large hexagon lines up perfectly with the angles on the hexagon border.

White paint splatters were added to the card base first, and then again once the border and sentiment panel were added. A scatter of sequins finish the card off.

This card is also being linked to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where Simon Says Girl Power this week.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Twofer #1 + CTS #254 + CTD #476 + Simon Says Add a Sentiment

I was thrilled to see Feathers as the inaugural challenge at the new challenge, Twofer Card Challenge.   The challenge is to use the same stamp or die on two cards for different occasions and with different designs.

The biggest part of the challenge may have been deciding which feather images to use, but I finally picked my Spellbinders dies because I love the shapes & detailed impressions in these feathers.

This first card is a sympathy card made using the design from CAS(E) This Sketch #254 and colors from Color Throwdown #476.

The largest feather die is cut from watercolor paper lightly colored with Zig markers. A couple of white feathers are also die cut, along with an MFT mini-scalloped circle frame and several banners. The sentiment is from PTI With Sympathy.

The second card uses the same three dies as the first card, along with two more, to cut feathers from a brightly colored watercolor paper panel.

A sentiment from PTI Stylish Sentiments: Birthdays is stamped on the panel before the feathers are adhered. Just a touch of glue is used at the center of each feather so that have a bit of lift and add dimension to the card.

I am also linking this card to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog where Simon Says Add a Sentiment this week.

    

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie