CASology Challenge #386

 Welcome to CASology Challenge #386!

I love a cue word that can be interpreted so many ways and I gave a nod to a few of them with this design. The lovely dark gray Simply Graphic skyline is one long line and references my longing to travel and visit cities I love.

The Altenew Figure Effects sentiment references the passage of time and is stamped in aqua ink for a pop of color and interest. And maybe because some of my favorite cities seem to be on the water.

The design team has fabulous creations!

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: Kuni!

 

We are looking forward to seeing how LONG inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! This is a two week challenge, so you have until 9 AM Monday, March 29th (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #471

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #471!

I took a little bit of creative license with Karren's fabulous sketch this week as the lines reminded me so much of the new MFT Winter Wreath stamp set sitting on my desk.

The stamped wreath is colored with Copic markers and a simple sentiment added to the center. 

I hope you can join in the fun with us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CASology Challenge #376!

 Welcome to CASology Challenge #376!

I admit the Cue word this week initially threw me for a loop. I relaxed a bit when realizing DRY embossing a panel would satisfy the challenge and then the ideas really started flowing. Did I want to create something for a dry martini loving friend? or my dry wine loving friends? put baby clothes on the line to dry? play with the texture of dry autumn leaves? As you can see, the leaves won this week.

A leaf embossing folder provides texture and interest for the trio of colored vellum Lawn Fawn stitched leaves. The simple MFT Greetings and Salutations sentiment reflects that leaves falling right now weren't even on the trees last time we saw so many friends.

Check out the design team for more ideas!

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: Jasleen!

Sponsor: STAMPlorations!

We are looking forward to seeing how DRY inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! This is a two  week challenge, so you have until 9 AM Monday, October 26th (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CASology Challenge #374

 Welcome to CASology Challenge #374!

What's your idea of the perfect vacation? I like to split my time between relaxing on a tropical beach and exploring a big city. There is no question my happy place is the beach, especially at sunset.

An MFT Stitched Arch panel is inked to create the sunset before the Paper Smooches Get Outta Town sentiment is added. A simple Lawn Fawn Palm Tree cut in black finishes the design.

The design team has fun cards to inspire you this week!

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: Francesca!

Sponsor: STAMPlorations!

We are looking forward to seeing how VACATION inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! This is a two  week challenge, so you have until 9 AM Monday, September 28th (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #451

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #451!

Narelle is the Clean Team designer responsible for the fabulous sketch the week! I wanted to play with inks and blending brushes so started with the Memory Box Drifting Side Butterfly, just coloring the base layer with pink and orange and layering the detailed white die cut on top.

An MFT stencil and three shades of blue ink created a cloud background before the vertical panels were die cut so that the lines flowed from one panel to the next.  A sweet MFT Greetings and Salutations sentiment heat embossed on a black strip finishes the card.

I hope you check out the terrific Clean Team designs and play along with us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #447

Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #447!

Designer Kim Singdahlsen is the creative genius behind our sketch this week! I can't wait to see what you do with striped panel. I wanted a subtle background for my open flower die cut, so once again used a stencil to ink a tone-on-tone stripe.

The Taylored Expressions Wavy Stripe stencil helps soften the stripe and works with the rounded lines of the flower. I stayed with rounded lines, heat embossing a PTI Penned Elegance sentiment on a gray oval. A scatter of blue jewels finish this card.

The design team have amazing cards this week! I hope you are inspired to play along with us.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CASology Challenge #372: BALL

Welcome to CASology Challenge #372!

Did you think of a formal dance, round shape or sports equipment first when you saw the cue word this week? There are so many ways to interpret this word. Sports is what inspired my card. We aren't the biggest baseball fans out there, but we usually get to a couple Padres games every season and have missed the option this year.

I used a stitched edge die to cut the white panel and adhered the two pieces to a navy blue panel, leaving a slim space. The red chevron pieces are adhered over this to "sew" the pieces together, mimicking the stitches on a baseball. The sentiment is from PTI Penned Elegance and inked in navy blue.

Check out the design team cards and join us this month!

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: Anushree!

Sponsor: STAMPlorations!

We are looking forward to seeing how BALL inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! This is a one month challenge, so you have until 9 AM Monday, August 31st (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CASology Challenge #368: PLANT

Welcome to CASology Challenge #368!

Any plant idea works for this week, but with my husband adding fruit trees and planting away in the vegetable garden, I started thinking about growing pineapples which led to my card design.

The Lawn Fawn Aloha stamp set has a sweet pineapple and perfect sentiment for these Stay Home times where I'm pining away for so many family and friends. The pineapple is stamped, colored with Copic markers and fussy cut before being added to the panel. A trio of enamel dots adds interest as does tilting the panel on the yellow card base.

The design team has fabulous cards this week!

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: Vicky!

Sponsor: STAMPlorations!

We are looking forward to seeing how PLANT inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! This is a two week challenge, so you have until 9 AM Monday, May 25th (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CASology Challenge #364: TEA

Welcome to CASology Challenge #364!

As much as I love my coffee, the day almost always starts with a big mug of Good Earth Sweet & Spicy tea. I pulled out a very, very old MFT teapot die and paired it with a Greetings and Salutations Sentiments for this design.

The teapot is popped up on a scalloped edge panel for a little extra interest.

Check out the terrific design team 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: Arlene!

Sponsor: STAMPlorations!

We are looking forward to seeing how TEA inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! This is a two week challenge, so you have until 9 AM Monday, March 30th (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #423

Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #423!

Did Kim Singdahlsen know I left my The Stamp Market Rainbow Stripes dies on my desk in the hopes of making them work for another sketch when she gave us this fun design?  

The half circle element of the design was easy, but it did take a little longer to figure out how to incorporate the three strips. I finally settled on a trio of MFT Greetings and Salutations sentiments and speech bubble dies.

The Clean Team has fabulous cards to inspire you this week - I hope you play along!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CASology Week 331: WAVE

Welcome to Week 331 at CASology!

So did you think of an ocean wave or a waving hand when you saw the cue word this week? I immediately thought of MFT Polar Bear Pals and decided to let this large, waving bear take center stage on my card.

The image and sentiment were stamped and heat embossed directly on to the watercolor paper card base before being colored with Zig Real Brush Markers. Yes, I made a true one layer card!

The design team has fabulous cards this week!

Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas (you are here)

Janet Ribet 

Jen Wills 

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld (taking week off)

Sue Symens

Guest Designer: Amy K.!

We are looking forward to seeing how WAVE inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! We are back to one week challenges so you have until 9 AM Monday, February 18th (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CASology Week 217: CUTE

Welcome to Week 217 at CASology!

I think you are really going to enjoy our cue word this week! I picked this CUTE Panda image from this week's sponsor, Kitty Bee Designs, to use on my card.

  

The digital image is printed on white cardstock then cut with a stitched rectangle die. The lines of the SSS You diecut nestle nicely into the sides of my sweet panda and a coordinating sentiment is stamped directly on the panel. This image panel is popped up on a green embossed panel that is attached to the card base. The wiggly embossed lines made me think of a stand of bamboo.

For more CUTE ideas, please check out the Design Team!

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Deidre Payne

Hannelie Bester

Hazel Hodgkins

Jacquie Southas (you are here)

Jen Wills 

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Sherrie Mannion

Tracey McNeely

Guest Designer: Diana!

Sponsor: Kitty Bee Designs

We are looking forward to seeing how CUTE 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