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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

CASology Week 314: BOY

Welcome to Week 314 at CASology!

I decided to make card with a masculine feel for our cue word BOY, inspired by my electric guitar playing son. Before stamping the PTI Rock On image and sentiment, a mask and stencil were used to create the star.

The star mask was made by printing a country star image, cutting it out, and positioning the open area upside down in the corner of the panel. The TH Dot Fade stencil is taped over this and Barn Door and Mustard Seed inks blended over the stencil to create the dots. The stencil is removed and a little more ink blended to fill in the star shape.

The design team has terrific cards this week!

Anna Uhras

Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas (you are here)

Guest Designer: Claire G.

We are looking forward to seeing how DRESS inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! You have until 9 AM Monday, October 1st. (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog. Did you notice the date? We are back to one week challenges!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Friday, September 21, 2018

Muse #283

Kim created a beautifully colored card for Muse #283 this week.

Kim Heggins Muse #283

I thought about using elephants for my card, but the challenge of shading the gray color left me feeling a little intimidated so I pulled out this sweet, waving polar bear from MFT instead. I can handle striped scarves.

The two colored sentiment is stamped first, then the bears added and colored. A teal frame is added for a little more color and interest, echoing Kim's pink panel.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

CASology Week 313: DRESS

Welcome to Week 313 at CASology!

My plan was to make an origami dress with patterned paper for this week's card fell apart as I just couldn't get my fingers to crease & fold the paper as needed. So I went to plan B and love the way my dress turned out.

After a few tries, a piece of lightly glittered vellum survived to make the skirt and a freehand top was cut from glitter paper. The scalloped velvet ribbon was perfect for finishing off this elegant little number. The feminine sentiment comes from an old MFT stamp set, a la Mode Cheers.

The design team has a outdone themselves this week!