I'd Totally Pee On You

 Today I'm playing along with Addicted to CAS where the codeword is Circle.  I'm pretty sure I bought this Essentials by Ellen stamp set purely for this sentiment.  It totally cracks me up and is actually a true promise here in Bermuda when at certain times of year the Portuguese Man 'O War jellyfish are plentiful.  The sentiment pairs perfectly with these MFT jellyfish and I thought the porthole would be the perfect way to highlight it!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Jellyfish from Ocean Fun) My Favourite Things, (Sentiment from Besties) Essentials by Ellen

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Pinkalicious, Rubellite, Razzleberry) Altenew

Die:  (Porthole) My Favourite Things

Gems:  Recollections

First I Drink the Coffee

 

Today's card is for the Inkspirational photo challenge.  This is such a cool picture and I pondered it for ages before finally coming up with my card.  I love this coffee cup and sentiment from Lil' Inker Designs (sadly, no longer with us) and thought the turquoise and yellow would pop nicely against the black and white circles. 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Black) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Coffee Talk) Lil' Inker Designs

Ink:  (Tiara) Catherine Pooler

Dies:  (Mug, sun) Lil' Inker Designs, (Circles) Essentials by Ellen

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Hope Your Day Rocks

 Today's card is for the CAS Colours & Sketches and Paper Players challenges.  I pulled out some oldie but goodie Paper Smooches stamps and kept things simple by just stamping them on coloured card stock.  I fussy cut them and layered them up with foam tape for lots of fun dimension.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Black) Papertrey Ink, (Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Beboppin) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Other:  (Nuvo Rhubarb Crumble & Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Rainbow Happy Mail

Today's card is for the CAS on Friday Happy Mail challenge.  I haven't made a one-layer card in ages and I almost had one here but then I decided to pop up an envelope over the heart.  I just couldn't help myself.  I can't stay away from that foam tape!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Best Mail Ever) Concord & 9th, (envelope from You've Got Mail) Lawn Fawn

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Samba, Orange Twist, Limoncello, Lime Rickey, Something Borrowed, Grape Crush, Flirty Fuscia) Catherine Pooler

Gems:  Recollections

CASology #384

 

Welcome to Week 384 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

This is one of my favourite phrases.  Not sure what that says about me but it is what it is.  I have a mug with this on it and I've made a card with the sentiment before.  Apparently I can't have too many of them!  Ha ha!

Looking forward to seeing what direction the cue word takes you.  Check out the gorgeousness from the rest of the design team then play along!

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo 

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munroe

Sue Symens

***You've got 2 weeks for this challenge!***

Link your creations to the CASology blog by 9am Monday, 1 March (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Textured White) Bazzill, (Cajun Craze, Night of Navy) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Hey Foxy) Lil' Inker Designs

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Fox) Lil' Inker Designs, (Classic Block Alpha) Essentials by Ellen

CASology #383

 

Welcome to Week 383 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I spent ages looking for an envelope die which I'm sure I had at some point but I couldn't find it anywhere so I turned to this adorable Heffy Doodle set and broke it open for the first time.  I would love to have my mail delivered by this joyful little pup bounding up my driveway.  It might even make bills and junk mail more tolerable to receive!

Looking forward to seeing what direction the cue word takes you.  Check out the gorgeousness from the rest of the design team then play along!

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo 

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munroe

Sue Symens

This week's guest designer:

Rahmat

***You've got 2 weeks for this challenge!***

Link your creations to the CASology blog by 9am Monday, 15 February (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red, Marina Mist, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Happy Happy Mail) Heffy Doodle

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Hearts) Simon Says Stamp

Markers:  (R27, C1, C3, C5) Copic

Better With Sprinkles

 Today's card is for CAS(E) This Sketch and I thought of this Newton's Nook stamp as soon as I saw it.  I'm not sure what I like better about this stamp - how adorable Newton is or how happy I'd be to stumble across a cat sized donut!  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Bermuda Bay) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Happy Hooray 6x6) Pebbles

Stamps:  (All from Newton's Donut) Newton's Nook

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Markers:  (RV02, R11, R17, Y02, YR04, G05, BG01, E33, E37, C1, C3) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

First I Drink the Coffee...

 

It's been almost 3 weeks since I've made or posted a card.  Life has been a little crazy with work, taking care of mom, vet visits for the critters and hurricanes (resulting in a flooded kitchen).  I feel like I've been running around like a headless chicken but not getting much accomplished.  Crafting fell by the wayside but today I finally got to spend a few hours in the Craft Cave.  It was blissful and I made a few DT cards and played along with some challenges.

This card is for Freshly Made Sketches.  I wanted to find a circular sentiment and dug out this one from Lil' Inker.  The cup and star are also Lil' Inker and the die in the background is the Bam Bubble from Paper Smooches.  I was pleased with how easily all my cards came together today.  Usually after this long a break I really struggle to get back in the groove.  This was a nice change.

No work tomorrow as Hurricane Teddy is passing nearby so if the power stays on I hope to get some more cards made.  No work last Monday either as we were being pummeled by Hurricane Paulette (which had what felt like the longest eye ever!).  Let's hope we don't have another hurricane day next Monday...

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake) Stampin' Up, (Gold)

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Coffee Talk 2) Lil' Inker Designs

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Coffee cup, stitched star) Lil' Inker Designs, (Bam Bubble) Paper Smooches, (Stitched Circle) Heffy Doodle

Warm Wishes

Today's card is for the My Favourite Things sketch challenge.  I don't think I've used this adorable Coffee Date set before and thought it was time to ink it up.  I wanted to go for bright and cheerful colours so started with the green striped paper and went from there.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Crumb Cake, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Dots & Stripes Fresh 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamps:  (Coffee pot and mug from Coffee Date, Sentiment from Coffee Break) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Pale Tomato, Butter Bar) Hero Arts, (Crumb Cake) Stampin' Up

Die:  (Stitched circles) Heffy Doodle, (Flag) My Favourite Things

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

CASology #371

Welcome to Week 371 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

There's a super cute swimming pool stamp set from Avery Elle that I've wanted for ages but never got around to buying which is a bummer as it would have been perfect for this challenge.  In lieu of that I went in a totally different direction and focused on something I saw lots of pools of when I worked at the animal hospital!  I tried sketching out a more irregular little puddle but it didn't look right so I used an oval shadow die from MFT for a neat and tidy pool of pee courtesy of this cheeky pup.

Looking forward to seeing what direction the cue word takes you.  Check out the gorgeousness from the rest of the design team then play along!

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo 

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munroe

Sue Symens

This week's guest designer:

Claire

This week's sponsor:

Stamplorations

***We're switching to a monthly challenge schedule for the summer so you have 4 weeks to play along!***

Link your creations to the CASology blog by Monday, 3 August (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Graphic Grid Pastels 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamps:  (All from You Make My Tail Wag) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Oval Shadows) My Favourite Things

Markers: (R29, R59, W1, W3, W5, 100) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Fla-Mazing!

I've got a card to share for the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge featuring another caffeinated critter from The Rabbit Hole Designs.This flamingo has clearly had a rough night but will be fla-mazing in no time thanks to that cup of joe!  I love the extra little details on these stamps like the slippers that all the critters wear - how cute are those bee slippers?  I actually ended up making two cards with this stamp.  I think I like the first one best but what about you?

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Flirty Flamingo, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Back & White Basics 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamps:  (All from Caffeinated Flamingo) The Rabbit Hole Designs

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Circle Burst) Avery Elle, (Flag) My Favourite Things

Markers:  (R22, R32, Y15, Y38, C1, C5) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Liquid Mercury Crystal Drops) Tonic

T-Wreck

I've got another caffeinated critter from The Rabbit Hole Designs to share today.  This grouchy T-Rex is for the Paper Players' CAS Men in Mind challenge.

This is Luis without his caffeine.  I swear his blood is 50% espresso.  He has at least two espressos before he leaves the house in the morning and then has regular coffee as soon as he arrives at work.  When he's home he has an espresso after lunch.  He also has an espresso after dinner and somehow can then fall straight asleep!  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Not Quite Navy) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Loyal 6x6) Authentique

Stamps:  (All from Caffeinated Dinosaur) The Rabbit Hole Designs

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Markers:  (YG03, YG11, YG67, B97, E35, W3) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Bottle Green Crystal Drops) Tonic

Caffeine Right Meow!

I've got another caffeinated critter from The Rabbit Hole Designs to share today.  This kitty looks pretty much how I felt this morning and that's exactly what my hair was doing!  Ha ha! I'm playing along with the Make Your Mark challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More (I coloured her with Copics) and the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp.  The background was created with paint strokes from Paper Smooches.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Bermuda Bay) Stampin' Up, (White glitter)

Stamps:  (Cat & sentiment  from Caffeinated Cat) The Rabbit Hole Designs, (Paint strokes) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko, (Night of Navy) Stampin' Up

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Die:  (Star frame) Avery Elle

Markers:  (R11, YR16, Y38, BG15, BG49, E35, C1, C3, W1) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Ripened Pumpkin Crystal Drops) Tonic

CASology #367

Welcome to Week 367 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

It seems like unicorns are the only "magical" creatures in my stamp collection.  I don't seem to have any mermaids or fairies or gnomes or dragons at least that I could find with a quick skim through anything.  So a unicorn it is for me this week and this one I find particularly hilarious.  It actually motivated me to pull out my collection of Rabbit Hole caffeinated critters and make use of them.  I'll share more of them in future posts.

Looking forward to seeing what direction the cue word takes you.  Check out the gorgeousness from the rest of the design team then play along!

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo 

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munroe

Sue Symens

This week's guest designer:

Hannelie

This week's sponsor:

Uniko

Link your creations to the CASology blog by Monday, 11 May (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (CSmokey Slate, Basic Black) Stampin' Up, (White glitter)

Stamps:  (All from Caffeinated Unicorn) The Rabbit Hole Designs

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Die:  (Star frame) Avery Elle

Markers:  (R00, R20, R22, YR02, Y02, Y11, YG03, B02, BV02, E35, C1, C3) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo White Crystal Drops) Tonic