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

CASology #394

  Welcome to Week 394 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

For this week's card I broke out an NBUS set from Lil' Inker Designs and paired the stamps with a splash of yellow and some fun stripes.  Keeping it all layered and centered helps to keep the elements from becoming too overwhelming and keeps a CAS feel.

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!

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo 

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munroe

Sue Symens

This Week's guest designer:

Karen

***You've got 4 weeks for this challenge!***

Link your creations to the CASology blog by 9am Monday, 6 September (CDT).

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  (Painted Prints 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamps:  (All from Super Kids) Lil' Inker Designs

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

Dies:  (Stitched Wonky Squares) Lil' Inker Designs

Markers:  (R11, R27, Y08, B29, W1, W3, W5) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Red Berry Crystal Drops) Tonic

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

Wool You Be Mine?

 

I've got another sweet pun and anadorable little kitty today for the Freshly Made Sketches, Colour Throwdown and Simon Says Wednesday (Anything Goes) challenges.  This set from Hero Arts is so cute and has 4 adorable kitties to choose from.  I wanted to add some texture to the card base with a knit type stamp or embossing folder but don't have anything like that so I went for this pattern from Lil' Inker Designs which was as close as I could get.  (And I like how it turned out!)

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Dapper Denim) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Knitting) Hero Arts

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

Dies:  (Rectangle) Spellbinders, Coverplate) Lil' Inker Designs

Markers:  (RV10, C1, C3) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Blushing Red Crystal Drops) Tonic

Lacy Birthday

 

I only recently discovered the Colour Hues challenge and Lindsey has been encouraging me to play along.  I was really struggling with my mojo when I sat down to make a card for the current navy and cream challenge and after far too long spent dithering over it I ended up with this.  My photo is overexposed as this looks very white.  It's actually PTI Vintage Cream cardstock.  I really wanted to add some yellow Nuvo Crystal Drops to the centres of the flowers but obviously that would defeat the purpose of the challenge.  Looking at it now perhaps some clear gems or silver Nuvo drops in the centres would have added that little something that seems to be missing.  Something to remember for the future I guess.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Vintage Cream) Papertrey Ink, (Night of Navy) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flowers from Frosted Garden) Altenew, (Sentiment from Labeled Messages) Mama Elephant

Inks:  (Juniper Mist) Catherine Pooler

Dies:  (Lacy coverplate) Lil' Inker Designs

You Stole My Heart

Today's card is for the Just Add Ink sketch challenge.  I replaced the rectangles with hearts and then Copic coloured and popped up this adorable little bear from Lil' Inker Designs.  The speech bubble is also popped up and I threw in a few Nuvo dots to highlight the sentiment.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Lovie Friends) Lil' Inker Designs

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Hearts) Taylored Expressions, (Speech bubble) My Favourite Things

Markers:  (RV29, R20, W1, W3, 100) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

You Got This

 

Today's card is for threes challenges - CAS Colours & Sketches, Fusion (I turned the sketch 90 degrees to the left) and The Card Concept (CAS style).  Both the photo prompts have warm and cozy hot chocolate/coffee images so I reached for my favourite coffee mug die from Lil'Inker Designs.  They have a great set of sentiments that fit on the cup so I could easily make a whole set of cards just by changing up the sentiment and the colour combo.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Textured White) Bazzill, (Cherry Cobbler, Bermuda By, Pool Party, Soft Suede) Stampin' Up

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

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Hero Arts

Dies:  (Coffee cup) Lil' Inker Designs, (Stripes) Mama Elephant

Markers:  (R85, Y17, G05, G14, BV13, E33, E35) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Hot Diggity Dogs

 

Today I have cards for the Paper Players challenge to use something new.  I've been wanting this adorable Essentials by Ellen pooch set for ages and finally got my hands on it thanks to a sale.  I coloured the dogs, skateboards and balloons with Copics and then fussy cut the sweaters from Reverse Confetti paper.  The Lil' Inker Designs speech bubble was the perfect size for the sentiment.   

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Rose Red, Cucumber Crush) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Paper Bliss 6x6) Reverse Confetti

Stamps:  (All from Clever Sausage) Essentials by Ellen

Inks:  (Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Speech bubble) Lil' Inker Designs

Markers:  (R85, Y17, G05, G14, BV13, E33, E35) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Poinsettia Joy

 

Today's card is for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  The Design Team created gorgeous cards as always but Jen Mitchell's card especially caught my eye and inspired me.  I paper pieced a poinsettia from Lil' Inker Designs and finally used some of this gorgeous MME gold striped paper.  I also added some Nuvo drops because apparently I am now incapable of making a card without them.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red, Basic Black) Stampin' Up, (Red, Green) Bazzill

Patterned Paper:  (Joyful 6x6) My Mind's Eye

Stamps:  (Flower from Festive Florals) Lil' Inker Designs

Ink:  (Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Joy) Lil' Inker, (Stitched rectangle) Mama Elephant

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Why Fit In?

 

Today's card is for the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch challenge.  I had this EBE unicorn set on my desk from another card I had made and thought I'd use it again here.  I always seem to colour them with rainbow manes but hey, if it works it works!  I die cut the Avery Elle star frame and then cut it in half to use as the swirly part along the bottom of the circle.   

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Unicorn from Unicorns 'N Rainbows, Sentiment from Pure Magic) Essentials By Ellen

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

Dies:  (Pierced circle) Lil' Inker Designs, (Star Frame) Avery Elle

Markers: (R85, YR02, Y02, G02, B12, BV02, C1) Copic

Glitter:  (Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss) Tonic

Other:  (Nuvo English Musard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Hey, Friend

 

I'm back with another card from yesterday's crafting session.  This one is for the CAS Colours and Sketches challenge and the Simon Says Wednesday challenge (No Stamps Allowed).  The Hey and Friend dies are from Simon Says Stamp and I love the look of the two fonts together.  I thought the rich autumn colours from CAS C&S would be fun and playful and make this card good for guys or gals.  I added a couple of skinny strips of cardstock and a star for some balance and I feel like they give it a bit of a cool 80s vibe.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Hey, Friend) Simon Says Stamp, (Stitched Star) Lil' Inker Designs

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

The Snuggle Is Real

Today's card is for the colour challenge at the Paper Players and the Stock Your Stash (baby) challenge at Reverse Confetti.  The RC onesie stamps are my favourites for baby cards especially this one that says "The snuggle is real." I layered it on a pierced circle from Lil' Inker Designs and combined a Simon Says die with an Altewnew stamp to create the sentiment.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (So Saffron, Marina Mist, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Onesie from Cute As A Button) Reverse Confetti, (Little One from Baby Zoo) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Bashful Blue) Stampin' Up

Die:  (Pierced circle) Lil' Inker Designs, (Welcome) Simon Says Stamp

Other:  (Nuvo White Crystal Drops) Tonic

Rockin' Guitar

I've got a card today for 3 challenges - CAS Colours & Sketches, Freshly Made Sketches and Darnell's NBUS challenge.  This is the first time I've used this Taylored Expressions guitar image and I just realised I've put it together backwards.  *sigh*  It really has been one of those days.  

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Guitar from You're My Hero) Taylored Expressions, (Pattern from So 80s) WPlus9, (Sentiment from Label Love) Altenew

Inks:  (Lovely Lipstick, Night of Navy) Stampin' Up, (Cement Gray) My Favourite Things

Die:  (Floral Squares) Pinkfresh

Other:  (Nuvo Morning Dew Crystal Drops) Tonic

Twofer Flowers

Aaaargh!!!  I just realised I've missed the deadline for the Twofer challenge!!!  

This time the prompt was flowers and I'm so excited about what I came up with but I came up with them a day late.

*sigh*  

Oh well.  I'm going to share them anyway.

I chose a flower from Altenew's simple flower set.  I started by making a thank you card with a simple bunch of flowers.  Then I was looking at the swirl on the flower and it made me think of the snail card I made for a recent CASology challenge.  So I took the body of a snail from an Essentials by Ellen set and then used the flower to make him a different shell!   Pretty neat huh?  Finally I added a Lil' Inkers Designs sentiment to make it into an encouragement card.

Supplies Used:

Thank You Card

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

Stamps:  (Flowers & leaves from Simple Flowers) Altenew, (Sentiment from Salutations) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko, (Tiki Torch, Tiara, Lime Rickey) Catherine Pooler

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Encouragement Card

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Old Olive, Crumb Cake) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flower from Simple Flowers) Altenew, (Snail from Snailed It) Essentials by Ellen, (Sentiment from Snailed It) Lil' Inker Designs

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Pale Tomato, Fresh Peach, Cop o' Joe, Wet Cement) Hero Arts

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Purple Zebra

Today's card is for the My Favourite Things Sketch challenge and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge (Animal fun).  This adorably funky zebra is another of the items I found on my desk waiting for use.  I popped him up on a pierced rectangle from Lil' Inker designs and embossed a sentiment.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Soft Sone) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Zebra & sentiment from Wild About You) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Pierced rectangle) Lil' Inker Designs, (Flag) My Favourite Things

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard & Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic