CASology #179 ~ Simple

I am playing along with CASology: Cue word Simple

I needed a thank you card for my three granddaughters to send off to a cousin....

They have four dogs (hoping to adopt another one!) and three cats!

I love this little pooch...my BFF Linda bought this Avery Elle Stamp set for me for Christmas.

She has been with me plenty when I keep admiring it, picking it up and putting it back!!

So thanks friend for giving this to me!  I love it!

 

CASology # 171 ~ vehicle!

I loved this little car scene when I saw it, and this is the first time I have inked it up...I must have been waiting for this challenge!

This is going to CASology where the cue word is vehicle!

 

stamps:  Avery Elle:  Dashing

copics, MFT stitched tag, distress inks blended and white embossing paste for snow.

Have a great rest of the week! 

Heart Hugs!

Card concept # 33

  

 

What beautiful colors together...gray and pink!.  Yes, that is hot pink, NOT red.

I am playing at CARD CONCEPT today .

STAMPS:  MFT: Tropical Sensation, Avery Elle: Get Well, Impression Obsession:  Thin Stripes

INKS:  PTI raspberry fizz, HA soft granite

CASology # 143 OMBRE

I love the Ombre look on cards and that is the challenge for 

CASology this week.

I had the PTI Monthly Moments Journal Card #5 laying on my desk and thought I would use it!  so I sponged on some distress inks:  peacock feathers, salty ocean and chipped sapphire.  A layered a piece of lemon tart paper behind it to give the illusion of a starlit night!

The sweet elephant is from WPlus9:Unforgettable and the sentiment was a free stamp from Lawn Fawn, received with an order...I thought that was appropriate and thinking it sure would be a BIG hug, coming from an elephant!!  *wink

Thanks for taking a look!

CASology ~ Spring

 

 So many wonderful blossoms appear to show signs of spring.  One of my favorite here in the Pacific Northwest is the blossom of the Dogwood Trees.  I think I really prefer the white blossoms against the beautiful green foliage, but I have a pink Dogwood in the yard, actually it is in my daughter's yard now since they live in that house.  The tree was given to my husband's grandmother, Nana, when she was living with us back in the early 80's.  She was a very special lady and we were blessed to have her live with us for several years before passing away.  Our daughters had a wonderful relationship with their great-grandma!

This card is for the

 CASology Challenge: Spring

 

stamp:  Pink Paisley dogwood stamp, PTI Swoosh

distress inks , watercolor paper 

Two Challenges ~ One Card

I am seriously in need of comfort cards and sympathy cards for my bible study ladies, I can barely keep up with the demand!  Sad, isn't it?  Lucky for me there were two challenges that worked for this card.  The first is CAS ology:  Blossoms

The second is CAS(E) this Sketch # 114

I pulled out my favorite blossom stamp from Clearly Besotted:  Happy Everything and I white embossed it and used water with distress inks to paint in the petals and leaves!

I then used Lil' Inkers Stitched rectangles die and cut out the center portion and adhered it flat to the card base.  The frame was attached with dimensional tape to raise it up.

 

Thanks for taking a look...hope you all are having a fantastic St. Patrick's Day...hope y9ou didn't get "pinched" today!!

 



CAS-ology #109 Java

JAVA is the cue word for the new

CAS-ology Challenge

 Can you believe I am NOT a coffee drinker?

Tea, yes, Coffee, no!

This cup of "java" is from PTI's Scent-imentals stamp set.

I made it into a shaker card!

The pattern paper is a new pack I bought today,

Echo Park "Summer Bliss"

I finally had success with the shaker card because I used fun foam that was sticky on only the back side...therefore, my little sprinkles inside do NOT stick to the sides as it gets shaken!

Thanks for taking a look friends!

Heart Hugs!

MIM & CASology

I couldn't resist doing another Make It Monday Card 

and I am adding it to the CASology Challenge which asks for stripes!

I just love these balloons, especially when there are a whole bunch of them all floating away!

Stamps:  PTI Birthday Style, Stylish Sentiments:  Birthday

I hope you will check out the video by Danielle showing how to use your non border dies as a creative border for your card.  It really is fun and unique!

 

Heart Hugs!

CASology # 99 ~ Anniversary

Since my daughter's 15th anniversary is coming up next Thursday, this prompted me to make an anniversary card for her! (Thinking she will want it...not for me to give to her and DH!)

The stamp set is from Li'l Inkers called: It's Today, Right?

I kind of fell in love with those little stick people,

I think I could maybe draw some like that!  *wink

 

and the inside...oh so sweet, they are kissing...

 

this is going to the  CASology Challenge and the cue word is

ANNIVERSARY.

 

So may great cards and ideas from the DT..go check it out!

 

PS..my daughter didn't select this one, she picked another one using this same set though...

it was a picture of the happy couple, he on his knees and the sentiment says:

BEST. MOVE. EVER.

Heart Hugs,

Colleen

 



CASology # 75 CUE word ~ KNIT ~

I am still making a few more tags.

Since the cue word is "KNIT", I pulled out PTI's Knit Bits.

It just happens to have a stocking stamp!

Yeah! Isn't this what people used to hang on their fireplaces?

I am sure they didn't have fancy quilted stockings, I think it was their everyday stockings.

The branch is from Love Lives Here: Holiday as is the sentiment.

 

You still have time to play along, go to CASology HERE  and link up!

 

Thanks for taking the time to look, I know everyone is super busy, we are counting down the days...

I wish you all a very blessed and Merry Christmas. 

 I hope you all are able to be with the ones you love!

 

Heart Hugs,

Colleen

CASology # 71 ~ Bells

In real life, this is so shiny, I used PTI shimmer paper for the bells and the bows, embossed with silver powder...so shiny and bright!

This is for the CASology challenge which you can access HERE .

Lots of different ideas for the "bells" cue word!  Go check it out!

 

Paper is all PTI, white and shimmer paper

stamps and dies:  Bells & Boughs, Holiday Lights

ink:  simply chartreuse

 

Heart Hugs,

Colleen

CAS-ology # 70 ~ Triangle

 

Triangles is the cue word for this week's challenge.

I pulled out Holiday Cheer...it has three triangles!

 MFT stitched mat squares

simply chartreuse, orange zest, winter wisteria, Hawaiian shores

PTI paper white

 

You can go HERE  to access the challenge.

the inside...this is a square card 4.25 x 4.25 

have a great weekend

Heart Hugs,

Colleen

CAS*ology # 69 "Brown"

The cue word this week is "Brown"...

You can go HERE  to access this challenge at the CASology Blog.

Stamps:  Hero Arts 'Tall Wheat', PTI 'Falling Leaves', PTI Autumn Abundance

inks:  distress vintage photo, versamark

misc:  white embossing powder, bling, golden wink of Stella

paper:  PTI white, dark chocolate

dies:  Lil' Inkers Stitched Mats rectangle

and the inside of the card...

 

Thanks for stopping by...

Heart hugs,

Colleen

CASology # 65 ~ CRISP

What I love about the Fall besides the changing colors of the leaves is the CRISP apples!  Yes, I eat a lot of apples and there is nothing like biting into a nice crunchy crisp apple!!  And the fall is the best time for those apples.

The cue word for CASology this week is "crisp".  Go HERE to play along.
                                                            
                                                                                                                

PTI stamp:  Falling Leaves
paper:  PTI white
ink:  ripe avocado, summer sunrise,chocolate brown, colorbox red
dies:  Li'l Inkers stitched mat.
                                                                         Heart Hugs friends,
                                                                                  Colleen                                                            

CASology: HARVEST

                                                                                                                   
I know this sounds crazy, but I love the shorter days and longer nights!  I love the wind and rain...maybe because then I don't have to feel guilty about being inside my craft room making things!!

This is some Recollections canvas that I picked up at Michael's quite awhile ago.  I stamped the pumpkins and actually colored lightly with copics.  It did bleed a little bit, but I like how it adds some depth to the pumpkin...I also did a little masking!  You can go HERE to play along with this challenge.

Inside the card

Stamps:  Lawn Fawn "So thankful for you"

Paper:  PTI Kraft, "fall, prints and patterns", orange zest pp

ink:  PTI dark chololate

twine:  May Arts

copics

The sun is peeking through the clouds, giving us a little ray of sunshine and hope!

10 minutes ago it was a storm...God is Good!

Heart Hugs, friends,

Colleen

CASology ~ playing with GOLD!

Are you playing along with CASology this week?  the cue word is "gold"...you can go HERE to access the blog.  I stamped my flower with Encore ultimate metallic GOLD ink, I heat set it, then made a mask and stamped my leaves ...I used a stylist to add some veining to the simple leaf.  I cut out the sides and added a strip of PTI gold shimmer paper to the sides.  the sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp and is embossed with gold embossing powder.
                                                       

CASology # 54 ~ GOLD

         This week the CASology cue word is GOLD.  So I took a die from Memory box and die cut it three times and adhered each one to itself.  Then I rubbed versamark over it and embossed with gold embossing powder...I actually repeated that process a couple of times to give it a nice thick coating of gold.  Since I wanted this to be a sympathy card, I kept it really clean and simple...I embossed a strip with a Cuttlebug dot folder and adhered it to the face of the card, then added the "fresh daisies" die to it.  I embossed the sentiment with gold also...it is a Hero Arts sentiment.  You can access the CASology blog HERE.

                                                                         

Dynamic Duos # 50, Freshly Made Skteches and CASology: Care

Wow, can you believe I am going to try three challenges with one card?  I love it when it comes together like this!!

First up is Dynamic Duos  with the colors berry sorbet and angel pink, the sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches, and finally I am including this in the CASology: CARE Challenge.  Phew, I think that is it...

 I took creative license with the sketch and just added a ribbon for the banner look.  I first stamped my sentiment and ribbon, then I added the hand drawn lines above and below.  After that I masked it off and starting stamping with an assortment of flowers in the colors for dynamic duos challenge.  I placed it all on a berry sorbet card.

Dynamic Duos # 50 pairs up with CASology: care

HERE is the link for Dynamic Duos, go check out the DT and their cool projects.  HERE at CASology it is all about "care"... care for you; I am here for you...you get the idea...

I combined the two and used a sentiment from Verve.

Paper:  Papertrey white, sweet blush pp
ink:  berry sorbet, memento angel pink, fine linen
stamps:  Happiness in Bloom, Verve

And I want to share with you that my daughter Dina had her PET scan and it came back NEGATIVE!!  NO sign of cancer anywhere!!  We put our trust and care in His hands, and HE answered our prayers.  We are all on cloud nine, my daughter is just beaming...all the time!  And she is hatless/scarfless!!  Here is a pic of her and her 9 year old daughter who also shaved her head last October:

Thank you to the many many blogging friends ~ around the world ~  especially in the Netherlands who have continued to pray for her!

CASology Week 38 ~ UP

Things are looking UP...that is what it is all about at the CASology challenge  this week.  I went with a BIRD...because we all know they like to fly UP!...and I seem to have an abundance of birds!

I kept it pretty "CAS" as you can see.


                                                                                                                            
All products PTI
stamps:  Bird Watching, Happy Trails
paper:  blueberry sky, white, black
die:  happy Trails