Saturday Slot

Today I'm sharing a card I created for the challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.

It's their 7th birthday - how fabulous is that? Huge congratulations got to the team for keeping a weekly challenge running for such a long time, no mean feat I can tell you!

Some fantastic Christmassy colours for this challenge:

Having learnt my lesson about the thickness of cards for mailing I went with a thin matted card and used the beautiful Rustic Wreath stamp from Uniko. I had to substitute a couple of the colours, crushed curry for the gold and tranquil tide for shaded spruce.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Rustic Wreath

Inks: SU, cherry cobbler, crushed curry, tranquil tide

Huge thanks for looking today, I really appreciate you taking the time.

And keep crafting!

Friday Focus

Today I'm sharing a card I created using the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches.

Here's my card with apologies for the poor lighting:

I started by stamping the large butterfly from Funky Fossil's Butterfly Wishes and then masking it off. I also masked off a diamond shape and then applied two colours of distress oxide inks.

I finished off the card by stamping a greeting from Funky Fossil's The Quick Brown Fox and matting it onto a white card base.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Butterfly Wishes, The Quick Brown Fox

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; Ranger distress ink, picked raspberry, wilted violet

Huge thanks for dropping by my blog today, it's been great to see you here.

And keep crafting!

Monday Moment

Today I'm sharing a card I created for the sketch challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.

Here's my card:

I used a die to cut the curved top section and matted it on top of some plaid patterned paper. I then stamped and die cut the Uniko Winter Foliage twig and holly leaves and adhered them to the top curved section.

I finished the card off with a sentiment from Simply Said Christmas.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Winter Foliage, Simply Said Christmas
Inks: Versfaine Clair, nocturne; SU, real red, old olive
Paper: Echo Park, Celebrate Christmas
Dies: Uniko, Winter Foliage; MFT Die-namics, stitched basic edges

Huge thanks for looking today, I'm so thrilled to have had your company for a while.

And keep crafting!

Thursday Thoughts

A Christmas card to share today using the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches.

Here's my card:

I frotated the sketch because it suited the image better and as there were several layers on the sketch I kept them all white to keep the card CAS. I used the gnome is from Polkadoodles 25 December, so cute and fab to colour.  I kept the colours really simple to stop the card from looking too busy and stay CAS.

I added a simple block sentiment from Uniko and I was done.

Supplies:
Stamps: Polkadoodles, 25 December; Uniko, Simply Said Blocks, Christmas
Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne
Pens: Copic, W1, W3, C00, C1, C3, C5, Y18, R20, R21, R29, R39, R59, YG63, YG67
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Thanks so much for looking today, it's been fun to have your company for a while.

And keep crafting!

Thursday Thoughts

A quick simp,e and very CAS card to share today. It uses the colours from the challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.

Here's my card:

I simply stamped a diminishing row of images across the bottom and added a little colour.

I finished off with a cut down sentiment and a trio of coloured pearls.

Supplies:
Stamps: MFT, Sending A Smile, Springtime Blooms
Inks: SU, old olive; Memento, potters caly
Pens: Srteza Brush, crocodile green, Autumne red, peach
Embellishments: Habico pearls

Huge thanks for dropping by tosy, it's been a pleasure to have your cmpany.

And keep crafting!

Friday Focus

Today I'm sharing a card I made for the colours challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.

Here's my card:

I simply stamped one scribbled flower in each of the three colours, added an enamel dot for each colour and stamped a greeting. I have to own up to a substitute colour for Mango Melody though. I used peekaboo peach instead.

Supplies:
Stamps: Clearly Besotted, Scribbled Flower
Inks: SU, Bermuda Bay, peekaboo peach, night of navy
Enamel dots from my stash

Huge thanks for dropping by today, it's always a pleasure to have your company.

And keep crafting!

Friday Focus

Today I'm sharing a card I created using the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches.

Mmm that had me thinking for a while, especially as a few of their DT had used a die to achieve that extended semi circle shape - a die I don't have. So it was outside the box thinking that won the day for me and here's what I came up with:

I rotated the sketch a quarter turn to the right and masked off a rectangular strip and inked it up in a couple of distress ink colours. I then stamped the large Funky Fossil butterfly on top - I thought the shape sort of resembled the sketch shape.

I finished off with a die cut spiro circle sentiment popped up onto pads.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky fossil Designs, Butterfly Wishes
inks: Ranger distress, picked rasped, cracked pistachio; Versafine Clair, nocturne
Die: Xcut, spiro circle

Thanks for looking today, I'm really delighted to have had your company.

And keep crafting!

Monday Moments

Such a pretty trio of colours at CAS Colours & Sketches this week I couldn't resist playing along. So just about squeezing it in before the challenge closes!

Here's my card:

I used the new butterfly stamp from Funky Fossil Designs and one of their stencils too. I've picked up on the trend that's around at the moment - a coloured background and a simple stamped image.

I finished it all off with a trio of clear gems and a sentiment.

supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil Designs, Butterfly Wishes
Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; SU, powder pink, pool party, so saffron
Stencil: Funky Fossil Designs, crackle background
Clear gems from my stash

So pleased to have had your company today, thank so much for looking.

And keep crafting!

Saturday Spot

There is the most fabulous CAS sketch to use at CAS Colours & Sketches at the moment. So of course I had to give it a go!

Here's my mega CAS card:

Not a lot to say about this card, I just stamped and called it done! Of course it was lucky the Uniko Flower Power stamp was such a perfect fit!

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Flower Power #1, Birthday Sentiments
Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Kaleidacolor, Berry Blaze

Thanks so much for dropping by today, hope you have a lovely weekend.

And keep crafting!

Saturday Spot

Today I'm playing along with the colours from CAS Colours & Sketches.

Here's my card:

I started by stamping the outline of the large smile word and then added the halftone colour inside - love this stamp! Then I stamped the rest of the greeting and added the flower just above.

Supplies:
Stamps: Altenew, Halftone Smile, Heart Flowers
Inks: SU, pumpkin pie, coastal cabana, daffodil delight; Versafine Clair, nocturne

Short and sweet today, in a hurry to play with some new digis from STAMPlorations and my head is buzzing with ideas! Thanks so much for dropping by, hope to see you come back again soon.

And keep crafting!

Friday Focus

Today I'm playing along with the challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.

Such pretty colours don't you think? Spoke flowers to me!

I used a freebie digi image from STAMPlorations and had fun colouring with my Copic pens. I tried really hard to match the colours and used my SU ink pads as an aid for this.

Supplies:
Stamps: STAMPlorations free digi, Rose Blooms & Coffee; Uniko, Simply Said Birthday
Ink: Versafine Clair, nocturne
Pens: Copic, C0, C1, C3, G17, G28, G99, Y35, Y38, YR16, RV09, RV17, RV69

It's been fun having you drop by today, thanks so much for your time.

And keep crafting!

CC&S September Guest Designer 4

Today I'm sharing my final card as Guest designer at CAS Colours & Sketches. This week it's a sketch.

I've kept super CAS and followed the sketch carefully:

I used this wonderful stamp set from CAS-ual Fridays which has three splodgy stars just perfect for the three different sized diamonds from the sketch.

A favourite trick of mine with stamps like this is to use a Kaleidacolor ink pad to add a blend of colours. I'm thinking this card will be great for a masculine birthday - got a few of them coming up before Christmas!

Supplies:
Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays, Celebrate
Ink: Kaleidacolor, Caribbean Sea

Well I hope you have enjoyed my September stint as GD as CC&S as much as I have. Thanks so much to Patricia and her team for inviting me to play along.

Thanks to you for dropping by my blog today. I love to have your company!

And keep crafting!

CC&S September Guest Designer 3

Today I'm guesting at CAS Colours & Sketches again and this is my third slot of the month with them. It's a colour challenge this week and a really fabulous trio too!

So I got to thinking that these colours would be perfect for an Autumn themed card and since Autumn and its beautiful colours is my most favourite time of the year I followed my heart.

I used the gorgeous skeleton leaf stamps from Precious Remembrance Shop and the orange and purple shades from the colour swatch. I then matted it all onto some green card stock to bring in the final colour.

Supplies:
Stamps: Precious Remembrance Shop, Fall Colors
Inks: SU, pumpkin pie, fresh fig

I'm curious to know how you will use these colours. The CC&S DT have some amazing examples to get you all fired up and inspired so do go take a look and then get crafting.

Thanks for your time today. I feel so privileged that you spent some of it visiting my blog.

And keep crafting!