It is time for a new CASology challenge. Check out the latest challenge – STAG!

Here is my take:

I love this cue, but boy did I struggle. I think mostly because the idea I immediately came up with was waaaay to similar to a card I did recently (“recently” being a wierd term to use on a card that is 5months ago…but I haven’t been stamping much so it was still fresh in my mind). Anyway, I stamped and trashed a couple ideas trying not to repeat the design. Thankfully, my brain finally kicked into gear and came up with enough changes that the card felt different enough to be new.

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It is time for a new CASology challenge. Check out the latest challenge – sunset!

Here is my take:

For the bird, I stamped it on grey paper (so I could see the image) and cut it out making sure to follow the little tufts of feathers because I knew this would be a silhouette. Once cut, I flipped it over and inked the paper with black ink and marker.

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It is time for a new CASology challenge. Check out the latest challenge – DRY!

Here is my take:

This challenge cue had me looking at my hands. I’m not really good with using lotion so my hands look like a cracked dry desert. So that is where my mind was when picking images for this challenge.

I used a crackle texture as the background behind the sentiment. To get a not-hard edge, I inked the image with a sponge (and not all of the image was inked).

The Yee Haw stamp set is one of those Stampin’Up put out when they were dabbling in photopolymer. I bought it mostly to support the effort, but I really do love this set.

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It is time for a new CASology challenge. Check out the latest challenge – Spice!

Here is my take:

Not only does my card have pattern paper, but it also has a shaker on it — and I think it is still a good CAS style – yay! The shaker and spice idea actually came from someone else…though I can’t find the original card – it was very cool – it had the word “SEASONS” die cut and behind each letter was a different spice (I can only image how good that smelled!!). I took that idea but made a simpler shaker and added some ground cloves (this card smells so cozy!). Here is a close-up of the shaker:

I chose to use a cream colored card base because I wanted a warmer feel than the stark white (and I get the added benefit that the whipped cream pops).

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It is time for a new CASology challenge. Check out the latest challenge – VACATION!

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It is time for a new CASology challenge. Check out the latest challenge – Pool!

Here is my take:

I don’t have a pool image, so I had to fake it. Quite happy with how this turned out!

This challenge will go through August 3!

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