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

Here is my take:

Oooh-weee! I had trouble with this one. I had some ideas – but not the stamps; and my other ideas felt boring or were already represented by other team members. (Then there are those team members who had fresh – to me – ideas….have you seen Joyce’s card?? My mind was so far the other way it took me a second to understand how it fit the cue, lol! And Jen’s card is a geometric masterpiece!)

I stewed on this cue word for a couple weeks before this card finally came to me. To make the crystal: I used my non-stick mat, laid down a bit of twine and squeezed out about 1/3 of the bottle of Stickles (maybe not quite that much, but it was a LOT – and I should have gone back and filled in a bit after it dried down, but I ran out of time)!

I had an idea of the layout (though not the sentiment), so I stamped the jar image and then die cut the middle bit.

For the sentiment I ended up printing part and stamping part. The word sparkle is also embossed with glitter powder.

I backed the main panel with some clear plastic and popped it onto the card base with foam.

I think I have another idea for a card next week – so you can check back for more inspiration from this challenge!

I hope you join us at CASology – and, for more inspiration, check out the other design team members:

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There is still time to play along with the CASology challenge – REPEAT!

I thought I’d post some more inspiration for you:

Last time I did repeated stamping…this time I used a sentiment with the word repeat. Since it was book themed, I made a bookmark.

To make the bookmark, I used the Half & Half die from Papertrey – that only cuts one end (the other is left un-cut). I started with a full-sized panel, cut one end with the die, added my stamping and then flipped the die around to cut the top. I have a TON of eyelets and fiber so I added that to the bookmark as well.

To attach the bookmark to the card – and still make it removable, I created a tiny holder out of clear acetate. The acetate is cut 1/4 inch wider than the bookmark (so 1/8 on each side) and using an old notch tool, I added little half-moon cuts that the bookmark then fits into. The acetate holder is adhered to the pattern paper.

I hope you join us at CASology – and, for more inspiration, check out the other design team members:

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There is still time to play along with the CASology challenge – BRANCH; it is an extended deadline!

I thought I’d post some more inspiration for you:

I created this card based on an illustration I found searching the internet for ideas. I loved the colors and the inclusion of a bird for new years.

The hardest thing about making this was getting the bird colored! The stamp is a 2-step image so I had to do LOTS of selective inking and masking. And it took 4 tries to get it to this (not perfect, but after four tries, it was good enough).

I hope you join us at CASology- the challenge doesn’t end until Monday, January 6!

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

Here is my take:

I wanted a colourful card. That is hard when the cue is gingerbread 🙂

The house is made from lots of layers. The house itself is one layer. The gumdrops are another layer, and the roof is a third. The door is also a layer, but you can’t tell and I’m not sure it was worth doing.

The gumdrop roof was stamped onto white so I could color with Copics; it was then covered with Stickles. The icing on the roof is the Wow puff embossing powder.

The door is outlined with Stampin’Up’s puff paint. The candy on the house is covered with the glitter Crystal Effects.

I hope you join us at CASology – and, for more inspiration, check out the other design team members:

Thanks for stopping by!