CAS card set

 

The current Double Trouble Challenge is 

Challenge #164 "CAS Less But Better" partnering with Crafter's Cafe 

 

 

 

Yesterday I made a card for this pair of challenges.

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I mentioned making a set of matching cards.

That's exactly what I did. 

I'll be entering both challenges with the yellow card.

 

(On this card I used a marker to outline the stenciled hearts and added some clear Wink of Stella for a bit of sparkle.)

 
 Thanks for stopping by my blog. 

CAS 4 Double Trouble

We've been back from our winter stay in Florida for 18 days.  Things here are slowly getting back to normal.  And, once again, I'm making a few cards on an as needed basis.  Now you might think that the card I made today would not fall into that category.  However, the Double Trouble Challenge is one of my favorites and I made this card for my Double Trouble family.

Using a negative from die cutting those adorable hearts on stems, I stenciled them in the corner of my cs.  Next I added the flowers and leaves.  (This winter I picked up a piece of very pretty paper at HL that was filled with bunches of flowers, enough for all the gals in my card class.  I fussy cut them all.  There were just a few partial flowers around the edges which I also fussy cut, knowing I'd find the perfect spot for them.) I stamped a few little spots and my sentiment.  Then I embossed the entire piece before adhering it to my card base.  I'm very pleased with how this turned out.  I'm thinking of making a set to give as a gift.

The current Double Trouble Challenge is 

Challenge #164 "CAS Less But Better" partnering with Crafter's Cafe 

I'll be entering both challenges.

 

 

 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog.

Yesterday I made two baby cards to go with the two baby blankets I made in Florida.

I can't wait to show them to you.

First, I think it's time to unpack my suitcase.

My Last 2 Cards

 It is with great sadness that I pack up all the crafty things I brought along to Florida for the winter.  But we are snowbirds, and it is time to head back north.  It has been so nice enjoying the warmer weather here and watching the snow on the news programs rather than shoveling any of it ourselves.  On the other hand, it will be wonderful to see our family in Pennsylvania and enjoy a piece of shoo fly pie.

I've had 2 cards in my head for a while now and decided to quickly make them before we leave.  

The first one is a fractured card.  

They seem to be very popular right now.

And the second is a clean and simple card.

I had just a small piece of pretty butterfly vellum, which I thought would be pretty on this card.

Now that I've gotten these designs out of my head, I can go back to packing.

Challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #15 - Anything Florals

CAS Get Well

 With the laundry finished and the bread pudding baked,

here's a quick card I decided to make.

 

using CTMH stamps

 It is my contribution to this week's Double Trouble Challenge #106,  a CAS card with just one color.

And I'm also entering this in their partner challenge :

Use Your Stuff Challenge # 444. 

 

Thanks for visiting.

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #638

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

Here is this week's sketch:

The design team is taking turns choosing their favorite sketch from 2021.  This was Andrea's favorite.

 

 

I thought a CAS card would work for my brilliant son's birthday.

Three strips of washi, a couple ovals from my stash, a quick stamp (CTMH), then emboss, add a few die cut letters and it's finished.  The hardest part was getting the striped washi to unroll without tearing.

 

 

 

I hope you'll have time to play along at

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

this week. 

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Andrea

Debbie 

Melissa

 Patti

Tammy

You can be sure that one of us will be visiting yours!

 

Another squirrel card

Here's another CAS card using a squirrel image from Whimsy Stamps Bundles of Hugs stamp set.  Doesn't this little guy look warm and cozy in his classy scarf?

 

Instead of stamping and coloring directly on the white card base, which markers sometimes bleed through, I stamped the image several times on various colored scraps, fussy cut, paper pieced and then glued the image on the card.

I'll be submitting this card to:Fab n Funky Challenge #428 - Keep It Simple; Krafty Chicks Challenge #529 - CAS; QKR Stampede Challenge #404 - AG; Scribbles Design Challenge #93 - Feature a Creature;   A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #126 - AG; 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #43 - AG with a critter; Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #523-AG; Pammie's Inkie Pinkies Challenge #2041 - AG; The Library Challenge #69 - What to Look For in Autumn; AAA CAS Card Challenge Game #176 - One Corner and optional twist cozy

Squirrels Everywhere

Fall is that time of year when the squirrels are very busy digging in our lawn, my flower beds, my flower pots,  (They also steal the bird seed, but that's a year round activity.  I even bought the No Squirrels bird seed.  That didn't help at all.) burying every nut they can find.    I don't really mind the squirrels.  So what if I need to sweep up a bit of potting soil around my pots and pull saplings out of my gardens in the spring.  It's just not that big a deal.  They are critters.  I like most critters.  Although, it would be nice if they were just a bit more entertaining, like this cute fellow from Whimsy Stamps.

(The sentiment is a CTMH stamp.)

Challenges:

Pammie's Inkie Pinkies Challenge #2041 - AG; Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge # 255 -  CAS; The House That Stamps Built DCC #0720 - Less is More; Creative Knockouts Challenge #371 - CAS; Pattie's Creative Design Challenge # 175 - Autumn/Fall; CAS on Friday Challenge #190 - Autumn; The Library Challenge #69 - What to Look For in Autumn; AAA CAS Card Challenge Game #176 - One Corner and optional twist cozy

 

Thanks for dropping by!

Simple Thanks

This late evening post is a simple card made for two challenges,

My Favorite Things Color Challenge # 150,

 

and Freshly Made Sketches # 454.

The letter die is from MFT.

Shades of Purple

Today's card was inspired by the newest "Less is More" Challenge.  Their theme is simply Shades of Purple, which reminds me of the purple stock I planted in my front flower bed that is just now beginning to fill out. 

 

There is a pile of odds and ends on my craft table which I try to pull from as much as possible.  In it I found this little punched oval stamped with flowers.  On the reverse was a partial sentiment which I clearly messed up.  My guess is that I used the back of that stamped sentiment to test the flowered stamp and then decided to punch the oval for later use.  I used various markers to color the flowers and then glued it to a purple oval that was inlaid on the card front.  The sentiment is from CTMH, also stamped in purple. 

Not only is the card clean and simple, but my craft table remained pretty clean as well!

Challenges:

Less is More Challenge #428 - Shades of Purple; Allsorts Challenge Week #590 - My Lovely Garden; Crafty Chicks Challenge 525 Week 3 - Clean and Simple; Try It On Tuesday Challenge - Use Your Scraps

 

Where did this come from?

 Please don't ask where I got this gorgeous owl stamp because I have no clue.  I also have no idea why it was on my craft table this morning.  The little plastic bag must have stuck to the stamps I got out to use yesterday.  But it was there and I figured I'd just go with it to make a card using the sketch from Sketch Saturday.

 

(Leaves and sentiment are CTMH stamps.)

This is a great sketch for a CAS card.

 

The little leaves, sentiment and owl are all heat embossed with  copper embossing powder.  I wanted to put the owl on a branch.  By very carefully positioning the embossing folder on the card and barely cranking the handle on my Cuttlebug, I was able to just get two branches on the paper.  I was shooting for one, but settled for two.  Then I could perch the fussy cut owl on top.

Works for me!

Challenges I am entering include:

Sketch Saturday Week 627 - see sketch above; Allsorts Challenge Week 589 - I Love... owls and dry embossing; My Time to Craft Week 440 - Embossing (I used wet and dry.); Di's Digi Challenge - Winged and/or Tailed things; YNS Challenge #147 - Keep On Keeping It Clean; Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday September Challenge - Things with Wings; Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge #253 - Monochrome (Copper); Cuttlebug Mania Tuesday Challenge - AG (I used the CB to emboss the branches.); Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Week of September 15th - AG; Sweet Stampers Challenge #48 - Things with Wings; Stamping Sensations September Challenge - The Great Outdoors
 

Clean and Simple

 Yesterday I was avoiding cleaning.  

But making 

Clean and Simple cards is entirely another task, and much more enjoyable.

 Meet Ice Cream Dog, a digi stamp from Bugaboo Stamps.  He was going to have brown spots until I grabbed the wrong marker and started coloring them purple.  Oops!  I tried brown overtop, but they just looked black.  Now he is a black spotted dog.  That ice cream cone has my 2 favorite flavors, raspberry with chocolate chunks and peach melba with raspberry swirled through it and tiny chocolate pieces.  If I were to accidently drop that cone, I'd pick it right back up before that pooch could even sniff it!  10 second rule!!!

 

Challenges:

Catch the Bug August Recipe Challenge - Clean and Simple; My Time to Craft Challenge #438 - Clean and Simple; Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - AG; Little Red Wagon Challenge #564 - Digi Do!; Creative Knockouts Challenge #365 - AG; Art Impressions Challenge - Quick and Simple

 

 

Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #567

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

Here's the sketch for this week and my card.

The stamp is from Stampin' Up and the stripes are washi tape.

My older brother will be 70 in September.  I'm thinking I might cut out a seven and a zero, add them to this card, and send it off to him. Works for me!

 I hope you'll play along at

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

this week. 

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Andrea

Debbie 

Margreet

Melissa

 Patti

Tammy

You can be sure that one of us will be visiting yours!

Have a great and crafty day!

Candy Cane Bear

Yesterday was a coloring day for me.  I'm getting ready for the Christmas in July Challenge with Bugaboo Stamps that starts next week.  This week their challenge is Bear With Me.  It just so happens that the last digi I colored was this cute little bear.

 I used ProMarkers and pencils to do the coloring.  I have had my Berry Red marker at least 8 years.  With all the coloring I do at Christmas and Valentine's Day, I can't believe it is still working!

Challenges: 

I Love ProMarkers Challenge #414 - AG; option Christmas in July

Catch the Bug Challenge - Bear with Me 

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #424- Christmas in July 

ABC Christmas Challenge -  No Fuss

Krafty Chicks Challenge #515 - Christmas 

Aud Sentiments Challenge #225 - Christmas with a Sentiment

Crafty Catz Challenge #514 - AG; option Christmas 

My Time to Craft Challenge #436 - Christmas in July 

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #498 - AG; option use some red 

Allsorts Challenge Week #580 - Something beginning with "B" ( brown bear )
AAA Cards CAS Game #169 - Made in Minutes; option Christmas in July

Don't forget....

 

Send A Smile 4 Kids July Challenge

The theme for the July Challenge at 

Send a Smile 4 Kids 

is Christmas in July

or Anything Goes 4 Kids.

 

We'd love it if you would join the fun!

Here's a very easy CAS card I made with the help of the

Rudy Reindeer digital image from 2 Cute Ink.

I colored Rudy with pencils, added some glitter gel on the snow, and placed the snowflake die cut in the corner. 

 

I hope you'll enter this month's SAS4K Challenge. 

Cards entered in the challenge do not need to be donated. 

 

 

Challenges:

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #75 - Anything Christmas Goes 

The House That Stamps Built dccjl20  - Christmas in July

ABC Christmas Challenge - N is for No Fuss  

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #24 -  AG

Digi Doodle Studio Challenge #29 - Christmas in July 

Die Cut Divas July Challenge - Christmas in July 

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #641 - AG 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Tuesday Morning Sketch

Thought I'd make a relatively simple card for today's 

Tuesday Morning Sketch.

 

I'm at a loss for words today,

so I'll enter a few challenges

and be on my way! 

Challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #550 - see sketch above

Simon Says Monday Challenge - E is for.... Embossing

Always Fun Challenge #158 - CAS

613 Avenue Create Challenge #232 - AG, option:Geometric Papers

 

Bee Thankful

It's a bee-utiful day to bee thankful.

I've used pieces from a paint strip for the banners, a digi image from Bugaboo Stamps colored with pencils and Wink of Stella, clear glitter foil to make the wings sparkle, and a Starform sticker sentiment.

Challenges:

SheepSki Designs Challenge #37 - Show Us Your Wings

Daring Cardmakers Challenge - Clean and Simple with a Dash of Sparkle 

CAS on Friday Challenge #177 - Black & White and 1 Color 

Catch the Bug Challenge - Spring 

Double D Challenge - Banners

CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge #367 -  

 

CAS Sketch Thank You Card

When I saw the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, I knew it was perfect for a few scraps that were on my craft table.

It's very hard for me to throw out even small scraps.

But it is even harder for me to make a Clean and Simple card!

 

Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #403 (see sketch above)

2 Sisters on a Blog Challenge #31 - Something with an "s"  (strips, spritz) 

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #241 - Autumn Colors

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #359 - CAS

Krafty Chicks Challenge #473 - Thank You

Aud Sentiments Challenge # 236- AG + a sentiment

 

Red Hat Thank You

Earlier this week one of the ladies in my Red Hat group, The Delightful Dazzling Dames, invited the chapter back to her home after lunch to show us a wonderful postal collection she and her husband had amassed.

I made this little mail box filled with yummies to give her as a hostess gift.

 

The template is on the CTMH  Artiste cricut cartridge.  I added some fun Dazzle hats, lace, red pearls and a velcro closure.

And this is the Thank You card I sent. 

The hat is a digital image from Sami Stamps.  I opened the file in my Paint program; resized the image;  inserted a rectangle and erased the section of ribbon that fell inside the box; and printed it so the image would be on the right side of the page.

After printing, I colored the image with pencils and stamped Thank You in the little box.

Challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - No Patterned Paper 

Unicorn Challenge #46 - Fully Loaded or CAS

Ike's World Challenges #123 - h is for Hats

Mod Squad Challenge - Layer me Not
TCP Tuesday Challenge #360 - Clean and Simple

Day #14 of Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards

Here is a super easy CAS Christmas card, my 14th card for Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards Challenge.  The colored Mistletoe image is from Beccy's Tied Up With String digital stamp set.  For a quick card, you can't beat the digi images that are already colored.

Challenges:
Beccy's Place November Challenge - Day #14 "M"
Crafting From the Heart Challenge #183 - Anything Goes
Kitty Bee Designs Challenge - Use at least 2 colors (brown & green)
Polka Doodles Challenge #45 - Anything Goes

Sunday CAS

It's a perfect day for a CAS card, as I have quite a bit to do.  CAS cards are very hard for me, because I tend to add 'just one more thing' and then 'just one more' ....  But today I have exercised a great deal of restraint.  What do you think?

The mustache stamp is by CTMH.  The inside sentiment is a Penny Black stamp.  I happened upon this scrap of Graphic 45 paper in my stash.  It was just enough for an inside and an outside strip. 

Challenges:

Marsha's Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #91 - Masculine 

Double D Challenge - Plaid

Sunday Stamp Challenge #138 - Two Sides

Pile It On Challenge #120 - Scraps

Amusing Challenge #39 - Anything Goes

AAA Challenge Game #76 - Masculine

It's a beautiful day!

Enjoy!