You Blow Me Away

Hi peeps and Happy Saturday afternoon,

I was looking around blog-land today for some inspiration and found the latest word challenge on the CASology blog. The word for the current challenge is "wind." I thought this fun to color dragon stamp from SugarPea Designs would be appropriate. Over the years I've colored this image in many colors. Today I choose purple. I used various Copic V shades for his body and greens for his back scales and toe nails. After coloring the dragon and bubbles, I made a mask and stamped the heart background using the Concord and 9th Hugs and Kisses Turnabout stamp using lavender and light pink inks. The card base and the stamped panel are SU Whisper White. I added some dimension by layering a couple of card stock pieces under the stamped panel.

Here is the inside of the card, using more images from the same SugarPea set.

Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Blow Me Away set by SugarPea Designs
Paper: SU Whisper White and Gorgeous Grape card stock
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, Altenew ink spots in light pinks and lavender, SU Gorgeous Grape
Other: Misti, Gemini Jr., SSS rectangle die

Life Is Like A Cup Of Tea

Hi all,

A  fitting sentiment for our lives right now.

I thought I'd play along with the CASology TEA challenge today. I so struggle with CAS cards, but I'm pushing myself to make them periodically. Having a sketch that leads you there really helps too, so for this card I used the current CAS(E) this Sketch! layout. The stamp set is an older Lawn Fawn, but the inks are brand new Rina K Design inks called Electro-pop and, boy-o-boy, are they BRIGHT.

This is a one layer side folding note card. Using the Misti I stamped the tea cup 5 times in a row using various shades of the Rina K inks. The little tea bag was a perfect fit at the end of the row. I added the little smiley face and steam to the 2nd cup, per the sketch and the sentiment, from SSS, underneath. I taped off part of the sentiment and inked up just the top line because that was all I wanted on the front of the card. The rest is here on the inside.

I'm pretty pleased with the CASness inside and out this time.

Have a good Friday and be safe!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Love You a Latte set by Lawn Fawn and Coffee & Tea set by Simon Says Stamp

Paper: SU thick Whisper White

Ink: Rina K Electro-pop inks, Memento tuxedo black, Copics

Other: Misti

Joy To the World

Hi and Happy Thursday,

I bought a package of tree stickers last year at Paper Source after Christmas and put them in my embellishments drawer and I've ignored them all year. I was rummaging through a few nights ago for something else and found them, and decided to use them. Coincidently, I had just been looking at challenge blogs and saw that "Tiny" is the current theme at CASology this week. Tiny works for the small tree stickers.

Here's what I did with the tiny trees to make my card. In addition to CASology, I'm linking up to LeAnne's Holiday Pines theme for The Paper Players.

The card base and panel are both SU Heavy Whisper White card stock. I stamped the jar using SU Pool Party and the lid with SU Melon Mambo, then shaded the inside of the jar with Copic markers. I cut out a circle using a Die-namics Stitched Inside and Out circle die and raised it with foam tape. I placed three of the tiny tree stickers "inside" the jar. The sentiment is stamped with SU Melon Mambo then I added just a few pink rhinestones. Very quick and easy.

I forgot to take a picture of the inside! I used another stamp from the same SU set as the front sentiment that says "Wishing you a beautiful season and a new year of peace and happiness."

Thanks for looking in today,
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: SU Jar of Love & Hearts Come Home sets
Paper: SU Heavy Whisper White card stock
Ink: SU Pool Party, Melon Mambo, Copics
Other: Paper Source Bottle Brush Tree Stickers, Die-namics Stitched Inside and Out circle die, foam tape, rhinestones, the Big Shot