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When I saw this week's CAS(e) this Sketch!, I wanted to revisit a technique I learned several years ago ... off-set layering a cutting plate.
I die cut the Taylored Expressions Retro Cutting Plate from Blue & Green cardstock (since those were the colors I had on my table from yesterday's tag. I layered them slightly off-set and attached them to a card base.
I finished with a sentiment from My Favorite Things Bitty Things and Gratitude.
When I saw this week's CAS(e) this Sketch! I immediately thought of my Alexandra Renke Rectangle Frames.
I cut the frame from a lovely piece of Alexandra's floral paper and then used a variety of shades of maroon and pink to die cut a bouquet of flowers using 4 different groups of Alexandra's dies ... I just love the long thin stems.
I left some unattached toward the top of the die cut to give my bouquet a little dimension. Sentiment is from Alexandra Renke Place in Brackets.
For the strip in this week's CAS(e) this Sketch!, I decided to mask an ivory card base with painter's tape and use two colors of Distress Ink (Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed) with the Boho Medallion Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (you get 10% off your order with my code TJ10Stephanie).
The die cut sentiment is from Happy Birthday Words from Hello Bluebird ... love the two different fonts. This would make a fun card set using different color combinations.
When I saw the Library Card Challenge was Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone, I knew I had to break out my Expecto Stamp Set from The Ink Road.
I used this week's (CAS)e This Sketch! for my layout with Rust Ink on speckled kraft cardstock from Crafter's Companion.
After spending the weekend with Taylor, I wanted to make a Taylored Expressions card tonight ... the October theme at the Monthly Maker Challenge is Happy Halloween.
I pulled out a vintage set ... Fa-BOO-lous illustrated by Taylor herself ... even though it is discontinued, I just can't let all of those fun shoes go.
I used the colors from The Paper Players Challenge.
I'm also joining the Frame It! Challenge at Just Us Girls Trend Week.
The second World Card Making Day Challenge at Pinkfresh Studio is a Jump Start to the Holidays. The only Pinkfresh Holiday stamps I have are the fabulous Stamping Village Collaboration Holiday Seals, which is perfect for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch!
I combined it with gorgeous papers from Pinkfresh Just a Little Lovely Collection (such beautiful water colored designs). I layered my circles and added a pop of color to the berries with a brush marker. The 1 3/4" circle punch was perfect for the seal.
Therm-o-Web is having a Rainbow Challenge for World Card Making Day ... I'd love to win their entire collection of transfer sheets.
I took a page from the Jennifer Maguire Playbook and made a rainbow with scraps I had in my stash from Foil-a-palooza 2018.
Since I needed a card for Mail-it-Monday, I chose a favorite sentiment from CAS-ual Fridays Supercalifragilistic (and it's on sale) for their World Card Making Day Challenge. Hopefully the rainbow of colors will brighten her day.
I grew-up in the town with an annual Maple Leaf Festival ... and I had a special affinity for the large maple tree in our back yard that held our tire swing and changed beautiful shades of red, orange and yellow each autumn.
However, one of my favorite trees was the large oak tree by my Grandma's house. Without air conditioning, the shade of that tree brought welcome respite from the heat. It also held a wooden swing that I loved to see how high I could go before the ropes buckled (noticing a theme).
So for the CAS Watercolor October Leaf Challenge, I chose the Mondo Oak Leaf (and a couple of acorns) from Essentials by Ellen as an ode to my favorite tree. The sentiment is from Essentials by Ellen Lovely (which has apparently been retired).
I stamped them on kraft and then painted with several shades of my shimmery watercolors.
My layout is a rather loose interpretation of this week's Freshly Made Sketch (placement of the 3 elements and sentiment)
The Male Room is also asking for CAS Designs.
When I saw the feather challenge at CASology, I knew I wanted to ink-up my hand-carved feather stamp from the talented Tyggereye (aka Gina).
That gorgeous color combination for my stamped feather is what I call a happy accident ... I apparently didn't clean the stamp the last time I used it (which is pretty common for me ... I like living dangerously), so I when I inked it with Mint ink, I got this gorgeous color combination from the leftover inks.
Clean Line Everyday Believe in You stamps by Cathy Zielske for Simon says Stamp were inked in Taylored Expressions Earl Grey Ink (my favorite tea).
I wanted to get at least one more card made for STAMPtember ... this time featuring the relatively new-to-me Stamp Market Mini Hellos.
I paired the party hat with a little piece of designer paper that was on my studio table. Next I added Doodlebug Hot Cocoa Mug and smiling Marshmallow. I finished with three rose gold sequins.
I think I still meet the requirements for the Creature Challenge at Addicted to CAS (with my white space being *pink space*).
