CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #550 seasonal

 hello crafters!

This happens to be our 550th challenge. Woohoo! What a terrific way to round out the year! We're proud of the milestone but we couldn't have done it without you, our family of crafters. So thank you to all who joined in, read our blogs, or felt inspired by our challenges - join us in celebrating for the last challenge this year.

This is our last challenge for this year at CAS colours and sketches and as is tradition, Patricia has asked you to take one of our 2024 challenges and make it seasonal.

I chose to use challenge #548 which has such lovely traditional christmas colours. The background was stencilled using a texture paste. The smaller die cut tree was adhered. The larger tree was stacked 3 times, and adhered with foam squares. The sentiment was die cut from silver card, stacked twice and adhered with the tree.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

We wish you all the best for the holiday season and look forward to seeing you back again in 2025!

   


• dies: Gummiapan pine trees, merry christmas circle, Paper Rose birdie
• stencil: Aall and Create lotza dotz

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #549 sketch

  hello crafters!

This month's sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by Patricia.  This one is perfect for a CAS layout with all the elements at the top of the landscape panel. You can flip the design if you prefer, or make it vertical. So many possibilities! I chose to make it a square card.

I used black card as the base, and die cut lots of little stars from ink smooshed card. A strip of vellum was stamped with the sentiments, clear heat embossed and wrapped around the front panel, over the stars. The 21 was die cut, stacked and adhered. The star outlines worked really well to stick the vellum down so it didn't bulge. The front panel was adhered using foam squares. This one is for my son who turns 21 just after christmas. Eeek!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Alexandra Renke stars, Kaisercraft numbers
• stamps: Gummiapan sentiments

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #548 colours

   hello stampers!

It's our colours challenge for November at CAS colours and sketches, and Patricia has paired these very christmassy colours together.  In all the hubbub of christmas preparations, I think it's nice to have a calming touch of minimalism. Join us with a CAS card!

The larger square was ink blended and die cut.  The smaller square was die cut from coloured card. The sentiment was inked and clear heat embossed for shine. The pine sprig was die cut, ink blended then die cut again to fit into the smallest square shape.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Hero Arts infinity squares, Couture Creations pine branch 
• stamps: Altenew warm blessings
• inks: evergreen bough, antique linen distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #547 sketch

 hello crafters!

This month's sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by Laura.  I love the simplicity of this design which lends itself to so many options! 

For some reason my brain went to birds sitting on a wire, so that's what I did. I switched the orientation horizontally, and used an ink smooshed panel for the background. The birds were die cut from another inked panel. The wires were really thin strips of black card and the sentiment die cut from white card. Quite a simple card to put together, in the end!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: SSS whittle birds, MFT bitty banner alpha
• inks: mowed lawn, salvaged patina distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #546 colours

hello stampers!

It's our first challenge for October at CAS colours and sketches, and Laura has put these gorgeous colours together.  I can definitely feel an autumn vibe!

I used orange to blend the background, then adhered the vines, die cut from ink smooshed card. The dragonfly was cut twice from navy design paper, and adhered with its wings left loose. The circle was die cut from ink smooshed card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

I'm also posting this one on Timeout challenges where the challenge this week is an autumn themed one. I love the quote by Van Gogh, and realised I had a stamp with a similar quote from Camus. What luck!

 



• dies: SSS whirl dragonfly, Gummiapan twigs, MFT infinity circles
• stamps: Gummiapan sentiment
• inks: carved pumpkin, vintage photo distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #545 sketch

 hello crafters!

The new sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by Nancy.  Such a great design lends itself to so many possibilities - time to get crafting!

I thought I would cut out the horizontal strip, making the die cut word part of the gap. The panel was lightly ink blended, then the trees and the merry were die cut with coloured die cuts inserted in the space. The tiny houses were die cut from stamped card, with contrasting window and door colours. I like how the soft colours still evoke a christmas vibe.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Gummiapan tall trees, tiny houses, Newtons Nook holiday greetings
• stamps: Darkroom Door woodgrain texture stamp, MFT bitty holiday wishes
• inks: vintage photo, wild honey, lost shadow, evergreen bough, candied apple, squeezed lemonade distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #544 colours

 hello stampers!

It's our colour challenge for September at CAS colours and sketches, and these colours were cleverly put together by Nancy.  Not usually colours I would combine but they actually play together nicely!

I used card in the 3 colours to die cut some eucalyptus sprigs, then clear heat embossed them, and added a little touch of white gelly roll pen for interest. I love how the clear heat embossing gives the dark colours some shine but gosh it's hard to photograph well. 

The background was stamped and the same sentiment stamped, die cut and clear heat embossed.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Alexandra Renke frame rectangle, square frame, MFT skinny strips, Gummiapan eucalyptus leaves
• stamps: Penny Black grown with love
• inks: pumice stone distress oxide

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #543 sketch

hello crafters!

The new sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by Deborah, and makes an awesome sketch for CAS cards!  Remember you can use any shape, as long as there are 3 in a column.

I used a gorgeous snowflake die. Cut 3 times from black card, cut 3 times from white card, inset the die cuts into the black card cutout then backed it with metallic blue paper.  The sentiment was die cut from metallic blue paper and white card and mounted on the panel. The metallic blue paper is really pretty but hard to photograph!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Gummiapan snowflake, SSS thanks

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #542 colours

 hello stampers!

The new month is upon us, and this time the colours challenge at CAS colours and sketches was proposed by Deborah. Such an interesting group of colours which inspired me to do a simple baby card. 

I used all die cuts for the elements, with the sentiment stamped, then die cut and adhered with foam squares. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: MFT itty bitty strips, Altenew burlap texture die, Gummiapan flowers, Poppystamps whittle birds, Alexandra Renke buds set 02 
• stamps: Gummiapan sentiment

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #541 sketch

   hello crafters!

The new sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by Suzy, and she has asked for a frame as part of the design.  I ended up flipping the design vertically and horizontally.

The background panel was die cut along the lower edge, and I used a similar die cut for the frame. This was die cut again on some ink smooshed card to create the frame insert. The flowers were die cut from ink smooshed card which also had some copper wax smoothed on it, then arranged with some twine to hold them together.  The sentiment was stamped on the same card, then die cut and adhered with foam squares.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Alexandra Renke frame rectangle, slide frame vertical, artist flower set 06, edge cutting set
• stamps: Gummiapan happy birthday
• inks: speckled egg, kitsch flamingo, shaded lilac, black soot distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #540 colours

   hello crafters!

The new colours challenge at CAS colours and sketches is ready and these gorgeous spring colours were put together by Suzy. 

I did lots of die cutting with little dies to create this little scene - my favourite activity! Such a fun one to put together.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Memory Box intricate mini butterflies, Alexandra Renke word circle, slide frame vertical, MFT in focus florals, Gummiapan tickets
• stamps: Honey Bee Stamps bitty buzzwords

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #539 sketch

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The new sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by Shannon and is for a slimline card size. I chose a mini slimline measuring 6" x 3".

I thought I'd add to my stash of xmas cards which made me think of stars instead of circles! The stars were die cut from gold mirror card. The pine branches were die cut from green card and the pine cone was ink blended in brown, then arranged to create the banner shape. The sentiment was gold heat embossed and die cut with a rectangular stitched die.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Paper Rose stitched rectangles, Couture Creations pine branch, Alexandra Renke stars
• stamps: Gummiapan merry christmas
• inks: ground espresso distress oxide

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #538 colours

  hello stampers!

It's June already so here we go with our colour challenge at CAS colours and sketches. These pretty pastel colours were put together by Shannon and I thought they played so well together.

The background was stamped using a dauber to ink up the stamp to get a scratchy look. The flowers were die cut then coloured. The vase was die cut from white, and also from vellum to get the glass look insert. The sentiment was stamped then die cut and adhered with foam squares.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Globleland vase, dandelions, Gummiapan sentiment banner
• stamp: Globleland numbers
• inks: mustard seed, mowed lawn, shaded lilac, kitsch flamingo distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #537 sketch

 hello crafters!

The new sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches is ready and was designed by Patricia. This design presents so many possibilities I wanted to do more than one card, but in the end settled on an elegant look for this lovely sentiment.

I used an ink smooshed panel for the numbers, gold heat embossed then die cut them. I only have one set of number dies and a couple of different sizes would have been nice but I just cut them down to make them smaller, to keep with the sketch. The sentiment was die cut from gold heat embossed card as well as white card, then backed with black die cuts. They were adhered to the vellum with another set of letters behind to bring some dimension.

The gold is a bit hard to photograph well but here's another angle to show the shine! It's really quite pretty.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: MFT bitty banner, Kaisercraft numbers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics
• stamps: Newtons Nook peony blooms

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #536 colours

   hello crafters!

This month's colour challenge at CAS colours and sketches was put together by Patricia! A lovely group of colours which I thought I'd use for a masculine card.

The background was stencilled lightly, the vase was die cut from design paper 3 times and stacked. These lovely eucalyptus sprays were die cut, ink blended then I used some tiny stamps for interest on the leaves.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Gummiapan eucalyptus 1 and 2, Paper Rose little vases, little foliage, MFT bitty banners
• stamps: Lavinia foliage set, Gummiapan happy birthday
• stencil: Darkroom Door brick wall
• inks: pumice stone, salvaged patina, ground espresso, pine needles distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #535 sketch

hello lovely crafters!

It's time for our monthly sketch challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches, and I'm so happy to be hosting this month. I hope my sketch inspires you to create a card and share it with us!

This card is a little different from my usual creations - no die cuts but plenty of fussy cutting! I may have to lie down for a bit :) I wanted to do a fun one with the sketch and these cutie sheep gave me the look I was after. They were each stamped over stencilled card, then fussy cut and adhered with foam squares. The little heart was paper pieced and adhered. The background was ink blended lightly as well as the edge of the front panel.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• stencil: Aall & Create lotza dotz
• stamps: MFT ewe are the best
• inks: dried marigold, tumbled glass, spun sugar, speckled egg, bundled sage distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #534 colours

  hello crafters!

A new month, and this month's colour challenge at CAS colours and sketches was put together by me! Whether it sets a springtime scene, or suggests an autumn leaf, I hope these colours inspire you to get crafty and share your creation with us!

I was clearing out my craft room and came across this embossing folder that I haven't used for a while. I love these little mountains so I based my card on an outdoor theme. The little clouds were die cut from ink smooshed card, the sentiment was stamped then clear heat embossed for shine.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Gummiapan dandelion, rounded tag, MFT clouds, Hero Arts infinity circles 
• stamps: Paper Rose tiny forest
• embossing: Kaisercraft mountains
• inks: SU garden green, wild honey, picked raspberry, kitsch flamingo distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #533 sketch

  hello lovely crafters!

It's time for our monthly sketch challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches, and this sketch was designed by Joanne. Perfect for a landscape CAS card, but if you like you can flip it so it's a portrait orientation instead. We'd love to have you join us with your card creation! 

I'm still using up all the leftover ink smooshed card panels, so decided to use a selection of the prettiest ones for my card! Hexagon shapes were die cut and arranged, then die cut buds were layered on top and the sentiment was stamped, die cut and adhered with foam squares. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Alexandra Renke buds set 02, Hero Arts infinity hexagons, MFT bitty banners
• stamps: Gummiapan happy birthday

CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #532 colours

  hello stampers!

It's a new month and we have a new colour challenge at CAS colours and sketches. Joanne has put together a terrific group of colours. I've recently returned from a holiday in Japan and I saw some lovely ikebana there - I've always been a fan, so this was the inspiration for my card.

I began with the die cut vase, ink blended it roughly then stamped some circles in the same colour. All the little dies were cut from either ink smooshed card scraps or coloured card. I lightly ink blended the background and stamped a few more little circles in a neutral colour.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Gummiapan bluebells, witch hazel, feathers, flowers, paper rose bitty vase
• stamps: Gummiapan happy birthday, MFT take shape
• inks: salty ocean, peeled paint, pumice stone distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #531 sketch

 hello lovely crafters!

It's time for our monthly sketch challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches, and this sketch was put together by Michal. I thought this design was perfect for CAS cards and lends itself to many simple ideas! Although it's presented as a landscape card, feel free to flip the design to make it portrait.

I wanted to use up some ink smooshed backgrounds that are gradually multiplying by mopping up every time I ink something, so I chose this pink background. I stencilled over the top and also stencilled a white card the same. The sentiment was die cut twice and stacked, and the little word stamped on an offcut from the white stencilled card. The little bouquet was die cut and popped up on foam squares. 

I'm a little surprised how pretty this one turned out - I'm not usually a fan of pink, blues being more my thing, but I'm quite liking this.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Gummiapan dahlias, Honeybee bitty buzzwords
• stencil: Lavinia elegance
• stamps: MFT bitty holiday wishes
• inks: speckled egg, kitsch flamingo, picked raspberries distress oxides