CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #560 sketch

 hello stampers!

We have the latest challenge for you - it's a great sketch at CAS colours and sketches designed by Laura. She has designed it as a square card but you can choose to change it to a different shaped card. I kept it square and centred the focal area, but only gave the illusion of 2 of the squares.

To give you an idea of size, the card is 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" and the squares are each 1 1/2". This left a border of about 1 1/4" all around the squares.

I wanted to create different layers so I die cut out 1 square then reverse stencilled the card panel behind. Another square was embossed, ink smooshed and adhered on top of the front card panel. The little cogs were die cut from ink smooshed card then adhered across the last 2 squares. Such a fun one, I think I have a new favourite colour combo!

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

• dies: Gummiapan cogs, safety set, Trinity Stamps bitty tags, Hero Arts infinity squares
• stencil: Stamperia gears and cogs
• embossing folder: Sizzix mini foundry
• sentiment: Honey Bee Stamps bitty buzzwords
• inks: salvaged patina, hickory smoke, frayed burlap, mustard seed, vintage photo distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #558 sketch

 hello crafters!

We have the latest challenge for you - it's a great sketch at CAS colours and sketches designed by Joanne. Perfect design for keeping it CAS, and you can add a focal point however you wish!

I used a snowflake embossing folder for the strip on the front panel,  then die cut the branches from ink smooshed card. The birds were die cut from a watercoloured scrap. The tag was die cut, stamped and popped up on foam tape.

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

• dies: Gummiapan branches, tag with a star, Poppystamps whittle birds
• stamps: Penny Black grown for you
• ink: tumbled glass, candied apple distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #556 sketch

  hello crafters!

The latest challenge is a great sketch for you at CAS colours and sketches designed by Nancy. She wants you to use a mini slimline card size for the design. If you like you can flip it vertical or use a mirror image.

I used a 6" x 3" card base, and cut black and white strips to highlight the thirds. I wanted to use this bunny (for the first time) which I got in the Gummiapan advent calendar. I just can't take him seriously lol so I had to do a sassy sentiment :) I die cut him from ink smooshed card, as well as the numerous stars. 

The hat was die cut from black card then a tiny strip of holographic silver star paper was adhered. Even though I could have gone a little crazy I held back to keep it nice and CAS ;)

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

• dies: all Gummiapan
• sentiment: Tim Holtz small talk sticker

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #554 sketch

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Suzy has designed a great sketch for the latest challenge at CAS colours and sketches. The design lends itself perfectly to CAS cards. The sketch can be flipped or made into a landscape card if you prefer. I decided to take it up a notch and made a shaker card!

I began by die cutting a circle in the front panel, then I die cut the happy birthday circle and adhered it over the top. The card base was stamped in the circle area, some acetate adhered to the card panel, some tiny hearts put in and then the card panel was adhered with foam tape to make the shaker. The smaller circle was adhered with little die cut presents and a couple of the tiny hearts then popped up on foam tape.

Such fun making a shaker card - I should do it more often. And these weighty fimo hearts shake really well :)

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

• dies: Gummiapan happy birthday circle, presents, Hero Arts infinity circles
• stamps: Gummiapan make a wish, bring on the cake
• inks: tumbled glass distress oxide

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #552 sketch

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I'm happy to present our sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches for January. The design reminded me of the beach so I went with a seaside theme. You can flip the design if you prefer, but I kept it a landscape orientation.

I used several colours of ink smooshing to create the water, then stencilled the waves ever so gently with white ink. The corner was torn to create the sea froth and it was adhered to a kraft card panel. The little shells and sea animals were die cut from ink smooshed card, some were given a little more ink blended colour. The sentiment was simply stamped with Versafine and clear heat embossed - amazing how dark it becomes on the kraft card.

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

• dies: Gummiapan sea shells, crab, starfish
• stamps: Paper Rose tiny forest (sentiment)
• stencil: Scrapmatts ST9074
• inks: salty ocean, salvaged patina, peacock feathers, barn door, squeezed lemonade, abandoned coral, vintage photo, blueprint sketch distress oxides, Hero Arts unicorn

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #549 sketch

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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 #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 #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 #543 sketch

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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 #541 sketch

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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 #539 sketch

  hello crafters!

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 #537 sketch

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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 #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 #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 #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

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #529 sketch

 hello crafters!

Here's the first of our monthly sketch challenges at CAS Colours & Sketches, and this lovely challenge was put together by Jeanne. Since Valentine's Day is approaching, maybe this is an opportunity to put some love onto your card. Hope you'll join us in the gallery!

To keep is CAS, I chose to emboss half of the front panel. I thought the little lock and key were so cute, I couldn't resist putting them with the cut out heart. After die cutting them from a stencilled offcut, I rubbed foundry wax on them to make them look metallic. This turned out to be a simple card with no stamping!

The current AAA cards challenge #257 is also CAS with an optional twist of "love is in the air" and the current tictactoe challenge has first column: heart, red, punch or die cut, so I'll post this one in those challenges too!

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

      


• dies: Alexandra Renke slide frame vertical, Hunkydory ornate heart, Gummiapan safety kit, Honeybee buzzwords
• embossing: Fiskars texture plate hearts

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #526 sketch

 hello lovely crafters!

It's time for the sketch challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches and this time Nancy has put together a sketch perfect for CAS cards!

I used a panel of watercoloured card, die cut it into 3 rectangles, then stamped them randomly. The feather was die cut from a tissue box! Love the shiny surface and the swirly designs on them. Sentiment was stamped and clear heat embossed and popped up on foam squares.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Don't forget to check out our guestie Deborah's blog. We can't wait to see your creation in our gallery!

• dies: paper rose feathers, spellbinders A2 matting basics
• inks: tea dye, wild honey, vintage photo, aged mahogany, lost shadow, evergreen bough distress oxides
• stamps: Lavinia stamps mini seed head, Altenew sentiment strips

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #523 sketch

  hello lovely crafters!

It's time for the sketch challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches and this time Lucy has proposed a very versatile slimline card design with the detail in the centre half. I don't often do slimline cards, but this design makes it easy to create a slimline card, CAS style. I chose a mini slimline with 3 1/2" x 6 1/2" dimensions.

The background was ink smooshed, then wet stencilled and stamped with the same colour ink. I used a new to me die, cut it several times from white card then ink blended in several colours. I die cut it again from gold paper and just used the pine cone to adhere over the brown inked one.  A few tiny gold stars were adhered in the pine branch. The sentiment was scrabble stickers and the panel was backed with more gold card. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Don't forget to check out our guestie Deborah's blog. We can't wait to see your creation in our gallery!

• dies: MFT infinity squares, Couture Creations pine branch
• inks: evergreen bough, pine needles, vintage photo distress oxides
• stamps: kaisercraft script
• stencil: darkroom door brick wall

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #521 sketch

  hello lovely stampers!

It's time for the sketch challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and this time I have put together a classic design with 3 squares in a row. I chose to keep it a landscape design.

I found this washi tape when I was cleaning out my cabinet (totally forgotten!) and thought it was so pretty. The 3 squares of vellum have paper pieced succulents laid over them, in an echo to the background washi tape. Some subtle bakers twine underlines the tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! don't forget to check out our guestie Tristan's blog. We can't wait to see your creation in our gallery!

• dies: hero arts florals succulent
• inks: memento tuxedo black
• stamps: hero arts florals succulent 

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #518 sketch

hello stampers!

It's time for the sketch challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and Sue has proposed an interesting sketch with everything contained within the rectangle.

I used a new to me die for some interest as the background, then expanded on the circle theme using ink smooshed die cuts and black card. Sentiment was clear heat embossed.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and we hope to see your card in our gallery! don't forget to stop by to check out our guestie, Tristan's blog.

• dies: kaisercraft subway, MFT fab foliage, hero arts infinity circles, MFT skinny strips
• inks: salty ocean, broken china, tumbled glass distress oxide, versafine clair nocturne
• stamps: honeybee bitty buzzwords