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

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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

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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

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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 #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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #516 sketch

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It's time for the sketch challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and Jeanne has a sketch perfect for CAS creations!

The background was stencilled just along the vertical stripe loosely, then stamped with the mini seed head in second generation. I used some design paper for all the coloured die cuts. The butterfly was edged in ink and adhered with foam squares. The happy birthday sentiment was die cut, stamped and white heat embossed.

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

• dies: Tim Holtz brushstroke butterfly, Alexandra Renke leaf clusters, square, MFT skinny strips, paper rose tiny arrows
• inks: salvaged patina, chipped sapphire distress oxide
• stamps: gummiapan happy birthday, Lavinia mini seed head, honeybee bitty buzzwords
• stencils: aallandcreate lotza squares

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #514 sketch

 hello lovely stampers!

It's time for the sketch challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and Shannon has proposed a very versatile sketch on a square background.

The background was a leftover from some ink mopup with some wet stencilling over the top. This was ink blended around the edge and layered with black card behind. The butterfly stamp was clear heat embossed for shine. Shout out to Chris Stokes @chrissieannie who has used these mini butterflies on her cards and I thought they were so gorgeous I had to get the die! 

The sentiment was also clear heat embossed, edged in ink then popped up on foam squares. 

It's quite hard to take a photo of the black embossing, but it's quite shiny irl. Thanks so much for spending some time with me today. With such a versatile sketch, we'd love to see your card in our gallery! Big thanks to Lesley for being our fabulous guestie - don't forget to check out her card too! 

**I'm also entering this into a new to me challenge, alphabet challenge where the prompt is F is for Flying!

• dies: hero arts infinity squares, memory box mini intricate butterflies, MFT skinny strips
• inks: chipped sapphire, wilted violet, salvaged patina distress oxide inks, versafine clair nocturne
• stamps: honeybee stamps bitty buzzwords, Tim Holtz happy everything blueprints
• stencil: aallandcreate lotza squares

CC&S challenge #511 sketch

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It's time for the sketch challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and Cécile has proposed a very versatile sketch on a square card.

I wanted to use up some die cuts that never made it onto previous makes - my little box is overflowing! Ended up using lots!

Some leaves were die cut from ink smooshed card, some from white and watercolored, and some from ink blended card. The flowers were all die cut from ink smooshed card in different colours. The vase was die cut from white and lightly stencilled, the sentiment was die cut from ink blended card and mounted on die cut vellum. The leaves and vase were adhered, the flowers were popped up on foam squares. Sentiment was adhered with the vellum.

Thanks so much for spending some time with me today. Make sure to check out the other design team cards, and our guest designer, Lesley!  We hope to see your card in our gallery!

• dies: gummiapan flowers, hearty twigs, witch hazel, paper rose little vases, hugs, altenew leaf mix die set, MFT fab foliage
• inks: mowed lawn, twisted citron, carved pumpkin, squeezed lemonade, picked raspberry, tumbled glass, bundled sage distress oxides
• stencil: paper rose mark maker 1

CC&S challenge #509 sketch

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It's time for the sketch challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and Valérie has proposed an interesting sketch on a slimline card.

The inspiration for this card was Jo Rice from Lavinia Stamps. If you have a chance, spend some time watching her videos - they're always inspiring!

I began by cutting the card base and front panel. I admit I had to check on the size of a slimline card as I don't often make them - the most popular size is 3 1/2" x 8 1/2" which is quite a big area! I cut the front panel 3" x 4", which leaves so much glorious white space!

I began by ink blending around the edge of the base and panel. Then some ink was blended over a stencil held over both panel and card base. The stamps were applied just to the card panel. 

The sentiment was die cut from inked card, clear heat embossed and stacked twice. Lastly the butterfly was stamped with a coordinating colour.

Thanks so much for spending some time with me today and we hope to see your card in our gallery!

• dies: gummiapan happy birthday
• stencil: Lavinia stamps elegance
• inks: bundled sage, dried marigold, carved pumpkin, mowed lawn, aged mahogany distress oxides
• stamps: Lavinia stamps mini seed head, mini flutter, foliage set, woodland fern, altenew wildflower doodles

CC&S challenge #507 sketch

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It's that time again and we have the next challenge for you at CAS colours & sketches! This sketch by YoonYoung is so versatile - I even chose to do a christmas card!

I began by stencilling the background in distress oxide ink. The 'christmas' word was die cut from gold card and adhered onto the card panel.  The 'merry' was die cut from patterned paper with each letter from a different design but the same colours. These die cuts were stacked twice and adhered on top of the 'christmas'. 

The little line was die cut from the patterned paper, stacked twice and adhered. Lastly some tiny gold stars were die cut and adhered, then the panel was adhered to the card base. Such a simple card but I think it has lots of interest.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! We're looking forward to seeing your card in our gallery!

• dies: sizzix arctic bear, gummiapan merry christmas, MFT bitty banner die set
• stencil: paper rose mark maker #1
• ink: antique linen distress oxide ink