CAS Menagerie

 

I am excited to be Guest Designer at AAA Cards for this challenge #208.  See lots of designer inspiration from the team, and join in the challenge here:  aaacards

I thought the stencil looked a bit like the windows in the inspiration photo; maybe the animals like the view? 

Stamp: Picket Fence

Stencil:  Ranger

Also: Distress Inks speckled egg

Shared on challenges:

kraftychicks-597/1-stamp act

cleanandsimpleonsunday-224-male

welovestamping-february-stamped, opt stencilling

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qkrstampede-437-anythinggoes

creativefingers-224-anythinggoes

polkadoodles-6-anythinggoes

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heroarts/staycrafty--february-anythinggoes

Sending Sunshine

The Crafters Cafe this fortnight is a CAS challenge! 

I used:
Decosse Dynamite Doodles: ATasteOfSummer-general elements: towel, sunglasses, flipflops, transparent cloud; TextureTimeLeathers1: top right (teal)
Sentiment stamp: Hero Arts
Sunglasses & flipflops on 3D foam tape

Shared on challenges:
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polkadoodle-2-anything-goes-card-making-craft
qkr-stampede-challenge-380-anythinggoes
creativefingers-177-anythinggoes
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craftycreations-january--405-anything-goes
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THEME IS CAS - Keep it simple.
Join in here: crafterscafeblogchallenge

Sponsors are 

https://bugaboostamps.com/

http://decossesdynamitedoodles.blogspot.com/ 

CAS girl

CAS - Clean And Simple!
That's it!
Meet us at the Crafters Café to see the amazing design team work, and enter your own, here:
crafterscafeblogchallenge


And see the selection from Mari Digis, our kind sponsor, here: maridigisstore2.blogspot.com/2017/08/brat-girl-c23



Image: Mari Digis
Washi tape

I printed directly on the base card, masked the image and sponged around in yellow and pink distress inks.  Her eyes are coloured with Copics.

I often don't put a sentiment on as I like to keep my options open for the occasion, but will put an appropriate sentiment inside the card when I use it.
So this could be for hello, birthday,  first day at work, really for any happy wish.

Shared on challenges:
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cutecardthursday-536-cas
cardmania-106-anything-goes
audsentiments-206-anything-goes-sentiment
creativefingers-149
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Let's Party

At Incy Wincy it's CAS time.  If you're not sure, check out what Clean And Simple cardmaking is.  Before you join in with the challenge, have a peek at what the design team have been up to here:  incywincydesigns




Thanks to our sponsor : createfulheartdigis



Image: Createful Heart Digis
Coloured with Copics
Nesting dies: Spellbinders
Sentiment stamp:  Rosie's Studio
Glimmermist: Moonlight
Shimmermist: gold
Also: White pigment pen, Wink of Stella
(click on the detail for a closer look)


Shared on challenges:
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craftycreations-359-anything-goes
trimmiescraft-453-1st-of-february-three-of a kind balloons
cutecardthursday-515-anything-goes
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Bright and Beautiful

I was invited to be May guest designer for AAA cards, along with great designers and interesting challenges - so it check out here: aaacards



I think my usual style is fairly clean and simple but CAS category cards are extremely so.  I think you really do have to have the vision clear before you start ... not like other styles where you can play and jiggle until you get what you want.






Image stamp: Rubbernecker
Sentiment stamp: HeroArts (part of a stamp)




I heat embossed the stamps and coloured the birds using distress inks as watercolour paints - the blue-green-purple bird is actually more colourful than shows in the photo, don't ask me why, the green didn't even show up   (Mermaid Lagoon, Broken China, Dusty Concord plus Lipstick Red for her beak of course!).


Shared on challenges:
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creativeknockouts-friendship
craftycatz-challenge-368-ag-CAS
allsortschallenge-413-embossing heat embossing
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craftingwhenwecan-143-clean-and-simple

Friends Teacups

Friendship.
There's nothing better than a cuppa with friends ... unless its a glass of wine!  And that's one of the reasons tea is called the cup of cheer, it warms the heart and makes you smile. 


Sometimes my daughter (who lives a couple of hours away) and I have a cuppa together on the phone, just like we would if we were together.

I diecut the teacups and paper pieced with various toning papers.  I love this smoky-blue-green colour so much, I think I'll paint my room this colour...very French looking with the white.

Die: Poppy Stamps
Sentiment stamps:  Avery Elle






Shared on challenges:
hidinginmycraftroom-295-monochromatic
addictedtocas-108-smile
modsquadchallenge-ya-wanna-piece (I hope paper piecing diecuts counts?)
addictedtostamps-challenge-236-anything-goes
15th-march-2017-world-wide-open-design-challenge
paper-sweeties-challenge-april-2017 the stacked layers , white china,  pale blue items. 
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Cool Bunny

Keep It CAS!  that's the theme at the Crafters Café, and you can check out here
the details and the design team's work

Creative Bug has generously provided the image and you can get it at cool+bunny

This is dedicated to a cool & crazy online real bunny person - YOU know who you are!  Hi there Bunny!

I made two masks - one for the fence and one for the whole image.  The fence is stamped with woodgrain in three colours, and the sky sponged with Distress inks.  The 'cool' diecut has the middle holes punched out.

Image: Creative Bugs
Woodgrain stamp: Hero Arts
Cool Die: Sizzix
Circle die: Spellbinders
Banner end: square punch
Also: DInks, scrap of paper from stash

Shared on challenges:
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crafting-with-friends-37
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creatalicious challenge-110-ag-with-green
thecraftyaddicts-34.agwith CAS
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