Love is a STRONG Emotion

CASology is back with a new cue card for the week and it's a powerful word: STRONG. 

I went with something soft and sweet and strong...Love :)

This super cute little elephant digi stamp from our really wonderful sponsor, Kitty Bee Designs, was the perfect image to make into a pair of images. I used Photoshop Elements to duplicate "her", then 

removed the flower from her temple to make a "him". Next I duplicated the flower to make the trio of flowers growing between them. I even used copies of the curves of their ears to make the stems for the flowers :) The sentiment is a clear stamp from the Simon Says Stamp "Hello Friend" set.

I used a combo of Copic grays C9, C5, C3, and C1 for the elephants. I even found the right gray cardstock to use as a base!

Time to make some power moves over to the DT blogs to see their creations this week! And say hi to our guest designer and sponsor.

Deidre Payne (that’s me)

Hannelie Bester

Hazel Hodgkins

Jacquie Southas

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

Sherrie Mannion

Guest Designer: Sarah

Sponsor: kitty bee designs

I'm joining over at Addicted to CAS #108 Smile & Fusion Card Challenge- Easter (flowers & colors)

Thanks! xoxo Deidre
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Coffee's On at CASology

This week, CASology is gonna stimulate some creative with our new cue card:

I wanted to stick with neutral tones for this card because the colors that the word coffee stirs up in mind are blacks, browns, and creams. I kept the coffee cup and saucer (from Concord & 9th's Let Chat set) simple and heat embossed the heart foam (also from the set) in white. I used Peerless watercolor to color the coffee a tan color...lots of creamer :)  I used the same watercolor on a snippet of paper for the sentiment, which is a set of adhesive letters called "Coffee House" (how awesome that I had these just laying around!) from Mrs.Grossman's stickers. A little patterned paper and coffee's on :)

Stir on over to the other DT blogs and give them a little pep with some sweet comments!

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Deidre Payne (that’s me)

Hannelie Bester

Hazel Hodgkins

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Sherrie Mannion

Tracey McNeely

Guest Designer: Asa

Awesome Sponsor: STAMPlorations

I'm also sharing at Addicted to CAS #99 and Sunday Stamps SSC137

Thanks for stopping by today!

xoxo Deidre

Berry Merry Christmas!

Ok, time to make a confession...I'm a total nerd! I love to find out of the box ways to interpret every creative prompt provided by the challenge blogs. This week's Addicted to CAS challenge was code word: dimension. Hmmm. I thought about the galaxy, I thought about dimensional foam to add depth, then I was struck by last month's Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2015. Yes, yes, and yes! This Penny Black "Berry Merry Christmas" stamp worked wonders.

My card...and my entry for their design team too (fingers crossed)...couldn't have come out better. My photography skills were stretched a little bit too lol.

I bet you're asking about the dimension, aren't you?? Look what a very cool technique created!

Batman or Superman??

I'm back "knocking out" challenges today. This one was "super" fun to make :) I was inspired by both the layout over at CAS(E) this Sketch! and the code word at Addicted to CAS. I think this card packs a real "ka-pow"!

Zombie Apocalypse

Okay, so I may not have quite joined The Walking Dead sensation, but I do adore the game Plants vs Zombies :) I got this free little download and dove head first into it with Copic markers...I used about 20 colors on this image. I think he'll at least get me an honorary membership in the Zombie Apocalypse club lol.