CASology is Hitting the Books

CASology is back this week with a school-inspired theme. It's the first day of school for the kiddos here in my area, so this is such a fun cue card: EDUCATION.

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I chose a happy little stamp set by Lawn Fawn (Science of Love) layered on top of the notebook paper with washi corners stamp from an old Hero Arts Stamp Your Story set (My Notebook).

This was so relaxing and fun to create!

Lots of masking and different coloring media were used to pull this off: Barn Door and Broken China Distress Ink, C1, C3, C5, C7 Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils, and Nuvo Crystal and Glitter Drops (Nuvo really is worth the praise it's gotten!)

Time to be inspired by the rest of the DT and our Guest Designer!

Anna Uhras 
Deidre Payne
Hannelie Bester
Jacquie Southas
Janet Ribet 
Jen Wills
Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino
Kymona Tracey
Melissa Chipperfield
Rachel Bergfeld
Sherrie Mannion

Guest Designer: Shona C.

This was my first bit of time to join the 30 Day Coloring Challenge and 

I'm also joining at Shopping Our Stash #319 On Trend (using Nuvo Drops).

Thanks for stopping by!

Deidre

Sun and Sand One Last Time at CASology

As we wrap up the summer fun, CASology wants to invite you to wiggle your toes in the sand and show us your salt life cards one last time for the year. This week's cue card: BEACH.

I used some watercolors and ink smooshing to create this card (only like my favorite techniques lol). I loved how the brown fading into the blue gives the look of sand leading to the water. The inlaid die cut sun is from Lil' Inker Designs and really pops against the blue. I heat embossed the sentiment from Lawn Fawn's "Hello Sunshine" stamp set. Other than piecing the cutouts around the sun, this card was super quick and easy to make :)

Swim on over to the DT  blogs this week and see how they're celebrating the end of summer. And show some love to our guest designer and sponsor too!

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: Lisa

Wonderful sponsor of the week: Cindy B Designs

I can't wait to see what you create and post in our gallery this week! Thanks

for stopping by and have a wonderful Tuesday!

xoxo Deidre

Wild About Stripes

This is a really fast and furious post to make the deadline for the challenge blogs...my crazy pharmacy brain was working overtime to make the design happen LOL!

Thanks to the really fine brush tip on Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens, I was able to hand stripe the die cut "hello" from Lawn Fawn. Took me a minute, but totally worth the impact! The background stamp is from Impression Obession.

I'm playing along this week with Color Throwdown and CAS(E) this Sketch!

Thanks!

xoxo Deidre

CASology and Fusion Card Challenges

I'm excited to get some real craft time...that's not on my lunch break at work, or in the car during a road trip, or while waiting on car repairs :)

The CASology challenge blog had me at first glance with the cue card: owl. These mostly nocturnal birds bring back wonderful memories of my grandmother, who collected owl figurines made of every imaginable material. I wanted to do something special for this challenge around the holiday and found the extra umph I needed from the photo over at the Fusion Card Challenge blog. 

This card was fun to make, combining watercoloring, silver embossing (which I still think is real life magic lol), and a clean and simple one-layer look.

                    

I used Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks and a cutie patootie owl from Lawn Fawn. Frisket (masking fluid) has become one of my best friends!! The absolutely waterproof seal it creates (like I did for this owl) allows me to go crazy with my watercolors and paints and still gives me a clean canvas for whatever I masked.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and make it a great day!!

Deidre :)