Hey, Wasabi?

 

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out!!! Time Out Challenge #169 is a theme challenge in which the theme is "Season" with an optional twist of coloring. Many of us will immediately think of the four seasons of the year, but we can also season our food with herbs and spices, or become a seasoned (experienced) player or professional... there are many ways to go with this. It's always fun to see how artists interpret a theme.

We are generously sponsored by Poppystamps.

I really wanted to go in a different direction than seasons of the year with this one. I looked through my entire stash for something in the herbs and spices category, but did't really have anything like that. They I thought about the Essentials by Ellen Wasabi set and decided what I was going to do.

I combined the sketch from CAS(e) This Sketch #386 and the theme from Inspired By Challenge #IB138, and came up with my card. The idea is that sushi can be "seasoned" with soy sauce and wasabi and ginger, etc. That might be a little far out of the box, but that is the way I went. I was too late to enter my card in the Inspired By Challenge, but it was definitely part of my inspiration. I stamped, colored and die cut the images from Wasabi and arranged them on the diagonal on a panel that is embossed with the SU Tasteful Textile embossing folder. Some of the die cuts are popped up and some are not. I am so happy with the way it came out.

Please hop on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also playing with:

CAS(e) This Sketch #386

Mix It Up #40 - Anything Goes + Embossing

SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

I Can't Even...

 

This simple card was made with EBE Voices In My Head by Julie Ebersole. I LOVE this set and the others that go with it. I am a teacher. It perfectly sums up my feelings about going back to in-person learning. I will graduate from face mask to face shield. Oy!

My face shield is cut with and Pink Fresh Essentials Basic Label Frames, and the white panel is cut with Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Stackables.

This card was inspired by these challenges:

CAS(E) This Sketch #385

Inkspirational #219 - Face

The Paper Players #504 - CAS Back To School

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #521 - CAS

You Are Kind

I created this card for CAS(E) This Sketch #377.

Using another Quarantine purchase from Pinkfresh Studio and some old friends from my stash, I stamped and colored the wonderful images from Lush Greenery and colored them with many shades of green, blue-green and yellow-green Copic markers. I die cut the panel with a Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Two die. The sentiment is also from the same set - half of it stamped and die cut with Pink and Main Sentiment Strip Dies, and the other half die cut and adhered with adhesive. I love the way it turned out.

I am also playing at:

NBUS #15 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Lush Greenery stamps 

There's No One Quite Like You

Time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS!
Challenge #168 - STYLE 
Raga is our Hostess With The Mostest! 

To make my card, I stamped the Fancy Dress image with a Hero Arts wood mounted rubber stamp that I have had in my stash for many years. I love this stamp, and thought it was perfect for this challenge. I framed it with a rectangular mask from  A Colorful Life Designs Marvelous Masks and inked around the edges with Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink. I used Copics to color the image and added lots of Wink Of Stella to add sparkle. The sentiment, which I thought was just perfect for the Code Word, is from Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Encouragement. We all have our own style.

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog, take a look at the wonderful inspiration pieces the Design Team has created for your inspiration, and make something to share in the gallery. Challenge winner will be offered a Guest Designer spot for a future challenge. Happy crafting!

Please remember that this is a CAS challenge. Here is a definition to remind you:

I'm also playing at:

SimonSaysStamp Monday Challenge - Stamp It

Allsorts Challenge #537 - Anything Goes 

Just Add Ink #474 - Colour Challenge

Pink, Purple, Green

CAS(E) this sketch #339

Two-Fer Three Challenges

So, in case you haven't heard, there is a brilliant new challenge out there that started on January 10 - Twofer Card Challenge. It's the brainchild of Darnell Krauss of djkardcreations.com. I love the way Darnell's brain works, and this awesome idea is so Darnell. The Design Team is loaded with awesomeness, and the idea is to use the same stamps/dies to come up with two totally different cards. It is meant to really challenge yourself to increase your creativity, stretch your brain, your stamps, your dies, and to increase your stash of cards. FANTASTIC!!!!

I work in a Pre-K through 8 school as a librarian. I am so often frustrated  by the lack of ability in children of all ages to follow directions. Well, guess what - I did not follow directions here and I am  truly humbled. The thing I didn't do (because I skimmed the directions because I wanted to get to creating), was use a different style for the second card.  I stamped, embossed and die cut a bunch of the same elements, and made 2 cards. I should have read more carefully, but that 's OK. I know now, and I am submitting my cards anyway! I LOVE them. I used two other challenges to create my Two-fer. I used the colors for Color Throwdown ctd476 (I LOVE these colors), and I used the CAS(E) this sketch #255 for the layout. I flipped it for one, and not the other.

I am SO excited about this challenge. I'm screaming in at the end, but I hope to play it a lot. Darnell, I promise I will follow the directions next time, and I will be nicer to my students who don't follow directions.

CTS #255

This card was inspired by Color Throwdown 476 colors, and the CTS Sketch.

This card was inspired by the Color Throwdown Colors for CTD476.

I also flipped the CAS(E) This Sketch #255 to the left side for this one.

Believe

This card was born of items from my new Christmas stash, some experimenting with watercolor backgrounds and my new Kuretake Pearl and Starry paints, and a wonderful combination of challenges for inspiration.

Supplies:
Stamps: Hero Arts Holiday Florals Bold Prints Cling, SSS Believe.
Accessories: SSS Believe dies, SSS Rose Gold Embossing Powder, PTI Banner Die, Kuretake Gansai Tambi Pearl & Starry Water Colors, Fun Foam.
Paper: PTI Limeade Ice, Tim Holtz Destress Watercolor Cardstock, DCWV Foiled Cardstock.  
Ink: VersaMark.

I'm Playing at:

City Crafter Challenge #390 - I Believe In Santa Claus!

WWC147 - Anything Goes

Muse: Christmas Visions #90 - Anything Goes

SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Jingle Belles - Baby It's Gold (Or Silver Or Copper) Outside

CAS(E) this sketch #249

Christmas Card Throwdown #23 - Pick A Previous Challenge From 2012 or 2013

I chose CCCT23 - February 2012 Colors: Red, Green & Gold

Peace On Earth

It's time for a new game at AAA Cards. The theme for Game #73 is Upcycling. Use something in creating your card that that you have not purposely bought/saved for crafting, e.g. a clothing tag, a label, part of a paper bag, a magazine picture or any other idea you have.

Our sponsors for this challenge are Happy Little Stampers. The winner will get a $20 gift voucher to spend in their fabulous store.

Here is my take:

I received a Christmas card last year that had this gorgeous metallic and textured earth image with a banner across it. There are gold, blue and copper tones to the earth image, depending on the angle at which you view it. I've been saving it to repurpose for a future project, and this challenge was the perfect impetus to use it. Though I will use this as a Christmas card, I also think that it is quite poignant on this 15th anniversary of September 11, 2001. I live about 45 miles as the crow flies from what was the World Trade Center.

I cut out a stitched rectangle from SU Confetti White card stock for the top panel. I sprayed it with Ranger Antiqued Bronze Mica Spray (this stuff is fantastic) to give it some metallic shine. I fussy cut  out the earth/banner, popped it up on foam tape, adhered it to the top panel, then mounted it on Gina K. Ivory heavyweight card stock. Simple as pie but I just LOVE it. What a fun challenge this one is!

I hope you will head on over to the AAA Cards Challenge blog, see what my wonderful Design Teammates have created and leave them some love.  Then dig through your craft stash and find something to use on your upcycle project. Have a great time with it.  I can't wait to see what you create!!

I am also linking to CAS(E) this Sketch #189:

Have fun, and many thanks for stopping in today!

Miss You

I really love the simplicity of CTS #178  When I saw it, this little lobster die popped into my head and out of my stash. I cut him from a scrap from a Distress Ink project and set him on a little bit of stenciling that put me in mind of a fishing net. Lobsters remind me of my dear, lifelong friend who lives far from me in northern Vermont.  Last time we visited, we celebrated with a wonderful dinner on Long Beach Island of lobster and scallops. This is a perfect card for her.

CTS #178

This card was also inspired by the following challenges:

It's been far too long since I played the wonderful Less Is More challenge. This week's recipe is USE A STENCIL.

Can You CASE It #126 - Dies

Thanks so much for  coming by today.

Supplies
Paper~Neenah Solar White.
Stamps~MFT Penguins In Paradise.
Ink~VersaFine Onyx Black, and Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch DI's.
Accessories~Memory Box Lobster Die, TH Burlap Layering Stencil.

CTS #53 - Thanksgiving

It has been soooo long since I sat down with paper and ink. I had a little time yesterday, and I was determined to create something. When I saw CTS #53 yesterday, I immediately thought of Fresh Squeezed Subway Series : Holidays. I cut the words out so I could place them horizontally.  Really enjoyed working this sketch.  Have a great day, and thanks for stopping in.

Hello Dear Friend

This creation is a very literal interpretation of the current CAS(E) this sketch challenge. I used PTI's 2012 Anniversary set for my images and sentiment. For some reason, I decided to use SU's Sanded background stamp to fill the frame.  I like the way it looks a lot, but then I wondered if it would bring to  mind a cracked mirror when my dear friend looked into it. lol! I hope not.  That was not my intention.
Sometimes I crack myself up...

Thanks for stopping in today. Stay cool in your craft...

PS Hello

This card was inspired by a combination of this week's Paper Smooches Sparks Picture Perfect challenge 

in which we are inspired by this picture...

... and this week's CAS(E) this Sketch challenge which provided the perfect layout for my idea.

The paintbrush images from PS I Heart Art are stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics. The sentiment is from PS Chilly Chums.

Thank you again for stopping by. It is rare that I post twice in one day. I really enjoyed being creative today. Therapy indeed.