CASology: Forest

Hello, everyone! I'm back today with a brand new inspiration for the current CASology challenge - Forest.

And here's what I came up with...

I know one tree isn't really a forest, but I just love the look of this layered stamp from Altenew. It creates an interesting image without adding bulk and I just love that. I cut my panel with a cross-stitch rectangle die from MFT Stamps and then used my MISTI to stamp each part of my tree image. I decided to go simple and stamped my sentiment directly below the image in some basic black ink. I used some fun foam between my panel and card base for some dimension.

I hope you'll join us this week!

Apple Tree	Kind Thanks	Neenah Solar White 80 lb	Cross-Stitch Rectangle STAX	Frayed Leaf	Forest Glades	Evergreen	Dark Chocolate
Memento Tuxedo Black	5mm Be Creative Tape	Misti Stamping Tool

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Kennedy Grace Creations Post

I'm over on the Kennedy Grace Creations blog today with a sympathy card. Go check it out for more details!

Birthday Trio

My stash of birthday cards is running dangerously low right now. Somehow, I seem to have a majority of birthdays in November and December and it just decimated my pile of cards! I decided to make a start at replenishing today by using the current MFT Stamps Sketch Challenge.

And here's the sketch I used:

I love how a simple sketch can inspire a variety of cards. It definitely helped me make a start on this year's birthday cards!

For this card, I used the new Polar Bear Pals set and a background stamp to create a simple card that's gender neutral.

I'll admit, I had a certain someone in mind when I made this card. They're a bit of a bookworm and I know their favorite chair is a beautiful blue. I used the new Our Story stamp set with the Whimsical Woodgrain background for this one.

I mixed it up a little with this one and used an embossing folder for the background along with the Beary Special Birthday set.

Hopefully I can keep up the momentum over the next week and build my stash back up to a respectable level! I hate scrambling for a card at the last second!

Beary Special Birthday	Polar Bear Pals	Our Story	Whimsical Woodgrain Background	Lined-Up Dots	Everyday Sentiment Banner	Quilted Next Level Embossing Folder	Fog Gray
Crumb Cake Cardstock	Black Cardstock	Neenah Solar White 80 lb	Memento Tuxedo Black	Copic Sketch Markers	Fog	Versamark	EK Success Powder Tool
White Embossing Powder	Clear Embossing Powder	3M Foam Tape	Misti Stamping Tool	Brother Scan N Cut 2

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CASology: Cold

Hello, everyone! I'm here today with my very first post as a CASology designer! Yay! This week's cue is Cold.

And this is my take on it!

I love this sweet little Pure Innocence girl. Unfortunately, she's been discontinued, but there are a few other winter images in the Pure Innocence line that are just as cute! I started by stamping her and coloring her with my Copics. I'm lazy, so I used my Brother Scan N Cut 2 to cut her out instead of fussy cutting. (I hate fussy cutting!) I set her aside and started work on my base. I simply cut and folded a white base and then used a scrap piece of white cardstock to cut my snowy background piece with a Landscape Trio die. I used foam tape to pop the snowy piece up for a little bit of dimension and then added my little girl by adhering the bottom portion directly to the snow drift and using foam tape behind the rest of her. I used my MISTI to carefully line up my sentiment and a bold black ink to stamp.

I hope you like my card and I can't wait to see how you're inspired this week!

Warm Wishes

Landscape Trio

Neenah Solar White 80 lb

Memento Tuxedo Black

Copic Sketch Markers

Misti Stamping Tool

Brother Scan N Cut 2

3M Foam Tape

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