Sentimentally Sue

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

CASology #354: Fog

Hey, there is a new cue card up for the next two week challenge on the

CASology Challenge Blog.

I will be completely honest with you. This was a really tough cue for me so I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with. I started with light gray card stock that I stenciled white clouds on. Then I stamped the word "brain" from The Stamp Market's Chunky Alphabet. The "so sorry" was masked from an old sympathy greeting and also stamped with Versafine black ink. Finally I die cut the "fog" letters from vellum and ran them through my Zyron sticker makers and attached them over the stamped "brain".

Nancy Elrick

Thanks so much for stopping by, Sue.

Monday, October 14, 2019

Striped Sympathy

Hello and happy Monday to you! We were so happy to see the sunshine today. I never thought my life would be dictated by the weather but with farming it is. It is all in God's control and we are along for the ride. It is a good ride. I was playing along with a few challenges this evening.

I started with a Bristol smooth panel, masked and blended the ink stripes. Then I die cut the leaves and mounted the panel to an A2 white card base. Using the My Favorite Things color challenges as my inspiration. Then I took the With Sympathy die from Stamplorations and die cut it 4 times from dark gray card stock stacking and gluing them together. After they dried I clear heat embossed the top layer and attached it to my card front. It is a simple clean design just right for the Stamplorations Anything Goes Card Challenge, the Uniko Challenge is anything goes also and my layout followed the CAS(E) This Sketch sketch for this week. Thanks for stopping by, Sue.

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Autumn Leaves Falling...

Hello. It is a beautiful fall day here and harvest is in full swing today. Ha, they didn't need me in the field today so I am on meal duty. Which means I am in the house and have time to stamp. Bonus!!

I was looking through some internet inspiration this morning and saw a technique were they took actual leaves and inked the back side pressing it onto the card stock. Well I took this a step further and inked with distress ink, spritzed with water and pressed onto a water color panel. I am so in love with the results. Also Michele Ferguson created a card the other day that used a charcoal panel with woodgrain texture that I loved. So I used my Lawn Fawn woodgrain cover plate to do the same thing. Thanks Michele! Finally I die cut the Grateful, SugarPea Designs, from the same charcoal card stock, popped the panel up with fun foam and mounted it to an A2 white card base.

Super clean and simple with lots of little details. I will be entering this on the CAS Watercolor challenge, SSS Monday fall/autumn challenge, Uniko Studios Sept/Oct challenge and Stamplorations Clean and Simple Challenge.

Thank you so much for stopping by, Sue.

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

CASology #353: Feather

Hello and happy Tuesday to you! We have a new challenge up on the CASology Challenge Blog for you.

Sponsor: Uniko

So to change it up a little and still follow the CAS rules I switched up my fold on my card using kraft card stock and layering my inks. White pigment ink was used for the feathers stamping off first and then Versafine black ink for the greeting. The stamp set is from Papertrey Ink, Year of Psalms March and a little linen cord to tie it closed.

I am sure the team has some fabulous ideas for you also.

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

CASology #352: Dragonfly

Hey there. So we have a new two week challenge up on the CASology Challenge Blog today. Our new cue card is...

Sponsor: STAMPlorations

As always, remember the following CAS guidelines when creating your design:

One main image
Lots of open space, uncluttered
Limited layers & embellishments
Quick & easy to recreate (Note: It may take a while to create a design you like, but once you have that design, making more should be a piece of cake!)

So when I saw the cue DRAGONFLY I searched through all my stamps. I have no dragonfly stamp or dies. Well that gave me a great chance to get creative with what I do have.

I used the two sets above, Papertrey Ink's Happiness in Bloom and Ellen Hutson's Bokeh Dots to create my dragonfly using Versafine black ink on kraft card stock. I heat embossing with clear detail powder after stamping the greeting from the same set. Added some kraft ink dots and die cut the stamped panel in a tag shape. Using a simple piece of black twine and attached to a kraft card base with foam tape it was finished.

Thanks for stopping by to catch the details. Now onto the rest of the teams fabulous projects.

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Stamptember 2019 with Gina K

Hey there. Just dropping by to share a card with you today from the new Holiday Seals collaborative set. This set was created to celebrate The Stamping Village and twelve of it members working together. I used the Gina K seal and also her Vintage Borders sets. It is a one layer card with a peek through circle window. Besides the seal being embossed with gold glitter embossing powder from Ranger I added a little gold glitter washi tape and alcohol markers to the poinsettia. It was pretty simple to create and would be easy to mass produce for Christmas.

Today Simon Says Stamp is celebrating Gina K. So I will be adding this card to the gallery there and also the SSS Wednesday "Stamp It" challenge. It is also fitting to the metallic challenge up on the Less Is More blog. Thanks for stopping by, Sue.

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

CASology #351: LOL

Hey there! Are you up for a new CASology challenge cue? Our new cue should bring some laughs for everyone.

Looks like we all are in for a few laughs. My card base is a natural ivory, top folding card. All the stamps used are from Hero Arts, Snarky Mix & Match Messages and the Bike set. I used a pale plum, going gray and classic kraft inks. Over stamping the Happy Birthday greeting with Versamark and heat embossing with clear detail powder. Clean, simple and graphic just the way we like it.

The CASology Team has some super fun projects to show you and come back to the CASology Challenge Blog to share you creative ideas! Thanks for stopping by, Sue.