Week 294: START

Time to start a new week of clean & simple inspiration with a fresh cue word!  It's also a new month and a new season for many!

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

1. One main image
2. Lots of open space, uncluttered
3. Limited layers & embellishments
4. 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!)

Let's see what the design team and this week's guest designer created for inspiration!

Guest Designer:  PJ

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Using a stencil to sponge color helps keep it confined and the overall design clean.

Anna

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To offset your image makes interest to your CAS design.

Bharati

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Use washi tape to ground images and add interest.

Deidre

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Repeating elements make a great CAS design.

Jacquie

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Limit your design to one third of the card front.

Janet

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Keep your image to the edge to preserve white space.

Jen

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Use an inked background to reduce the number of layers on a CAS card.

Joyce

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A single, centered focal point makes a quick and easy CAS card.


Karen

 design defined:
Locate images/sentiments in sweet spots (rule of thirds).

Kevin

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One main image leaves a lot of open space.

Kymona

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Adding a small bit of color keeps the card CAS!!


Melissa

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Add a little pop of color to a neutral color scheme for easy interest.

Rachel

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A single layer card is an easy way to keep things CAS!

Go have fun creating your CAS design and don't forget to link up here on the challenge blog by Monday at 9:00 a.m. (CDT)!