Saturday, December 13, 2014

Are You Playing?

 

There is still time to play along with this week's challenge at CASology! You have until Monday at NOON (CST) to submit your creation and we'd love to have you join us!

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Design Team Call!


It's been a while, hasn't it?!  One of our team members is going to be stepping down at the end of this month and we're going to need someone to fill her shoes.  A tough job, but someone has to do it!  Do you have a love for CAS design and a team player spirit?  You may just have what we're looking for!  You don't know unless you try, so go ahead and toss your hat in the ring!

Here is what should be included in that hat you throw our way:

1.  Your blog address as well as any links to galleries (including Pinterest) that you may have.
2.  Your mailing address.
3.  Examples of three of your best CAS designs.  This can be links to blog posts/online galleries or attached to your email as photos.
4.  A brief summary of why you think you just might be a good fit on the CASology design team.  Go ahead, brag a little!
5.  Tell us a little about you!  You don't have to share what you're having for dinner, but we'd love to know a little bit about what makes you tick!

**Send this to Melissa at gimmeink@gmail.com by Wednesday, December 17!  That's next week!**


What is required of a CASology team member?

1.  Must be a team player and good at keeping communication open.  We use Facebook as one of the ways to contact each other, so having a Facebook account is going to be important.
2.  Must have a love for CAS design!
3.  Design one card per week (due by Monday each week) during the 6 month term:  January 1, 2015 - June 30, 2015.
4.  Comment on challenge entries each week, as assigned.
5.  Help select a winner or honorable mention each week.  This is done on Mondays.
6.  Be willing to pitch in and help with additional responsibilities as they come up.  We really do work as a team on this team!

We will notify all applicants when our choice has been made, but no later than Monday, December 22.

Good luck!

Week 125: SILVER


Silver bells.  Silver linings.  Silver embossing.  Silver sequins.  What does this week's word make you think of?  Go ahead!  Show us your creativity!  This one should be fun!


STAMPlorations is joining us again this week as our sponsor, so you'll want to play along for your chance to win a gift certificate to the store OR a 3" x 5" stamp set!


**Be sure and take advantage of the 10% off coupon code for CASology participants during this challenge!  Use code CASOLOGY at checkout!**

You'll also want to sign up for their bi-monthly stamp club now because January 1, the price is going up!  You can check out the club details here!

Oh...and one other thing!  They are currently having a design team call!  If you're interested, you can find the details here!

Now let's take a look at what the design team and this week's guest designer came up with for inspiration!

Guest Designer:  Ren
 design defined:
Monochromatic color schemes work well for CAS design.



design defined:
Clean fonts are perfect for a CAS design!


design defined:
Clustering elements together helps preserve 'white' space on a CAS design.


 Jen
design defined: 
Just a little bit of twine or ribbon goes a long way on a CAS card.


design defined:
Embossing adds interest to a CAS card.


design defined:
Pair larger die cuts with smaller fonts for a big impact. 


Kimberly
design defined:
Layer stamping can keep your card CAS. 


May
design defined:
Heat embossing adds great dimension/interest to your CAS creation. 


Meghan
design defined:
Shaker cards work on clean and simple cards!


Melissa
  design defined:
Simple embellishing can add interest to a plain main image.


tracey_CCC125
design defined:
Combine solid and outline stamping for interest.

Now go have fun creating your CAS design and don't forget to link up here on the challenge blog by Monday at NOON (CST)!