CASology

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Are You Playing?

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

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Are you a kid at heart? Then this week's challenge is just for you! Carefree, full of energy, giggles and imagination...that's what kids are! Let's see what creative ideas this cue word triggers for you!

Your Next Stamp is joining us as our wonderful sponsor!

Karen here, the proud owner of Your Next Stamp! I'm so excited to be sponsoring this fabulous challenge! Your Next Stamp (aka YNS) has been around for nearly 6 years, thanks to all of our wonderful supporters and fans. We've grown so much over the years, starting with just a few stamp sets to now a large growing inventory of Cling Stamps, Clear Stamps, Thin Metal Dies and YNS Gumdrops! Our products are manufactured in Canada and the US of the highest quality materials and are designed to make you smile and bring joy to craft rooms all around the world! We hope you enjoy our fun and whimsical stamps, dies and embellies just as much as we do!

Have you seen the June new release yet? Go take a look and, while you're at it, you might want to take advantage of Karen's generous 20% off all purchases on the YNS website (use code YNSCAS) during this week's CASology challenge!

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

Guest Designer: Claire

design defined:
Embossing a simple frame around your image adds subtle detail to a CAS design.

Ardyth

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It's easy to keep it CAS with a traditional 'image-over-sentiment' layout!

Gillian

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Monochrome colours is a great way to keep as design CAS.

Hazel

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Extending part of your design beyond the card borders can add interest to a CAS card

Jen

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A simple palette with one pop of colour makes for a great CAS card.

Joyce

design defined:

Keep your color to 1/3 of the card.

Judy

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Masking and layering images adds depth to a one-layer card.

Kimberly

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Keeping images off to one side leaves open space for a CAS look.

Kymona

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Uncolored images allow your recipient to add their own creative touch!

May

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Combine your stamp sets to create your own scene.

Melissa

design defined:
Add a frame to your main panel for interest.

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

An InLinkz Link-up

Week 150: Weekly Winners!

It's time to announce our Weekly Winner and Honorable Mentions!

Joyce had the honor of selecting the Winner for Week #150 and here is her selection:

I loved so many thing about Barb's happy and festive graduation card. There is so much energy in her die cut silhouettes--I felt like these students were really jumping for joy. The slightly colored background really allows the images to pop, and the simple sentiment embossed in silver says it all.

Below is a winner's badge to proudly display on your blog:

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Here are the Honorable Mentions chosen by the rest of the design team:

1. Gillian's Choice: Janet's super card is highlighted by the red stripe of arrows.	2. Ardyth's Choice: Gerrina's one-layer card is beautifully CAS and I learned something too!	3. Melissa's Choice: I love the subtle texture on Susan's classic CAS layout. The flamingo is so fun!
4. Judy's Choice: Ceal's main image is supported by the dry embossed background and perfectly CAS!	5. Kimberly's Choice: Love Lisa's lovely coloring and sweet white space, super grad card!!! Congrats!	6. Hazel's Choice: I loved the way Hannelie's tilted panel drew the eye to the cap! Fab CAS layout!
7. Jen's Choice: Karen's simple yet clever design shows that you can add dimension while staying CAS.	8. May's Choce: Love how Eunji interpreted the cue word in a creative way. So clever!	9. Kymona's Choice: I love Janet's use of die cuts to create her card. Effortlessly smooth and CAS!