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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!

Featured Designer: Shona Chambers

It's Friday and Shona is back with another fantastic post for you!

Hi everyone and thanks so much for joining me for my third ‘CASology – Featured Designer’ post. This time I thought I would show you some of my favourite CAS cards from 2015/16. I’ve had a lot of fun with the CASology ‘Code Words’ over the past two years and thought I would save my funnier cards for my last post next week.

The first card is one of my most popular cards EVER that I’ve made. I made it last year for a Virginia’s View ‘Geometric’ challenge and wasn’t actually going to link it because I wasn’t sure if it would be liked by anyone. My Instagram feed and blog exploded with comments and I was blown away by how much everyone liked it. I didn’t think I had done enough with the design as it’s a die-cut with patterned paper behind it but it goes to show that sometimes simple is all that’s needed. So try not to doubt your designs like I always do!!

The second card is a one-layer card I created for a Hero Arts challenge. When I first started making cards I HATED making one-layer cards. I could never think of an interesting design and it never seemed to have enough interest. Now, after lots more practice, inspiration from bloggers I follow and now owning better ink pads, one-layer cards are now some of my favourite cards to make!! You can make them so interesting, even if your using the same stamp over and over. And I recently realised that black ink isn’t just for outlines, it makes for great ‘fill in detail’ using the tiniest of stamps between the bigger images. May Park has been a huge inspiration for my one-layer cards and if you haven’t visited her blog before (Mayholic Crafts), then rush over now to be wowed by her card making skills.

I have a couple more of my favourite cards on my blog and also a card for this weeks CASology ‘Move’ challenge, so I hope to see you there. And will meet you back here for the last time next Friday to have a laugh at some of my quirky CASology entries from the past.

Head on over to her blog to see more of her wonderful work!

Week 196: MOVE

 

We're moving on to a new cue word.  Flex those creative muscles and see where your brainstorming takes you this week!

Cindy B Designs is returning as our wonderful sponsor and is offering this week's winner a $25 PayPal gift certificate (cash)!

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

Guest Designer:  Janet

 design defined:
Using small amounts of patterned paper keeps a card CAS.

Ardyth

design defined:

CAS design works well for masculine cards!


Deidre

design defined:
Sponging a background in a confined space creates a focal area.


Hannelie

design defined:
B&W is always effective in a CAS design


Hazel

design defined:
Partially colouring a design can add interest to a CAS card.


Jacquie

design defined:
Mask a stamp to keep a busy image clean & simple.


Jen

design defined: 
Creating a visual triangle helps your design to flow. 


Joyce

design defined:
Cluster your stamped items together to allow for more white space.


Judy

design defined:
One main image + lots of white space = CAS!

Kymona

design defined:
"White space" can be found on color cardstock.

Sherrie

design defined:

Confining colorful stamped images to one side preserves white space.

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

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