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!
Saturday, October 8, 2016
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!
Friday, October 7, 2016
Featured Designer: Janet Ribet
It's time to introduce our October Featured Designer! Please welcome Janet Ribet into the spotlight this month! She's been a faithful participant in the CASology challenges and her clean & simple design is beautiful!
Greetings
from my little happy crafting space on the very small island of Mauritius in
the Indian Ocean. It doesn’t take long to get there in Blogland … come over to Swanlady Impressions to get a sprinkle
of my creative world and beautiful corner of the earth.
I’m a
Zimbabwean Born, South African raised, Mauritian settled, enthusiast of
all
things paper, ink, stamps etc. I started stamping 22 years ago and added
scrapping in 2001, but I also enjoy crochet, decoupage, sewing, baking,
reading, Bible & bullet journaling, handwriting and watercoloring.
I love creating and want to do it all but there are just not enough
hours in the day! Playing in card challenges, and following the many
talented craft bloggers
out there has helped me discover and develop my place & style. I
love using colour when I
create - especially blues, greens and
rainbows. I find that I am gravitating towards
CAS more and more but I as I can’t resist playing with techniques it can
be a
challenge.
As
there
weren’t any stamping or scrapbooking shops in Mauritius back in the day,
I started bringing back supplies each
time I went to South Africa. My hobby grew in fits and starts from my
dining room table, to having too many boxes of supplies, to carving out
my own craft space and now I have a tiny shop and small studio at home. I
give a stamping class every Thursday and do scrapping classes and
projects as the mojo flows.
This
card fits in with this week’s challenge SUPPORT, and October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I especially dedicate it
to my friends who have faced breast cancer and fought the good fight (Fi, Christine & Margaret).
Thank you Melissa and the design team for having me over the next 4 weeks.
Head on over to Janet's blog and give her some blog love!
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Week 218: SUPPORT
It's time for a new cue word and we're pretty sure this week's gallery is going to support our CAS design addiction! On a more serious note, however, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we'd like to send out a little love and support to those whose lives have been touched by this disease is some way!
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!)
We're introducing a brand new sponsor again this week! Please welcome A Jillian Vance Design!
A
Jillian Vance Design was started by Jillian Vance in 2010 at the age of
10 years old. A very creative young lady, she decided to start a card
business and sell them at her mom’s salon. Then after needing
sentiments that she couldn’t find anywhere, she decided to fill the
niche in the clear stamp market she felt was missing ~ “There are a lot
of cute stamps out there, but it is nearly impossible to find sentiments
for the inside of cards, especially Christian ones .” So several of
her sets have a reference to God who she loves deeply.
In
addition to designing cards, trendy stamps and dies which are made in
the USA, Jillian, is a high school senior honor student and also attends
Mount Vernon Nazarene University majoring in Graphic Design. She loves
to sing, play her Taylor Guitars, dance and perform in local theater
productions. She lives at home with her parents and three beloved dogs,
Angus, her Yorkie Poo, Izzy and Mo both Yorkies who were rescues and
are perfect angels!
This week's winner will receive a $20 gift card to the online store!
Let's take a look at what the design team and this week's guest designer created for inspiration!
Framing a colorful background with double white borders makes a card CAS.
design defined:
Dark brown instead of black adds softness to a design.
Dark brown instead of black adds softness to a design.
design defined:
One simple focal point =CAS
One simple focal point =CAS
Everyone say it with me now - White space doesn't need to be white! :)
Joyce
design defined:
A colored die cut amidst a sea of white on white adds emphasis to the highlighted word.
Joyce
A colored die cut amidst a sea of white on white adds emphasis to the highlighted word.
An embossed border can add to a very simple CAS design.
Kymona
design defined:
Using a stamp that is combined with a sentiment keeps your card CAS!
Melissa
design defined:
Use a simple stencil to frame a large sentiment & keep layers to a minimum.
Using a stamp that is combined with a sentiment keeps your card CAS!
Melissa
Use a simple stencil to frame a large sentiment & keep layers to a minimum.
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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