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Week 257: WISH

Wishing for a new cue word about now?!  Your wish is our command!  From birthdays to fairy tales, this one has endless possibilities!

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!)

Uniko Studio is returning as our wonderful sponsor and this week's CASology winner will receive their choice of any in stock stamp set!

Did you know they're having a design team blog hop and giveaway today?!  Go hop along for your chance to win the previously released stamp set that is being featured during the hop!


Let's take a look at what the design team created for wishful inspiration!

Anna

design defined:

A pop of color create interest to a CAS design.

Deidre

design defined:
Masking a border and a focal image inside the border creates plenty of white space for a CAS look!

 
Hannelie

design defined:
Use a sentiment as background to keep you design CAS.


Jacquie

design defined:
Layer the sentiment and images to preserve white space.


Janet

design defined: 
Grouping and layering elements creates a focal point with lots of white space


Jen

design defined:

White space doesn't have to be white.

Joyce

design defined: 

When using alot of different colors, use them in small amounts.

Judy

design defined:

Use your colored inks to stamp and watercolor for a perfect match!

Melissa

 design defined:
White space does not have to be white and sentiments make great focal images!

Rachel

design defined:
Contain your color in a small space to keep your card clean and simple!

Sherrie

design defined:

Dry embossing & embossed stitches adds interest while preserving 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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Week 256: Weekly Winners!

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

Jacquie had the honor of selecting the Winner for Week #256 and here is her selection:

A lack of pizza themed images didn't stop Kevin this week. I love his simple inked slice intersecting with the contrasting sentiment banner. A perfect clean & fresh design!

Congratulations, Kevin!

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. Anna's choice: I love Barb's cute chef and the subtle brick wall in the bg, playful CAS!	2. Judy's Choice: I love Kristie's pizza spread, right down to the checkered placemat! CAS fun!	3. Janet's choice: Love Angie's pizza tossing chef framed in checks.	4. Sherrie's Choice: Love Marge's perfectly blended grounding strip on her adorable card.
5. Jen's Choice: Preeti's kraft card base helps convey the feel of a warm pizza shared with friends!	6. Joyce's Choice: I love the cute pup and pun on Cheryl's card. Beautifully colored and CAS design.	7. Melissa's Choice: Linda's clever take on the cue is simply genius. Creativity at its finest!!!	8. Kymona's Choice: I love how Crystal's background looks like sauce splatter. Nicely done! Congrats!

 

Congratulations to all of you!

Here is a badge to proudly display on your blogs:

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Be sure to stop back in an hour for challenge #257!