Introducing Marcie Sharp!

We have a new, talented designer joining the CASology team!  Please welcome Marcie Sharp of Sharp Designs!

Here is a little about her:

I am so thrilled to be a part of the CASology team! I'm a fun-loving, dance party enthusiast living in rural Southwestern Ontario that fills my time with creativity! My two children keep me busy with their interests and my husband and I enjoy geocaching and watching baseball games with them as a family. I'm an avid reader and lead the book club at our local library. I enjoy creating felt flower creations and spray-painting and adding glitter to anything in our house the family will allow. My cardmaking style adapts to whatever mood I'm in, but I feel most comfortable creating clean, bold designs with pops of colour and sparkle.

We're thrilled to be welcoming her aboard and know you're going to love her design style and inspiration!  She played along with the current SUNBEAM challenge...

Be sure and check out her blog post to see her design in full!  You can also follow her work on Instagram and Pinterest!

A Fond Farewell to Kevin Bray

We're bidding Kevin Bray a fond farewell this week as he steps down to tackle life and all it's excitement!

Please give him warm wishes as he continues on his life journey!  We've truly enjoyed his time with us here at CASology and wish him the very best!

You can find him on his blog or Instagram to keep up with his latest designs!

Week 309: SUNBEAM

It's time for a new cue word!  Who needs a little extra sunshine this week?

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!)

Let's see what the design team and this week's guest designer created for inspiration!

Guest Designer:  Coni

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Simple images colored in neutrals can make colored embellishments take center stage.

Anna

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White space doesn't have to be white.


Bharati

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Limit the supplies and colors for CAS look.

Deidre

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Keep the main elements of your design together, allowing for adequate white space.

Jacquie

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White space doesn't have to be white.

Janet

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Anchor your scene with black lines.

Jen

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Black + white + 1 colour really makes a CAS card pop!

Joyce

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Cluster your sentiment and die cuts over a blended background.

Karen

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Layer the sentiment over your image to maintain white space.

Melissa

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Simple masking can help keep layers to a minimum.

Rachel

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Cluster your images to keep your card CAS!

Sue

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Bright colors+simple supplies=CAS design

Go have fun creating your CAS design and don't forget to link up here on the CASology blog by Monday, August 13, at 9:00 a.m. (CDT)!  Remember this is a two-week challenge again!