DD #21

A late post tonight.  It has been a very exhausting day.  There was a lovely service today for my Father-in-Law, 4 hours to Ottawa and 4 fours back.  Athough my husband and I and our in laws live in Toronto, his homestead is in Carleton Place a little town just outside of Ottawa.  I want to send a sympathy card to his surviving sister, but taking it with us today didn't feel quite right.  I will send it so she can appreciate it next week once things slow down again.  The Dynamic Duos colours this week allowed me to create a peaceful and serene sympathy card.

All Supplies are from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted:

Cardstock:  White, Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss

Stamps: Sending You, Turning a New Leaf

Ink:  Ripe Avocado

Dies: Peace Be Still

Impression Plate:  Woodgrain
other: foam dot, black Sharpie

DD#20, RS#29 & CFC70

There are so many fantastic challenges in blogland this week and all scream for Halloween to me.  I combined the Dynamic Duos #20: Black Tie Lucky Limeade and Basic Black with a dessert options of  a Halloween Theme along with this week's RetroSketch and CAS-ual Fridays challenges.  I followed Laurie's sketch from RetroSketches pretty closely.  This is my second card for CAS-ual Fridays this week which was black & white plus one other colour.

I pulled out a really old set of Hero Arts wood block Halloween Ink n' Stamp, I am not even sure the name of the set as they don't carry it anymore.  I used some of the images that I could enhance with some Copic markers.  I created some inchies, rounded the corners and mounted them onto 1 1/4" Simply Chartreuse square also with the corners rounded and then adhered them to a True Black panel that had been embossed with Papertrey's Herringbone Impression Plate.  The mummy is a glittered chipboard accent from My Minds Eye Boo to You from my stash.

     

Cardstock:  White, Simply Chartreuse, True Black (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: Hero Arts Ink n' Stamp

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Impression Plate: Herringbone (Papertrey Ink)

other: glitter mummy (My Minds Eye), black twine (The Twinery), Copic marker (YG25)

CCC#7 - Green

Time for another CASology challenge.  This week our challenge is a bit more obscure, it will really get you to put on your thinking cap and promote your creativity.  We think you will love it.  This week's cue card is:

What does green make you think of?

I googled the meaning of the colour and what it symbolizes:  

Green is the color of nature, fertility, life. Grass green is the most restful color. Green symbolizes self-respect and well being. Green is the color of balance. It also means learning, growth and harmony.  (http://crystal-cure.com/green.html)

For my CAS card I choose three colours of green from light to dark and adhered then to a white card base.  I chose a leaf stamp and I used Veramark ink to quickly stamp on the focal panel with having to switch ink colours (big time saver).  I stamped my sentiment right in the middle of the card in black to stand out.  A really quick card.

Head on over to CASology today to learn what the `cue card`means to you, how you can play along and see the all the cards created by the Design Team to inspire you.

Don`t forget to visit the blogs of the other members of the Design Team:

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jen Wills

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely (that`s me)

and this week's Guest Designer  Aileen (winner of CCC #5 - POND)

I can't wait to see what GREEN means to you!

All Supplies are from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted:

Cardstock: White, Spring Moss, Simply Chartruse, Ripe Avocado

Stamps: FTurning a New Leaf, Think Big Favorites #3

Ink:  Versamark (Tsukineko)