*Addicted to CAS #191*

It's SATURDAY!!  For most, a favourite day of the week...  but for me, just another work day.  Thankfully it's only a half day, but it's not as exciting as when you have it off LOL!  I love my job, but man I love my time off too!  My work week is Wednesday to Saturday... and I like it!

But, Saturday is good for another reason!  Every second Saturday is the day we start a new challenge over at Addicted to CAS!  I am the host for challenge #191 and I chose hearts.  Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team has come up with (they are gorgeous!!) as well as give a little love to our guest designer, Joyce!

You will recognize these hearts from the card I posted a couple of days ago.... more that I cut out of that alcohol ink background I created.

Items Used:

*Cardstock:  Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White 110lb; Yupo

*Images:  My Favorite Things Essential Sentiments

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; alcohol inks

*Dies:  Hero Arts heart infinity dies

*Tools:  air blower; Big Shot

*Etc:  alcohol blending solution

Now, it's your turn!  Create a clean and simple card with a Heart theme and share it with us on the Addicted to CAS blog for your chance to be chosen to be a guest designer in an upcoming challenge!

*Time Out Challenges Guest Designer*

I am super excited to be playing along with the Design Team at Time Out Challenges as their guest designer!  This is a "new to me" challenge blog and I hope to be able to play along with their challenges some more!

For this challenge, you need to use the photo above as inspiration for your card.  I decided to play with an alcohol ink background sheet I had created several weeks ago and was sitting on my desk waiting for *something*.  I took my inspiration from the hearts.

I cut a variety of hearts out of this paper and then played around to see what I liked best.  Many of the other hearts ended up on another card.

Items Used:
*Cardstock:  Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White 110lb; Stampin' Up! Basic Black; Memory Box glitter; Yupo

*Ink:  Alcohol Inks (sorry, I didn't keep track of what I used!)

*Dies:  Simon Says Stamp big thanks; Hero Arts Infinity Hearts

*Tools:  Big Shot; air blowers; Perfect Layers

*Etc:  foam adhesive;  craft foam (I cut out the thanks in craft foam and black cardstock and raised up part of the word to make it level with the heart that was adhered with foam adhesive)

*Alcohol*

Happy Friday Crafters!  I'm on the Scrap 'n Stamp Canada blog today with one of my words for the Random Acts of Cardness.... and that word is ALCOHOL!  You could play with this any way you'd like (wine? beer?) but I chose alcohol inks!

I started out with a panel of Yupo paper and dropped some Alcohol Blending Solution on it.  I used three different colours of alcohol ink and an air blower to move the ink around, adding more ink and blending solution until I got it to where I was pleased with it.  I set it aside to dry for a little bit.  You know how alcohol inks tend to leave the paper a little sticky in some areas as it's drying?  Well, I took advantage of that and used some foil scraps (the kind that sticks, not the kind you need a heat foiling system for) and rubbed it along my panel... anywhere there was a sticky spot, foil stuck!  

I *really* wish you could emboss on Yupo paper but since it's kind of a plastic surface, it warps really badly... so instead I embossed my greeting on a piece of vellum and adhered it to the back of the Yupo layer and then put it all down on a white card using foam adhesive.

Items Used:

*Cardstock:  Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White 110lb; Yupo; Vellum

*Images:  Picket Fence Studio Good Vibes

*Ink:  Versamark; Alcohol Inks in Cobalt, Sailboat Blue, Glacier

*Tools:  heat tool; Air Blower

*Embellishments:  Gina K Silver Sequins foil

*Etc:  Alcohol Blending Solution; foam adhesive

*CASology #377*

It's Tuesday and time for a new challenge with CASology!  The cue for the next two weeks is Sunset.  CASology is a clean and simple challenge so we want to see what you come up with for a clean and simple card with the cue card challenge of Sunset.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Uniko.  Submit your creations on the CASology blog (linked from your blog, Instagram or Flickr) for your chance to be a guest designer in an upcoming challenge and to win a prize from Uniko.  

I decided to play with the colours of sunset (although the hubby says I should have added some pink there too) and the idea of a silhouette against the sunset.

Items Used:

*Cardstock:  Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White 110lb; Stampin' Up! Basic Black; Yupo

*Images:  Studio Katia Birthday Greetings

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Alcohol Pearls in Splendor and Alchemy

*Dies:  Memory Box Dancing Dragonfly Collage

*Tools:  Gemini Jr; air blower

*Etc:  Alcohol Blending Solution

Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team came up with for more inspiration.  We look forward to seeing what you create!

*Alcohol Ink Birthday*

I have one wish with this card... that regular ink dried on Yupo!  But sadly, I don't have a good black ink that will dry on Yupo so I had to emboss the sentiment on the front... but I didn't want to use black embossing powder and chance having little dots of black all over the front of the card (no matter how hard you try!)... so I stamped in black and embossed in clear and it's just not as vibrant of a black as I had envisioned.

Items Used:
*Cardstock:  Neenah Solar White 110lb; Yupo
*Images:  Studio Katia
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Alcohol Inks in Raspberry and Sailboat Blue
*Tools:  photography lens air blower
*Embellishments:  white Kaiser Pearls
*Etc:  Alcohol Blending Solution; clear embossing powder; foam tape