Hello crafty friends! I’ve been sitting on some very exciting news for a while, and today is the day I get to share it with you all. I’m pleased as punch to officially announce that I’ve joined the CASology design team. Whoop whoop! I feel very lucky to be working with the fabulous ladies on the DT who I’m looking forward to getting to know better. I’m in such talented company. Thank you, Melissa, for this amazing opportunity!
This is my first post as part of the CASology Design Team, and I am so thrilled to be on board. Each Tuesday morning, I’ll share a clean and simple card using a cue word as inspiration. Without further ado, here is this week’s cue word at CASology:
While I was looking at my favorite cards of 2013 last week, I was inspired by my own creations. I found that I’ve tried once making bubbly card and I failed(click here to see what I meant). So I wanted to recreate the bubbly card by using inks not glitter. Here is what I came up with:
To give a bubbly look on my card, I decided to create a nice round shape using Sponge Dauber. I started by picking up my color with the sponge dauber on the ink pad and dabbing it directly onto the card base. I created some circular images in a random pattern with few shades of Hero Arts ink(Soft Leaf, Soft Pool, Passion Flower) and repeated the process until I achieved the desired background.
The Hero Arts Shadow Ink worked fabulously for this technique. Layering the colors helped create depth and movement as well. I finished it off with the sentiment from Inside&Out: Birthday stamp set by Papertrey Ink. I love the way my card turned out. It looks so soft and dreamy yet CAS! What do you think? By the way, I’m entering this card into the following challenges: Keep it Simple #30, A blog named Hero 1&4, and One-Layer Simplicity #1.
FYI, these are the supplies I used to create my card. Now it’s your turn to play along with this week’s cue word. Link up your creation at the CASology blog by Sunday at 4:00 pm (CST) for a chance to win a free Stampin’ Up! stamp set and coordinating punch from Cindy Coutts, our sponsor this week!
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Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino
Kimberly Wiener
Maureen Merritt
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This reminds me so much of bokeh, may! I immediately fell in love with your card and its soft, dreamy look! So pretty and what a great way to use those sponge daubers! Welcome to the CASology team! You’re going to be such a great addition! 🙂
Congratulations on your being on the CASology DT! Love your fun card. Great colors and I agree with Melissa, reminds me of bokeh. 🙂
What a great fun card, but I love the soft colours too. Welcome to the team, your first card is stunning
What a clever take on this week’s cue card! A sponge dauber…wish I’d thought of that! Welcome to the team!
Wonderful card for your first DT post with CASology. I love the dreamy look of this card, and how your circles lead the eye right around to the sentiment.
Congratulations on joining the team! Your card is beautiful!
Yes, ULTRA dreamy!! Love the soft colors. I have some Hero Arts Inks, but obviously not enough of them!!!
They are dreamy. Sponging is a super tip, so glad you are aboard!!!
This card is so nice, charming, thank’s for your inspiration! ; )) Elisabeth
Yay! So glad to have you on the team, May! I love your gorgeous card. Those sweet, soft bubbles are so perfectly dreamy and I love that you overlapped some of them. 😀
Such a sweet card! Love the soft colors! 🙂
Love these pretty colours – they’re soft, but they still pack a fresh punch! Thanks for joining us at OLS (and great to have you on the DT at CASology!)
This is lovely, May … the soft, dreamy look remind me of bubble blowers when I was little … lots of multicoloured soapy bubbles floating away on the breeze! Anita 🙂
May so happy to have you join the team and your first card for bubbly is just perfect!
Love this card – the sponge bubbles are perfect, great colors too!
So AWESOME to have you as part of the CASology DT…and this wonderful card is a perfect example of your amazing talent! Those bubbles look so real I want to try to pop them! Fun, fun card!!!
It’s beautiful! All soft and dreamy like, just perfect 🙂 Thanks for playing along with us at A Blog named Hero!
Congratulations on the DT, May, and thank you so much for linking your fun card to the OLS #1 Challenge! I love the soft colors and happy design!
What a fun CAS card! Anyone would love this cutie! Thanks for playing with us at Loves Rubberstamps!
Stunning CAS design . It looks fabulous. Thank you for joining us over at Loves Rubberstamps. Hugs Nina
loved the C&S, loved this super cute, Thanks so much for joining the Anything Goes Challenge at Loves Rubber Stamps, I hope to see more of your amazingly wonder projects in future events and challenges. Hugs Larelle-Susanne DT
Hi there – This is very similar to a design I created in 2012 and currently sell in my shop: http://blog.happydappybits.com/post/33300282879
Please remove this design or give credit to Happy Dappy Bits. Thank you.
Hi Jane. I gave a credit and link to your shop. 🙂