CAS(E) this sketch!

Needed a "Congratulations" card and browsed around for a good sketch and came across, "CAS(E) this Sketch!"

Here's the sketch:

Here's my take on it:

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock, My Mind's Eye - Hootenanny (6x6)
Stamps/Inks: Stampin' Up - Patterned Occasions, Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Stone Wash
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Lacey and Nested Pennants
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, jewel embellishments

Verve Stamps: April Diva Dare

This is my first time playing, but I love the Verve stamps that I do have... and they actually work for this challenge!

"Bright Blooms and Butterflies

"So this month, we dare you to create a colorful card using either a flower or butterfly image, (or if you'd prefer... a fun die shape) as the focal element."

The Rules

1. Win a $40 Verve gift certificate! Play along with our April Diva Dare and link up your creation to the linky widget entry form.  A winner will be chosen by random draw. To be eligible, your entry must:
• Be a new creation - posted April 12th or later.
• Be a card or project using bright colours and having a flower and/or butterfly (or other die shape) as your focal point.
• Use at least one Verve product.
• Be added to the linky widget before 5pm Mountain on Wednesday, May 1.
2. Win a Verve set of your choosing! Leave a little shout-out for the Divas in the comments section as we post our answers to this month's dare weekdays through April 29th.  A random comment winner will be chosen from all the comments over the course of the Dare.
3. Winners will be announced on Friday, May 3rd.

Here's my card:

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Verve - Surely Goodness, Versafine - Onyx black, Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Grape Juice
Cutting/Embossing: Verve - Surely Goodness coordinating dies, Judikins Opaque white embossing powder
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, diamond stickles, pearl embellishment, copic markers, Mister Huey's Mists - Splash, Mister Huey's Mask - Intertwined Circles

Yes, it sometimes snows in April...

But I wouldn't normally expect almost two feet!

 Which makes it a perfect time for crafting...

Today, I decided to tackle a Lawnscaping Challenge!

I was inspired by Lisa Petrella's card:

I like the technique of stamping and having a die cut image over top. And, I love using all of my ink pads.

Here's mine!

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Lawn Fawn: Plus One, Hero Arts Shadow Inks - Green Hills (Mid-tone), Grape Juice (Mid-tone), Tide Pool (Mid-tone), Red Royal (Mid-tone), Butter Bar (Mid-tone), and Soft Cantaloupe
Cutting/Embossing: Hero Arts - Frame Cutes - Baby Motifs
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, twine from The Twinery, button

And, a little knitting...

I finished the KPH knit-a-long... here's Ridgely!

Hardest part about this pattern was keeping all the skeins from tangling as knitting (worked with all three simultaneously) - I'm happy with the end result. I will wait and see what next week offers, as far as some crochet edging possibilities, but as crocheting is not my forte, I suspect that this shawlette will be staying as is.

Materials:
Cobasi yarn (3 skeins, but there were leftovers of each)
Needle size - 6

CAS-ual Fridays (CFC98)

It's been a while since I've had time to play with CAS-ual Fridays, but I really liked this week's theme...

CFC98:  Use glitter, stickles, glitter ribbon, etc on your CAS project to make it sparkle.
As always, cards are certainly welcome, but so are layouts, tags, gift items, etc.

I based this card on a sketch from Stamping Bella:

Here's mine:

The stickles are subtle, so I thought I'd get an up close view, as well.

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, Lawn Fawn DP
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, TH Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass, Stamping Bella - Uptown Girl Brigitte the beautiful bride
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Standard Circles
Misc.: Diamond stickles, copic markers, dimensional adhesive, ribbon from Michael's

Knit-a-long Part II

Ridgely, part two, flew along, and it was completed in a snowy afternoon...

Here's the photo...

The colors are more true in earlier posts - pardon the not so great photos -- it was still not light out when the pictures were taken.

Looking forward to next week's installment...and I'm out of projects right now... Maybe I will have to find something to fill in, in case today is a snow day?

And, have you all been missing seeing Linen Stitch scarves??

Yes, there is another one...

Malabrigo Linen Stitch Scarf
Size 11 needles
Mix of Malabrigo worsted yarn

Mystery KAL and the finale of the big project...

I'm trying something totally new for me, and I'm pretty excited about it!

Here's the information from Michelle Hunter's blog:

How does the Knit Along (KAL) work?

• A portion of the pattern is posted every Thursday in April at knitpurlhunter.com
• Questions are monitored daily and on Ravelry in the Knit Purl Hunter group
• Completed projects are eligible for prizes furnished by our sponsor, Skacel Collection
• No registration is required
• It’s FREE!

All I know is that every week there will be a new post with the next part of the pattern, and Ridgely is "A two-colored shawlette perfect as a stylish neck accessory or to warm the shoulders on a cool spring evening!"

Here's the start for Ridgely...

1. Beautiful yarn... I can't believe how soft and lovely this yarn is...

This is CoBaSi.

55% Cotton

21% Nylon (Polyamide)

16% Bamboo

8% Silk

2. Week 1:
Gauge close enough on 6's. I was grateful for the video on lifelines - I only needed to use one once, but that's all it really takes for a BIG goof up on a lace projects. And this is a little bit of a slippery yarn.
Photos below:

 Looking forward to the next section of the pattern being released tomorrow!
And the finale for my big project! Class at Yarn Harbor was helpful.

Will be moving the buttons around a bit so everything is even on both sides.
Sirdal
Size - 1 year
Needles - 0 and 1 1/2

And the tags for the Mission Conference baskets...

 Materials:
Paper: PTI - kraft, misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar white
Stamps/Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black, TH Distress Ink - Antique Linen, Verve Stamps - Wonderfully Made
Cutting/Embossing: Memory Box tag die, Poppy Stamps - Vegetable border, Ranger superfine clear embossing powder, Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Standard and Scalloped Circles
Misc.: Liquid Pearls - Peacock, dimensional adhesive, May Arts twine, button, ribbon

Monday Mood Board #7

WPlus9, Monday Mood Board #7...

PLAY ALONG

If you'd like to play along, use the mood board as a starting point for a card, tag, layout or any project...where ever the inspiration takes you! Use at least one Wplus9 product. Upload your project to your blog or online photo gallery such as Flickr. Then link it up to share it and keep the inspiration flowing!

Here's my take on the WPlus9 Mood Board...

I was inspired by the color combination and the buttons in the photo.

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Soft Cantaloupe and Pool; WPlus9 - Onesie Twosie
Cutting/Embossing: Companion Cut die for Onesie Twosie
Misc.: Diamond Stickles, dimensional adhesive, twine from The Twinery