CASology #258

I have a quick post and even quicker card for CASology this week.

The MFT diamond border was stamped on Soft Stone with Wet Cement.  It lacked something so I added pearl embossing powder.  This is a little better view of the shine.

A sentiment from HA and it's a great masculine card for my stash.

Thanks for dropping by.

CAS(E) This Sketch #193 and The Flower Challenge #1

Blog Alert! If you came just to see my card, scroll down.

Some of you may have noticed that I haven't posted many cards except for my Design Team obligations and am way behind in my commenting on your wonderfully creative cards.  I thought it was time for a little explanation.  My parents passed away within four months of each other and I was left with the responsibility of selling their house and cleaning out 55 years of accumulation.  Two of my brothers and my sister, who all live out of state,  took things they wanted and what was left was handled in several different ways. My sister and I had an estate sale in August which went better than I expected and any furniture that was left I posted on Craig's List.  The local service agency picked up a lot of things, there were numerous trips to Goodwill and five trips to the dump.  We were able to donate the washer and dryer to a young family whose house burned and the furniture that didn't sell on Craig's List is now at a local online auction house.  I had stored a lot of things at their house when we downsized 13 years ago so we had to clean out and rearrange our garage, shed and house to accommodate it all. At first we thought we'd have to build another shed but somehow we squeezed it all in.  We closed on the house on Thursday and now things are getting back to normal.  You'll be seeing me around a lot more.

Now it's time for my card for CAS(E) This Sketch.

The dotted diamond from MFT is the background for Altenew's hibiscus watercolored with Distress Ink.  The sentiment is from PB. I love how the dots tie in.

I'm also going to make this my second entry at The Flower Challenge.

Thanks for dropping by.  I hope your week is off to a great start.

JUGS #306, CTS Seconds and STB

After I saw all the fabulous cards that Chrissie from Simply One of a Kind made for CAS(E) This Sketch, I just had to give it another go.  Too many ideas, so little time because  the challenge is closing in a few hours.

This MFT Diamond border is beautiful embossed in Verdigris. Add a birthday sentiment from Clearly Besotted embossed in Platinum and another masculine card is ready for the stash.

My next card is for the color challenge at Just Us Girls.

Clearly Besotted takes center stage again with their Fancy Feathers, cut in three of Simon's grays, stamped in black and popped up on Pure Poppy.  Unfortunately once stamped it's hard to tell between the Smoke and Fog.  A scrap of black embossed in white with a sentiment from PIT and Bingo! Another masculine card.  

While I'm at it, I think I send this over to Seize the Birthday. I haven't played their in a while and feathers probably don't qualify as 'things that fly' which is this week's topping but it's still a birthday card.