CAS Colours & Sketches: February 2018

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Challenge #261 - Sketch

Hello there! It's the last Tuesday of the month, which means we have a sketch challenge for you this week. Patricia has drawn up this one that practically shouts "clean and simple" in design:

Feel free to flip or rotate the sketch when creating your card. You're also welcome to squoosh it into a square card format. Just keep the proportions of the shaded areas approximate to how they are drawn.

Our design team has created the following cards to inspire you:

Patricia

Beverley

Cathy

Emily

Fiona

Jeanne

Karen

Marsha

Samantha

Wei

Guest Designer - Charlotte/Lady Joyful

Our challenge requirements are listed in the Challenge Rules tab. Please read them carefully before linking your card. Happy crafting!

Challenge End Time: 6:00 p.m. Eastern U.S. time/11:00 p.m. London U.K. time Monday, March 5, 2018

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Friday, February 23, 2018

Weekly Winners - Sketch Challenge #259

Thank you to everyone who took part in last week's challenge! We loved seeing what everyone created! The Design Team's voting for our Weekly Winners has resulted in a tie, so we have an additional winner in our list today. In order of entry into the challenge, we congratulate:

#6 - Maria

#13 - Birgit/Biggan

Awesome job, everyone! Please feel welcome to copy our winners' badge and display it on your blog:

If you haven't played along with us yet this week, there is still time to join in our current challenge: #260 - Colours. You have until 6:00 p.m. Eastern U.S. time/11:00 p.m. London U.K. time Monday, February 26 to link your card to the challenge post. We'd love to have you join us!

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Challenge #260 - Colours

Hello there! It's Patricia here again, welcoming you to another challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.

Here in Virginia where I live, the weather has been very changeable over the last week, with high temperatures around 70°F last Thursday, sleet and freezing rain last Saturday, and today and tomorrow it's supposed to be in the low to mid 70s again! Hopefully this week's colors will make us all think of springtime, which should be on its way soon.

We've used Stampin' Up colour names for reference; however, you may use any companies' products for your cards as long as you match our colours as closely as possible. You may also use neutral colours for card layers, sentiments, and image outlines. However, in order to be considered for our weekly winners, you must not use any other colours.

Our design team has created the following cards to inspire you:

Patricia

Beverley

Cathy

Emily

Fiona

Jeanne

Karen

Marsha

Samantha

Wei

Guest Designer - Charlotte/Lady Joyful

Our challenge requirements are listed in the Challenge Rules tab. Please read them carefully before linking your card. Happy crafting!

Challenge End Time: 6:00 p.m. Eastern U.S. time/11:00 p.m. London U.K. time Monday, February 26, 2018

An InLinkz Link-up

Friday, February 16, 2018

Weekly Winners - Color Challenge #258

Thank you to everyone who participated in last week's challenge! We enjoyed seeing the lovely cards everyone created! There were several cards that stood out among the rest, and the Design Team has chosen them as our Weekly Winners. In order of entry into the challenge, we congratulate:

#5 - Pam

#6 - Tenia

#8 - Sue

#10 - Jan

#16 - Jen

Awesome job, everyone! Please feel welcome to copy our winners' badge and display it on your blog:

We have a sketch challenge going on this week. If you haven't played along with us yet, you have until 6:00 p.m. Eastern U.S. time/11:00 p.m. London U.K. time Monday, February 19 to link your card to the challenge post. We'd love to have you join us!

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Challenge #259 - Sketch

Hello there crafting friends! It's Patricia again, with the first sketch challenge for this month.

I mentioned last week that I'd used one of my older cards to inspire my choices for last week's color challenge. This week, I've turned one of my cards from 2011 into our sketch challenge:

Feel free to flip or rotate the sketch when creating your card. The sketch is designed for an A2 sized card (5.5" x 4.25"), but you can stretch it to a portrait-oriented rectangle if you'd like. Of, if you prefer to create square cards, you may manipulate it into a square. So long as we can easily see the sketch elements shown here, it's all good!

Our design team has created the following cards to inspire you. Some of us have tweaked the sketch a bit, but the main idea of the sketch is obvious.

Patricia