CAS(E) this Sketch #322

Here's this week's CAS(E) this Sketch #322, compliments of yours truly.

And after watching this video by MFT teammate Stephanie, I came up with this.

 I followed Stephanie's tutorial using glossy card stock and Distress Oxide inks
then followed up with a coating of Distress Glaze. I trimmed the fleshy part of
the fruit and added the "rind" on the bottom, then adhered them to a white
card base. The seeds and sentiment strip were cut from Steel Grey card stock
and adhered to the card.

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Have you ever seen square watermelons? Apparently in Japan, they start
growing them in square molds and by the time they're ready to harvest,
a square watermelon is born. They're purely ornamental and not meant to be eaten
but still, fun to look at.

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CAS(E) this Sketch #321

Teammie Brian brings us this week's CAS(E) this Sketch #321.

And here's what I came up with.

Watercolor card stock was ink distressed with two colors of Distress inks and spattered
with water. A strip was torn and adhered to a white card base. Zig markers were
painted on Bristol card stock and blended with water, then cut with the fish die.
They were adhered on the "water" and the card was finished off with the sentiment.


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Supplies:

Paper Smooches Water Dies

Paper Smooches Splash (sentiment)

CAS(E) this Sketch #320

Former teammie Nathalie brings us this week's CAS(E) this Sketch #320.

And here's my take on it.

An oval die was debossed on the front of a top folding gray card base. Four

leafy branches were ink distressed, then added onto the four corners of the card.

The stamped sentiment finished off the card.

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Supplies:

Paper Smooches Botanicals 3 Icon Dies

Paper Smooches Bold Buzzwords 

MFT Wonky Stitched Oval STAX 

CAS(E) this Sketch #319

Chrissy brings us this week's CAS(E) this Sketch. Meet Sketch #319.

Here's my take on it.

An alcohol ink background was made on Yupo paper, and I tried to keep the inks
on a diagonal per the sketch. I added the otter and clear embossed the sentiment on
a strip of card stock because the heat gun warped the Yupo paper and I really
wanted to save the card.

(Note: Shout out to my MFT teammate, Francine, whose coloring of her otter
inspired me to color mine 😊)

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CAS(E) this Sketch #318

CAS(E) this Sketch #318 is a retro one from former teammie Nathalie.

Here was my take back in 2017.

And here's my 2019 version.

A strip of watercolor card stock was ink distressed with three colors that
overlapped and formed secondary colors for a rainbow effect. I adhered it to
a white card base and added two clouds and a white embossed sentiment.
Sequins finished off the card.

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CAS(E) this Sketch #317

CAS(E) this Sketch #317 is a little something from yours truly 

and it looks like this.

Here's my take on it--a first cousin to my card for CTS316.

I adhered a piece of wide washi tape to white card stock, then cut a 3" square.
A strip of striped paper was adhered to the top of a card base, then topped
with the washi tape square. A stamped sentiment finished off the card.

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CAS(E) this Sketch #316

Teammie Brian brings us this week's CAS(E) this Sketch #316.
 

Here's what I came up with.

The focal piece is Altenew's wide washi tape adhered to card stock and cut

with a circle die. Striped paper was adhered diagonally per the sketch, topped

off with the circular design and a sentiment. Great sketch, Brian! (And thanks
for the nudge to use my hoarded washi tape.)
 

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Supplies:

Altenew Painted Fantasy Washi Tape

MFT Essential Sentiments

CAS(E) this Sketch #315

Former teammie Nathalie brings us this week's CAS(E) this Sketch #315.

And here's my take on it.

A butterfly, a strip of patterned paper and a sentiment. Doesn't get more 

literal than that. I was planning to substitute the butterfly in the sketch,

but when I saw this dotted one in my stash, I decided to pair her with the
dotted paper.
 

Serendipitous? Or lazy? I think the latter. 😉 And because I want to keep you
a bit longer, here's another version (thanks to some UnDu) where I tilted the
butterfly for a bit of interest. 

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CAS(E) this Sketch #314

Chrissy brings us this week's CAS(E) this Sketch #314.

I see an ice cream cone in the sketch--do you? I almost went that route but
here's what I came up with instead.

I smooshed green Distress ink on watercolor card stock. Three kitties were
popped up over it, then finished off with the stamped sentiment.

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CAS(E) this Sketch #313

CAS(E) this Sketch #313 is a retro one from our leader, Chrissy/

Here's what I came up with in 2016.

And here's my simplified 2019 take.

I cut a piece of alcohol ink background diagonally and adhered it to a

card base. A little snowboarding dude was adhered to the slope and the

sentiment was cut apart, then stamped on the card.

In hindsight, I should have added the colorful panel to the top portion
of the card and let the negative space be the "snow". Instead he looks like
a little surfer on some gnarly waves.

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Chrissy's retro sketch and join us if you can. Link up your card(s) by

Thursday, March 21st and as the winner, you'll be invited to join us on

a future sketch--and we hope that you do!

CAS(E) this Sketch #312

CAS(E) this Sketch #312 is a little something from me and it looks like this.

And here's my take on it.

Several Painted Flowers and leaves were stamped on a white card base.
Smaller dots were added with an inked pencil eraser and a Copic marker.
I stamped the sentiment and managed to keep this a one layer card! Yay!

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CAS(E) this Sketch #311

Teammie Brian brings us this week's CAS(E) this Sketch #311.

There are so many possibilities with this sketch! Here's my take on it.

The rose background was gold embossed on watercolor card stock and colored
in with daubers using Distress inks. The panel was cut with a stitched square
and adhered to a Grout Gray card base. A gold embossed sentiment and some
small gold sequins finished off the card.

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CAS(E) this Sketch #310 & (Finally!) Winner Announcement

Meet this week's CAS(E) this Sketch #310 from former teammie Nathalie.

And here's my take on it.

I'm not sure if Nathalie purposely placed a "subliminal" image above the stripes,

but I substituted the kitty above colorful rainbow striped paper. The stamped

sentiment and enamel dots finished off the card.

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Apologies for the late announcement of the Thyroid Awareness Blog Hop winner.
I had back-to-back trips in early February with a lingering case of bronchitis that
kept me from effectively choosing a winner.

Thanks to random.org, the winner is JO AVERY. Congrats, Jo! I have contacted
you and your prize will be sent out soon.

Thank you to all of you who hopped along with us and hopefully learned a bit more
about thyroid disease awareness and prevention. I certainly did! 😊

CAS(E) this Sketch #309

Chrissy brings us this week's CAS(E) this Sketch #309.

I have to admit to being a bit stumped with this sketch, then I decided to go
graphic with hexagons.

Assorted hexagon shapes were cut from watercolor card stock, inked with
Distress inks and spattered with water. I adhered them to a white card base,
then topped them with the white embossed sentiment and finished
off with a few enamel dots.

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sketch and join us if you can. Link up your card(s) by Thursday, Feb 21st.
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