Altenew Ultimate Challenge Blog Hop

Good morning everyone in the CAS(E) this Sketch universe!  I have something a little different for you guys today.  Not only am I posting something on a Tuesday but I'm celebrating a ton of amazing challenge blogs along with Altenew on the Altenew Ultimate Challenge Blog Hop!  If you are here to find the current challenge, you can find it here but I hope you'll check out this blog hop as well.  I thought you'd get a kick out of that.  Just check out all the blogs that are participating:

There is no lack of inspiration there.  I was thrilled when May contacted me to get involved.  What could be better than a blog hop celebrating all the amazing challenge blogs out there?  Maybe getting to see the owners of the challenge blogs create projects using Altenew products and sharing them all for your inspiration?  Well, you are on the right hop then!  Ha ha!

My cards today use Altenew's Doodle Blooms and Halftone Happy stamp sets along with CAS(E) this Sketch #189, our current challenge which you can find here.  I hope you like them.

My first card stretches the sketch just a bit but keeps with the CAS idea by being all one layer.  I stamped and masked off my "happy" before adding in various Doodle Blooms.  Next, I used copics and a multi-liner to add extra fun to my blooms and leaves.  Lastly, I added some sequins and enamel dots before positioning the "birthday" portion of my sentiment along the tail of the "y".  My  next card is a little less CAS but no less fun.

I went a little daisy crazy on this card but I think you can totally see the sketch in it.  I stamped a ton of Doodle Blooms, colored them along with my "happy", and had my Brother Scan & Cut go crazy cutting them out.  Next, I layered them all haphazardly on my black and white card base using foam tape here and there for dimension.  Once I had a floral arrangement I liked, I added my sentiment which was finished off on a little green banner attached to the "y".

I hope you enjoyed my contributions to the Altenew Ultimate Challenge Blog Hop.  Here are some more details about the hop:

• You can get all the nitty gritty details about the blog hop on the Altenew Blog.
• The hop goes from Today (Sept 13) until Oct 5th.
• Altenew has a special offer for you guys.  Free gift with every purchase now through September 16.  More info on the blog.
• To celebrate this fantastic blog hop, Altenew is giving away $35 gift certificates to FIVE lucky winners. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew blog on October 17th, 2016.
• You can participate by using the Inlinkz here: 

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We hope to see you along the hop and I hope you'll come back and join us at CAS(E) this Sketch really soon!  Here's the blog hop order so you can keep having fun along the way:

Altenew
Virginia’s View Challenge
CASology Challenge
Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge
Ellen Hutson Pin Sights Challenge
CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge <-----That's us!
Tag You're It Challenge
30 Day Coloring Challenge
Less is More Challenge
Muse Challenge
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge
Color Q Challenge
One-Layer Simplicity Challenge
Seize the Birthday Challenge
Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge
Time Out Challenge
Color Throwdown Challenge
CAS Mix Up Challenge
10 Minute Craft Dash Challenge

CTS #188 Winners!

It's time for the Sketch #188 winners!  Wow, you guys went all out for this sketch and the talent is just staggering!  We hope you had a great time with this sketch because we sure had a great time looking at your cards.  We hope you'll join us and play along with Sketch #189.  We can't wait to see more of what you create.  Here are your winners:

CTS #188 Winners!

14. Tenia Nelson

 

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CTS Favorites

7. KOCreations Stampin'

9. Wei Wei

20. Tasha Vovchuk

48. Bobby

 

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Let's give a round of applause to the CTS Honorable Mentions!

11. Diana K

  

22. stationery Styles: M

45. Jane Knudsen 

 

46. Kathie Durgan

     

Thanks so much to everyone that played along! We've enjoyed seeing your creations!!!

We hope you'll play along with Sketch #189 going on now!

CAS(E) this Sketch #189

It's Thursday again and we have an amazing new sketch for you this week.  I hope you are ready for it.  Our guest designer is awesome and this is shaping up to be an all around awesome week here at CAS(E) this Sketch.  Are you ready to see the sketch?  Here you go:

First up, is our guest designer this week, Jen Carter!  Jen is an amazing card maker, friend, and just all around awesome person.  Her cards are happy and cheery and I love the way she plays with patterns!  You absolutely must check out her blog Jen's Ink Spot.  I will warn you now, make sure you have plenty of time to explore.  You'll need it.  Thanks so much for joining us this week, Jen!  We love having you!

Now here's the rest of the team:

Chrissy Larson

Michele Ferguson

Leigh Penner

Hannelie

Jen Mitchell

Michelle Williams

N@ Ali

Betty J.

Michelle Leone

Donna Mikasa

Alice Wertz

Aren't they amazing!  Have fun with this challenge and let the CAS(E)-ing begin!  Check back Saturday for the winners from last week's challenge! 

Important:  Before you create and submit your card please read the instructions on the How to Play page.   

Blogger Users:  We LOVE to leave comments on as many of our player's submissions as possible, so PLEASE change your "Show Word Verification" setting to NO.  (Unfortunately, this setting is on YES by default.)  Thank you.

We have a CAS(E) this Sketch Facebook page so you can quickly check on what's going on with our challenge.  Please stop by to say hi and LIKE us while you're there!  The InLinkz will close at 9 a.m. EST on Thursday, Sep 15th.  The new challenge will begin an hour later.  We'll announce the winners at 9 a.m. EST on Saturday, Sep 17th.  To play along add your cards to the InLinkz below.

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CTS #187 Winners!

It's time for the Sketch #187 winners!  Wow, you guys went all out for this sketch and the talent is just staggering!  We hope you had a great time with this sketch because we sure had a great time looking at your cards.  We hope you'll join us and play along with Sketch #188.  We can't wait to see more of what you create.  Here are your winners:

CTS #187 Winners!

50. bhavana

 

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CTS Favorites

18. art scrap & more

40. Stamps-N-Lingers

44. Michelle Bala

69. Ashwini

 

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Let's give a round of applause to the CTS Honorable Mentions!

5. Semsee

  

22. Brent Scheffer

54. Sandy M 

 

72. Mechela Hunter

     

Thanks so much to everyone that played along! We've enjoyed seeing your creations!!!

We hope you'll play along with Sketch #188 going on now!

CAS(E) this Sketch #188

Good morning!  It's another awesome Thursday and we have another awesome sketch for you guys.  We hope you had a great week playing with our sketch from last week and, hopefully, you'll have time this week to play along again.  Here's our challenge for the week:

First up, our guest designer Mary!  Her card is totally adorable and makes me wish I had a little more summer left.  You must check out her blog, My Other World!  Her cards will most certainly make you smile.  I can't help enjoy myself when I visit her.  Thanks so much for joining us this week, Mary!

Here's what the rest of the team created:

Leigh Penner

Sam Simpson

Michele Ferguson

 Hannelie

Jen Mitchell

Michelle Williams

Donna Mikasa

Betty J.

Chrissy Larson

Aren't they amazing!  Have fun with this challenge and let the CAS(E)-ing begin!  Check back Saturday for the winners from last week's challenge! 

Important:  Before you create and submit your card please read the instructions on the How to Play page.   

Blogger Users:  We LOVE to leave comments on as many of our player's submissions as possible, so PLEASE change your "Show Word Verification" setting to NO.  (Unfortunately, this setting is on YES by default.)  Thank you.

We have a CAS(E) this Sketch Facebook page so you can quickly check on what's going on with our challenge.  Please stop by to say hi and LIKE us while you're there!  The InLinkz will close at 9 a.m. EST on Thursday, Sep 8th.  The new challenge will begin an hour later.  We'll announce the winners at 9 a.m. EST on Saturday, Sep 10th.  To play along add your cards to the InLinkz below.

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