CAS23 - Show us your artwork! (7/13/09): Clean and Simple Cards

Miss Boo · 07-12-2009

What is CAS?
CAS is an acronym for Clean and Simple.

There are different ways people view CAS. It is very subjective. There is no list of rules that will fit everyone’s personal definition. The following are possible guidelines, only. Please do not feel afraid of playing in the CAS challenge or debate with yourself if you’ve created a CAS card. If it is a CAS card to you, put CAS in the keyword box.

1. Clean: the design is uncluttered with lots of white or open space. Simple: having a clear focal point without a lot going on to detract from it.

OR
2. simple in design regardless of the number of embellishments or how long it takes to color, stitch or to use a special technique

OR
3. can be copied and mass produced fairly quickly… usually without a lot of coloring, layers, embellishments, tools and/or techniques

OR
4. any combination of the above

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Now on with the show!

This week we are having an inspiration challenge.
(www.art.com)
This art site is HUGE! If you are overwhelmed by the size of this site, or you are concerned about running across questionable images you'd rather not see, I have linked some selections in post #2. Since these are links, please link your inspiration piece into the comments section when uploading your card.You'll find 5 floral, 4 animal, and 4 children's images. There is some overlap in the last 2 categories.

Keyword: CAS23

DT samples to help you get started with ideas:

Ann's Card

Harriet's Card

Lisa's Card

Jen's Card

CAS23 Gallery

Uploading: Remember the keyword is without spaces. Use a comma between keywords with a space after each comma.

If you are new to the challenges, please feel free to do this one or ANY of the challenges at any time. There is no time limit. They are not races to see who can do one first, nor are they contests of any sort. All the challenges are simply to provide inspiration and to get us stamping!

Need help linking a card? Follow these instructions!

1. Open 2 windows: One window for your card and one for this thread.
2. In this thread, click on reply and type anything you want to show before the link.
3. Got to your card window. Highlight the address for your card. (It says www. splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showphoto..... and so on)
4. Click EDIT. Click COPY
5. Go back to this thread. Click PASTE.
You’re done!

Miss Boo · 07-12-2009

Miss Boo · 07-12-2009

Here are 2 more cards that I had time to make, today. TFL!

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=178156

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=178156

SeattleStamper · 07-12-2009

Love the idea of this challenge! Thanks for the earlt posting.

Crafty Math Chick · 07-12-2009

I won't have time to play this week, but I WANT that puppies poster - it is TOO CUTE!!

Great choices Jen!

StampGroover · 07-12-2009

I uploaded mine but its still not showing up....Does anyone know if they quit uploading at a certain time of night....I deleted it and uploaded it again but still not showing up yet...Great challenge by the way Jen!

hskelly · 07-12-2009

Here is my Scarlet Macaw.

jojot · 07-12-2009

SERENITY

Thanks for looking.

peggy-sue · 07-13-2009

Thanks for the challenge Jen! I really hope my card doesn't offend anyone! Thanks for looking! Good night

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=142185

Biggan · 07-13-2009

Thanks for lovely inspiration! Here´s mine;

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=125756

TFL
Birgit

markie's mom · 07-13-2009

Great inspiration challenge today! I HAD to use a tropical scene! LOL!

Here's today's submission

qvande · 07-13-2009

I used the jungle animals for inspiration:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=45000

fionna51 · 07-13-2009

Oh, wonderful! I did a card a few weeks ago with a Cheri Blum inspiration piece...I get to go back to her artwork!

LateBlossom · 07-13-2009

Oh. My. Gosh. There is an entire lifetime of inspiration on that website, Jen! Thanks so much for this. I'll be playing for years!

Here are four I whipped up in no time this morning.

Bookmark

Butterflies

Spectrum Daisies

Silhouette Karma

jdmommy · 07-13-2009

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=136194

Thanks Jen for picking out a few..........wow, what a big SITE!!

littlebombs · 07-13-2009

HERE
is my interpretation of the water colored bees that were posted for inspiration

gm2785 · 07-13-2009

Here is mine http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=55725 Thanks for looking. Gloria

#1volunteer · 07-13-2009

So cute! I got a great idea and used animal stories as babar. I sponged in the clouds but they don'e show in my scan.

Here's mine: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=113844

cmsuto · 07-13-2009

Great inspiration site! Here is my CAS card:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=143903

JMumStamps · 07-13-2009

How fun, but there were SO many great inspirations to choose from! Thanks!

Gerberas, CAS23

lorifitz1 · 07-13-2009

Thanks for the fun challenge. I needs Birthday thank you cards
so I did 6 of these. I like how it turned out.

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=177169

Thanks for looking.
Lori

Tami Mayberry · 07-13-2009

Love, Love, Love this one! Hoping my little guy is good today so I can play!

Kittykat · 07-13-2009

Fun! Fun! Challenge this week. Here is my card. But still don't understand why it's not showing up in the CAS gallery.

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=84139

Thanks for looking

cleekNHA · 07-13-2009

Here's a card for today's challenge. I had fun doing this one.

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=172004

This is the artwork I used for my inspiration.

http://www.art.com/products/p1029291...766bc2b50c13b2

Thanks for looking and thanks again for a great challenge!

lazylizard · 07-13-2009

Here's mine:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...00&ppuser=7104

jbracht · 07-13-2009

What a fun challenge! Here's my card.

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=123368

Emma F · 07-13-2009

Jen, this was so much fun. Thanks design team for the wonderful inspiration.

I based my card on this photograph of fresh limes

and recreated it with Tart Lime

inglishrea · 07-13-2009

Super fun! Thanks for the challenge.

Thank You inspired by this Lotus Stem Print.

artystamper · 07-13-2009

Wow - so much to choose from - hope to pick one out tonight after work!

crafterthoughts · 07-13-2009

Here's my card:

Give PEACE a chance

and my inspiration:
Peace Poster

lorifitz1 · 07-13-2009

Can someone please tell me why my card will not show up under the
CAS23 challenge gallery? I can see what I did wrong.

Here is the link to the card.

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=177169

Thank you. Lori

Clear and Simple · 07-13-2009

Great challenge to start off the week! Thank you!

Catch of the Day

Barbarar20 · 07-13-2009

Here's mine! Got my inspiration from this piece.

cindybstampin · 07-13-2009

Thank you ! Love these challenges! Here's mine:

Crushed Curry and Paisley

ButterflyEars · 07-13-2009

Chuck's BD Invitation
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=137367

kokirose · 07-13-2009

Wonderful challenge, great dt cards.
here's mine

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=102880

deeth1 · 07-13-2009

This challenge was a bit harder than I thought it would be when I first started working on cards this morning. I wanted the grasses to look like they were water colored so I stamped them with SU markers, then went over them with a wet paintbrush to give them a softer look. After several tries this is what I came up with:

My CAS23 card

It's based on this picture from Edward Lowe.