CAS - Right as Rain

Welcome to Hogwarts

I wanted to create a Halloween-themed card that wasn’t strictly Halloween. My card depicts the “Sorting Ceremony” scene from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Professor Minerva McGonagall summons Harry to be fitted with the “Sorting Hat” which determines that he will be in the House of Gryffindor. The ceremony takes place in the Great Hall at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I used the book-themed patterned paper from the Basic Grey “Oxford” collection to depict a library wall. The professor holds a list of the students in her hand. 😉

Welcome to Hogwarts - Paper Smooches Supplies: Basic Grey “Oxford” patterned paper (retired)

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Cozy Winter

This is another “just because” card. I had the most fun picking the colors for the stockings. I really like all sorts of holiday decorating schemes – from traditional, to modern, to country/cozy (see Benita Larsson’s “Holiday Theme Poll” for examples of different styles). At the moment, I’m enjoying bright, non-traditional holiday colors like turquoise, lime green and dark pink!

Cozy Winter - Lawn Fawn

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So Thankful

This is a card I made “just because”! I returned yesterday from a three-day visit to see my youngest son, who attends the University of Colorado in Boulder. I wanted to get back into my daily routine that includes cardmaking and a certain number of household responsibilities! I colored the pumpkins and mouse, and then found that there was just no way I’d be able to fussy-cut the mouse’s tail. I glued the pumpkins and a tail-less mouse to the blue background and then inked up just the tail with a black Memento marker. I gingerly stamped the tail onto the colored pumpkin. As a “recovering perfectionist” it was a huge step forward to be able to even try this. 😉

Lawn Fawn Thankful

Supplies: Spellbinders circle dies

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CFC 72 “Toot Your Own Horn”

This week’s CAS-ual Fridays Challenge is to create a project inspired by one’s own blog header.

I used a Memory Box die for the umbrella and a slab-serif font sentiment that gives a similar upbeat message as the phrase “Right as Rain” — “Definitely correct; just the way it should be. It could just as well be ‘right as clouds’ or any number of other things, but ‘rain’ it is, doubtless because of the allure of alliteration” from The Dictionary of Cliches by James Rogers.

The color combination in my blog header is one that I’ve liked for most of my life. I like its graphic punch and it just “feels” happy to me!

CFC 72 "Toot Your Own Horn"

Supplies: Spellbinder circle die; Stampin’ Up cardstock

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CFC70

This week’s CAS-ual Fridays challenge, sponsored by Neat & Tangled, is to create a Clean And Simple project that is black and white plus one color of your choice.