Tuesday 16 July 2013

CASology 53 - Cool!


This week's CASology Cue Card is Cool!



It took me a while to come up with this one but in the end, I feel positively Kelly Griglione-esque! (I am a big fan of her ability to really think WAY outside the box - you should check out her work if you haven't already!)

As I thought about this week's Cue Card, I kept coming back to the idea of condensation on a cold glass of water. But how to achieve the effect and keep it CAS? (and no, I do not have those water drop stamps that seem to be everywhere these days). Here's what I did:

I cut a piece of transparency (3M from Staples) and taped it to my bookshelf so that it was hanging vertically. I put drops of Crystal Effects all over it, and because it was hanging, they started to run down a little. The hardest part was waiting for it to dry (who me, impatient?!). In the meantime, I stamped the sentiment in Smoky Slate (Technique Tuesday) and Coastal Cabana (MFT Monogram Alphabet).

Then came the big problem of adhering the transparency to the white panel. In the end, I put a tiny drop of crystal effects right on each corner of the white panel and just laid the clear panel over top. I adhered the whole thing to a Smoky Slate card base and voila, finished. And then I just smiled and smiled because I really think it's very, very cool!

Now I suspect that we could have some heartfelt discussion about whether this is CAS or not, but I'm going to stand by the simple stamping and all the white space, despite the somewhat tricky process it took me to get to the finished product.

And now it's your turn to make a cool card - don't forget to link up before Sunday at 4:00 CDT. And before you do, check out the other DT Members' creations:

52 comments:

  1. Absolutely brilliant! It really is very COOL!

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  2. This is an amazingly COOL card! Love it!

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  3. You are a GENIUS! What an incredibly clever idea. I am going to have to borrow this idea.

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  4. I am smiling too! A new technique, cool effect, pun intended!!

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  5. This is SO COOL AND SO CLEVER!! I love it and want to know why it would not be considered CAS? Do you mean because of the time it took for the crystal effects to dry? Since I usually fly by the seat of my pants and just do what I do, I guess I don't really know the rules of CAS. :((

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  6. This is really awesome Ardyth!

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  7. I think it is very CAS and a beautiful card. My first thought was a rain shower in the midst of some tropical paradise. Ahhh, cool, refreshing...

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  8. A-mazing! Only the creative mind of Ardyth could come up with this one! I think it is perfectly clean and simple!

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  9. I would have smiled and smiled, too... because your card is absolutely, totally COOL!

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  10. You are amazing...I would never have figured out how to do this....and it is very, very COOL.

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  11. Oh this was so worth telling my kids to quit pestering, we will be going to the pool 10 minutes later!! What an awesome idea! I love that you didn't let it go, put on your big girl panties (just read that phrase from one of my favorite DIY bloggers and had to use it), and figured out how to get it done! I'm surprised that the condensation has just the perfect amount of "drip" to it and it's not more runny from hanging vertically. Anyway, awesome idea, superb execution, wonderful inspiration!

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  12. This is one AWESOME AND COOLEST card--ever! Love love the droplets of "water"! Now I am feeling cool :)

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  13. The drops look so realistic - great card.

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  14. Cool doesn't even begin to describe it!!! Clever, inspirational, fabulous. . .!!!!

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  15. Brilliant card! Love what you've done with the droplets. The gray and the cool teal...also brilliant. What an incredible card! This one is one my top 5 of all your cards. Love this to bits! Bev

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  16. Awesome card...........now if only I could find the patience for drying time to try it out!

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  17. Okay, making your own condensation is definitely outside the box. It came out super duper cool. I had to google Crystal Effects since I didn't know about them. (Among other things, I got a picture of someone on meth. lol)

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  18. CLEVER! Def thinking out the box!

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  19. Amazing card, brilliant idea, and so clever hanging the transparency up, this is so cool Ardyth! Cathy x

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  20. This is spectacular, Ardyth! I love how you've achieved the droplets.

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  21. Absolute genius and I definitely think it's CAS! Can't stop gawking over it! :D

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  22. Yes, yes you are totally cool! And ridiculously genius. Like if I touched you, I would be burned genius.

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  23. I am going to have to agree with Darnell...you are totally cool and so is your card! So very clever and I loved reading about how you came up with your idea and what you did to make it work, fabulous!

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  24. Genius! And it looks great, too.

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  25. You have OUTDONE yourself in creativity this time! WTG - This is so brilliant - my hats off to you Ardyth!!

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  26. This has to be one of your COOLEST cards! Pun intended! Hee! Seriously, the way you used the CE is totally FAB! GREAT, creative design, Ardyth! :)

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  27. This card is just AMAZING! And so are you for thinking of it. This is one of my favourite ever cards. Thanks for sharing the process and letting us see into your world of genius.

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  28. Wow!! .... your card has the "I want to reach out and touch it" factor!!! Very cool indeed :0)

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  29. totally cool! I love how you created this-this is way outside the box-too clever!! I so have to pin this!!

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  30. me again-can I pin from this post as I can't see it on pinterest-if you get a moment can you email me and let me know
    sandiesandie16@gmail.com
    thanks x

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  31. This is CAS. This is cool. This is clever!!!

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  32. COOL idea, COOL colors, COOL design, COOL water droplect, COOL EVERYTHING!!!

    My goodness girl, you really have to send this card to yourself because you really are so totally cool!

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  33. WOW!!!!!!!! How awesome is this!!!!!!!!!!!

    Great job!!!!!!!

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  34. Okay this is just a totally fantastic interpretation for this challenge Ardyth! LOVE your condensation! It is not a cooker in TO today?

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  35. If we were having a conversation, I would be speechless. This is so the coolest card ever. You rocked it!

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  36. So realistic ... real drops of water. So cool indeed!

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  37. VERY "COOL", Ardyth!!! Creative genius!!:)

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  38. Wow! What a clever card Ardyth-fabulous and so very effective :)
    Nessa xx

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  39. Breathtakingly cool, Ardyth ... utter genius ... so awesome! I completely LOVE it ... your drops are so far out of even the most enormous box! Anita :)

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  40. THIS.is.COOL! It actually looks like a cool, perspiring card! Genius, Ardyth! Genius!

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  41. Oh My Ardyth, this is a total WOW card!!

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  42. Wow wow wow Ardyth, this is amazing. You never fail to amaze me with your creativity

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  43. Yeah, this card is one of the coolest cards ever! I want to reach out and touch it...AMAZING!!!!

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  44. I don't how I keep missing these brilliant cards. WOW, it really is incredible!!! You're like a mad (cardmaking) scientist! LOL! :)

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  45. This is absolutely the epitome of cool!! Seriously cool! And as for it being questionably CAS - not even a question as far as I'm concerned! I think it's perfectly CAS, for what that's worth anyways :) Isn't it always the way that a truly CAS card takes an absolute age to complete!!

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  46. Ardyth, this is absolutely amazing. Such a COOL effect you achieved with the water drops. Wow. gf.

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