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Tuesday 14 May 2013

CASology 44 - Bloom


This week's CASology Cue Card is Bloom!



Certainly everything is in bloom here in Toronto. It's a gorgeous time of year, although the poor allergy sufferers are, well, suffering!

My friend Shirley made a dotty card recently and I really like the idea (I used it once here). For today's card, I thought I would take it a step further and make the dots the main focus. I cut out a large blossom on my Silhouette Portrait and then made dots around it with some Copic markers. It's very difficult to do them all perfectly spaced and the same size, so I had to tame my OCD tendencies and embrace the beauty of  'imperfection'. Hey, if you can't get something perfectly even, then make it look like it isn't even ON PURPOSE.  At least the sentiment is straight! lol!

Now it's your turn - make a "blooming" card and link it up before the deadline on Sunday at 4:00 pm CST.

Here are links to the blogs of the other DT members - go check out what they've done with this week's Cue Card!





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  1. Sindhu14 May 2013 at 09:09

    A very very pretty card Ardyth!

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  2. Claire14 May 2013 at 09:09

    Ok Ardyth, if that's your 'imperfection' what hope is there for the rest of us?! Fab card - what a great idea!

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  3. Happy Dance14 May 2013 at 09:38

    At first glance, my first thought was, where did she get that stamp?! This is bright and beautiful, Ardyth. Love the colors you've used too. Really fun and sweet. Bev

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  4. Barb Ghig14 May 2013 at 10:22

    I love the imperfection of the dots on this flower, and the color combo is fabulous! It's really great to see how such a large image can work so well for a CAS card...Love it!!!

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  5. Lynn14 May 2013 at 10:40

    As always. So clever!

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  6. Loli 14 May 2013 at 11:10

    Hola Ardyth, thank you for your comment last week:D
    You have a great steady hand!!!, a fantatic technique for make a perfect CAS card, i like the bright colours, perfect for springtime, so clever design Ardyth.
    Hugs from Palma de Mallroca

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  7. Janet a.k.a. swanlady2114 May 2013 at 11:31

    Quite amazing! Bold and beautiful.

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  8. Hannelie14 May 2013 at 11:54

    This is so fresh and a whole lot a fabulous fun!

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  9. Virginia L.14 May 2013 at 11:59

    Aw...how FUN is your large bloom with dots! Love it, Ardyth!

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  10. s. berry14 May 2013 at 12:04

    you have quite the steady hand to dot all those dots! i love ALL your designs.. so creative & clean!

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  11. Rosemary14 May 2013 at 12:53

    fantastic card, ardyth... love the perfect imperfection!!

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  12. Dotty Jo14 May 2013 at 12:59

    Looks wonderful, I can't believe you managed to do that with markers! Jo x

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  13. Meghan14 May 2013 at 15:15

    I'm pretty sure mother nature is perfectly imperfect too! Love this flower and your advice is spot on!

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  14. shirley-bee14 May 2013 at 16:33

    Ooh, this is gorgeous, Ardyth! It's bright and colourful but still has so much white space, very clever! Your OCD battle made me laugh! (Will it allow you to make another?)

    Thanks for the shout out too!

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  15. Michelle14 May 2013 at 17:15

    OMG, Ardyth! This card is spectacular! The imperfections make this card wonderful! It looks totally planned. And it's perfect in my eyes. Wow! (Can you tell I love it?) :-)

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  16. Kristie Goulet14 May 2013 at 17:20

    I wouldn't have even noticed the imperfections if you hadn't said anything. :) Love this.

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  17. Judy122314 May 2013 at 17:22

    Ardyth, I don't see any imperfections...this is awesome! Cheerful, fun, and oh so CAS!

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  18. Darnell14 May 2013 at 17:39

    You're too funny, Ardy! Even Mother Nature's OCD tendencies lapse once in a while. And, anyway, I thought your dots WERE perfect until you mentioned it!!

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  19. Jenny14 May 2013 at 18:14

    Love your dotty flower, I have trouble making imperfection look okay just as much as perfection!!! We are starting to bloom over here too but no sign of my hayfever yet!!
    Jenny x

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  20. Maureen Merritt14 May 2013 at 18:54

    I can't believe you did the copic dots by hand! A real labor of love ;) It looks fab!

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  21. Deepti14 May 2013 at 19:35

    A perfect imperfection :) u nailed it. Actually u are too good in ur style, I so love ur style

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  22. Melissa14 May 2013 at 20:13

    I love your philosophy, Ardyth! This is perfectly imperfect! :) Seriously!

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  23. Sue McRae14 May 2013 at 20:15

    Simple yet spectacular design!

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  24. Kelly Griglione14 May 2013 at 21:17

    OK, here's why I love this card so much ... you cannot get this look with a stamp. Unless it came in a set of 3 stamps and you had to line them up for each color, but that would be an expensive set for such a large image to be repeated 3x. I supposed you could have a dotted stamp and color each dot with a marker, but even then you wouldn't get a saturated dot for all of them. Nope, the only way to get this card is to go around manually with markers. Like you did. : )

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  25. Joyce15 May 2013 at 00:27

    This card is so striking. I can't believe you did it all by hand. But, then, I do believe it because how could a stamp do this? Super idea. And, congratulations on your Moxie Fab prize--I saw your name on the winner's post. Hope you get something fun.

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  26. Gabby15 May 2013 at 02:31

    Way cool card! You must have the patience of a saint, as I can't imagine how long it took to make all those different colored dots! :)

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  27. Geri15 May 2013 at 10:50

    ...so, I thought Shirley was cra-crazy with the dots on her card...but I think you have more dots than hers...so you win the 'Ca-rzy lady dotting award'!!!

    This is fabulous - love how you have made imperfection a beautiful thing!

    Stunning colors!

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  28. Tracey McNeely15 May 2013 at 12:27

    Very cool card for bloom, love you sweet imperfection and I give you a big high five for that because my OCD totally gets it!

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  29. Sian Ridley15 May 2013 at 14:00

    Wow! This card makes me so happy! :) I dread to think how many you made before this one...I think it looks perfect! :)

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  30. Anonymous15 May 2013 at 15:12

    There is beauty in imperfection, Ardyth ... your stunning card is testament to that ... fabulous bright, happy colours and gloriously CAS white space ... love it! Anita :)

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  31. Unknown15 May 2013 at 16:37

    Brilliant! Sometimes imperfection is OK, is this is definitely one of those times. The fun and spontaneous feel it gives suits this type of flower.

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  32. Greta16 May 2013 at 00:41

    Terrific idea & I love how it turned out!

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  33. Lisa Elton16 May 2013 at 16:18

    Ardyth this is SO FUN!! I just love your polka dotty flower!!

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  34. Kim Heggins16 May 2013 at 22:02

    Just beautiful and those colors, wow. Your card makes me smile and so fun that you did this all by hand, stunning.

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  35. Unknown18 May 2013 at 16:11

    Love this..what a fun idea. Off to give this a try :)

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  36. Jean18 May 2013 at 23:48

    Love this one!! Great choice of colors!

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  37. Bethany Stellpflug2 June 2013 at 14:01

    This is so beautiful! I love the bright and cheery colors. That flower is soooo gorgeous! :)

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