CFC76–Kraft On and a Sad Farewell . . .

 

Hola Friends!

 

How the heck is it possible that it’s almost the end of October?!!  This month has been like a blur for me, between moving, transitioning from WA to AZ for the winter, and then having our kids visit for 10 days.  But life is finally back to normal for me, and I look forward to enjoying the boring routine of my days now that the dust has settled.

It’s time for the next CAS-ual Fridays Challenge, and this week’s challenge is to create a CLEAN & SIMPLE card or tag design and include kraft in some aspect of your design.

This week’s amazeballs sponsor is, of course, CAS-ual Fridays Stamps – because TODAY is the day that the brand spankin’ new CAS-ual Fridays Stamps are available for sale!!  That’s right, ladies – the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps store is open for business TODAY!  CAS-ual Fridays Stamps has provided a wonderful prize for this week’s TGIF Winner, but you’ll have to click on through to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog to find out what it is!  Thanks, CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!

I had the pleasure of working with another of the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps new releases called Woot!  Woot!  Don’t you just love that name?!  Seriously, Michele has the most clever mind, and so, so witty!  In fact, I created this little bit of crafty goodness for Michele and her new venture!  I am so happy and thrilled for her, and know that this stamp line is going to be a huge success!  I will most certainly be adding the other CAS-ual Fridays Stamp sets to my stash and will be using them as often as I can!

PRODUCTS USED:

STAMPS:  Woot! Woot! (CAS-ual Fridays Stamps)
INK:  Orange (A Muse Studio), Black Dye (Memories/Hero Arts)
PAPER:  Hawaiian Shores CS (PTI), Orange Fizz CS (French Poptone), Solar White CS and Desert Storm CS (Neenah Classic Crest)
OTHER:  Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Linen Impression Plate (PTI), Star Trio Dies (A Muse Studio)

 

So, this is an extremely sad post for me as this is my last CAS-ual Fridays Challenge.  Yes, I’m so sad to say that I’ve decided to step down from the team.  I am ever so grateful to Michele for giving me such an amazing opportunity to work beside some of the most incredibly talented designers in our business.  I learned so much and am thrilled to be able to say that I can call each and every one of the ladies on this team my friend – even though I’ve never met most of them in real life.  I wish Michele all the best with CAS-ual Fridays Stamps – Michele has worked her little booty off to make this company a success, and I know there are great things in her future.  I so hope you all will continue to support her and her new company – I know I’ll be buying those new stamps and playing along in many of the upcoming challenges – I hope I win something! *wink*

 

So that’s it for me today, kids.  I have a huge weekend of crafting planned.  How about you?  Do you have some fun plans in store for your weekend, too?  Thanks so much for stopping by today – you all are my world!

CFC75–Over the Edge

Hello!!

Man oh man, do we have some exciting stuff in store for you this week, so be sure and read through my entire post for some VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!

First off, we have another fabulous challenge for you!  Your challenge this week is to create a CLEAN & SIMPLE card or tag and have some element of your project hanging over the edge.  Good one, right?!

 

We also have a very special sponsor for this week’s challenge, but you’ll have to click on through to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog to find out who it is and to see a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.  No, seriously – you NEED to click on through to the Challenge Blog!!  Go on – I’ll wait!  Then, please come back here so I can share my samples for this week’s challenge with you!

So, I decided to deviate from my usual A2 card.  In light of all the exciting stuff going on over at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog, I just HAD to create some celebratory wine bottle tags – I mean, who doesn’t like to combine fun and excitement with wine?!  LOL

Notice how the sentiment banners extend over the edge of the wine tags?  To be honest, having things hang off the edge of my projects really stresses me out – it’s so not linear.  But I followed the rules and did as I was asked!  LOL

 

Well, that’s it for me today, kids.  I so hope that you are as excited about the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT and CAS-ual Fridays’ “new little sister” as we are!  The celebration will continue through the next week, with tons of amazing prizes and special guests, so I hope you’ll join us in celebrating our “new little sister!”  It’s gonna be a blast!

CFC74–Put Your {Heart} Into It!

 

Phew!  What a crazy week it’s been around here! We’re almost finished moving – one more day, and I think we’ll have it licked.  NOTE TO SELF:  Next time you think about moving, just light a match and walk away – you’re too old to move again!  LOL

I’m popping in today to share the latest and greatest CAS-ual Fridays Challenge, which is to create a CLEAN & SIMPLE card or tag and include a heart or hearts in your design!  Fun, right?!

This week’s sponsor is a company that is near and dear to my {heart} – get it?!  LOL  i{heart}papers is one of my go-to online stores, especially when I need something amazing and I need it now!  Kate’s customer service and product lines are second to none, and she’s as sweet as can be.  I {heart} her!  Oh, I’m killing myself!  LOL  i{heart}papers has provided an awesome prize for this week’s TGIF Winner, but you’ll have to click through to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog to find out what it is!  Oh, and while you’re there, be sure and check out the other Girl Fridays’ projects that they created for your viewing pleasure.  Thanks, i{heart}papers!!

I enjoyed this challenge so much!  I pulled out my heart shaped die to create a die cut negative – I love how the bright pink cardstock shows through and creates some fun dimension, yet is still very simple.  I then used a banner die to create the banner out of vellum; I die cut the words out of black cardstock and adhered them to the banner, which I adhered to the card front so that it draped across the bottom of the heart.

PRODUCTS USED:

PAPER:  Blackbird and Avalanche CS (Bazzill Basics Paper), Taffy CS (American Crafts CS), Vellum CS (PTI)
OTHER:  Folded Banner Die, With All My Heart Die, and Thank You Heart Die (Simon Says Stamps), Peel N Stick Adhesive Sheets (ThermoWeb)

So have you seen the other exciting stuff that’s going on at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog?!  CAS-ual Fridays has a new “little sister” and there’s a big announcement that’ll be made on October 19th. We’re having a little linky party that we’d love for you to join in on to help spread the word about the new “little sister” announcement.  You can find all the details about that HERE.  I believe that there’s a prize involved, so you really should check it out!

 

That’s all I’ve got for you today, kids!  Things will again be somewhat quiet around here as we’re headed south for the winter on Sunday.  Once I get settled there, our kids will be there to visit.  But I have a few posts ready to go while I’m in transition, so I hope you’ll stop by often.  Thanks for stopping by today – it means the world to me!

CAS-ual Fridays’ New Little Sister!

 

Hola Friends!

Popping in really quick (and happy for the distraction from endless packing and purging!)  to let you know that there’s some amazingly exciting stuff going on over at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog and I didn’t want you to miss out!  A big announcement will be made on October 19th, but you can get involved in all the excitement if you click on the above graphic (or HERE) to see how you can have a chance to win an awesome prize!  Seriously, you are going to be soooo excited!!

 

Hope you had a great weekend!  I’ll be back very soon!!

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #73–For the Girls!

Hello Crafty Peeps!!

This week’s CAS-ual Fridays Challenge is a very important one!  Of course, I’m sure you’re all aware that this month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  What better way to bring this very important cause – finding a cure for breast cancer – to the forefront than to challenge you to create a CLEAN & SIMPLE card that celebrates the “girls” in your life?!  Right?!

This is also the challenge where this week’s TGIF winner will not only win an amazing prize (you’ll have to click on through to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog in order to find out what it is) from our most awesome challenge sponsor, Simon Says Stamps, but they’ll also get to be our guest designer in November!  Can I get a woohoo for that?!!  As always, we are ever so grateful for our sponsors, but most especially Simon Says Stamps.  Thank you Simon Says Stamps!!

I think we all have someone in our lives who has been touched in one way or another by breast cancer.  I have many dear friends who are survivors, so finding a cure for this horrible disease is so very important.  The women in my life that have survived are some of the most amazingly strong women I’ve ever known, hence the sentiment of my card.  I cut out the aperture (the banner shape started out as a bottle tag design) as well as the awareness ribbon with my Silhouette Cameo – that baby cuts like buttah, I tell ya!  I stamped the repetitive subway art onto pink cardstock and placed it behind the ribbon cut out.  The word Strong was created using a wafer thin metal die that I purchased from Simon Says Stamps – it’s Kristina Werner’s handwriting, and comes in a set of three different words.  I thought this one was PERFECT for the occasion, don’t you think?!  I’ve listed all of the products I used below:

STAMPS:  Hope (Paper Smooches)
INK:  Unicorn Pigment Ink (Memories/Hero Arts)
PAPER:  Lily White CS (Bazzill Basics Paper), Cotton Candy CS (American Crafts)
OTHER:  Bottle Label Tag – Flag Cutting File (Silhouette Online Store Design #22156), Awareness Ribbon Cutting File (Silhouette Online Store Design #3055), Silhouette Cameo (Silhouette America), Strong Wafer Thin Metal Die (Simon Says Stamps), Quickie Glue Pen (Sakura)

 

Well kids, that’s about it for me today.  I so hope you’ll join us in celebrating all of the amazing women in your life!  We can’t wait to see what you come up with!  Be sure and click on through to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog to see what the other Girl Fridays have cooked up for your viewing pleasure and inspiration – you won’t be disappointed!

 

Things are about to get real crazy here at our house.  The movers are coming tomorrow morning, bright and early.  We will be sleeping in our new house tomorrow night (if all goes as planned, that is . . . LOL) and working our little fingers to the bone to get as settled as possible before we head south for the winter.  So if things are a little quiet around here, you’ll know why.  I have some prescheduled projects that I’ll be sharing with you along the way, so I hope you’ll come by when you can.  Have a great weekend!

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #72–Toot Your Own Horn!

 

Hola Peeps!!

 

Can you believe that it’s Friday again?!!  Like I just don’t know where the days have gone.  I just need time to stand still for a little bit – do you think that’s too much to ask?!!  LOL  Ugh!

Oh well, I guess if I can’t get time to stand still, I’ll fill you in on the latest CAS-ual Fridays Challenge, which is to create a CLEAN & SIMPLE card that is inspired by your own blog header.  Fun, right?!  NOTE:  If you don’t have a blog of your own, you can use the blog header on the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog!

We have a brand spankin’ new sponsor on board for this week’s challenge – A Muse Studio!! I know, right?!!  I am a huge fan of A Muse Studio and own many of their amazing products – I especially ADORE their ink pads!  Like they are second to none in my opinion.  A Muse has very generously provided an awesome prize for this week’s TGIF Winner, but you’ll have to click on through to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog to find out what it is.  While you’re there be sure and peruse the delicious samples that the other Girl Fridays have designed for your inspiration.  Thank you, A Muse Studio!!

 

Okay, so this challenge inspired me like no other!!  I love, love, love my blog header!!  It was designed by THE Karen Baker – The Bald Dragonfly.  I told Karen what my “vision” was, and she freakin’ made it happen!!  If you’re in the market for a new look for your blog, Karen is your girl!!  Tell her I sent you – you can thank me later!  LOL  Anyway . . . I digress!  So, I love the bright, happy colors, the clean and graphic lines and patterns, and the delicious simplicity of the font.  It’s so ME!!

PRODUCTS USED:

STAMPS:  Venetian Background (A Muse Studio), Chevron Background (Savvy Stamps), Designer Woodgrain (Hero Arts), Heart-2-Heart #4 and Background Basics: Circles (PTI)
INK:  Black Dye and Unicorn Pigment (Memories/Hero Arts), Provincial Gray (Fresh Ink)
PAPER:  Solar White CS (Neenah Classic Crest), Robin’s Egg, Juicy Pear and Circus Peanut CS (Bazzill Card Shoppe)
OTHER:  Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Linen Impression Plate (PTI)

 

Well, that’s it for me today, kids!  We’ve got a big weekend of packing planned –doesn’t that sound like fun?! NOT!!  LOL  But it is what it is – someone has to do it, so it might as well be me!  We hope to be in our new house by next weekend – crossing our fingers that that works out!  I’m hoping that you have plans for your weekend that are way more fun than mine!  LOL  Thanks for stopping by – the time you spend here means the world to me!

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #71–Fall Fun!

 

Hello Friends!

Don’t you just love this time of year?!!  Seriously, we’ve had THE most gorgeous Indian Summer here in Western Washington.  I’ve been loving the cool crisp mornings and the uber sunny afternoons – there’s nothing like a sunny day in Seattle, I tell ya!  Well, if you’re like me and love this time of year, you’re going to LOVE this week’s CAS-ual Fridays Challenge, which is to create a CLEAN AND SIMPLE card using a fall theme.

This week’s sponsor is Great Impressions Stamps.   Great Impressions Stamps has provided an uber generous prize for this week’s TGIF Winner, but you’ll have to click on through to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog to see what it is.  While you’re there, be sure and peruse the other amazing samples that the Girl Fridays have created for your inspiration.  Thanks, Great Impressions Stamps!

I especially love the turning of the leaves this time of year, don’t you?  That was the inspiration for my card.  I stamped three different leaf images in three different colors, and stamped the sentiment in brown.  I then ran the card base through my Cuttlebug using a canvas impression plate.  The pumpkin satin ribbon finished off the fall color palette.

PRODUCTS USED:

STAMPS: PAPERTREY INK (Leaf Prints), A MUSE STUDIO (Essential Sentiments)
INK: A MUSE STUDIO (Nutmeg and Pumpkin Pigment Ink), FRESH INK (Chocolate & Harvest Pigment Ink)
PAPER: NEENAH CLASSIC CREST (Solar White CS)
OTHER: PAPERTREY INK (Canvas Impression Plate), CLEAR & SIMPLE STAMPS (Orange You Fabulous Satin Ribbon)

 

That’s it for me today, kids!  We’re in full Gamma and Gampa mode this week as we’re babysitting our grandsons while our kids vacay at our house in Arizona.  We’re having a blast, so far.  Hoping you have amazing plans for this first official weekend of fall, too.  Thanks so much for stopping by today – I so appreciate it and you!!

CFC70 - Black and White Plus One!

Hello Sweet Friends!!

I’m back again with the latest CAS-ual Fridays Challenge, and I’m sure you’re going to love this one as much as I did! Your challenge is to create a CLEAN & SIMPLE design using only black and white PLUS one other color! The possibilities are endless!!

Our sponsor this week is Neat & Tangled – a brand spankin’ new stamp company that has some of the cutest images ever! You so need to check them out! Neat & Tangled has provided a very generous prize for this week’s TGIF winner, but you’ll have to click on through to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog to find out what it is! Oh, and be sure and check out the amazing bits of inspiration the other Girl Fridays have cooked up for your consumption while you’re there! Thank you, Neat & Tangled!

When I saw this challenge, I knew exactly what I wanted to do – especially since I had just received some of Memory Box’s brand spankin’ new wafer thin dies in the mail – be still my heart!! My photo doesn’t do this label die justice, but there’s some amazing embossing around the outside edge that just takes this die cut to another level. And how freakin’ cute is that dangling spider?!! I came very close to adding little beady eyes to him, but stopped myself. I’m not a huge fan of spiders, but the clean and simple lines of this baby just makes my heart skip a beat!

STAMPS: Happy Halloween (Impress Rubber Stamps)
INK: VersaMark (Tsukineko)
PAPER: Black Licorice CS (French Poptone), White Linen CS (Ellen Hutson)
OTHER: Penne Frame and Dangling Spider Dies (Memory Box), 1/4” Hole Punch (Fiskars), Lettuce Embossing Powder (Ranger/Adirondack), Simply Chartreuse Satin Ribbon and Linen Impression Plate (PTI)

That’s it for me today, friends! The remodel is in full swing at the new house, so that’s pretty much consuming my days. We’ll be babysitting our grandsons for a few days next week – can’t wait for that! Hope you have a wonderful weekend planned. Thanks so much for stopping by today!

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #69–Embossing

Happy Friday, Friends!!

My oh my!  It’s been quite a week around here with closing on the new house, listing the old house, and all the chaos that goes along with both of those things!  But I did have a chance to get inky for a few hours, so that was an amazing stress reliever for me!

This week’s CAS-ual Fridays Challenge is one that is very near and dear to my heart – embossing!  I love embossing – both heat embossing and dry embossing – and you have the freedom to do both, if you like!  The delicious texture that both add to a project takes an okay project to whole new level, don’t you think?

As is always the case on the first of the month, Simon Says Stamps is our sponsor this week!  They’ve offered up an amazing prize for this week’s TGIF Winner, but you’ll have to click on through to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog to find out what it is.  Oh, and if you’re the TGIF Winner this week, you get to be our Gal Friday Guest Designer next month.  How fun is that?  Thank you, Simon Says Stamps!

As I said above, embossing is a technique that is my go-to wow factor for any project that needs a little oomph!  I especially love heat embossing . . . there’s just something about the richness of that slick finish that makes my heart go pitter patter.  I stamped this darling pendant light four times using VersaMark – three times on the card base and once on the banner panel.  I used white and turquoise embossing powders on all four lights.  Then I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed that with black embossing powder.  I popped the banner panel up using foam squares, and wrapped some coordinating baker’s twine at the top to finish it off.

PRODUCTS USED:
STAMPS:  Bright Idea (Technique Tuesday)
INK:  VersaMark (Tsukineko)
PAPER:  Lemon Drop CS (French Poptone), White Linen (Ellen Hutson)
OTHER:  Caribbean and Lemondrop Baker’s Twine (The Twinery), Black Baker’s Twine (Divine Twine), White & Black Embossing Powder (Zing/American Crafts), Tempting Turquoise Embossing Powder (Stampin’ Up!), Half and Half Die (PTI), Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

Before you go, be sure and stop by the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog to see what the other Girl Fridays have prepared for your inspiration.  I’ll be spending the day with my adorable grandsons today while mom goes to the fair with her girlfriends.  It’s a beautiful sunny day, so I’m pretty sure it’s going to be a good one!  Hope your day and your weekend are amazing!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #68–Top of the Class!

 

Hello Crafty Friends!

 

I’m back with another quick post.  Did I tell you that we bought a new house?!  Oh yeah – I think I failed to mention that!  So needless to say, my life is a bit chaotic at the moment.  Buying one house, decluttering, purging, and packing up 14 years of accumulation (OH EM GEE!), and selling our existing house – such a daunting task!  But one worth the effort if we ultimately downsize and simply our lives, which is what the goal is at this point.  But, that’s enough chit chat from me.  Let’s get to the challenge, shall we?

This time of year is such a magical one for me – there’s something about the crispness in the air, the change of colors in the trees, the smell of school supplies and books!  Fall is in the air, for sure!  So I was thrilled when Michele threw a “Back to School” themed challenge at us.  So fun, right?!  This week’s CAS-ual Fridays Challenge is to create a CLEAN & SIMPLE project and use “Back to School” as your theme.

 

Our sponsor is Pretty Paper Studio, and they’ve provided a wonderful prize for the this week’s TGIF Winner.  But you’ll have to click on through to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog to find out what it is – you’re going to like it, I promise!  Thank you Pretty Paper Studio!

I don’t have any little ones in school anymore, but I still love to create for the Back to School theme.  I recently visited one of my fave-a-lave brick and mortar stamp stores, Impress Rubber Stamps, and found the cutest alphabet stamp that was just perfect for my project!  I stamped it onto some black cardstock with some white pigment ink, to give the effect of a chalkboard.  I’ve listed the other products used on this project below:

STAMPS:  Pretty Patches: Apple (W Plus 9 Designs), I Love School (Technique Tuesday), and Alphabet (Catslife Press – 216G)
INK:  Unicorn Pigment and Black Dye (Memories/Hero Arts), Cherry and Grass Pigment (A Muse Studio)
PAPER:  Black Licorice and Sour Apple CS (French Poptone), Riding Hood Red (Stampin’ Up!), Solar White CS (Neenah)
OTHER:  Scallop Border Punch (Stampin’ Up!), Tag Sale #1 and #5 Dies (PTI), Linen Impression Plate (PTI), Green, Red and Black Baker’s Twine (Divine Twine)

 

That’s it for me, kids!  I need to get back to my packing and purging!  It’s amazing what you accumulate in 14 years and didn’t even realize you had!  Do yourself a favor and go through your stuff long before you decide to move – you can thank me later!  LOL  Thanks for stopping by today – I so appreciate it!

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #67–Flags & Banners!

 

Hola Peeps!

 

No time for a lot of chatter today – I have a sweet friend visiting for the weekend, and we are busy, busy, busy!!  We’ll be stamping, eating, laughing, a little more stamping, a little more eating, and a LOT more laughing!!  So you can see, I’m kind of in a hurry – let’s get to it, shall we?

This week’s CAS-ual Fridays Challenge is to create a CLEAN & SIMPLE project and include banners or flags in your design.  There’s a fabulous prize up for grabs for this week’s TGIF winner, but you’ll have to head on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog to find out what it is!  Oh, and while you’re there, be sure and check out the inspirational work of the other Girl Fridays – you’ll be amazed at their creativity!

 

I created this little project with a vision in mind.  I totally remember driving my bicycle around our neighborhood as a child, and I distinctly remember having a cool flag flying on the back – I loved it!  I used some washi tape for the road and for the flying flag.  Easy peasy!

PRODUCTS USED:

STAMPS:  Enjoy the Ride (A Muse Studio), Up, Up & Away (PTI)
INK:  VersaMark (Tsukineko), Unicorn and Black (Memories/Hero Arts)
PAPER:  Bashful Blue CS (Stampin’ Up!), Bazzill Yellow (Bazzill)
OTHER:  Road and Red Washi Tape (Freckled Fawn), Rouge Embossing Powder (Zing/American Crafts), Daisy Border Punch (EK Success), Pearls (Stampin’ Up!)

Well, that’s it for me, kids!  I’ll be having some major league fun as of this post – wish you all could join us!!  Thanks so much for stopping by!  I so appreciate the time that you spend here and in leaving me some love.  I’ll be back tomorrow with the next Cameo Spotlight Challenge!!

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #66 -

 

Happy Friday, friends!!

 

Where do the days go, for crying out loud?!!  I swear the weeks just disappear right before my eyes lately.  And as is always the case on Fridays, it’s time once again for the newest CAS-ual Fridays Challenge!  This challenge is so perfectly timed for this time of year – which is to create a CLEAN & SIMPLE project that incorporates something from the ocean!

This week’s sponsor is Stop and Scrap, the purveyor of everything scrapbooking – like everything you could possibly need or want!  Stop and Scrap has very kindly provided an amazing prize for this week’s TGIF Winner, but you’ll have to pop into the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog to find out what it is.  While you’re there, be sure and check out the over the moon amazing inspiration that the other Girl Fridays have cooked up for you.  Thank you, Stop and Scrap!

My mind literally exploded with ideas for this challenge, but ultimately, this is what I settled on.  I adore this sweet little goldfish from the Paper Smooches’ set called Surf and Turf.  In fact, this set has soooo many fun images that I had a hard time choosing!  I stamped the waves on the aqua panel, and then stamped the bubbles from Surf and Turf.  I added a bit of gradient bling to really jazz up those bubbles.  Pretty stinkin’ cute, right?!

PRODUCTS USED:

STAMPS:  Surf and Turf (Paper Smooches Stamps), Hooked on You (W Plus 9 Designs)
INK:  Pool (Fresh Ink), Black (Hero Arts/Memories)
PAPER:  Baja Breeze (Stampin’ Up!), Solar White (Neenah), Dots & Stripes Homefront (Echo Park)
OTHER:  Linen Impression Plate and Orange Ribbon (PTI), Googlie Eye (from my stash), 1-3/4” Circle Punch (EK Success), Self-adhesive gems (Doodlebug Designs)

 

Well, friends, that’s it for me today.  I’m helping a friend put on a 50th birthday party tonight and hope to get some time in my craft room on Saturday.  Hopefully you have some great plans for the weekend!  Thanks so much for stopping by today – I sure appreciate it!

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #65–Hip to be Square!

 

Happy Friday, kids!!

 

Hope you’ve been having a great week so far!  I’ve been working like a busy little beaver in anticipation of friends arriving today for the weekend!  We plan to spend some time in Victoria, B.C., as well as show them all the sights of Seattle.  And it’s supposed to be sunny – BONUS!!

It’s that time again for another CAS-ual Fridays Challenge!  This week’s challenge is super easy – create a CLEAN & SIMPLE design, using a square card base.  Fun, right?!

Stampotique Originals is our awesome sponsor this week, and they very generously provided some amazing images to the Girl Fridays to play with!  If you’re looking for some super unique and fun images to stamp with, you so need to check Stampotique Originals out now!  Thank you, Stampotique Originals!!

So I had the pleasure of working with the image called Funky Dotted Leaves.  I adore the great lines and detail in this image.  It was super fun to work with.  I stamped it onto three different colors of cardstock in dark brown pigment ink.  I love a dramatic fall color scheme, don’t you?

PRODUCTS USED:

STAMPS:  Funky Dotted Leaves (Stampotique Originals), Remember (Hero Arts)
INK:  Chocolate (Fresh Ink), Toffee (A Muse Studio)
PAPER:  Hot Fudge (French Poptone), More Than Mustard and Really Rust (Stampin’ Up!), Summer Sunrise (PTI)
OTHER:  Take Three Die (PTI), Woodgrain Impression Plate (A Muse Studio), Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

 

Well, kids, that’s it for me today.  We’ll be driving around enjoying the sights of sunny Seattle today, and off to Victoria, B.C., tomorrow.  I hope you have a great weekend!  Be sure and stop by tomorrow, though, as I’ll have a sample to share for the very first Cameo Spotlight Challenge!!  Woohoo!!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #64–On Cloud 9

 

Hello Stampy Friends!!

It’s time for the next CAS-ual Fridays Challenge, and since it’s the first Friday of the month, it’s also the time we’re looking for our next Guest Designer – BONUS!!  This week’s challenge is to:  create a CLEAN & SIMPLE design and include something that you can find in the sky.  The possibilities are ENDLESS, right?!

Of course, our fave-a-lave sponsor for this week’s challenge is the uber wonderful Simon Says Stamps.  If you’ve never ordered from Simon Says Stamps, you so need to.  Their customer service is outstanding, and they carry just about every kind of crafty goodie that anyone could ever dream of having – no joke!!  Simon Says Stamps has provided a wonderful prize for this week’s TGIF Winner, but you’ll have to click on through to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog to see what it is.  Thank you Simon Says Stamps!

I had a blast with this challenge (actually, I have a blast with ALL of the CAS-ual Fridays Challenges – lucky me!)  I just HAD to utilize my new Jumbo Cloud Stax Dienamics Dies and trimmed the largest one out a bit to fit it onto an A2 card.  I flipped the same die over and traced around the outside edge onto some Echo Park striped paper, trimmed it out, and adhered it behind the white cloud to give it a bit of a “glow.”  The airplane was stamped on some Echo Park polka dot paper, and then die cut.  The sentiment is stamped and die cut with a double ended banner die.

PRODUCTS USED:

STAMPS:  Fly Away and Little Hot Rod (PTI)
INK:  Black (Memories/Hero Arts)
PAPER:  Bashful Blue (Stampin’ Up!), Lily White (Bazzill Basics Paper), Dots & Stripes Homefront (Echo Park)
OTHER:  Shore Baker’s Twine (The Twinery), Double Ended Banner Die & Sunshine Impression Plate (PTI), Jumbo Cloud Stax Dienamics (MFT), Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

 

Well, kids, that was pretty fun, huh?!  You totally should click on through to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog to see what the other Gal Fridays have conjured up for your viewing pleasure and inspiration.  You are going to be blown away!  I’ve got a super busy weekend ahead of me, with a Charity Water event tonight, a wedding tomorrow, and another get together on Sunday.  I’m going to need a weekend after my weekend!  LOL  Hope you have a great weekend!  Thanks for stopping by today!