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!

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps–Sneak Peek: WHAT THE . . . ?!

 

Hello Again!!

Now that Michele Gross has spilled the beans about her new stamp line – CAS-ual Fridays Stamps – I’m here today to help get this big party started!  I’m so excited to be a part of this amazing celebration and am beyond thrilled to share a sneak peek of what we’ve been keeping under our hats for quite a while now!!  But let’s get some business out of the way first, shall we?

• CAS-ual Fridays Stamps are the finest quality photopolymer and made in USA.
  
• The Girl Fridays (as well as some very special guests) are sharing sneak peeks of the first CAS-ual Fridays Stamp sets, starting today.  Each day for the next five days, a new set will be featured, and prizes are available for commenting on each day’s post on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps store blog HERE.  You’ll have until Wednesday, October 24th at 11:59 PM EDT to comment on each day’s blog post (NOT on my blog, but on the CFC STORE BLOG – although I’d appreciate any love that you’d like to leave behind for me! ) for a chance to win that day’s featured set.
  
• You can win THE ENTIRE RELEASE (five sets in all!) if you’re the TGIF Winner of CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #75.  You’re going to want to play along with CFC75 – just sayin’!
  
• All winners will be announced on Thursday, October 25th on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamp Store Blog!
  
• CAS-ual Fridays Stamps will be available for sale on Friday, October 26th – the launch of the website will be announced on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamp Store Blog!!  Be still my heart!!

Today’s featured set is called WTF!  I’ll be honest – the first time I saw this set, I gasped – just for a split second.  Then I laughed hysterically because it’s just so DANGED clever!!  Seriously, this concept is absolutely brilliant, and I am so in awe of Michele for having such an original idea. I’m including a thumbnail of the set here for you to see just how stinkin’ clever this is!  I know I’ll be using this baby on a regular basis and I hope you will be, too!!  If you look at this post from yesterday again, you’ll see that I used the “Where’s the Fun” and “Who’s Turning 50?” sentiments on my Wine Bottle Tags.  I mean seriously, could this be more genius?!

 

Now hop on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamp Store Blog to see who else is posting sneak peeks for today!  Be sure to comment on each day’s post for a chance to win that day’s featured set!

 

Thanks again for stopping by today – we’re so excited to finally share this big secret with you all!  I hope that you’re as excited as we are!