Season's Greetings

Happy Wednesday! Students had a half-day today while teachers had training, but we got to leave early (3:30, a Christmas miracle!), so I raced home and crafted for an hour! Yahoo! I was very grateful for the much needed crafty time, some bad days because of a little screw-up has me hating myself! boo!

Back to crafty time...I played along with the Unscripted Sketches #188 challenge...what a great CAS sketch! I planned on making a lot (didn't happen!) of cards quickly, so I cut up a page of images from the October Afternoon Make It Merry 8x8 paper pad. What an awesome pad that is! I got mine from Paper Issues with 20% off by using Amy's discount code of Amy12. It arrived SO quickly, 3 days, and packaged so cutely! Thanks, Amy and Cassie!

Okay, better call it a night. Tomorrow will come bright and early and I need to be bright and cheery and fully rested for those little students! hehe!  Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe

Cardstock: SU Crumb Cake, October Afternoon Make It Merry paper.

Accessories: SU Pearls, My Mind's Eye Winter Wonderland Washi Tape.

8 Happy Nights...Night 3

If you've been over to CAS-ual Fridays Stamps, you've probably noticed 

the 8 Happy Nights celebration Michele has put together for Hannukah!

I've created a couple of projects for night three!

My bag above is a simple little gray houndstooth bag from the Dollar Tree (couple of years back, 3 for $1), and I just added a white cardstock tag with silver embossing and a yummy ribbon. Instead of cutting the white cardstock into a tag shape, I removed the handle from the bag, laid the white cardstock over the holes in the bag and punched new holes on top. Lastly, I just threaded the bag handle back through all layers and tied on the *pretties*.

The card below is super simple with more silver embossing. Sigh, love that stuff. 

Head over to CAS-ual Fridays Stamps to check out more of the cards for the 8 Happy Nights. 

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Bag Recipe

Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays 8 Happy Nights.

Cardstock: SU Whisper White.

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, White DMC Perle Cotton, Crop-o-Dile, Michael's $1 ribbon, Dollar Tree gift bag.  

Card Recipe
Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays 8 Happy Nights
Cardstock: SU Pacific Point, Going Gray (retired), A Muse Studio Chevron paper.
Ink: Versamark.
Accessories: Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Tool.

Merry & Type *25*

Happy Sunday! As usual, I didn't get everything done I needed to, oops, but I did get time to play with one new Stampin' Up! stamp set, Merry & Type. I love, love, love this set and need more time to play! *smile*

I paired up a couple of awesome challenges...The Play Date Cafe Challenge #160 and Retro Sketches #41. Blue is my fave, so no way I could miss this one! 

Looks like a *real* cold front is finally coming through. It was in the 70s earlier and I had the windows open and was wearing shorts. Now it's 48 degrees and we're headed for 30 degrees! Brrrr! But I love it for setting the holiday mood! Looks like some of you are getting snow out there too!

This girl is up past her bedtime, so nighty night! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe

Stamps: SU Merry & Bright

Cardstock: SU Crumb Cake & Comfort Cafe DSP; Lily Bee Design Christmas Cheer paper.

Ink: Midnight Muse.

Accessories: SU Twill Ribbon, Linen Thread, Vintage Trinket Brads, Extra Large Oval Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelits, retired canvas die cut, vintage button.

CAS-ual Fridays #81: Knotty or Nice

It's CAS-ual Fridays time!

Come play along with Challenge #81: Knotty or Nice...create a CAS project using knots! 

I went very literal making little *French knot* berries on my mistletoe stamp 

from the Merry Kiss-mas stamp set. Love that one! 

You'll want to play along this week for a chance to win a Simon Says Stamp gift certificate and a guest designer spot on the CAS-ual Fridays blog! 

Head over the CAS-ual Fridays blog and check out the cards from the other Girl Fridays. 

I love how everyone had different takes on the challenge! 

And I can't wait to see your take next! *wink*

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

(p.s. I'm glad from the comments on my last post that I'm not the only one who has made little to no holiday preparations! hehe!)

Recipe

Stamps: Merry Kiss-mas by CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Cardstock: SU Basic Black and Whisper White.

Ink: SU Wild Wasabi, Memento Black.

Accessories: Paper piercer and mat, red and black DMC perle cotton, needle.

Santa Gift Tag

Ho! Ho! Ho! Here's one more gift tag I had made for the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #80: Gift Tags! You still have until Thursday at noon EST to enter and play along!

I was going for more of a vintage look for this one. I love, love, love that Santa paper from Lily  Bee Design, and I'm so proud of myself for cutting into it! Of course, I bought two sheets, just in case...hehe!

I used a marker on part of the sentiment..."oh by gosh by golly"...from the CAS-ual Fridays stamp set Merry Kiss-mas, but it's kind of hard to see because I sprayed some ink and it went a little heavy, oops!

Speaking of Christmas tags, how is everyone doing with their holiday preparations?! I've done nothing, eeeeek! 

Hope you're having a wonderful week! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!


Recipe
Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Merry Kiss-mas
Cardstock: Jenni Bowlin tag, Lilly Bee Design Santa paper
Ink: SU Cherry Cobbler, Studio Calico Mister Huey's Classic Tan Color Mist
Accessories: SU Postage Stamp Punch, Vintage Trinkets safety pin & brad, and Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding; red stripe fabric tape.

More Gift Tags!

Happy Sunday! I'm back with a few more gift tags! 

I made these first for the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #80: Gift Tags, but I decided maybe they weren't "clean and simple" enough! :)

I used the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps set Snowflake Greetings along with some Martha Stewart puffy little stickers I bought long ago at 40% off. Yeah, breaking open new packages and using them! hehe!

Maybe I'll add these to some holiday gift bags this year!

Hope you're enjoying your weekend! The question of the day...to get a tree or not to get a tree?! I'm leaning toward get a tree today...that's what happens after I've had a good 8 hours of sleep two nights in a row! 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!


Recipe
Stamps: Snowflake Greetings by CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.
Cardstock: SU Pool Party, a muse gray polka dot paper.
Ink: SU Real Red.
Accessories: Circle and Scallop Punch, SU Chevron Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Martha Stewart holiday puffy stickers, Tim Holtz red tinsel trim, red & white polka dot Washi tape, My Mind's Eye Winter Wonderland decorative tape, SU Real Red buttons retired.

CAS-ual Fridays #80: Gift Tags

It's CAS-ual Fridays time! 

Are you about to need some gift tags for holiday gifts?! 

Then come play along with this week's challenge: Gift Tags! 

I used the CAS-ual Fridays stamp set Merry Kissmas for my little tag. 

I was really struggling to keep this one clean and simple. 

What is it about gift tags that made me want to *pile it on*?! lol!

I'll be back in a day or two to show you two more gift tag versions...

one not so clean and simple and another one on the vintage side.

In the meantime, I hope you'll play along with this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge! 

The winner will receive a wonderful prize from this week's sponsor, Bossy Joscie!

Go check them out and join in on the fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe

Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Merry Kiss-mas

Cardstock: SU Whisper White & Summer Smooches DSP

Ink: SU Lucky Limeade and Real Red

Accessories: Lucky Limeade Ribbon & Baker's Twine, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Red & White Washi Tape, Cuttlebug Tag Sale Alphabet Dies, Big Shot, Real Red button retired.

Thanksgiving Fun!

Schwooo! It's like I disappeared from blogland! :) We were lucky enough to have Kent's family come to Dallas and surprise him for his 50th birthday on Thanksgiving day this year! He had surprise #1 on Tuesday when his parents knocked on the door and then surprise #2 on Wednesday when niece Emma knocked on the door! He was beyond surprised, and we had an awesome week, which included a little cardmaking and tree climbing, as you can see in the above photos. I introduced Emma to some challenges, and we had loads of fun. The girl is uber talented and crazy for Thickers and buttons! :)

One challenge we worked on, Clean and Simple #218. You can never go wrong with their awesome sketches! 

I'm catching up in blogland and will probably be by to visit you tonight or tomorrow! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

CAS-ual Fridays #79: Winter Blues

It's CAS-ual Fridays time! 

Come play with us!

CAS-ual Fridays #79: use blue in your winter related project!

I used the new CAS-ual Fridays Stamps set Snowflake Greetings. I started with watering down some Adirondack Pool paint from Ranger in a misting bottle and spraying the background. Then I heat embossed the fabby snowflakes in white. I love the way the stamp set has SO many snowflakes in it, so you can use them individually, or arrange them on a large block in your own pattern like I did. After that, I applied some different Washi tapes, splattered some Pool paint on it, and stamped the sentiment on a simple white tag. For the seam binding ribbon, I tried to *melt* it with the heat embossing gun, but it was stubborn! lol! I gave up and scraped it along the edge of the scissors, which ended up giving it a pretty cool body and shape. Added a few pearls to the sentiment snowflakes, and voila! A pretty, but maybe not so CAS, card! lol!

I know you can do better and can't wait to see you try! 

This week's sponsor, CAS-ual Fridays Stamps, oh yeah, baby!  :)

Aren't you excited the November release is now available?!!

Stay tuned in the coming days for lots more fabulous inspiration from the Girl Fridays!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps November Sneak Peek: Countdown

Who's ready for a Sneak Peek?! 

Here's a peek at the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps November release stamp set, Countdown!

This is the first time I've had stamps for celebrating the New Year, and I love it!

For the card below, I went the *funky* route and stamped the various Countdown sentiments into the "talk bubble" paper from the Amy Tangerine Ready Set Go collection.

For the next card, I went the more *elegant* route with silver embossing...

And for this last card below, I went the more *traditional* route with die cut alphabet letters 

and the sentiment stamped in Gold Encore pigment ink.

See how many possibilities and looks you can get?! Want a chance to win the set for free?! Head over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog and leave a comment for a chance to win it! 

Be sure and check out the awesome samples from this month's special 

guest designer, Beate Johns, and the other Girl Fridays! 

If you haven't seen the other November sneak peek sets, you'll want to back track also, to check out 8 Happy Nights, Merry Kiss-mas, and Snowflake Greetings! 

Lastly, you still have time to participate in this week's 

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #78: So Torn 

for a chance to win the entire November release!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!