CAS-ual Fridays #63: Color Challenge

It's CAS-ual Fridays time!

If you love color challenges, this is the week for you! 

Create a CAS card using the above color palette: lime, aqua, and navy! 

(Colors can vary per monitor, so just somewhere in those color ranges!)

I dug into my scrap basket and pulled out all the random lime, aqua, and navy scraps I could find. Then I ran them through the Big Shot with my hexagon die, fun and easy! 

Come play with us and you might be the lucky winner of the $20 gift certificate 

from this week's sponsor: Stop and Scrap!

Be sure and check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the Girl Fridays, 

plus all the great entires already submitted at CAS-ual Fridays #63! 

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

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

You Are Special

Happy Sunday! Hope you are having a great weekend! I can't believe how fast it's gone by! Eeeek!

I thought these colors from The Play Date Cafe Challenge #142 were so beautiful, I had to play along! They were tricky for me, maybe because I became fixated on using that October Afternoon journaling card with the pencil! hehe! Because I have 5,782 cards (most boxed up and going to Operation Write Home), I've decided my new thing is that I can only make cards that I have a planned use and/or recipient for! What do you think? Good plan?!

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

Recipe

Stamps: October Afternoon Report Card.

Cardstock: SU So Saffron, Very Vanilla, and retired DSP; October Afternoon Cakewalk patterned paper & journaling card.

Ink: SU Brilliant Blue.

Accessories: Big Shot, Argyle Embossing Folder, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Extra Large Oval Punch, 7/8" Cotton Ribbon, October Afternoon Mini Market letter stickers.

Perfectly Preserved: You're Fantastic

Happy Saturday! Just finished the first week back to work and didn't stamp one night, egads! I did read books, however, so maybe that's the deal...I'll have to choose reading or stamping?! haha!

I loved these fun colors from the Colour Q#147 challenge and paired them with the CASology #3 Fruit challenge. Luckily I had that darling Perfectly Preserved jar set to work with! *smile* 

Now, should I go try to stamp some more or start a new book. Hmmmmmm...

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

Recipe

Stamps: Perfect Preserved, Perfect Words (retired)

Cardstock: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss.

Ink: Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Early Espresso.

Accessories: Big Shot, Perfectly Preserved Framelits dies, Washi tape.

Perfectly Penned: Thank You

Happy Wednesday! My 3rd day back to work, preparing training for In Service, but I'm kind of enjoying it. Shhhhh, don't tell anyone! 

I've been in need of some thank you cards so I whipped this up for a couple dear to me. I used the Unscripted Sketch #168. A few more layers and details than my normal, hmmm. I was staring at my plain cotton twill ribbon and was struck with the idea that it needed chevrons, so through the Big Shot it went. Very cool. Definitely need to try with more embossing folders and maybe inked up embossing folders? I've always been afraid of (too lazy for) the mess, but it may be worth it.

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

CAS-ual Fridays #62: Back In Black

It's CAS-ual Fridays time! Come join us for this week's 

CAS-ual Fridays #62: Back In Black...make a CAS card with a black card base!

You might be the lucky winner of a $20 gift certificate from 

Lil Inker Designs, this week's sponsor! 

When I checked out their website, I couldn't help myself and ordered 

the darling Rainbows and Clouds Die Set. SO cute! 

I wanted to use it in a different way, if possible.

I saw a smiley face.

Because I'm a teacher?! Hmmm.

DH saw only the letter "U".

I bent back the edges.

Sent a pic to a friend, she agreed, smiley face.

She's a teacher too. Hmmm.

What do you think?!

I hope you'll come play along with this week's challenge. The black card bases are fun! 

Check out all the great inspiration from the Girl Fridays and the submissions so far!

I can't wait to see your fantastic take on the challenge!

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

Recipe

Finished size: 6 1/2" x 3 1/4"

Stamps: SU Tiny Talk (retired).

Cardstock: SU Basic Black and Real Red polka dot DSP.

Ink: Versamark.

Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Big Shot, Woodgrain Embossing Folder (SU Holiday Mini catalog), and Lil Inker Designs Rainbow and Clouds Die Set.

Cakewalk Thank You

Happy Sunday! It's been way too long since I played along with Jen's fabulous Sketch For You To Try, so that's where I've been playing this afternoon! I used some yummy new Cakewalk by October Afternoon that I picked up at The Crafty Scrapper last week. Sweet!


Hope you are staying cool wherever you are! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!




Recipe
Cardstock: SU Crumb Cake, October Afternoon Cakewalk patterned paper.
Accessories: Big Shot, SU Argyle Embossing Folder, Clear & Simple Stamps Lower Case Alphabet Die, Cappuccino baker's thread from The Twinery, die cut sticker and button from October Afternoon's Cakewalk.http://iheart2stamp.com/2012/07/07/july-sketch-for-you-to-try-2/

Owl Occasions: happy birthday

Eeeek! Another owl card! I promise something different tomorrow! :)

This is the first card I made with Owl Occasions when I met friends for a day of papercrafting at The Crafty Scrapper earlier this week. I used the Clean and Simple FTL #199 sketch for this, always a great place to go to get your mojo moving!

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

Recipe

Stamps: Owl Occasions.

Cardstock: Crumb Cake.

Ink: Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green, Staz-on On Brown.

Accessories: Raspberry Ripple Dahlia.

Owl Occasions: Party

More cute owls! I spent yesterday crafting with some friends at The Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie and this is one of the cards I whipped up. Well, mostly whipped up. I had to wait until I got home to add the black ribbon and complete the final assembly! You know how it's hard to pack EVERYTHING you own and might need when you stamp away from home, right?!


The other day I posted this card that I had thought I was making for the Colour Q #146 challenge, but I had forgotten the Kraft. So, I tried again! hehe!


Enjoy your Friday and hold your loved ones close. I think we're all reeling from the shooting in Colorado, so hard to understand. Thoughts and prayers with those families.


Thanks for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!




Recipe
Stamps: Owl Occasions (Holiday Mini Catalog).
Ink: Memento Black, Real Red.
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Summer Smooches & Orchard Harvest (Holiday Mini Catalog) DSP.
Accessories: 5/8" Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon.

Owl Occasions: Thank You

Cute little guy, right?! 

I'm pretty sure I didn't need another owl set, but here he is anyway! 

He'll be available in the new Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini catalog available August 1. 

He comes with a cute Christmas cap and stockings too! :)

I used the Freshly Made Sketches #44 for this one, fell together pretty quickly, 

although I just noticed I didn't put the sentiment in the right place! Doh! Am I disqualified?! *wink*

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

Recipe

Stamps: Owl Occasions, Itty Bitty Banners.

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Primrose Petals, Early Espresso, Orchard Harvest DSP (Holiday Mini catalog).

Ink: Raspberry Ripple, Staz-On Timber Brown.

Accessories: Big Shot, Woodgrain Embossing Folder (Holiday Mini catalog), Itty Bitty Banners Framelits, Delicate Doilies Sizzlits, Linen Thread, Stampin' Dimensionals.

Perfectly Preserved: Just For You

Happy Wednesday! How is the week going by so fast?! This is my last week of summer vacation, but I'm trying not to think about it, shhhhh. I agreed to go back three weeks early to help with In Service prep since the Teacher Trainer is having her baby girl any day now! Let's just say they made me an offer I couldn't refuse! *wink*

Here's a little card I started last night and finished this morning. I was playing along with Retro Sketches #40 and I *thought* the Colour Q #146 challenge, but I just noticed that I forgot the Kraft color, argh! So I could go back and add some Kraft, or just Let It Be. I guess you see what I am choosing! 

The exciting news...I'm using the new Perfectly Preserved set from the Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini catalog that is available for purchase August 1. You can't tell why I'm excited from this card, but it's because this set has a mason jar and matching die! Yay! So clearly I need to go play with it some more! *smile* 

Oh, and the hexagon background thingy...in case you missed the last time I used it here, I created it online for free from this website. The piece on this card is actually a scrap leftover from that last card, so see, it pays off to leave things lying on your desk for 8 weeks! 

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


Recipe
Stamps: Perfectly Preserved.
Cardstock: Whisper White, Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP (Holiday Mini).
Ink: Basic Black, Real Red, Pear Pizazz.
Accessories: Pear Pizazz Ribbon, Whisper White button, Big Shot, Bitty Banners Framelits, Stampin' Dimensionals, white perle cotton.