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CFC101: Stamp on patterned paper

It's CAS-ual Fridays time, folks! Have you ever stamped on patterned paper? I have to confess that I don't do it a lot, so this week's challenge was great to stretch myself and remember to try it more often.

 

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps is sponsoring this week, yay! All details about the prize here.

I combined three different sets and a few touches of gold to create my card: the branch is really a tree from this set, the tiny leaves are from this one and the sentiment, from this other set. I love how Michele's stamps can be combined so nicely :)

 

 

I hope you'll join the fun! Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend!

Thinking about you card: Cardstock/Canson; Patterned paper/Studio Calico; Stamps/CFS; Ink: brown/Memento, Versamark; Embossing powder/Ranger; Die/Memory Box; Twine: The Twinery.

Happy Birthday, Michele!

Hello, hello! Today is a very special day! It's Mrs CAS-ual Fridays birthday and the Girl Fridays are blog-hoppin' to celebrate her special day. We have all created a card for her. My blog is number 6. You should have arrived from Jingle's blog. Otherwise, you can start from the beginning here.

So this is my card for you, Michele! Thanks for having me in the team and for being a wonderful person to work with! You rock, madam, and I hope you have a blast today :)

My card was inspired by the CAS-ual Fridays colors. They're so pretty! Of course, CFS stamps were used.

Enough chatter! Next stop is Lindsay's blog. And here's the complete list:

Leigh Ann

Sanketi

Alice

Kelly

Jingle

Lorena <----- You're here

Lindsay

Sylvia

Deb

Jocelyn

AJ

Pamela

Angie

{The Ink Squad girls from CAS-ual Fridays are also hosting a blog hop for Michele! Is she loved or what?! You can follow along with them too: Dana, Karen, Kelly, Laurie, Lynn, Michelle, Piali, and Virginia!}

Thanks for visiting!

CFC99: It's a Birthday Bash!

 

Hello friends! Today's CAS-ual Fridays Challenge is a very special one, and not only because it's number 99. We're celebrating big this week! It's Michele's birthday, so it's the perfect time to show us your birthday creations CAS style :)

 

Sure there has to be more to it, right? Yes there is! This challenge will run for two weeks (more time for creating, yay!) and there's an a.ma.zing prize por the winner. Check it on the challenge blog here.

Ok, if we're having a birthday we need some birthday stuff, right? Like a party hat...

 

 

My trusty Cameo came to the rescue again. After I die cut the party hat twice, I customized it with the tiny diamond stamp from Only You and a sentiment from Woot Woot!. Oh, yes, and sequins. As everyone knows, if we're celebrating, we just need sequins. Ok, I just made that up, but aren't they cute all lined up? 

 

Now it's time to play! Have a wonderful weekend and thanks so much for visiting :)

Party on hat: Cardstock/Canson; Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays; Ink: assorted/Impress, black/Versafine; Die: (party hat) Silhouette; Other: sequins

CFC98: Glitter

 Hello friends! Welcome to a new CAS-ual Fridays challenge :) Are you ready to shine? (ok, bad joke...). This week we'd love to see clean and simple creations using glitter. Stickles are ok too.

 

Simon Says Stamp is sponsoring us this week. You can get a fantastic prize! Check the details here.

Last week I went crafty-shopping with a good friend and we found a gorgeous glittered craft foam. And unlike other foams like this I've seen before, ins this one the glitter stays where it's supposed to: on the foam, and not all over the place. And the colors were beautiful too! So I bought a few sheets. And here's the result:

 

My card uses the polka dot rows image from Only You heat embossed in clear and a partially stamped sentiment from Woot Woot! I completed the sentiment die cutting letters from said glitter craft foam and *gasp* I ventured the splatters road too. And I happen to like the result :)

 

 

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Make some noise card: Cardstock/Canson; Stamps/CAS-ual Fridays Stamps; Ink: black/Versafine, Versamark; Dies: letters/PTI; Other: Glitter craft foam, Studio Calico mist.

CFC97: Chevrons and Flowers

Hello friends! Yay for Fridays and for new challenges! This week at CAS-ual Fridays we're looking for clean and simple creations where two different elements are combined: chevron and flowers. Isn't it a match made in heaven? :)

Ellen Hutson is the sponsor for this challenge. Want to know something more about the prize she's offering? Check it here!

This time I challenged myself and tried to use the required elements in other way than stamping. So the chevrons were embossed on the card base, and the flowers are in the form of patterned paper. I combined two different sentiments and heat embossed them in gold. Don't you love the gold trend? Well, I do!

 

And a close up

I hope you'll give a try to this fun challenge. Happy weekend and thanks for visiting!

Welcome Baby card: Cardstock/Canson; Patterned paper/Echo Park; Stamps: welcome/Avery Elle, baby/Technique Tuesday; Ink/Versamark; Embossing powder/Ranger; Embossing folder/Hero Arts; Other: wood bird/Studio Calico, twine/The Twinery.

CFC96: Tricky Bunny

Happy Easter, friends! It's time for a new CAS-ual Fridays challenge and, of course, this week we'd love to see your clean and simple Easter or Spring creations... but they can't be cards ;) Think tags, banners, treat containers, gift bags. There are so many possibilities!

 

 

Timeless Twine is sponsoring the challenge this week. All the details can be found on the challenge blog.

 My Easter creation is a set of cupcake toppers.

 

I die cut the bunnies with the Cameo and the circles and scalloped circles with the Big Shot. See the tails? I finally justified having so many colors of Liquid Pearls, ha! And of course, a bit of twine finishes the toppers.

 You can have a look here at the super cute Easter projects created by the Girl Fridays.

Thanks for visiting and happy weekend!

Bunny toppers: Cardstock: white/Canson, teal, yellow, green/DCWV; Patterned paper: Doodlebug; Dies: circle/Spellbinders, scalloped circle/PTI, bunnies/Silhouette; Other: assorted liquid pearls/Ranger, assorted twine/The Twinery.

CFC95: No Stamps

Eeeek! Yeah, you read that right! We have a new challenge for you this week at CAS-ual Fridays and it's no other than creating a clean & simple project without any stamping on it. Now, that's a real challenge!

SRM stickers is sponsoring us this week (details here) and they generously sent some of their wonderful stickers for the Girl Fridays too. Sadly, living in Bolivia my package will be arriving probably next Christmas, so I had to manage without stickers. Can't wait to play with them, though, and I'll be sure to post some projects when they arrive :)

Well, what does a girl when she can't stamp? Obvious! She die cuts like crazy!

And here's the result. A sunburst card cut with the Cameo and letters cut with the Big Shot from patterned paper and mounted on craft foam for dimension, which is much easier than cutting a gazillion little pieces of foam tape to pop up the letters. Just die cut the letters from craft foam and adhere the patterned paper ones on top. Easy :)

The Girl Fridays will simply amaze you here with their no stamping creations.

Happy weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Hello card: Cardstock: all Canson; Patterned paper/American Crafts; Dies: sunburst card/Silhouette, letters/Lifestyle Crafts; Other: Craft foam.

CFC94: Chipboard

Hello there! It's time for a new CAS-ual Fridays Challenge and this time we'd love to see some chipboard in your clean and simple creations. Let's put that chipboard stash to good use!

 

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps is sponsoring us this week. Yeah! Head on to the blog to find out about the awesome prize up for grabs.

Ok, so let's talk chipboard... I used it to die cut some cute balloons, and finished them with microbeads. They add such a great texture! The background was made with some reverse masking and the sentiment is from this CFS set. Who said you can't use Christmas stamps all year round? :)

 

Here's a closer look at the microbeads. I'm specially loving the gold ones!

That's it from me! Check all the wonderful cards the Girl Fridays have created with chipboard to inspire you this week.

Thanks for visiting and happy, happy weekend!

Celebrate card: Cardstock/Canson; Stamp: Casual Fridays; Ink: Tumbled Glass/Distress Ink, Versamagic; Embossing powder: gold/Ranger; Die: balloon/PTI; Microbeads/American Crafts; Other: twine.

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Hello and happy Thursday! Today I'm on the CFS blog with some of the cards I made with their latest release.

Living in Bolivia is fantastic, but the postal sistem not so much and it took like forever for the stamps to reach me! But they're finally here in all their gorgeousness! I would love if you could take a minute to stop by the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog to see what I made. Oh, and you can shop for CFS stamps here.

Thanks so much and have a fantastic day!

CFC93: Color blocking

Hi there! Time for a new CAS-ual Fridays Challenge. Are you ready for some color blocking?

 

This week it's about CAS creations where color blocks are the star of the show. Use ink, cardstock, paper, tape... whatever you'd like :) CurCatdstock.com is sponsoring us this week, all details here.

 

I chose to play with bright cardstock, and started by die cutting squares and assembling them to a piece of cardstock. Then, I heat embossed this pretty CFS flower and this Mama Elephant sentiment, and adhered the pannel with foam tape.

You'll find some amazing color blocking inspiration from the Girl Fridays at the challenge blog. Have a great weekend and thatks for stopping by!

Color blocking card: Cardstock: black/Canson, red, pink, turquoise/American Crafts; Stamps: flower/CFS, sentiment/Mama Elephant; Ink/Versamark; Embossing powder/Ranger; Die/PTI.