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CFC76: Kraft On!

Hi crafty friends! This Friday is going to be great! Not only we get a new CAS-ual Fridays Challenge, but also it's time for the store debut of the shiny new CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. Yay! The 5 shiny new sets from the October release were revealed yesterday here, and the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Store is opening it's doors today. You can't miss it!

The challenge for this week is all about kraft. Who doesn't love yummy kraft?

I hope you can join us with a CAS creation that includes kraft. The winner will receive a CAS-ual Fridays Stamps gift certificate!!!

This time my inspiration project is not a card. I made two baby tags instead using the Big Thanks set to show you how versatile CAS-ual Fridays Stamps can be.

See those baby bibs? Thet were made with the circular graphic stamp included in the set. I stamped it on patterned paper, cut out the inside with scissors and added a twine bow.

For the sentiment, I used the word "little" from the "Little card, BIG thanks" sentiment. I just love how partial stamping or masking can double the versatility of your stamps :)

That's it from me today! Check out the tons of wonderful inspiration using kraft and CAS-ual Fridays Stamps provided by the rest of the Girl Fridays in the Challenge Blog.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill; Stamps: (Big Thanks set) Cas-ual Fridays Stamps; Ink: Memento, White Distress Stain; Patterned paper: Echo Park; Stickers: Cosmo Cricket; Die: (tag) PTI; Other: twine, jute string.

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Sneak Peek: Big Thanks

Hello and welcome to a very special post! Last Friday Michele made the big announcement and this week the Girl Fridays are helping to introduce the first release of the wonderful CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. I've been itching to share this big news! There has been such a huge excitement going on behind the scenes for the last two months! Michele is a wonderful, talented and generous woman and I wish her the bigger success ever with this fabulous stamps.

So let's get to the point! You'll be interested to know that...

::: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps are made in the USA from the finest quality photopolymer.

::: The Girl Fridays will be sharing sneak peeks from October 20 to the 24. Some very special guests will be joining the fun too! A new set will be featured daily and you can comment on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog for a chance to win the showcased set. Deadline for commenting is October 24th at 11:50 PM EDT.

::: The whole October release will be available for sale on Friday, October 26th. The launch of the store website will be announced on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog.

::: Winners will be announced on Thursday, October 25th on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog. Good luck everyone!

::: And of course, don't forget to play at this week's CAS-ual Fridays Challenge! You can win the whole release, woohooo!

Now, let me introduce you to Big Thanks. This set is such a must have! Thank You along with Birthdays is probably the most popular occasion to give a card, and this set has a lot of bases covered, wether you are in America, Europe or Asia :) You'll find thank you sayings in... 9 different languages!!! Including my Mother language, Spanish, which makes me pretty happy! It also includes 3 great graphic images perfect for building your backgrounds.

I used the smaller graphic image to stamp a rainbow background in my card and heat embossed the longer "thank you" strip in white.

Now go check on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog the wonderful cards that Friday Girls Lisa, Laurie and Piali created with this set, and don't forget to comment for a chance to win it!

Thanks so much for visiting and sharing our excitement about CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: Big Thanks from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps; Ink: Memento, Versamark; Embossing powder: American Crafts.

 

 

 

CFC75: Over the Edge

Hey there, friends! Welcome to the newest CAS-ual Fridays challenge! Are you excited to find out more about the BIG announcement? I bet you are! But first, a bit more about this week's challenge ;)

We would love to see clean and simple cards with an element that extends over the edge. Easy peasy and trendy too, right? And of course, our challenge has a sponsor for this week. A very special one, indeed! All of us Girl Fridays are using stamp designs from this sponsor on our inspiration cards, but you'll have to head over to the CAS-ual Fridays Blog to find more about this whole huge affair...

Here's my card. The bold "big" word was stamped, and so was the bottom scalloped edge.

The banner, tiny heart and letters were die cut and some lovely twine from The Twinery finished the card.

All the Girl Fridays are showcasing our sponsor's stamps today, and the Facebook Team will be posting tons of inpiration too. You don't want to miss it!!! And that's all I can say ;)

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: provided by this week's awesome sponsor; Ink: Versafine; Dies: (letters) Lifestyle Crafts, (banner) PTI, (heart) Memory Box; Markers: Copic; Twine: The Twinery.

 

CFC74: Put your {heart} into it

Hello, hello! Welcome to a new CAS-ual Fridays challenge! We all put our heart into the cards we make, right? Well, this week we are asking you to literally include a heart in a clean and simple project ;)

I {heart} Papers is our sponsor for this week and they're giving a fabulous gift certificate to a lucky winner. Find out all the details at the Challenge Blog!

This time I mixed clean and simple with a little dash of cute. Lots of stamping, paper piecing, a bit of washi tape and loads of die cut hearts here.

 

You can visit the challenge blog to see all the awesome inspiration the rest of the Girl Fridays have for you there, and don't forget to visit our Facebook page for yet more daily gorgeous creations.

Thanks so much for visiting, I hope you have a great weekend!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: (background, sentiment) Hero Arts, (truck) PTI; Ink: (blue) Hero Arts, (black) Versafine; Patterned paper: Echo Park, My Mind's Eye; Die: (hearts) Memory Box; Decorative tape: K&Co.

CAS-ual Fridays New Little Sister!

Hi everyone! So... you probably have been hiding under a rock if you haven't heard that something very exciting is going to happen at CAS-ual Fridays :D

My lips are sealed for now, but believe me, this little sister is going to knock your creative socks off! You will have to wait until October 19th for the BIG news, but meanwhile you can visit the CAS-ual Fridays Blog or click on the above image to join all this exciting buzz and get a chance to win an amazing prize. Come on! What are you waiting for? ;)

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!

Happy (belated) World Card Making Day!

Hello, my crafty friends! And as the title of this post says, Happy World Card Making Day! I'm joining the festivities one day late because we were out of town for a couple of days visiting my "baby" brother.

Why did I chose to make a Thankful card for today? Well, I guess I have a lot of things to be thankful for related to this hobby we share: from discovering that apparently there is a creative girl in me (who would have said???, to the amazing friends I've met from all over the world, and everything in between. I'm thankful for Ana (as is my son Rodrigo for her son Leo) and Alicia, for Yuki and Virginia, for Michele,and all the CAS-ual Fridays gang, for Karolyn, Susan, Amy... well, the list is endless :)

So, without further ado, here's my 2012 World Card Making Day contribution (oh, yeah, I'm thankful for pretty supplies and fabulous tools too. This is my first card using my brand new Silhouette Cameo!).

 

The card started with the "Thankful" word die cut from patterned paper with the Cameo. Next came the stamped sentiment. Finally I die cut and stamped the leaf twice, stamped inside the leaf with another ink color (and a stamp from the same set that miraculously was a perfect match!) and finished everything with a rhinestone.

I'm entering this card in the current Cameo Spotlight Challenge (#5). I love to be able to finally join all the fun that's going on there :D

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: PTI; Ink: (Harvest, Fig) Fresh Ink; Patterned paper: Basic Grey; Cutting file: Silhouette Store; Rhinestone: Hero Arts.

CFC73: For the Girls

Hello and happy, happy Friday! Welcome to a new CAS-ual Fridays Challenge. As you probably know, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the United States, so this week we're creating cards For the Girls. I hope you can join us.

Our sponsor for this week is the fab Simon Says Stamp. They are giving away a fantastic gift certificate to the winner, who will also be our Guest Designer for next month, yay! You'll find all the details on the CAS-ual Fridays blog.

My card for this week is a one layer with stamping as the star of the show. I stamped the beautiful Hero Arts roses and accented them with a Copic marker and colored pencils. The sentiment is from Joy's Life Stamps, and the whole front pannel was debossed with PTI's Canvas impression plate.

 

We would love to see your clean and simple creations made For the Girls. You can see here the beautiful cards created by the Girl Fridays for this week, and some very special ones by the Facebook Team showcasing a new set by A Muse as part of their Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign. All details can be found on the A Muse Facebook page.

Thanks for visiting and have a lovely weekend!

Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: Hero Arts, Joy's Life; Ink: (pink) Memento, (black) Versafine; Colored pencils: Faber Castell; Debossing plate: PTI; Corner chomper.