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Less Is More #472 starts today and ends on September 9th. We are challenged to create a Clean & Simple card using Vellum. 

My card features the Jumbo Curiosity Dragonfly Die Cut from The Greetery. I cut it from a remnant of Alcohol Inked card stock placed the over a die cut circle of vellum from a wedding invitation. I adhered my dragonfly and vellum circle to an embossed circle created with one of the dies from the PinkFresh Braided Circles Die Set. The sentiment is from The Gray Muse's You Grow Girl stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed with Wow Clear EP.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple which we define as designs that include large areas of CLEAR AND CLEAN space with NO PATTERN, NO INK and NO TEXTURE See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

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Poinsettia Thank You

 

Time Out #204 begins today, We are challenged to create a project with the theme of "New". So much room for interpretation there. Since it is New Year's Eve that is certainly an option, but there are so many other places to take it.

The challenge runs from Thursday, December 30th to Wednesday, January 12th. We are generously sponsored by Uniko.

Challenge winner as chosen by our Design Team will receive an in-stock stamp set of their choice from the Uniko store. In addition, our winner will be eligible for a guest designer spot in a future challenge.

With this last challenge of 2021 and "new" as the inspiration, we introduce and welcome our two new design team members. We are so happy to have Nancy and Aarthi join our team.

Also joining us for this challenge, we have the incredibly talented Chrissie Stokes of Simply one of a Kind. Chrissie was our Winner of Challenge #201. She is the co-founder of Less Is More Clean and simple challenge, and the Queen of Clean and Simple card making. Treat yourself to a stroll through Chrissie's blog and you will be sure to get your creative juices flowing!

My card is all about new crafting goodies from 4 different sources. Altenew's Perfect Poinsettias 3D embossing folder, Waffle Flower's Layered Poinsettia Die, Nordic Frames Die from The Greetery and sentiment from SSS CZ Designs All The Thanks stamps and dies.

Please hop on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

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You're Doin' Great!

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out!!! Time Out Challenge #165 is a Theme Challenge - Days Gone By. This could be anything that has to do with the past. Any memory that you have, person you admire, scrapbook page documenting your family history, a vintage outfit, a phrase, and old fashioned word, a style of card you used to make, life before isolation... you get the drift. There is an optional twist to add embellishments.

We are generously sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.

Our Guest Designer is Claire  of Life On The Scrap Heap. Claire is a top notch designer whose creations are always greatly inspiring.  Claire's art is fabulous from design to coloring. Treat yourself to a stroll through her blog for some awesome inspiration.

I thought this Doing Great stamp from CAS-ual Fridays was just perfect for our theme of 'Days Gone By'. I stamped and heat embossed it on a background that I created with alcohol inks and water. To frame it out, I die cut the stamped panel with a Spellbinders Rectangle Hemstitched Die and popped it up onHero Arts Sea Mix Layering Paper.

Please hop on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Claire and our Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

There's Life After Chaos

It's time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS. Our Code Word for ATCAS Challenge #181 is TEXTURE. Angie is our hostess!

For my card, I used an alcohol ink panel from my stash that I just LOVE. It reminded me of the ocean. I just received an order form Picket Fence Studios, and decided to use images from 2 of the sets I received: Swim In The Sea, and Things On The Sea Floor. I stamped the turtle on my AI panel, then masked it and stamped the seaweed, etc. What I learned is that when you use juicy ink on Yupo paper, it does not dry quickly. I should have realized that since I know it is "plastic". Because of that, the masking paper lifted some of the black ink (versaFine Onyx Black). It looked so gorgeous to me though, that I left it as is even though I would rather have had crisper images. Maybe I could have cleaned them from the Yupo panel and started over, but I was afraid to mess up that gorgeous panel. I made a note to self for next time. I love the look of this. I thought the sentiment was so perfect for these times. Looking forward to life after chaos, but my family is all being totally compliant in the meantime. I hope you are too. It's a matter of life and death. 

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog, take a look at the wonderful inspiration pieces the Design Team has created for your inspiration, and make something to share in the gallery. Challenge winner will be offered a Guest Designer spot for a future challenge. Happy crafting!

Please remember that this is a CAS challenge. Here is a definition to remind you: