Grieving With You

I was looking through my list of challenge blogs today, and saw the colors for CAS On Friday.

 I love them, and immediately went to work using other inspiration from other challenges to create this sympathy card. I completed the card, and then it hit me! By my definition, the card I created is NOT a CAS card. Too much patterned space! Ugh. Still, I really love the way it turned out and though I am not entering it in the CAS On Friday challenge, there is plenty of inspiration from other places where it fits.

Supplies:

Paper: Neenah Solar White 110# and 80#, Patterned paper that came as a gift in a stamp order.

Stamps: Altenew Flower Arrangement

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, PTI Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Ocean Tides, Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold.

Accessories: Altenew Flower Arrangement Dies, MFT Stitched Scallop Basic Edge Dies.

I'm playing at:

TGIFC218 - Sympathy

Inkspirational #190 - Three or Five

Daring Cardmakers - Cut It Up

Make patterned papers the main focus of your project.

Watercooler Wednesday #227 - All About Occasions

Sympathy

SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown #434 - Keep It Simple

Double D Challenges - Pick A Pattern

Two Hearts

Time for a new challenge at Addicted To CAS where the Code Word is WEDDING. Our Hostess with the mostest is Vicki.

To make my card, PTI's (retired) Love & Marriage stamp set immediately came to mind. I tossed around a few ideas for my design, and finally settled on this very simple image and sentiment. I heat embossed the heart/silhouette in red and added the sentiment (I love that font!) below. I tested a few different embellishments including silver flecks, but in the end, I left it very plain adding just one rhinestone to give it a bit of sparkle.

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:

Supplies:

Stamps ~ PTI Love & Marriage

Ink ~ VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black

Paper ~ Neenah Solar White 110#

Accessories ~ Flat back rihnestone, Wow Embossing Powder, MISTI

I'm also playing at:

Addicted To Stamps and More #346 - Anything Goes

Retro Rubber Challenge #113 - Anything Goes

Moving along With The Times #100 - CAS

Hello

It's time for a new challenge at Less Is More. This time it is a ONE LAYER CARD with a theme of  SPOTS. There are so many ways to interpret the theme such as: 

a dot, speck, speckle, fleck, smudge, smear, stain, blotch, blot, splash, daub, place, location, site, 

position, point, situation, scene, setting, neighborhood... The possibilities are many. Just remember that there must be lots of clean white space on your card.

Our sponsor is Uniko Stamp Company.

April Winner, Maria Rodriguez, is Guest Designer for this cahellenge. She has an ecclectic style. Take a stroll though her blog and you will surely be inspired.

For my card, I dug deep into my stash and resurrected Papertrey Ink's (retired) Bits and Buttons stamp set and Simon Says Stamp Hello You. I used a variety of PTI inks for my spots, and VersaFine Onyx Black for the sentiment.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog, See what Maria and the Design Team have created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations and have chance to win. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages. Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space. All challenge details are on the Less Is More blog.

I'm also playing at:

Global Design Project #194

Addicted To Stamps and More #346 - Anything Goes

Moving Along With The Times #100 - CAS

Wow That's Fantastic!

Time Out Challenge #138 is up and running with the theme of FUNNY.

Our challenge is sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays. Winner will receive a $25.00 gift voucher for the CAS-ual Fridays store. 

Milla is our Guest Designer. Milla is a very talented paper crafter with an eclectic style and mad coloring skills! Do treat yourself to a visit to her blog and leave her some love. You'll be so glad you did.

For my card, I stamped "WTF" from sponsor stamps WTF2 using VersaFine Vintage Sepia ink on a piece of patterned paper from BasicGrey Kioshi collection. I then cut it out and adhered it to a strip of another paper from the same collection. I added a thin strip of copper colored glitter paper from American Crafts beneath it, stamped the sentiment from WTF2, and added a graphic design from sponsor stamps Bold Wishes.

Please head over to the Time Out Challenges Blog to see what Milla and the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration. Play with us to share your creation, and a chance to win a prize from CAS-ual Fridays. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

I'm also playing at:

ATSAM # 346 - Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers June CAS Challenge - Funny

Shopping Our Stash #398 - You're So Punny

Always Fun Challenge #115 - Punny

You Are My Life's Anchor

Time for a new challenge at Addicted To CAS where the Code Word is FATHER. Our Hostess with the mostest is Jaydee.

To make my card, I first went through my stash to find a sentiment that spoke to me, and built my card from there. I had a dark blue anchor at first, but it was hard to see the word "DAD", so I unglued and re-did. I am much happier with this version. I also added some spatters and the knot too.

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:

Supplies:

Stamps ~ Altenew's Precious Moments

Ink ~ VersaFine Onyx Black, Ranger Distress Oxide Weathered Wood

Paper ~ Neenah Solar White 110# and 80#, SU Night Of Navy and Brushed Silver, Authentique Loyal Collection

Accessories ~ Paper Smooches Anchor die, Lawn Fawn's Cole's ABCs dies, Avery Elle Wonky Stitches dies, SU Rope Twine.

I'm also playing at:

ATSAM #344 - Clean And Simple

Addicted To Stamps Challenge #175

For A Boy/Man

Thanks

(as in duck egg blue and any plum/deep purple)

It's time for a new challenge at Less Is More. We are challenged to make a CAS card or cards with the colors of Duck Egg Blue, Plum/Deep Purple, and white.

Our sponsor is Uniko Stamp Company.

For my card, I used Uniko's Natures Treasures II Stencil with Distress Oxide Inks and a sentiment from Uniko's Paradise Hummingbird stamp set. I added a few clear arcyllic halfback pearls as an embellishment. Very simple!

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog, See what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations and have chance to win. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages. Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space. All challenge details are on the Less Is More blog.

I'm also playing at:

A Place To Start - June 2019 Challenge - Stencil Me In - Use Your Favorite Stencil

Shopping Our Stash #397 - Stencil Me This

One Touch Of Nature

Time Out Challenge #137 is up and running. The theme is NATURE, with a twist of creating a one layer card. 

Our challenge is sponsored by Uniko. A winner will be chosen at random to receive an in-stock stamp set of their choice. There's a twist there too! In order to be in to win, you must do our twist of creating a one layer card.

Another winner will be chosen by our Design Team to join us as Guest Designer on a future challenge.

Lise is our Guest Designer. Lise is a very talented designer with an eclectic style. She often creates wonderful scenes and has mad coloring skills! Do treat yourself to a visit to her blog and leave her some love. You'll be so glad you did.

For my card, I sponged the large leaf from Uniko's Nature's Treasures II stencil on a Ninah Solar White card base with 3 green shades of Distress Oxide Ink. I added a sentiment from a Stampin' Up set that was buried deep in my stash - A Touch Of Nature (2005).

Please head over to the Time Out Challenges Blog to see what Lise and the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration. Play with us to share your creation, and twist with us to have a chance to win a prize from Uniko. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

I'm also playing at:

Shopping Our Stash #397 - Stencil Me This

A Place To Start - June 2019 Challenge - Stencil Me In - Use Your Favorite Stencil

Joy To The World

The June Christmas challenge is up and running at Happy Little Stampers. The theme is Anything Goes Christmas with an optional twist of NON TRADITIONAL. For my card, I used some patterned paper with traditional red and green, but also pink, blue and polka dots which I think deviates from the traditional. I had hoped that the glue I used to tack the vellum down was not going to show through the vellum when it dried, but it did. I was going to re-make the card, but I liked the way it turned out so much though, that I left it as is. The JOY die cut is stacked on 3 layers pf pink card stock, and the rest of the sentiment on the little banner die cut is heat embossed.

Please head over to Happy Little Stampers JUNE Christmas Challenge and see what the Design Team has created to inspire you. Christmas cards made throughout the year = less stress when Christmas rolls around in December. Be good to yourself and play with us!

I'm also playing at:

The 12 Months Of Christmas Link Up #54

The Holly And Ivy Christmas Challenge #51

Merry Little Christmas Challenge - MLCCB #11