Just A Note

I needed some music themed thank you cards for some friends who recently gave me a very special musical gift. In the process, I used the little heart note from CAS-ual Fridays to try it with this design, and I LOST it. I have looked for it for 2 days. Cleaned up my whole desk (a feat for sure) and it is nowhere to be found. SO I plan B'd and used this Treble Clef, which is fine, but the note was preferred. I am bummed. I do like the way this turned out, but am now obsessed with finding the lost note and I have run out of places to look.

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	The Greetery-Opposites Attract Stmps & Dies CAS-ual Fridays-Treble Clef Fri Die
Cardstock	80lb. Neenah Solar Crest Recollections 110 lb. Black Cardstock SU Real Red
Ink	VersaFine Onyx Black Versa Mark
Embellishments
Other	Cuttlebug Sheet Music Embossing Folder Gold EP Spellbinders Platinum Plus Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue Scor-Pal Score Tape-1" 3M foam tape

I'm playing at:

Paper Players #626 - Music

Die Cut Divas February Challenge - Add Some Gold

Krafty Chicks #649 - Stamp Act

Always

 

Time Out Challenge #224 begins today. This time we have a Theme Challenge of cancer awareness. I can't think of a person whose life hasn't been touched by some kind of cancer in some way,  whether we ourselves have fought or are fighting the fight, or whether is has impacted our loved ones, colleagues, etc. 

We are generously sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays. Owner Michelle Gross has sponsored this challenge at Time Out for several years. The cause is near and dear to her heart as it is to so many of us. Even though her store is officially closed, she prepared a prize especially for our challenge before she sold out her inventory. Thank you Michelle! We wish you every good thing.

In addition, we dedicate this one to Shery Russ, owner of STAMPlorations who has been so generous to us through the years. Shery is fighting her own battle right now. We send her love, hugs, support, strength and prayers as she continues on her journey. Her story is quite remarkable. You can read about her journey HERE.

With that said, someone very dear to me is on a journey through a very serious form of cancer. She is a survivor of breast cancer as am I, but this is something unrelated. It is so hard to wrap my head around the fact that she is going through this. So I made my card with her in mind. I so love this image from impression Obsession, and the sentiment from CASual Fridays goes perfectly, and together they speak volumes.

Please head 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!

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #632 - Stamp Act

You Are The Song In My Heart

It's time for a new challenge at Festive Friday where every challenge is an inspiration list based on a selected holiday/festivity from the traditional to the unusual. Challenge projects must include at least three items from the festivity inspiration list. Your project does not have to go with the challenge theme. You can just use 3 or more items from the inspo list for your creation.

Today's festivities are inspired by World Music Day, which takes place on June 21st.

The challenge runs from June 10th - June 20th.

I like to create a card for our challenge that goes with the theme. For this one, I had the design in my head almost as soon as I saw the challenge badge. I pulled out a Papertrey Ink set from way back in the wayback, called Rythm & Soul. It has a variety of instruments and wonderful sentiments to go with them. I stamped the guitar image with VersaFine Onyx Black ink on a piece of wood grain patterned paper and embossed it with clear embossing powder. I fussy cut and popped it up on an embossed background of musical notes, which I also popped up with fun foam on a red card base. I added a white heat embossed sentiment on black card stock from CAS-ual Friday's Love Notes stamp set, added some bling, and my card was complete.

  

I used music notes, black, white, instruments and embossing from the inspo list.

For more inspiration, be sure to visit the rest of the  Festive Friday Challenge Design team:

Ann Schach

Beth McCullough

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Melanie Hungerford

Helen Jennings

Stephanie Lanzalotto

Melva Peters

Jaydee

Diane Evans 

Joanne James

 

Let's Dance It Out

 

It's time for a new challenge at Festive Friday where every challenge is an inspiration list based on a selected holiday/festivity from the traditional to the unusual. Challenge projects must include at least three items from the festivity inspiration list. Your project does not have to go with the challenge theme. You can just use 3 or more items from the inspo list for your creation.

Today's festivities are inspired by International Dance Day, which takes place on April 29th. International Dance Day is a global celebration of dance, created by the Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute, the main partner for the performing arts of UNESCO. The event takes place every year on 29 April, which is the anniversary of the birth of Jean-Georges Noverre, the creator of modern ballet.

The challenge runs from April 15th to April 25th.

I like to create a card for our challenge that goes with the theme. For this one, I used CAS-ual Fridays Tutu stamps and dies. I just LOVE the images and sentiments in this set. I embossed a Neenah Solar White 80# piece of card stock with a Cuttlebug EF that I have had forever. I stamped, heat embossed and die cut my little dancer and popped her up on the dry embossed panel. I stamped the sentiment directly on to the dry embossed panel, mounted that panel with fun foam to my card base and my card was complete.

I used pink, dancer, embossing folder, music and die cut from the inspo list.

Come play with us! Remember that your project does not have to go with the challenge theme. You can just use 3 or more items from the inspo list for your creation!

For more inspiration, be sure to visit the rest of the Festive Friday Challenge Design team:

Ann Schach

Beth McCullough

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Melanie Hungerford

Helen Jennings

Stephanie Lanzalotto

Melva Peters

Jaydee

Diane Evans

Joanne James

I'm also playing at:

Can You handle The Pressure - AG Embossing Folder with a twist of Easter

I did not twist

Puppy Hugs

 Time Out #210 begins today, It's an Inspired By Words challenge where the inspiration words are "happiness is a warm puppy." The challenge runs from Thursday, March 24th to Wednesday, April 6th. We are generously sponsored by Newon's Nook.

Challenge winner as chosen by our Design Team will receive $25.00 in Newton'a Nook store credit. In addition, our winner will be eligible for a guest designer spot in a future Time Out challenge.

We welcome AsaJ of scrapat helt enkelt and winner of Time Out Challenge #206 as our Guest Designer for this challenge. Asa is a super talented paper crafter with a CAS style and mad coloring skills. Her blog is so inspiring. Go take a look and leave her some love!

 For my card I used a stamp set that has been in my stash forever - Friends Furever by MFT. I colored the main image with Copics and fussy cut it out. I had a heat embossed background panel in my snippets box that I made with CASual Fridays Heart To Heart background stamp that I die cut with a SSS dome die. I popped the background up with fun foam and adhered it to a kraft card case. I popped up the image with foam tape, added an embossed sentiment and my card was complete.

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

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #604 - All Occasions

Fab'n'Funky #547 - Hand Colored Images

Little Red Wagon #646 - Emboss Everything

I'm Here For You

Time Out #201 begins today, We are challenged to create a project inspired by the words "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" by Leonardo Da Vinci. 

 The challenge runs from Thursday, November 18h to Wednesday, December 1st.

We are generously sponsored by CAS-ual Friday Stamps. Challenge winner will receive a $25 gift voucher.

Challenge winner as chosen by the design team will be eligible for a guest designer spot in a future challenge.

To create my card, I used a retired CASual Fridays image and sentiment. I have a friend who is struggling with breast cancer, and this simple way of saying that I care is just right. 

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!

I'm also playing at:

Little Red Wagon #628 - No Patterned Paper

We're Here For You

 

Time Out #198 begins today, We are challenged to create something to acknowledge Breast Cancer Awareness Month and making a friendship or encouragement card with an optional twist of pink. The challenge runs from Thursday, October 7th to October 20th.

We are generously sponsored by CASual Fridays Stamps.

A $25.00 gift voucher will be given to a randomly drawn winner. Challenge winner as designated by the design team will be eligible for a guest designer spot in a future challenge.

To create my card, I used a white 110# card base. I popped up a gel print panel that was die cut with Spellbinders Rectangular Hemstitch Dies on which I stamped and heat embossed the Hope Ribbon from CASual Fridays along with a sentiment from the same set. I placed a tiny punched heart and old SU punch in in the middles of the ribbon image. That was it. Sadly, I have several people I can send this to at the moment. I am a survivor myself, and I can't tell you how much hope filled cards meant to me when I was sick.

 

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!

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #580 - Stamp Act

4-Seasons Challenge #49 - Think Pink

Friend

 

Time Out #193 begins today, We are challenged to create a card inspired by the words in the challenge badge below. The challenge runs from Thursday, July 29, 2021 to August 11, 2021.

Our wonderful sponsor is CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. Challenge winner will receive  $25.00 Gift Voucher to use in the CAS-ual Fridays Store.

Our winner also will have the opportunity to be a Guest Designer in a future challenge. Play along with us  for a chance to join our amazing Design Team as a Guest Designer and then have a blast shopping at 

CAS-ual Fridays with your prize voucher!

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the wonderfully talented Jen Wills of JENerally Speaking and winner of Time Out Challenge #190. Jen is an incredibly talented paper crafter. I love Jen's work, and I think you will too. Please treat yourself to a visit to her blog You are sure to be inspired.

For my card, I used one of the STAMPlorations Spring Florals A2 Card Fronts and added the "friend" die cut from black card stock from CAS-ual Fridays Sweet Friend Dies and a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp. I die cut that panel with Lawn Fawn's Scalloped Rectangle Dies. This is an incredibly simple make and I love the way it turned out.

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

Heart Of Gold & Stardust Soul

 

Time Out #187 is in progress. You still have until May 19th to play! We are challenged to create something with the word "MOVE" as our inspiration.

We are sponsored by Top Flight Stamps.

Challenge winner will receive a $25.00 gift voucher for the Top Flight Store.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Milla. Milla is a very talented paper crafter with mad coloring skills. Treat yourself to a stroll through her blog. You are sure to be inspired!

With this challenge, we say a warm and loving farewell to the mother of this challenge, Sandie Munro. You can read her message on the Time Out Blog HERE.

With that said, my card is dedicated to Sandie, a most wonderful, kind, compassionate and remarkable  human being. She remains supportive of all those around her despite her own challenges, as she faces them with such grace and strength. I have never had the delightful opportunity to meet Sandie in person, but that has not prevented our friendship from flourishing. 

As for my card, the colors are very off in this picture. It does not show well, that the die cut circle and the ballerina are purple - a color that always puts me in mind of Sandie. The sentiment is embossed in gold, which you also can't tell from this picture. It is beautiful, and it is so perfect for this wonderful woman. I will miss you very much here at Time Out, Sandie. Thank you for inviting me to design back in 2016. It has been and continues to be a joy. I look forward to seeing your signature CAS designs in the blog world, and I will not lose touch. As you move on with the grace of a ballerina, know that you are loved.

For My Love

Time Out Challenge #181 begins today.  We are challenged to create a card inspired by the photo below.

 Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is: 

Our Guest Designer this week is  Nancy of Nancy's Creative Mess. Nancy is a very talented crafter who often creates in a CAS style. Treat yourself to a visit to her wonderful blog, and show her some love.

To create my card, I used CAS-ual Fridays Heart Board Dies to cut several nesting hearts in shades of red and pink. I had these little rolled flowers in my snippet box for ages that look like the candied flowers on the cookies in the photo. I added them along with some stamped and die cut leaves from Altenew's Wings of Hope stamp and die sets. I popped the hears up with fun foam, and adhered them to the white panel debossed with Altenew's Doted Swirls Debossing Cover Die. The red card base is from Gina K. The sentiment is from CAS-ual Fridays Love Notes stamp set (retired). 

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

I'm also playing at:

Watercooler Wednesday #308 - All About Occasions

Day Of The Month Card Club #24 - Valentines

Always Fun #200 - Romantic/Love

Just Us Girls #570 - Valentine

Inkspirational #232 - Hearts

Moving Along With The Times #127 - Valentines/Love

Double D Challenges - Valentine Love

You're My Person

It's time for a new challenge at Less Is More. Challenge #432 is to make a Clean & Simple creation with the colors blue & silver or red and gold.

Our wonderful sponsor and awesome supporter is CAS-ual Friday Stamps.

We're joined by our fantastic August winner, Kathy K from Purple Princess Diaries. Please stop by her blog to see her wonderful art work and leave her some love.

For my card, I used CAS-ual Fridays Heart Board Dies to cut the nesting hearts out of blue and silver mirror card stock (the blue looks black in my photo...), and the arrow stamped with a sentiment from Cupid's Arrow Stamp Set (retired). The top panel is die cut with an Avery Elle Stitched Wonky Rectangle die. I love the way this turned out, and I will definitely send it to my person!

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 and for a 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. Good Luck!

I'm also playing at:

Fab 'N' Funky Challenge #501 - Anything Goes But Christmas

Watercooler Wednesday #296 - Anything Goes With A Feminine Twist

SSS Wednesday Challenge - Thinking Of You

So Sorry

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. This is our annual Breast Cancer Awareness challenge to create cards of encouragement with an optional twist of pink. Our wonderful sponsor is CAS-ual Fridays Stamps offering a prize of a $25.00 gift voucher to the challenge winner. Anyone who uses the optional twist will be entered into a drawing for this prize!

Our guest designer for this challenge is Dhruvika. Give yourself a treat and visit her blog for some wonderful inspiration. Her challenge card is amazing!

We all have been touched by breast cancer in some way. I am a survivor myself. I have a dear friend who is going through diagnosis and treatment at this time. She lost her mother to breast cancer years ago when she was a young woman.  I wanted to make a card for her to assure her that I will be with her as she steps through this. Her prognosis is good, but it's still so frightening and the fact that she lost her mom weighs heavily on her. I want to be with her every step of the way, so this is for her.

The pink and purple panel was made with sprays and a stencil. I embossed a sentiment from CAS-ual Fridays Hope Ribbon set from the Calling All Sistahs Collection on a black strip, popped it up and mounted the panel on Melon Mambo card stock.

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!

I'm also playing at:

Watercooler Wednesday #292 - Anything Goes With A Feminine Twist

Arty Divas #30 - Anything Goes