Thursday, April 18, 2013

CFC99 - Like a boss

Happy Friday to all!  I'm here with an extra special CAS-ual Fridays challenge for ya!  Check it:
CFC99: Create a clean and simple birthday card

This challenge is extra special, because
1. It commemorates Michele's birthday,
2. You have 2 whole weeks to play along, and
3.  The winner will receive an extra big prize from our sponsor:

Yep, this week's winner will receive a whopping $45 to spend in the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps store!  Awesome!  And speaking of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps, those are what I used to create this paper yummy:

This card came together pretty quickly.  I used several patterned papers from Crate Paper along with stamps from the Rad and Woot Woot sets.  Here's a close-up of the sentiment:
I hope you'll play along with this special challenge!  Remember, you have TWO weeks to play along.  Thanks so much for looking!

Supplies: card stock: Georgia Pacific; patterned papers: Crate Paper; stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps; ink: Tsukineko; corner rounder: We R Memory Keepers

Thursday, April 11, 2013

CFC98 - Hello

Happy Friday to all!  I'm here today with a fun new challenge from CAS-ual Fridays!  Check it:
CFC98: Use glitter on your clean and simple project

And the sponsor for this week's challenge is the wonderful Simon Says Stamp.  The winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to spend in the Simon store.  Awesome!

For this week's card, I used one color of Stickles glitter glue over three different colored inks to create this paper yummy:

I started by stamping the solid butterfly from the Paper Smooches Flap Happy set in three different colors of Memento ink.  Then I added the dotted "trail" and the antennae in the same ink color.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink, then applied Diamond Stickles over the trails and the butterflies.  Diamond has got to be my favorite color of Stickles, because it takes on the color of whatever is underneath it and is very versatile.  Here's a close-up:

I hope you'll play along with this week's challenge.  You have until next Thursday at noon EST to do so.  Thanks so much for looking!

Supplies: card stock: Recollections (black), Stampin' Up (white); stamps: Paper Smooches; inks: Tsukineko; glitter glue: Ranger; corner rounder: We R Memory Keepers

Thursday, April 4, 2013

CFC97 - Thankful for you

Hello, and happy Friday!  I hope everybody had a lovely Easter.  We went over to some friends' house and had such a great time, eating yummy food, dying eggs, hunting eggs, eating more yummy food...it was a lot of fun!  Today I'm here with this week's challenge from CAS-ual Fridays!
CFC97: Use both chevrons and flowers in your clean and simple project.

And this week's challenge is sponsored by the oh-so-fabulous Ellen Hutson!  The winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to spend here.

I love both of the design elements required for this week's card, so it was super easy to create this paper yummy:

This card came together really quickly, which doesn't happen too often 'round here.  I used a shaped card base by Basic Grey (which already had that cool chevron pattern on it!), and paired it with a big chipboard flower and alpha stickers also by Basic Grey.  The two banner stamps are from this stamp set by Kelly Purkey and Simon Says Stamp.  I stamped them on a piece of plain white cardstock, then distressed it to better match the chipboard piece.  Here's a close-up:

I really hope you'll play along with this challenge!  You have until next Thursday at noon EST to do so.  Thanks so much for looking!

Supplies: card base, chipboard flower, alphabet stickers: Basic Grey; card stock: Georgia Pacific; stamps: Kelly Purkey/Simon Says Stamp; inks: Tsukineko (brown), TPC Studios (orange), Ranger (Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen)