Inspiration Squad - Challenge 202

Hello crafty friends... welcome to CAS-ual Friday's Challenge #202!   The inspiration for this challenge is this photo:

and I created this card:

I used the following stamp and die sets:
  Stamps:  Celebrate
  Fri-dies: Jumping Jacks

Remember... 10 winning entries will be highlighted on this blog each Thursday before a new challenge is set to go live the next day.  In addition, Michele has generously offered up a $25 gift certificate to the overall winner at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.   If the chosen winner has used CAS-ual Fridays stamps and/or dies as the main focus in the card, that gift certificate will increase to $50.

Thanks for stopping bye... until next time, take care.

Scrapy Land - Challenge #92

Hello crafty friends... welcome to the start of Scrapy Land Challenge #92.  Please join us... the theme is "anything goes".

I created an underwater seen using the following dies for this card:
Impression Obsession Grass
Frantic Stamper Stitched Grassy Hill Edgers
Tutti Designs Coral
Elizabeth Craft Designs Turtle
Memory Box Family of Fish (not currently available in shop)

Thanks for stopping bye.... please join us for this challenge.  The winners... one selected randomly and one selected by the Design Team will both receive a $10 gift certificate to Scrapy Land.  Until next time... take care

Send A Smile 4 Kids - Guest Designer

Hello crafty friends,

I won a spot as a Guest Design (hooray for me) at Send A Smile 4 Kids by winning the  Send a Smile 4 Kids (for Mom from kids) challenge.  The current challenge Anything Goes 4 Kids or Cards for Teens...  I made two cards fits for teens to receive or give.

On my first card,

I used one of Stamping Bella Butterfly Girls ( Baratte).  There are several of them and they are all beautiful, but I purchased this one, because it showed the most wing area.   I stamped and colored her w/Chameleon Markers using similar colors as on my background panel.  I used the Crafters Workshop Sunburst 12x12 stencil for the background and the MFT Happy Birthday Circle Frame die in the center.  First I die cut the Happy Birthday circle in yellow, but it didn't give me the impact i wanted, but I die cut it from black card stock and glued it over the yellow one.   

Side note: It was my first time using Chameleon Markers and honestly, I'm not sure if I like them.  I have to do more testing to give them a proper review, so stay tune for that.

On my second card,

I used the Brutus Monroe Rockstar Pets dog w/headphones stamp in two ways.  As a background stamped in gray ink and as a focal element stamped in black and colored.  I added a distress look to my background panel by splashing some inks onto it before adding the top dog element on foam tape for dimension.

Thanks for stopping... until next time, take care. 

Inspiration Squad - Challenge 201

Hello crafty friends... welcome to CAS-ual Friday's Challenge #201!   The theme for this challenge is Masculine cards in summer colors.

I created this card for someone who's having a pool party birthday next month.  

I started by tracing a pair of boys swimming trunks in pencil on printer paper. Don't over think this part, it's a simple design, but it still took a few tries to get the look I wanted.  Once I had a shape, I liked, I fussy cut it out.  Now that I had a working outline, I traced around it several times on my front card panel.  Remember to use a pen/maker that will work your the coloring method you will be using.  I colored with Distress Oxidize inks, so I used an fine tip precision pen by American Crafts.  

Next came the fun part.... I took the tiny star and flower stamps from the Sassy Smile set and stamped patterns onto swimming trunks.  I used blue, green, orange and yellow colors for a fun summery feel. The #BIRTHDAY sentiment is from the Rad 2 stamp set.  

What are your playing for? 10 winning entries will be highlighted on this blog each Thursday before a new challenge is set to go live the next day.  In addition, Michele has generously offered up a $25 gift certificate to the overall winner at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.   If the chosen winner has used CAS-ual Fridays stamps and/or dies as the main focus in the card, that gift certificate will increase to $50.

Thanks for stopping bye... until next time, take care.

Scrapy Land - Challenge #91

Hello crafty friends... welcome to the start of Scrapy Land Challenge #91.  Come join us... the theme is "anything goes".

Cards with eclipse words are very trendy, so for this challenge I tried my hand at creating one.  I started with a stitched die cut white card panel, stamping Newton in his space suit.  Using copic markers I drew a corner of Earth so that Newton could have something to orbit.  I colored "space" with blues and purples.  Once my panel was fully colored and dry... I die cut the word "Hello" (here are many "hello" die options)  from the panel.  I also die cut the word three more times from white card stock, so that when I stacked them and replaced into the card panel the word would have dimension.

Thanks for stopping bye.... please join us for this challenge.  The winners... one selected randomly and one selected by the Design Team will both receive a $10 gift certificate to Scrapy Land.  Until next time... take care

Coffee Shop Background

Hello crafty friends,

I have been meaning to post about this for a while...  I was inspired by Sandy Allnock's hipster card and video to try my hand at creating a copic scene background.  So using the bear w/coffee cup digital stamp from kindacutebypatricia on Esty, I copied her backgound design. 

I found it easier than expected and I'm very happy with my final card.  My take-a-way after this are... 1) I want to take some of Sandy Allnock background classes and 2) need to refill several of my copics. 

Inspiration Squad - may2018 Challenge 200

Happy Friday crafty friends... welcome to CAS-ual Friday's Challenge #200!   For this challenge, we are celebrating the 8th birthday of the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge blog.  Michele has a great new stamp set called Celebrate that is yours for FREE with a qualifying $40 minimum purchase. 

I made three cards using the new Celebrate stamp set... of this first card, I stamped the words on my card panel in gray ink.  Next I did some ink blending with my Distress Oxide Inks.  To finish my card I added a white glitter paper die cut jack from the Jumping Jacks Fri Die set.

For my second card... I created a shaker element using the Jumping Jacks Fri Die.  Some pattern paper and Celebrate sentiment from the Celebrate stamp set.

My third project was  a quick and simple tag using the Happy and the B-Day stamps from the Celebrate stamp set, the jacks from the Jumping Jacks Fri Die and some Distress Ink purple.

What are your playing for? 10 winning entries will be highlighted on this blog each Thursday before a new challenge is set to go live the next day.  In addition, Michele has generously offered up a $25 gift certificate to the overall winner at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. And if that weren't enough, if the chosen winner has used CAS-ual Fridays stamps and/or dies as the main focus in the card, that gift certificate will increase to $50.

Thanks for stopping bye today. Until next time take care.