It is All About Celebrations

Hey everyone!!! We are Blog Hopping at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps today. The design team has used the theme "celebration" to jumpstart their creativity.

I chose to use the Shenanigans stamp set and a MISTI to line up the sentiments to stamp in rainbow colors down a white card front. I NEVER do this technique because even with something to help line up my stamps, I rarely get things straight. However, I think I did pretty well on this card.

I chose to use Shenanigans because this set is one of my FAVORITES in the whole CAS-ual Fridays Stamp Store. I tend to use these sentiments a lot because it can apply to so many different occasions.

I added some balloons that I die cut using the Bunny Fri-dies. I colored them in using Copic Markers to match some of the colors I stamped with.

I drew in the strings of the balloons with a black marker and added some "highlights" with a white gel pen.

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That is all from me today. I thank you for taking the time to stop by.

Have a FABULOUS day!!

It is a CardMaker Magazine Blog Hop Featuring Flower Cards!!

Happy Friday everyone!! I am here with a card for the CardMaker Magazine Blog Hop. You should have hopped here from Gaylynn's blog "Neat Nook Creations."

For this hop, we were to use flowers on our creations. I created a card combining CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Full on Floral" stamp set with "Sassy Smiles" and a few Fri-dies.

 I started off my card by stamping the "Full on Floral" stamp in red onto a top folding, A2 aqua card base. I love these two colors together and decided to use them after seeing a dress I liked while I was on vacation. I made a mental note to come home and use this color scheme on a card.

I then die cut the "smile" sentiment using CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Smiling Fri-Dies" out of a piece of red card stock. I adhered it to the card front saturating it with a clear sparkle pen and a coat of glossy accents.

While the die cut was drying, I masked a sentiment from the "Sassy Smiles" stamp set and stamped it in red onto a strip of aqua card stock. I adhered this sentiment strip under the "smile" die cut using foam adhesive.

I thought the card needed something more so I then die cut some flowers using CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Friendly Flowers" and "Fun-Fetti Fri-Dies" out of the same red card stock as the sentiment. (Really difficult to tell this in my photos but the shiny was really hard to photograph!!)

Like the sentiment, I coated the flowers with clear sparkle pen and Glossy Accents. When the flowers were dry, I added an aqua pearl onto each flower.

This card was extremely simple to make and would be fun to mass produce for a card set. Who doesn't like getting a card that says smile? I tend to use these the most and send them out just to cheer somebody up.

Next up on the blog hop is Niki's blog, "Cardstoq: Tealkat's Blog." If you get lost along the way, be sure to head on over to the CardMaker Magazine Blog for the full list of designers participating in this hop.

Don't forget to comment on every one's blog for a chance to win some great prizes!

I thank you for stopping by and hope you all have a FABULOUS day.

Supplies:
CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Products:

  

  

Paper: red and aqua card stock
Ink: WPlus9 "Gala Red"
Other: Sizzix Big Shot, Spectrum Clear Sparkle Pen, Glossy Accents, 3M Foam Adhesive, Ranger Multi: Matte, Hero Arts Pearls

CAS-ual Fridays and Imagine Crafts Blog Hop

Happy Saturday everyone!! I hope you are all enjoying your summer. I know I am but it is slipping away TOO FAST!!!

Today I am excited to share some cards that I created using CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and Imagine Crafts supplies for our BLOG HOP!  You should have come here from Mary's Blog. Please be sure to hop and comment on each Design Team members blog post to be eligible to win two amazing prizes up for grabs.

Imagine Crafts was generous enough to send us some goodies of our choice. I chose the "Melon Medley" Kaleidacolor ink pad and the Fireworks! Spray in "Tangelo" and "Lady Bug."

  

On my first card, I chose to use just the Kaleidacolor "Melon Medley" ink pad with my stamps. The card may be bright but it reminds me of sunshine and the colors are perfect to cheer up a sick friend.

I used CAS-ual Fridays "Wallflower" stamp set to stamp the flowers down on the bottom of the card with the "Melon Medley" ink. I made sure that I was able to get two different colors on each of the flowers when I stamped them.

Next I used a sponge dauber to add the "Daffodil" color from the Kaleidacolor pad. I made sure that the yellow covered all of my stamped flowers. I then dabbed a bit of the "Cantaloupe" on to a piece of acetate, misted the ink with some water and then splattered orange on to the back of my card.

I did not have the right color orange paper that I wanted to use on this card so I created my own. I cut a strip of white card stock and used the "Cantaloupe" ink from the Kaleidacolor pad to blend the perfect match. I then stamped a sentiment from CAS-ual Fridays "Pretty Posies" set with Memento "Tuxedo Black" ink.

I enjoyed making the outside of my card so much that I decided to stamp a panel for the inside of the card. I used a different flower from CAS-ual Fridays "Wallflower" set to stamps flowers in "Carrot," and the flower middles with "Chartreuse." I then blended "Cantaloupe" ink all around the edges.

For my second card, I chose to use the Kaleidacolor ink pad and the "Tangelo" Fireworks! product for my card.

The first step on this card was to mist the "Tangelo" spray onto a Kraft A2 note card. I have never used this mist before and boy does it pack a punch. It was hard to photograph but it gives a nice shimmer to the kraft card base, which surprised me. I set this aside to dry while I worked on the rest of the card.

I worked on the focal point of the card while the background was drying. I stamped and embossed images from CAS-ual Fridays "Pretty Posies" set onto a small rectangle of white card stock. I then blended the inks from the "Melon Medley" Kaleidacolor over the panel. For the tiny spots in the large flower, I used Q-tips to blend the small spaces. I then mounted the panel onto a piece of black card stock to make it pop.

I created a banner from a green scrap of patterned paper and adhered it to the card front. I then added the matted flower panel using foam adhesive. I embossed a sentiment from CAS-ual Fridays "Wonderful Words" set in white on a black scrap of card stock and adhered it over the inked panel with foam adhesive. My last step was to adhere some sequins in orange and yellow on the stamped rectangle.

On my last card, I wanted the color to be toned down a bit.

First I sprayed a bit of each of the mists onto a piece of acetate, added a bit of water and used the Fireworks! sprays like a watercolor. I painted both colors randomly onto a piece of watercolor paper. I also took the paintbrush and flicked it over the panel using some "Ladybug" Fireworks! to get some splatters.

I used a heat gun to dry the background. I then stamped the "happy" sentiment from CAS-ual Fridays "Shenanigans" stamp set in "Delicata" "Golden Glitz" pigment ink and the "Carrot" color in the Kaleidacolor ink pad. I used foam adhesive to layer the completed panel onto a white A2 card base.

Next I made a nest of gold thread where I wanted to put my sentiment block. I used glue dots to adhere it to the card front. I then stamped the "birthday" sentiment from the CAS-ual Fridays "Shenanigans" stamp set onto a red card stock strip using the "Delicata" pigment ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

I used foam adhesive to give the large sentiment a bit of POP from the card. My last step was to adhere a few gold sequins onto the card front.

I had such fun using all of the Imagine Crafts products with the CAS-ual Fridays stamp sets. I love that the Kaleidacolor pad has so many options on ways to use it. I also loved the Fireworks" sprays. I will definitely getting a few more colors to play with in the future!!

If you like any of the CAS-ual Fridays Stamp sets, please head on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Store and use my code nora2016 to get 15% off your purchase!!

New up is Katherina's Blog. If you get lost along the way, hop on over to CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog or the Imagine Crafts Blog for a complete set of links for the hop.

I thank you for stopping by and making it through this long post. I hope you have a FABULOUS Saturday!!

Supplies:

Imagine Crafts-"Melon Medley" Kaleidacolor ink pad, "Tangelo" and "Ladybug" Fireworks Spray, Memento "Tuxedo Black," Delicata "Golden Glitz" pigment ink, Versamark ink

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps-"Wallflower," "Pretty Posies," "Wonderful Words," and "Shenanigans" stamp sets

Other-Kraft, White, Black, orange and Red card stock-Bazzill, Thread-DMC, Ranger Multi Matte Adhesive, 3M Foam adhesive, Sequins, Sponge Daubers, Q-tips, Ranger gold and white embossing powder, heat gun

June Calling all Sisters Blog Hop

It is the 17th of the month of June and what does that mean? It is time for the "Sistahood Blog Hop" over at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. You should have come here from Lori's Blog.

I created this simple card using CAS-ual Fridays "Calling All Sistahs" stamp and a Heidi Swapp stencil. 

I die cut a piece of white card stock with a stitched rectangle die and used a Heidi Swapp polka dot stencil to blend Ranger Distress Ink in "Spun Sugar" and Lawn Fawn's "Plastic Flamingo" pink ink. I then stamped "girl" over the stenciled area in Ranger "Archival Black" ink. I adhered it to a pink A2 card base.

Next I die cut three white tags using CAS-ual Fridays "Tag Buddies" Fri-dies. I stamped the pink part of the sentiment in Lawn Fawn's "Plastic Flamingo" pink ink, the black with Ranger "Archival Black" and used adhesive foam to adhere the tags to the card front. 

The last step was to use CAS-ual Fridays "Fun Fetti" Fri-Dies to cut out some silver circles and adhere them randomly over the white tags. 

This card is so simple but I ADORE how it came out!!

If you would like to join us in our next blog hop, you can click on the pictures here to buy the products used on my card. Michele is donating 50% of the sales of these stamps to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. For more information, please see the blog post here. With your help, we can beat this disease!!

Remember girls, check your breasts monthly!!!

You can also get a 15% discount on your purchase by using my code-nora2016.

There will be a $15 gift certificate awarded to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps for THREE lucky winners along the hop. Winners will be chosen randomly from comments along the way. If you get lost anywhere, you can get the master list of hoppers at the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog.

Next up is Claire.

Thank you for stopping by today. Have a fabulous day!!

Supplies:

Stamps-CAS-ual Fridays "Calling All Sistahs"

Paper-Recollections (white) and PaperTrey Ink "Raspberry Fizz," Die Cuts With a View (silver)Dies

Ink-Ranger "Spun Sugar," Lawn Fawn "Plastic Flamingo," Ranger "Archival Black"

Dies-CAS-ual Fridays "Tag Buddies," "Fun Fetti" and My Favorite Things "Blueprints 13"

Other-Big Shot, Ranger Ink Blending Tool, Heidi Swapp Stencil, Multi-matte Adhesive, Foam Adhesive, Scotch Adhesive

Papertrey Ink April Blog Hop!

Just a quick post for today. Papertrey Ink had a challenge that I created a card. The challenge was to make a project that had something tilted.

I had a lot of fun using a mixture of stamps, die cuts and flowers that I had to make this card. I have to say, it was one of the quickest cards I have created in a long time. 

Supplies: All Supplies from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted; Orange flowers-unknown, Walnut Distress Ink, Blue Flower-Prima.

Thanks for looking. Have a great Friday!!

Nora