Calling All Sistahs!!!

It is January 17th and it is time for the Calling All Sistahs Blog Hop!!! You should have hopped here from Lori's blog.

Do not forget to comment along the way. Two random commenters will win gift certificates to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamp Store! Comments must be made by January 19, 2017, 12 a.m. EST to be eligible.

Okay, onto the card part. I made a simple card today. I used the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Hope Ribbon" and "Hope Fri-die" to create my card. There is a FABULOUS new sequin mix in the CAS-ual Fridays Stamp Store that goes with the "Calling All Sistahs" Collection that I was supposed to use but alas, the post office did not cooperate in getting the sequins to me on time. So I just used the fabulous stamps and dies in the collection instead.

I started off my card by embossing a pink piece of card stock and adhering it to a natural color, A2, top folding card base.  I added a pink scallop scrap onto the right side of the card front.

I then stamped the flower ribbon from the "Hope Ribbon" stamp set and heat embossed it using pink embossing powder. I used a pink Zig Clean Color brush marker to color in the hearts and then went over the colored hearts with a Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkler marker.

After, I mounted the white panel over a piece of pink patterned paper and adhered it over the scalloped strip using foam adhesive to give it some pop.

I die cut the "hope" sentiment out of charcoal gray card stock using the "Hope Fri-die." I adhered it to the front of the card and gave it a coat of sparkle from the Spectrum Noir marker. My last step was to use glossy accents over the heart and the sentiment. Like I said, I created a simple card but I like how it came out.

The stamps I used are available at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. Michele designed these stamps to promote breast cancer awareness and donates 50% of the proceeds from the "Calling All Sistahs" Collection to programs that promote breast cancer research and awareness. The new sequin mix by Pretty Pink Posh is available today. As with all the other products in the Sistahs Collection, 50% of the profits will go to ncbh.org as well. However, unlike the stamps and dies, when the sequins are sold out, they will no longer be available.

For a discount on the stamps, use my code nora2017 to get 15% off your total order at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.

Next up is Melissa Miller.

Do not forget to comment to get a chance to be in the running for the gift certificates!! The full blog list that is included in the hop is below.

Cas-ual Fridays Stamps

Rahmat Gouse

Penny Ward

Gwendolyn Estrada

Vicki Dutcher

Ceal Pritchett

Kara Stainbrook

Sue Nagata

Kimberly Rendino

Susan White

Shona Chambers

Lori McAree

Nora Noll <<<You are Here

Melissa Miller

Lori Kobular

Lydia Evans

Sandi Pressley

Lisa Lahiff

Mary Moisan

Claire Apostoloff

Kelly Griglione

Theresa Knopf

Jeanne Jachna

Heather North

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

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Calling All Sistahs....

Hello everyone!! It is December 17th and that means another blog hop for Calling All Sistahs!! You should have come from Lydia's blog.

This blog hop is to remind everyone to check your breasts monthly and to remind women to get your yearly mammogram. Michele, the owner of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps is a breast cancer survivor and wants to spread the word on breast cancer awareness, hence our monthly blog hops!!

Don't forget to comment along the way to be eligible for three $15 prizes to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Store!!

This month, our theme is to check yourself. I decided to make a simple card for this one.

I started off by cutting a heart out of a pink patterned paper scrap. I then turned the heart upside down and used a circle punch to make a neckline.

Next I adhered a strip of flower patterned paper onto a pink, A2, top folding card. I then adhered a matching 3 3/4" pink panel over the strip.

I then took small scrap pieces of paper, and did a little masking to stamp the sentiment from the "Calling All Sistahs" stamp set. I stamped it on two separate scraps and adhered all of the various pieces across  the card front when I was done.

My last step was to adhere the heart and add some clear rhinestones at the neckline. I really like how this came out being as simple as it is!!

The stamps I used are available at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. Michele designed these stamps to promote breast cancer awareness and donates 50% of the proceeds from the "Calling All Sistahs" Collection to programs that promote breast cancer research and awarness. For a discount on the stamps, use my code nora2016 to get 15% off your total order at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.

Your next stop is Vicki's blog.

Thank you for stopping by!! I hope you have a GREAT weekend!!

If you get lost, here is the order of the blog hop OR you can always go back to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog for the order!!

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps 

Penny Ward

Jeanne Jachna

Lori Kobular

Kelly Griglione

Sandi Pressley

Kimberly Rendino

Ceal Pritchett

Lisa Lahiff

Sue Nagata

Lydia Evans

Nora Noll

Vicki Dutcher

Heather North

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps October Calling All Sistah's Blog Hop and a New CAS-ual Fridays Stamp set

Happy Monday!! It is October 17th so that means another CAS-ual Fridays Calling All Sistah's Blog Hop! These hops are a reminder to all women to check their breasts monthly, as well as to remember to schedule their yearly mammogram.

You should have come here from Lydia's blog. If you get lost anytime, please go back to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamp blog where the master list is. I also have the complete list of blog hop participants and links to their blogs below.

This month the design team is debuting a new CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Calling All Sistah's" stamp set "Word Ribbon." This stamp set is available in the CAS-ual Fridays Shop today.

The theme this month was to encourage someone. I created a very simple card using three stamps from the new set.

I started off this card by stamping a row of pink ribbons. I was so excited to see this small ribbon stamp in the stamp set as I can see me using these in different ways on cards. I then used a masking technique and stamped the sentiment with two separate word stamps in black ink.

I used some Glossy Accents over the black words to give them some emphasis.

When the panel was dry, I used foam adhesive to layer it over some pink striped paper and a strip of black glitter that was on an A2 top folding card.

My last step was to adhere some pink sequins and top them off with a bit of "Diamond" Stickles. Really simple but I am loving how this came out.

Want to join our blog hop next month? Please join our Calling All Sistah's Facebook Group for more information. All you need to do is use at least one CAS-ual Fridays Stamps product on your card to participate.

Want to win some new stamps? Please comment on the blogs along to way to be entered into a random drawing where one of you will win the three new stamp sets that will be released this week. This includes this new "Word Ribbon" set!!!

Next up is Penny. Don't forget to check back tomorrow for the sneak peek of another new stamp set.

Blog Hop List

Cas-ual Fridays Stamps

Jeanne Jachna

Julia Altermann

Kara Stainbrook 

Kelly Griglione

Kimberly Rendino

Laurel Beard

Lisa Lahiff

Lori Kobular

Lori McAree

Lydia Evans

Nora Noll

Penny Ward

Rahmat Gouse

Sandi Pressley

Shona Chambers

Sue Nagata

Vicki Dutcher

Heather North

Have a wonderful start to the week!!!

Supplies:

Stamps-CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Word Ribbon"

Paper-Core'dinations (white), KI Memories (pink striped), American Crafts Glitter Ribbon

Ink-Memento "Tuxedo Black," PaperTrey Ink "Hibiscus Burst"

Other-Glossy Accents, Adhesive Foam, Ranger Multi Matte, Pink Sequins, Stickles "Diamond"

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Calling All Sistahs September Blog Hop

It is the seventeenth of the month and that means a CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Calling All Sistahs" Blog Hop!! This blog hop takes place every month on the 17th to support breast cancer awareness. Remember girls, make sure you check yourself monthly and get those mammograms!!

For September, the theme of the blog hop is GIRL POWER! You should have come here from Lisa's Blog but anytime you get lost, hop on over to CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog for the entire blog hop list.

I created my card with the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Hope Ribbon" stamp set, the "Calling All Sistahs" stamp set and the "Sistahs" Fri-dies.

I started off this card by using a piece of die cut patterned paper that had a watercolor background. I then stamped the ribbon from the "Hope Ribbon" set in the middle of the paper with black dye ink. I adhered the card to a black, A2 card base.

Next I adhered three strips of stamped card stock in different colors over the ribbon. I used the "Calling All Sistahs" stamp set to stamp the "never give up" in black ink underneath the ribbon.

I die cut the "girl" out of black card stock using the "Sistahs" Fri-dies and adhered it over the stamped strips. To match the flowers on the the ribbon, I adhered three flower sequins with different shades of pink sequin middles. I topped the pink sequins with some "Diamond" Stickles glitter glue for some shine. 

If you would like to join us in our next blog hop, you can click on the link here. 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!!

Want a chance to win a prize? Just comment on the hop along the way and THREE random gift certificate for $15 will be given away out of the combined commenters. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win!!

Next up on the blog hop is Shona's Blog. Remember, for the full blog hop list, please go to the CAS-ual Fridays Blog.

I thank you for stopping by today!! Have a FABULOUS Saturday!

Supplies:

Stamps- CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Hope Ribbon" and "Calling All Sistahs"

Dies-CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Sistahs" Fri-Dies, Avery Elle "Wonky Stitches" die

Ink-Memento "Tuxedo Black" dye ink

Paper-Craft Smith Patterned Paper, Stampin Up! "Basic Black" card stock, Recollections "White," Paper Trey Ink "Raspberry Fizz" and Paper Studios Pink card stock

Other-Pretty Pink Posh Sequins (flowers), Doodlebug Design Sequins (Pink), "Diamond" Stickles, Big Shot

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CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: Calling All Sistah's "Remind a Sistah" Blog Hop

It is August 17th and you know what that means? It is a Calling All Sistah's Blog Hop sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!!! For the blog hop, you should be arriving from Susan White's Blog.

I cannot believe it is the middle of August already. This summer has gone by too fast for me. Unlike some mothers', I am not ready for school to start. Since I work in a school, school starting means my vacation is over too!!

Today the Calling All Sistah's Blog Hop is a little bit different. We were all challenged to design a card to "Remind a Sistah" to either check themselves monthly OR a card to remind a friend to make their yearly mammogram appointment.  (This is something I need to do for myself so this hop was a great reminder for me too!!) Who doesn't appreciate a nice reminder-especially a home made card?

Please be sure to comment on each blog as there will be 3 winners randomly chosen for $15 CAS-ual Fridays Stamps gift codes from the blogs on the hop. If you get lost, just hop on over to the CAS-ual Friday Blog to get the full list of participants.

I chose to create a card to remind a friend to make their mammogram appointment.

I knew what I wanted to do right away once I saw the theme. I started by using my Silhouette Digital Craft Cutter to die cut a t-shirt out of watercolor patterned paper. I stamped a phrase from the "Calling All Sistahs" stamp set onto the front with black ink.

I then die cut a white tag using CAS-ual Fridays "Tag Buddies Fri-dies" and stamped the first part of the sentiment with "Raspberry Jam" in and the second part in black.

I used a heart embossing folder to dry embossed a piece of pink card and mounted this over an A2, top folding card that complimented the patterned paper t-shirt. Next I cut the top part off the tag and adhered the remainder to the top of the pink, embossed card stock.

I used foam adhesive to adhere the t-shirt and layered paper flowers over the collar, using a mini sequin for the center. My last step was to randomly adhere sequins in a diagonal down the front.

The next person on the hop is Vicky Dutcher.

Want to join the hop next month? Visit the "Calling All Sistahs" Facebook page for more details. You must use at least one product from the "Calling All Sistahs" stamp collections to join. Michelle donates 50% of the proceeds from each set to the National Breast Cancer Society.

Thank you for stopping by today! Remember to check yourself monthly and to get a yearly mammogram.

Supplies:
Stamps-"Calling All Sistahs" CAS-ual Fridays Stamps
Dies-"Tag Buddies Fri-dies" CAS-ual Fridays, Silhouette Digital Craft Cutter, DJ Inkers
Paper-"Baroque Burgundy"-Stamping Up!, "Hibiscus Burst"-PTI, "White" Hobby Lobby and "Watercolor" Patterned Paper-CraftSmith
Ink-"Archival Black" Ranger Ink, "Picked Raspberry" Distress Ink, "Vintage Photo" Distress Ink, "Raspberry Jam"-Hero Arts
Other-Lifestyle Crafts Embossing Folder, Prima Flowers, Sequins, Ranger Multi Matte, Foam Adhesive, Big Shot Machine

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July Calling all Sistahs Blog Hop

It is the 17th of the month of July and what does that mean? It is time for the "Sistahood Blog Hop" over at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. This blog hop takes place every month on the 17th to support breast cancer awareness. Remember girls, make sure you check yourself monthly and get those mammograms!!

You should have come here from Lydia Evans Blog. If at any time you get lost along the way, just go back to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog for the list of links.

I created a card with a technique that I saw over at Jennifer McGuire's blog. It was to create a pattern with smaller stamps around a focal point. 

I used CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Girlfriend" set and stamped an abundance of flowers in three different pinks around a sentiment from the "Calling all Sistahs" stamp set.

After the stamped panel was mounted onto a pink, top folded A2 card base with adhesive foam, I used Glossy Accents and pink Stickles to jazz up the inside of the flowers. 

A really simple and FUN card to create.

If you would like to join us in our next blog hop, you can click on the links below 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!!

"Calling All Sistahs"         "Hope Ribbon"

"Ruffled Ribbon"               "Sistahs Fri-Dies"                "Hope Fri-Die"

Want a chance to win a prize? Just comment on the hop along the way and a random gift certificate for $15 will be given away out of the combined commenters. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win!!

Next up is Penny Ward. 

The complete list for the blog hop is below. Remember, you can also go to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog too, which is where this blog hop originates. 

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Bonnie Sharp

Jeanne Jachna

Jennifer Ingle

Joanna Harty

Kara Stainbrook

 Kelly Griglione

Kimberly Rendino

Lisa Lahiff

Lori Kobular

Lydia Evans

                                Nora Noll<<<<You Are Here

Penny Ward

Rahmat Gouse

Shona Chambers

Sue Nagata

Susan White

Vicki Dutcher

Heather North

I thank you for stopping by today. Have a fabulous Sunday!!

Supplies:
Stamps-CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Girlfriend" and "Calling All Sistahs"
Paper-PaperTrey Ink "Raspberry Fizz" and Hobby Lobby Thick White Card Stock
Ink-Hero Arts "Soft Pink" and "Bubblegum" dye ink, Simon Says Stamp! "Doll Pink"
Other-Big Shot, Glossy Accents, Stickles "Thistle," circle die, foam, adhesive