A Farewell to CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and a New Craft

Hello Friends!! 

Today I am on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog with my final card being a DT member of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.  I have resigned to have more time to do some other crafts that I am interested in. I want to thank Michele for taking her chance on me and letting me be a member of her Design Team.

For my last card I created a get well card for a friend that just had surgery.

To see how I created this card, please hop on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Blog.

As for what I have been working on? I am now sewing Barbie clothes and making miniatures! Yes, it might be a bit strange to some of you but I am so excited to be doing this again. When I was in high school, I made clothes and my grandmother would sell them for me. I have been experimenting with sewing again so that eventually I might open a shop to sell someday. Below are a few things I have created in my journey for perfection.

 

I created this jacket using a cotton fabric and lined it with a polka dot lining.

I created the outfit under it with some fancy fabric and some trim.

I created some white pants, as well, with a black top.

I made a coat to go with it. I love this fabric and it was rough.

I will be redoing this jacket again!!

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

My Turn on the CAS-Fridays Blog

Hello my friends!! I am popping in to say that it is my turn on the CAS-Fridays Blog. This is my THIRD post for today. As December is almost here, I created a festive Christmas card using some of my CAS-Fridays supplies. Below is the card I created.

To see how I made this card, please hop on over to my CAS-Fridays Blog Post to see how I created my card.

I also want to let you know that CAS-Fridays is having a HUGE sale!!! Hop on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Shop and treat yourself.

You can even use my code NORASENTME to get an extra 15% off your total purchase, including sales!!!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!

On the Blog at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Happy Wednesday everyone!! 

I am so happy for today because the week is almost over AND I am getting my hair dyed today. I have so much gray showing and it is driving me CRAZY. It makes me look old and I dislike that immensely! Nothing makes me feel better then getting my hair done. That makes me sound like an old lady, doesn't it? I always feel like a new woman after going to the salon. 

I am popping in today with a sneak peek of the card I created for the CAS-ual Fridays Blog today.

I have been combining old and new products and this was fun to create. Please hop on over and check out my post.

I thank you for taking the time to stop by. I hope you have a FABULOUS day!!!

A Catherine Pooler Collaboration with CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

 Happy Friday everyone!! So excited for the weekend!!!

Today on the blog I am sharing THREE cards I created in a collaboration with Catherine Pooler Designs and CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. Catherine Pooler was so kind to send the design team a package of her AWESOME inks (I received the Carnivale set, along with her Midnight Ink) and I decided use them in three different ways.  

For my first card, I used Suede Shoes ink color and the CAS-Fridays Modern Petals Stencil to create a background for my card.

I paired this with the Garden Fri-dies and the soon to be retired Peace and Comfort stamp set to complete my card.

I used Catherine Pooler's "Be Mine" for a little direct to paper action for my pink flowers and the "Mardi Gras" to shade in the green leaves.

I stamped the sentiment from Peace and Comfort using the Midnight Ink. 

For my second card, I did some ink smooshing on white paper using Catherine Pooler's "Tutti Frutti," "Tiki Torch," "Mardi Gras," and "Lemoncello" dye ink. I then die cut leaves out of the home made paper using CAS-ual Fridays soon to be retired Acorn Fri-dies.

These inks were awesome to use for this technique as they were so pigmented that I didn't have to do a ton of work.

I layered these leaves over a piece of kraft embossed paper that I received as protection from some products in a package!! I love to recycle on a card!!

The stems were die cut from kraft cardstock and shaded in with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

My last card I used a direct to paper technique with a rainbow of inks from Catherine Pooler. I then used some water over the top to get the drips down watercolor paper.

I let the background dry and then sprayed it again with some shimmer spray to make it shine. I paired this background with the CAS-Fridays Be a Unicorn stamp set and matching Unicorn Fri-die.

I used Copic markers to color in my unicorn but I made it a little too dark. Sigh. These things do happen!!!

To finish off my card, I added some clear sequins that I covered with Nuvo Glitter Accents.

My final step was to cover the unicorn horn with the Nuvo Glitter Accents and the entire unicorn with some Wink of Stella. There is a TON of sparkle and shine on this card that was really difficult to photograph. This is my favorite of all three cards!!!!

What is a blog hop without prizes? Hop on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog and the Catherine Pooler Blog for more details and to see the other designers creations!!!

Want to go shopping? Used my code NORASENTME to get 15% off your TOTAL purchase at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!!

I want to thank you for taking the time to stop by today. Have a FABULOUS Friday!!!

Simple Elegance with CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Hi everyone!! It is my turn over at the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog with a monochromatic card I created using supplies I had from my stash. I tend to watch videos on products and then never use them. I created a step by step over on the blog on using Nuvo Crackle Mousse, paired with CAS-ual Fridays Modern Petals Stencil (one of my all time favorite stencils!) and the Foxy stamp set.

Hop on over to my post to see how I created my simple card!!!

I thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!

Some Sympathy Cards for CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Happy Saturday everyone!! I hope you all had a great week!! Today I am on the CAS-ual Fridays Blog with some Sympathy cards.

Hop on over to the blog to see how I created these and tips on how to fix stamping mistakes.

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

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps October Release-Ever After

Hello everyone!! I hope you are all having a good week. Today I am getting my flu shot after work. Not looking forward to it but because my husband is on a biologic for a chronic condition, it is something I have to do. I am a huge advocate for vaccination but not a fan of needles!!

On a happier note, I am posting another project showcasing a stamp set from the new CAS-ual Fridays Stamps October 2019 Release.

I used the sentiment from the new Ever After stamp set for this card.

I wanted to keep the card very simple because of my background so I chose to be very minimalist with the sentiment and the embellishment on this card.

I started off my project by using the Modern Petals Stencil and Cosmic Shimmer Luna Paste on an A2 sized cardstock rectangle. When the panel was dry, I die cut it with a rectangle die and adhered it to the card front, as shown.

Next I used the Casual Trees Fri-dies to die cut a sprig and heat embossed using silver embossing powder. I then adhered the sprig to my card front.

Using the new Ever After stamp set, I stamped the sentiment onto a white cardstock strip using Versamark ink and heat embossed it with silver embossing powder. I adhered it to the card front using foam adhesive.

My last step was to adhere some pearl embellishments randomly around the sentiment and die cut. I have to admit, this is one of my favorite cards that I created for the new release. It was really hard to photograph but it is so pretty in real life.

This stamp set, as well as the complete release is available NOW in the NEW section of the CAS-ual Fridays Stamp Store. Use my code NORASENTME to get 15% off your total order.

Be sure to hop on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog to see some more projects from the Design Team using this stamp set.

I thank you for taking the time to stop by today. I will be back again tomorrow with another fun project for this release.

Have a FABULOUS day!! 

Thinking of You-CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Hi everyone!! Today it is my turn over at the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog. I created a "Thinking of You" card and made my FIRST EVER video!!!

To learn how I created this card, hope on over to my post and watch the video.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!! Have a GREAT day!!