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"

Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #20

It is the 15th of the month and it is time for another Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge.

I had fun creating my card with some products I have never used before.

I decided to use the bottom row across-use puns, sweets and smooshing technique.

I have had these stamps and dies from My Favorite Things for months and just broke them out to make this card. Soda is considered sweet, right?

I started out by creating the paper I used for the die cut bottles with the smooshing technique. I used "Squeezed Lemonade," "Scattered Straw," "Dried Marigold," and "Mustard Seed" Distress ink with some water and a bit of Speedball gold. I let it dry and die cut six bottles using MFT's "Soda Pop" dies, using two for this card.

I then stamped and die cut the star and the orange from the matching "Soda Pop" stamp set. I added them over some wraps I made from card stock.

I added the bottles over a background that I blended "Tumbled Glass" and "Peacock Feathers" Distress ink over and die cut "Blueprints #27." The pun sentiment was stamped using a stamp also from the "Soda Pop" stamp.

To finish the card off, I adhered some orange and clear sequins onto the card, adding a bit of Stickles over the top.

I LOVE how this came out and I am gong to make a few more with some different colors but that will be for another day!

Please join us over Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge blog and join us for this challenge. I cannot wait to see what you create!!

Supplies:

Paper-"White," "Terracotta Tile" and "Hawaiian Shores"-PaperTrey Ink, "Silver" Die Cuts With a View

Ink-"Squeezed Lemonade," "Scattered Straw," "Dried Marigold," "Mustard Seed," "Tumbled Glass," and "Peacock Feathers" Distress Ink by Ranger, "Ocean" by Hero Arts, "Audrey Blue" by Simon Says Stamps, "Orange Zest" and "Summer Sunrise" by PaperTrey Ink

Stamps-"Soda Pop" by My Favorite Things

Dies-"Soda Pop," "Bottle Caps," and Blueprints #27

Other-Speed Ball Gold Ink, Ink Blending Tool, MISTI, Mini Mister, Picket Fence Distress Spray, Foam Adhesive, Orange and Diamond Stickles, Ranger Multi Matted Medium

Birthday Inspiration with CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Hello everybody. Happy Saturday!! Oh boy do I love the weekend!

Today it is my turn for inspiration on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog. This month CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog is going pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is also CAS-ual Fridays birthday. In honor of this birthday, I created a birthday card.

I started off this card by using the largest die from the "Tag Buddies" Fri-dies to die cut a white tag. I then misted the tag with green and pink mist spray. I stamped borders from "Holly Jolly Borders" in black and colored them in with Copic Markers. After the borders were dry, I adhered them to the tag.

I then used foam adhesive to adhere black strips on the tag that I had stamped with CAS-ual Fridays "Shenanigans" set and embossed in white.

I set this aside decided to try to ink blend on a piece of colored card stock with two different pink Distress Inks. It was not as easy to do as on a piece of white Bristol but it was kind of fun to try.

I used foam behind the tag when I adhered it to the card. I then sprinkled silver stars that I had cut with the "Fun-Fetti" Fri-dies. My last step was to adhere sequins in pink around the stars, adding some Stickles over the top.

Well that is all from me today. Thank you so much for stopping by and remember to use my code for some shopping fun at the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps store. Have a wonderful day!!

Supplies:
Stamps-CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Shenanigans" and "Holly Jolly Borders"
Dies-CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Fun-Fetti" and "Tag Buddies" Fri-dies
Paper-Stampin Up! white, black and PaperTrey Ink "Hibiscus Burst," Die Cuts With A View silver
Ink-Hero Arts "Unicorn" pigment ink, Ranger "Picked Raspberry" and "Spun Sugar" Distress Ink, Memento "Tuxedo Black"
Other-Big Shot, Ranger "White" embossing powder, pink sequins, "Cotton Candy" and "Glam Pink," Heidi Swapp Color Shine, foam, Ranger Multi Matte, Doodlebug twine

SJ Card Blog for September 2016

Hi everyone!! Today I am showcasing the cards that I created for the SJ Card Blog for September. I meant to have it up the other day but just didn't have time. It was my turn for the kit and I chose a birthday theme.

I created eleven cards, one being the card I created for my Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #19 post. Let me tell you, I have plenty left to make a ton more cards but I got sick of making birthday cards and needed a break.

So without further ado, here are my cards!!

I really attempted to only use the kit on my cards. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it did not!! For this card, I did add some Distress Ink Spray behind the flowers but everything else, minus the white card base, came in the kit.

This was the first card I created. I die cut numbers using old Quickutz dies. The sentiment is from CAS-ual Fridays "Shenanigans" set-one of my FAVORITES!!

For this card I added some iridescent sequins and some Glossy Accents over the glasses to make them more realistic. I also added the white card stock background and inked all of it up.

On this card, I inked the background with Distress Ink in "Wild Violet" and accented it with some Hero Arts "Lavender" ink. The sequins were not part of the kit or the vellum I used behind the green die cut. Ultimate fail on this card for using the kit but sometimes that is where the creativity takes you!

I colored in my pig with Copic Markers and added a hat that I cut out of one of the pieces of patterned paper. I really wanted to add sparkle to the hat but I DID NOT have any Stickles in the green color to match!! Instead, I used Glossy Accents to make the pattern on the hat stick out.

For this card, I just added some red Stickles for sprinkles to the stamped tag.

This card was my favorite from the bunch. I just LOVE how this cake turned out!!

Well, that is all. I urge you to hop on over to the SJ Card Kit Blog to see what my other team mates did with their kits!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Toe-Challenge #19

It is October 1st and it is time for a new Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge. We are already up to challenge #19-can you believe it?

For my card, I chose the top row across-Color Inspiration, Polka Dots and Birthday. We were able to choose our own color inspiration so I chose the image below that I found on Pinterest.

(original link)

I started off with a white card base and die cut a panel of orange polka dot paper. I adhered the panel to my card base at an angle.

Next I die cut a piece of white Bristol board and blended Distress Inks in "Spiced Marmalade" and "Carved Pumpkin" along the front to get the orange color from my inspiration image. I misted it with water, then blotted it. I also splattered Distress Spray in "Ripe Persimmon" to get the deep orange color at the bottom of the dress and "Picket Fence" randomly across the inked panel. After the Distress Spray dried, I adhered the panel at an angle over the patterned polka dot paper so it would peek out.

I then used the "Candles and Confetti" Stamp and die set to stamp the cake, cake stand and the flowers. The candles were from the My Favorite Things "Celebrate With Cake" set. I adhered the die cut, stamped images to the card front. The cake was adhered with foam adhesive.

The stamped the birthday sentiment in Memento "Tuxedo Black" ink onto a white card stock scrap using the Paper Trey Ink "Wishes Come True" stamp set. I adhered the sentiment at the top left to balance out the card. 

The last step was to adhere sequins randomly across the card front and use some Stickles and Nuvo Crystal drops to the candles and the flowers. I think this is one of my favorite cards that I have created in a long time!!

I hope you will join us over at Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge and give Challenge #18 a try. I cannot wait to see what you create!!

Supplies:

Stamps-Reverse Confetti "Candles and Confetti," My Favorite Things "Celebrate With Cake," PaperTrey Ink "Wishes Come True"

Dies-My Favorite Things "Celebrate With Cake" and "Blueprints #13," Reverse Confetti "Candles and Confetti"

Paper-Recollections white card stock, Bo Bunny polka dots, Strathmore Bristol Board

Inks-Ranger Distress Ink "Carved Pumpkin" and "Spiced Marmalade," Memento "Tuxedo Black," Hero Arts "Soft Granite" and "Bubblegum," WPlus9 "Fairy Dust," PaperTrey Ink "Orange Zest," Simon Says Stamp "Mint"

Other-Big Shot, Pretty Pink Posh "Clear" sequins, Stickles "Orange Zest," Nuvo Crystal Drops in "Ripened Pumpkin," Distress Spray in "Picket Fence" and "Ripe Persimmon," foam adhesive, Ranger Multi Matte

SaveSaveSaveSave