Day Five of the CAS-ual Fridays Release

So happy it is Friday!! One week closer to my summer vacation!!

Today is the last day of sneak peeks for the CAS-ual Fridays release tomorrow, April 30, 2016. Please be sure to visit the CAS-ual Fridays Blog today for one last time to enter to win a $15 prize. One winner for each day will be randomly chosen from each day and will be announced tomorrow on the blog.

Today the design team is featuring the "Tin Roof" stamp set and the "Smile" Fri-dies.

Once again, I created two cards using these products.

For my first card, I embossed the larger pattern from the "Tin Roof" stamp set onto a piece of watercolor paper.

I then did some ink smooshing with Cracked Pistachio, Twisted Citron and Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink. I was very precise where I wanted the color to go so I did it in stages, each color was done separately. I let the panel dry and adhered it to a green card base.

Next I added a piece of green patterned paper scrap to the bottom right of the card and the die cut sentiment and stamped sentiment strip over the top. The veneer heart was the last touch. I love how this card came out, so simple and bright!!

If you read my blog, you know that I often use scraps that are on my desk, "left overs" from other projects to make cards. I decided to challenge myself for the second card and use the scraps that littered my table from all my designing this week.

The first thing I did was use my MISTI tool and stamp the "Tin Roof" background using the smaller sized pattern in red onto a orange patterned paper scrap. My goal was to make the background look like fabric.

I layered the stamped background onto a Kraft card base. I then adhered the negative die cut piece of vellum at an angle. I added a scrap of paper that I had blended shades of red distress ink on over the vellum piece, and a white border I had die cut using the "Links Fri-dies."

I die cut the "Smile" sentiment from black card stock, adhered it to the card and covered it in Glossy Accents. The card still needed something so I pulled out some Red Stickles glitter glue and gave the middles of each "flower" of the "Tin Roof" pattern a small bit of shine.

I am so sad that this is the last day of the release but I had so much fun creating for this event. Please don't forget to hop on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Blog for details on the release.

And there is a sale going on a CAS-ual Fridays Stamps too. See details here. You can use the code below to get even more off too!!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a great weekend!!

Supplies:

Card #1

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Card #2

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Inspiration Post at Stamping Smiles Design Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #8

Happy Thursday everyone!! It is my turn for an inspiration post over at Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge. I created a card for Challenge Card #8.

Here is a sneak peek of my card.

To see the details, please hop over to Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge Blog.

Stay tuned too for more sneak peeks from CAS-ual Fridays new release!!

Supplies:

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Day 4 Sneak Peek for CAS-ual Fridays

It is Thursday, one more day until the weekend begins!! Yeah!! (Weekends are what I live for these days!!)

Once again I am here with a sneak peak for CAS-ual Fridays new stamp and die release. Just two more days until the goodies go live in the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps store!!

Today I am sharing a project that I created with the new "Bravo" stamp set. There is a "Bravo" Fri-Die too!!

What I love about this stamp set is that you can use this for a bunch of different celebrations-retirement, a new job, graduations-the possibilities are endless!!

I chose to make a graduation card for my niece who will be graduating from college in a few weeks.

I started the card by cutting down a piece of white card stock into a 5 1/4" by 4" piece. I then stamped the "applause" sentiment in blue-violet from the new "Bravo" stamp set.  Next, I used the tiny star from the "Sassy Smiles" set and stamped some stars around the panel in a random fashion. I mounted the white panel onto a blue card base and set aside. I used Blue Bayou Stickles over the stars and inside the dots on the sentiment to give the card a little sparkle.

I used a punch to punch a circle and created a diamond with a ruler to create a graduation hat.

I then used some black floss to make a tassel for the hat. I punched a hole in the top of the graduation cap, insert the tassel and covered the hole up with a black enamel dot. I adhered the bottom of the hat to the card and then used foam adhesive under the top of the hat for some emphasis.

Since the colors of her school are blue and orange, I stamped another sentiment from the "Bravo" set in orange on a strip of white card stock. I adhered it above the blue sentiment.

To round everything out, I adhered some white sequins and orange stars that I die cut using the "Fun-Fetti" fri-dies randomly down the card at an angle.

Since I work in a High school, I will be needing a TON of graduation cards and will be utilizing the "Bravo" set again and again. 

That is it for me today. Please visit the CAS-ual Fridays Blog to enter to win a randomly picked $15 prize. Each day you have a chance to enter and five, $15 prizes will be announced on the CAS-ual Friday Blog on Saturday, April 30, 2016.

And there is a sale going on a CAS-ual Fridays Stamps too. See details here. You can use the code below to get even more off too!!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a fabulous Thursday!!

Supplies:

InLinkz.com