Sending Warm Blessings

Hi there, blog friends! It’s time for the September challenge at CAS Christmas. Our Hostess is Hideko and she has chosen ‘Sparkle and/or Shine’ for our prompt. Our Guest Designer is JoAnn from Crafty Nana’s Blog

Quick and CAS! I heat embossed the trail of stars and sentiment with silver EP and die cut the angel with white glitter cardstock. Lastly, I added the clear gems for a little extra sparkle ~

We hope you’ll stop by the Challenge Blog and check out all the beautiful Christmas cards by our DT and Guest Designer...The challenge ends on the 24th, so you have plenty of time to play along with us. The holiday season will be here soon...Joining our challenge is a great way to add some beautiful cards to your Christmas card stash! I hope to see you there ~  

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko - Reach for the Stars; Altenew - Warm Blessings (sentiment)

Dies: Stamplorations - Christmas Angel

Misc: Lucy's Diamonds - Gems; Altenew - Pale Gray Cardstock, Ranger - Super Fine Detail EP

CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Reminder

Hello friends ~ Just a reminder that there is still time to link up your card for the November CAS Christmas Card Challenge. Trina is hosting this month and she has chosen ‘Non-traditional Colors’ for our prompt.

For my non-traditional colors I used distress inks in rainbow order for the die-cut word and stacked it with 2 white die-cuts to add dimension. I used Copic markers to color the holly aqua and placed everything onto a navy blue stitched panel. It was fun using colors other than green & red or silver & blue...Thanks to our brilliant Trina for such a great idea :)

My teamies have created some beautiful cards to inspire everyone ~ Come on over to the Challenge Blog to check them out, and play along with us if you like! You have until the 24th to submit your card!

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko - Big & Bold Merry (Christmas); Picket Fence Studios - On a Christmas Walk (Holly)

Dies: MFT - Stacked Merry Picket Fence Studios - On a Christmas Walk (Holly); MFT - A2 Stitched Rectangles
Misc: Stampin' Up - Clear Gems; Copic Markers; Tim Holtz - Distress Inks; Brutus Monroe - Alabaster White embossing powder

Addicted to CAS Challenge #170 - Plaid

Hi there, blog friends! Today starts a new challenge at Addicted to CAS ~ Angie is our Hostess, and she is challenging everyone to create a card using the Code Word ‘Plaid’.
Our Guest Designer is the super talented Arlene Rose ~

A customed-sized (5.25 x 6.0) clean and simple card showing off that pretty plaid paper in my favorite color combo...pink and gray! The flowers and border are not so bright IRL...I recently bought the latest version of Photoshop Elements and I'm learning some of the new features.

We would love to see how the code word ‘Plaid’ inspires you! If you would like to see inspiration from the Design Team and play along with us, come on over and check out the ATCAS Blog  ~

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko - All Occasion Sentiments
Dies: Memory Box - Prim Poppy
Misc: Lawn Fawn - Perfectly Plaid Patterned Paper: Winter; DOX Inks: Picked Raspberry, Twisted Citron; Stampin' Up - Pearl Gems; Nuvo - Glacier White Embossing Powder

Twofer Card Challenge #13

Hi there blog friends! I am truly honored to share the cards I created as Guest Designer for the February Twofer Card Challenge ~ I was so excited when Darnell shared the February prompt with me, as I have a new stamp set with lots of fabulous stars...

Here is my first card:

I started by inking the background with distress inks and added a few extra stars and splatters. I then stamped the swirly star's image and sentiment and spritzed the entire panel with Shimmer Spray.

And, here is my Twofer:

For this card, I wanted my gold fairy to 'reach for the stars'...I added the gold embossed sentiment and placed everything on the stenciled cloud background. 

I know Darnell would be thrilled if you played along and if you do, remember the special rules for the challenge:

Here is the photo I am posting to Darnell's Challenge Blog:

My dear friend Cat Craig is Co-Guesting with me, and as always, she has created two fabulous cards for the challenge! We hope to see you there ~

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Supplies:
Card #1
Stamps: MFT - Space Explorers; Uniko - Reach for the Stars
Dies: MFT - Space Explorers
Misc: TH - Distress Inks; Winsor & Newton - White Paint; Hero Arts - Detail White EP; Imagine - Sheer Shimmer Spray

Card #2
Stamps: Uniko - Reach for the Stars
Dies: Poppy Stamps - Posing Fairy; MFT - Stitched Mod Rectangle STAX
Misc: MFT - Vellum, Mini Cloud Edges Stencil; Ranger - Super Fine Gold EP

Addicted to CAS Challenge #148

Hi all ~ It’s time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS  Our Hostess is yours truly, and I've chosen the Code Word for this challenge :)

Recently, I bought my first set of stamps from Uniko, so that's what I used for my first card:

I started with a Grout Gray card base, and embossed the outline of the flowers and leaves with white EP, then stamped the details with different shades of pink and green. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment in cement gray, and that was it. I find one layer cards difficult because I love to add gems or enamel dots, but that would be cheating, right?

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While shopping the Uniko store, I also picked up a stencil and created a 2nd card ~

This is a very large stencil, so I decided to create a 5 x 7 card. I used Distress Oxide inks (Spiced Marmalade and Squeezed Lemonade) and spritzed it with a little bit of Sheer Shimmer Spray. The sentiment is from a really old Waltzingmouse set called 'Say It Loud'. And, that was it...of course, I'll have to create a custom envelope for it, but that's fine.

Ok, now we would love to see how the code word One Layer Card inspires you! If you would like to see inspiration from the Design Team, and play along with us, visit the ATCAS Blog HERE  ~

Don't forget, as always, Happy Little Stampers (HLS) is our Sponsor, and Kylie is generously awarding the winner with a $20.00 GC to the store!

  Happy Little Stampers was created in 2015 by Kylie (owner of ATSM and ATCAS). Kylie wanted to bring out a line of stamps that were useful for everyday crafters. From cute to whimsical images, from every day to funky sentiments there is something for everyone!

 Also, as the hostess for this challenge, I will be sending a crafty gift to the winner!

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Supplies:
Card #1
Stamps: Uniko - Beautiful Blooms III; Avery Elle - Oh Happy Day (sentiment)
Ink: Altenew - Cherry Blossom Oval Set; Green Meadows Oval Set; MFT - Cement Gray; Versamark
Misc: Stampendous - Detail White embossing powder

Card #2
Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps - Say It Loud
Stencil: Uniko - Pure Florals: Chrysanthemum
Ink: TH DOX - Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade; Versafine - Onyx Black
Misc: Imagine - Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray (Sparkle)