CAS Cards...

 

 

The other day as I was reading a card making fb page and a fellow card maker couldn't understand why so many CAS cards were getting all sorts of comments and likes instead of the more fancier ones. Well needless to say she opened a can of worms with that comment and probably 99% of the comments were in favor of CAS cards. It was nice to know that I am not alone when it comes to making CAS cards. I did speak up saying to each their own and that just because they are CAS cards doesn't mean it is not thought out as the more fancier cards are. This card is a great example! It may look simple but this is take 4 on this one! The original looks nothing like the end result. After several different colors, card stock, and should I add an embellishment to it? This is what I came up with. What can I say I am a 100% CAS kind of girl and proud of it!

 

 

 

 

Holiday Joy

 

This is my first Stamp of the Week from Unity and I was super excited to get it! After playing around with different ideas this is what I came up with...

Several months ago I found these kraft bags on Etsy and thought this would be a fun idea for a Christmas card or Holiday card envelope maybe for a gift card. I used Memento Tuxedo black ink and a variety of Copic sketch markers for the tree and the twinkle lights. I added the washi tape to give it a little bit more color...will keep playing around with this idea...

Things to Do....

Needless to say I have been a busy bee since the school year has started and now I am beginning to find time again to make cards. I have certainly missed it! I do love Unity stamps very much and this is one of them!

As usual I used my Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake for the card...plus their white paper...For the punch I used Die-namics Notebook Paper...For the stamp it is Unity Stamp Things to do: Dream, Wish, Etc. by Stephanie Ackerman...I stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black and used Copic Sketch markers:R46, B04, YG67, YR07, and V17...plus a little washi tape to hold it...

Love the simplicity of it and how the colors turned out...



O Christmas Tree...

 

Here is my Holiday card for this week's Addicted to CAS Challenge...

 

 

Needless to say I am still a newbie when it comes to Copic markers and for this clean and simple challenge I colored in this Christmas tree...

I used Stampendous Retro Tree-O stamp but ended up using just one of the three trees for this card...

I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black and used the following Copic markers

For the tree I used YG67 Moss

For the Christmas balls I used B04 Tahitian Blue, YR07 Cadmium Orange, V17 Amethyst, and R46 Strong Red

For the frame I used Lawn Fawn Say Cheese die cut and the paper is from Canvas Corp Kraft & Red Mini Dot Reverse

For the card I used Stampin' Up! Crumble Cake and a bit of washi tape to add a little pop to the frame...

Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment...l love to read them

Wynne





Thinking of You...

 

Here is my take for this weeks CAS-UAL FRIDAYS Challenge

 

 

 

 

 

I have to admit I am a CAS Girl 100% and I feel that this card sums up how much I love to make these kinds of cards and as my friends call my cards "Simple and Sweet"...
to me this card is Simple and Sweet...

 

For the Card... 

I used two different Stampin' Up! stamp sets...

for the flower I used Button Buddies

and for the sentiment I used So Happy for You..

The three colors that were chosen this week is one of my favorite color combinations

I used Stampin' Up! stampin' pad Pumpkin Pie for the flower and Tempting Turquoise (which is the closest I have to aqua) for the sentiment

For the stem and leaves I used Stampin' Up! Grossman Ribbon in Old Olive...

And I used Stampin' Up! Crumble Cake for the card...

Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment...I love reading them!

Wynne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Happiness is the Great Outdoors...

Here is my take for this weeks Unity's Friends with Flair Challenge...

Friends with Flair Challenge

 

My husband and I are huge camping fans and I have to say the great outdoors is my happy place...

For the card I used

One of my favorite Unity Stamps..Destination Happiness

Stampin' Up! Crumble Cake for the Card and Whisper White for the sentiment and camper

I uses Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip for the camper and sentiment

and then colored the camper with Stampin' Up! stampin' write in

Old Olive, Baja Breeze and Tangerine Tango

I tried my best cutting out that camper! I think I did an okay job...

For the paper I used imaginisce Happer Camper and the tree die-cut from their Camp Critter Die-cuts

Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment...I love reading them!

Wynne

 

 

 



Congrats....It's a Girl!

Here is my take on this week's Paper Smooches Sparks

Designers Draft Challenge...

 

 

I recently rediscovered my Sew easy tool and decided to give it a go with this card!

I used Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler...which I love very much...this was the first set I bought...

While looking at the sentiments Congratulations pop out at me and then I remembered I had

some Alphabet Soup Playing Cards for Girls and when I saw this playing card it all came together...

I used the DMC Floss to add a little pizzazz to the white to make it stand out plus two mismatched pink buttons to make the sentiment to make it stand out too...

Fun card to make...

Thanks for stopping by

Wynne

 

 

 

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Itty Bitty a Day Challenge ~ Day 2

I decided to step out of my comfort zone today with this card. A couple of years ago I bought the Sew easy to try my hand at stitching...needless to say I struggled with it and put it away! A couple of months ago my husband and I gave my craft room an upgrade and while going through things I found my Sew easy stuff. So today as I was playing around while my little one was down for a nap I took it out to try again...needless to say I need some more practice! I did a search on Pinterest for hand stitching on cards and after reading about trying it free hand this is what I came up with...

 

I pulled out some DMC floss that I had tucked away and attempted to stitch "thread" onto each spool of thread on the itty bitty By A Thread...I still have more practice on my stitching but I had a whole lot of fun making it!

I used Memento Tuxedo for the stamp and sentiment...I colored each spool and pulled out one of my few Copic markers to color the spools...I added some washi tape to add a little something extra and underneath the sentiment I free handed a simple stitch...

Needless to say I will be practicing!

Thanks for stopping by

Wynne

 

 

 

 

 

Itty Bitty A Day Challenge...Day One

 

Here is my itty bitty A Day challenge day #1

 

 

 

 



 I used (small things) Great Love itty bitty stamp and for the washi tape background I used a little bit washi stamp set...I really love this set! I used Stampin' Up! ink for the sentiment and washi tape stamp...A couple months ago I ran across a Pinterest idea for using a Kraft bag as an envelop and found this kraft bag on Etsy and thought it would make a fun envelop with this card...

I really had fun making this card and I love how the washi "tape" turned out again the Crumble cake card stock...

Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment!

Wynne

 

 

 



Camping on the Brain....

When I think of summer the first thing that pops into my head is camping! Growing up I camped quite a bit with my family. And now as an adult I still love to camp and fortunately my husband loves to camp too. This weeks Addicted to CAS code word is Summer and immediately I thought of this Unity stamp which is one of my favorite stamps...

I thought I would mix things up and try my hand at making a tag instead of a card...a first for me and loved making it! For the washi tape in the background I used another Unity stamp set that I have and love too...a little bit of washi...I recently got this set and immediately fell in love with it...

I used Stampin' Up! stamp pads and then individually cut out each washi tape stamp...

For the camper I also used Stampin' Up! stamp pad plus I used Stampin' Up! stampin' write markers to highlight some of the camper...And for the ribbon I used Stampin' Up! ribbon...

This was fun!

Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment...I love to read them!

Wynne

Addicted to CAS



Lucky One...

Don't you just hate it when you have this great idea for a card challenge when you can't find the one stamp that you need? Well that happened to me but I improvised so I could make this card for Freshly Made Sketches #98...

 

Freshly Made Sketches

 

 

Hopefully you figured out that I was making it like a slot machine and that you are lucky one in love...

For the cherries I used Stampin' Up! Tart & Tangy

I colored each cherry using Stampin' Up! stampin' write in Real Red and Old Olive

and the punched each of them..

and Stampin' Up! patterned paper.

As for my missing "Lucky One" stamp which I searched high and low but could not fine :(

I used micro soft word for the sentiment and printed it out on card stock

I also used AC twine behind the sentiment

Thank for stopping by!

Wynne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy as you Choose To Be...

Well my summer is quickly coming to an end and needless to say I am enjoying time in my craft room before I head back to the classroom! Today I am taking part in Unity's Friends with Flair and this is what I came up with...

I used one of my new Unity itty bitty stamps Happy as you CHOOSE which I love!

I stamped it in Memento Tuxedo and used my Recollections markers to color the letters...I am starting to color more and more but still have some work to do! I used my Big Shot Bigz Top Note die cut in the white card stock and added the yellow to help pop out the colors and felt it needed something to bring it together and used one of my clips from Recollections...

 

 

Just a Note...

It has been a busy day for me in my craft room and especially with my new Unity a little bit washi stamp set...Here is my second card of the day using this set and needless to say I love it! I was inspired by CAS(E) this Sketch # 40

 

 

CAS(E) this Sketch #40

Here is my interpretation...

 

 

I used Stampin' Up! ink on each of them and then cut them out individually...

The colors that I use tend to be my go to ones which include Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Real Red...

I played with how to lay them out a couple of times and decided on this pattern.

For the sentiment I used Unity Stamp set Just a Note in Stampin' Up! Night of Navy and used a Stampin' Up! punch too...

I love how the colors bring this CAS card together...

Wynne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

beautiful day....

I am loving my new washi stamp set from Unity...I played around some more today and this what what I ended up with...

 I ended up stamping the washi stamps on white cardstock and then cutting them out...I used Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Real Red and Night of Navy...

For the sentiment oh what a beautiful day, which I got in my grab bag from Unity which I ended up stamping in the same colors as the washi tape and cut them up individually...

I like how the colors turned out on the Crumb Cake card stock...

 



Washi Tag

Been playing around in my craft room this morning and decided to try out this fun set a little bit washi from Unity Stamp...I got this tag from Unity too...This is my first time using this set and can see a lot of fun ideas with these stamps in the future!

Here is what I came up with...

CAS tag...

I used Stampin' Up ink in the following colors...

Old Olive

Chocolate Chip

Pumpkie Pie

Night of Navy

Real Red

I also used AC brown/white twine...

 

 

 

 

 

Smile!

After a busy week of getting ready for my son's 4th birthday and I am back in the saddle again with making my cards...Today's card is for CAS(E) this sketch weekly challenge #39...

 

I had quite a bit of fun coming up with this card from their sketch...

For the card I used Stampin' Up! Crumble Cake and their Whispering White for the sentiment

The patterned paper is MME On The Bright Side (both sides)

The camera stamp is from Lawn Fawn's Say Cheese

and the Smile Stamp is from Studio G

I used Memento Tuxedo Black for the sentiment

To color in the camera (still working on my coloring skills) I used Stampin' Up! stampin' write markers...Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight
For the frame I used my Big Shot and the Retro Frame for the Die Cut...

 

Thanks for Stopping By and Please leave a comment...I love reading them!

Wynne

 

 

 

CAS(E) this Sketch #39

 

 

 

 



itty bitty A Day Challenge...Day 3

It has been a very productive couple of days in my craft room and boy has it been fun!...I have to say this challenge has certainly "challenged" me as a stamper to go beyond my comfort zone by trying new things...I am glad that another Unity Stamp stamper suggested this challenge!

 So here is my card for Day 3...

The itty bitty stamp set that I chose is It's A Good Day...a gift from a fellow stamper...

For the card I use Stampin' Up! Crumble Cake and their Whispering White

I used Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip ink

MME Lost & Found Two Card Stock...Rosy "Love" Blooms

MME Ribbon

American Crafts Flair button

I like how the colors came together and I think the flair button tied it all together...

Hope you like my card!

Looking forward to making my card for Day 4...



itty bitty A Day Challenge Day 2...Oh, Snap!

Here is my card for Day 2...

 

I feel like a kid in a candy store when I "rediscover" stamps that I haven't used in awhile!

I used Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake for the card and their Whispering White for the cameras and the sentiment. I used markers to color the cameras and sentiment. I used washi tape for the background...

Matching Socks...

Needless to say it has been fun making a lot of cards these past couple of days...I guess I have been making up for being gone for almost 3 weeks...I had a lot of fun making this one though I tried several different color combinations and these colors screamed "Yes!" once I saw them together...

 

Here us what I made for

August Unity (be inspired) Challenge

 

I used Unity Stamp Life is too short to match socks stamp set...This was my first stamp set that I bought from them and it remains my favorite! For the card stock I used Stampin' Up! Crumble Cake and Whispering White...I also used their Tempting Turquoise ink plus Memento Tuxedo Black for the socks...The twine is MME lime twist and the little clothes pins are also Stampin' Up! For the background I used washi tape...which I think brings the whole card together...I really liked how this card turned out...Hope you like it too!

Bosom Buddies...itty bitty A Day Challenge...Day 1

Here is my card for Day 1 of the itty bitty A Day Challenge...

 

When looking at my itty bitty stamps to start the challenge with this one jumped right out at me! I also immediately thought of using red too...So here you go...

I used Unity Stamp Lifting Me Up...Stampin' Up! Real Red ink for the sentiment and for the bra I used Memento Tuxedo Black...for the Card I used Stampin' Up! Crumble Cake and their Whispering White...I also added a little bit of washi tape on the side...

I had a lot of fun making this card...Hope you like it!

Wynne

Love You Dearly...

Here is a card that I made for the Paper Smooches Picture Perfect Challenge...Here is the picture that inspired this weeks challenge...

 

And this is what I came up with...

 

I used Paper Smooches Pretty Phrases and Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety patterned paper...for the heart I used my Cricut machine...I loved the colors from their picture and when I saw these two pattern papers their colors jumped out at me...I really liked how my CAS card turned out...

 

 

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just a Note...

Well here is my first attempt with the chevron pattern...I was inspired by another stamper...After seeing her beautiful card I was inspired to try myself! I played around with the colors/patterns I chose and this is what I came up with...Pretty happy for my first time!...I used Just a Note (Jillibean Itty Bitty)...I am all about simple sentiments...For the Chevron pattern I used Lily Bee Design Handmade Collection...I cut each paper 1/2 inch and then 2 inches long...I like how they turned out...As usual I used my Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake (though it will always be "Kraft" to me) for the card and Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip ink...I really enjoyed this and see myself making more of the chevron pattern! Hope you like it...

filled with LOVE....

After being on vacation for almost 3 weeks and I am happy to be home again and even more happier to be back in my craft room...Needless to say I did miss making cards! Who wouldn't...right? So here is my latest creation...I used Unity Stamp's HUGE Jar filled with Love...first time using it and loved it! I used lily bee design Handmade Pattern Block and my old stand by Crumble Cake (though I prefer to say Kraft) from Stampin' Up! I also used their Real Red ink and then I used my Cricut for the heart...
I have been bitten by the challenge bug lately and decided to use this card for Unity Stamp Friends with Flair Challenge...Definitely getting out of my box with my CAS cards...
Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by...

Hanging by a Thread?

Needless to say I am on a card making wind this week and have found another blog challenge...this time it is from CAS on Sunday and their theme for this one is 'One Layer Wonder'...As most of you know I am all about CAS cards...so here you go...Unity Stamp By A Thread...Tuxedo Black Memento Ink...Studio G card...have a thing for circle cards this week and Stampin' Up markers plus a Copic one to color...Hope you all like it...Until next time...

Love Bug

Since reorganizing my craft room I have rediscovered many stamps and embellishments that I forgot about including this cute heart from neat & tangled Just Hello stamp set and this cute American Craft Flair adhesive badge...While reading neat & tangled blog I ran across their little tangles challenged blog...this month's challenge is " Washi It Up" Challenge #15...so here is what I came up with...I have recently discovered Washi Tape and needless to say I love it!... 

Sentiments...

My husband and I recently up graded my craft area (will post pics soon) and while going through my stamps I realized I had a lot of sentiment stamps needless to say I am not complaining :). While organizing them by categories I realized that I had 4 containers full of sentiments not including ones that came in sets. I have to say that sentiment stamps are by far my favorite go to stamp for any occasion. Since redoing my craft area I have rediscovered some sets of stamps that I had not used in a long time and decided to pull them out and see what I could come up with. These two cards are stamps from neat & tangled stamps and the card is a Studio g which I love since there are so many different styles...my favorite at the moment is the circle one...Until next time...Happy Stamping :)

CAS(E) this Sketch #33

Can you tell that I love flip flops? I seem to be on a flip flop card making craze these days. As most  you know I love Stampin' Up! Crumble Cake card stock though I still call it "Kraft Paper". I also love this deadbeat Designs stamp too. The flip flop punch was an after thought and quite the search on the internet. I was happy to find ek had one! Also since it is now officially summer I wanted to use bright colors for the flip flops. I hope that you enjoy another one of my CAS cards...As most of you know I am all about them! Happy Summer and keep a look out for more summer themed cards.

Spring on the Brain...

Snow is falling now and I am on my Spring Break ~ What is wrong in this picture? Can you tell where my brain is right now? I am ready for spring! All I need is a pedicure and warm weather and I will be good to go But in the meantime this card will have to do. I love this stamp and punch. I found this stamp while visiting my parent's in Albuquerque. We took a day trip up to Santa Fe and I found this great stamp store called Guadalupes Fun Rubber Stamps. Every time I visit I always stop by to see what fun stamps they have. Needless to say I never leave empty handed! The stamp is by deadbeat Designs, the punch is from ek success, the paper is Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake even though I still refer to is as Kraft( I am a big fan of this paper and majority of my cards are from this paper), the patterned paper is also from Stampin' Up! plus the ink which is their Rich Razzleberry. I am a big fan of CAS cards, can you tell?

CAS(E) this sketch #20

This is my first clean and simple card challenge for CAS(E) this sketch! I used Stampin' Up! Crumble Cake for card and punch, which is also Stampin' Up! The camera stamp is from deadbeat designs, which I found in a stamp store in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The smile stamp is from studio g which I found I believe at A.C. Moore. The ink is Riding Hood Red from Stampin' Up! I added some Crafting Tape that I bought today at my local Michael's. I really enjoyed this sketch and I am glad that I ran across this blog!