CAS-ual Friday's Sketch Challenge!

Happy Friday crafty friends! Yup, it's that time for another fun challenge over at the CAS-ual Friday's Challenge Blog!  This time it's a sketch challenge!

I decided to flip the sketch for my project. I am usually drawn to white with bright colors but there is something about this Raspberry card stock that I simply love! I started by die cutting my circles and putting everything together using the die cut inlay technique. I then stamped my flowers and leaves from Pretty Posies in a shade darker than the card stock. I then die cut my Smiling Fri-Die from white card stock and fun foam. I used the same ink to shade my card stock and I topped it off with Nuvo Glaze. I then stamped the Sweet Fried from Special Delivery in VersaMark Ink and gold embossed the sentiment.

I finished off by adding some Fun-Fetti hearts and a few Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

Join us at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge blog for the chance to win $25 worth of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and, drum roll please... Michelle with double the prize if you use CAS-ual Fridays stamps!

Thanks so much for taking the time!

Kim

CFC181 - Kraft & White

I am so happy it's Friday for two reason's, it's the end of my first week back at work following a month of vacation but, better than that it's time for another CAS-ual Friday's Challenge!

This week we are featuring Kraft & White!

I hope you all have taken the time to go to the CAS-ual Friday's shop for Michelle's new release, I mean how sweet are the new products! I just had to use the new Flowercase letter stamps for this one. I matched the Hello with a sentiment from another favourite - Pretty Posies.  I also added three of the gorgeous flowers and a leaf from Pretty Posies white embossed on vellum.  I just love working with Kraft card stock! 

I toped off the project with some Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins and some pearls from my stash. This will be a great card to send to a friend!

Join us at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge blog for the chance to win $25 worth of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and, drum roll please... Michelle with double the prize if you use CAS-ual Fridays stamps!

Thanks so much for taking the time!

Kim

CFC170 - No Dies Allowed!

Happy Friday crafty friends! Not only is it time for another CAS-ual Friday's Challenge but I get to travel to Denver for work today and I will be meeting the owner of this wonderful stamp company!!! 

The challenge is "no dies allowed"-- I have to tell you I never realized how much I used my dies until this project!

I used the Pretty Posies stamp set (they really are pretty posies) and stamped them with Distress Ink in  Old Paper because I wanted to use my Prismacolor pencils and try some no-line colouring.  Again, if you follow my blog you will have seen that I am trying to use colours that I don't use on a regular basis to try and stretch my palette a little.  I decided to go with blues and purples and I am happy with the way the flowers and leaves turned out.  My sentiment is from the CAS-ual Friday's Wallfower stamp set and I added a mix of sequins in the same colours.  I then added lavender coloured card stock as a mat in the back and angled the entire top panel to a card base and cut the excess off.

Join us at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge blog for the chance to win $25 worth of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and, drum roll please... Michelle with double the prize if you use CAS-ual Fridays stamps! 

Thanks so much for taking the time!

Kim

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge - CFC156

Time for a new challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays :) CFC156 Dimension and Bling!!!

I think I am happily obsessed with the Pretty Posies stamp set by CAS-ual Fridays. I just love the lines of these flowers!  I used my Zig Clean Color markers for this one with purples! Rare for me, lol!  The smaller of the two sentiments is also from Pretty Posies that I embossed in white on black cardstock. I then die cut two of the Thanks sentiment from the Smiling Fri-dies in black and in purple glitter cardstock. I poped-up my flower on the card with foam tape for dimension and did the same to the leaf but only on the end to curl it up a little. I then finished it off with some sequins for bling! I then felt the Thanks was a bit washed out so I used my white gellyroller to add a little dimension on the black!

Join us at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge blog for the chance to win $25 worth of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and, drum roll please... Michelle with double the prize if you use CAS-ual Fridays stamps! 

Thanks so much for taking the time!

Kim

CFC154 - Time to Color!

It's time to color over at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge!!! I love to color, my favourite mediums are Copics, Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens and Prismacolor Pencils! I used my Prismacolor on Kraft for this one and I love the way it turned out!

I adore the Pretty Posies stamp set! I thought using the flowers and outlining them in white would really feature the beautiful design of the flowers and leaves.  The sentiment is from Calling All Sistahs, this, I must say, is one of the reasons I love CAS-ual Fridays stamps. There is an underlining "support your ladies" theme for all of Michelle's sets of which I am a big fan.  Most of the cards I make for my best girlfriends have CAS-ual Friday's sentiments. Let's face it we all need encouragement in one way or another at certain points in our lives. I stamped the sentiment in Versafine Onyx Black ink and outlined it freehand in white pencil to emphasize it. This card will go in the mail to a friend who lives far away but is facing a difficult decision.

Join us at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge blog for the chance to win $25 worth of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and, drum roll please... Michelle with double the prize if you use CAS-ual Fridays stamps! 

Thanks so much for taking the time!

Kim

MFT Written in Watercolor

I am loving this MFT Written in Watercolor sentiment set! I paired it with the Pretty Posies stamp set, this is a different card for me but I like the way it turned out!

I double stamped the sentiment in black and a grey to give the shadow effect to make the sentiment really pop.  I then added some of the accompanying elements from the Pretty Posies in different aqua and purple die inks.  added some sequins to finish it off (of course) and that was it. Very quick card to put together!

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge: CFC149 - Florals!

It's time for a new challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays!!! CFC149 is all about Florals!

I started by stamping my flowers from the Pretty Posies stamp set (love these flowers!) on vellum and white embossing them.  I then took some intense Copic colours and coloured the back of the vellum which gives such a nice effect. I die cut the flowers with the coordinating Posies Fri-Dies.  I stamped and embossed my Hello sentiment from the Wallflower stamp set in black with clear embossing powder which softened the look of the sentiment.  I embossed my card base with the We R Memory Keepers next level polka dot embossing folder. Die cut a frame out of Neena Solar White and copper embossed it three times.  Put the card together and added my flowers!

Join us at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge blog for the chance to win $25 worth of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and, drum roll please... Michelle with double the prize if you use CAS-ual Fridays stamps! 

Thanks so much for taking the time!

Kim