Happy Sunshiny Day

Hi everyone!

This week on the Glitz blog, the digi team is sharing projects using the Sunshine in My Soul collection. I don't know why I have never used this collection before, but it is gorgeous! If you hurry, part of this collection is on sale at Jessica Sprague for One Buck Wednesday.

Here's my hybrid card:

For the front panel, I used ink pads to watercolor the background, and then I added splatter on top. For the grouping, I resized and fussy cut some of the elements from the Sunshine in My Soul Element Pack. I used the bird paper from the SIMS Paper Pack 2 and cropped it to fit in the frame. Isn't the bird cool? I love it! I had to add a little stitching, so I stitched through the sentiments. 

The butterfly is die-cut from glitter cardstock using the Leanna die from Simon Says Stamp. Here's a close-up:

I layered some of the Sunshine in My Soul papers underneath as well as some tissue paper to add some texture in the layers. I think I've used tissue on almost every project in the last six months...I love it! :)

I'm linking up to a couple of challenges. First, the CAS-ual Fridays Shades of Grey. I used four shades of grey on the card--the dark silver splatter, the grey on the frame, the grey on the bottom layer, and the silver butterfly. 

I'm also linking up to the Simon Says Stamp Glitter It challenge for the glittery butterfly. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day! 

Supplies

Cardstock: (tan woodgrain) Studio Calico; (Distress Watercolor Cardstock) Ranger; (silver glitter cardstock) Best Creations

Digital elements: (sentiments, frame, arrow, flower element from Sunshine in My Soul Element Pack; papers from Sunshine in My Soul Paper Pack 2) Glitz Design

Ink: (Butter Bar Mid-Tone) Hero Arts; (Wild Honey Distress Ink) Ranger; (Silver, Gold Mr. Huey's) Studio Calico

Embellishments: (flower from Flea Market) Crate Paper

Die: (butterfly from Leanna die) Simon Says Stamp

Miss You Forever

Hi everyone! Happy Valentine's Day! I've been pretty absent on the 'ole blog....working, making a zillion valentines, hanging with my kids (it's Spring Break??). It's all good!

It's time for another CAS-ual Fridays challenge. This week's challenge is to make a goodbye/farewell card that is LONG (2" x 4", 4" x 6", etc.).

Before I get to my card, I wanted to say that it's the last week of the CAS-ual Fridays term. It's hard to say goodbye--CAS-al Fridays has been a *fantastic* team. Almost a year ago, the Two Peas digital Creative Team was suddenly cut, and it had been my only DT. I was really disappointed and felt a little lost. About a month later, I got a very sweet e-mail from Michele telling me that the team was a week into the term, but there was an unexpected opening. Would I want to join CAS-ual Fridays? Um, yes! I was pretty darn excited! :)

The team has been awesome--Michele is an amazing leader. I love her! I'm going to miss my *very* talented DT-mates. Every week, I have looked forward to seeing the team's creations. They rock!  I've learned so much from them and the CFC players. It's hard to not continue...I'm going to miss it!

Speaking of missing, here's my long/tall farewell card:

I was inspired by how Paige Evans made the hand-cut title on THIS layout. Her lettering was unbelievable. I tried to cut my letters free-hand like hers, but let's be real, my hand-cut letters looked like they were done by my 3-year-old. ha ha

I used Studio Calico's new LemonLush papers for the alphas and the layering papers (except the tissue paper of course). The "forever" was cut from one of the papers. I stitched the sentiment onto PTI's Linen Vellum. (As an aside, I never thought I would get so excited over a vellum, but this stuff is wicked cool!) ;) For the background, I used a journaling card from the SC Copper Mountain PL kit....I'm really digging using PL cards on my cards lately.

Here's a close-up:

I counted a whopping 9 layers on my card....it's not exactly CAS. Oops! I think it shows my evolution in CAS. Yep, that's my story.

If you would like to play along with this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge, the winner will receive CAS-ual Friday Stamps!

You can link up your tall/long farewell cards HERE.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I really appreciate your support!


Supplies
Cardstock: (Linen Essentials) Ellen Hutson; (Linen Vellum) PTI
Patterned papers: (orange and white Project Life card from Copper Mountain PL January 2014 kit; all other papers from LemonLush) Studio Calico
Silhouette Cameo
Embellishments: (asterisk from Copper Mountain PL kit) Studio Calico

Going Graphic

Hi everyone!

It's time for a new CAS-ual Fridays challenge! This week's challenge is to use color blocking. I cruised around Pinterest looking for inspiration, and I ran across this pin:

(The Berry)

I love the color combination (and I would pretty much kill for those pants!). From watching way too much Project Runway, I don't think color blocking has to actually involve blocks, so I went with triangles on my super graphic card:

It's hard to tell from this photo, but the color-blocking is one-layer. I used AUDacious Designs' Quarters template for the three triangles. I stamped on them with a digital brush to add a subtle texture (and I know, there's really no texture, ha ha). I color matched the boxes using the photo. If you want to see how I did it, I have a video tutorial (see my Digital Tutorials above).

I die-cut the "hello" from Paper Smooches' Quote Tag Dies in black. I wasn't sure about the black, so I made another card and die-cut 4 layers of white cardstock. I got the inspiration from JJ's Paper Smooches card (although mine's not as thick or cool):

I'm not sure which I like better. Which do you like better?

If you'd like to do some color-blocking of your own, you can link up to this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge. The winner will receive some CAS-ual Friday Stamps:

You can link up your projects HERE.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!


Supplies
Cardstock: (True Black) PTI
Other paper: (Premium White Photo Paper) Office Max
Digital template: (Quarters) AUDacious Designs at Pixels and Company
Die: (Quote Tag Dies) Paper Smooches

A to Z...You!

Hi everyone! ***If you're looking for my Season's Givings blog hop post, please click HERE.

It's the first CAS-ual Fridays challenge of 2014! This week's challenge is about choosing a word that describes what you hope for the new year.

Here's my card:

Yeah, yeah, I kind of cheated and instead of using one word, I used 26. :) I picked this image because I felt like it showed great words that I want to aspire to be this year. 

I used a digital image from Kim Geiser (love her stuff!) and colored it with Copics. I was holding my breath the whole time I was coloring--some of those lines and dots are small! 

Here's a close-up:

The face in the "You" kills me--it is so cute!

The winner of this week's CAS-ual Fridays Challenge will win a prize from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!

You can link up your projects HERE. I hope you'll play along!

Have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by. 

Supplies

Cardstock: (white) Papertrey Ink

Stamp: (ABC You!) Kim Geiser

Copic markers

A Little Gold

Hi everyone! We're down to the wire now. I'm *finally* getting out my Christmas cards, although they're now probably going to be New Year's cards. ha ha

Wow, is it really almost 2014? This week's CAS-ual Fridays post is a joint challenge with the 10 Minute Craft Dash. We're making CAS New Year's projects.

Honestly, the thought of making a card in 10 minutes is stressful. I deliberate over every detail. When I went to JJ's house in November, we spent about 10 hours crafting. She joked that I worked on one card the whole time. She was close--I think I spent four hours working on one tortured card. Ha!

So, my card for this week's challenge took me longer than 10 minutes, but I did follow the theme:

I saw THIS pin, and I was inspired by the gold embossing and vellum (although I used glassine). I used Gold Modeling Cream and a stencil from Simon Says Stamp...it was the first time I had worked with the modeling cream (instead of paste), and I loved it! It kind of reminded me of frosting a cake, which is always a good thing. :)

The glassine bag has a mix of sequins, and I sealed it with some cool glitter tape (thanks, Joscelyne!!). Not like I'm really going to do this, but I thought it would be fun to rip the bag off and use the sequins like confetti to ring in the new year. With all of the bling (the glitter tape, stars, and sequins), I'm entering the card in the Simon Says Stamp Bling It On! challenge.

Here's a close-up:

The sentiment is computer-generated. Apparently I don't have any New Year's stamps? Then again, I've never sent someone a card for the new year. Well, unless you count a late Christmas card.

If you'd like to play along with this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge, it's being sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays Stamps:

You can link up your projects HERE. It's a two-weeker, so there's time!


Have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!


Supplies
Cardstock: (white) Avery Elle; (White Linen) Ellen Hutson
Medium: (Gold Modeling Cream) Viva
Stencil: (Falling Stars) Simon Says Stamp
Sequins: (gold) Amuse; (silver) Hobby Lobby); (white flat) Kelly Purkey
Font: Traveling Typewriter

I'd Melt for You

Hi everyone! We had my son's preschool holiday concert tonight. I was pretty worried--he had been talking about how he didn't want to stand up in front of everyone. He did great! I have no idea if he was actually singing, but it didn't matter--I was so proud of him. :)

This week's CAS-ual Friday's challenge is to use a snowflake(s) or snow of some sort. As a note, the challenge will be ending early (midnight ET on Wednesday).

I used snow, as in a snowmen, for my card this week:

Aren't those snowmen so cute! They're from Newton's Nook Design's Frozen Friends set. I colored them with Copics and fussy cut them on the Crate paper. I used a PTI heart die to die-cut the window--it reminds me a little of a cookie cutter with the scallops. Or maybe I'm just thinking about cookies. hee hee

Here's a close-up:

If you would like to link up to the snow challenge at CAS-ual Fridays, you can do so HERE. This week, the challenge is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp!

My card today is also on the Newton's Nook blog, along with a few other cards Jen is sharing as my last post. :(  Jen is a real sweetheart, and NND is a fantastic company to work with. Thank you for having me on the team! I'm going to miss my design teammates, too. They are such a talented bunch!

Have a great weekend! Thank you for stopping by!


Supplies
Cardstock: (Ellen's white Linen) Ellen Hutson; (white) PTI
Patterned paper: (pink ombre from Love Notes) Crate Paper
Stamps: (snowmen, sentiment from Frozen Friends) Newton's Nook Designs
Ink: (Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko
Die: (Limitless Layers Hearts) PTI
Copics

You Can Almost Feel the Snow

Hi everyone! Well, it's official. Wreath on the door, presents ready to be wrapped, snow on the ground, singing Christmas carols...it's feeling like the holiday season. Are you ready for Christmas?

If you have your holiday papers and stamps out, be sure to enter this week's CAS-ual Fridays Challenge--trees.

I went with a Christmas theme for this week's challenge:

As soon as I saw this patterned paper from the Silent Night collection, I knew I had to use it. I simply resized the digital paper, added the sentiment from One Little Bird, and printed it. To make the trees more prominent, I added some coarse glitter.

I did one of my new favorite looks on this card: white on an off-white or cream base. I love that subtle look! Here's a close-up:

The winner of this week's CAS-ual Fridays Challenge will win a gift certificate to Ellen Hutson.

You can link up your projects HERE. I hope you'll play along!

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

Cardstock: (Vintage White) PTI; (Premium Matte Photo Paper) OfficeMax

Patterned paper: (winter scene from Silent Night) Nancie Rowe Janitz at Jessica Sprague

Digital element: (sentiment from 12 Days) One Little Bird at The Lilypad

It's a Jumbo Thank You

Hi everyone! Ready for the weekend? Getting ready for Thanksgiving? We had snow today, which made it feel a little more like the holidays. :)

It's time for a new CAS-ual Fridays challenge:

The challenge is to create a project with eight of one item (e.g., sequins, colors, papers, etc.). I went with eight letters on my card:

I used a sentiment from Another Thank You and heat embossed it with some glittery blue embossing powder. I love how the color shifts with the embossing (and by the way, I love this embossing powder--I've had it for 5 years and it still embosses without stray flecks). I simply layered the image over some patterned paper.

I still had the felt flowers on my desk that I used from my last post. ;) Ha ha. Do you do that, too?

Here's a close-up:





ETA: I'm linking up my card in the Runway Inspired Challenge. I think the background, pink flower, and pattern work with the gorgeous image:

If you would like to link up to this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge, the winner will receive a gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp:

You can link up your projects HERE. I hope you'll play along. Eight is great! (yuck, yuck, I couldn't resist.)

Thanks so much for stopping by!


Supplies
Cardstock: (white) PTI
Patterned paper: (black and white from Simple Surfaces) Cosmo Cricket
Clear stamps: (Another Thank You) Stampin' Up
Ink: (Versamark)
Embossing Powder: (Firecracker Blue) Sparkle and Sprinkle
Flower: (felt flower) Prima

Graphic Christmas

Hi everyone! Are you sick of Christmas cards yet? I hope not because the CAS-ual Friday team is teaming up with the Curtain Call team for a joint challenge.

Both teams are making projects based on the Curtain Call inspiration picture. We're also using CAS-ual Fridays Stamps (although you can use any products to enter the challenge).

I was inspired by the greenery:

I die-cut a wreath from A Little Hut on my Cameo. For the bow, I stamped and heat embossed one of the stars from Christmas Carols, fussy cut it, and added it to the center. I finished the card by stamping the sentiment from the same set.

Here's a close-up:

If you want to join in this week's CAS-ual Fridays/Curtain Call challenges, the winner will receive a prize from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps:

You can link up your projects HERE.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!


Supplies
Cardstock: (White Linen) Ellen Hutson; (green, red) Bazzill
Clear stamps: (sentiment, star from Christmas Carols) CAS-ual Fridays Stamps
Ink: Versamark; (Onyx Black) Versafine
Embossing powder: (Gold Ultra Fine) Ranger
Die: (wreath, bow from Wreath Gift Set) A Little Hut

Beware of the Shadow Monsters

Hi everyone! If you're looking for the Glitz Design blog hop, please click HERE.

If you celebrate Halloween, I hope you had a great day! We went trick-or-treating, and the kids had a blast. My youngest was tired, and by the end, he kept saying he was out of time. LOL!

It's Friday (well, almost) and time for a new CAS-ual Fridays challenge. The challenge is to emboss--either heat or dry embossing. You have two weeks for this challenge!

Since it's still technically Halloween when the post goes live, I went with a Halloween card. Actually, it's that I really wanted to use this stamp and forgot to sooner.

The Shadow Monster stamp cracks me up! This stamp is huge, but I managed to heat emboss all of that solid area. I nearly gave up a few times, but I did it. ;) I colored the girl with Copics and added a sentiment from Hey Pumpkin set. I'm linking up the card with this week's Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Stamp.

Here's a close-up:

If you'd like to play along with the CAS-ual Fridays challenge, this week's winner will receive a gift certificate to Ellen Hutson.

You can link up your projects HERE. I hope you'll play along!

Have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Joy to the World

Hi everyone! Want to see something different than a card?

It's time for a new CAS-ual Fridays challenge, and the challenge is to make a tag and either a treat bag or gift box. This challenge is a two-weeker. :)

I broke out my CAS-ual Fridays stamps and dies to make this tiny treat box:

I die-cut a basic box using my Cameo, adjusting the width of the box to fit the die. The tag ties around the box, and you could slip it off to open the lid.

For the tag, I used the larger Bubble Labels die from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps, punched holes in the sides, and scored it. The sentiment, from the new Christmas Carols set, is heat embossed in gold. Here's a close-up:

If you'd like to play along with this week's CAS-ual Friday's challenge, you can link up your tag and bag/gift HERE.

So are you gearing up for the holidays yet? Anyone else making cards already?

Thanks for checking out my post!


Supplies
Cardstock: (textured red) Bazzill; (Rustic White) PTI
Clear stamps: (sentiment from Christmas Carols) CAS-ual Fridays Stamps
Ink: Versamark
Embossing powder: (Ultra Fine Gold) Ranger
Digital element: (red stripe digital paper from Crazy for You) One Little Bird at The Lilypad
Die: (Bubble Labels Fri-Dies) CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Grateful for You

Happy Friday! Any plans for the weekend?

It's been a while since the last CAS-ual Fridays challenge, but this one is a great challenge:

So, fall colors and include a leaf in your CAS projects. This challenge is a two-weeker.

Here's my card:

I started with stamping the Hero Arts' Painted Maple Leaf stamp with Distress Inks and misting it lightly. I fussy cut the leaf ad inked the tips. I stamped the sentiment from Technique Tuesday's I Give Thanks set (love these sentiments!). I splattered different spray mist colors in the background.

Here's a close-up:

 *sigh* Are you looking forward to fall or wanting more summer?

If you'd like to play along with this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge, this week's sponsor is Simon Says Stamp.

You can link up your projects HERE. I hope you'll play along!

Thanks for stopping by!


Supplies
Cardstock: (Cranberry Crush, Oatmeal) WPlus9; (white for leaf) PTI
Clear stamps: (sentiment from I Give Thanks) Technique Tuesday
Rubber stamps: (Painted Maple Leaf) Hero Arts
Inks: (Spiced Marmalade, Antique Linen on edges; Persimmon, Aged Mahogany, Barn Door Distress Inks) Ranger; (Chocolate Chip) Stampin' Up
Spray Mists--various
Silhouette Cameo

You Can Do Great Things

Hi everyone! Are you ready for the weekend? It's our last weekend before school starts on Monday. Both my kids are going to new schools (second grade and preschool). They both seem prepared for the idea (as much as a three-year-old can be prepared), but I'm nervous. ha ha

Anyway, it's time for a new CAS-ual Fridays challenge:

This week is a color challenge with any shade of aqua, green, and orange.

I kept pretty close to the original colors on this card:

I recolored four different watercolor images from the Watercolor Splatters set and then stamped the watercolor heart from the Valentine's Day Watercolor Brushes set. I added one of Robyn Meierotto's new sentiment stamps--she always has such great sentiments.

Here's a close-up:

I kept the card pretty simple so I can mail it in a regular envelope.

If you'd like to play along with this week's CAS-ual Friday challenge, you have two weeks. You can link up your projects HERE. The winner will receive a gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp:

SSS has some great sales going on during August, too. :)

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!


Supplies
Cardstock: (polka dot embossed aqua) Bazzill
Other paper: (Premium Matte Photo Paper) OfficeMax
Digital stamps: (heart from Valentine's Day Watercolor Brushes) Just Jaimee for SugarHill Co.; (sentiment from Word Art Encouragements) Robyn Meierotto for Pixels & Co.
Digital elements: (watercolor elements from Watercolor Splatters) Celeste Knight for Pixels & Co.