Congrats!

Hello friends! I hope you are all well. I know the blog has been quiet. Two weeks ago, I actually worked some overtime. And last week, we took a family vacation. I have been busy in the craftroom working on decorations and favors for my kiddos birthday party that will take place in 2 weeks. I have also had some tests done for the palpitations that I have been experiencing. I have my stress test on Monday, and I will be following up with the cardiologist in 2 weeks to go over everything.



 

So now that you are caught up on what's happening with little ole' me, I have a card to share with you. I cleared away the yards of felt off my desk to create a sweet little baby shower card for a friend of mine. I combined a few challenges to create my card and matching tag. I used the current challenge over at CAS(E) this Sketch! and the current and last challenge for 2014 over at CAS-ual Fridays. 

 

I inked up Lawn Fawn Plus One and did some paper piecing. This stamp set is dear to me since I used my winnings from my first challenge win over at CAS-ual Fridays to buy it. I also used it for my first guest design spot at well. I used Stitched Borders from Pretty Pink Posh along with some 6mm and 4mm clear sequins. I used clear sequins to mimic raindrops. And lastly, I added some Lawn Fawn twine for my bow. So if you haven't figured it out, I am playing along with the far right column: sequins, emboss and twine.

 

 

 

 

That is all I have to share for now. It's back to my sewing machine and felt. I hope you have a great rest of the weekend!



DeNami Inspired By Jen

 Happy Wednesday! Today I have a card to share with you for this month's DeNami Inspired by

post. Today the DT and I are sharing our creations inspired by Jen. You can find her original card here.

  

 

I chose 4 elements from her card to create mine: balloons, animals, patterned paper and twine. I actually wanted to incorporate more, but my poor CAS brain was overwhelmed. Despite my attempt to create little clusters of elements on my card, I went back to CAS.

For my card, I inked up Little Duck and colored it in with copics. Then I inked up Balloon Trio several times, once next to Little Duck and then onto some patterned paper and did some paper piecing with my Quickie glue pen. Then I used my circle nestability to trim out my image. I inked up my sentiment from Thoughtful Greetings and used my scissors to trim it out. Then I tied a bow using twine from my Summer Pack and attached it using Cyrstal Lacquer.

That is all for me today. Please be sure to stop by the DeNami blog to see what Jen and the rest of the team has created.

Poppy sketch, Make Some Noise

Today I thought I would share a card with you that plays along with the Poppy Paper February sketch that Laura Davis hosts. You may notice that this is not a typical CAS card for me. Trying to use up some patterned paper I have laying around. Lisa over at My Paper Tales made a comment on my post about my daughter, Leah, getting her ears pierced. Um, I didn't have a card to give her for her big accomplishment, so I cranked one out for her.

 

Here is Laura's fabulous sketch:

 

 

And here is the card I made to celebrate my little girl. I used Exclamations and Woot Woot from CAS-ual Fridays stamps and some patterned paper from Lawn Fawn and AMuse Studio.

 

 

That's all for me today. Thanks for stopping by!



Pages with Papertrey sketch #13

Happy Friday! I am back, as promised, with another layout to share for Pages with Papertrey. This time I am playing along with Pages with Papertrey sketch 13. This layout is the second of month 9 in Joshua's baby album. The other page can be found here.

 



 

Until Josh was 1 years old, I took a picture of him every month. I made him a onesie to wear. You can find the tutorial here by Susan Weinroth. So for this month, my sister happened to be visiting so she brought along a prop. Um, we knew that he would be too big, but went ahead and stuffed him in this teacup planter. He was so stinkin' cute because he couldn't move! What better way to capture a picture of a little one who is always on the go. Ha! If you would like to see more photos from this photo session you can go here to my sister's original post. Thanks Auntie Eva for capturing these memories!

 

 

The patterned papers are from the Becky Higgins Sweet Baby kit along with the brown rub on letters, stars and striped ribbon. The cardstock is PTI (except the Kraft) and I die cut the letters and tag. The cream panel is embossed with Circle Interlock which DeNami Design carries, the twine is Lawn Fawn and the subtitle is from CAS-ual Fridays Rad.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

CAS-ual Fridays, Stamp on Designer Paper

Hello, friends!!!! I know that it has been a week since I last posted. A few of you may know that I had a terrible cold recently. In May?! Yes, lucky me. Believe it or not, I am still on the mend and it has been 2 1/2 weeks. Crazy, I know. Last weekend, my twin sister and her family came to visit so we could celebrate our birthday and Mother's Day. Oh, we love any excuse to get together and hang out. So here is a belated birthday shout out, Eva!!!

Happy Birthday!

Okay, enough chit chat. Now onto my card. Today, the challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays is to create a clean and simple project while stamping on designer paper.

 Our fantabulous sponsor this week is CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. The winner this week will get to choose a stamp set of their own from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.

 

For my card, I used some Soft Stone PTI cardstock for my cardbase. Then I stamped my sentiment from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps, Exclamations onto some Lawn Fawn patterned paper. The paper is from the Bright side collection. The striped paper is actually vertical, but I cut it on the diagonal. I added a few sequins to finish it off.

 

 

There is so much designer paper out there, so don't just hoard it, but join in on the fun. You have until noon on Thursday to link up and play. I can't wait to see what you create!

CAS-ual Fridays, Birthday Bash

Woo-hoo!!! It's Friday! Today I have a card to share for this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge. The  challenge is to create a clean and simple birthday project and it will run for 2 weeks! So there is no excuse for not joining in on the fun *wink*.

 

 

Our fabulous sponsor for this challenge is none other than CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. The winner of this challenge will win a $45 gift certificate to the store. Wowzers!!!

 

 

For my card, I inked up Amazeballs. It is a super fun set, I tell ya. I impressed my Soft Stone card base with my PTI canvas impression plate and finished it off by adding some Lawn Fawn twine in a bow.

 

 

 

The challenge ends on Wednesday, May 1st. I can't wait to see what you create!



CAS-ual Fridays, Torn

TGIF!!! I have never been happier that Friday is here. Since my last post I had mentioned that I was coming down with a nasty virus. Well, it has outstayed it's welcome. Actually, I don't think it was ever welcomed. I have managed to make it through work this week. My manager let me go early every day this week when she could allow it. Now I have my fingers crossed for a little rest this weekend.

 

Today's card that I have to share is for this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge. Create a project with something torn. Our fabulous sponsor is CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.

 

 

I created my card using some torn patterned paper from Lawn Fawn and inked up this gorgeous mistletoe image. L-O-V-E IT!!! There's more where that came from. Stay tuned to the CAS-ual Fridays Store blog for more info. I colored it with my copics and added some stickles to finish it off.

 

 

That's all for now. I hope to get crafty when I am feeling better and a bit more inspired. Don't forget that you have until on Thursday to link up and play!

CAS-ual Fridays- punchy

Hi friends! I hope your week is treating you well. Just a few more days and our long Memorial weekend will be here for us living in the states. I hope you have some fun plans with family and friends.

As part of the CAS-ual Fridays Facebook Inspiration team, today is my day to do just that: leave you with a bit of inspiration.  I hope you have enjoyed what you have seen thus far. The Girl Fridays are pretty amazing! This week's challenge is to dust off some of your old punches, or use dies to create a clean and simple card. Remember that the challenge ends on Thursday at noon.

Our fabulous sponsor is Lawn Fawn.

Their stamps are so adorable and their papers are pretty fabulous, too. The winner this week will win a $25 gift certificate.

For my card, I desparately wanted to use one of the fabulous images from plus one. But no matter what I came up with, I just wasn't completely satisfied. So I chose to use just a sentiment from this set. I dusted off my old Creative Memories star punch to create the focal point. The inside star was punched from Lawn Fawn's Bright side paper pack. What a fun collection of papers! This is one of my most CAS cards yet. I love it!

Exciting news

Isn't is wonderful to hear exciting news?



Well, I found out at Easter service that a friend of mine is expecting. I am so thrilled for her and her husband. Today's card may look a little familiar to you. It is similar to the card that I created when I was the Guest Designer at CAS-ual Fridays with this card.

I inked up Lawn Fawn's Plus One. This is such a fun stamp set. I paper pieced the moon and stars and added Martha Stewart coarse glitter. Thanks for looking!

Hey Baby!

Today I am thrilled to share with you that I am temping with the the Girl Fridays as the March guest designer at CAS-ual Fridays! Yes, that's right! I am so honored!

The challenge this week is sponsored by SimonSaysStamp and we are to create a card with a baby theme. They were the fabulous sponsor the week I won and I have enjoyed my goodies immensely.

    

I used Lawn Fawn's Plus One to create my card. The clouds are from Studio Calico that are heavily trimmed in Martha Steward coarse glitter. I recently found out that a friend of mine is expecting. Can't wait to shower her with blessings!