CAS thank you

I've had a global afternoon!  I am in NY, I'm eating Thornton's mint toffee from England (I wish I'd filled a suitcase or 2 with this stuff!!!), I made this card for a friend in England to thank her for the gift of a doily that was made in Romania!   Not that you needed to know all that to see my card, but I'm feeling chatty today. :)

Here is my CAS card (so that it is easy to mail and won't be destroyed on the way) to thank her...

Challenges...
CAS-ual Fridays CFC75 - "over the edge"
clean & simple 213 - sketch 
The Paper Players #118 - CAS with frames
365 Cards: Day 234 - 3 B's ... Bible verse, banners, blue flowers

Recipe:
~Prima Madeline DP
~Clear Dollar verse stamp
~Spellbinders oval and scalloped oval

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CAS thank you

Here is a CAS card that seemed to take me a long time to make!!   Just a lot of 'few minutes' here and there all put together until I got it all put together!!

Challenges...
Clean & Simple 199 - sketch (I turned it)
CAS-ual Fridays: CFC62 - black card base
Stampin' Sisters in Christ #149 - clean and simple
Dynamic Duos #12 - Black and Poppy Parade w/ dessert option of punches

~Recollections cardstock
~1 1/4" circle punch for the Dahlia flowers
~Spellbinders Doodle Parts
~Studio G stamp heat embossed with Stampendous white embossing powder
~ribbon from my stash

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A dash of this and that!

A post just like my blog title! :)  Got a few things to show you...

First, here is a card for a couple of challenges...
Clean & Simple 197 - sketch
CAS-ual Fridays: CFC60 - use text

Here is another card (no challenges) that I made to try this technique that I saw on Pinterest...

Cut butterflies in the top layer, embossed it,  pop dotted it

Here are a couple of embroidered blankets for grad gifts that should have been done last month!  (I am slow!!!)

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"Welcome, baby!" card

Looking through my cards, I realized one of my needs is boyish baby cards.  When I saw this sketch from Clean & Simple, I knew I had a winner!  [Theoretically speaking... they don't pick 'winners'!! :) ]

Clean & Simple: fall to layout 196 

Here is mine...

~MME 'fine & dandy' paper
~Inkadinkado sentiment
~Memento Rich Cocoa ink
~Fiskars scalloped square punch

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CAS Mother's Day card

Mother's Day is tomorrow!  For my junior church kids, I made cards so the children from each family can give a card (and chocolate) to their mother.  {Not enough time to make one for every child to give!}  I need 9 of them made today, so I needed CAS designs!!  Challenge sketches to the rescue!  Best place to start?  clean&simple: 190  I made 2 using this sketch.

This has been a busy day... Mother/Daughter Luncheon, NYSSMA for my daughter, making 9 Mother's Day cards...  so I'm off to bed!!  I post more cards tomorrow.

~Paper Studio cardstock
~Floral Fantasy Cuttlebug embossing folder
~Stampendous sentiment stamp
~Flora Doodle
~punches
~white gel pen

This was made using a pre-made card and scraps.  Very quick and easy!!  *It looks better IRL!! :/
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CAS sympathy cards

Unfortunately, this week I need several sympathy cards.  This is a type of card I don't just make to have on hand, though I probably should.   Not  my favorite to make!  There were 2 deaths this week that are related to 6 families with ties to our church.  So I need to make a few more.   There is sorrow, but not "as others which have no hope."  Their loved ones are with Jesus!

I'd been looking at clean&simple stamping's sketch 177 and when I heard of the deaths, it immediately came to mind.  

The inside says "Our caring thoughts are with you during this difficult time"

 

They are 4 1/4" square.

~Floral Fantasy and Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folders.
~DCWV Hippie Chick colored cardstock
~Clear Dollar stamps

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Merry Christmas tall (long?) card

Another Christmas card.  I'm trying to keep up with the jingle belles challenges this year.  Since they are only every two weeks, I should be able to, and when I can, I will try to make at least 2 cards.  It's kind of funny that for this challenge, I was the first poster, and now I'm going to be close to being the last one, too! :)

I really love the sketches at clean & simple!   I've pointed a friends who are wanting to start making cards to this site.  The sketches are clean and simple, but beautiful!! 

This is for both of these challenges...
jingle belles - "a banner holiday" -this time I took the colors and bells for my inspiration
clean&simple 176 - sketch -I made mine a little longer

~Colorbok white cardstock
~Core'dinations red and blue
~Slice shimmer pearl vine for the bells
~Sizzix Snowflakes and Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folders
~MME sentiment
~bells at 1" from Christmas Noel cart
~Fiskars Threading Waters punch
~hemp cord
~foam dots

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Boxed note cards

This is a quick set of CAS embossed note cards in a box to give away.  I'm trying to have a few things done ahead so that when I need a gift, I have it.  I thought this would be a good one.  I hope to do some craft shows eventually and this would be a good item for that, too, I think.

challenges...
Cuttlebug Spot - "box it"
clean & simple 175 - sketch
BBTB2 - Dimensional flower

The box is the crayon box from Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More cut at 8 1/4" I think.  It fit on a 12x12 sheet.  The swirl is from HA.  The flower is from April Showers cut 4 sizes.  The dsp is Fancy Pants, I think.  Basic Grey brads for the latch.

I used Glossy Accents for some shine and dimension.

Four cards and envies fit inside.

This was such a great sketch!!

All stamps were from Inkadinkado.  Divine Swirls embossing folder. 

Stars embossing folder. 

Perfect Paisley embossing folder.  Silk flowers from my stash.

Swiss Dots embossing folder.

And today is January 31!!  Supposed to be winter!  Our kids are taking ski lessons!  I live in upstate NY!!   This temperature is terrible!!!  I WANT SOME REAL WINTER!!!!!!  (the snow was soooooo sticky today!!)

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Eccl. 3:11 note card

Here is a quick note card I made this evening following clean&simple's sketch 174.  (I turned the sketch)

I'm submitting it to Sweet n Sassy Digi challenge #36 - monochromatic colors

~Cuttlebug Stars embossing folder
~Digis from Sweet n Sassy "New Creature" set
~Copics-B95, RV95
~Fiskars Threading Water border punch

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Last minute Christmas cards

This afternoon, my husband took over the kitchen, and my daughter needed 7 cards for her friends (thanks for giving me lots of notice, kiddo!!!), so I headed for my craft room.  I knew they HAD to be clean and simple!!  They are CAS, and I was able to make them all in about 30 minutes!!
They are based on CAS's sketch 171 though mine are A2, not square.

I was really pleased with the way they turned out!

Basic Grey Wassail dsp

Recollections 'O Christmas Tree' dsp

Recollections 'O Christmas Tree' dsp

A piece of 'Wassail' with a piece of 'O Christmas Tree'

The stamp was a $1 Scrappy Cat stamp, ribbon from my stash.  Easy, peasy!!

This will be my last post until after CHRISTmas, so I want to wish you all a Merry CHRISTmas with your family and friends!!!!  


Thinks about this...

"You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father's face and tell Him you have received His Christmas gift."  --John R. Rice

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CAS Christmas card

The CAS sketch that I followed on the weekend to make a thank you card was great, so I decided to do another. 
This is Clean & Simple #169

I used scraps from my DCWV Holiday Premium stack.
I found the tree and directions at InkspiredTreasures.com - HERE.  Love it!!
Recollections stamp, a little inking, and a brad finished it off.

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CAS Thank you card

I needed a quick thank you card, but was having a brain freeze, so checked out some blogs and saw this CAS sketch at Clean & Simple Stamping Challenge #168. 

Less than 5 minutes!!  I can handle that!  Wouldn't this sketch be great for Christmas thank you cards??  I believe I will be using it!

   
Recipe:
~Recollectins "Charming" paper
~Fiskars "Thanks!" stamp embossed

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simple "So Thankful" card

I love fall colors, fall scents, and fall activities!  (I just don't like the getting chilly part since I'm shivering most of the year!!)  We went apple picking yesterday and had a great time.  Not sure if we will make it to our local pumpkin patch this year.  Their times are limited since they were flooded, too.  I like pumpkin seeds, but that is about all I like about pumpkins... other than their color! :)  But I really like the Thanksgiving cartridge and this cut!

I'm submitting it to 3 challenges...
~Stampin' Sisters in Christ - use fruit (pumpkin IS a fruit)
~Fantabulous Cricut - 'pumpkin time'
~Clean and Simple - sketch ...this is my first time participating over there :)

I cut this card a little larger than A2 to fit some envies that I have.
~Bazzill CS (embossed the background with Divine Swirls)
~DCWV Rustic Stack DSP
~pumpkin from Thanksgiving cart cut at 1 3/4"
~Threading Waters Fiskars border punch
~Sentiment from Doodle Pantry's "Harvest Bounty" set

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