My Take on the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - CAS-ual Christmas & Cardabilities #87

Welcome to the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.. a CAS-ual Christmas!

photo credit:  myhomeideas.com


What's even better than an amazing Curtain Call challenge?!  How about teaming up with CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and offering a two-for-one inspiration?!

CAS-ual Friday Stamps is our fabulous sponsor for Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: CAS-ual Christmas!  The crew gals swooned over our very own CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Christmas stamp set and we're so excited to show them to you today!

How fun is this stamp set that I used, Naughty or Nice?!  LOVE it...so many fun possibilities for Christmas tags for family gifts this year!

The LEAD of the CAS-ual Christmas will receive a CAS-ual Fridays Stamps stamp or die set of their choice!

CAS-ual Christmas Designers

Michele Gross, CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Owner/Designer

Amber Kroening

Barb Murphy

Christina MacLaren

Debby Hughes

Gayatri Murali

Kim Singdahlsen

Laurie Willison
Marisa Ritzen

Maureen Plut

Monika Davis

Sheri Gilson

Stacey Schafer - That's Me!

Tenia Nelson

Tracey McNeely

There's a new Cardabilities sketch, #87, up and running today, too!  It's a beaute...worked wonderfully to showcase the fabulous CAS-ual Friday Stamps on my Christmas card today!

You can find CAS-ual Fridays Stamps, Cosmo Cricket papers, and Luxe Momento inks over at the i {heart} papers store!

I grabbed some fun papers papers from Cosmo Cricket called Chalkboard Cheer, die cut some banners and leaves, heat embossed the Naughty or Nice fabulous sentiment in Rich Cocoa Luxe, then tied it all together with some twine and seam binding with button embellishment!

Head on over to the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: CAS-ual Christmas, give us a shout, and play along!

Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!  

Stamps:  Naughty or Nice (CAS-ual Fridays Stamps)
Ink:  Rich Cocoa Luxe (Momento)
Paper:  White (PTI), Chalkboard Cheer (Cosmo Cricket)
Other:  Medium Leafy Flourish Die-namics (MFT), Pennant Banner Die (A Cut Above by Verve), Jute Twine (PTI), Natural Button (MFT), Very Vanilla Seam Binding (SU), Clear Embossing Powder (SU), Heat Tool

Seize the SPOOKY Sketch

 There's a new sketch up and running over at Seize the Sketch!  Cathy is our hostess this month...hope you'll stop in and try your hand at her fabulous and versatile sketch design, STS #6!

The CAS-ual Fridays Challenge, CFC117, calls for stitching this week...and I have sewing machine stitching on my card...but, it's difficult to see with the BIG 'OL BOW covering it up!  

Grab some awesome products at the i {heart} papers store...CAS-ual Fridays Stamps, Doodle Bug Designs Halloween Parade papers, Momento Black Tuxedo Luxe ink, and Hemptique Black Hemp Cord.

How ADORABLE is this little ghost and the SPOOKY sentiment from the new CAS-ual Fridays Stamps set called Spooky?!... couldn't wait to ink them up!

Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!

Stamps: Spooky (CAS-ual Fridays Stamps)
Ink:  Black Tuxedo Luxe (Momento)
Paper:  White (PTI), Gray (MFT),  Halloween Parade (Doodle Bug Designs)
Other:  Heat Tool, Clear Embossing Powder (SU), Black Beauty Ribbon Collection (Verve), Pennant Trim Die (A Cut Above by Verve), Black Hemp Cord (Hemptique), Fishtail Flag Stax Dienamcis, Grape Jelly Button (MFT), Sequins (Avery Elle), 

STS #2 - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

We have a new Seize the Sketch for you today...this one created by our very own Cathy!  It is a wonderful sketch for a clean and simple designed card!

Since we're talking clean and simple...how perfectly fantastic is that our sponsor for Seize the Sketch #2 is the one and only CAS-ual Fridays Stamps?!

The CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #112 calls for some fun colors that I was able to pull together for my card, as well!

Thanks so much CAS-ual Fridays Stamps for sponsoring us at Seize the Sketch and providing stamps for us to play with!  The Bold Wishes set will be well-used, as it is already well-loved!

Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!

Stamps:  Bold Wishes (CAS-ual Fridays Stamps)
Ink:  Rich Cocoa (Momento)
Paper:  Rustic Cream (PTI), Hey, Boy! (Basic Grey)
Other:  Hey, You! button (BG), Twine (Hemptique), Sequins (Avery Elle), Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT), Pennant Trim (Verve)

ah-mazing

I'm in awe of my clean & simple card-making friends...it seems that no matter how I try to do CAS, this is about as close as I get!

I was inspired by several challenges to day...love when the challenge combinations come together in a project!  The CAS-ual Fridays #108: Material Girl calls for some type of material on your project...here I used some Hemp Twine and some Burlap Twine.  That "ah-mazing" sentiment from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Exclamations is PERFECT for the Let's Get Word Challenge over at Crazy 4 Challenges this week, too!

The CAS(E) this Sketch #35 has some cool splatters in the back ground which led me to using the City Crafter Challenge #166: Cooling Down... a wonderful combination!

i {heart} papers is the place to shop for stamps, ink, paper, twine...here, I've used the CAS-ual Friday Stamps Exclamations stamp set, Crafter's Companion white cardstock, Studio Calico Atlantic paper, Momento Rich Cocoa ink, and Timeless Tags dies...all from i {heart} papers!

 When you stop in at the IHP store, let them know Stacey sent you!

There's still plenty of time to get in on my Birthday Linky Party fun and a chance to win a fantastic prize!  Head on over HERE and click through the fabulous entries there are already:)   Prize drawings will be held on July 10th at noon CDT!

Make sure you stop by the new challenge, Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge, to see the reveal of the fabulous Curtain Call Crew as we prepare for our first challenge on July 15th!

Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!

Stamps:  Exclamations (CFS)
Ink:  Rich Cocoa (Momento), Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
Paper:  Ultra Smooth White CS (Crafter's Companion), Atlantic (Studio Calico)
Other:  Fishtail Flag Stax & Layers Die-namics (MFT), Hemp Twine (SU), Ivory Button Twine (PTI), Sequins (Avery Elle), sewing machine, thread