Step Aside, Coffee

It's time for a new challenge at Addicted To CAS. Our Code Word for ATCAS Challenge #187 is ONE LAYER. Barb is our wonderful hostess. 
Please note: After this challenge, Addicted To CAS, along with all of the challenge blogs run by Kylie Purtell, will be suspended for 6 months while Kylie takes a much needed break.

Now, on to my card. I love making one layer cards. They used to terrify me, but now I often opt to make them even if not required. The Step Aside, Coffee stamp and sentiment from Unity Stamp Company has been laying on my desk crying out to be used. When I saw it on a card a while ago, I just had to have it, but it came, and then it sat. I decided that the time had finally come to break it out and ink it up!

I stamped the image in Memento Rich Cocoa ink on a Neenah Solar White 110# card base and colored the mug with Copics. I then decided to complete my card by framing the image and sentiment by embossing with a Spellbinders Hemstitch Rectangles die. I just really love the look of it.   

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog, take a look at the wonderful creations that the Design Team has created for your inspiration, and make something to share in the gallery. Happy crafting!

Please remember that this is a CAS challenge. Here is a definition to remind you:

I'm also paying at:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #512 - Clean and Simple

Watercooler Wednesday #276 - Anything Goes With a Masculine Twist

Crafty Cardmakers #259 - Masculine

Have A Sweet Birthday

It's time for a new challenge at Addicted To CAS. Our Code Word for ATCAS Challenge #186 is BERRY. It's my turn as our hostess.

I am so in love with THIS card created by Michele Ferguson of I Card Everyone. I've CASed it before, I've CASed it here, and I am sure I will CASe it again! To create my card, I used the strawberries image from Power Poppy's Cherries and Berries Digital Stamp Set, colored it with Copics, die cut it with Pinkfresh Studio Braided Tag dies and added a piece of deep red ribbon that matched the strawberries beautifully. The sentiment is from the Pinkfresh Studio design in the Stamping Village Collaboration Happy Birthday Stamp Set.  I popped up the die cut and mounted it on Neenah Solar White 110# card stock. 

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog, take a look at the wonderful creations that the Design Team has created for your inspiration, and make something to share in the gallery. Challenge winner will be offered a Guest Designer spot for a future challenge. Happy crafting!

Please remember that this is a CAS challenge. Here is a definition to remind you:

I'm also playing at:

Seize The Birthday #192 - All About Summer!

Strawberries are the quintessential summer fruit!

AAA Cards #166 - Birthday

Krafty Chicks Challenge #510 - Stamp Act

Use any stamp you have on your project.

Watercooler Wednesday #274 - AG With A Feminine Twist

Addicted To Stamps and More #392 - Make Your Mark

Darnell's Never-Before-Used-Schtuff #15

Berries Digi Stamp and Stamping Village Collaboration Birthday Set

Every Shade Of Happy

It's time for a new challenge at Addicted To CAS. Our Code Word for ATCAS Challenge #185 is RAINBOW. Ceal is our hostess.

We have a wonderful Guest Designer with us for this challenge - Hannelie.  Desert Diva Hannelie's artistry always takes my breath away. Do treat yourself to a stroll through her blog for some incredible inspiration.

To create my card, I used Gina K's Be The Rainbow set for my image and sentiment. I colored the rainbow with Stampin' Up Stampin' Write Markers that I have owned for more years than I can remember. It is amazing to me that they are still as fresh as ever. I colored and stamped each arc several times directly on to the Neenah Solar White 110# card base using my MISTI to get full coverage. I added a sentiment from the same set using VersaFine Onyx Black ink, and my card was complete.  

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog, take a look at the wonderful creations that Hannelie and the Design Team have created for your inspiration, and make something to share in the gallery. Challenge winner will be offered a Guest Designer spot for a future challenge. Happy crafting!

Please remember that this is a CAS challenge. Here is a definition to remind you:

I am also playing at:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #508 - Clean and Simple

Hello

It's time for a new challenge at Addicted To CAS. Our Code Word for ATCAS Challenge #184 is FLOWER. Bobby is our hostess!

We have a wonderful Guest Designer with us for this challenge - Ma-Mi.  Treat yourself to a stroll through her blog for some wonderful inspiration.

To create my card, I stamped and die cut a flower and 2 leave images from Altenew's Flower Arrangement stamps and dies. I adhered the leaves to the card base, and popped the flower up. I added a sentiment from the same set, and my card was complete.  

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog, take a look at the wonderful inspiration pieces the Design Team has created for your inspiration, and make something to share in the gallery. Challenge winner will be offered a Guest Designer spot for a future challenge. Happy crafting!

Please remember that this is a CAS challenge. Here is a definition to remind you:

I am also playing at:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use Dies and/or Punches

Watercooler Wednesday #270 - Anything Goes With A Feminine Twist

Allsorts Challenge #571 - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon #548 - Flowers

Retro Rubber Stamps #134 - Spring Flowers

Altenew Flower Arrangement stamps and dies are from 2018

Use Your Stuff #397 - Flowers and/or Butterflies

Stamping Sensations - May - Say It With Flowers

Moving Along With The Times #118 - Flowers

CAS On Friday #179 - Use Your Favorite Flower Stamp

You Are Full Of Magic

It's time for a new challenge at Addicted To CAS. Our Code Word for ATCAS Challenge #183 is SILHOUETTE. Vicki is our hostess!

We have a wonderful Guest Designer with us for this challenge - Jane Taylor of Purplejet Loves Crafts. Jane is a very talented and prolific paper crafter. Her style is largely CAS, and her designs are amazing. She dabbles in all sorts of other crafts as well. Treat yourself to a stroll through her blog for a real treat.

I am thrilled with this card that I made for a dear friend who is always comforted by Mary Poppins when she needs a lift. God knows, we all need a lift these days from all that is happening in this world and on so many levels.

To create my card, I stamped the moon with all three images from Altenew's To The Moon with PTI Soft Stone and Altenew Evening Gray and Morning Frost inks. I then die cut it with the smaller circle die from the matching die set. I die cut the black panel with the moon die and inlaid the die cut moon. I used a sponge dauber to create the halo effect of the moon with Picket Fence Distress ink. I then stenciled Mary Poppins from JB Cookie Cutters with VersaFine Black Onyx ink. I mixed some glitter powder with embossing paste and applied it to the card base using Tim Holtz's Speckles Stencil. Finally, I stamped a sentiment from Gray Muse's You Grow Girl and die cut it with a Pink and Main Sentiment Strip die and popped it up. I adhered fun foam to the balck panel and then adhered that panel to a while Neeneh Solar White 110# card base.

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog, take a look at the wonderful inspiration pieces the Design Team has created for your inspiration, and make something to share in the gallery. Challenge winner will be offered a Guest Designer spot for a future challenge. Happy crafting!

Please remember that this is a CAS challenge. Here is a definition to remind you:

I am also playing at:

Darnell's NBUS Challenge #13

All stamps and Mary Poppins stencil are all new to me, and never before used "schtuff".

Addicted To Stamps And More #386 - Anything Goes

SimonSaysStamp Monday Challenge - Create a Scene

Team You

It's time for a new challenge at Addicted To CAS. Our Code Word for ATCAS Challenge #183 is ANIMAL. Jaydee is our hostess!

For my card, I stamped this adorable image from Picket Fence Studios' Stand In The Sunshine, colored it with Copics and die cut it with the matching dies. I stenciled a small area of the card base with Tim Holtz's Woodgrain stencil using Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink, and placed the die cut on top of it popping it up with foam tape. The sentiment from SSS CZ Design Simple Sentiments 02 is heat embossed, die cut with a Pink & Main Sentiment Strip die, and popped up with foam tape.  

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog, take a look at the wonderful inspiration pieces the Design Team has created for your inspiration, and make something to share in the gallery. Challenge winner will be offered a Guest Designer spot for a future challenge. Happy crafting!

Please remember that this is a CAS challenge. Here is a definition to remind you:

I'm also playing at:

Perfectly CAS - Die Cuts

Alphabet Challenge - A is for Anything Goes

Die Cut Divas - All About Animals

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Kids Cards

Addicted To Stamps And More #384 - Clean & Simple

You Are Killin' It

Think of bokeh, airbrushed backgrounds, etc

A new challenge is up at Less Is More where the challenge is Out Of Focus. Think of bokeh, airbrushed backgrounds, etc.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is our February winner - Helen of Helen's Craft Haven. Helen has a wonderful, eclectic card making style. She has made 2 fantastic cards to kick off our "Out Of Focus" challenge. Please head over to her blog and leave her some love.

For my card, I stamped an image from Stampin Up that is long retired - Extreme Guitar - over a background stenciled with Altenew's Warp Speed Stencil. The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti Oh My Goodness set.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations and for a chance to win. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages. Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space. All challenge details are on the Less Is More blog. Good Luck!

I'm also playing at:

AAA# 162 - Made In Minutes

Using optional twist of a stencil

Little Red Wagon #544 - Mix 'Em Up

Used products from Stampin' Up, Altenew, Reverse Confetti and Avery Elle Wonky Stitches die.

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Kids Cards

Addicted To Stamps And More - Clean & Simple #384