CAS Challenge #12

Welcome Back to the Calling All Sistah's Encouragement Challenge!! 

This month's inspiration photo is beautiful and full of spring colors.

For this challenge, we are asked to make an encouragement card for someone who could use a bit of encouragement and use either the photo or the color palette as inspiration. 

Here is my card.

I used the Truth Is Stamp set and Truth Blooms Fri-dies. I stamped the flower image twice, colored it in with alcohol markers, die cut the blooms and popped them up with foam tape after sponging the background with Broken China distress oxide ink. I added the sentiment and layered my card onto a piece of apple green cardstock and then onto a white cardbase.

Now it is your turn.

You can enter your card in to the challenge at the 

Calling All Sistah's Blog.

There is a gift code up for grabs to the 

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Shop

If you see any products along the hop and would like to add them to your collection, use the code below to save 15%.

I hope to see your cards over in the challenge!!

Susan

Calling All Sistahs Reminder

Welcome back to this months Calling All Sistahs reminder to do you monthly self-breast examination and schedule your yearly mammogram.

This month for your reminder card I used the new Serendipi-tea stamp set along with the Hope Fri-die and a sentiment from the Hope Ribbon stamp set.

The blog hop starts at the Calling All Sistahs Blog and I hope you will check out what all the other Sistahs have created this month!!

As always 50% of the proceeds from the Calling All Sistahs Collection in the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Shop go to the NBCF.org for research and beast cancer awareness programs.

If you would like to purchase any of the products in the shop you can save a bit of money by using the code below.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you return tomorrow for the Calling All Sistahs Encouragement Challenge.

Susan

Creative coloring Class from Altenew

I recently took a class by Altenew Academy called Creative coloring. It was not what I expected from the class but titles can be misleading. This class covered basic blending .  My fist card I used copic as I had not recieved my artist marker as of yet and I used a different cover plate die.

For the second project we were to do a no line coloring technique, but when I got the artist markers I forgot and stamped the image full strength. So I just went with it lol

Project 3- This one had a lot more coloring. I fussy cut it out popped it up with foam tape and added extra embellishment.

Overall I liked the class and would reccomend it to any beginner colorist.

Thanks for stopping by..
Susan

CAS Encouragement Challenge #11

Hello. Welcome to this months Encouragement Challenge.  

 What's an encouragement card? Ever had a rough day, failed an important test, faced a tough decision, felt lonely, been sick, lost love, lost a loved one...2 legs or 4? There are a bazillion reasons to create an encouragement card! Use our fun photo as inspiration or choose to use the color chips...your choice! Feeling super inspired? Combine both! 
Best part??? No product or genre restrictions! Everyone is welcome!

This is the card I made for this month's challenge.

I used the To Go cup Fri-dies to make my cup that I colored using Catherine Pooler inks. and then stamped on top with the Full on Floral stamp set.  The sentiment on the cup wrap is from the Word Ribbon stamp set. I also used the Radiating Rays stencil and Stitched Rounded Rectangle Frames from MFT.

I hope you will join us in this months challenge! You could even win a prize!!

If you like and if want to purchase any products from the CAS-ual Fridays shop you can save using the code below!!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful day.

Susan

March CAS Reminder

Well hello there!   Welcome back!! This is your monthly reminder to do you self-breast examination and schedule your mammogram. As my card says "You better check yourself".  Early detection is your best chance for a sucessful recovery.

Please come on over to the Calling All Sistahs Blog and see what the rest of the Sistahs have created this month.

This month, for your reminder I created this card using the Supercalifragilistic stamp set. The whole set and made a background for my tag, which I created using the Tag Buddies Fri-dies.  The sentiment is from the Calling All Sistahs stamp set and I embossed it with silver embossing powder.  I used some coordinating ribbon from my stash and a few of the Sistahood Sparkle Limited Edition Sequin Mix to complete my card along with a couple strips of silver glimmer paper to complete my card.

Thanks for coming by today and as always you can save 15% in the CAS-ual Fridays Shop using the code below.

Please stop back tomorrow for this month's Encouragement Challenge.

Susan

CAS10

Well hello there!! welcome to this months Calling All Sistahs Encouragement Challenge!!
This months inspiration photo had me at coffee.

Have you all seen the new Coffee stamp sets and Dies that Michelle released this month in the CAS-ual Fridays Shop???  If you haven't you are missing out on some pretty amazing stamps and dies!!

For my card I went with the coffee and colors from the inspiration photo and used the Cup of Coffee stamp set and the coordinating Cup of Coffee Fri-dies to create this card.

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I hope you come on over to the Calling All Sistahs Blog and enter a card you created into our challenge and you could win a gift code to the CAS-ual Fridays shop.

Also if you like any of the products I have used and want some of your own please use the code below and save yourself  15% off your purchase!!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope to see what you create for this months Challenge.

Susan

February Reminder

Welcome to this months Calling All Sistahs reminder to do your monthly self-breast examination and to book your mammogram if it is due. Please be sure to visit the blog and see what the other Sistahs have made this month.
My card for you this month is Love themed since it was just Valentines Day. This background of this card was inspired by a video I watched from Jennifer McGuire, she calls this technique Ink & Stamp Layered Backgrounds.

For my background I First stamped Full on Floral Background with white pigment ink, thenlet it dry really well. Once it was dry I sponged on It's a Girl and Party Dress from Catherine Pooler Designs. Then I stamped the larger of the two stamps fromTin Roof with white pigment ink and let it dry. The final layer was stamped with Party Dress Ink using the Full on Floral stamp.  Once the card was good and dry I used a stitched Heart die to cut out my heart and added a white heat embossed sentiment by combining sentiment from both the Calling All Sistahs and Hope Ribbon stamp sets from the Calling All Sistah's Collection from Casual Fridays Stamps. (50% of the profits from the sale of items in this collectio are donated to breast cancer research and and awareness programs).  To assemble my card I mounted the backgrouns layer to a white top folding card base, added the Heart poped up on foam tape, and then to add some bling I cut strips of silver shimmer paper to the bottom and right and added a small heart cut from the same paper popped up on foam tape.

If you are still here with me I would like to say thanks for coming by my blog today and please come back for tomorrow's Calling All Sistahs Encouragement Challenge.

As always if you visit the CAS-ual Fridays Shop You can save 15% by using the code below.

I hope you have a great day!!

Susan