Bold & Beautiful

HELLO ! ! !

I'm so glad to be back at The Open Window !

If you're one of my Facebook friends, you may know that

my house has been running rampant with Influenza B.

Paul & I both had the pleasure of having it at the very

same time, so for the past couple weeks, it has

been quite the time here.

We are both feeling much better, but it has knocked

us for a loop and we've been slow to do ANYthing !

I am so happy to be here to share this week's challenge

over at

This week's colors are . . .

Hot Pink...Shadow...Lightning Yellow 

Each of our designers is featuring stamps from our sponsor

CAS-ual Fridays and I was really inspired to use the set

'Truth Is' with these colors.

I simply took my inkpad 'direct to paper', then stamped

each image on top.

I first saw this technique done by UK designer

Paula Whittaker, back when I first began my blog.

You can see my very first card using this technique

by clicking HERE

{it's from one of my favorite projects of 2009}

 I hope you will play along with us over in The Cafe.

The colors are vibrant & fun and our sponsor is terrific !

Hope you will say hello . . . I'd love to know you came by : )

Project Recipe:
Stamps: Truth Is by CAS-ual Fridays

Embellishments: gems from Recollections
Ink: Bubblegum & Papaya by A Muse Studio

Pretty Amazing!

Welcome back to The Open Window !

I am back with the honor of being a Guest Designer for

I blogged yesterday about this amazing news and

hope you will scroll down and check out that post.

Today the sneak peek is the 'Truth Is' set.

Can you just see all the CAS {and more} possibilities ?

I really did stay very Clean & Simple to make this card happen.

Just a variety of inks and Wa-La ! ! !

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps are the finest quality, photopolymer stamps 

made in the USA. 

There are five sets to the brand new release.  

Each day of the release, you will have a chance 

to win the featured set !  

All you have to do is head to the store blog and leave a comment

on each of the sneak peek posts to have a chance to win.

You can most definitely go back and comment on posts you may have missed,

so that's great news.  You have until 11:59pm EST, Wednesday Oct 24th to

comment for a chance to win. Click HERE to get all the details.

Winners will be announced the following day and the stamps will

be available for purchase on Friday from CAS-ual Fridays !

You can also play along with the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge

to have a chance to win the entire release!

 It's been a joy to celebrate this new venture with my

friend Michele & all her designers.

I hope you will check out all the amazing projects from her team.

Thanks for stopping by once again . . .

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Gina K Designs

Stamps: Truth Is by Skipping Stones Design

Ink: A Muse Studio

Embellishments: gems from Little Yellow Bicycle

 

An Exciting CAS Day Indeed!

What an exciting day!

I've got two three fabulous things going on today

so buckle up !  It's going to be fun!

Imagine my surprise when a birthday gift arrived

at my doorstep with five brand new stamp sets

in the package !  They were from my dear friend

Michele.  If you've visited my blog for any length

of time, you will know she was a designer over at

The Play Date Cafe and from there, we worked on

The CAS-ual Fridays Challenge together.

She has now taken the BIG LEAP and started

her own stamp line based on the terrific

CAS concept and I am honored to be a part of it

as a Guest Designer !

This set is called 'Calm & Gentle' and I absolutely love

these trees.

I just got this new 'Cathedral Lace' punch from Martha Stewart

and I thought it made a great fence.

I just 'dressed up' the trees with tiny gems.

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps are the finest quality, photopolymer stamps 

made in the USA. 

There are five sets to the brand new release.  

Each day of the release, you will have a chance 

to win the featured set !  

All you have to do is head to the store blog and leave a comment

on each of the sneak peek posts to have a chance to win.

You can most definitely go back and comment on posts you may have missed,

so that's great news.  You have until 11:59pm EST, Wednesday Oct 24th to

comment for a chance to win. Click HERE to get all the details.

Winners will be announced the following day and the stamps will

be available for purchase on Friday from CAS-ual Fridays !

You can also play along with the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge

to have a chance to win the entire release!

In the meantime, I am also celebrating the

FINAL DAY

of our 3rd Anniversary Celebration over at

Over $300 in prizes from our sponsors and all

you have to do is play along !  Create something

using our color story above.

For all the details, make sure you visit The Cafe today !

I will see you later today with one more post and more

new stamps to preview.

Thanks for your visit today !

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Gina K Designs & American Crafts

Stamps: Calm & Gentle by CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Ink: Slate from A Muse Studios & Teal Zeal Memento by Tsukineko

Embellishments: gems by Recollections

Tools: Cathedral Lace punch by Martha Stewart Crafts

corner rounder punch by Fiskars