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

  

Celebrating 3 Years at The Play Date Cafe !

This sentiment says it all !

We are celebrating over at

Where has the time gone ? ? ?

Just three short years ago, my UK bestie

Sarah Anderson and I shared this challenge with the world

and we never looked back !

{by the way . . . she will be joining us on Monday, Oct 22nd}

There have been many, MANY changes since then

but the challenge remains the same.

To interpret the colors as YOU see them

and enter whatever type of project you'd like.

With celebration comes more changes beginning

with a whole new look !

We would love for you to take our brand new badge

and place it on your blog with a link to The Cafe.

During the next 5 days, our designers will be visiting blogs

watching for our badge.  Randomly, we will hand out prizes

when we see it.  Help us reach 2,000 followers and even

more prizes will be awarded !

Along with that, we have amazing sponsors who will be

sharing 15 prizes for our weekly winner & honorable mentions.

You'll find all these details and even MORE SURPRISES

over at The Cafe.

This week's colors are some of the boldest we've ever had !

I chose to take a very simple route putting them together using flowers

from Prima & a beautiful gem flourish from Zva Creative.

The sentiment is from FarmHouse Paper Company.

I hope you will make plans to join us for each of the next five days

as we celebrate.  We would love to have you *LIKE* us over

on Facebook and follow along on Twitter @ThePDCC

I want to say THANK YOU to all who have supported our challenge.

Whether you are a brand new, a long-time player

or just peek in for some inspiration . . .

It's all possible because of YOU !

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Rondelle by Prima from StopandScrap.com

Stamps: Sugar Hill Autumn by Farmhouse Paper Company

Embellishments: gem flourish by Zva Creative

flowers by Prima