Friday - look out! Here comes another weekend!

Morning readers,

I've a make to share with you today ....but first .... this make isn't truly CAS (Clean And Simple) but there's still plenty of "white space" free from image/sentiment/texture so - does that still make it CAS? I'm also loving the warm and "firey" colours!

My card

 

The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:

• White C6/A2, 250gsm card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit
• One piece of hot pink card, cut to mat
• PRS feather (from their "New Day" set) stamped in Ranger Archival vibrant fuchsia and monarch orange inks
• Ranger Letter-It sentiment (from a magazine "gift" set) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Stardust stickles used to bling up the feather and text

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Allsorts - challenge No. 560 - MAKE IT GIRLY
2. Sweet Stampin' - February 22nd challenge - BIRTHDAY GIRLS
3. Crafters Castle - February challenge - ANYTHING GOES
4. Water Cooler Wednesday - challenge No. 260 - ALL ABOUT OCCASIONS
5. Seize the Birthday - challenge No. 184 - ANYTHING BIRTHDAY + (optional) SENTIMENT AS THE FOCAL POINT

 

And now, for my next trick ..... a Christmas card? What? It's only February I hear you cry!

My card

And my image panel

 

The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:

• White C6/A2, 250gsm card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit
• One piece of textured deep red card, cut to mat
• Funstamps Snowman image (F-C50 fun snowman small) stamped using Memento tuxedo black ink, including one impression on to a full coverage post it which I then cut out to use as a mask
• With my mask in place I stamped the Simon Says falling snow image (from SSS101503 "Falling backgrounds") using Memento London fog ink
• Craft Emotions sentiment (from 130501/1813 "Hand lettered sentiments") stamped using Versafine Clair morning mist ink 
• Copic alcohol markers, Kaisercraft red glitter gel pen and Wink of Stella clear glitter gel brush pen used to colour my image
• Stardust stickles to bling up the snow and trace the large font of the sentiment

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Christmas With The Cuties - challenge No. 35 - ANYTHING (Christmas) GOES + (optional) CAS
2. Addicted to Stamps - challenge No. 378 - HOLIDAY
3. Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - February challenge - FEATURE A SENTIMENT
4. Crafty Creations - challenge No. 406 - ANYTHING GOES
5. Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday challenge - SIMON SAYS "ANYTHING GOES"

Sadly, one of our surrogate family has been in hospital this past week so we visited on Tuesday, relieved to find him making a recovery though a little shocked by the circumstances leading to his hospitalisation. Thankfully, he's now been discharged from hospital - Get well soon matey ... we did our best to celebrate the fact that you ARE recovering

 

2 for 1 cocktails (it's called "Guilty Pleasure") and a dessert at Turtle Bay - YUM!

As a list manager over at the Challenges For Days blog (where we list challenges/themes/rules each day) we find ourselves in urgent need of a couple of volunteers. Do you have regular access to a computer (preferably on facebook too) and an hour or so to spare one day a week? We're a friendly bunch with a facebook page in the background too. If the answer is yes then do drop us an e-mail with your details, to: CFDinfo11@gmail.com as soon as possible and thank you in advance