Stampendous CAS Challenge

Today is the last Saturday that some of  the Stampendous design team members will be posting cards for this month's CAS (Clean and Simple) Holiday Challenge.  CAS has never been easy for me, I always feel like my cards are missing something....but this month I have tried to "embrace simplicity".  The card I made today is very simple and actually coordinates with a CAS this card I made earlier in the month.  I really like the way the blue embossing powder looks against the white card.  

recipe:  Stampendous Traveling Far, Joy of the Journey; Recollections Blank Notecards; VersaMark Ink; Recollections Sapphire Pearl Embossing Powder; Marvy Heat Tool

I was a little sneaky with the Stampendous sentiment I used on this card.  The Joy of the Journey stamp was actually originally designed for use as a friendship greeting with some of the summer images of boats and beaches.  The full sentiment reads "The joy of the journey is best measured by the friends not the miles."  It's really a lovely friendship sentiment, but I thought it also paired well with this Traveling Far stamp depicting the Three Wisemen on their journey to Bethlehem.  What a joyful journey that must have been!  So, I inked up just the portion of the stamp that reads "The joy of the journey".  That's the great thing about stamps, you can ink of any or all of it!  It's up to you!

All of the supplies used to make this card are available at Michaels.  This would be an easy card to mass produce, if you're like me and haven't even given a thought to Christmas cards yet this year!  Or, this card paired with my earlier coordinating card would make a nice gift set.  One trip to Michaels and you are all set to get inky!

Now, are you ready to see what else our fab design team has created for your CAS viewing pleasure??? Here's a list of the blogs you have to check out....you're sure to be inspired!

Pam

Wendy

Melinda

Wendy

Taylor 
Suzanne
Stampendous

Now it's your turn to play along.  Our challenge to you this month is to join us in making CAS holiday cards. We want to help you get into the holiday spirit, so this month we are giving away a Cling Jumbo Sparkle Joy set to a random winner. You don't have to use a Stampendous image or products to play along, but we sure love it when you do! You have until Thursday, November 3 at 11:59 PM EST to add your link to the linky tool, and we'll draw a random winner. You can enter as many times as you'd like.



Hope all is well in your corner of the world and that you'll take time to get inky today.

Haunty Halloween Hop

Are you ready for the Haunty Halloween Hop?????  If you've arrived here from Jingle's blog, you're in the right place.  You're in for a lot of "spooky goodness" as you hop along with us.  There are a bunch of us playing along, be sure to leave a comment at every blog, because you just never know from which blog posts the winners will be chosen.  Winners???  Absolutely!  We have a bunch of great sponsors and they have offered some really great prizes!  After the winners are chosen, you will have one week to claim your prize.  You have until Wednesday, October 26th at 8pm EST to post your comments.


I had a lot of fun making this card.  It's the first time I've made one of these treat holders.  I found a great tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers.  I'll be making more of these in the future!  What a fun way to give a few Hershey's Nuggets as a little gift.  I've also seen these with tea light candles in the treat box, I think I might make those for Thanksgiving.  Stay tuned!

recipe:  Stampendous Costume Kids Perfectly Clear Stamp Set; Tsukineko Sparkle Shimmer Sprits; Tsukineko Tuxedo Black Ink; Prismacolor Pencils, Goo Gone, Tortillons; Bazzill Classic Purple Card stock; Bella Blvd. Too Cute to Spook Quadrants; Tim Holtz Distress Ink Dusty Concord; Sakura Clear Star pen; miscellaneous ribbon; Best Occasions Rhinestones

I love this little Dracula from the Stampendous Costume Kids set.  I know Drac usually has black hair, but I thought I'd make him look like my little blondie.  The tag that I slipped in the pocket simply reads "Happy Halloween".  To jazz it up, I sponged the edges with Concord Distress Ink and then spritzed it with sparkle spray.


OK!  Enough of my talking, it's time for you to get hopping.  Your next stop is the amazing Alison!  Have fun and Happy Halloween!


Just incase you get lost along the way, here's a list of all of the hoppers.

Cyndi Bundy

Pam Hornschu

Suzi McKenzie

Jingle

Krissy Fossmeyer

Alison Heikkila

Wendy Price

Wendy Jordan

Berenice Rendon

Lynn Mercurio

Maria Levine

Lee Kellogg

Stampendous! Blog

Sandie Dunn

Tanya Johnson

Beth Raney-Thomas

Mary Collins

Lea Kimmel

Angelique Nederpel

Betty Roberts

Taylor Usry

Thought you might want to know what our generous sponsors have offered as prizes....you won't want to miss out on these treats so be sure to leave comments at every blog stop.  We have TONS of fabulous Halloween prizes from our wonderful sponsors!

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Stampendous! ( 5 winners... 1 Halloween bg cling stamp each winner..Crowscape, Graveyard, Beware Gate, Castle Gate, Pumpkin Fence)

Karber Digital Designs...2 digis to one winner

Skipping Stones Design...Halloweenie set

Smeared Ink  (5 single digis...1 each to 5 winners? or 5 to 1 winner?)

Strange Skin...1 set of choice (except Zombies)

Jens Digi Stamp...(5 images to one winner)

Simply Betty Stamps...($10 Gift Certificate)

La-La Land Crafts ($10 Gift Certificate)

Dreamweavers Stencils: 3 prizes: each is 4 stencils, 2 brushes,  with 3 technique sheets each!

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Desert Islands Crafts Challenge

Hi friends!  I'm excited to have been asked to join the girls over at Desert Island Crafts Challenge.  It's a fun challenge.  Every other week, they post an "itinerary" of 10 items, we all choose at least 3 of those items and make a card.  How fun!  This week, the challenge is sponsored by Simply Betty Stamps, unfortunately I don't own any of her stamps (yet) and didn't have a chance to order any since our family has all had nasty colds this week.  When you get a chance, check out Betty's website, she has some really fun images. 

So, here's the itinerary for this week...
1 Halloween
2 SBS Image
3 Favourite Colour
4 Found Object
5 Candy colours
6 Not Square
7 Stripes
8 Shades of Grey
9 Bats & Spiders
10 The UnDead

I chose to work with items 1,5,6,7,8 and 9 (well, part of 9 - just the spiders).  Here's my card...

recipe:  Stampendous Hang Out Spider;  Recollections Jewel Paper Pack; Bella Blvd Too Cute to Spook Quadrants, Itsy Bitsy Spider; Tsukineko Tuxedo Black; Prismacolor Pencils, Goo Gone, Tortillons; Darice Hemp Cord; Glitter embossing powder; MAMBI Bling

Head over to the Desert Island Craft Challenge blog for more info and to see what everyone else has created!

Thanks to the DICC girls for letting me play along....I'm looking forward to the next itinerary!  Don't forget to check out the Stampendous blog today for the latest posts for the CAS challenge.  The Stampendous girls WOW me every week! 
 Ok, I'm outta here!  Hope everyone has a great day and that you'll take time to get inky today!

CAS Joyeux Noel

It's Saturday again, and that means the Stampendous team is playing along with our monthly challenge again! This month we are looking towards the holidays AND trying to keep it Clean and Simple. That's right - we are making Clean and Simple (CAS) holiday cards!!


I think everyone's idea of CAS is different....to me, it means lots of white space and no embellishments.  But, this time I tried something new!  I used Kraft card stock for my base and decided that this card needed some ribbon.  What do you think?

recipe:  Stampendous Eiffel Noel; Tsukineko Tuxedo Black ink; Prismacolor Pencils; Bazzill Kraft Card stock; Michaels Sheer Green ribbon

When I first received this stamp, Eiffel Noel, from Stampendous I kind of had mixed emotions about it.  I liked it, I just didn't think it was my "style" and it wasn't speaking to me (please tell me I'm not the only one whose stamps speak to them!).  But, I bit the bullet, and inked it up for this challenge.  I'm pleased to say I now LOVE IT!!!!  It was fun to color and I really had fun working with it.  I think most people think poinsettias should be red, but I colored mine white because I carried white poinsettias, holly berries, red roses and evergreens in my bouquet at our Christmas wedding 11 years ago.  Without the ribbon this card just looked "blah", but once I added that touch of sheer green ribbon VOILA! 

I hope you'll be inspired to ink up a stamp that you think isn't you style....give it a try, you may be surprised like I was!  If you'd like to make a card like this one, all the supplies are available at Michaels.

Our challenge to you this month is to join us in making CAS holiday cards. We want to help you get into the holiday spirit, so this month we are giving away a Cling Jumbo Sparkle Joy set to a random winner. You don't have to use a Stampendous image or products to play along, but we sure love it when you do! You have until Thursday, November 3 at 11:59 PM EST to add your link to the linky tool, and we'll draw a random winner. You can enter as many times as you'd like.

Here's the other girls that are playing along....check out all of their CAS designs!

Taylor Usry - http://taylorusry.blogspot.com/

Wendy Jordan - http://www.papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com/

Melinda Gleissner - http://mynoteworthycards.blogspot.com/

Pam Hornschu - http://1pamperedstamper.blogspot.com/

Krissy Fossmeyer - http://www.paperinkspirations.blogspot.com/   <----- that's me!

Stampendous Blog -- http://stampendousblog.wordpress.com/

Stampendous CAS Challenge

It's the first Saturday of the month, and that means it's time again for a new challenge with the Stampendous team! If you've arrived here from Cyndi's blog you're in the right spot.  Isn't she amazing?  I'm always inspired by her beautiful creations!

This month, to kick thing off and celebrate World Card Making Day, we are looking towards the holidays AND trying to keep it Clean and Simple. That's right - we are making Clean and Simple (CAS) holiday cards!! You'll see a few team members showing off more than one card today; some chose to make one CAS and then take that design and showcase how to "step it up". Others chose to make sets of CAS holiday cards that could be given as gifts or used to make a dent in the Christmas card list.


Personally, I have a hard time with CAS cards.  I start with good intentions, but always think they need just "a little something more" and before I know it I've left the CAS card I hoped for in the dust.  But this time I think I did it.  It was tough, but I did it.  The best part about this card is that it would be easy to mass produce if you're like me and usually wait until the last minute.  The other great thing about this card is everything needed to make it is available at Michaels.  One stop shopping!

recipe:  Stampendous! Manger Scene, Encouraging Words; Recollections blank notecards; Recollections Sapphire Pearl embossing powder; VersaMark ink

Our challenge to you this month is to join us in making CAS holiday cards. We want to help you get into the holiday spirit, so this month we are giving away a Cling Jumbo Sparkle Joy set to a random winner. You don't have to use a Stampendous image or products to play along, but we sure love it when you do! You have until Thursday, November 3 at 11:59 PM EST to add your link to the linky tool, and we'll draw a random winner. You can enter as many times as you'd like.


Here's a list of the girls that are playing along - I'm sure after checking out all of their posts you'll be inspired to get started on your holiday cards!  Are you ready to get hopping????  Well, what are you waiting for?  You're in for a real treat from Jenn!  I am in awe of her amazing and incredible coloring!!!!


Kristine Reynolds - http://stampingandscrapingincalifornia.blogspot.com/


Pam Hornschu - http://1pamperedstamper.blogspot.com/


Taylor Usry - http://taylorusry.blogspot.com/


Cyndi Bundy - http://www.scrappychickcyndi.blogspot.com/


Krissy Fossmeyer - http://www.paperinkspirations.blogspot.com/


Jenn Dove - http://just4funcrafts.blogspot.com/


Wendy Jordan - http://www.papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com/


Wendy Price - http://paperinkandsmiles.blogspot.com/


Lynn Mercurio - http://www.stamperosity.com/


Melinda Gleissner - http://mynoteworthycards.blogspot.com/


Piali Biswas - http://touchofcreation.blogspot.com/


Suzanne Czosek - http://www.suzzstampingspot.blogspot.com/


OK, I'm outta here, I'm going to get hopping and see what everyone else has created!  Have a great day and take time to get inky today!