CAS-ual Fridays 69: Embossing

  It's CAS-ual Fridays time again! And this week is a super fun one!

 

Create a project using any embossing technique!

 

It's also a Guest Designer challenge! This week's winner will be our Guest Designer next month AND will recieve a $25 Gift Certificate from Simon Says Stamp! WOOT!

 

 

 

Here's my card!

 

 

I created this fun background by heat embossing (with clear embossing powder) a quickly stamped background using two different branches from the Growth set! LOVE how it turned out. Clear embossing on colorful cardstock is one of my favorite techniques!

 

The sentiment is also from Growth. The butterfly is from the Believing Butterfly mini set- only $5!

 

I hope you'll run over and check out the latest challenge on the CAS-ual Fridays blog!

 

Thanks for stopping by! :)

 

Supplies:

InLinkz.com

 

Thanks!

Hey, there!

 

I'm here tonight with a quick card that I made for my stash- it's always good to have some thank you cards laying around!

 

Here's the card-

 

 

Love me some washi tape! It's the perfect CAS pop of color! I layered three different washi tapes behind the word bubble on this card. The washi tape is actually a set of three mini rolls from chickydoddle on etsy! LOVE that she offers mini rolls- makes it much easier to add a ton of variety to your collection!

 

The bubble and sentiment are from the MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY set! LOVE the sketchy look of the bubble!

 

Thanks for stopping by today! :)

 

Supplies:

InLinkz.com

 

BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY WINNER!!

  Hi!

 

I'm here with the winner of my Back to School Giveaway!

 

Thanks so much to all of you who stopped by to comment!

 

The randomly chosen winner is.....

 

Lisa!

 

Lisa- shoot me an email

sweetsteph612 [at] yahoo [dot] com

with your shipping address and I'll get your prize right out to you!

 

Have a fabulous day! :)

 

The Sweethaven Scrapbooking Challenge

  Hey!

 

I hope you all had an amazing Labor Day weekend! I meant to get this up sooner, but the weekend took over and now it's Tuesday! Yikes! Today is the last day to link up to a fabulous challenge- I'm squeezing it in there at the very last minute!

 

 

So I'm here today with a layout for this fabulous challenge- The Sweethaven Scrapbooking Challenge!  If you aren't familar with the Sweethaven Series you should definitely check it out! The first book, A Sweethaven Summer, and the second book, A Sweethaven Homecoming, are available now and you will love them. Just trust me. Great books about family, friendship, forgiveness, faith, and so much more. They'll leave you with a full heart!

 

Here is my layout that I created with Sweethaven inspiration!

 

One of the biggest themes in these books is the feeling of HOME. Sweethaven is a small town where families come to make beautiful memories, build relationships with friends and family, and feel safe. We've created our own little haven down here in North Carolina. While we may be very far from "home" (nearly 7 hours driving), but we have created our home here and couldn't be happier.

 

This photo was taken after a storm last summer- it's one of my favorite photos of our "home." This is the view from our back porch- not a lot going on over there, but when the light hits just right, those fields glow. Can't beat the rainbow, right?

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today- make sure you run over and check out the Sweethaven books by Courtney Walsh- they're SO great and I just know you'll love them as much as I do!



CAS-ual Fridays 68: Top of the Class

Hey!

 

It's CAS-ual Fridays time!

I'm here today with a card for the latest challenge, Top of the Class!

 

 

 

 

Our sponsor this week is Pretty Paper Studio! Our winner will receive a gift certificate!

 

 

Here's my card!

 

I had so much fun piling those apples up on the desk! Hehe! That's a card for one super special teacher! The apples, desk, and sentiment are from my new Teacher Notes set! (Stop by THIS POST and leave a comment for your chance to win this set!) I used the awesome Vintage Notepad background stamp to bring it all together! Hope ya like it!

 

Head on over to the CAS-ual Fridays blog and check out the challenge!

 

See ya next time! :)

 

Supplies:

InLinkz.com