Wednesday, June 6, 2012

CONTINUING TO PURSUE CAS WITH CAS-UAL FRIDAYS

Happy Wednesday everyone! Can you believe we are already halfway through another week? I wish I could slow time down so I would have more time for crafting!!!!

I don’t know if I should just give up on CAS or keep striving to perfect it *sigh*.  I cannot understand how this style can be so hard for me.  This week, at CAS-ual Fridays, we are adding bling. Oh my, just when I am trying to wrap my head around CAS they throw bling my way.  I had such a hard time stopping once I started adding it LOL.

Also, at Make My Monday, the challenge is making a birthday card with pearls, so I chose to combine these two challenges to see what I could come up with. I have been wanting to do a pierced card for a while and finally pulled out my Erika Fortgens piercing templates to play.  I used templates 4050349 and 4050350 to create this design and added Recollections pearls.


The paper is Recollections and Craftwell. The stamp is from Inspired by Stamping’s Ahoy, Matey stamp set.  The ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.


So, please let me know what you think. Constructive criticism is welcomed since I am trying to learn this style.

THIS CARD QUALIFIES FOR THESE CHALLENGES:
CAS-ual Fridays: CFC55 - Show us your Clean And Simple stylings with bling.  We're looking for gemstones, glitter, anything that will make your projects sparkle.
Make My Monday: MMM Week 52 - BIRTHDAY CARD WITH PEARLS.

I also made this card for:
Mynnette’s Spread the L-O-V-E challenge:
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*Operation Write Home: Supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them.
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SUPPLIES
SIZE:
5.5 x 4.25″

  • STAMPS: Erika Fortgens piercing templates, Inspired by Stamping Ahoy, Matey
  • PAPER: Craftwell, Recollections
  • TOOLS: Paper piercing tool, hole punch (for corners), square punch
  • INK: VersaColor
  • ACCESSORIES: Really Reasonable Ribbon, Recollections pearls  dividerNew_thumb_thumb_thumb_thumb_t
  • 8 comments:

    Jacqueline said...

    Beautiful work - thanks for joining in this week at MMM - Jacqueline xx

    Jenny said...

    Your card is beautifully CAS and I love how you added the bling to the pierced flourish :0)
    Thanks for joining in the fun at CASual Fridays this week :0)
    Jenny x

    Mynn xx said...

    Hi, Ellen! This is AMAZING!!!!! LOVE the coordinating colors of the pearls and the bow--and about that bow?! GORGEOUS! Thanks for joining us at MMM! :)

    Anonymous said...

    I think you did a CAS-tacular job! That focal image with the pearls looks fabulous against that crisp white. Love the added ribbon with the sentiment too :) Thanks for playing this week at CAS-ual Fridays!

    Val said...

    This is very pretty - I really like the paper piercing.
    Thanks for joining us at MMM.
    Valx

    Suzanne said...

    Such an elegant card - I love the bow! Thanks for playing at CAS-ual Fridays this week!

    Suzi B said...

    You have made a fabulous pearly CAS card, very elegant
    thank you for joining us at MMM
    suzi b :)

    Fliss said...

    Gorgeous card Ellen. Just love the CAS style and the pretty paper piercing.
    Thanks for joining our challenge this week at Make My Monday.
    Fliss x

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