CAS-ual Fridays: August 2011

Friday, August 26

CFC17

Welcome back to CAS-ual Fridays, The Clean And Simple Challenge!
We had so much fun with your embossing projects last week-you are all so creative!!

This week we've got another sponsor inspired challenge for your crafty delight.

CFC17: Use Stickers in your Clean And Simple design.
rub-ons are fine too if you don't have stickers.

Please say hello to our fantastic sponsor!

SRM Stickers is a leading scrapbooking and card making sticker manufacturer. Our stickers are crystal clear and melt into your patterned paper or cardstock for a seamless sentiment, embellishment, title, or journaling feature. We've assembled a dream team of Designers offering amazing samples every weekday at our blog. SRM Stickers can be purchased through our online retail store.

SRM's products include popular Sticker Sentiments with the recent introduction of "Fancy Sentiments", as well as Quick Cardcollections that make card making a breeze. SRM also carries calendars and coordinating stickers that allow you to create beautiful handmade calendars, quickly!

A huge THANK YOU to SRM Stickers for providing a fantastic sticker package to our Girl Fridays to create with! The lucky TGIF winner will receive one of their own to ooh and aah over.

And now its time for our inspiration parade!

Please visit the Girl Fridays and leave them some love for their inspiring examples.

We're looking forward to seeing your creations too!

Now its your turn!

*Create a new Clean And Simple project using this week's challenge theme*

*Link directly to CAS-ual Fridays in your post*

*No more than 4 total combined challenges*

**Link your brand new project before 11:59 pm EST on Wednesday!**

And now...*insert drumroll*... for our winners!

The V.I.Ps

Sian
Jacynthe
Elena
Aileen

Well done!
You all will be featured on our VIP blog roll

and you may proudly display this badge on your blog!

*html code available on the VIP Club tab above*

And...

The T.G.I.F Club Winner!

Marion

you've just won the CAS-tacular prize from

and you can proudly display this badge announcing that your card is in our perpetual

T.G.I.F. Club gallery!!

Please email Michele at cookingwithmsg@msn.com

with your contact info to receive your prize!

Friday, August 19

CFC16

Welcome back to CAS-ual Fridays,
The Clean And Simple Challenge!

CFC16: Create a Clean And Simple project that features embossing--dry embossing, embossing folders, or heat set embossing.

Please say hello to our fantastic sponsor!
This week's TGIF Club winner will get to choose 2 stamp sets from

The Stamps of Life features high quality, clear (photo-polymer) stamps for stampers, card makers and scrapbookers. Our clear stamps are proudly made in the USA of high quality products.

You can purchase individual stamp sets at incredible prices. Or, join our monthly club, and receive some great perks, like $2 off every month, stamps shipped before any other orders, free storage pages plus limited edition and exclusive club member stamps.. . .for FREE (3-4 times a year!)

Visit our website for over 100 how-to videos, our online gallery of over 2900 ideas and the best prices on the internet!

Happy Stamping!

And now its time for our inspiration parade!
Thank you Stamps of Life for providing product for the Girl Fridays!!

Karen Baker

Please visit the Girl Fridays and leave them some love for their inspiring examples.

We're looking forward to seeing your creations too!

Now its your turn!

*Create a new Clean And Simple project using this week's challenge theme*

*Link directly to CAS-ual Fridays in your post*

*No more than 4 total combined challenges*

**Link your brand new project before 11:59 pm EST on Wednesday!**

And now...*insert drumroll*... for our winners!

The V.I.Ps

Lorena
Debby
Tui
Kim

Well done!
You all will be featured on our VIP blog roll

and you may proudly display this badge on your blog!

*html code available on the VIP Club tab above*

And...

The T.G.I.F Club Winner!

Christina
you've just won the CAS-tacular prize from

and you can proudly display this badge announcing that your card is in our perpetual

T.G.I.F. Club gallery!!

Please email Michele at cookingwithmsg@msn.com

with your contact info to receive your prize!

Friday, August 12

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge CFC15

Welcome to a very special challenge at
CAS-ual Fridays
Its a 2 in 1 challenge!

This week we have joined forces with
Clean & Simple Stamping
to play with their
Fall-to-layout and for fun, you can link with them too!
If you ever need to jumpstart your mojo, they have inspiring Clean And Simple sketches archived on their sidebar to spark your creativity.
So your challenge for this week is...
Create a Clean And Simple card using the FTL Sketch.
You can then link your card at both challenges!
*remember, we only allow up to 4 combined challenges, this counts as 2*

Please say hello to our fantastic sponsor!
Our TGIF winner will get to choose $15 worth of stamps or digi's from

Lori McCroskey started Clear Dollar Stamps in the corner of her basement in October of 2004. Originally, all Clear Dollar Stamps were designed by Lori. As time went on, Clear Dollar Stamps attracted the talents of Laurie Wilson, Vicki Conquest, Kim Teasdale, and Shawne Arnold. Lori is constantly watching for new talent to add to the variety of styles Clear Dollar Stamps carries.

Clear Dollar Stamps does not have expensive or fancy packaging in an effort to keep prices low and to be as green as possible. We want EVERY stay at home mom to be able to afford stamps if she wants them! We want to be a one stop shop! Clear Dollar Stamps carries a variety of products including: Spellbinder's dies, Cuttlebug embossing folders, Flower Soft, Zutter Bind-It-All products, Basic Grey, Eyelet Outlet embellishments, Versamark, Ancient Page ink pads and refills, and much, much more!

Clear Dollar Stamps introduces NEW PRODUCT EVERY MONTH! Check back on the 1st of every month to see what is new!

Joining the fun this week is our very special guest
Angeline Yong- The Creation of Creativity

Here is a little about Angeline in her own words...

Born and grown up in Malaysia, educated in Malaysia and Australia, living and working in Perth of Western Australia, Angeline Yong is a Multimedia/Graphic Designer, who built up her passion in arts and handcrafts since young, and discovered her interests in making handmade cards since 2009. Adopting the style of "elegant, clean and simple" with the gifted sense of colors, her cards are well embellished with rhinestones, pearls and ribbons. As a guest designer of various card-making teams, Angeline has been acknowledged for her hand made cards being published in multiple issues of well-known Paper Crafts Magazine.

And now its time for our inspiration parade!