CAS-ual Fridays: April 2012

Friday, April 27

CFC50

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

It's the last challenge of the month, the last challenge of the term, and sadly we will say farewell to 3 of the original Girl Fridays. It's a sad day for me as I don't like endings, but every ending brings a new beginning. These 3 ladies have endless possibilities in front of them.
So while it's tough to see them retire, I wish them the very best.
Before you run off to wish them well, let's talk challenge

CFC50: Spring is here so show us your Clean And Simple creations
with flowers or trees.
Please take a peek at our rules which can be found in the How to Play tab above.

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 the 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!

Jaclyn Miller

Jax is such an amazing designer and a truly dynamic person. While I will miss having her expressive creations in the parade, I'm sure we will still get to see them regularly in magazines as she is just tearing it up in the publication arenas.
I fully expect her to be a Go-To Gal in the future :)
Thanks Jax, we'll miss you!

Laura Davis

Her sweet and soft style has added such a graceful charm to the parade each week. While I'll miss having her here at the challenge, I know she has wonderful opportunities on the horizon and I'm thrilled for her. Thanks Laura, at least we still have Tuesdays :)

Karen Baker

She has a graceful yet sophisticated style, and always has an encouraging word. I'm so excited about her new stamp line. She will be doing great things, and I can't wait to see what she has up her sleeve! Who knows, we may be able to lure her back at some point.
Maybe? Possibly? :)
Thanks for everything Karen, you will be missed!

Julie Day

The Girl Fridays love hearing from you! Please 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*

*Gotta have a link to CAS-ual Fridays in your post*

***No more than 4 total combined challenges***

**Deadline: 11:59 pm EST on Wednesday!**

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

The V.I.Ps

Vicky
Debbie
Piali
Lindsey

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!

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

Theresa Momber

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 cas-ualfridays@hotmail.com

with your contact info to receive your prize!

Friday, April 20

CFC49

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

Check it out! We've got a brand spankin' new look!
Girl Friday Karen Baker designed it, and did she do a fabulous job or what?
She is so talented and has designed blog banners for quite a few of the Girl Fridays.
If you've been thinking about a custom blog look, she's your girl!
Be sure to grab your new player's badge, it will look so swanky and cool on your sidebar :)

This week we're getting our sketch on...

CFC49: Create a CAS card using the sketch
Please take a moment to visit our How to Play tab at the top of the blog so you can be sure you're up to speed on our rules.

Please say hello to our fantastic sponsor!

Hello! My name is Theresa Momber and I am so happy to be sponsoring CAS-ual Fridays this week. I am a designer and illustrator for Gina K Designs where I have my own line of stamp sets. My designs range from realistic scenery to fun, whimsical and elegant stylization. You can find 100’s of tutorials on my blog, Crafting The Web."

Check out this rubber-licious prize designed by Theresa and valued at $75!!
Dino-Mite, The Giving Tree and Vogue Vases

And now its time for our inspiration parade!

Julie Day

Jaclyn Miller

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Dana Seymour

The Girl Fridays love hearing from you! Please 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*

*Gotta have a link to CAS-ual Fridays in your post*

***No more than 4 total combined challenges***

**Deadline: 11:59 pm EST on Wednesday!**

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

The V.I.Ps

Isha
Kelly
Pamela
Karen

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!

Sanketi
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 cas-ualfridays@hotmail.com

with your contact info to receive your prize!

Friday, April 13

CFC48

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

What a week! If you followed the announcements on our facebook page, then you know I had a terrible time narrowing down the huge list of awesome designers, and I decided to send out 7 invitations instead of 5.
Then there was that special Monday announcement where another 5 invitations went out!
If you haven't 'liked' us on facebook yet, please do. It's about to get super exciting over there!
Would you like to know who made the team??? I'll tell ya right after we talk challenge :)

CFC48: Opposites attract- choose 2 opposite colors from the color wheel to design your Clean And Simple creation. Opposite colors are determined by where the points meet. Examples: green and red, or orange and aqua, or purple and yellow, etc.

Please say hello to our fantastic sponsor!

My name is Lisa Hjulberg and I'm the owner of The Craft's Meow. Opening this store is a dream come true for me... I'm following Henry David Thoreau's advice to Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. I've imagined this for a very long time! We offer an array of stamps and paper crafting kits with coordinating bits and bobs that will make your paper crafting easier and more fun! We will also offer from time to time limited edition grab bags where everything old becomes new again! And this is just the beginning... I hope you'll stay with me for more delectable things to come!
This week's winner will get to choose the in-stock stamp set of their choice!

I'm so excited I can hardly stand it!! I've got to introduce you to the team!
It's quite the international crew hailing from 6 countries!
This team has loads of serious talent and all kinds of experience levels, including 3 designers who have never been on a team before!
Creator & Blog Coordinator

I'm sure you'll be delighted to know that some of the original Girl Fridays will continue to inspire you on a weekly basis. These amazing ladies have been with me since the beginning, and I'm so jazzed that they are staying!
Dana Seymour- US
Julie Day- Canada
Karolyn Loncon-US
Laurie Willison-US
Virginia Lu-Canada

Joining us in May is a super inspiring new group of designers. Not only are they uber talented, but they are also some of the sweetest and nicest people I've had the pleasure of 'meeting.' I just know you will love them!
Debby Hughes-UK
Christina MacLaren-US
Lorena Canto-Spain
Jenny Mullens-UK
Gayatri Murali-Australia
Lynn Mangan-US
and making her design team debut:
Kimberly Lane-US

But wait! There's more!
Determined to keep at least a few more fabulous designers from my list, I came up with a concept that will bring you even more CAS-ual inspiration on a daily basis.
Allow me to introduce a brand new style of Girl Friday-the facebook team!
These Girl Fridays will be posting additional inspiration throughout the week that will be featured on our CAS-ual Fridays facebook page.
We're making every day of the week a CAS-ual Friday! Be sure to 'like' our facebook page so you can get your daily dose of new inspiration!
Uh-oh, not on facebook and don't want to miss out? Not to worry, they'll be posting on their blogs too.
They will knock your socks off with their mad design skills, and delight you with their wonderful personalities.
Please welcome
Angie Tieman-US
Stephanie Washburn-US
Suzanne Dahlberg-US
and also making their design team debuts:
Lisa Addesa-US
Deb Wabbe-US

Wow! What a team!!
They are all crazy excited about getting to spill their beans tonight and
I know they'd love to hear from you, so please visit their blogs and share in their excitement.
Their first post won't be until May 4th, but they are already working on their creations and you will be dazzled!
There are still more surprises to come as we approach CAS-ual Fridays' first birthday.
Should I hint about it on facebook?? *grin*

And now its time for our inspiration parade featuring stamps from our fabulous sponsor The Crafts Meow!