CFC59

Welcome back to another exciting challenge at CAS-ual Fridays!

CFC59: Use 2 circles in your Clean And Simple design

Please say hello to our wonderful sponsor

Our twine is made from 100% cotton, it's eco-friendly and made in the USA. Whether you're gift wrapping, crafting or tying up baked goods to give to a friend, our baker's twine adds a fresh, yet nostalgic look to any project at hand! Our baker's twine comes in 18 delicious colors and is uniquely twisted against a bright white hue, creating an eye-popping burst of color and a creative embellishment! Our twine has lots of color which lends to a fun, candy-striped look. 

This week's winner will receive this delicious I Dream In Twine pack valued at $32

The Twinery generously supplied the Girl Fridays with twine for their projects this week.  Let the inspiration parade begin!!

Gayatri Murali

Lynn Mangan

Karolyn Loncon

Debby Hughes

Kimberly Lane

Jenny Mullens

Virginia Lu

Dana Seymour

Lorena Canto

Christina MacLaren

Julie Day

But wait! There's STILL more!  

We have daily inspiration for you on our facebook page provided by none other than our fabulous facebook team!!  

Be sure to like our facebook page so you don't miss your daily dose of design inspiration!

We don't want anyone to miss out, so if you aren't on facebook, the girls will also be posting on their blogs.

                               Suzanne    Stephanie       Lisa           Angie           Deb

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*

*Provide a link to CAS-ual Fridays in your post*

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

**Deadline: 12:00 noon EST on Thursday!*

CFC58 Happy Hour

It's that time again, time to do a little happy dance for last week's winners!

Looking for this week's challenge?  Just keep scrolling after you see who won.

Last week I explained in detail how the winner's are chosen each week, and then posed a question with the promise of a prize to be given away to a random comment.

Congratulations Julie Hoffman!  
Please email me your snail mail addy, and I'll get your prize mailed out :)

Thank you to all who took the time to leave a comment and share your opinions.
I appreciate your time and feedback.
The majority of comments were in favor of adding honorable mentions, but I also listened to the reasons given by those who voted to keep things the same. 

This week's Happy Hour has a little different lineup order, and I think it will make everyone happy.  While there won't be any new badges, I have decided to include a few more happy dancers by adding a Contenders list that will hopefully provide a little encouragement, and validation, to the few that came oh so close.   

Without further ado, the winner of the Pretty In Pink challenge is...

Deanna Jean

You've earned the fantastic prize from

and you get this uber cool badge for your blog!

Please email Michele at cas-ualfridays@hotmail.com with your contact info to claim your prize.

Let's hear it for the VIPs!

~Amy~

Pauline

Pamela

JJ

You may proudly display this snazzy badge on your blog!

Please give a special round of applause for this week's Contenders!

Lin

Jean

Donna

Hannelie

Thank you to all who played, the gallery truly was Pretty In Pink!

CFC57 Happy Hour

It's that time again, time to do a little happy dance for last week's winners!

Looking for this week's challenge?  Just keep scrolling after you see who won.

The Girl Fridays loved sooo many of your creations and this week the voting was incredibly close with a mere 1 vote difference between the winner and the favorites!

Have you ever wondered just how the winners are chosen?
There is nothing random about it, and I do not do the choosing by myself.
After the challenge closes, the Girl Fridays each have the daunting task of narrowing the gallery down to their own top 10 favorite interpretations of the challenge theme.  To keep it fair, they send their votes in secretly to me so they don't accidentally influence each other.
It's hard because we have so many talented players who delight us each week.  I can't tell you how many times they plea to make it a top 20, and once it was even a top 50 request! 
I then mark all their individual choices down on a tally sheet (18 Girl Fridays times 10 votes each equals a lot of tally marks!) to determine the collective top 10. 

I  revisit these entries to verify that the rules have been followed:
* there is a link to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge
* it's a new creation, and the posting date is not prior to the start of the challenge
* no more than 4 total challenges are linked to the entry
It always breaks my heart when a favorite gets disqualified, but rules are rules.
The verified entry with the most votes is declared the winner, and the top 4 after that are deemed favorites.
There you have it, the mystery of how we narrow down that fabulous gallery each week.
You can see the entire parade of past winners in the TGIF Club and VIPS tabs at the top of the blog!

Now it's your turn to vote on something...
I've thought about adding an honorable mention list for the remaining verified top 10.
What do you think?
Leave a comment with your vote and just for giggles, I'll give a prize to a random comment.

Let's hear it for the VIPs!

You may proudly display this snazzy badge on your blog!

Bobby
Hannelie
Pamela
Angela

And the winner is...

Aimes

You've earned the fantastic prize from

and you get this uber cool badge for your blog!

Please email Michele at cas-ualfridays@hotmail.com with your contact info to claim your prize.

CFC58

Welcome back to another fun week at CAS-ual Fridays!

June 23rd is National Pink Day so we thought we'd celebrate! 

CFC58: Clean And Simple projects using pink

Our fabulous sponsor is offering a $20 gift certificate to this week's winner

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More than three years, 4 design changes, 4 raw material changes and 5 manufacturers later.....we present to you, the ultimate in ribbon storage systems!  We call it theRibbon Carousel^© because it looks like a carousel AND it spins around like a carousel!

Let the inspiration parade begin!!

Laurie Willison

Gayatri Murali

Lynn Mangan

Karolyn Loncon

Debby Hughes

Kimberly Lane

Jenny Mullens

Virginia Lu

Dana Seymour

Lorena Canto

Christina MacLaren

Julie Day

But wait! There's STILL more!  

We have daily inspiration for you on our facebook page provided by none other than our fabulous facebook team!!  

Be sure to like our facebook page so you don't miss your daily dose of design inspiration!

We don't want anyone to miss out, so if you aren't on facebook, the girls will also be posting on their blogs.

                               Suzanne    Stephanie       Lisa           Angie           Deb

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*

*Provide a link to CAS-ual Fridays in your post*

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

**Deadline: 12:00 noon EST on Thursday!*

CFC57

Welcome back to another fun week at CAS-ual Fridays!

Last week you blew us away with your polka dot creations, and the Girl Fridays are still seeing spots as they make their final decisions.  Hopefully their vision will clear with this week's cool challenge...

CFC57: Create a Clean And Simple project using acetate or vellum

This week our darling sponsor is our Girl Friday Karolyn Loncon! 

 

We are all sooo proud of her!!

She designed 6 totally cool stamp sets for 

Houndstooth, Hip to be Square, Dapper, Geo-Graphic, Debonair, and Potpourri  

and this week's winner will receive her entire collection!

Let the inspiration parade begin!!

Julie Day

Laurie Willison

Gayatri Murali

Lynn Mangan

Karolyn Loncon

Debby Hughes

Kimberly Lane

Jenny Mullens

Virginia Lu

Dana Seymour

Lorena Canto

Christina MacLaren

But wait! There's STILL more! 
***Have you liked our facebook page yet???***

We have daily inspiration for you on our facebook page provided by none other than our fabulous facebook team!!  

Be sure to like our facebook page so you don't miss your daily dose of design inspiration!

We don't want anyone to miss out, so if you aren't on facebook, the girls will also be posting on their blogs.

                               Suzanne    Stephanie       Lisa           Angie           Deb

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*

*Provide a link to CAS-ual Fridays in your post*

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

**Deadline: 12:00 noon EST on Thursday!*