*Addicted to CAS Challenge #318*

 It's kind of an oxymoron that the team is playing with a "happy" challenge after recently finding out that one of our creative friends has passed away.  I'm on a few design teams with Toni and have admired her work for a lot of years...  she will be missed.

I'm sure that Toni would want for us to continue creating and sharing, so that's what we'll do.  Today I am sharing the card I made for the current challenge at Addicted to CAS.

I think I've made a card similar to this before... but it was truly the first idea that popped in to my head (and let me tell you, my creativity has been struggling lately).

Card Info

*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Pattern Party

*Stamps:  MFT Something for Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Simon Says Stamp Big Happy; MFT Stitched Rectangles

*Challenges:  Addicted to CAS #318

*Addicted to CAS #317*

 It's a circles themed challenge at Addicted to CAS!  How will you use circles in your clean and simple design?

I chose to do some ink blending in my favourite colours... I kept the ink blending rather light to keep it from being too overwhelming.

Card Info

*Stamps:  Pinkfresh Studio Happy Birthday Sentiments

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Tim Holtz Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn, Shaded Lilac

*Stencils:  Paper Rose Studio Bubbles

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  ATCAS #317

*Addicted to CAS #316*

Happy Saturday, my friends!  It's time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS!  This is one is right up my alley since purple is my favourite colour!

I started with a stencil and did a light coloured ink blending over it to create a little pattern in my background.  I die cut the leaf die out of two shades of purple and layered them on to the card front.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather

*Stamps:  Pinkfresh Studio Happy Birthday Sentiments

*Ink:  Stampin' Up! Gorgeous Grape; Memento Tuxedo Black

*Stencil:  Tim Holtz Mini Stencil Set #13

*Dies:  Stampin' Up! Fern and Flora

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  ATCAS #316

*Addicted to CAS #315*

 I'm here today with my design team card for the current challenge at Addicted to CAS...

I went with a basic black and white card for my Anniversary card today...  I love this heart die because it cuts but the inside heart and the outline as well.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' UP! Basic Black

*Stamps:  MFT Something for Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Concord & 9th Tall Type Alpha; Love From Lizi Sitched Circles; MFT Something for Everything

*Challenges:  Addicted to CAS #315

*Addicted to CAS #312*

The challenge at Addicted to CAS this week is UP!  How will you interpret the code word?

I chose to do a rainbow with some clouds... I cut the rainbow pieces out of white cardstock and added some colour to them with my Copics.  I adhered them to a panel and then cut it with a stitched rectangle die so that there is only half of a rainbow.  I added some die cut clouds to cover the edges of the rainbow

Card Info

*Stamps:  Studio Katia Birthday Greetings
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Copics

*DIes:  Stampin' Up! Sunshine Vibes; MFT Stiched Rectangles, Treetop

*Challenges:  ATCAS #312

*Addicted to CAS #311*

 Good morning friends... it's time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS...

I tossed around a lot of ideas but then got a delivery of some brand new patterned papers and I really wanted to cut in to them!  I chose five different patterns and cut some strips to create this fun patterned card.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Paper;  Unity Love Notes

*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions Birthday

*Dies:  Love From Lizi Stiched Rectangle Nested Dies; The Ton Easy Expressions Birthday

*Challenges:  ATCAS #311

*Addicted to CAS #310*

 There's a great new clean and simple challenge at Addicted to CAS... for challenge #310, we are playing with FRAMES!

I love a thin gold frame on my cards... I put it directly on the front of my card and added a die cut printed washi piece and some (gasp) bling!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Spellbinders gold mirror

*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  The Ton Easy Expressions; Pinkfresh Studio Vines & Roses; Essentials by Ellen Essential Circles
*Embellishments:  Studio Katia

*Challenges:  Addicted to CAS #310

*Addicted to CAS #309*

 There's a fun new clean and simple challenge that starts today at Addicted to CAS...

I almost didn't play in this challenge but then I remembered this cute little fox that I was sent by Michelle V Park Designs.  Isn't he adorable?  I scrounged through my bin of extras and found the little stitched squares and finished it all off with a simple sentiment.

Card Info

*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions Birthday

*Ink: Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Love from Lizi Stitched Rectangle Nesting Dies; The Ton Easy Expressions Birthday; unknown squares

*Etc:  Michelle V Park Designs (the fox)
*Challenges:  ATCAS #309

*Addicted to CAS #308*

 It's time for a new clean and simple challenge at Addicted to CAS!

Playing with these challenges makes me realize how narrow my crafty stash is...  I buy what I like, not what I think I might need for challenges.  To that end, I couldn't think of any stamps in my stash that would work for this challenge.  Then I remembered the suite of items from Stampin' Up! with the hot air balloons.  I've made a few cards by cutting out the balloons from the pattern paper but I didn't feel like doing that for this card... instead I just used a piece of the the pattern paper.

Card Info

*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Lighter than Air
*Stamps:  Pinkfresh Studio Happy Birthday Sentiments

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Challenges:  Addicted to CAS #308; Simply Clean and Simple

*Addicted to CAS #307*

 This week totally got away from me thanks to buying a new car and trying to sell an old (20 year old) junker... plus training a new person at work and a banquet last night.  I am SO late posting my design team card for Addicted to CAS!!!  

But I am here now... and I hope that it was worth the wait!

I always think I make a lot of birthday cards... but when I look at my bin of created cards, there aren't that many there.  Maybe it's because it's the type of card I send most often?

I was inspired by my friend Jane for the card I'm sharing today....  I used this left over piece of patterned paper to create a super clean and simple card for a good friend...

Card Info

*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Modern Christmas

*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions Birthay
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Washi Tape:  Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies
*Dies:  Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies; The Ton Easy Expressions Birthday

*Challenges:  ATCAS #307

*Addicted to CAS #306*

Good morning friends... it's time for a new clean and simple challenge at Addicted to CAS...

I don't have much for postage related items in my crafty stash, but I did recently purchase some Waffle Flower postage themed items.  I played with some soft colours with the stencil and used one of the "stamp" die cuts to create my card.  To add a little extra interest, I used an embossing folder on a white strip.  I used a lot of newer stuff (to me) on this card... always good to use the new stuff you buy instead of ignoring it!

Card Info

*Stamps:  Concord & 9th Big Day Birthday
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Shaded Lilac, Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocent
*Stencils:  Waffle Flower Collage Peony Stencil

*Dies:  Waffle Flower Postage Collage

*Embossing:  Altenew Ribbon Waves

*Challenges:  Addicted to CAS #306; Addicted to Stamps & More #515

*Addicted to CAS #305*

 We have a wonderful new clean and simple challenge at Addicted to CAS...

I don't have a lot of family themed stamps or dies...  but I was able to make a card for someone's Mom (since mine has passed).  I started with a stencil and three colours of Distress Oxide Ink and did a little partial blending.  I stamped this gorgeous butterfly on top of it and finished it off with the simple sentiment.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Stamps:  Paper Rose Studio Cleo Floral Butterfly; MFT All About Mom

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Salty Ocean, Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry

*Stencil:  Paper Rose Studio Big Drops

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  ATCAS #305; Addicted to Stamps & More #514

*Addicted to CAS #304*

 We have a great new challenge for you to play with at Addicted to CAS... and it's one of my favourite things!

I just love playing with stripes... so much so, I had trouble deciding which stripes I wanted to play with!  I ended up choosing this fun watercolour-like pattern paper that was actually a diagonal stripe so I cut it down with a die to make the stripes horizontal.  I even managed to use an extra piece I had cut to make a card last week!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Cloud Cover

*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Bright & Beautiful
*Stamps:  MFT Something for Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  MFT Stitched Rectangles; Waffle Flower Nesting Rectangles; Prism Studio Essential Greenery

*Challenges:  Addicted to CAS #304

*Addicted to CAS #302*

 It's time for a new clean and simple challenge at Addicted to CAS...

I have a few different things I could have played with for this challenge, but none of them were speaking to me the day I wanted to work on this challenge card.  I decided to go for a super simple card with just a little pop of colour.  To create the sun rays, I simply used my Scor Pal to emboss some lines.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Summer Sun
*Stamps:  Honeybee Stamps Best of Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  MFT Stitched Circles

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  Addicted to CAS #302

*Addicted to CAS #301*

 Good morning, clean and simple friends!  It's time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS!

I wasn't not feeling too creative when I sat down to make this card...  I was tired of making Valentine's themed cards and the code word "pink" just screamed at me to make another one.  Instead, I found this extra piece from some cards in the last few weeks and thought "it's pink" so I played with it.

Card Info

*Paper:  MFT Black & White Stripes

*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Tim Holtz Distress Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn

*Dies:  Waffle Flower Postage Collage; The Ton Easy Expressions

*Stencil:  Waffle Flower Peony Postage Collage

*Challenges:  ATCAS #301

*Addicted to CAS Challenge #299*

 It's time for the first challenge of 2026 with the team at Addicted to CAS...

I struggled with this theme!  I was crafting with my friends Heidi and Bonnie and they will confirm that I almost decided to skip this challenge.  I didn't want to go with a drinking glass because I find them difficult to work with and get looking the way I want them to.  And then I had my AH-HA moment!  I have Pair Eyewear, those glasses with the removeable toppers.  For a while, I thought I was going to make my own toppers (and I did make a few) so I purchased a cut file to be used with my Silhouette.  I pulled out the Silhouette, resized the cut file and cut myself a pair of glasses!!!  I added some Glossy Accents to the frames and some funky flowers and a sentiment that really worked!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Stamps:  MFT Sassy Pants Birthday Greetings 2

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Embellishments:  HAI Supply flowers and black pearls; Glossy Accents

*Tools:  Perfect Layers: Silhouette

*Challenges:  ATCAS #299; Addicted to Stamps & More

*Addicted to CAS #298*

 It's time for the last challenge of 2025 at Addicted to CAS...

I am going to be so sad to leave my Christmas card making supplies in their containers instead of playing with this for every card I make...  I will still be making some Christmas cards throughout the year, but I really enjoy the time that I spend focussing only on Christmas cards.  

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black, unknown glitter

*Stamps:  MFT Christmas Wishes

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Impression Obsession Snowflakes; Small Snowflakes

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenge:  ATCAS #298

*Addicted to CAS #297*

 This week, I am hosting the challenge at Addicted to CAS....  this is the prompt that I chose...

Of course, metallics, to me, are perfect at Christmas, but I know that some of my design team friends went a completely different way!  I can't wait to see what you create!

I decided on a metallic snowflake... backed with a little black to make it pop!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up Basic Black; Lawn Fawn Holographic

*Stamps:  Penguin Palace Magical Christmas Sentiments

*Dies:  Impression Obsession Snowflakes; Penguin Palace Magical Christmas Sentiments

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  Addicted to CAS #297

*Addicted to CAS #296*

 A wonderful new clean and simple challenge is coming your way today at Addicted to CAS...

I decided to make my sweet element some candy cane stripes, along with a cute little sentiment...  

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Real Red

*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Peaceful Prints

*Stamps:  Catherine Pooler Nice List

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  MFT Stitched Rectangles; Waffle Flower Nesting Circles, Additional Circles

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  Addicted to CAS #296

*Addicted to CAS #295*

The latest challenge at Addicted to CAS is right up my alley! We are creating snowflake cards!

Once again, I was drawn to the idea of a mostly white on white card.  I added a stitched frame die to my front panel but did it as an inlay so it almost looks embossed instead.  I layered the glittery snowflake on three layers of white to create some extra dimension.

Card Info

*Paper;  unknown sparkle

*Stamps:  Paper Trey Ink Signature Christmas

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Prism Studio Sew Many Rectangles; unknown snowflake

*Challenges:  Addicted to CAS #295