Addicted to CAS at Addicted to Stamps and More!

Hi guys!
One of our most popular challenges has just begun at Addicted to Stamps and More: Addicted to CAS! If you are new to clean and simple card making, this is what our lovely leader Kylie says about CAS:

Clean & Simple (CAS) - Clean and crisp lines, minimal or no embellishments and lots of 'white' space should be used. 
* White space does not need to be 'white'. It can be any colour. White space is a term used for the area of your card with no stamping, embellishments etc.

The stamps that I used in my card come from Stamplorations, the set is called Distressed Floral Swirls. The technique I used in my stamping is also very much Stamplorations-inspired because I CASEd a card from company owner Shery. :) The card I was inspired by is here. I masked the area where I wanted the stamping and stamped the black swirls first. I then stamped more swirls with embossing ink and heat embossed with clear powder. I sponged the corner with some Distress Ink and after removing the mask, stamped the borders and sentiment + added a black thin ribbon. I'm in love with this technique and want to try it with many different stamps! The sketch my card is based on is from... Yep, you guessed, it, from  Stamplorations sketch challenge! :)

Addicted to Stamps and More Design Team is full of ladies who master CAS... I hope you'll head on over to the challenge blog for lots and lots of inspiration! You'll find all the challenge details there too. We are once again happy to have Nicecrane Designs as our sponsor. Thank you Ignacio! Happy crafting, everyone!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.fi/ Anything Goes
http://twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes
http://liveandlovecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ Use pink
http://thecraftingcafe.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes
http://createdwithlovechallenges.blogspot.fi/ Anything Goes
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/ Anything Goes
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes

Photo Inspiration at Inkspirational Challenges!

Hi friends!
Two weeks went by and now it's time for another fortnightly Inkspirational Challenge! As you see, we have an inspiration photo for you this time and it's a beautiful, beautiful wreath. Photo inspirations are always so fun -everyone can have their original take on the image so we are expecting many entries... We had an amazing turnout in our Anything Goes Challenge, we had 278 entries in total! Wow!

I created my wreath with a Martha Stewart leaf punch, a Fiskars snowflake punch and some gems. I wanted to have patterned paper for the background so I tried to look for one that would work well with the different greens of the wreath -all the papers are from my left overs box. "Hyvää Joulua" is "Merry Christmas" in Finnish.

I hope you'll now head on over to the challenge blog -there's amazing DT inspiration for you there and also the details of our prize -all entries before 22nd of November will enter a prize draw of some fab Christmas goodies. Don't miss it! :)

I'd like to enter my card to following challenges:
http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.co.uk/p/new-challenge-2110.html Anything Goes
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/-Xmas sentiments

http://festivefriday.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/ffc20-element-challenge.html-Wreath
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.fi/ Anything Goes
http://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.ca/ Christmas
http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes

Friendship Is Like a Sheltering Tree

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Hi friends!
Here's my card for this week's Less Is More Challenge -trees. October is breast cancer awareness month so I chose pink as my accent color for the sentiment from Gelatins. I stamped the sentiment first, masked it, and stamped the tree from Kanban. I embellished the tree with three gems and finished the card off with pierced border. I pierced some crafting table too... :) The front panel is popped up with dimensionals for added interest. Thanks for popping by and for all the sweet comments I get from you all!

Color Challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More!

Hi guys,
another week ahead of us at Addicted to Stamps and More!  This time we have a color challenge for you -you don't have to use these exact colors, something close will do! You can add neutral colors like white and kraft to your project too. I colored the beautiful La Blanche sunflower stamp with my Copics and after coloring I sliced the image in three parts. I was inspired by my older card here where the flower had the same operation! :) It's fun to compare how images have different moods when they are colored differently -the same sunflower looks a lot more cheerful in my card here with some orange hues in the petals and brighter green on the leaves -but I like this more earthy look too!

By the way, the photo is crooked, everything is nice and straight in real life! I took this photo just before leaving town for some travels and by the time I was so to speak on the road and downloaded the photos to my laptop, there was nothing to be done. :)

I'd love to see you joining in our color challenge! There's plenty of fab DT inspiration on how to use the colors in the challenge blog. We are happy to have Nicecrane Designs as our sponsor again. Do visit Ignacio's fabulous shop full of collage sheets, digi stamps and much more!

Fashionable Halloween at Sami Stamps!

Hi guys!
Time for a new release at Sami Stamps! It's called "Fashionable Halloween And Witches and Whiskers" and you can have a better look at all the images at Sami Stamps Shop. When Sami showed these witchy beauties to us DT girls last weekend I instantly knew what I wanted to make: I had just seen Less Is More was having a one layer week with a witch theme and today I finally get to enter! I colored the image with Copics and stamped my sentiment. I didn't have a stamp that would say "You Are Special" but I combined words from 3 different stamps to make it. When inking the stamps I covered the words I didn't need with low-tack tape so I was sure not to get any ink on them. It worked out fine! To finish off the card, I added Stickles and tiny pearls to my witch's web veil so that it would really be the focal point of the card. I hope I didn't over embellish for LIM! :) Thanks for popping by and have a great weekend!

p.s. don't forget to join the currant challenge at Sami Stamps!

Make Your Mark at Addicted to Stamps and More!

Hello dear friends and followers!
It's time for Make Your Mark Challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More! It's one of our favorite challenges: anything goes with markers, pencils, crayons... Coloring medium of any kind! I used my favorite markers, Copics, to color in this pretty girl from Whimsy Stamps. Please click on the photo for closer look if you want! Behind my image I'm using designer paper from Lavanda Paperpack by Nicecrane Designs  -we are happy to have Nicecrane Designs as our sponsor once again! My card is quite embellished with layers, pearls, doily and punched flowers and leaves. Hope you like! There's plenty of DT inspiration in the challenge blog and you will find all the details for joining us there too. Happy crafting!

I'd like to enter my card to:
http://scrapbitzcopics.ning.com/group/cmccopicchallengegroup Anything Goes
http://blog.markerpop.com/2013/10/07/markerpop-challenge-32/ Anything Goes
http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.fi/ Anything Goes

Let's Get Inky - Stamp a Happy Christmas Reminder!

Hi friends!

Have you already entered my Christmas Stamping Challenge Let's Get Inky -Stamp a Happy Christmas? To enter the challenge, simply make a Christmas card that focuses on stamping. The original post with the linky is here.

Here's a stamped Christmas card I made for reminding you of my challenge... I'd like to enter it to Crafting Musketeers (Christmas in October), Christmas Cards All Year Round Single Card Challenge, Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Card Challenge (make it square) and 52 Christmas Card Throwdown (no red and green). I'm quite happy how the card turned out -the colors look pretty! The text is Finnish language and means "Have a Peaceful Christmas and a Happy New Year". 

Now to the fun part... Here's some fab DT cards for your inspiration! The names are links to the blogs of these lovely ladies - do visit them for the details of each card.  

Kylie

Loll

Lynn

Milla

Sandie
(using sponsor stamps: Oh Christmas Tree)

Shery
(using sponsor stamps: Merry and Holiday Hexagons)

There's a prize for crabs in the challenge: It's All About You Stamp Set by my sponsor Stamplorations Stamps. Did you notice those fab stamps Sandie and Shery used in their cards? Stamplorations is a new company and here's some information for you about it:

Launched in June 2013, California-based STAMPlorations is owned and
managed by husband-and-wife team, David & Shery Russ. We offer cling
rubber stamps, clear stamps, and stamping kits for stampers, card
makers, scrapbookers, mixed media artists, and all crafters. All of
our stamps are proudly made in the USA. Our rubber stamps are
deep-etched and made from high quality rubber, while our clear stamps
are made from the finest, non-yellowing photopolymer resin and they're
naturally sticky. Through our stamp line, we hope to encourage
crafters of all ages and experience levels to "Stamp with all your
ART!". We come out with new stamps approximately every other month.
(Website: http://stamplorations.jugemcart.com/ )

I hope you'll join us in the Christmas Stamping Fun at Let's Get Inky -Stamp a Happy Christmas! You have until 24th of December to enter the challenge. Click on the challenge name for the original post -the linky waits for you there! Happy stamping!