Hello!

It feels like forever since I last posted...
I've been busy driving across the state with my daughter to visit with my mom and sister.  Then upon returning home, we've had back to back guests at our house!  But, I couldn't let the current challenges over at Cas-ual Fridays and CAS(e) this Sketch slip by.

CFC111: Keeping it Clean And Simple-that means lots and lots and lots of "white" space- 
show us how much fun you can have with buttons.

I love using buttons!  My collection is larger than I'd like to admit.
However, they are organized in little jars by color which just makes me smile.

For my card, I decided to go with a buttoned fashion theme.
Dress form, pins, ribbon, buttons...

Lots of fun playing along this week!
Thanks so much for stopping by.

xo,
janelle

:: Celebrate in Style supplies ::
(misc supplies: pins, cork, silk ribbon, corner rounder punch)

2, 4, 6, 8

Hello!

The card I'm sharing today fits a few different challenges...

I typically don't combine challenges, but this time it just kind of all came together.

The challenge over at Cas-ual Fridays is to include numbers.  The chant, "2, 4, 6, 8, who do we appreciate" popped in to my head...  And, so I decided to create a thank you card.

 CFC110: Use a number or numbers on your CAS creation
You have until noon eastern on July 31st.

Next, I chose a color combo from the PTI Blog Hop "Fruits of Summer".  This took awhile with so many wonderful combos to chose from!  Finally the citrus combo came out the favorite, but I ended up dropping the orange from the group...

How to add a sentiment stumped me at first.  The thing was that I didn't want to cover the numbers too much.  Then I drew inspiration from Nicole over at PTI.  I've always liked the look of her vellum sentiment strips, so I thought I'd give it a shot here.  Viola!

Finally, I was inspired by the sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch.  

Great sketch, don't you think?
ETA: missed the link deadline (again)

Well, that's all for now...
Thank you so much for stopping by!  

Enjoy hopping & have a fabulous day!

xo,

janelle

:: 2, 4, 6, 8 supplies ::
(misc supply: vellum)

Bon Voyage : CFC 109

Hello!

Just finished my card for this week's challenge over at Cas-ual Fridays.

 CFC109: Clean And Simple creations (watch that "white" space) with polka dots

I've been working this design in my head for days now.  Thought I had it figured out when I went to bed last night... But, a couple more changes were made this morning when I went to create it.  The whole time though, I tried to keep in mind the advice to 'watch our white space'.  Turned out to be 'cream space' for this card. (wink)

That open dot background stamp is one of my favorites!

Well, gotta run & get this linked up...

Thanks for stopping by!

xo,

janelle

:: Bon Voyage supplies ::

Smile: CFC #108

Hello!  

I'm back with another card for the challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays.

CFC108: Create a CAS project that has some sort of a material, i.e. fabric, felt, canvas etc

Once again, my dear little daughter helped inspire my card.  She was playing with my rolls of felt and the color combos she kept coming up with were so pretty.  So, I thought a little rainbow of colored letters would make nice & cheery card.

My goal was to keep it CAS.  

Believe me the wheels were spinning, but I'm glad to have used the brakes.

On the popped up white panel, I did a little gold embossing... and that's really it! 

Do you remember or have those little magnetic letters?  I think they were Fischer Price??

Anyway, I keep thinking of those every time I look at these pictures. (haha)  

Happy childhood memories.

Thanks so much for visiting!

xo,

janelle

:: smile supplies ::

(misc. supplies: multiple colors of felt)