May 19

Happy Sunday!!

I am here with a special post to highlight some non design team fabulosity.

My Ink Squad is amazing, and they always have their eyes open when they are blurfing in blogland.

I adore receiving emails with links to projects, and the message..."did you see this?!"

99% of the time the answer is NO, I didn't, but I'm off to check it out :)

Check out what I would have missed...

From Julie Ebersole's blog, Paper Trufflez

Oh this is cool!!  I love the sentiments from Rad stamped in gold.

Uber cool birthday card!

From Tracey McNeely's blog, In My Creative Opinion

So simple, so perfect!

I love the white on white cardstock, and that simple twine tied at the top.

She made Bold Wishes look amazing!

From Keren Baker's blog Creative Journey of an Everyday Crafter...

I love that she took the sentiment from Big Thanks

but only inked a portion of it, AND the dual tone inking of it looks awesome!

Did you notice the partial circles going off the edge?

Yep, from the same set, and I think this is a super cool graphic way to use them :)

From Kate's blog, Just Kate

Pure delight!

I love the ombre look she achieved by stamping the brushstroke from Breathe

mulitple times in varied blue tones, and then stamping the wonderful sentiment over it.

The sequins really set it off don't they? Perfect amount of sparkle :)

***Breathe will be back in stock at the beginning of June.***

Email me at info@cas-ualfridaysstamps.com if you'd like to be added to the 

back in stock notification list, 

or check our Retailers tab at the top of the blog to find it at one of your favorite stores :)

Be sure to stop these awesome blogs to leave them some love.

You just might make their day :)

May 18

Happy Saturday!!

I hope you enjoyed the big release party this week!

If you missed it, be sure to check it out so you can see all the wonderful projects the Ink Squad came up with to showcase the 5 new sets.

Girl Friday Michelle has created 2 cards for you today using our brand new Brickworks.

I love how she's shown that this set, while it appears masculine at first, can absolutley be girled up!

Check it out...

I love the little roughly colored bricks!  How fun!

And the little cluster of sequins adds a girly touch :)

I love the ombre look of the bricks here!  

The little wooden stars are the perfect touch :)

This card would be great for a guy, 

but simply change the color of the bricks and twine, 

and you could easily make this work for a girl too!

This set is available in the store now!

Woot Woot!

Have a fabulous weekend!

The Big Reveal!

Happy Friday!!

I'm so happy you've spent time with us this week!

I loooved reading your comments, and getting to know a little more about you all :)

After 4 days of Sneak Peeks

filled with inspiration,

it's time!

Time to show you the 5 new stamp sets, and let you shop!!

Woot Woot!!

All 5 sets are available now at

www.cas-ualfridaysstamps.com

Frankly

Brickworks

Tech Talk

Zigs & Zags

Houndstooth

I'm so excited!

Now before you run off to the store,

check to see if you are one of the lucky winners from our Release Party!

Day 1: Which is your favorite ink pad?

Crafty Math ChickMay 13, 2013 at 8:53 AM

I am torn between SU and Memento... would probably go with SU because I LOVE how their inks coordinate with their papers and embellishments, making matching a no-brainer, but their basic black stinks and I use Memento Tuxedo black exclusively for my Copic coloring. Love the decorative elements in this set and the versatility in how your DT used the images and sentiments!

Day 2: Which are your favorite paper crafting magazines and why?

cardsbymoMay 15, 2013 at 11:08 AM

I subscribe to Paper Crafts magazine but, to be honest, most of my inspiration comes from the blogs I subscribe to. PS I love the brick stamp! I am imaging myself stamping fireplaces for Christmas cards with that one.

Day 3: Do you submit to pub calls, or create just for fun?

Sue McRaeMay 15, 2013 at 12:56 PM

What a super fun assortment of cards! Love the sentiments! I've only sent in a couple of cards for publication. I'm not really drawn to the calls I seem to prefer the online challenges better.

Day 4: What is your inky age?

HarrietMay 16, 2013 at 2:43 PM

My inky age is ..tada...5...that's how long I've been inking cards and loving every minute of it.....Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

If you are one of the lucky duck winners, please email me at info@cas-ualfridaysstamps.com

with your stamp set choice and mailing address.

The store is open!

www.cas-ualfridaysstamps.com

May Sneak Peek Week Day 4

Welcome back to Day 4 of our 

May Release Party!

You've seen 3 really great sets so far,

and today we wrap up the Sneak Peek Party with 

not 1, but 2 fabulous background sets!

These sets will coordinate with all your other CAS-ual Fridays sets!

Both are 4 x 6 and will be available beginning tomorrow!!

Introducing...

Zigs & Zags   and    Houndstooth

Virginia has used the medium Houndstooth strip to create that delicious background.

I love how she masked off the center section so she could add her sentiment from 

Mums the Word

Here she used mulitple color inks and the large Houndstooth. Fabulous look!

I really like how she stamped that big bold sentiment from Bold Wishes in black.

It balances so well with the small Houndstooth strip at the bottom!

This fun strip from Zigs & Zags looks amazing embossed in gold.

By coloring in the lines with markers she easily made this pretty background strip into a gorgeous focal point.

Laurie used the dotted chevrons and a soft ink color to create a pretty but subtle background.

She also used that cool sentiment from Bold Wishes but in a softer gray ink.

Lovely!

I just love how she stamped this double chevron all over her tag.

White on kraft...be still my heart!

Her pretty flower embellishments are the perfect punctuation to the sweet and simple sentiment from 

Calm and Gentle.

I've always said that Countdown is versatile enough to use all year long.

This card proves it!  

How awesome does that simple sentiment look paired with the small Houndstooth?

Dana amazes me with her creativity!  

Check out how she used the sentiments from Frankly to create that gorgeous flower!!

I love her cool zig zag background-notice how she used white gel pen to add dots in the blank spaces she left!  So cool!

I'm so in love with this one!!  EEEk!

I just love how she paired the large and medium houndstooth strips!!

She also used the flowers from Truth Is and sentiments from Rad.

Oh I could just eat this with a spoon!

This card from Karen made me squeal with delight!

She stamped the ziggy strip in different color inks, THEN

cut her cardstock into strips.  

Look how awesome that little bit of chevron pattern looks

with a sentiment from WTF!

The bold and the awesome!  

I love the bold inking of the medium Houndstooth! 

What a great border panel it makes with that little pop of red,

and the bold sentiment from Brickworks.

What do you do when you can't decide which size of Houndstooth to use?

Simple! Use them all!

Look closely at Kelly's lovely houndstooth pattern and you will see 3 different colors representing the 3 different sizes of houndstooth!  

I'm happy dancing over this!!

Here she did it again! 

I'm blown away by this and I am seriously going to try this!!

I love the pairing of the sentiment from Frankly with the chevrons.

That little bit of frayed stitching is so cool, and works perfectly with the essence of this card.

Piali has made a lovely occaion card!

This could be for graduation, new job or promotion, or any other 

life moment that deserves some applause.

Oh how I love this card from Lynn.

The soft tones of the houndstooth with all that wonderful texture from the burlap strip, loopy twine and cork die cut add up to one super looking card!  

Go ahead and squeal, I did!

This simple chevron panel looks amazing all dolled up with pretty ribbon and buttons.

Gosh, you could use any sentiment with this, but I think the one she chose from Mums the Word fits really well.

Positively scrumptious!!

And there you have it! The final 2 sneak peeks of the week!

Oh! Just think of all the fun you'll have with these sets!

Have you been commenting all week for your chance to win a prize?

Tonight is your last chance until the next release!!

I'm giving away a free stamp set from each sneak peek day 

to a random comment.

***All you have to do is leave a comment right here on this post answering this question...

What is your inky age?  

What the heck is an inky age you ask??

Your inky age is how long you've been stamping, or getting inky :)

My inky age is 10

Tomorrow is the big reveal!

At 9am eastern time

all 5 sets will be revealed and available in the store!

AND, the 4 winners from our Sneak Peek posts will be announced!!

May Sneak Peeks Week Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

May

Sneak Peek Week!

Are we having fun yet???

Today we show you inspiration from our 3rd new set.

I'm really excited about it because it's fun and stylish with a whole lot of spunkiness. 

This set was inspired by 2 things:

1. I adore the pillows on Walden's couch from the tv show, 2 and 1/2 men.

Everytime I see them, I think hmm...if those were stamps, they could be a LOT of fun!

2. I had a hilarious conversation with Ellen Hutson while we were at dinner earlier this year.

We were laughing about funny words and decided we needed a stamp that said bleep.

The way her eyes lit up about it, I knew I had to do it.

My wheels were spinning for some time over how to make it work,

 and still maintain my PG rating.

*grin*

Introducing...

Tech Talk

Karen

Dana

Piali

Virginia

Kelly

Laurie

Lynn

What do you think?

I purposely didn't add any comments because I think their cards are all so awesome,

and such a riot that they stand on their own :)

OK, who wants to win a prize??

***All you have to do is leave a comment right here on this post 
answering this question for your chance to win a free stamp set:

To submit or not to submit, that is the question.

Do you chase the pub calls, or do you create strictly for fun?
We'll be back tomorrow for our last day of sneak peeks

with not 1 but 2 sets for your oohing and aahing delight!

Same time, same place, see you then!!

May Sneak Peek Week Day 2

Welcome back to Day 2 of Sneak Peek Week!

As you know, we have 

5 fabulous sets debuting this week that we are 

really excited about!!

All 4 x 6 and available on 

May17th!

Today's set was designed with Dads and Grads in mind,

but of course is still versatile enough to work all year long.

Introducing...

Brickworks

Lynn has created a super cool grad card.

That little bag stamped with the bricks makes an awesome gift card holder!

I just love all her fun embellishments too!

Michelle has taken this in a feminine direction which is great because guess what?

Girls graduate too!  I love the the fun pattern she created by stamping the bricks a few times,

and then stamping her sentiment directly over.

Oh! I love how Dana stamped the solid brick pattern in such a way that she left a hole in her wall!  Perfect spot for the sentiment and it makes such a wonderful focal point!

This is a really awesome grad card!  Check out how she stamped the open zig zag bricks,

and then stamped the solid version right over.  The solid bricks are just a tad wider than the open bricks so you get a really great shadowy effect.  

Her little bit of rolled up paper to create the diploma is a fabulous embellishment :)

Karen also used the solid and open bricks together.  

 Iike how she left some space between her brick strips, and how she stamped them on an angle.  Such a great visual effect!

I love the way Virginia color blocked her panel,

and continued the look with her bricks!

So masculine and cool! 

I love Laurie's distressed bricks!  

Oh that looks so awesome and adds so much to the card!!

What a great Dad's day card!

Kelly stamped her bricks in a really fun way too!  I love the way she sprinkled her sentiments in to the opening, and the little flags tucked in are just darling

This one made me swoon.

I love the splatterd ink.

I love the arrangement of the sentiments (don't they stack together well?!)

I love that she added a stamp from the Rad set too.

I just love it!

Wowzers! Piali has created such a fun card!

She too used stamps from Rad-don't you just love it when previously released sets coordinate well the new ones? *grin*

I love the fun colors and the great way she arranged her sentiments.

So what do you think??

Could you have some fun with this one?

Would you like a chance to win a fun prize?

I'm giving away a free stamp set from each sneak peek day 

to a random comment.

***All you have to do is leave a comment right here on this post answering this question...
There are some really amazing paper crafting publications around the globe. 
We are pretty darn proud to have CAS-ual Fridays Stamps featured in a few of them so far!
Which are your favorite paper crafting magazines and why? ***

Be sure to take a look at yesterday's post so you don't miss any fun!

I'll announce all the winners on Friday :)

We'll be back tomorrow with one more fantastic set to show you.

Same time, same place!