Crafter's Companion Challenge: Monochromatic

I don't know what it is about that word that draws me to white, but whenever I think monochromatic I want to make a white on white card.  For the Crafter's Companion Challenge this month, Monochromatic, I did exactly that!



I used the super fabulous clouds embossing folder to create my background.  I love how that provides so much even though the card has no distinct color.  The sentiment is from the Falling Feathers stamp set.  I heat embossed it in white and then added just a touch of grey to make it stand out a bit.  I found that glittery tree button at a tiny little scrapbook store last year and was excited to finally have the perfect card to use it on!  I love it!



We would love to have you join in the challenge!  Create a monochromatic card and link it up here!

Have a Happy!

Babies and Buttons

Well.  That is pretty straight forward, wouldn't you say?  This week's CAS-ual Fridays Challenge is all about the BUTTONS!  Yup!  We want to see you use them on your CAS creations!  I had a bit of fun with this one, to be honest.  It would have been pretty easy to use a single button, seeing as we design CAS cards for this challenge, but I decided to dive right in and use a BUNCH, while still keeping my design nice and SIMPLE!  I love that!



Squeee!  Isn't it fun?  And cute?!  I think so.  I don't make baby cards often, so I don't have a lot of baby-specific things around.  This adorable tree turned into a perfect baby card accent with the addition of the fun pink and white buttons!



So now it's YOUR turn!  Head on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge blog and link up YOUR newly created CAS creation using BUTTONS!  I can't WAIT to see what you make!  One lucky participant will win an awesome prize from Ellen Hutson!  Woot!  Woot! You can find the links to the goodies I used on my card below.

Have a Happy!

I am Much Obliged!

***This is my second post of the day! Be sure to scroll down or CLICK HERE to see my CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Sneak! It's a good one! Just sayin'.***

So. I decided to take the Pattern Play class over at Online Card Classes. I don't often pay for classes, but this one sounded like one I could really use, so I decided to go ahead and jump right in. That, and Jen sorta talked me into it. Something about it being a great class... yadda yadda yadda.... but she's not biased or anything...being one of the guest teachers. Just sayin'. HA!

It began yesterday and they gave some great tips on choosing your patterned papers and how to use them effectively. SO... I did my homework, tried to put some of these tips into practice and came up with this card. I still feel the CAS on this one, I think. I do love the strip of striped paper. That is totally a trick I will be using more often! I struggle with stripes, so I was happy to have this great tip and I LOVE it!


I used papers from three different collections. I pretty much NEVER do that, so I challenged myself to really look at what I had and not stick to only one 6x6 pad. So... the stripe came from the Sn@p Life! 6x6 by Simple Stories, the teal and red polka dots came from the Hip Hip Hooray 6x6 pad from American Crafts, and the pretty grey floral came from the Seen & Noted 6x6 pad from Pebbles. I was surprised that the colors all worked so well. I often struggle with coordinating colors from different collections, so this was exciting for me!


I stamped the sentiment in grey (it's from The Craft's Meow Many Thanks set) on a white banner to be sure it stood out and then simply added a few threaded buttons and some twine to finish off the card.

So...what do you think? Did I pass Day 1? HA! I'm a little scared that I will have to now play with patterned paper like every day until the class is over. Not gonna lie. HA! BUT, alas, it will be good for me and by the end of it, I will be a trained professional. HA! A Patterned Paper Professional! Gotta love some good alliteration. For reals.