CAS - Right as Rain

Simon Says Stamp – Time for a Break

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS friendship card featuring Simon Says Stamp products – the Abstract Triangle stencil and a sentiment from the Vacation Time set.

I applied Distress Oxide inks through the Abstract Triangle stencil.
I cut the stenciled panel with a 4″ square die at an angle to the pattern.
I heat-embossed the sentiment and cut it with a skinny die in the A-2 Matting Basics set.
I added the panel to a square card base and popped the sentiment up with foam adhesive.

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Paper Smooches – It’s O-fish-al!

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS friendship card on which I’ve combined the recently released Paper Smooches Water Dies with a computer-generated sentiment.

I cut the fish, air bubbles, and waves from colored cardstock.
I printed out the sentiment on white cardstock, which I trimmed.
I added dry-embossed cardstock (created with the retired Lifestyle Crafts Tide embossing folder) at the top and bottom of the panel.
I added the waves and air bubbles with liquid adhesive and popped the fish up with foam adhesive.

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Paper Smooches Silhouette Flower Bouquet

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS friendship card featuring Paper Smooches Silhouette Flowers. While this is an older die set, it’s a recent purchase for me. The card design is similar to the one here.

I cut the flowers, foliage, and dragonfly from white 80 lb cardstock and colored them with Distress Oxide inks.
I used sticky notes to mask the flowers from the stems, and vice versa, while applying the inks.
I colored white cardstock with Tumbled Glass ink and cut it with the Mason Jar die set.
The background was colored with Scattered Straw ink.
I stamped one of my favorite Paper Smooches sentiments from the Lovely Thoughts set onto the background and added the assembled bouquet with foam adhesive.

Supplies: Paper Smooches Mason Jar and Silhouette Flowers die sets; Paper Smooches Lovely Thoughts stamp set

It’s Your Birthday – CAS Die-cut Birthday Cake

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS birthday card featuring the My Favorite Things Birthday Cake die set. It’s a versatile set – you can easily change up the look just by changing the colors. How about coordinate the card colors to a birthday party’s color scheme? I went with a favorite combo of mine – yellow, orange, and teal blue.

I cut the frame from Bazzill Marshmallow cardstock.
I cut the cake layers, cake plate, and decorations from Bazzill Marshmallow Chick, Circus Peanut, Candy Necklace, and Marshmallow cardstock. The decorative pieces were glued. I assembled the cake stack by taping the layers together on the back.
I stamped the sentiment with black on to Bazzill Robin’s Egg cardstock and trimmed the panel slightly smaller than the A2-sized frame.
The assembled cake was added to the stamped panel with foam adhesive.

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Recipe for a Happy Home – Spellbinders Let’s Bake

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS card featuring the Let’s Bake die set designed by Sharyn Sowell for Spellbinders. This isn’t a typical Mother’s Day card, although I did have that occasion in mind when I created it. I previously created a Christmas-themed card with this set.

I created the sentiment on my computer and printed it on khaki cardstock.
I cut out the kitchen tools from various cardstock colors, backing the larger open areas by taping cardstock on to the back.
I added the kitchen items to the card base with foam adhesive.

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