Welcome to the Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps CAS Blog Skip. If you have come from Kate's blog "Hello From Kate" then you are in the right place. If you just happened along and would like to start the skip at the beginning just click here and you will be transported to the Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps blog.
I have been attracted to the Clean and Simple style of card making for a long time and I love to browse through blogs and galleries of CAS cards for inspiration and relaxation as well. Although I have never been what I call a "fru-fru" stamper I have only just recently embraced the CAS style and am really enjoying the results.
I have been attracted to the Clean and Simple style of card making for a long time and I love to browse through blogs and galleries of CAS cards for inspiration and relaxation as well. Although I have never been what I call a "fru-fru" stamper I have only just recently embraced the CAS style and am really enjoying the results.
The inspiration for this card came from Heather T. whose card was recently featured on the "Less is More" blog (one of my CAS favorites) and can be viewed here. The sponged and stamped focal point is totally cased but there was no way I could make it look as nice as Heather's so I ended up cutting the square out and mounting it on black card stock cut just slightly larger to act as a frame. The sponging was done on white card stock with Stampin' Up! Not Quite Navy ink and then I stamped 3 of the Pocket Silhouettes stamps in black Stazon ink and the 4th in Old Olive. The sentiment is from a Stampin' Up! set called Sweet Little Sentiments and is stamped with black Stazon ink.
Of course I can never make just ONE of any card that I really like so I went ahead and made another card adding a little more bling - although I still classify it as CAS. The sentiment is stamped in Not Quite Navy and is from a sympathy set by Gina K Designs. The card is basically the same design so I thought I would just share a close up of the sentiment and bling.
Thank you for skipping by my blog - I hope you have been able to find some inspiration and will go out and give the CAS style a try for yourself. The next stop is at "Handmade by Julie" where I am sure you will want to stick around for awhile!
Oopsie! I almost forgot BLOG CANDY! Please leave a comment below and on Monday, August 22, I will select a random winner to receive 6 sponged and stamped squares similar to the ones used on these cards.
