CAS Welcome Baby Boy Card

This is a card I did for a family that already had two little girls and were so excited to be adding a boy to their household... I started with a white card base, matted a layer of blue plaid paper, then a layer of solid dark blue and then the white top layer which was run through my Cuttlebug with this great new baby embossing folder... I added the three buttons on top of the embossed piece, then a gingham ribbon on the botom that I ran through a cute, see-thru, baby boy slide.  I would consider this a CAS card...They loved it!

I love my Cuttlebug embossing folders like this and have several of these (words only) themed folders... this concept/design could be used with any of them... quick and simple... Hope you like it!

Blessings,

~Kathy

CAS Sympathy Card

I recently needed two sympathy cards and thought this leaf print paper would be nice... card base is a wine/cranberry color that matches the color in the dp (designer paper).
I decided to do a simple (CAS=clean and simple) card with just a couple of words stamped on the inside (with sincere sympathy)... I used a bordeaux colored ink pad to stamp it on a piece of medium green pearlized cardstock that I ran through my Big Shot with the Stampin'Up Top Note die (one of my all-time favorites)... cut another Top Note from the dp and then ran it through with the new SU textured embossing folder (almost makes it look like tapestry)... the front of the card base is also embossed with one of my favorite floral embossing designs.

Of course, I had to think of something different to do to the envelope besides just lining it with the dp... I embossed the dp before inserting and gluing in place... then I took the entire envelope and fed the left end of it into the Big Shot (with the same embossing folder I used on the card base front) encasing just about 2" of the envelope... Here's what it looks like...

I'm very pleased with the cards... the red button is from a StampinUp set of huge Christmas colored buttons; the sheer ribbon was some I had on hand.

Til the next time,

Blessings and happy crafting!

In a hurry? Here's a great idea for a quick card...

This is one of my favorite CAS (clean and simple) cards. It is a pre-made card that came in a box of about 50... 5 each of 10 designs... I get them on sale at JoAnn's and Michael's and use a 40% off coupon... (Reg $10... just $6 with a coupon)... they come with envelopes too so they are a real bargain... nice sturdy stock also...

The really cool thing about this particular card is that I happened to have had some ribbon on hand (I have LOTS of ribbon on hand)... that seems to perfectly match the colors of the polka dots. I used one of my very favorite MS (Martha Stewart) border punches that also embosses, added a couple of bright brads, and voila... a cute quick card! Doesn't get much easier than that, eh?

Blessings and Happy Crafting!
~Kathy