TGI...Thursday?

***The Store Is OPEN!!!***

Thank goodness it's Thursday!

You've seen some fabulous inspiration from the Girl Fridays, and our awesome guests, this week.

I have enjoyed reading every single comment-I can't begin to find the words to express how excited I am!

So now that you've made it through the week, I hope that big hint I gave you a couple weeks ago is making some sense.  

Let's recap the hint with all the set names written in it...

"Many have asked for info about CAS-ual Fridays' new little sis. She's spunky and sassy, the kind that will Woot Woot for your good news or be all WTF for your more dramatic moments (but in a very PG sort of way!) She definitely has a wild side but truth is...she can also be calm and gentle. She's CAS to her core but she's down with lots of styles. Only 2 weeks til you get to meet her! I hope you'll give me a big thanks for this hint :)" 

Just so you know, the sets were named waaaaay before I ever came up with this hint, but yes, I did crack myself up when I wrote it :)

The sets in this release are all 4 x 6 and retail for $15.

They will be available on our brand new store website just after midnight eastern time, Friday October 26th. (Woot Woot! That's tonight!)

www.cas-ualfridaysstamps.com

You know the set names, so let's see what they look like, 

and announce the lucky ducks who get to start stalking their mailmen :) 

WTF

 And the winner is...

Paper Therapy PonderingsOctober 20, 2012 8:43 AM

WTF!!!!!!!

what the fun - what the fun - what the fun - wow that's fantastic

this is a fun set - lots of giggles in this stamp set

Good luck

Barb Housner

Woot Woot

And the winner is...

DeirdreOctober 22, 2012 2:44 PM

Love the inspiration you have posted - amazing creations.

Big Thanks

And the winner is...

SindhuOctober 22, 2012 12:14 AM

What a way to say a simple 'thank you'..gorgeous!

Calm and Gentle

And the winner is...

KarenladdOctober 24, 2012 3:37 PM

Just liked you on FB and left a comment!

Truth Is

And the winner is...

Miriam PrantnerOctober 24, 2012 10:31 AM

One more day! So excited to see the full sets! Have loved each one, including this one!

And last but certainly not least, the winner of the entire release from our Big HUGE Announcement post is...

Carol LOctober 19, 2012 8:06 AM

Huge congratulations for following your dream and turning it into reality! I can't wait to see what you've been inspired to create! Best wishes with your new stamp company - how exciting!!

Congrats to all the winners!!

please email me at cas-ualfridays@hotmail.com with your mailing addresses!

Your stamps are packaged and waiting :)

*You have until Oct 31st to claim your prize.

In the event of an unclaimed prize, a new winner will be randomly chosen.

I can't wait to see the store filled with all that stampy goodness!

How many minutes til midnight????!!!

Sneak Peeks Week Day 4

Welcome to Day 4 of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Sneak Peek Week!!

Are you having fun yet?
Wow, we sure are!
Today, we have a special guest getting inky with us!
I'm so excited to present someone that many of you know...
my sweet and lovely friend... Julie Ranae!
I'm so happy that she's taken a little break from her retirement to join us for Sneak Peek week,
and will be here not only today, but tomorrow too!

We've had bold and exciting things to show you so far this week,
 but we do have a calm and gentle side as well.

Tonight's set was inspired by the cluster of aspen trees that I see from my kitchen window.

I love the way the leaves dance when the wind tickles them :)
I'm always amazed at how something so simple can turn my frown upside down.

I wanted to create a simple set with meaningful sentiments that you could use to send cards of encouragement.

If you need a card for someone who is chasing a dream, or enduring a struggle,
I think these sentiments can do it all.

Introducing... CALM AND GENTLE

Christina MacLaren
I love text and I just adore how Christina used these 2 simple sentiments to create her own text strip!
The colors are just fabulous and the simple addition of the gems make this into a stunning card!

Angie Tieman
Love that Angie gave her trees a shape and changed the size with just a punch!!
How sweet are those buttons?! Pure delight!




Julie Ranae
So pretty how she stamped off the tree trunks to add a shadowy effect.
Love the wonderful fall inspired color palette!
The blues go perfectly with the sentiment :)

Karen Baker
Karen has created pure magic with this.
Stamping those trees over that delicious pattern paper gives them such a dreamy quality!



Lynn Mangan
Color blocked perfection!
I just love the trees stamped in white!
How easy it would be to create this card for any season just by changing the block colors!

So what do you think so far??

One of you lucky ducks is going to win this set!

***All you have to do is leave a comment right here***

If you're just joining the party, be sure to go back to Day 1 to see the eye candy and comment for your chances to win those sets too!

I'll announce the winners on Thursday :)

In the meantime, if you haven't already, please meander over to our blog sidebar and become one of our CAS-ual Friends.

You can also grab our button for your blog to help spread the word about us.

We've got a brand new facebook page!! 
(the little sister wanted her own room! *wink*)
***Please Like us, then come back and tell us for a second chance to win!*** 
You can find us at http://www.facebook.com/CASualFridaysStamps

We'll be back tomorrow with awesome inspiration from the last set.

Any guesses what its name might be?

Sneak Peeks Week Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Sneak Peek Week!!

A big thanks to you for joining in the fun!

We are having the time of our lives!
I just love that you're all excited about the stamps we've peeked so far.
Every single comment means the world to me, and I have to tell you
that my cheeks seriously hurt from the huge smile I've been sporting the last couple days!
Girl Friday Kimberly called it a Perma-Grin! LOL! Love that!

I don't know about you, but I just never seem to have enough thank you cards in my stash.
My goal was to create a set that offers multiple options to create quick thank you cards that could easily transition between feminine and masculine styles.

The set we're sneaking today is bold and fun, with simple sentiments and cool design elements.

Introducing... BIG THANKS

Piali Biswas

Bold colors, pretty designer papers, and a big fun sentiment!

Making a thank you card has never been so fun or simple!

Karen Baker

Now this is a thank you card that really measures up!
With such a simple sentiment, you can pair it with any type of designer paper you want!
Love the masculine feel of this :)

Laurie Willison

So simple, so sweet and so fabulous!
Laurie turned the cool border stamp into an awesome embellishment!

Lorena Canto

Lorena has turned a simple thank you into something special with her gorgeous stamped panel!
I love how she stamped the little border strip into a rainbow of colors.
Beautiful!

Lisa Addesa

So many fun ways to say thank you!

I just love how she created her own embellishment with that funky circle stamp!
Sooo cool!

Michele Gross

We have CAS-ual Friends all over the world,

and we're sure that many of you do too.

This set gives you the chance to say Thank You in a variety of languages.

So what do you think so far??

One of you lucky ducks is going to win this set!

***All you have to do is leave a comment right here***

If you're just joining the party, be sure to check out our previous posts to see all the fabulous eye candy,
 and comment for your chance to win those sets too!

I'll announce all the winners on Thursday :)

In the meantime, if you haven't already, please meander over to our blog sidebar and become one of our CAS-ual Friends.

You can also grab our button for your blog to help spread the word about us.

***If you added our button to your blog, guess what?! 
You get to leave a second comment right here for an additional chance to win Big Thanks!***

Only a few more days til the store gets filled with product!
Tonight's post puts us just about halfway through our release week.

All the sets we're sneaking in this first release are 4 x 6, and packed with fun.
They will retail for $15 and officially be available for sale on October 26th.


We'll be back tomorrow with awesome inspiration from the next set.

Any guesses what its name might be?

Sneak Peeks Week Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Sneak Peek Week!!

Yesterday might have had you saying WTF (but in the most PG of ways of course)

but today will for sure have you exclaiming Woot Woot!

This set is perfect for celebrating fun and exciting moments!

It's filled with things I actually say...all the time!
We do a lot of happy dancing and woot wooting around here so I thought it
only natural to include a set in this first release that helps you to celebrate any kind of fun occasion.

The Girl Fridays will have you happy dancing, and high 5'ing by the end of this post.

Introducing...Woot Woot

Gayatri Murali
You know we love to do a lot of happy dancing around here, and those gorgeous gemstones have me clapping along in delight!!
I just love what Gayatri did with that fun border stamp.

Jenny Mullens
Cheers!
Jenny has found the perfect embellishments to illustrate this fun sentiment!
The little gems she added to the o's remind me of champagne bubbles :)
How perfect to celebrate a friend's engagement or even a job promotion!

Virginia Lu
Squeal! Look at the gorgeous pattern she has created using the
 long loopy border stamp!
Love how she punched it out and stitched it on.
Oh, so much fun to be had!!

Stephanie Washburn
Now that is how you make a sentiment the star of your card!
Love the clean and graphic feel!
Could be awesome for those boys in our lives :)

Karen Baker
If I didn't know better, I'd swear she made this card for me!
This is exactly how I feel at the moment!
Let's high 5 and happy dance, shall we?

So what do you think so far??

One of you lucky ducks is going to be yelling Woot Woot when you win this set!

***All you have to do is leave a comment right here***

If you're just joining the party, be sure to stop by yesterday's post to see the eye candy and comment for your chance to win that set too!

I'll announce all the winners on Thursday :)

In the meantime, if you haven't already, please meander over to our blog sidebar and become one of our CAS-ual Friends. 

Oh my gosh, I can't even tell you how happy I get when I see a new face there!

***CAS-ual Friends can leave an additional comment on this post for 2 chances to win***

You can also grab our button for your blog to help spread the word about us.

We'll be back tomorrow with more awesome inspiration from the next set.

Think back to that hint I gave a couple weeks ago...
any guesses what its name might be?

Sneak Peeks Week Day 1

Welcome to Day 1 of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Sneak Peek Week!!

I'm so excited!!

We have the fabulous Karen Baker getting inky with us today!
She has been such a tremendous help to me. 
As you may know, she is the designer of all my blog headers, and just wait til you see the packaging that she put together for me!  
I was going to introduce her as an honored guest, but guess what?? 
She's coming out of retirement to be a Girl Friday again!
Woot Woot!
I told you this would be an exciting week!

Today I get to share with you some amazing creations using the very first set I designed.
I love word play, puns and silly sentiments.
This set is a fun play on words, or maybe I should say a fun play on letters!
It was designed very tongue in cheek, and is sure to get a laugh or two or three :)

The Girl Fridays will have you gasping in delight with their awesome samples,
and by the end of this post you'll be thinking

WTF

...but in the most PG of ways :)

Introducing: WTF

Debby Hughes
This just makes me happy!
Can you imagine the initial gasp this card would get and then all the laughs?!
I love the little check-off list and all the fun colors!

Kimberly Lane
This is pure fun folded in half!
I love the fun colorful pattern that she created with the dotty background stamp,
and the stitching is a yummy touch!
Wouldn't this be a fun party invitation?

Karolyn Loncon
Love how she paired her Cameo cut letters with the fun sentiment!
Who wouldn't love to receive a card like this to celebrate some special news?!

This set is super versatile and can put on a straight face when needed.
Check out these beauties...

Suzanne Dahlberg
I just love the beautiful papers that Suzanne chose.
That offset panel is perfect for the sentiment,
 and the placement of those random gems is awesome!
I'd say this card would definitely be worth the wait :)

Karen Baker
I just love that Karen used CAS-ual colors!!
I love the way she used the dotty background stamp!
Wow, that really is fantastic!

Michele Gross

You can create your own pattern background using any of the 4 border strip stamps.

Glittery stickers or even chipboard numbers make a fun focal point for the sassy sentiment.

This is a fun card to send to someone in their 30's...

On the inside you can write "Not you!" LOL!

So what do you think so far??

One of you lucky ducks is going to win this set!

***All you have to do is leave a comment right here***

I'll announce the winner on Thursday :)

In the meantime, please meander over to our blog sidebar and become one of our CAS-ual Friends.  You can also grab our button for your blog to help spread the word about us.

I enjoyed reading your comments soooo much last night!
I'm positive that I feel asleep with a huge smile on my face :)

A few of our international friends asked about shipping, so let me take a quick second to tell you all about that.
CAS-ual Fridays Stamps orders will be shipped via USPS first class mail.
$2.50 flat-rate anywhere in the US
(yes, even you my Hawaiian friends!)
$3.50 flat-rate to Canada
$4.50 flat-rate International
I can't control how quickly your mailman walks to your door,
but I can control how fast I give it to my mailman :)
My goal is to have your packages mailed by the next business day!

We'll be back tomorrow, same time, same place with awesome inspiration from the next set!
What do you think its name might be?

Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!

Welcome to CAS-ual Fridays Stamps,

a brand new stamp company based on my love for 

Clean And Simple design!

Oh WOW!  

Wowie, wow, WOW!

I've been waiting and waiting for this day, and I can't believe it's finally here!

I'm so glad YOU'RE here!!

Today I am officially introducing CAS-ual Fridays little sister,

my new company

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps, LLC!

It all started at Winter CHA earlier this year.  

Getting to meet and hang out with so many of my paper crafting friends, and heroes, inspired me on a level I hadn't allowed myself to explore before.  

Once there, I allowed myself to dream...I mean REALLY dream, and I ended up with a real doozy.

A dream is only a dream unless you make it come true.

Well, I did it...  

I made my dream come true!

It took 9 months of hard work, research and planning, to create CAS-ual Fridays' little sister, but it was a lot of fun too!

Being the CAS girl that I am, my stamps are designed with the CAS enthusiast in mind, 

but I am sure that even you lovers of all things layered will have fun getting inky with them :)

My designs are fun, playful and definitely celebrate my love for word play.

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps are proudly made in the USA, right in America's Heartland, from the finest quality clear photopolymer.  

They stamp like a dream!  

Each month, except December, we will have brand new designs to inspire and delight you, 

and of course, the week prior to each release will be filled with amazing eye candy and fun prizes.

I hope you're in the mood to party because that's what we'll be doing all week long as we count down the days to

the official store opening on 

the brand new store website

*****October 26th*****

  

The fun is just getting started!!

So, do you remember that big ginormous hint I gave on facebook that everyone thought was some sort of code?  

Well, it was! 

In fact, the names of all the sets being released this month are in that hint!

Sneaky, huh? *insert slightly evil grin*

I also want to say a BIG THANKS to everyone who posted about this day on their blog.

{group hug!}

And to start this party off right, it's time to announce the winner of our 

Big HUGE Announcement giveaway who will be receiving all 5 sets!

Let's all do a happy dance for...

#219 Janet B!

Congrats Janet!! Shoot me an email at cas-ualfridays@hotmail.com with your mailing info.

*****Starting tomorrow, we'll show sneak peeks from a new set every day!*****

The Girl Fridays will be sharing lots of ideas and inspiration projects throughout the week, and we'll have a couple verrrrry special guests joining us too! 

But wait, there's more!!!

***There will be 5 lucky random winners just for commenting on this week's blog posts!***

Simply add your smiling face to our CAS-ual Friends on the sidebar, 

grab our button for your blog to help spread the word about us to your friends, 

then visit us each day to see more sneak peeks!

Leave a comment on each day's post for your chance to win that set.

The 5 lucky winners will be announced on Thursday when we reveal the sets! 

But wait, there's still more!

Play along this week at CAS-ual Fridays Challenge for your chance to win the entire new release-

all 5 sets!

***the inspiration parade might feature a few of the new designs!! hint, hint!***

Are you excited???

I know I am!!

I can't wait for you to see the fabulosity that the Girl Fridays have created for you!

See ya tomorrow :)

 **********WAIT!!**********

I can't leave just yet...

my heart is so full from all the support I've received from my amazing design team, 

and all my friends who've kept this secret with me for so long,

and my amazing husband who's believed in me from day 1 of this adventure,

so I think...yeah! Let's do a prize giveaway today too!

Leave a comment right here for your chance to win the entire release.

Yep! My heart is full of happy :)

g'nite!