Affogato Your Birthday

Yesterday was National Coffee Day and tomorrow is International Coffee Day.  I thought I'd celebrate a bit with a coffee card.  And the Coffee'isms stamp set that I used for that sentiment is in the shop at a deeply discounted price .. as are the Heart Note Dies that I used today.

As you know, the shop is closing soon and there are currently very limited items left and all are on clearance at a price that you just can't say no to!

It's a bittersweet day.  This will be my last post for CAS-ual Fridays.  But there are many CFS products that will stay in my stash for always because I just love them.  These are a few of the items I won't be able to let go of.

I've really enjoyed creating for Michele and helping her show off her products each month.  Thank you Michele for being one of the first to have faith in me and love what I do and thank you for all of your fun and sassy crafty stamps and dies and stencils over the years.  Onward!

Before I go, I'll share some things I made using some of the products left in the shop.  Don't miss out!

These Flower Stamps and that Falling Leaves Stencil.

Here are all of the Heart Note Dies and I used the Snowflake Stencil on the background.

I used the Heart Ribbon Stencil for this one and fussy cut it out.

I used the Partly Cloudy Stencil for that rainbow and those clouds...

And the Heart Ribbon Stamps for this one.

All of the items I've mentioned and linked to here as of the writing of this post are still available in the shop at a deep discount along with a handful of other items... get them while you can!  And over there you'll find more inspiration for each one.

Thank you for all of your visits and the love over the years!  I had a lot of fun and I'll be seeing you all around the Interwebs!

Silly Love Songs

Hello! Today I've got a wintery slimline for you for just about anyone...

I started with a slimline panel of Gel Print paper and used white ink and a sponge to add the snowflakes from the Snowflakes stencil to the edges.  I ran a heatgun over it to help it dry since pigment inks take a while.

While it was drying, I die cut the Heart Notes from pink glitter paper to match the pinks in my gel print and then a couple more times from some pink cardstock and stacked them for depth.  I added foam tape to the back for a little more dimension.

I layered my panels and then used the pigment ink to stamp the sheet music image from the Love Notes stamp set and heated that as well.

Finally I added the pink glittery notes to the front and a sentiment from the Love Notes set to finish it off.

Ready to drop in the mail to make someone smile!

Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!

Just A Little Thank You

Hello!  Hope your holidays were happy!  I've got lots to be thankful for and it's the perfect time to create some thank you cards!

I decided it was also time for a gel print session and I created this background using some acrylic paints, the Snowflake Stencil and my Gel Press Plate.

I cut a panel from the gel print and layered it onto a purple and then white panel.  Then I cut the Thanks word from the Big Thanks Duo from purple glitter paper and the base layer from white and adhered them together and popped it up onto the gel print panel.

Finally I stamped a sentiment from the Big Thanks Duo and popped it up under the Thanks word and added a few sequins.

That's me for today!  Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon for more CAS-ual Fridays Stamps inspiration!

A Few Christmas Tags

It's time again for my CAS-ual Fridays day here on my blog [and over on the CFS Blog too].  I am starting to get ready for Christmas.  In a few of my to-be-sent Christmas cards, I include tags as a small gift.  Yeah, it costs more in postage, but like I said, a small gift.

I used the To Go Cup Die for the base of my tags.  Using the Snowflake Stencil, I sponged on red ink, and then sponged on green ink using one of the the snowflakes from the same stencil.

I used the sentiments from Snowy Sayings, and lastly, I used the smallest snowflake from Funky Flakes Dies, and die cut with red and green glitter paper.  Once everything was adhered, I punched a hole and put some twine for hanging.  These needed something, so I added some gems from my stash.

That's it for me today.  Do you use tags on your presents?  They are a small personalized addition that I believe recipients like. 😀

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