Friday 20 April 2018

Michele's 50th Birthday Blog Hop Celebration!!!

Hi there! We are hopping along today to celebrate the 50th birthday of a fabulous woman....Michele, the owner of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!!


You should have arrived here from the blog of the talented Michelle Wallace of Sea Shell Creates and I bet she had a gorgeous project to share with you!!

Having been a CAS-ual Fridays Stamps 'Girl Friday' for a few years now, I've gotten to know Michele. She is such a supportive and hilarious woman, with tonnes of crafting talent. And when I see photos of her I can't believe she's going to be 50!!  

We have so many incredible designers on the hop today and Michele is giving away five $50 gift vouchers, so make sure you comment as you hop to give yourself more chances to win!!

For my card I wanted to use as many stamp sets as I could, and create something simple and stylish:


This took a long time to stamp, so thank goodness for my trusty MISTI!!!

I started off by gathering up all the CFS single flower stamps I could. I used flowers from:

Loving Thoughts 
Peace Out 
Pretty Posies 
Flower Power 
Sassy Smiles 

Using only Versafine black ink, I stamped the flowers on the card front, just making up the order as I went along. I'm amazed I didn't get black ink all over the place, I'm so happy with how it turned out!

I heat embossed some of the larger flowers in white on some Strathmore Bristol Smooth CS and blended over Distress Inks - Picked Raspberry and Mustard Seed. I then die-cut the CFS 'Smile' die (from the Smiling Fri-dies set) and also die-cut 3x more from black CS. These were all glued together and then to the card front. I then added lots of Glossy Accents overtop of it for dimension and shine.

The rest of the sentiment (from CFS Heartfelt Sayings) was heat embossed on black CS, fussy cut out and popped up on foam tape, along with some pink, yellow and clear sequins from Neat and Tangled. I hope she likes it!!!

Your next stop on the hop is the uber talented Laurie Willison of Soapbox Creations. I'm a huge fan of hers and can't believe I'm before her on the hop (having a fan-girl moment.....). I just know she's going to wow you with her spectacular creation!!

If you would like to start at the beginning of the hop, pop back to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamp Blog for a complete hop list. And don't forget to comment!

Thank you so much for celebrating the birthday of this fabulous woman with us all. And sending you lots of birthday hugs and kisses Michele!!

Take care
Shona
 

47 comments:

  1. ooooh, I love the black on white with a hint of color! Great card! :)

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  2. Love the pop of colour against the monochrome background!

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  3. Awesome card! I love all the flower stamps you used to make this beauty!

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  4. Instantly fell in love with this card as soon as it popped up on my screen. The B&W w/just a hint of color that really stands out as the main focus.

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  5. Love the pops of color on this card! :)

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  6. Wow Shona, I love your assortment of flowers! Very creative and beautiful card!

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  7. Shona, this DOES look very time consuming but so worth it in the end. It is very stylish and your did an amazing job on it. I love it!

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  8. What a gorgeous design - the black and white with the embellishments and then the pretty colors in the sentiment are perfect together. Sooooo pretty!

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  9. I think you will make Michele SMILE at your beautiful card.
    I love how you made the word 'smile'.

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  10. What a beautiful card. Love all the flowers from the different sets. The colors are so nice.

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  11. Your card is beautiful ! I'm sure Michele's is smiling seeing all these fabulous creations done in her honor !

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  12. I l9ve the black and white boarder with the color sentiment

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  13. Awesome, love the colorful sentiment!

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  14. Oh, I love black and white cards!!! Love these flowers! :-)

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  15. It might have taken some time, but it was clearly worth it. Love the black and white blooms with the colorful sentiment---an idea I was to try!

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  16. Oh I love the black and white flowers with the pops of color!

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  17. this card is so beautiful. Love the black images, and the subtle white on your sentiment! Perfect combination. Happy Birthday Michele!

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  18. Love this card SO much! I love black & white and the color is a perfect balance

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  19. Gorgeous card! I love black & white with a touch of color.

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  20. Love the pop of color from the sentiment!!

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  21. Michele should love this card. It's beautifully stamped. Love how you combined all those different stamp sets into one cohesive & gorgeous project. That lovely sentiment adds just the perfect amount of color.

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  22. Just love your card! The line images in black in contrast with the white and the wonderful pop of sweet color from the sentiment and sequins - perfection!

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  23. Love the design with sufficient color pop

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  24. What a fabulous floral showcase of Casual Fridays' collections! I'm sure Michele will be proud of how you made them all work together. The pops of color add the perfect touch!

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  25. You totally nailed a simple but stunning card.

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  26. Very nice. Love the spots of color to keep the eye moving!

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  27. Very nice card! Kind of simple but yet lots to look at. Very nicely put together with the black and white flowers and pretty addition of the pastels.

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  28. Love how the monochrome flowers make the sentiment pop.

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  29. So beautiful! Love the black and white floral with that beautiful word die... fantastic!

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  30. I love the black and white and a soft pop of color. Just lovely.

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  31. Pretty card! Love the flowers in b&w!

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  32. I like the flowers stamped in black and the colorful Smile.

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  33. Love the color only on the sentiment (and bling)!

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  34. Love your light hand with the soft pretty colours. Delightful.

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  35. Loving the pop of color on this b&w card! So elegant

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  36. Wow! Love these bold blooms, even in black and white. Thanks for sharing.

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  37. Love your pretty black and white card with just a touch of color! Very creative stamping!

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  38. love your card... very stinking!

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  39. SQUEAL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! <3

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  40. Cute card!! Love the black and white flowers!!

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