Addicted to CAS #51 Tag

Posted on November 1, 2014 by baileyrosy

Hello lovely ladies .

A huge thank you to all who took part in our Vellum challenge at ATCAS so many fabulous entries and so little time to choose my winner. Tune back in to ATCAS on Monday to find out who our lucky winners are.

Time for a new code word and our hostess for the next two weeks is the very talented Vicki who has chosen…….

Great code word don’t you agree !

Two Cameo creations, shame about the photo’s winter is playing havoc with my photography !

I wonder did anyone notice my new watermark bottom right hand corner , courtesy of the lovely and talented Kylie my boss from Kylie is Addicted to Stamps. For anyone interested in having a beautiful made to measure watermark created then pop on over to her blog for more information. I’m as pleased as punch with mine , that little doglet on my watermark is my baby Molly.

We have a wonderful sponsor this time round StampArt Design

Five free digs for the lucky winner

We also welcome a brand new guest designer at ATCAS the lovely and talented Linda from Creepin Along.

We do hope you will join us at ATCAS it’s always a pleasure to visit your blogs I’m always so inspired by your creativity.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

take care

Marie

Addicted to CAS Challenge #50 Vellum

Posted on October 18, 2014 by baileyrosy

Hello lovely ladies and welcome to a brand new challenge over at ATCAS, we have a fantastic code word for you this time round and I should know cos I chose it !!!!!

Yes I’m your hostess for the next fortnight but sorry no drinks trolley this time round due to my immobility but I have created a little bar in the corner , so if you would like to file past in an orderly fashion and help yourselves I would be very grateful. Trying to push a drinks trolley whilst on crutches is a recipe for disaster.

I love vellum and use it in many of my cards especially for envelopes,however this time round I made the envelope and forgot to photograph it and now its too dark .

Now here’s a first for me I actually like a card I made, yep no whingeing or complaining from me I love it and it looks so much better in real life, but where is the vellum you may ask well……

I used my Cameo to cut this gorgeous image it took several goes as this really is a very detailed image it required several passes and a new blade but I got there in the end. I tore up some vellum and laid it at angles behind the image and added two weeny bits of green vellum behind the leaves. I created a frame with the cameo, some foam and a computer generated sentiment and there you have it. Unfortunately the Vellum is not showing up so well in the photo but believe you me it’s there and it looks fabulous !!!! Did I just say fabulous, wow I may need to go and lie down.

Our guest designer the fabulous Hannelie is still with us and she along with the rest of the amazing DT have come up with some outstanding cards , so why not pop on over to ATCAS and feast your eyes and maybe join in.

We are once again sponsored by Scribbles Designs who are offering three digs to the winner

Thank you all so much for your amazing entries for our Stencil challenge we had so many amazing entries I know our Kylie is in a bit of a pickle trying to choose her winners.

Wishing you all a fabulous weekend

Take care

Marie

Addicted to CAS Challenge #49 Stencil

Posted on October 4, 2014 by baileyrosy

Hello lovely ladies and welcome to a brand new challenge at ATCAS. The boss woman Smiley Kylie is your hostess for the next two weeks and what has our fabulous and fun leader chosen to inspire us all……..

Leave it to our Kylie to choose something bang on trend !

I was quite excited when I saw this code word mainly because having my darling Cameo enables me to make stencils from just about any design or material. That was the easy part but actually choosing one was more difficult and I ended up being really boring and choosing a heart. That’s not to say I didn’t go through a tonne of stencils, embossing paste and Dylusions . It seems like the old mojo is still on vacation, never mind though I had fun trying and that’s what really counts isn’t it !

Sorry about the bad photo its been a glorious week here in Greece until I wanted to take my photo of course.

I spray painted a piece of card stock in gold and made a stencil with my Cameo, I used shiny embossing paste and when dry added a touch of gold leaf hither and thither , what a BIG MISTAKE ! that stuff gets everywhere ! I’m enjoying gold leafing at the moment as it’s really quick and very effective, apart from the cleaning up that is ! A few sequins added willy nilly and topped off with a frame made by madame Cameo.

We would love for you to join us at ATCAS the DT have created some amazing cards for your perusal and we have a brand new guest designer the amazing Hannelie from Desert Diva, I do hope you will all join in and welcome this super talented lady.

We also once again sponsored by Stamp Art Design who are offering five free digis !

Wishing you all a super weekend and sending extra big hugs to Kylie as I know she’s had a pretty tough week

Ta ra for now

Marie

Addicted to CAS #48 Cuddly

Posted on September 20, 2014 by baileyrosy

Hello lovely ladies

Time for a brand new challenge at ATCAS and for the next fortnight our lovely and talented Michele is your hostess . Michele has chosen a super code word for us this time round and the DT have once again outdone themselves and created some amazing cards.

Lots of things came to mind for this code word firstly my lovely husband but he wasn’t prepared to be photographed . I did try to get a snap shot of him but you would of thought I was the paparazzi trying to get a pic of a politician coming out of a starlets home at 5.00am in the morning ! Definitely ” no press ” from Mr P. The doglets next but I couldn’t get a group shot of the three little buggers as they kept fidgeting ! So my next thought was this …….

An old comfy sofa that we had many years ago it was guaranteed that if you sat on it for more than 10 minutes you would fall asleep and it was our families favourite spot for cuddles. The four of us would pile on when the boys were little and read stories or watch TV, 10 minutes later we would all be snoozing blissfully away. The sofa is long gone but its memories are as clear as day.

My fab non cuddly Cameo helped me out here, I paper pieced the sofa and popped it up with foam the sentiment lamp and border are all created with the Cameo.

We would love for you to join us at ATCAS it’s always a pleasure to see your amazing creations and the lucky winner will receive 3 super digs from Scribbles Designs from their online store.

Before I go a huge, a huge thank you for all for the beautiful cards I received this week, more tears from me after seeing these amazing pieces of art and for all of your kind words, they are all proudly displayed in my living room. You ladies really are the best and I have to say my spirits have been lifted immensely by your kindness. Not only that but Mr P became a little teary eyed reading your messages and was very impressed with your card making skills. Im making the rounds slowly with my thank you’s so please bear with me. I will be having another MRI this week my specialist wants to operate to relieve pressure in my bone marrow, so fingers crossed that I get good results and don’t have to have surgery.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

Marie

Addicted to CAS Challenge #47 Oriental

Posted on September 6, 2014 by baileyrosy

Hello lovely ladies and gents ( yes I had a gent commenting this week )

This past week has been a real roller coaster for me so hope you don’t mind if I share a little of what has been going on before I get to my ATCAS card.

As many of you know I have being having problems with the old leglet for several months now , a damaged bone and bone marrow issues all of which have put me on bed rest and in quite a lot of pain. Now for most people the chance to be at home for a couple of months and released of all duties might be a welcome break but not for me . I can’t sit for more than a few minutes and lying down is even more painful so it’s really cramped my style as I’m quite active. Plus the fact that Mr P also has been having leg issues, bone spurs in his heel extremely painful but he has taken over the reigns in all departments and suffered in silence , well nearly in silence you know how boys can be. To top the lot our baby dog Molly started limping and we have been told she needs a knee operation !!!!!. So could the person with the voodoo doll give this poor family a break at least in the leg department people think we are joking when they come to our home and see us all limping !

Anyways this last week I was at a really low ebb the Molly situation was the last straw , there has also been a break in, police, guns and a brave husband but that’s a whole blog post on its own and will save for another day . I felt ready to give up but after returning from a few days at my beach house ( only managed to swim twice this year ) I found out that the lovely Kylie and Darnell had been in cahoots arranging a linky party for me at Addicted to Stamps and More ! I nearly cried my good leg off , I couldn’t stop for over an hour I was and am so touched by these wonderful ladies and for everyone who took part creating amazing cards to wish me well and cheer me up . I can never thank you enough for your kindness and thoughtfulness you have given me the will to go on and fight and put a smile back on my face for the first time in months. So a HUGE, HUGE thank you all and especially to my team mates who are the most amazing bunch of lovely and caring ladies and have put up with me for so long . Oops here come those tears again…. better move on to our new challenge at ATCAS before bloggers blindness takes over !

Our code word for the next fortnight has been chosen by our lovely and talented Sylvia.

Sylvia I loved your code word as I love anything Oriental especially the food ! Not to mention that my son’s band is called Chinese Basement and I nearly used the cover of their new CD lol !

I have a beautiful book of Oriental prints so I printed this pattern onto acetate and placed it within the frame . The sentiment was computer generated and printed onto vellum. The translation is thank you very ,very much so quite fitting I think you will agree.

I can’t wait to see what you all come up with for this challenge but if you’re feeling a little stuck why not pop over to ATCAS my fellow team mates have created some stunning cards for your inspiration. We would also like to welcome our newest Guest Designer for september the one and only Tenia from Jazzy Paper designs if you don’t know Tenia and I very much doubt it unless you have been under a rock for the last few years then get on over and get acquainted.

We are sponsored once again by the fabulous Stamp Art Design who are offering five digs to our lucky winner.

Hope you all managed to stay till the end !

Wishing you a wonderful weekend and thank you all once again

Love to you all .

Marie

Addicted To CAS Challenge #46 Luxury

Posted on August 30, 2014 by baileyrosy

Hello lovely ladies

Welcome to a new challenge at ATCAS which for the next week, yes that’s right for one week only is being hosted by the super talented Sandie from London Days.

So come and see what the lovely Sandie chose for her code word.

Well I have to admit I struggled a little with this one, luxury has so many different connotations , I started thinking about the obvious things, fast cars, boats, travel, shoes, gin, shoes, gin handbags, did I mention gin ?. None of the above really inspired me and I was left with several unfinished cards . I had one thought that kept going around and around in my little noggin and in the end gave in……

This is my luxury……

Lady Cameo once again helped out , I paper pieced this super simple drawing ( took forever ) as my bin can testify and made a simple frame using my Spellbinders Card creator dies.

I liked the simplicity of it so much I made a framed version and hung it over our bed.

So what does luxury mean to you ? Now if you’re in need of a little inspiration then why not pop over to ATCAS to see what the rest of the DT have come up with to inspire us .

We have a fabulous sponsor for you this week Inspired by Stamping

The lucky winner will receive $15 gift voucher to spend at their store.

I would also like to play along with a new challenge to me A Creative Romance , its my first time playing along with these talented ladies and as they are looking to see some Kraft on our cards I think mine fits the bill !

Sadly the lovely Lyndal our guest Designer will be leaving us this week its been a real pleasure to have her with us at ATCAS this month.

Cant wait to see what you all come up with for this challenge , it’s always a pleasure to view your card so much inspiration , what a talented bunch of crafters you are.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

Take care

Marie

Addicted To CAS: Challenge #45-Geometric

Posted on August 18, 2014 by baileyrosy

Hello lovely ladies

Firstly an apology for the lateness of this post I had scheduled it for Saturday using the new WordPress platform as I was going to be away at my summer-house for a few days, only to find out that not only did it not post but it had disappeared entirely from the system. As luck would have it I had no internet for five days except for a brief five minutes yesterday when I discovered it was missing but couldn’t do anything about it. So sorry to my boss Kylie and my team mates at ATCAS for the inconvenience I caused , I’m now home and in catch up mode .

ATCAS has a brand new code word and what a fabulous one it is too, its been chosen by our hostess for the next two weeks the lovely and talented Harriet so come and see what it is.

I had so much fun with this one and my desk is littered with half-finished projects which hopefully I will be able to share with you in the not too distant future. For my DT card I have chosen something quite simple, a diamond within a heart created by my lovely Cameo and a touch of GA.

We are once again sponsored by Scribbles Designs who are offering three free digis to our lucky winner.

Please do pop over to ATCAS to see what the amazing DT have come up with I was totally blown away by their creativity and think its some of the best cards we have ever had and don’t forget the lovely Lyndal is still with us as guest designer.

Before I go a big thank you all for of your well wishes , unfortunately things are not going quite as well as planned and will have to see some more specialists so thank you all for bearing with me.

Take care

Marie

Addicted To CAS #44 GOLD

Posted on August 2, 2014 by baileyrosy

Hello lovely ladies

A big thank you to everyone for your birthday wishes , blogging buddies are the best, also a big thank you to all of those who took part in our last challenge celebrate at ATCAS so many fabulous entries.

This fortnight our amazingly talented Deepti has chosen our code word and will be your hostess , so lets see what she has chosen for us.,

What a fabulous code word !

A fabulous code word indeed but it took me longer to photograph it than make it !!! Gold Miri card is a bugger !!!!!! It took days to get this rubbish result I actually gave up on it and made another card but that one looked better in real life and crap as a photo so a loose , loose situation all around !

I stamped onto vellum (can’t tell can you !) and then gold embossed it and coloured the flower with my Copics placing a glass dome over the flower. The circle is cut using Spellbinders circle die and then mounted onto foam.

One of my doglets Bailey investigating the scene !

Ok so now I’m gonna share the card that didn’t make it ! Keep in mind that its much better IRL

Spellbinders card creator rectangles for the frames and a lovely inkylicious stamp that I’ve never used gold embossed. A glass dome and a button and gold pen used to edge the card. If you look very carefully you can see my reflection in the glass dome the height ( not ) of sartorial elegance in me nightie lol ! My Cameo is sulking cos it never got a look in again this time poor thing.

We are once again sponsored by Stamp Art Design who are offering five free digs for the winner

We have a brand new guest designer for the month of August , please put your hands together for the lovely and talented Lyndal ( Ideas and Paper ) and boy does she have lots of both !

We would love for you to join us at ATCAS it’s always a pleasure to see your stunning cards and if you’re in need of a little inspiration then pop over and see what the rest of the amazing DT have come up with they have out done themselves once again.

I might be a bit slow on commenting next week as I have to undergo therapy on my leg apparently it needs straightening ( don’t like the sound of that ) so will be missing best part of the week.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

Take care

Marie

Addicted to CAS Challenge #43 Celebrate

Posted on July 19, 2014 by baileyrosy

Hello lovely ladies !

We have a fabulous new challenge over at ATCAS and it couldn’t be more fitting for me. The lovely and talented Jaydee has chosen the code word for the next fortnight so come and see what she’s chosen.

Hopefully that’s what I will be doing for the next week albeit on one leg ! I will be celebrating my birthday in a few days time, not only that my closest friends all have their birthdays within a day of each other starting on Sunday continuing on until Thursday. I’m off today to my beach house to host a little party Mr P will be doing the cooking this year ( haven’t told him yet ) due to my inability to stay upright for too long , and no it’s not due to an excess of gin !

I used a tiny little brayer with this cute heart motif to randomly stamp my base card , cut the hearts and sentiment with my Cameo and popped it up on foam. Behind celebrate I added some red card stock not completely covering the negative space. I thought it looked really cool in real life but looking at it on the screen it looks like my card stock has slipped.

Don’t you just love the expression on her face ! I’m feeling a bit of a porker myself at the moment due to my inactivity. I cobbled together various elements using my Cameo, popped my little hippo up on foam and used glossy accents on my balloon ( and the surrounding area it seems ) a Spellbinders frame completes the madness.

Once again Bugaboo stamps are most generously offering 7 yes 7 !!! digs to our lucky winner

We would love you to come and celebrate with us at ATCAS , the DT and our lovely guest designer Cathy have produced once again a fabulous variety of amazing cards to inspire you all.

Right must dash as this view is awaiting me ! off to pack the champers and the three doglets

Take care

Marie

Happy Birthday Smiley Kylie

Posted on July 6, 2014 by baileyrosy

Today is a very special day as Kylie my boss from Addicted to CAS celebrates her birthday. Not only is she the greatest and most understanding boss ever but she is also a great friend. I had the great fortune to meet up with her in Spain and spend six days with her and the fantastic Florence of Florence and Freddie. We three girls had never met but became firm friends through blogging. I have to say it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. Both Kylie and Florence were so warm and welcoming it was like I had known them all of my life.

So Kylie here are a few photo’s of our time together

The first day Kylie all prim and proper in Florence’s beautiful garden

2nd day Kylie suggested with go for a drink in the village

Kylie trying to look demur in the butterfly sanctuary even wore here butterfly frock to lure the poor things into a false sense of security

Kylie the butterfly snatcher trying to grab a butterfly !

Kylie taken into custody by the local police under suspicion of butterfly theft ( looks pretty happy about it ! )

Kylie imprisoned for 24 hours at the local jail on suspicion of butterfly theft

The last supper !

Kylie enjoying a spot of dinner after her confinement, all charges were dropped and Florence was able to hold her head high once again in the village ( the same can’t be said for Kylie )

Kylie just enjoying herself ! Cheers mate !

So my dearest Kylie, thank you so much for having me as part of your team but more importantly as a friend , you are such a warm beautifully and funny lady and I don’t care what everyone else says !

A big thank you to our lovely Loll who organised this lovely linky party for Kylie

Happy birthday ( and to the coals )

oops nearly forgot your card mate