Thursday, May 10, 2012

CFC51 - Happy 1st Birthday!

The CAS-ual Fridays Challenge blog is celebrating its 1st birthday!


Thankfully more time was given to submit for the challenge and I'm squeaking in my entry in the nick of time!


After embossing this fun image from Hero Arts G5596 For You Gifts I did a combination of coloring and paper piecing.  Papertrey ink's Background Basics Gingham was stamped with Hero Arts Green Hills shadow ink to create the "grass".  The "sun" was created by sponging Hero Arts Butter Bar shadow ink in the negative piece of a circle die cut.  The "rays" of the sun are actually the birthday cake candle from Hero Arts CL576 Wish Big set.  Sentiment is from that same set.  Finally, Hero Arts CG422 Zig Zag was white embossed on the base card.
Other Materials Used:  Hero Arts snow layering paper, My Mind's Eye pp, W R Memory Keepers corner rounder, Ranger stickles, Copic markers

Hope your week is going well and thanks for all the sweet comments!


12 comments:

Virginia L. said...

SUPER fun and creative design, Robin! I love the details in the background, sun, birthday girl...etc. So glad that you join the fun with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

Suzanne said...

Love what you've done here, Robin. Those images are super sweet! Thanks for playing along at CAS-ual Fridays this week!

Brenda said...

Hi Robin! Oh man, I really love your sun, what a really neat idea! Beautiful paper piecing too! Thank you for all the lovely comments you have been leaving on my blog, I really appreciate every single one!

sheila said...

Absolutely adorable Robin....you are the Queen of making little, intimate scenes on your cards. The sun is perfect. I am glad to see/hear that you are trying to enter more challenges too....what a great idea to keep a calendar/log....good luck and thank you for all your sweet comments!

Jenny said...

the candles as sun rays is a genius idea! look at all those presents too...someones a lucky bithday boy or girl :0)
Thanks for playing in our birthday challenge this week at CASual Fridays.
Jenny x

Anonymous said...

Love this image, what a perfect little CAS scene you created :) Thanks for playing this week at CAS-ual Fridays!

Michelle said...

Oh man, I love this card!!!! The details are super...the paper pieced dress, the wonderfully colored presents, that awesome sun and rays!!!! Fabulous job, Robin!

Lisa said...

This is so fantastic! LOVE LOVE the sun with the candles- that's brilliant! And your piecing is so fun a swell as the different patterns you used :)

Rosemary said...

fabby card for the challenge, robin!! love how you created the sun and used candles for the rays!!

Barb said...

I love that cute image! Fun card, Robin! Your sun with the candle-rays is so clever! :)

Greta said...

Adorable card, Robin!

Chrissy Larson said...

SO cute!! I love the idea of the candles as the rays of the sun...so creative!