Clean and Simple (CAS) Favorites for the week ending November 27, 2011
 

Hello CAS Stampers,

This is my first week as one of the new team of stampers who will be taking turns to start the CAS Favourites thread. I'm thrilled as there are so many fabulous cards this week - it was hard to keep my list to a reasonable number and leave some for the rest of you to list!

So please, jump right in and list your CAS Favourites from the past week. It's a great way to give recognition to your fellow stampers.

Here are mine:

Reddyisco was inspired by a child's headboard to make this lovely soft card: Reddyisco:IC312

Biggan used twine to create an amazing container for punched flowers: IC312 Use of Twine by Biggan

atsamom chose perfect colours and a button accent for a Thanksgiving wreath: CAS Thanksgiving Wishes by atsamom

I am full of admiration for kittie747's wreath cards. Here she used this week's sketch challenge brilliantly: Peaceful Wreath by kittie747

I love the way tropduck combined flourishes and flowers in Christmas colours: easy peasy! by tropduck

catherinep used a perfect piece of dp behind a punched ornament: #3 in the series by catherinep

hobbydujour put her brayer and spattered paint to good use to make this peaceful snowy scene: CC350 TLC352 Trees by hobbydujour

The Sound of Music inspired Tilly to create this bit of kraft perfection: Brown paper packages tied up with strings by Tilly

tommygirloz used a simple background stamp to create a brilliant window: CAS145, TLC352 Merry Christmas by tommygirloz

die cut diva layers silver glitter paper perfectly with a punched snowflake and an embossed border: Sparkly Snowflake by die cut diva

Some of my CAS favorites...

CC350 Christmas Bell by suen - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
Bethlehem Button by pdncurrier - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
#3 in the series by catherinep - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
Owl Birch Tree Chritmas by Brat Cards - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
CCMC177, Creative Crew- Catalog Focus by Diane Vander Galien - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
PPA121 CAS Challenge by macmad2 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
QFTD88 ... An ornament for the tree by HamiltonGal - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
Black Magic Christmas Berries by Emma F - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

And here's some of my faves...

star
Tilly
girlgeek101
BratBee
hobbydujour
limedoodle
atsamom
Biggan
AndreaEwen
westie2

It was a great gallery this week! Susan and Trish pointed out a few cards that I missed seeing...do you have some more???? Join the fun and post your faves too!

What a wonderful week this was! Many of the CAS creations that I loved have already been shared, but here are a few more:

Loll Thompson's Lone Winter Tree is breathtakingly serene
Mrs Noofy made a beautiful split image card with Simple Black and White
Understandblue gave me a giggle with her CAS take on the technique spotlight in her What Happens card
stagccva's Warm Chocolate Hugs is delicious!
elmo98ca's Let it Snow nearly took my breath away
(I know that most of you have seen the last two from the weekly CAS challenge, but I think they deserved a little extra love this week!)
jimlynn used One Big Button on her way to CAS loveliness
hobbydujour's Nuthatch card goes very old school with technique
Bon2Stamp's Stately Stag is a winter beauty
whim6915 made a Christmas card that is simply elegant
Cindy H's Quite the Pair is quite the card
bfinlay's Cozy Christmas certainly warmed me inside
3 Little Love Bugs made another drop-dead gorgeous Snowflake card
nancy litrell's DT challenge card Birthday Gifts eased her into the finals
and Stampercamper used such a beautiful combination with the sketch challenge in Grateful Heart

Thanks Susan for starting the thread today and Karen for your tireless dedication to keeping everyone in the loop. Thanks to all of you who post cards - especially CAS for your inspiration. Have a peaceful week.

Ahh, thank you so much Diane (fionna51) for favoriting my CAS CASE Study card, I really do struggle a bit with CAS so to be mentioned here is quite an honor! I'll be back in a bit to list some of my CAS faves... :)

And special thanks to Karen for letting me know my card was mentioned here! I appreciate your efforts!

Happy to do it...hope it makes you smile!!!

Guaranteed! :)

Thanks so much, Marie for selecting my One Big Button card as a fav this week! What a wonderful honor.
Lynn

Marie, thank you so much for the "extra love"! After happily eating too much and spending much needed time with family and friends, this was the topper for me. I am thankful to each and everyone who leaves a comment on a card/project I make and to the SCS community as a whole for all the support that is shown here. You all are the best! Especially Karen, who lets all of us know when our cards are getting a special nod!

Thank you Karen for letting me know my card was listed in the CAS Favorites! I'm off to check out the other CAS cards and list some of my FAVs.

Oh wow, thank you so much to Marie for favoriting my QFTD88 F4A92 Christmas by whim6915 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
What a wonderful surprise! Thanks to Karen for letting me know.

Here are some of my Favorites:

Winter Snowflakes by 3 Little Love Bugs

Speedy's Challenge by Tilly

Merry Christmas by Limedoodle

Susan, thank you so much for mentioning my Peaceful Wreath card in this week's favorites. I appreciate it so much!

I have a lot of CAS favorites this week so I would like to list a few of them

mitchygitchygoomy Jumbo Gingerbread by mitchygitchygoomy - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers This is the perfect answer for my craft project for my DDIL's 2nd graders.

hobbydujour CAS145 TLC352 Peace by hobbydujour - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers This is so elegant

catdidit Bring it on! the snow that is, lol! by catdidit - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers I love the embossed vellum and the soft look of the snowflakes

jaydekay TLC352, CAS145 All about snow by jaydekay - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers What an incredibly scene

Rox71 TLC352, CAS145 Snowgirl by Rox71 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers I love the detail of the white snowflakes on the bg and the snowperson is so cute I want to hug it

hobbydujour QFTD88 F4A92 Moonlit Snowy Scene by hobbydujour - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers This truly looks like a scene looking out a window on a cold, snowy evening. Awesome!

Vicky Gould TLC352, CAS145, Make it Snow_vg by Vicky Gould - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers In so many parts of Kentucky this scene is part of the everyday life. It looks so much like home to me.

kittie747 Let It Snow by kittie747 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers I have favorited almost every card that Kittie has made and this one is a beauty.

LilLuvsStampin TLC Gray Tones Snow Scene CKM by LilLuvsStampin - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers What an elegant wintery scene!

This post could probably go on for pages but I am sure that many other people are favoriting these as well.

Thanks so much for mentioning my Lt it snow card, Christine. I appreciate it so much and thanks for the sweet compliment.

Thank you sooo much Christine for favoring my card, really makes my whole week!!

Thanks Karen for letting me know too!

Thank you Marie (Momof5sons) and Jackie (Westie2) for mentioning my card, I really appreciate it!

And thank you, Karen, for letting me know, your work is also greatly appreciated!

Christine, I thank you so much for mentioning my 'its all about snow' card in your faves this week.. What a special way to start the day!
hugs
Judy

Thanks Diane and Jackie, it's always such an honour to get mentioned here :)

Here are some lovelies from the gallery...I admire all artists who master CAS...a {seemingly} easy style to achieve, but not so (I've found :))

Bring it on! the snow that is, lol! by catdidit

Wedding Butterflies by frenziedstamper

Little Framed Flowers by frenziedstamper

Winter Snowflakes 2 TLLB CAS by 3 Little Love Bugs

CAS2011winterDT2 - Gifts by Darsie1

Thank you, Andrea, for mentioning my card. What a fun way to start out the week!

And thanks again, Karen, for letting me know, I do appreciate it!

Since it's Thanksgiving week, I must say how thankful I am for this fun thread, and for the people in it!!!

Thank you SO much for mentioning my little turkey Marie!! :)

Ooops, forgot to thank Diane for mentioning my card. Thanks so much Diane! :)

Thank you Marie (momo5sons) for the mention of my Black and White card. I was so surprised and pleased. What a great way to start my week! Thank you to Karen for the 'heads-up'. I really appreciate it. Here are a couple I thought were wonderful this week.

Lone Winter Tree - TLC352, CAS145 by Loll Thompson - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

Brown paper packages tied up with strings by Tilly - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

Sue

CAS Favorites
 

Thanks TrishG for adding my card to your favorites. Never used this color combo before the Color challenge- it's a great new favorite. Here's a few more favorites to add to the list-

thinking of you by prchvs - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

Welcome Baby Holly! by mandypandy - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

Shabby Plaid Christmas by Michelerey - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

One More CAS Ornament Card by nwilliams6 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

Thanks for the great inspiration, Diane

Susan....thanks so much for including my card in your list of faves this week....I appreciate it so much. Have a lovely week!

Jo

Susan, Diane(fionna51), Marie(momof5sons), Christine(whim6915), thank you all for mentioning my cards as some of your favorites of the week. I truly appreciate it since I'm still working on my CAS style. Karen, a BIG thank you to you for being ever vigilant and notifying me and all others every Sunday! Hugs, Sallie

Marie (momof5sons), thank you so much for mentioning my "Quite The Pair" card. You put a smile on my face and really made my day!

Thanks so much Marie (momof5sons) for mentioning my Birthday Gifts card that I made for the CAS DT round 2 challenge. I am still so excited about getting into round 3 with 7 other totally awesome CAS stampers and now making the CAS fav. list too.....what an awesome weekend :-) Thanks too Karen for letting me know.

Most of my fav's have been mentioned. Wow...what another creative CAS week. I will check my fav's and see if I can come up with some new fav's that have not been mentioned. Happy stamping, nancy

Thanks TrishG for mentioning my card and Karen for letting me know! It's such an honour to be mentioned among so many fabulous designers!

Here are my remaining fav's. So many have already been mentioned. Congratulations to all the Creative CAS stampers :-)

Diecutlady EB Noel Card
Thimbles Christmas Poinsettia
Loll Thompson Woven Ribbon Ornament
star Merry and Bright
BobbiesGirl Simple Trees
LilLuvsStampin Ccreative Penquins

Thanks Susan (susanbri) and Diane (fionna51) for picking my cards as favorites. I´m so grateful and happy!

Hugs
Birgit

A big Thank You! to Momof5sons (Marie) & Mrs Noofy (Sue) for mentioning my Lone Winter Tree card ... and thanks also to Nancy Littrell for mentioning my Woven Ribbon Ornament card - I really appreciate it! Thanks to Karen for taking the time to let me know.

There were so many amazing CAS cards in the gallery this week and I have several favorites ... which I believe where mentioned by others above so I won't repeat them. There are so many creatively talented crafters that share their wonderful cards - truly an inspiration for all of us!! Thank you!

Thank you dear friends, Christine and Nancy, for mentioning a couple of my cards! Here are several I favorited this week:

pdncurrier
nancy littrell
kittie747
another nancy littrell beauty
janellelarson
hobbydujour

Thanks nancy litrell for making my day by mentioning my Simple Trees card and Karen for letting me know. I'm in such a daze this week.

Andrea, thanks for the plug!...and Karen, thanks for letting me know. Truly, the CAS gallery is terrific, MY fav place to browse thru on SCS!... so being a CAS favorite is very special to me!

Charlene, thank you so much for mentioning my Ribbon Package....and Karen, for letting me know of C's listing. I appreciate both of you! Hugs, Sallie

Thank you Charlene for mentioning my card as a CAS favorite this week (and for the sweet comment you left for this card)! Thank you Karen for letting me know about being added to the "favs" list this week!! I appreciate the special mention!!

Thank you Nancy for mentioning my card! And thank you Karen for being so faithful in letting us know when we've been mentioned!