Clean and Simple (CAS) Favorites for the Week Ending October 16, 2011
 

Good morning and welcome to the Clean and Simple (or CAS) Favorites of the Week thread! This is our place to share our gloriously CAS finds in the past week's gallery uploads. Everyone is welcome to participate by linking to CAS porjects or by sharing a little love in the form of comments on the cards linked here.

I'll get us started! My gallery time was really short this week, so I'm really looking forward to seeing what everyone else found.

stampinandrea made a fab Christmas tree with circle stamps with just three well-placed rhinestones

Jakester used some awesome buttons to make a fabulously simple poinsettia card

maryrose used a die cut leaf on her lovely CAS leaf card

lisaadd also took the die cut route with her Thankful for You card, which uses a delicate and pretty tree die from Memory Box

Kharmagirl posted a Let's Venti card that made me giggle and crave a line of mochas

Princessforj used all SU to remake a published snowflake card and did a lovely job of it

danascott96 posted a simple one-layer card she colored so sweetly

Sponge Queen lived up to her name with a stunning sponged ground for her simple silhouette stamps

Now it's your turn! What did you find in the gallery this week? Please do share!

Susan already posted A LOT of my faves...but I DO have more ;) !

lisalara Congrats for making the dirtpile!!!!
naturecoastcrafter
Misstreez
Tankerton
ArizonaMaine
Glenda J
red balloon
dawnscards

So. Show me what I missed!

Thanks Susan for the suggestions. I'd like to do a little shout out for Lisa Lara. It seems that our very Clean friend is now a Dirty Girl! She and Stacy Morgan aka twinshappy are the newest DD members. Congrats to both. I'll start with a wonderful card by Lisa:

her SWIM N 4 KATIE shows how she earned her place in the pile.
maryalsostamps posted a gorgeous Christmas card
melbourne robyn made a clean and delightful City Crafter in cream & black
stamperJen0 made an adorable Winter Wishes card with felt mittens
nancy litrell's long Imagine card is short on nothing!
Angelnorth did some creative sponging on her Birthday Bird card.
Ravengirl's Embossed Wheat is simply gorgeous.
Arizona Maine's Special card is aptly named.
bigsky used a creative layout and sweet image in giving flowers
ejkeaton used shape and textiles for a memorable Feel Better card
tenia sanders-nelson made an adorable Boo! card
and finally, I love girgeek101's Simple Breakfast Pleasures

Thanks to everyone who posts CAS work (and all cards!) for your inspiration. Special hugz and thanks to Susan and Karen for breathing life into this wonderful thread every Sunday. Have a peaceful week.

Many thanks, Susan! You've inspired me to adopt this CAS stamping philosophy, and I'm so grateful to you. I'm purging my paper crafting supplies and falling in love with the craft all over again. Less is more!

Thank you Diane(fionna51) and Marie(momof5sons) both very much for adding my SPECIAL bouquet to your CAS favorites this week! My sister-in-law and one of my cousins are breast cancer survivors, and I will need to make this card a few more times for friends.

I was traveling last week and missed these CAS cards by Lisa Lara.

Oh, and by the way Lisa, CONGRATS on gettin' down and Dirty!

Thank you so much for the shout-out for my card! :) I love looking at the cards everyone mentions...so much inspiration!

Some of my CAS favorites from this week...

CC344 Happy Bird Day by joan ervin - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
----- Did you know that JOAN is our QUEEN this week!

Birthday Sunflowers by Luanne Ford -
You Go Girl!!! by lbenden -
CCMC 171 by pdncurrier -
Easy Events Merry Christmas by stamperjen0 -
PPA115 by Petal Pusher -
Scenic Season with Shoji Screen Technique by SylMomGranny -
QFTD82, Queen Joan by barbaradwyer82 -
QFTD82 ~ Joan's First by Redbugdriver -

Thanks to Diane for the shout out and to Karen for letting me know. I've had no time to browse the gallery lately but these lists are a great place to start!

Thanks for picking out my Birthday Bird cards as one of your favourites this week Marie (momof5sons). Thanks as ever to Karen for the heads up in gallery commenting, too!

Wow . . . Thanks, Trish. I'm so proud to be on your list. CAS is my favorite style! Hugs, Mary (Petal Pusher/Stampin' Pretty)

Thank you Diane aka fionn51 for mentioning my spice card. Oh just made my Sunday morning. Always an honor to be among such talent. It has been such a whirl wind lately. Thank YOu. I will be back later with my faves.

Oh goodness....you girls are so good to me goodness. Thank you Thank you Marie aka momof5sons for mentioning my Katie card. Katie is in the hospital as we speak battling her cancer. Your prayers and thoughts are sooooooooooooo welcome. BBL.

Oh dear, it seems that I didn't properly link ejkeaton (Emily)'s card. Here is her Feel Better card. Sorry!

This is always so much fun. Here are my favorites for the week:
SUO Grateful Crumb Cake by J_Belanger - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
Poinsettia Buttons 2 by Jakester - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
Clean and simple SU Falling Leaves by lhs43 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
Ducky by Kreations by Kris - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
FTL162 IC306 Happy Birthday by hskelly - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

Hugs,
Audrie

I'm back with my list of faves:
kittie747
girlgeek101
hskelly
asbrewer
Understandblue
AudreyAnn
stampinandrea
ctorina
Holstein
carol_PA925
Angelnorth
Kharmagirl
Arizona Maine
criminalgrace
dawnscards
ltecler
mocjen
maryrose
stinkincute
stagccva

Thanks, Trish, for mentioning my card....I am sooo honored and happy that you liked my card!!! You have made my day super special!!!

Adding one more of my favorites, although it wasn't tagged CAS it was for a CAS challenge:

CAS139 Fall Flavor by 1pamperedstamper - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

Audrie thanks so much for mentioning my Happy Birthday card. Thanks Karen for letting me know.

Thank you Lisa, my dirty friend, for mentioning my Faith card!

Thank you!
 

Thank you for favoriting my card! Big hugs-Audrie

Thank you!
 

THANKS so much for mentioning my card! All the cars this week were so lovely and fun! XXOO Audrie

OMGoodness Lisa - Thank you so much for mentioning my Wonderful Floral CAS card this week - what a wonderful surprise!!!

Thank you Karen for letting me know!

Huge hugs - hope you all enjoy what's left of you Sunday :)!
Audrey

THANK YOU LISA!!!!! It is an honor to be mentioned by you!!!! :) You made my day!!! :)

Lisa, thank you so much for mentioning my Spooky Halloween card in the CAS favorites. I really appreciate it.

Diane, I hope this doesn't freak you out but I love you! Worked very hard designing that card. Thank you!

Thanks soooo much Marie (momof5sons) for mentioning my Imagine long and narrow card. I love this format as it is perfect for the CAS style. Thanks again....

My fav's for the week.....thanks girls for all your inspiration :-)

k dunbrook....A Simple Note Beauty
ReginaBD.....SC Happy Halloween watercolor beauty
ButterflyStamper....falling leaves beautifully colored
Glenda J...Speechless
stampingout.....Apple of my Eye
lisa lara.......Sweet and Spicey from our NEW Dirty Dozen Girl :-) Congratulations again!

WOW! Thank you to both Susan and Lisa for mentioning my Let's Venti card! I am honored...thank you SO much!!!

Thanks to girlgeek101 for favouriting my card this week! Did I label it incorrectly for the challenge?

Thanks Lisa for the mention of my son's card in this thread. I'm just elated. Congrats again on being a new dirt girl. Linda

Thanks a million Lisa for mentioning my QFTD card for Joan! I am truly honored to have you list one of my cards among your favorites!
And congratulations too for becoming a dirty girl:)
Also, thanks to Karen for letting me know!!

Thanks so very much Nancy, for the mention of my card....very appreciated!!!!

happy stamping and hope you all have a great week.

Thanks Marie for choosing my card as a CAS fave this week!!! This made my day!!! Hope all is well.....

Thank you to Nancy for mentioning my apple card! :D

Oh goodness.....aaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Thank you Nancy aka nancy littrell for including my fall card in your list of faves. I am so honored. What a weekend I am having. "....and I'd like to thank the academy...". Hee. Hugs.

Twice in one day! So honoured! Thanks Nancy for the shout out and for the fabulous Karen for keeping me posted!

Here's a few of my favorites:

ejkeaton ~ Vintage Pinecone Ornament
ChristieW ~ Christmas Wreath Door
KPisupati ~ You Made My Day!

wow... thank you so much for mentioning my card. I feel honoured :)

Awwwwwwwww . . . gee, thanks for the shout-out, Marie (momof5sons)!! You've made my day. :)

And a big thanks to Karen for giving me a heads-up that one of my cards was listed here today. I so appreciate all you do!!!

Thanks ladies for mentioning my card, it was such a wonderful start to my Monday morning!! Congrats - (again) - to Lisa!!! You're such a great choice!!