CAS-tastic Summer ...

Happy Stump Day, hampers ... and welcome to another fantastic CAS-tastic Wednesday challenge! This week, we're inviting you to join us in creating cards inspired by all things "summer."

I created my card following a sketch created by the Drunken Stampers for Drunken Stampers Challenge #25, which you can see HERE.

Here's my summer-inspired card:

To play along ... and we hope you do! ... simply create a Clean And Simple card inspired by summer.

Upload your project to your blog or online gallery and link your post to the CAS-tastic Wednesday Challenge blog, located HERE, by 9:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Please mention that you're playing in the CAS-tastic Wednesday challenge on your blog post. One random winner will win a $10.00 gift certificate from this week's fantastic CAS-tastic sponsor, "Tiddly Inks."

Be sure to submit your link to the "Simply Linked" widget on the CAS-tastic Wednesday blog. If you upload your project to an online gallery such as Splitcoast Stampers, SNR, or Paper Craft Planet, please be sure to use Keyword: CWC013.

Need more inspiration? Check out the fabulous cards created by the rest of the CAS-tastic Design Team:

Agata: Under Construction;

Angie: Angie Cortes Designs;

Barbara: Paper Pursuits;

Bonnie Rose: A Life Unrehearsed;

Karen: The Bald Dragonfly;

Maylee: Maylee's Creative Corner; and,

Regina: Regina's Scrap Creations.

We can't wait to see your clean and simple summer inspired card!

Thanks so much for spending part of your very busy day with me.

~Hugs,


Today's Challenges:

• Allsorts: Summer Days
• Bunny Zoe's Crafts: Summer Days
• Cards for Men: Recipe
• Crafty Ann's: Sir Cliff Richard: "Summer Holiday"
• Crafty Calendar: Summer
  
• Crazy Challenge: Boys Will Be Boys
• Creative Craft World: Holiday
• Cutie Stampers: Summer
  
• Daring Cardmakers: Sea Related (Beach Scene)
• Delightful Challenges: Life's a Beach
  
• Donna's Den of Crafts: It's a Man's World
  
• Drunken Stampers, #25: Sketch
• Everybody Art: Blue and White
• Fab 'n' Funky: Reuse or Recycle (Cardboard)
  
• If the Shoe Fits: Take a Vacay!
  
• Iris: No Designer Paper
• La-La Land Crafts: Upcycle (Corrugated Cardboard)
  
• Mami Doodles: Anything Goes
  
• Papertake Weekly: Cutie-Patootie
• Prairie Fairy: For the Boys
  
• S2G's Twisted Thursdays: Water, Waves, Wetness
• Secret Crafter Saturday: Summer Holidays
• Sentimental Sundays: For Men
  
• The Town Scrapper: Anything Goes
• Wee Memories: Summer Fun
  

Card Recipe:

• Card Stock: All Card Stock by Stampin' Up
• Other Paper: Recycled Corrugated Cardboard
  
• Stamp: "Tin Can Mail" by Inkadinkado
• Ink: Dye Ink by Stampin' Up
• Color Medium: "Titan Buff" Acrylic Paint by Golden Industries
• Tools: Die-Cut Machine; Rick-Rack Die by PTI; Fish Die by Provo Craft; Stampin' Dimensionals and SNAIL Adhesive by Stampin' Up
• Finished Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (Top-Folded)