CAS Class 2, Day 6; FMS71; CFC88; and Pixie's ~ Bonus Love

Happy Funday!  And Happy Super Bowl Sunday here in America!  In my little area of America, we are rooting for the San Francisco 49ers, baby!!  How many of you are soooo happy hubby is glued to the tube, so you can craft to your heart's content?!  Go crafters, baby!!

I had a little creative fun in the Playhouse yesterday to show you today.  First off, I made an EZPZ card for this week's CAS-ual Friday where the theme is "Love Letters." 

For those of you who have been around Blogville for a long time, my card is prolly passhay.  After Valentine's Day last year, I bought a few things from the Stampin' Up! Clearance Rack, including some incredible designer paper and heart charms.  It's all new to me, and may be to some of you, so here is my long tall LOVE-in-letters love letter:

When I cut my off-set opening, I cut down from the top and up from the bottom to leave a half-inch piece of the card stock in the middle to wrap the ribbon around, which made it sturdy to hold the charm.  All products are SU!

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So then, I watched my class video for the bonus day, where JJ Bolton wowed me with her amazing die cutting.  So I did a CASE of her card.  I was able to do that and play along with Freshly Made Sketches and use the fun sketch by the talented Linda C.

Okay, I gotta say, I loved doing the techkneeQ, and I'll do it again, but I found this to be pretty complicated.  Maybe it's just me.  I used the Spellbinders heart die in three colors.  You can see that I nestled just the points of the heart alternating the colors, stuck in place with washi tape.



It just could be that I found this to be complicated because after I made the above wizlet, I lost it.  Not my mental marbles, the wizlet.  As I snipped the last bit of washi tape so it was all ready to apply to my card, it fell out of my hands.  Oy.

I backed up, I looked around.  I creaked on down on all fours and carefully looked under my roller cabs,

cause I didn't want to pull them out and run over my wizlet, leaving wheel marks on it, like a nasty hit and run on a dark tree-lined highway where no one in their right mind should have been walking at dark o'clock anyway.  Wait.  What?

Have you ever had part of a card slip out of your hands and actually fly INTO drawers like you see here?  Kinda weird, huh?  Since it wasn't anywhere on the floor, I pulled open every drawer and looked inside.  Stickers and embellies on the left, snippets on the right, it was like opening drawers of straw, looking for a needle.

Up and down, in drawers and out, I finally gave up.  I mean, the flippin thing had to be there, but before I succum(b)ed to road rage, I thought it best to go to the Bighouse for a drink of fortitude water.

And that's when I looked down as I opened the door and saw this:

Oh, for crying out loud.  Oh, yes I didda!  (Cute fuzzy socks, huh?)

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Okay, if you're still with me (I thank you), here is my card for the Bonus Saturday card class and Freshly Made Sketches:  



Speaking of snippets, I used my scraps for the wee hearts, so I get to take a break and go play with the other girls at Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground.  I hope you can join us!  We are going to make a topper for the treehouse!  I'll let you guys shinny on up to the top while I watch from over by the donkey, who conveniently is wearing a keg around his neck to ward off the win tree chills.

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I am so delighted to introduce two new friends today!  Please help me welcome Cathy of Cathy's Card Spot and Laura Norris.  Cathy is just revving up her blog making awesome cards and I know she'd love some visits.  Laura, I'm not a Google+ member, so I can't get past your profile page.  If you have a blog, please email me (see my profile page on side bar) and let me know so I can share it here.  Thank you, ladies, and welcome!!

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Enjoy your day! No, seriously, enjoy your day. LITS!

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Paper:  PTI white; SU! pretty in

  pink, basic grey

Stamp:  SU!

Ink:  Vivid cobblestone

Die:  Spellbinders hearts

Washi tape

Corner Chomper