Happy August 1st! It's time again for a new Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful monthly challenge.
The challenge for the month of August is The Beauty of CAS (Clean And Simple). Many of us, me included, looove to gussy up our projects with a pretty bow, fancy lace and many more embellishments. This month we are asking you to challenge yourself to create a CAS card, minimizing the use of all the bells and whistles or leaving them off all together! YIKES ~ This is quite the challenge for me!
To create this card, I first stamped the beautiful solid butterfly image from Fanciful Flourishes followed with the fancy butterfly image, cut/embossed using a Spellbinders Labels One die template. I embossed the white background using a Cuttlebug embossing folder, punched the edges using a decorative Fiskars border punch. I couldn't resist adding a simple mettalic string bow and a few pearls. There you have it - my interpretation of a CAS card!
Thanks so much for visiting! Hope you join along in the fun! Please be sure to visit the entire DT for some amazing inspiration:
If you join along, link your Bringing Back Beautiful Challenge creation here and if you upload to SCS or an online gallery, please use the keyword BBB13. You have until August 31st to enter! As we unveil our challenge for next month, we'll share our True Beauties - those card makers who wowed us with this challenge! Winners will be featured on the Flourishes Blog and will receive a True Beauty blog button to display proudly on their blog!
***I will be back at today, August 1st @ 3 am Eastern to kick off the Waltzingmouse Stamps August S.O.A.P. Day #1 ~ hope to see you then :)
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Flourishes Fanciful Flourishes
Die Templates & Machine: Spellbinders Labels One, Grand Calibur
Other: Cuttlebug embossing folder, metallic string and pearls from stash
39 Sweet Comments So Far:
What a beautiful CAS card. I think the silver string is perfect. :)
Hugs~
This is a stunner!! Still your flair and totally CAS...now you KNOW where I want to see you soon ; ) Great card indeed!
Hi Mona, great card and what a beautiful border punch!!
Hugs Ageeth xx
So clean and beautiful card :)
Mona - this is simply stunning!
Absolutely stunning Mona!
So beautiful, Mona! Have a great week!
Beautiful CAS look, Mona! I love this color combination and the gorgeous butterfly! Great job stamping!
So very beautiful Mona! You can do just about anything! CAS or gorgeous and detailed! I just love your style, Mona! Bravo!
Gorgeous! ... you did a wonderful job of CAS ...
stunning CAS Design!
You aren't the only one who found this a challenge - but you ACED it!! :) Love the clean look of white and blue - so cool and calming! A sweet butterfly and touch of embossing, makes for a beautiful CAS card!! :)
classic and beautiful, mona! lovely card:)
So beautiful! Love your CAS designs!
FABULOUS CAS card Mona!!! Still has your beautiful "girly" style :)
Mona, even your CAS designs blow me away!
WOW! This is really stunning - I think it is the clean lines and the white embossed background. The butterfly really takes center stage and that little silver thread - the perfect finishing touch!
Gorgeous! Love the monochromatic colours and your details are perfect to make the card stunning and clean and simple!
Very pretty card, Mona! Simple but elegant! Great job!
So beautiful Mona! Love the grey, cream and blues together! Gorgeous and simple!
Another beauty...so simply elegant.
Gorgeous - doesn't look like it was a challenge.
So elegant, Mona! CAS is amazing! Love that beautiful butterfly!
Incredibly beautiful CAS card Mona! That butterfly is stunning!
Oh WOW! This card is just divine and absolutely gorgeous!! Love the colors too.
You had me at the unleash you joy sentiment. Such a credo I think is so important and one I aspire to live by. I have to say that your bells and whistles are still there Miss Mona. They are just deep deep undercover. Love that! The silver twine and the packing a punch pearls are fantastic! Seriously lovely and still satisfying. Brava!
Aqua and white are a match made in heaven. And so is your card; heavenly :)
Beautiful, Mona! The CAS design is lovely in its elegant simplicity! Great colors and design!
Another beautiful card Mona, the pearls are the perfect accent!
Mona, this is such a gorgeous card! CAS but so incredibly elegant! Those pearl brads are so pretty too!
So classic and creative, Mona! I love all your elegant CAS designs!
Love this CAS card! Love that butterfly; love how you stamped it!
Very beautiful! Clean, simple and very elegant! Thanks Mona!
So elegant and classic, Mona! Love the way you present the butterfly! TFS!
Wow, Miss Mona! This is soo very Elegant! Love the embossing and that Gorgeous Butterfly! Gorgesou CAS Card!
Hugs
Shannon 8-)
So beautiful, Mona! What a classic look with that beautifully stamped butterfly and the pearl accents everywhere!
What a CAS beauty! Love that embossed layer with the gorgeous die cut border! Also, that butterfly is fabulous! Love the stamps you used! Thanks!
Stunning, Mona!!!! Love the stamp you used for the butterfly! This is true elegance!
Are you kidding?! No challenge at all for you :) This card is stunning, CAS - and you made it look effortless!!! This is AMAZING!!
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