Happy Anniversary to US!!

Hello there! Welcome to a brand new challenge here at Addicted to CAS.

We are so very excited today as we would love to share with you that it is our

1st ANNIVERSARY!!

Can you believe it? One whole year since the challenge blog was started.

Thank you so much to all our followers and participants. We have had in excess of over 2,200 entries into our challenges!! Wow!! We are still growing and having people find us all the time. Spread the word!

As this is such a very special occasion here at ATCAS, we have some very special extras for this challenge.

Firstly, this challenge is being hosted by the ever amazing Marie. Here is the code word she has chosen for us -

We have the wonderful honour of welcoming a brand new sponsor to the ATCAS family. Please welcome -

The prize: 3 sets of digis of your choice from Dee's store.

Not only will our CAS Perfectionist be the lucky recipient of this fantastic prize, BUT, will also be the proud owner of these amazing prizes -

Our very own Marie has donated this wonderful prize - Siligum silicone modeling paste which is a really easy and fun wayto make your own moulds which can be used to make embellishments from clay or UTEE etc.

Next up is the amazing Loll. I'm sure you would have seen her card candy around! Loll has donated two packs of her handmade card candy to our CAS Perfectionist!

Now, how does a $20 gift voucher to the amazing Nicecrane Designs store sound? Loll has also donated this prize for our CAS Perfectionist!

How about a $10 gift voucher to Inspired by Stamping? It's yours if you are our CAS Perfectionist.  Donated by yours truly xx

And last but certainly not least, our beautiful Karen has also donated this wonderful prize (set of Joanna Sheen's Christmas Stamps and an adorable stamp from Stampendous)!

Holy Guacamole!! Talk about a celebration! With all these amazing prizes up for grabs, I will state the rules once more so everyone knows exactly what to do and make sure you are in the running!

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CAS is an acronym for "Clean and Simple".

This means that you must create a project with very few embellishments (I know it's hard), clean lines and lots of 'white' space.

White space just means an area of your card with nothing on it at all. It doesn't have to be 'white'. It could be brown, pink or red. Any colour as long as there is lots of SPACE.

The rules for our challenge are as follows:

* Your project must be Clean and Simple (CAS)

*Your project must follow our Code Word*

* Please make sure to link back to the POST your entry is contained in NOT your whole blog. Please do not backlink - all entries must be new *

* You must mention Addicted to CAS in your blog with a link back to the challenge so others may join in *

* You may combine up to 10 challenges in TOTAL *

*You may enter each challenge a total of 2 times but each entry must be different*

* Please turn off Word Verification for ease of commenting on your blog :) *

* We reserve the right to remove any links that do not comply with the Challenge rules *

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Now we have all that out of the way (seriously there are some amazing prizes so please don't forget to follow our rules), we also have another special surprise - we have our very first Guest Designer joining us for this challenge.

 Bonnie Klass (Stamping with Klass) will be our Guest Designer for the month of November.  

Welcome Bonnie!!

Bonnie is an amazing card artist and we know you will enjoy her lovely creations as much as we do.  Here's a little about Bonnie:

"Wow, I’m so excited to be a Guest Designer at Addicted to CAS.  CAS is my favorite style of cards to make and I’m happiest and sanest when I’m making cards!

My husband and I have been married over 40 years and we have 3 beautiful grown daughters who have brought 3 special sons-in-law and 5 grandchildren into our lives.  We take care of 2 of our grandsons during the week.  They keep us hopping!   I snatch any free moments I can to get inky!

I discovered card making about 6 years ago and that has become my passion. (Some would say obsession.)  I started blogging about 4 years ago and I have learned so much and made many wonderful friends through the blogging community.  There’s so much inspiration and camaraderie on these creative blogs.  Stampers are the best people!"

Wow, this is a long post already and we haven't even got to the inspiration we have prepared for you. Be patient, though, cause it's gonna be worth it!

HERE WE GO WITH THE INSPIRATION!!!!

Bonnie Klass - Guest Designer

Marie (your hostess)

Karen (using sponsor images)

Deepti

Christine

Sandie

Vicki

Loll

Kylie

Sylvia 

Shana

Harriet

Sue

Transparent Winners!

Hello and welcome to Monday here at Addicted to CAS.

Monday means that we announce our winners of our last challenge. Christine picked the code word 'Transparent' and we had amazing entries all round. 

Here are your 

TOP 3

#10 Barb Murphy

#16 Hannelie

#55 Jean

Congratulations, ladies!!! Please grab your Top 3 badge from the tab at the top of the page!

And your 

CAS PERFECTIONIST

and the winner of the prize from 

is

#22 Kailash

I would love to show you the winning card but unfortunately I cannot copy and paste the image. You will need to click on the link to see.

Here is what Christine had to say about her card -

 Kailash's idea to put this boat into the jar is fun! I love her interpretation of the code word. Her bright colors and the washi tape give a nautical holiday feeling. The sentiment goes perfect with this. I just love to look at this beauty and start dreaming.

Congratulations, Kailash. Please grab your badge from the tab at the top of the page and email Kylie at kyliepurtell@gmail.com within 5 days to claim your prize.

Don't forget you may be our Facebook Show{CAS}e for this challenge. Check out our facebook page and if it is you, please grab your badge too!

Our current challenge is 

and we hope to see you playing along. 

Challenge #25

Welcome to the weekend and another challenge here at Addicted to CAS.

We had you all a bit stumped with our last challenge but THANK YOU to all of you who played along. I love seeing our followers take a challenge head on. Join us on Monday to find out who Christine has chosen as her favourites.

Now, onto our next challenge.

Your hostess this week is Me (Kylie) and I have chosen the following code word for you -

The code word speaks for itself, but just to remind you -

You must only have ONE LAYER on your card. This means you can print or stamp directly onto the base card. No other layers are allowed. There should be nothing that is 'popping' off the card except for a couple of little embellishments. Remember to keep it all very minimal. 

The best thing about a one layer challenge is you can choose your own theme!

We have a wonderful sponsor and guest designer for you this fortnight -

The prize up for grabs is 5 images of your choice from their store! Woo hoo!

We would like to welcome Nick from DigDarla Designs who is our Guest Designer for this challenge.

Nick

Thank you so much to Nick for joining us!!

And here is the inspiration from your Design Team here at Addicted to CAS -

Kylie - Your Hostess (using sponsor image)

Sylvia (using sponsor image)

Loll

Deepti





Christine

Sandie

Vicki

Karen

Marie

Harriet

Sue

Shana

I hope you have enjoyed seeing the DT's creations. Please visit our blogs for more information on how we created our cards.

Autumn/Fall Winners

Hi there everyone. I am SO sorry that this post is a little late. Goodness me, I am hopeless at times!!

Please note the following - due to a problem in blogger, I cannot change the link on the right hand sidebar for our current challenge. I have tried in different browsers but it seems to be a known issue. Hopefully it wont be too long before it is fixed.

For our current challenge, please click HERE instead of having to scroll down.

Our last challenge, which was hosted by Sylvia, saw some amazing projects! I know that Sylvia had a hard time getting down to the top favourites. Without further ado, here are your winners -

TOP 3

(in numerical order)

#10 Jean

#33 Cindy

#58 Margaret E

Congratulations, ladies!! Please grab your badge from the tab at the top of the page to display on your blogs!

And your

CAS PERFECTIONIST

and the winner of the prize from 

is

#17 Anita (in France)

Here is what Sylvia had to say about your card -

"Love the graduated colours of the falling leaves from Spring through to Autumn, and the toning background layer completes the card perfectly."

Congratulations, Anita!! Please grab your badge from the tab at the top of the page to display on your blog! Also, email Kylie at kyliepurtell@gmail.com within 5 days to claim your prize.

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We also will be showcasing our Facebook Favourite. Follow us over there to see who it is! If you are our Facebook Show{CAS}e, please grab your badge from the tab at the top of the page.

Challenge #24 - Transparent

Happy Saturday everyone!

Are you ready for a new challenge? This is a great challenge this fortnight as your hostess, Christine, has chosen a code word that will get your thinking caps on!

Here it is -

Take the code word and create something Clean and Simple!

Transparent - what does it mean? Perhaps you think of being able to 'see through' something. Perhaps it reminds you of honesty. Have a think and see what you come up with - we can't wait to see!

Our wonderful sponsor this week is -

You will have the chance to win a $20 gift voucher to the store.

Here is what the Design Team came up with to inspire you -

Christine (your hostess)

Vicki

Loll

Kylie 

Deepti 

Sandie

Harriet

Sylvia

Marie

Karen

Sue

Shana

Let's hope we have inspired you to join in. If you would like more details on how we have made our cards, please pop over to our blogs.

Get Well Winners

Hi everyone! We are here today to announce the winners of our Get Well challenge that was hosted by Sandie (who loved all these amazing entries!!).

Sandie had to whittle it down to her favourites and here is what she came up with -

Our

TOP 3

(in numerical order)

#3 Kathy K

#44 Anita

#47 Sara Mac

Congratulations ladies!! You can grab your badge from the tab at the top of your page to display on your blog.

And now for your

CAS PERFECTIONIST

and the winner of the wonderful prize from

is

#5 Anita

Here is what Sandie had to say about your card -

"The glossy accents added to the image gives the CAS design fabulous texture. The rounded edges of the card to match the image takes the design to CAS perfection!"

Congratulations, Anita!!! Please grab your badge from the tab at the top of the page for your blog. Also email me at kyliepurtell@gmail.com within 5 days to claim your prize.

We also have a Facebook Show{CAS}e to announce so check out our page as it may be you!

Have you been showcased on Facebook? Don't forget to grab your badge from the tab at the top of the page!!

Now don't forget that our current challenge has not long started so click the image below to take you straight to the post -