Krafty Chicks Challenge #708 - CAS

Good morning lovely friends; I hope you're having a great week so far.  I had a bit of a fright yesterday as every time I tried to get on my blog it was redirecting to spam/selling pages.  I got a bit stressed, googled for help and tried a few things, but not being very tech savvy couldn't figure it out.  Luckily my eldest son is very tech savvy and even though it was 12:30am he patiently sat with me and finally sorted it out.  Apparently it was a corrupted widget on my blog and once we removed it (after a bit of trial and error) everything was back to normal.  I'm only explaining just in case some of you experience it in the future.  It's when old, outdated widget gets taken over by dodgy types and they can change the purpose of the widget.  

Anyway onto happier, nicer things.  Today is the start of a brand new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week Diane is our hostess and wants to see all your CAS (clean and simple) creations.    

I've been making cards with lots of details and layers lately so it was a nice change to go back to a CAS style.  I didn't have anyone in mind when I made this card so just had fun.  Here is my card:

A closer look:

I also decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" to create my background.  I took 2 ink cubes in yellow and blue and simply swiped them across the panel in a stripe pattern.  It's not perfect but I really like that plank or woodgrain effect you get by doing it this way.  I took another white panel and cut it to 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" and die cut a star into the centre.  I added foam tape behind this panel and added onto my striped background at a jaunty angle for some interest.  I die cut the 'birthday' word from navy card 3 times and adhered them together with liquid glue (on the 3rd layer I only added the middle part, from the i to the d so that it would give some support as it was over the open part of the die cut).  I added that over the star cut out with liquid glue.  I foolishly left it until now to add the happy sentiment so carefully using my Misti stamped it above the die cut word with navy ink.  I felt it needed a little something but nothing too in your face so found a die that cut out some teeny tiny stars and added some above and below the star.  These were cut out of some of the same striped background that I had practised on.  For the inside I cut a white panel 3 3/4" x 5" and stamped a sentiment in the centre with navy ink.  I swiped the yellow and blue ink at the bottom to replicate the front and added a few more stars.  This panel was added with double sided tape.  This was a really quick and easy card to make and the background took seconds but I think it looks really fun.  I hope you like it. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

AAA Cards challenge - anything CAS goes option spring/spring colours

Dream Valley challenge - dies and/or punches

Get Creative challenge - sing a song (Star by Kiki Dee)

Incy Wincy Designs challenge - birthday and/or funny, humourous

Inkspirational challenge - CAS option feature a balloon

Pearly Sparkles challenge - celebrate

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - anything CAS goes option green

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG option the DIES have it

Unicorn challenge - for the boys/men

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'CAS' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky.  Please leave some love for my fellow chicks Leanne, Diane, Lori and our guest designer Shirley who is joining us for March.  

Thank you stopping by and leaving me such lovely comments; I appreciate you all.  

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Quickutz - nesting stars dies (they are really old and no longer available)

MFT - tag builder blueprints 6 (for tiny stars) 

Spellbinders - simply perfect mix & match sentiment dies (for birthday word)

Gina K Designs - doodled autumn stamp (for happy word)

Gina K Designs - let's celebrate stamp (for inside greeting) free incentive set last month but will be available in the store once the new kit comes out

Gina K Designs - ink cubes - prickly pear & powder blue from Winter assortment

Gina K Designs - in the navy ink pad

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card (for panels and card base)