CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #16

How is it Friday already? This last week just flown by! This was our last week of summer vacation and then school started yesterday! It has been SO hot here that my dd was pretty much bored! We were either at the water park or in the house with the AC turned way down! So it was time! Although I am having a hard time with 2nd grade! Not quite sure how we got here either! She should still be in pre-school!

OK so on to this weeks CAS-ual Fridays Challenge! This week...embossing! There are so many ways to emboss so the possibilites are endless for you! I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Here is my card for this week...

For the embossed part of this card, I used PTI's sunshine impression plates to make the hills.  I actually used the back side of the paper!  This fantastic stamp set is from the Stamps of Life!  It's called trees 2 build and it is adorable!!

Does this look CAS to you?  I know I have some patterned paper where white space usually is but I couldn't NOT use that fabulous checkered paper for those little chicks!  It's still CAS right?  :)

Here is this week challenge....

And here is this weeks sponsor...

Check out the prize over at the CAS-ual Fridays Blog and see all the other DT creations!

I wanted to sneak one little tip on here today!  I shared this with Amy the other day and she said it worked well for her so I thought I would come and share it with you too!

I use foam tape....a lot.  And I have been known to mess up and get something very crooked.  I am sort of a perfectionist so you know it has to be straight.  When I use foam tape in all of its permanant stickiness, I needed a solution to get the tape up without ripping the whole card to pieces...which i have done.

Here is my super easy solution...

A Cricut Spatula!  (I think that is what they are called.)

Once you stick your foam taped layer down and its crooked, just take your spatula and use a sawing motion back and forth on each piece of tape and it will come right up!  Then you can reposition. 

I get a little tearing now and then but for the most part it comes right off!  You can get this handy little tool in the Cricut section at Hobby Lobby, Michaels, or Joanns!  And online too!  I hope this comes in handy for you sometime!  It even works with glue dots if you just pry gentley.  This spatula has a nice sharp edge and works great! 

Thanks to everyone for coming by today!  Hope you have a great Friday!