CAS-ual Fridays Release Day 1 - Big Hope Fri-Die!

The wait is over!  It's time for the Release Party over at CAS-ual Fridays!  Today we're showing off the new Big Hope Fri-Die!  Awesome right??  It's a fantastic size and the font is SO beautiful! And here's how I was inspired:

Does this layout look familiar?  I was also inspired by the sketch for the current Calling All Sistahs Encouragement Challenge!  You should check it out and play along!

As soon as I saw this die I imagined it like this... well... with some pretty colors and flowers anyway!  I started with one of the dies from the Lovely Links Fri-Dies.  I love the way it peeks out from underneath it all.  Then the largest tag from the Scallop Tags Fri-Dies.

Then I cut a few of the flowers and leaves using the Garden Fri-Dies.  I just LOVE these flowers!  My favorite thing to do is to use a similar color for both layers, but one at least a little darker than the other.  I also like to only glue down the outside edges and let the inner parts pop up just a bit for some fun dimension.  I attached the flowers with various thicknesses of pop-up tape.

I cut the Hope die cut out of some white glitter paper.  Boy I just LOVE that word die!!  I used some very thin popup tape on the flower parts and some thicker in the center... so the Hope floats... :)

I just scattered a few clear drops around and considered it finished.   For me this is one I just can't stop looking at!   Be sure to check out all of my teamies projects for today!  You can start here! Lots of deliciousness! This one may have some calories!

If you're not familiar with CAS-ual Fridays owner, Michele's, story, you should definitely check that out here!  It's a story that is all too familiar to some and one that not enough of us know.  This Big Hope die release has a special meaning for Michele as today marks her third year Cancer Free!  That's pretty awesome and hope you'll join us in a huge group hug and high five to Michele!  Yay to her for being the fighter she is and the most wonderful woman that she is!   I for one am so happy and honored to be designing for her and look forward to getting to knowing her better!

And don't forget to have a go at the CAS18 Sketch!  You can read more about the meaning for the Calling All Sistahs challenge here and how Michele is trying to reach out to more people and spread the word.  There is a whole line of stamps and dies from the CAS-ual Fridays shop that are dedicted to raising awareness about Breast Cancer.  50% of the profits from this collection are donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation to suppert Breast Cancer Awareness programs.  You can check out this line of products here!

All of the new products are available in the CAS-ual Fridays shop now!  Orders placed during the release will begin shipping on November 5th.   And be sure to come back tomorrow for a look at some more fun new stuff!

And here's a code for you to save some $$ if you decide to shop!