There is a NEW CHALLENGE over at the Cupcake Inspiration BLOG-Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #614

 Hello Crafty Friends!

Today I am popping in with a card for the NEW round of the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!!! Challenge #614 is a THEME challenge-HOW DO YOU RELAX?

I actually created THREE cards for this challenge. The activity that relaxes me the most is getting lost in a good book. Who can ask for more?

The dies I used are called "Book Collection" from Lawn Fawn. I had fun going through my scraps to die cut these books out. The sentiments are from all different sets I own in my stash. 

The flowers are some "extras" from various cards I have created in the past and are from Spellbinders. It was fun to dig through my stash of things to find little things to pair with the books. The background stamp on this card is one from Hero Arts.

This card was made from a TON die cuts that I had left over. I think this one is my favorite of the three. This little book set was so fun to use!!

Below is the challenge badge I used for the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #614:

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Want to join us this round? To see more details about the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #614, head on over to the BLOG. I cannot wait to see what you create!!!

That is all from me. I want to thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!

Nora

There is Still Time to Play over at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #613

Hello Friends!

Today I am popping in with a card to remind you that there is still time to play with this round of the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!!! Challenge #613 is a COLOR challenge. Create a project using the colors SKY BLUE, PINK and GREEN.

Once again I used this image donated to us by The Paper Shelter for my card. I used a combination of colored pencils and Copic Markers to color this in.

Below is the challenge badge for Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #613:

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Once I colored in my image, I fussy cut both the girl and the bird out. I layered it over a die cut rectangle that I had done some ink blending on.

The sentiment is from MFT Stamps. I LOVE how this came out. 

Want to join us this round? To see more details about the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #613, head on over to the BLOG. I cannot wait to see what you create!!!

That is all from me. I want to thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!

Nora

Popping in with some New Cards

Hey Friends!!! 

Happy Saturday!! I am popping in with a some cards I created for some challenges. 

The first cards I used the same basic design but experimented with the colors of the greenery and layering when I put together each card.

I used The Greetery Garden Tub Die, Garden Tub Filler Die, Botanicuts Dies, All Occasion Script Sentiments Stamps and a mix of embossing folders and inks to create these cards.

Each card was inspired by some challenges. The first card was inspired by Make My Monday Challenge #247-Use a Die or Punch.

I used an old Martha Stewart butterfly trio punch for my butterflies. The center of all the flower on this card are various colors of Nuvo Drops.

My second card I am entering into the Just Us Girls Challenge #766 Green. 

My card is NOT all green but I have a ton of different greens in the leaves. In fact, I think I used at least 5 different Distress Inks to create the colors for my leaves.

Instead of Nuvo Drops for the flower centers, I used different colored gems.

I cut apart the Garden Tub Filler Die and layered them over each other to fill out the tub out a bit more.

The next cards are just a bit different, each with a unique embossed background. 

Once again I cut apart the tub filler die and layered them a bit differently for this card. 

My last card is again just slightly different than the rest. I LOVE how these came out and am so happy to be using my stash. I have had these dies forever and am trying to dig things out that I had to have but never used.

My next two cards are masculine cards. They both were inspired by three challenges-The Male Room Challenge #196-Mixed Media, The Inspire. Create Challenge #188-Masculine and The Color Throwdown #828.

I used some pattern papers, die cuts, Distress Ink and stamping to create my cards. They were so much fun to create!! The papers/die cuts are from 49 & Market. I am too lazy to get the links right now as I want to get this posted!!

For this card, I used three different papers for the background. I added some die cuts, a printed sentiment with Distress Ink and some stickers to create my sentiment. 

The fun of this card is that it is not meant to be "perfect."

For my  next card, I used the bottom of a piece of paper, some die cuts, part of the label of the pattern paper pack and a stamp to create my card.

This color scheme and type of card is so out of the box for me. I LOVE how it came out though. The images on the paper were perfect for that sentiment.

Well that is enough for me today. I apologize for this post being so long. I had a lot of photos I wanted to get in.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS night!!

Nora

A New Challenge over at Cupcake Inspirations Challenges-Challenge #613

 Hello Friends!

Today I am popping in with a card for the NEW round of the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!!! Challenge #613 is a COLOR challenge. Create a project using the colors SKY BLUE, PINK and GREEN.

I created this card with a digital stamp that was so generously donated to the Design Team by The Paper Shelter.

Below is the Challenge Badge for the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #613:

I used Copic Markers to color in my images. I then die cut the image into a circle.

I popped it up over a blue background surrounded with pink cardstock. I chose not to do a sentiment on this card because I wasn't sure what to use.

The last step was to add some gems around my little gal.

Want to join us this round? To see more details about the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #613, head on over to the BLOG. I cannot wait to see what you create!!!

That is all from me. I want to thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!

Nora

There is Still Time to Play with Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #612

Hello Friends!!

Today I am popping in with a card to remind you that there is still time to play with this round of the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!!! Challenge #612 is a THEME CHALLENGE-FOR THE LOVE OF PIGS.

Once again I used a retired pig stamp set from Hello Bluebird for my card. I LOVE how this card came out!! Pigs are my THING!!!

Below is the Challenge Badge for Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #612:

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I colored in my images with Copic Markers. I die cut them with matching dies and then used foam adhesive to adhere it over arch die from Spellbinders where I did some ink blending and stenciling.  

I used some old Basic Grey pattern paper for my background and the sentiment is from Mama Elephant.

Want to join us this round? To see more details about the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #612, head on over to the BLOG. I cannot wait to see what you create!!!

That is all from me. I want to thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!

Nora