Saturday, February 8, 2025

Some More Cards for Challenges

 Happy Saturday!!

Today I am popping in with some cards that I created for a BUNCH of challenges. I have decided that the best way for me to work on cards is to stamp/die cut a punch of elements, then put together the cards at a later date. It somehow helps my creativity. I also have a ton of supply links. NONE are affiliates but I add them just in case you want to purchase. 

My first card is the last of my Valentine's that I created so far. I am not sure that I will be making more as I only send out a few to people I care about.


I had extra hearts left over from my of session die cutting with Simon Says Stamp's Geometric Building Hearts and a bunch of pattern paper scraps. 


The sentiment is from MFT Stamps (retired) Little Love Notes. The embossing folder is the retired Spellbinders Intertwined Lattice Folder. 

I am entering this card into all the challenges below:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Love is in the Air



AAA Colourful Challenge-Colourboard #12


My next card that I created is a Birthday card. 


I used The Greetery's Pinwheel Party Stencils and Dies as the focal point for this card. 

I used the colors from Just Add Ink's #737 badge as inspiration. The green was inspired by the limes, the pink by the watermelon.


The sentiment is from The Greetery's Birthday Bloom's Stamp and Die set and I also used the Twisted Crepe Die to "hang" my pinwheels on. 


For the embossed background, I used Honey Bee Stamps 3 D Burlap embossing folder. I didn't use the correct sandwich in my embossing machine so that I would only get a tiny bit of the texture from the folder. This is a way to stretch your supplies.


The inspiration for the layout of this card was from this week's
Freshly Made Sketches #672.


For my last card, I once again I used The Greetery's Pinwheel Party's Dies and Stencils to create a birthday card.


I used the Male Room Challenge #195 as the inspiration for this card. The challenge was to create a monochrome card. 


I used the blue as my color and plenty of white space for my design. I actually used the Distress Ink Salty Ocean for both the light and dark blues. I just used a heavier hand to create the darker blue.


The sentiment is  also from The Greetery's Birthday Blooms. I am trying to use supplies that I have to create more cards rather than just collecting!!!


I think my favorite part of this card was to add the blue gems throughout the design.

Well, that is all from me today. I am off to actually create some cards as my blogging as inspired me to craft today.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS Saturday afternoon.

Nora




9 comments:

Vicki Dutcher said...

Fun eye candy in this post! Love the use of blues for your TMR card. Thanks for joining in, and visiting my blog!

MortiCraft said...

Isn’t that pinwheel fabulous?! Amazing effect in so many colour choices but it does look great in your monochrome blues. Thanks for playing along with The Male Room x

Vicki said...

Beautiful, simple and elegant! Love the embossed background and pieced, die cut hearts. Overall lovely design. Thanks for sharing at the Double D, "Hearts" Challenge.

Jacquie Southas said...

Great set of cards! The the explosion of happiness from the pinwheels. Thanks for playing along with us at FMS this week.

MortiCraft said...

Love the different designs on each heart and the CAS nature of your cards. Thanks for playing along with AAA Colourful. X

Darlene said...

FABULOUS hearts card! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Double D Co-Owner

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Firstly, I have to say what a fabulous selection of beautiful cards, I love the designs and the colour mixes. I'm here for your last card, which I think is just wonderful, a super design. I love you used the same colour on it too, using heavier ink, certainly makes a difference. I love it. Thank you so much for joining us in our Monochrome challenge at The Male Room Good Luck and I hope you will join us in our next challenge.
Faith DT

donna mikasa said...

I love your pinwheel cards--so festive! And a good reminder to pull out my older supplies and play with them again!

Jane Savage said...

Such a beautiful and elegant Valentine's card!
Thank you for joining us at Creative Inspirations! Jane (DT) Paper, Pencils & Pretty Things xxx