CASology Week 190: Weather, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge and Stamping Smiles Design Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #6

Happy Friday everyone!! I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. I am off today and have been doing a lot of chores, making a birthday cake for my husband's birthday tomorrow and have spent a bit of time in my craft room. I love days like today!!

I have been busy crafting as of late but have not been able to share. Good things have been happening to me! I will let you all in on my secret in a couple of weeks.

That said, I made a card this week to enter into two challenges. First, I am playing with Stamping Smiles Design Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #6. It is my "reject" card that I created for an upcoming blog post I have this week. There is nothing wrong with it but I created two cards that day and liked the second card better.

I chose the top row across for my card-showers, glossy accents and umbrella.

I am also playing along with CASology, Week 190 and the theme is "weather."

I also decided to play with Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge this week. The theme is "Rain or Come Shine."

Here is the card I created:

I started off with a white card base and adhered three strips of red patterned paper across the card front. The paper I used were just scraps that I had in my scrap drawer. I have so many that I could probably make a hundred cards like this!!

I then I die cut the white panel using the My Favorite Things "Stitched Rectangle Scalloped Frames" die and adhered it over the patterned paper. I stamped some raindrops from Pretty Pink Posh's "Rainy Days" stamp set in My Favorite Things "Sno Cone" dye ink  at the top right corner and used glossy accents over the top to give it a "wet" effect. I also stamped the sentiment in black at the bottom.

My next step was to stamp the umbrella from the same stamp set in My Favorite Things "Persimmon" dye ink onto white card stock and die cut it out using the matching die. I also stamped and die cut the long part of the umbrella, as well as the handle. I adhered all to the card, using foam adhesive for the umbrella itself.

I added some Studio Nova drops in "Buttermilk" over the umbrella for some texture, as well as some clear Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents on the handle.

This is the perfect day to post this card as it is has been raining on and off here today. I thank you for stopping by my blog. Have a great day!!

Supplies:

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Happy Sunday and a Birthday Card for CASology #188

I have to admit, I hate the "spring ahead" in Daylight Savings Time. It always messes me up, unlike the fall version. It is a BEAUTIFUL day here and I have to admit I have not enjoyed it at all. I am too tired!!!

I had book club last night. It was fun being with my girls. That is also why I am exhausted. I didn't get home until 1:15 am and so it really was 2:15 am. Not good judgement on my part but when you are having a lot of laughs and you don't see each other often, it is hard to leave. 

Today I am sharing a card I created for my co-worker for her birthday. She turned fifty.

I used Art Impressions "Fire Out" set for this card. I colored her in with Copic markers and accented the image with Wink of Stella, Glossy Accents and a bit of Red Stickles glitter glue. Her skin is not as great as I would have liked but I was in a bit of a hurry. I also need to invest in a few Copic re-fills.  However, I do like how this came out.

I die cut the panel with a PaperTrey Ink "Tipped Tops die" and mounted it over an Island Blue panel that I had embossed using a We R Memory Keepers "Gemstone" embossing folder. All supplies are linked below.

I am entering this into the CASology cue card challenge.

And I am editing this to note that I got an honorable mention for this card over at CASology. So honored!!

That is all for now. I hope you have a great night!!

Supplies:

InLinkz.com