Time for a New Challenge at Cupcake Inspirations Challenges

Hello friends!! 

Today I am popping in with a card that I created for the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #563. It is a color challenge for the next two weeks. Create a project with the colors sky blue, pink and red. 

I decided to create a fun birthday card for this week. 

I am going to admit that my sky blue on this card is a bit dark. I could not get it to stencil lightly!!!

For my stamps, I used the My Favorite Things "Birthday Chicks" stamps and dies (retired).

Below is the badge for Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #563.

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Looking at the badge, I probably should have used flowers. However, I was in the mood for "fun" and these stamps were what called to me.

I hope you come over and join us at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog. I cannot wait to see what you create!!!

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

Nora

Some Cards I Created for WCMD and Some Completed Challenges

Happy Monday!!

I am fortunate to have this day off due to Columbus Day. I have been running around all day trying to get errands done and had fun going to the new Trader Joes that opened up near us. Anyone have one of these around them? What is your favorite food from there?

Totally needed the day today too. Last week was busy and work was not so fun.

It started well with going to see Jodi Picoult at a lecture put on by the Mark Twain House. She spoke about her new book that came out last week. Really interesting lecture and she looks so much younger then her age!!

The week ended with going to see A Star is Born. What a FABULOUS movie!! Bradley Cooper can sing and Lady GaGa? WOW!!! I wish she would just use her voice and not do all the synthesizing stuff with her songs. I could listen to her for hours the way she sang in most of this movie.

Okay, now on to a few of the cards I created this weekend for World Card Making Day on Saturday. I guess I was "supposed" to make mostly holiday cards but didn't make any! Instead, I joined in on a couple challenges.

First, I created a birthday card for my niece using the the sketch from the Fab Friday Blog.

I chose to use the MFT Birthday Chicks stamp and die set for my card.

After I put it together, I added some shimmer on the balloons and on the little chick's hat. Below is the Fab Friday Sketch #147 that inspired this card.

The next two cards I used a Jennifer McGuire technique to create. They are NOT perfect but they were so fun and I definitely want to try this again.

I spread ink on the embossing folder and then ran white cardstock through my Big Shot to get the yellow in between the flowers. As you can see, the ink did not spread all over like it could but I liked the effect so I did not re-ink the folder.

I then die cut a rectangle out of the ink embossed cardstock and added it to a white card front that I had embossed using the same folder.

I added a simple sentiment (Tiny Words) and butterfly die cut (Stitching Butterflies) from Simon Says Stamp. I LOVE how this came out!!

I am entering this into the Just Us Girls Challenge #461-Sympathy.

It is kind of funny but I LOVE to make Sympathy cards...just not to send them.

My last card I used the yellow part that I cut out of above card to create yet another sympathy card. This one was a bit less work.

I stamped the sentiment using a MFT's Deepest Sympathy stamp set and added the little sentiment from Simon Says Stamp's Tiny Words set.

I hesitated to use the same yellow for the large sentiment but decided to keep it.

I wish the floss was not as bright as it is. I might take it off and ink it with a bit of brown to dull it.

That is all from me today. I thank you for stopping by!! Have a FABULOUS day!!

My Favorite Things You Could Be a Card Design Superstar

Happy Sunday everyone!! I hope you all had a nice weekend. It has been beautiful here in Connecticut after a week of rain. Low humidity and sunny. I am looking forward to fall temperatures, though. It is my favorite time of year!!

I have been busy making cards but not having much time to actually post. I am hoping to do better this week.

Today I am posting 2 cards that I created for the My Favorite Things You Could Be a 2018 Card Design Superstar Challenge.

It is a TOTAL long shot because there are some FABULOUS designers that have posted but I figured I would give it a shot. You can't win if you don't play!!

My first card is for the Clean and Simple category.

I stamped the background on a Persimmon cardstock folded into a 4" by 5 1/2" card base using the MFT's Striped Background stamp (retired) in MFT Persimmon dye ink.

Next I die cut a Mesmerizing Mandala Die-namics and heat embossed it using pearl embossing powder. I adhered it over the card base, with just a smidge overhanging the right side. I thought the Mandala looked like a snowflake so I figured on a Christmas theme for this card.

I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from MFT's Snow Globe Sentiments stamp set and used foam adhesive to pop it off the mandala. I then used Tonic Rosewater Jewel Drops to adhere some sequins from the Princess Sequins Kit.

My second card is a long shot but I am entering it into the Coloring Virtuoso Category.

I originally tried to create a background using Copic markers but it didn't turn out so I used images from the MFT Birthday Chicks stamp and Die set to create the card.

I used Copic markers to color in the birds using a dot method. I wanted them to look like they had little feathers.

I adhered them over a white, MFT Single Stitch Line Tag Corner Square Frame Die-namic. I then adhered a cupcake from the same stamp set that I had colored in using Copics, covered the top with Glossy Accents and adhered some sprinkles on top.

My last step was to adhere the sentiment, also from the Birthday Chicks stamp set, onto the front of the card.

I thank you for taking the time to stop by. I hope you all have a fabulous day!!

A Card for Fab Friday Challenge #141, Happy Little Stampers CAS July 2018 Challenge 2018 and Paper Players Theme Challenge: Celebration

Happy Sunday everyone!! I have ANOTHER card that I created using MFT "Birthday Chicks" stamp set. I LOVE this set and am so glad that I bought it. I need to play around with masking them to make a grouping but that is a whole different post!!!

I created this card for a couple of challenges today.

I used three challenges for my inspiration. First, I used the FAB Friday Challenge #141 for the design of my card. I used the Happy Little Stampers CAS July Challenge "Animals" for the little birds and the theme is from the Paper Players Challenge #400-Celebration!!!

  

I am so happy to a) have the time to create cards again and b) able to play along with some challenges. I have not had the time to sit down and do any of this for so long.

The little chicks were colored in with Copic markers. The Glossy Accents on the balloon changed up the pink, though, which kind of irritated me. I need to do some test samples on how the color changes when I use this.

This card is already gone!! I gave it to my friend to give to her mother. LOVE when my cards get a happy home!! I thank you for stopping by today!! Have a FABULOUS Sunday!!

Supplies:

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Paper-*Neenah Solar White

Stamps-MFT Birthday Chicks

Dies-MFT Birthday Chicks Die-namics, MFT Fishtail Flags (retired), Paper Trey Ink Mat Stack 1

Ink-*Memento Tuxedo Black, Simon Says Stamp Doll Pink, WPlus9 Bo Peep

Other-*Sizzix Big Shot Machine, *“Glossy Accents,” *Tonic Studios Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Pens, *White Gel Pen, *Copic Markers,

MFT Summer School Cards

Hello everyone!! I know I posted today already but wanted to quickly pop in with two cards I created for MFT Summer School 2018-Primary Colors.

This was my first card for the challenge. I used the My Favorite Things "Celebrate Speech Bubble" die to die cut a white speech bubble and then used the same die for the red. I then covered the red letters with clear sparkle pen and Glossy Accents. Have to admit that it made the red a bit darker then I wanted but I had to go with it.

I then added the little birdies from the MFT "Birthday Chicks" set. During the last 30 Coloring Challenge I colored a boatload of the birds in all different shades. I picked out a couple to use on this card, along with the balloon.

I added another bird on the top right and then used Clear Sparkle Pen and Glossy Accents on the hats and the balloon.

For my second card, I used the red celebrate speech bubble and complemented it with some more little birds from "Birthday Chicks."

On this card, I used yellow and blue birds for the card. I popped them up with foam adhesive and added some "sprinkles" to the tiny cupcakes with Stickles, as well as some sparkle to the blue bird's hat.

I still have a ton of these birds to use too and even stamped and die cut more just in case I needed them!!

That is all from me tonight. Again, I am entering these cards into the MFT Summer School Challenge 2018-Primary Colors.

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