A Day Late and a Dollar Short...

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Hello friends!!!

I am not sure about you but I often use challenges to create cards when I am in a rut or when I just want to stretch my creativity. That said, I am great at doing the challenges but then never post them!!!

Today I am posting two cards that I created using various challenges as inspirations.

My first card I used last weeks Freshly Made Sketches #573 and Sunday Stamps color badge as my main inspiration for my card. Of course I missed the posting date for the sketch but I had fun creating anyway!

I am in the Small Die of the Month Club over at Spellbinders and I had to use the Floral Mini Tiles, the February die, for the "strips" on the sketch.

I paired these dies with the Spellbinders Leafy 3D Embossing Folder and a sentiment from Outlined Sentiments, the August 2022 small die of the month. 

I LOVE how this card came out so much that I created another card with some leftovers!!

I am entering my second card into this week's Little Red Wagon #693-use your die cuts and Simon Says Stamp! Wednesday Challenge-Anything Goes. 

Once again I started off with the Floral Mini Tiles from Spellbinders and the Leafy 3D Embossing Folder. 

I die cut a decorative edge using Spellbinders' Stacked Decorative Edges dies (retired May 2020 Small Die of the Month) and placed three tiles to the right, over the die cut.

The sentiment is ALSO a Spellbinders' Small Die of the Month. It is from the Layered Mix and Match Sentiment Set, the September 2021 set. I actually did not mean to use all Spellbinders dies BUT I have been trying to "use what I have" and I have a TON of dies I have not used!!!

I even made a THIRD card from my extra flowers from the Floral Mini Tiles die set but will post that another day. I have yet to photograph it!!

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

Nora

Cards for a Couple of Challenges

Happy Sunday crafty friends!! I cannot believe today is the last day of July!! This summer has gone by so fast-too fast!!! When you work in a school, the first day of August is not a date you look forward to. It goes all downhill from there!! Not really!!

Today I am popping in with some cards I created for some challenges. I actually had some inspiration this week and wanted to use some of the new supplies I have bought this month.

My first card is clean and simple. I am entering this into Addicted to Stamps-Any Occasion challenge. 

I used Pinkfresh Studio's Beautiful Blooms stamps, dies and stencils for this card. 

The background die is from Birch Press Design. I actually had to cut it down because it die cut wonky when I ran it through my die cut machine. I should have used a new piece of tape!!!

My second card was inspired by the sketch at Sunday Stamps. 

I used products from 49 and Market Spectrum Sherbet Tidal Wave collection. 

The sentiment is from Pinkfresh Studio's Rainbow Sentiments.

I used Waffleflower Crafts A2 Layer Dies to die cut out all my panels of pattern paper. I used Pumice Stone Distress Ink along the edges and then distressed them.

I am also entering this card into The Paper Players Challenge-PP602. It is a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge and I used the middle row-die cut, blue and pattern paper.

This card was a bit out of the box for me but I LOVE how it came out!!!

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

Nora

Sunday Stamps Sketch #166 Challenge using My Favorite Things Stamps

It is Monday and I am here again with a card I created for a challenge. This time, it was a sketch from the Sunday Stamps Blog that inspired me to make a Christmas card.

I made a ton of cards this weekend and I think this one was my favorite!!

Below is the inspiration sketch SSC166:

I started out by die cutting a piece of snowflake paper patterned paper, wrapping some red twine around the front and adhering it to a gray A2 card base.  I then used an embossing folder on white card stock to create snow and die cut three squares out of it. I adhered these over the patterned paper.

Next I went through the mess on my desk and picked out some images that I had previously stamped and colored in using Copic Markers. (I should post a photo but am too embarrassed right now. My husband says it looks like a hoarders desk!!)

I adhered the images over the squares, added an embossed sentiment, a little stamped holly and I was done!!

Making cards is a no brainer when the images are already colored in to use and layer on a card!!

That is all for today. Thanks for stopping by!!

Supplies

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Stamps-My Favorite Things “Santa’s Elves” and “BB Bitty Bears”

Dies-My Favorite Things Die-namics Blueprints #13, “Bitty Bears Die-namics,” “Santa’s Elves Die-namics,” and Pierced Square Stax (retired)

Ink-Memento "Tuxedo Black,” Versamark Ink

Paper-Stampin Up! Gray, Neenah Solar White, and Bazzill “Black”

Other-Red Twine, Sizzix Big Shot Machine, Wagner Heat Tool, MISTI, Ranger Ink “Superfine White” Embossing Powder, Nuvo Crystal Drops “White,” “Diamond” Stickles,” Glossy Accents, Ranger Ink Multi-Matte, 3L Scrapbook 3D Adhesive Foam Squares, and Scotch Dot Adhesive