Happy Sunday!

Happy Sunday!!! 

I hope you all are having a fabulous weekend. They go so fast, don't they?

I am popping in with a some cards for some challenges.

Last weekend was my birthday and I had to make some thank you cards to send out. I used two challenges as my inspiration. The Inspired by Challenge #324 I was inspired by the yellow in the apples and the pinky/coral/white color in the tin from the photo. I was also inspired by this weeks Color Hues Challenge #104-yellow and coral.

I did some ink smooshing using Scattered Straw, Squeezed Lemonade and Abandon Coral Distress Ink for the background on both of my cards. 

I then used a combination of stamps and stencils, with the same inks, to enhance the backgrounds. 

The "thanks" sentiment and leaf die is from Simon Says Stamp. I die cut the sentiment in five times-3 out of scraps of white cardstock and 2 out of cardstock I inked with Squeezed Lemonade and Abandoned Coral Distress Ink. These were so fun to create!!!

For my second card, I used a challenge from a private challenge board I am a part of. 

I chose to use some pattern paper that I received via a Simon Says Stamp! card kit I received in the fall. 

I cut the paper into 3, 1 1/2 by 4 inch strips. I adhered it over a white card base that had a blue piece of cardstock on it. 

Once again I used the Windswept Leaves from Simon Says Stamp and the sentiment is from The Greetery. Simple and easy but so impactful.

My last card I used this month's Altenew Challenge for February 2025 as my inspiration.

I used a new stamp bundle I bought in December from Altenew on my card. I used the Peony and Lilac Swag for my image. 

I stamped the image to create a no line coloring technique. I used a combination of inks with the matching stencils and then copic markers to create some dimension. 

I made a background using a stencil from my stash. The sentiment is from the same stamp set as the flower. 

Well, that is all from me today. Thank you for taking the time to stop by. I hope you all have a fabulous week!! 

Nora

 

A New Challenge over at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog-Challenge #586

Hey Friends!!

There is a new challenge over at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog today. Challenge #586 is a THEME challenge. It is to use the theme of FAIRY TALES to create a project.

This was a tough one for me. I am not a "princess" type of person and hadn't a clue on what I was going to create for this card. I decided to go with the flower aspect of Fairy Tales for my card design.

In many Fairy Tales, flowers have a presence in the story. Roses are theme in both Sleeping Beauty and in the story of Beauty and The Beast. In Sleeping Beauty, Beauty is referred to as Briar Rose. I decided to go with that. 

Below is the badge for Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #586:

For my card, I used the stamp set Paint-A-Flower: Rosa Floribunda to create my card. First I heat embossed it in white. I then used a combination of Distress Inks and Zig Watercolor Markers to color it in.

I distressed the edges of the panel and then layered it over a dry embossed, pink cardstock panel.

I used a sentiment stamp from Your Next Stamp for the sentiment.

Want to join us this week at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #586? Hop on over to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog for more information. I cannot wait to see what you create!!

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

Nora

There is Still Time to Play at Cupcake Inspirations Challenges #570-Anything Goes

Hello friends!!  

I am just popping in to remind you that there is still time to play with Cupcake Inspirations Challenges #570. It is a theme challenge-ANYTHING GOES. 

My card below uses a sentiment by this weeks sponsor-Your Next Stamp. 

The Whatnot Sentiment Stamp Set from Your Next Stamp is one of my FAVORITES.

I have used this particular sympathy stamp on at least ten other cards. It is my go to sympathy sentiment. 

Below is the the image badge for this round of Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #570.

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I paired the stamped sentiment with a flower from Pinkfresh Studio and a background from Memory Box.

I added some sequins around the sentiment for some emphasis. 

Want to join us this week? Hop on over to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenges for more details. 

That is all from me today. Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a great week!!

Nora

A New Challenge at Cupcake Inspirations Challenges

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Hello friends!! I hope this post finds you well.

Today I am popping in with a card for this weeks Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #565. For the next two weeks the challenge is a color challenge. Create a card using the colors black and white.

I knew when I saw this that I wanted to create a sympathy card. I used the Altenew *"Paint a Flower: Sweet Pea Outline" stamp set for this simple card. 

This stamp set is part of Altenew's *Paint a Flower Subscription. Every month a different flower is sent to you. I have been doing this for a couple years now and have a great variety of flower stamps. Now I need to use them!!

Below is the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Badge for the CIC#565. 

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Do you want to join us this challenge? Hop on over to Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog for all the details. I cannot wait to see what you create!!!

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

Nora

 

A Reminder for Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #550

Hey friends!! Today I am popping in to remind you that you still have time to play with Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #550.

It is a color challenge. For Cupcake Inspirations #550, you need to use the colors PINK, GRAY and WHITE on your card front. 

For my card, I kind of went the peachy pink way once again. I actually think it leans more toward peach but I am okay with that.

The lace and branch is from Altenew. The butterfly from Pink Fresh Studio and the sentiment is one I typed up and printed out. The pearls are from Kat Scrappiness.

Once again this was really simple to create as I had this in my stash to put together. I did have to shade teh lace and color in the butterfly but that is the fun part!!!

I hope you take the time to join us for the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #550. I cannot wait to see what you create!!

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

Nora

Just For You

Hey Friends!! I hope you all are well.

It has been an absolutely BEAUTIFUL weekend, blue skies, low 80's and low humidity. We were able to give the dogs a long walk yesterday, something I was not able to do this week. The humidity combined with my 4th booster for COVID just killed me. I don't mind heat-I can handle it. I HATE HUMIDITY. It is my nemesis. I don't mind heat-I can handle it. 

Charlotte is now officially back in Maryland-her new home. She registered her car, got a new license and will start her job on August 29th. She was home for almost the whole summer and I will miss her. However, I am a parent that feels you have to let your children go for them to flourish. I could not let go from my father after my mother died due to a lot of things but wish I had as much courage as Charlotte has. I admire her

I am popping in with some cards for some challenges. I stayed up late this week while my husband was away and stamped some images from The Greetery.

Do you do this? I have not had a ton of mojo lately, due to not feeling good but I did feel well enough to stamp. I used a combination of Pinkfresh Studio and Altenew cube inks to stamp everything.

For my first card, I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #548 as my inspiration.

Here is the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches that inspired this card.

I used some of the images I stamped from The Greetery on this card over the strip on the right.

I used paper from Fancy Pants Design on my card as well. I thought it was perfect for this card!!! I adore how this came out.

For my next card, I used the sketch from Just Add Ink #616 as my inspirations.

I am not going to lie, my card is a stretch and has a lot more detail than the sketch but my card was developed around it.

I started off by using paper from 49 and Market. I used a piece from Tidal Wave for the bottom and I embossed a background using a Memory Box die on pattern paper from the Strawberry Lemonade Collection. I have to say, I LOVE this paper!! I know some people like to make their backgrounds and I do...sometimes. I adore pattern paper and love to incorporate it into my cards.

I paired the paper with some stamped flowers and pitcher from The Greetery. I used some orange mesh paper for the circle in the sketch and colored a piece of the Floral Lace die cut from Altenew at the bottom. 

I covered the pitcher with Glossy Accents-leaving some bubbles in is. I peruse my pottery and sometimes the glaze does have bubbles so I made a conscious decision to leave it in. 

I used Nuvo Crystal Drops in the flower centers. Won't be doing that again!! My drops were  a bit thick and didn't smooth out how I wanted no matter what I did!! My sentiment was one I printed myself.

I am also going to enter this card into this month's Flower Challenge. It was to use circles on your card. I think qualifies!!

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

Nora

Time for a New Challenge at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge

Happy Monday everyone!! 

I am rested up and back to work after a nice week off. The weather was so nice and we were able to get some things done in the yard.

Today I am popping in with a card that I created for this weeks Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #542.

This week at Cupcake Inspirations, it was a color challenge. I had to use Lime Green, Yellow and Orchid on my card. This was a challenge as I had to do some color tests to get the shade of pink I wanted.

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The images that I colored for my card are Digital Images from this weeks sponsor, Varada Sharma. 

Aren't they lovely? Hop on over to check out Varada Sharma's Shop. She has some BEAUTIFUL digital stamps in her store!!!

That is all from me today. Please check out the challenge and the other designers cards at Cupcake Inspiration Challenges #542 post. I hope you decide to play. I love to see what others create!!!

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

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #538

Hello everyone!! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend!! It is an extra long one for me and for that, I am thankful.

Today I am on the blog bringing you my card I created for this weeks Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #538. The theme is ANYTHING GOES-my favorite!!! 

I created a sympathy card using a background I had in my stash. This background inspired everything I used on this card.

Below is this weeks badge for Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #538.

The bird, the flowers and the little bottle are all from The Greetery.

The sentiment was from my stash. I need to start separating them when I stamp them in a bunch so I know what company created them!!

I finished this off with some pink Crystal Drops. 

That is all from me today. I hope that you join us this week for the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #538. I cannot wait to see what you make!!!

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