Muse Card Challenge #202

Happy Friday!! This week has gone by fast and next week will be busy too. Valentines Day and then my birthday on Wednesday. Chris will be traveling so it will be just the girls. Sometimes that can be fun!!

Today I am sharing a card that I created for Muse Challenge #202.

This weeks Muse was Anita Bowden and her card that inspired my card is below.

I was inspired by bright, happy colors in the stamped background of Anita's card. My card is quite different but sometimes that happens when I CASE a card.

I started off by stamping my flowers and leaves in different spring colors using Simon Says Stamps "Wild Beauty" stamp set. This has been sitting in my stash, just waiting for me to use. Now that I have inked it up, I am not sure why it sat in my pile for so long. It was a lot of fun to use!!

When I was done stamping, I die cut the card base using Mama Elephant's "All Prettied Up" dies. I then mounted it onto a top folding, A2, coral color card.

I die cut the black sentiment using a My Favorite Things "Thank You Die-namics" (retired) and covered it with sparkle using a Spectrum Clear Marker. I then stamped the "you" with Simon Says Stamps "Thanks" stamp set.

I finished off the card using Stickles and Nuvo Crystal drops in the flowers.

Well, the card does not look like Anita's card but it WAS inspired by her card. Totally a fun card to create!!

I thank you for stopping by today. Have a WONDERFUL day!!

Supplies:
Stamps-Simon Says Stamps "Wild Beauty" and "Thanks"
Dies-My Favorite Things "Thank You Die-namics" and Mama Elephant's "All Prettied Up"
Paper-Neenah Solar White, Black Bazzill, My Favorite Things "Coral Crush"
Ink-Memento "Tuxedo Black," WPlus9 "Fairy Dust," Hero Arts "Soft Vanilla," Hero Arts "Lavender," Simon Says Stamp "Cotton Candy," My Favorite Things "Persimmon," "Coral Crush" and Umbrella Crafts "Amethyst," Paper Trey Ink "Spring Moss," and "Smokey Shadow"
Stickles-"Black Diamond" and "Fruit Punch"
Nuvo Crystal Drops-"Crushed Grape" and "White"
Other-Sizzix Big Shot, Spectrum Clear Sparkle Marker

A Card for the Flower Challenge #5: CASE our Guest Designer and Happy Little Stampers Watercolor Challenge

Hello everyone!! It is a snow day here and I am having fun in my craft room. I should be making Valentine's but instead I did a challenge.

Today I am playing with "The Flower Challenge" blog. Challenge #5  is to CASE the guest designer. Here is my card:

Here is the guest designer, Therese's card. Isn't hers beautiful?

I was inspired by several things on this card. First, the die cut rose. I also liked how she used ink on the bottom of the word, as well as the pretty colors behind the roses.

My first step in making my card, I used Paper Smooches "Roses Wise Dies" to die cut a large rose and the matching leaf out of Neenah "White" card stock. I taped the rose die back in the panel but left where the leaf was to go back in blank.

I then used Simon Says Stamps "Stitched Rectangles" to die cut the panel and covered the back with foam adhesive. I placed the white card stock over an A2 sized card front that was covered with a piece of Fancy Pants patterned paper. The paper was a bit brighter then the inspiration piece but since it had rich, beautiful colors on it, I decided to use it.

Next I die cut the "wish" sentiment using PaperTrey Ink's "Good Times" die and blended Hero Arts "Raspberry Jam" ink over the bottom half of the word. I adhered this over the card front, adding an enamel dot over the "i."

The card front looked a little bland so I added some clear, iridescent sequins around the sentiment and covered the rose with a little sparkle using a Spectrum "Clear" Sparkle marker.

This was actually a quick card to put together once I found the right dies to use and the fun patterned paper to go behind the die cuts.

Once again, I am entering this card into "The Flower Challenge #5: CASE our Guest Designer." I am also going to enter this into the Happy Little Stampers Challenge-"Anything Goes with Dies." The paper behind looks like a watercolor though I did not paint it myself!

 

Before I go I have to show you a photo of my dog going outside to do his business. He was NOT a fan of this huge snowfall!! I had to shovel him a tiny path down our deck while the storm was still going on because he was too short to get through more then a foot of snow.

He is looking at me like "Really Mom?" Too funny!!

I thank you for stopping by tonight. I hope you are tucked in and staying warm on this winter Thursday.

Supplies:
Dies-Paper Smooches "Roses Wise Dies," PaperTrey Ink "Good Times" and Simon Says Stamps "Stitched Rectangles"
Paper-Neenah White Card Stock, Fancy Pants "Atwell" 
Ink-Hero Arts "Raspberry Jam"
Other-Sizzix Big Shot, Ranger Multi Matte, Scrapbook Adhesive Foam, Sequins, Spectrum Clear Sparkle Marker

Friday Inspiration File Challenge

Happy Sunday everyone. I am sure you are all busy watching the Super Bowl. I despise football, so I am spending it in my craft room blogging my entry into K and R Designs Friday Inspiration File Challenge. (My husband does have the game on in the living room but I could care less who wins.)

Every Friday Kara shares her favorite projects online that she has seen that week. It is always so fabulous to see what she picks. She is celebrating week 300 with a challenge to pick a card from her inspiration file and CASE it.

Today I am sharing a card that was inspired by this card on Tracey McNeely's blog, "In My Creative Opinion." Her card was shown on week #299. Yes, I could have gone further into Kara's Friday Inspiration File to CASE a different card but I saw Tracey's card last week and knew I HAD to make one like it.

Here is what I came up with:

Tracey use a Sugar Peas Design stamp and die set for her card but I do not own that set. Instead, I used the envelope from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps new "Special Delivery" stamp set. I also used pink accents rather then red accents like Tracey did.

I stamped the envelope with Memento "Tuxedo Black" dye ink across a strip of Neenah "White" card stock. I had to do a bit of masking but since I had previously used a masking technique with this stamp, it came about pretty quick. The middle envelope was fussy cut and colored in using Copic markers. I then used foam adhesive to give it a bit of pop.

I used the Lawn Fawn "Stitched Scallop" border die to die cut a pink striped pattern paper scrap and used it to edge the stamped strip. Next I adhered the framed strip to a white, top folding A2 card. I stamped the sentiment last using CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Heartfelt Sayings" set in Simon Says Stamps "Cotton Candy" ink.

Here is Tracey's card that I CASEd:

This challenge was so much fun. I liked seeing a card and using supplies that I had on hand rather then copying the card exactly. (Though if I had this set, I would copy it. It ROCKS!)

I am also entering this into Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge-"The Color of Love." I think this fits, don't you?

I thank you for stopping by tonight. Have a great night!!

Supplies:
Stamps-CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Special Delivery" and "Heartfelt Sayings"
Ink-Memento "Tuxedo Black" and Simon Says Stamp "Cotton Candy"
Die-Lawn Fawn "Stitched Scallop Border"
Paper-Neenah Solar White Card stock, pink stripe (unknown)
Other-Scrapbook Adhesive Foam Adhesive, Glossy Accents, Copic Markers, Big Shot

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Sneak Peek Day Four and Release Day!

Hello everyone!! Today the new release from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps goes live!!! However, I have one last sneak peek to share with you.

Today I am excited to showcase two new stamp sets-"Full on Floral" and "Daisy Chains"- from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. 

On the first project, I used the new "Full on Floral" stamp to create the background on a card.

I started out by stamping in persimmon ink on a white, A2 card base. I then layered a piece of matching card stock over the stamping-using just a paper cutter to make it this wonky shape.

Next I stamped the sentiment in the same ink color from "Franklyisms" on the corner of a white piece of card stock. I used my paper cutter to make it a bit smaller then the persimmon card stock and adhered it over it so that the red/orange paper was peeking out from the bottom.

My last step was to adhere some matching sequins around the sentiment. 

Here is a peek at the stamp:

I LOVE this fun background and plan to make a set of cards to give to one of my friends for her birthday using some of the fun new sentiments from this release.

On my next card I used the new "Daisy Chain" stamp set. 

I started off my card stamping one of the borders onto a white piece of card stock in different colors of ink.

I made sure that when I changed each color, I moved the border over so that the bottom of the flowers tucked in to an empty space that was left from the one below it. I then stamped the sentiment from "Heartfelt Sayings" in black ink.

I used the smallest tag from "Tag Buddies" to cut out the sentiment. I layered the white base over some brown card stock. 

I wrapped the tag with some jute and used foam adhesive to make it pop off the white panel. 

The last step was to adhere some sequins in matching colors over the card. 

That is all from me today. All the new stamps that were showcased in my last four posts are available at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Shop starting today!! Want a discount? Use my code nora2017 to get 15% off your total order!! 

Don't forget to hop on over the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog. The other Girl Fridays have some fabulous projects!!

Thank you for stopping by. Have a fabulous day!!

Supplies:

Stamps-CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Full On Floral" and "Franklyisms"

Paper-Neenah Solar White, MFT "Persimmon"

Ink-MFT "Persimmon"

Other-Sequins, MISTI, Ranger Multi Matte

Supplies:

Stamps-CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Daisy Chains" and "Heartfelt Sayings"

Dies-CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Tag Buddies"

Paper-Neenah Solar White and Recollections "Kraft"

Ink-(in order from top to bottom) Simon Says Stamps "Island Blue," Hero Arts "Ocean," My Favorite Things "Blue Raspberry," Hero Arts "Soft Vanilla," Lawn Fawn "Doe" and "Walnut," Memento "Cocoa," Ranger Archival Black

Other-Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Adhesive, May Arts Jute, Ranger Multi Matte and Sequins

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Sneak Peek Day #3

Happy Friday!! So glad that it is almost the weekend!!

We are day number three for CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Sneak Peek. Tomorrow the new stamp sets will be available in the store.

Today I am showcasing the new CAS-ual Fridays "Franklyisms" and "Tag You're It" stamp sets.

For my first project, I used a sentiment from the "Tag You're It" set on a tag from the "Tag Buddies Fri-dies."

To start with, I used the middle tag from the "Tag Buddies" to die cut a tag out of white card stock. I then used gold pigment ink to stamp some flowers on the edge of the tag using stamps from yesterdays sneak peek. ("Flower Power" and "Peace Out")

Next I stamped the sentiment from "Tag You're It" in gold. I added gold embossing powder to the entire tag and used a heat gun to emboss the images.

My last step was to tie the tag onto a gold box that I bought from the craft store after Christmas. This was the easiest project but it looks like a million bucks!!

Here is a full sneak peek of the "Tag You're It" stamp set:

Aren't these so fun? I can see me making some really fun cards and tags with this set.

My second project I combined the "Franklyism" stamp set with the new "Full On Floral" stamp set that will be officially debuted tomorrow.

I started by stamping the "Full On Floral" in white pigment ink onto a piece of white card stock. I then heat embossed the image using white embossing powder. Next I blended distress ink in four colors over the florals, wiping the card stock with a dry paper towel at the end so the image would pop off the card.

I adhered this panel to a persimmon colored, A2, top folding card base. I added a strip of yellow card stock, as well as a strip of black to the left of stamped panel. I used a clear sparkle marker to add some shine to the black strip of card stock.

I stamped the sentiment from the "Franklyisms" stamp set onto a piece of vellum with white pigment ink and heat embossed it using white embossing powder. I added the square to the card front using some Washi tape.

Here is a sneak peek of the entire set:

I adore this set and will be using this to make birthday cards for my friends. We are of that age!!

All the new sets will be available tomorrow, February 4, 2017 at the CAS-uals Fridays Stamp Store. To get 15% off of your order, please use the code nora2017.

Don't forget to stop by the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog. You don't want to miss what the other Girl Friday's created!!

Once again, I appreciate your visit. Tomorrow there is one more day of sneak peeks. Please be sure to stop by!!

Supplies:

Stamps-CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Tag You-re It," "Flower Power" and "Peace Out"

Paper-Neenah White card stock, Gable box from Hobby Lobby

Ink-Tsuinko Delicata Gold

Other-Ranger Gold Tinsel Embossing Powder and Wagner Heat tool

Supplies:

Stamps-CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Franklyisms" and "Full Floral"

Ink-Hero Arts Unicorn "White" Pigment Ink, Ranger Distress Ink-"Candied Apple," "Squeezed Lemonade," "Carved Pumpkin," and "Ripe Persimmon"

Paper-MFT "Ripe Persimmon" card stock, Bazzill black,  Stampin Up! Banana, Neenah Solar White, PTI Vellum

Other-Washi Tape, Ranger Multimatte, Spectrum Clear Sparkle Marker, Ranger Ink Blending Tool, Ranger fine white embossing powder, Wagner Heat tool