Happy Monday and a Couple of Cards

Happy Monday everyone!! I hope you are all having a great start to your week.

I am popping in with a couple of cards I created. The first was inspired by Happy Little Stampers CAS Tis the Season Challenge and the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #245-Anything Goes.

I am obsessed with these little snowmen from Hello Bluebird but I DO NOT WANT REAL SNOW anytime soon!!

I did some stenciling with SSS Falling Snow Stencil and modeling paste. When it dried, I added an MFT snowflake die cut in the middle.

I then added some images from Hello Bluebird's "Frosty Friends" and "Frosty Littles" stamp sets. I did a bunch of experimentation in coloring my snowmen so each one is different.

The sentiment is also Hello Bluebird. It is from their "Typed Christmas" stamp set. I have an affinity for typed sentiments and tend to purchase them when I don't need them!!

Finishing touches to my card include Orange Stickles on the nose, Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen and Glossy accents on the bird and scarf. Even my CAS cards have to have a bit of shine or they don't seem finished!!

My second card is another snowman card I created for a previous Freshly Made Sketches but then didn't post in time.

I created the background using different pink Distress Inks and some acrylic paint that I had watered down and spritzed with a tooth brush.

Again, I used another Hello Bluebird Snowman, along with a SSS Snowflake die cut.

I know that all these cards are pretty simple but I have a ton to make and send this year unless I can get my daughter to have a photo shoot at Thanksgiving.

I like the simple sentiments too. I have not stamped any inside yet but will do that later.

On a different subject, has anyone been doing the coloring challenge?

Here are two days of coloring that I did on Friday and Saturday.

I added some sparkle onto the tree too but did not take a photo of that. Will be fun to make cards with these later.

That is all from me today!! Have a FABULOUS day!!

A Couple of Christmas Cards and a Bad Week.

Happy Sunday!!! I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. It has been BEAUTIFUL here after a week of miserable weather.

I am popping in with some cards for some challenges. My first card is for the AAA Card Challenge. It is to make a clean and simple card, using some geometrics as optional. I created a CAS with some My Favorite Things die cut Christmas trees.

I used a stencil to create "snow" behind the trees. The sentiment was heat embossed in gold and is from the "Snow Globe Sentiment" set from My Favorite Things.

The green paper I used for the trees is from a scrap.

Again, this card is for the AAA Card Challenge.

Supplies:

Paper: Neenah Solar White

Stamps: MFT Snowglobe Sentiments

Stencil: SSS Falling Snow

Other: The Crafter's Workshop Light and Fluffy Modeling Paste, Versmark Ink, Ranger Gold Embossing Powder, Wagner Heat Gun, Gold Stickles, Foam Adhesive

For my second card, I used this weeks Freshly Made Sketches #409 as my starting point.

One thing I changed on the sketch was the size of my card. I created a 4 1/2" by 5 1/4" top folding card instead of a square.

For the paper strip in the sketch, I used the "Snowflake Block" from Simon Says Stamp. I used 1 1/2 blocks as one did not fit from top to bottom.

I then added the "Maria Snowflake" also from SSS as the circle element. I then added a little vignette with Hello Bluebird stamps.

 
I have a bit of an obsession right now with the Hello Bluebird "Frosty Friends" and "Frosty Littles" stamp set. They make the cutest little scenes!!! (and no, I am not getting any compensation for saying that!!)

Supplies: 

Paper: Neenah Solar White

Stamps: Hello Bluebird "Frosty Friends" and "Frosty Littles"

Dies: SSS "Snowflake Block," "Marie Snowflake," Hello Bluebird "Frosty Friends," Frosty Littles

Other: Sizzix Big Shot, Cartwright Sequins, Ranger Multimatte Adhesive, Copic Markers, Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Glossy Accents

I also have an obsession with die cut snowflakes. I keep buying snowflake dies and I need them like a hole in the head. I spent Thursday night die cutting all the ones I had multiple times!!

This has been a rough week for me. Chris was traveling and I have been dealing with our dog all week. Zack was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure, due to an enlarged heart. He has been coughing and panting as of late and we knew already he had developed a heart murmur. We finally had an x-ray done on Tuesday and we now know what was causing it. We have added two heart meds and a diuretic to all the other meds he already takes.

This is when cardmaking has come in handy for me. I spent some time creating to get my mind off what was going on and it helped my stress level immensely.

Well that is all from me today. I hope you all have a FABULOUS day!!

Last Day of Sneak Peeks for the October 2019 CAS-ual Fridays Release is all about COFFEE

Happy Friday everyone!! I am so thankful for the weekend but cannot believe it is already NOVEMBER!!! This fall is flying by fast.

Today I am popping in with two cards for the last day of the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps October 2019 release. My projects are showcasing the two new coffee stamp sets-Coffee Days and Cup Refills in honor of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

On my first card, I combined the Curtis Stencil and the new Coffee Days stamp set to create my card.

I did a bit of rainbow blending using the Curtis Stencil and stamped the sentiment from Coffee Days over the top in brown ink. I cut it into a rectangle and set the panel aside.

On a white, A2 sized card base, I stamped the coffee cups from Coffee Days in the same colored order as the stencil. In between the cups, I stamped the coffee beans from the stamp set.

I then assembled the card, adhering the stenciled side over the top of the stamped cups. I adhered a brown strip of cardstock to differentiate the two sides and give your eyes a rest.

My last step was to use some Glossy Accents over the top of the coffee beans.

For my second card, I combined the new Cup Refills stamp set, the Curtis Stencil and the Coffee Cup Fri-dies for a fun birthday card.

I started by blending green Distress Ink over the card front. I then stenciled over the blended ink with the same color.

Next I stamped the sentiment from the Cup Refills set and stamped the coffee beans from the Coffee Days set below.

I then watered down some brown Distress Ink and used a tooth brush to spritz brown ink over the card front. When that dried, I adhered the die cut coffee cup and used Glossy Accents over both the coffee beans and the coffee inside the cup.

The new release is available NOW over in the NEW section in the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Store. Use my code NORASENTME to get an extra 15% off your total order.

Well that is all from me today. Be sure to hop on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog to see some more projects from the Design Team using these stamp sets.

I thank you for taking the time to stop by today and all this week for a peek at my projects. Have a FABULOUS day!!

October 2019 CAS-ual Fridays Release Day 5

Happy Halloween!! I hope you are all having a FABULOUS day. I know for some of you Halloween is up there with Christmas. I hope you are rocking your costumes today.

Today the design team and I are showcasing a card created with the new "This Sucks" stamp set, available RIGHT NOW in the NEW section of the CAS-ual Fridays Stamp Store.

I began this card by using the CAS-Fridays Curtis Stencil to emboss yellow and red Distress Ink on a die cut, white panel. I then stamped the sentiment five times using different shades of red ink. These symbols represent swears and when I swear, I am often seeing red so I thought it was appropriate.

I mounted the panel on a yellow, A2, top folding card. I then stamped the second part of the sentiment in black ink.

I then cut around the edge of the black and mounted it onto my card using foam adhesive. My last step was to use some red Nuvo drops randomly around the card.

If you want to shop for all the new CAS-Fridays Release, use my code NORASENTME to get an extra 15% off your total order.

Don't forget to hop on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Blog to see the fabulous projects that the other members created. Be sure to leave a comment there to be eligible to win some $15 gift codes!!!

I thank you for taking the time to stop by. I hope you have a FABULOUS Halloween!!!

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps October 2019 Release Day 4

Happy Hump Day everyone!! I hope you are all having a great week.

I am back with another project for the October 2019 CAS-ual Fridays Stamps release.

Today I am showcasing the new stamp set Hearty Horse. I bet you are looking at the above card and wondering how the heck I used this set!!!

I got a little creative when I saw this and knew I wanted to make flowers with that tiny, solid heart!!

I created my flowers by die cutting a small circle out of a piece of copy paper and stamping the heart around the circle using different fall colored dye inks. I then made a stencil out of where I had die cut the circle and stenciled the flower centers with two types of brown Distress Ink.

On a white piece of cardstock, I stamped the sentiment from the Hearty Horse set in brown and adhered a dark red cardstock strip underneath. I adhered the sentiment block to the card front using foam adhesive.

My last step for this card was to wrap some twine around the top and tie it in a bow. From the whole release, this was my FAVORITE card that I created!!! I had so much fun making these flowers!!!

For more creative ideas using this stamp set, please hop on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog to see what the other Designers created.

This stamp set, as well as all the new release is available NOW in the CAS-ual Fridays Stamp Store in the NEW section. Please use my code NORASENTME to get an extra 15% off your total order.

Once again, I thank you for taking the time to stop by. Tune in tomorrow for yet another peek at the new release.

I hope you have a FABULOUS day!!