Clean and Simple Holiday Homework

Happy Sunday everyone!! I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend!!

I have been busy this week with after school activities, preparing for my daughter's homecoming from college (tomorrow) and taking the Clean and Simple Holiday 2018 online card class. 

I know, I know, there are a ton of videos on YouTube to see but the online card classes are SO MUCH FUN!! I love the forum and being able to learn new techniques that I would never even think to search for online. 

Anyhow, I am posting the homework that I did for Day 3 of the class. I haven't gotten to the homework for Day 1 or 2 yet because I have to do a bit of digging to find the right stamp sets and I didn't feel like it. 

Kristina Werner did a video for this class with a cool watercolor technique. I chose to make two trees-one in red and one in green.

As usual, watercolor and I do not always have a copacetic relationship, I had to cut my watercolor paper at the bottom when I placed it on the card front and so to make it an A2 sized card, I added a strip of glitter tape. 

These were SO FUN to make and I have it in my head to try to do this technique with a different shape.

On a different note, I also had to create two sympathy cards. It seems that is all I make these days!!

I did some experimenting with watercolor AGAIN on this but I did not use the correct ink. However, I refused to throw the panel away and made it into a sympathy card. The flowers are from WPlus9's Beautiful Boquet: Ranunculus stamp set and the sentiment is MFT's Deepest Sympathy stamp set.

I used Altenew Garden Treasures set to create this card, combined with my favorite PaperTrey Ink Words of Comfort set. 

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

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Stamps: WPlus9's Beautiful Bouquet: Ranunculus, Altenew Garden Treasures, PaperTrey Ink Words Of Comfort, My Favorite Things Deepest Sympathy and Snow Globe Sentiments

Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink, Altenew Rock Collection, Cherry Blossom and Tropical Forest Mini Ink Cube Sets, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Strathmore Watercolor Paper, Stampin Up! Basic Gray and PaperTrey Ink Soft Stone

Other: Nuvo Crystal Drops-Pale Gold, Rhubarb Crumble, Woodland Green, Nuvo Glitter Drops Ruby Slipper, Nuvo Jewel Drops Sea Breeze, Prima Spray Mist Chrome, Tim Holtz Picked Raspberry Distress Spray Stain, Sizzix Big Shot, American Crafts Glitter Tape, Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor, Zig Watercolor Markers

Sunday with CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Hey everyone!! I am on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog today with some cards that I mass produced for Christmas. Below is a sneak peek of one of them.

Each one is slightly different so hop on over to the blog post to see how I created them!!

A Christmas Card for CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Happy Wednesday everyone!! It is my turn over at the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog. I created a Christmas card combining a bunch of different sets. Below is a sneak peek.

Hop on over to see how I created this card!! 

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a FABULOUS day!!

Freshly Made Sketches

Hi everyone!! I hope you are all doing well!! I have been terribly busy lately, visiting my daughter at college, visiting my Aunt and going to funerals. I have had time in my craft room BUT no time to blog much.

Today I am sharing a card I created using Freshly Made Sketches #361 as my inspiration.

It is a bit colorful but I the yellow card stock matched the yellow flower exactly and so I decided to use it for the background.

The stamp set is from Concord and 9th. I originally bought it to make my daughter some monogrammed notecards but that goal didn't last too long.

Here is the sketch that I was inspired by:

I actually dug out some Doodlebug paper Frills that I have had for YEARS for the scalloped border. I have them in about every color so it was kind of fun to dig them out and put them on a card.

That is all from me today!! I hope you are all having a FABULOUS weekend!!

The Last Day of the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Holiday Release: Pear Tree Fri-Dies

It has been a LOOOOOONNNNNGGGG week here and am so happy that it is Friday!!!

Today is the last day of the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps holiday release showcase. I created a card using the previously released Partridge in a Pear Tree Stamp Set.

I started off this card by stamping a sentiment in from the Partridge in a Pear Tree stamp set onto an aqua A2 card front. I added a piece of patterned paper over the front.

I then wrapped some jute around the front of the card three times. I adhered a snowflake that I had die cut using the Flurry Fri-Dies over the jute.

Next I stamped the little bird from the Partridge stamp set and die cut it out using the new Pear Tree Fri-Dies. I used foam adhesive to pop it over a branch I free hand cut with some scissors. I covered the bird with clear sparkle marker and Glossy Accents.

My last step was to adhere a couple of pears cut using the Pear Tree dies over the branch.

I think this is my favorite card from the whole week!! I love how the little bird came out and the pears are darling!!

Be sure to stop by the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog to see some other fabulous creations by the design team. All new products are now in the NEW section of the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Store. Use my code NORASENTME to get 15% off your entire purchase!!

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

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