A Few Challenges

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Hi everyone!! It has been quiet once again on my blog. I have been taking a bit of an internet break this month. Charlotte went back to school last Sunday so I spent as much time as I could with her while she was home.

Today I have two cards that I using CASE this Sketch #305 as my inspiration.

My first card I kept closely to the sketch design. I tried to use as many NBUS (Never Been Used Schtuff-Acronym by Darnell) that I bought in December for myself.

I started by embossing with the Lawn Fawn Quilted Background die onto white Neenah Solar White cardstock. I then used the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched 4 Bar Rectangle dies so I would have an outlined stitch around the outside edge.

I then adhered this to an A2 sized card base. I added a Simon Says Stamp Outline Clustered Leaves die cut that I had cut out of mirrored green cardstock.

I added a PTI sentiment strip that I had stamped a Simon Says Stamp using the Happy Thoughts stamp set.

This card I am entering in the CASE this Sketch #305 and As You See It Challenge #192 Metallics.

 

My second card I kind of went a different route. Instead of a leaf cluster, I decided to do a border of stamped hearts in different colors and sizes.

I used Simon Says Stamp's Tons of Hearts stamp set for the hearts and the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp's Breakfast Buddies set.

This is kind of a non-traditional colored Valentine but I wanted to mix oranges and pinks together. It was a dreary, snowy day yesterday and these colors made me happy. I added some mirrored sequins to finish it off.

I am entering this into CASE this Sketch Challenge #305 too, as well as Uniko's January/February Challenge #51 Anything Goes with a twist of Love  and Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge: Clean and Simple.

 

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

A CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Post

Hey everyone!! Today it is my turn on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog with a birthday card.

Hop on over to see a step-by-step on how I created this card. Have a FABULOUS day!!

A CAS-ual Friday Sale!!!

Hello everyone!! I hope you all had a fabulous holiday!!

I have been on "vacation" and have been in my pajamas most of the week. I guess one would call it a "stay-cation?" Anyway it is just what I have needed!!! I have made it a point to go to the gym or out for a walk but other then that, I have enjoyed just being home.

I just wanted to pop in to tell you that there is a HUGE sale going on at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.
The retired products are all 60% and other sets are on sale as well-NO CODE NEEDED!!!

Know what that means? You can use my code NORASENTME to get an extra 15% off!!!

This is a great way to treat yourself!! Have a FABULOUS day!!

A Christmas Card

Hey everyone!! Today it is my turn on the CAS-ual Friday Stamps Blog. I have a pictorial step-by-step of how I created my card. Below is a sneak peek.

For the complete card, please hop on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog.

I hope you all have an INCREDIBLE day!!!

Fusion Card Challenge and Some Non Christmas Cards

Hello everyone!! Just popping in to show you some cards I created this week. I took a break from working on Christmas cards to do a few challenges.

First, I made a card for the Fusion Card Challenge.

I only used the sketch because I just wanted to make a non Christmas card. Below is the Sketch and the image.

The flowers are die cuts from Spellbinders April Die of the Month Club and the leaves are from Altenew's Layered Elements Dies. I layered the flowers over white MFT Single Stitch Line Tag Corner dies that I had die cut in Neenah Solar White cardstock.

All the papers I used were scraps and I covered the flower middles with Tonic Clear Aqua Shimmer and then, Glossy Accents.

My second card I created from the PaperCraft Crew sketch #317. Instead of a square, I created a rectangle card.

I never entered the challenge because I was a day late and a dollar short but sometimes that just happens.

I die cut the flowers using Spellbinders April Die of the Month Club dies. The sentiment is from MFT's Birthday Chick set.

Once again everything on here is a scrap of some kind. I used MFT Circle Die-namics that are now retired for the scallop and the pierced circle.

I added some Crushed Grape Nuvo drops on the bottom left and three dots in the middle of the flower with a white gel pen.

My last card I made with my leftover flowers.

Again, I used the same Spellbinders flowers. I embossed the lines in the purple cardstock using a score board.

The kraft frame is die cut using MFT Single Stitched Line Tag Corner Rectangle. The little dots are Crushed Grape Nuvo Crystal drops.

I popped all the flowers up using foam adhesive.

Well, that is all from me today. Just wanted to get these blogged. LOVE how they come out and still have a few more flowers to use.

Thanks for stopping by!!

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