Some More Cards for Challenges

 Happy Saturday!!

Today I am popping in with some cards that I created for a BUNCH of challenges. I have decided that the best way for me to work on cards is to stamp/die cut a punch of elements, then put together the cards at a later date. It somehow helps my creativity. I also have a ton of supply links. NONE are affiliates but I add them just in case you want to purchase. 

My first card is the last of my Valentine's that I created so far. I am not sure that I will be making more as I only send out a few to people I care about.

I had extra hearts left over from my of session die cutting with Simon Says Stamp's Geometric Building Hearts and a bunch of pattern paper scraps. 

The sentiment is from MFT Stamps (retired) Little Love Notes. The embossing folder is the retired Spellbinders Intertwined Lattice Folder. 

I am entering this card into all the challenges below:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Love is in the Air

The Double D Challenge-Hearts

The Color Options Challenge

Wednesday's Creative Inspirations Challenge-Love is in the Air

AAA Colourful Challenge-Colourboard #12

My next card that I created is a Birthday card. 

I used The Greetery's Pinwheel Party Stencils and Dies as the focal point for this card. 

I used the colors from Just Add Ink's #737 badge as inspiration. The green was inspired by the limes, the pink by the watermelon.

The sentiment is from The Greetery's Birthday Bloom's Stamp and Die set and I also used the Twisted Crepe Die to "hang" my pinwheels on. 

For the embossed background, I used Honey Bee Stamps 3 D Burlap embossing folder. I didn't use the correct sandwich in my embossing machine so that I would only get a tiny bit of the texture from the folder. This is a way to stretch your supplies.

The inspiration for the layout of this card was from this week's Freshly Made Sketches #672.

For my last card, I once again I used The Greetery's Pinwheel Party's Dies and Stencils to create a birthday card.

I used the Male Room Challenge #195 as the inspiration for this card. The challenge was to create a monochrome card. 

I used the blue as my color and plenty of white space for my design. I actually used the Distress Ink Salty Ocean for both the light and dark blues. I just used a heavier hand to create the darker blue.

The sentiment is  also from The Greetery's Birthday Blooms. I am trying to use supplies that I have to create more cards rather than just collecting!!!

I think my favorite part of this card was to add the blue gems throughout the design.

Well, that is all from me today. I am off to actually create some cards as my blogging as inspired me to craft today.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS Saturday afternoon.

Nora

A Valentine Card

 Happy Thursday!

I have had a snow day today. The beauty of working in a school. It couldn't have come at a better time either. I so needed the day off!

Since I had the time, I spent some time in my craft room. It was so relaxing.

I used hearts that I cut out last week to make this Valentine card. I love when I am able to die cut a ton of images out and have enough to make more than one card.

I used the Simon Says Stamp Geometric Builders Heart Dies for the hearts. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Big Valentine's Day.

I am entering this card into a few challenges. I was inspired by Just Us Girls Challenge #761-Use a Heart Die. I am also entering this into Paper Players Challenge #723-Love is in the Air.

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

Nora

There is Still Time to Play with Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #610

 Hello Friends!!!

Today I am popping in with a card to remind you that there is still time to play with this round of the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!!! Challenge #610 is a THEME CHALLENGE-ADD A TAG.

I dug through a ton of stuff for this card. The flowers are all Spellbinders die cuts from other projects. The tags are from Mama Elephant.

Below is the badge for the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #610:

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I knew the minute I saw this challenge that one of my weeks I was going to make a card using a grid design. These tiny tags were perfect. Each is popped up with foam tape and I used some twine for the tiny bows.

I used the Spellbinders 3D Beautiful Butterflies Embossing folder for the background. To complete my card I added some gems. I LOVE how this came out. I will definatly be doing something like this again in the future. 

Want to join us this round? To see more details about the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #610, head on over to the BLOG. I cannot wait to see what you create!!!

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

Nora

A Ton of Valentines!

Happy Sunday!!

I have had a lot of fun this week making Valentine's. I rarely get in my craft room during the week but due to what is going on in our country, it has kept me sane.

My first card that I created I used the retired "Heart Happy Coverplate" by The Stamp Market and the "Love" stamp by Simon Says Stamp!

I die cut the cover plate three times and glued the outlines together. I then took the hearts inside the plate and used different color Distress Inks to shade them in. 

I also used a stencil over one color. This was SO FUN to create and really helped my stress level.

I am going to enter this card in some challenges:

Inkspirational Challenge #334-Red and Pink and The Color Hues Challenge #103: Pink and Red:

For my second card, I used just the hearts that were left over from the coverplate. 

The sentiment is from an old My Favorite Things stamp set-My Galantine. 

Once again, I used ink blending with Distress Inks on my hearts and used a stencil over it. 

Such a simple card and I cannot wait to mail this out to one of the special people in my life.

I am going to enter this card into the Inspired By #IB321 Challenge-Valentine Hot Chocolate. I used the red, heart candy dish as my inspiration for my card.

For my next card, I used a TON of pattern paper scraps and the Simon Says Stamp Geometric Builders Hearts to die cut a TON of hearts. I then layered different ones together to create my hearts.

I layered my hearts over a dry embossed background that was embossed using the retired Intertwined Lattice from Spellbinders.

I dug deep for these pattern papers. Some are from K & Company, some from Basic Grey and a Doodlebug piece of pattern paper. I love when I can use up my scraps. I keep accumulating them faster than I used them.

The sentiment is from MFT Stamps retired "Little Love Notes." 

I am going to enter this card into the Tic Tac Toe Challenge #263. I used the top line-Hearts, Designer Paper and a Love Sentiment.

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

Nora

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #610-Add a Tag

 Hello Friends!

Today I am popping in with a card for the NEW bi-monthly challenge at the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog. CIC610 is a THEME challenge-ADD A TAG.

Excuse the photography on this card. For some reason it was really difficult to photograph. 

Below is the Challenge Badge for the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #610:

Source

I pulled out some old supplies for this card. I used a tag die from The Greetery, as well as the Birthday Blooms stamp and die set. I apologize for not giving links any more but I got tired of having to fix dead links!!

The sentiment is a from the Stampendous Sincere Sentiments Stamp Set. I added some yellow twine from my stash and some red gems. 

Want to join us this round? To see more details about the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #610, head on over to the BLOG. I cannot wait to see what you create!!!

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

Nora