Popping in with some New Cards

Hey Friends!!! 

Happy Saturday!! I am popping in with a some cards I created for some challenges. 

The first cards I used the same basic design but experimented with the colors of the greenery and layering when I put together each card.

I used The Greetery Garden Tub Die, Garden Tub Filler Die, Botanicuts Dies, All Occasion Script Sentiments Stamps and a mix of embossing folders and inks to create these cards.

Each card was inspired by some challenges. The first card was inspired by Make My Monday Challenge #247-Use a Die or Punch.

I used an old Martha Stewart butterfly trio punch for my butterflies. The center of all the flower on this card are various colors of Nuvo Drops.

My second card I am entering into the Just Us Girls Challenge #766 Green. 

My card is NOT all green but I have a ton of different greens in the leaves. In fact, I think I used at least 5 different Distress Inks to create the colors for my leaves.

Instead of Nuvo Drops for the flower centers, I used different colored gems.

I cut apart the Garden Tub Filler Die and layered them over each other to fill out the tub out a bit more.

The next cards are just a bit different, each with a unique embossed background. 

Once again I cut apart the tub filler die and layered them a bit differently for this card. 

My last card is again just slightly different than the rest. I LOVE how these came out and am so happy to be using my stash. I have had these dies forever and am trying to dig things out that I had to have but never used.

My next two cards are masculine cards. They both were inspired by three challenges-The Male Room Challenge #196-Mixed Media, The Inspire. Create Challenge #188-Masculine and The Color Throwdown #828.

I used some pattern papers, die cuts, Distress Ink and stamping to create my cards. They were so much fun to create!! The papers/die cuts are from 49 & Market. I am too lazy to get the links right now as I want to get this posted!!

For this card, I used three different papers for the background. I added some die cuts, a printed sentiment with Distress Ink and some stickers to create my sentiment. 

The fun of this card is that it is not meant to be "perfect."

For my  next card, I used the bottom of a piece of paper, some die cuts, part of the label of the pattern paper pack and a stamp to create my card.

This color scheme and type of card is so out of the box for me. I LOVE how it came out though. The images on the paper were perfect for that sentiment.

Well that is enough for me today. I apologize for this post being so long. I had a lot of photos I wanted to get in.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS night!!

Nora

A New Challenge over at Cupcake Inspirations Challenges-Challenge #613

 Hello Friends!

Today I am popping in with a card for the NEW round of the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!!! Challenge #613 is a COLOR challenge. Create a project using the colors SKY BLUE, PINK and GREEN.

I created this card with a digital stamp that was so generously donated to the Design Team by The Paper Shelter.

Below is the Challenge Badge for the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #613:

I used Copic Markers to color in my images. I then die cut the image into a circle.

I popped it up over a blue background surrounded with pink cardstock. I chose not to do a sentiment on this card because I wasn't sure what to use.

The last step was to add some gems around my little gal.

Want to join us this round? To see more details about the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #613, 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

There is Still Time to Play with Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #612

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 #612 is a THEME CHALLENGE-FOR THE LOVE OF PIGS.

Once again I used a retired pig stamp set from Hello Bluebird for my card. I LOVE how this card came out!! Pigs are my THING!!!

Below is the Challenge Badge for Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #612:

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I colored in my images with Copic Markers. I die cut them with matching dies and then used foam adhesive to adhere it over arch die from Spellbinders where I did some ink blending and stenciling.  

I used some old Basic Grey pattern paper for my background and the sentiment is from Mama Elephant.

Want to join us this round? To see more details about the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #612, 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 New Challenge Over at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge- Challenge #612

Hello Friends!!

Today I am popping in with a card for the NEW round of the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!!! Challenge #612 is a THEME challenge-FOR THE LOVE OF PIGS.

I have to admit that I have a problem. I own TONS of pig stamps. I could have made 20 pig cards. I decided to dig out this stamp set from Hello Bluebird (retired) to create my card.

Below is the Challenge Badge #612 for the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #612:

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I colored my images in with Copic Markers. I then layered these images over a scrap of pattern paper and a white die cut border that I had in my stash. 

The "Merry" sentiment is from The Greetery. The trio of snowflakes are from another one of my obsessions-snowflakes. I am kind of addicted to them.

Want to join us this round? To see more details about the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #612, 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

Happy Sunday!

Happy Sunday!!! 

I hope you all are having a fabulous weekend. They go so fast, don't they?

I am popping in with a some cards for some challenges.

Last weekend was my birthday and I had to make some thank you cards to send out. I used two challenges as my inspiration. The Inspired by Challenge #324 I was inspired by the yellow in the apples and the pinky/coral/white color in the tin from the photo. I was also inspired by this weeks Color Hues Challenge #104-yellow and coral.

I did some ink smooshing using Scattered Straw, Squeezed Lemonade and Abandon Coral Distress Ink for the background on both of my cards. 

I then used a combination of stamps and stencils, with the same inks, to enhance the backgrounds. 

The "thanks" sentiment and leaf die is from Simon Says Stamp. I die cut the sentiment in five times-3 out of scraps of white cardstock and 2 out of cardstock I inked with Squeezed Lemonade and Abandoned Coral Distress Ink. These were so fun to create!!!

For my second card, I used a challenge from a private challenge board I am a part of. 

I chose to use some pattern paper that I received via a Simon Says Stamp! card kit I received in the fall. 

I cut the paper into 3, 1 1/2 by 4 inch strips. I adhered it over a white card base that had a blue piece of cardstock on it. 

Once again I used the Windswept Leaves from Simon Says Stamp and the sentiment is from The Greetery. Simple and easy but so impactful.

My last card I used this month's Altenew Challenge for February 2025 as my inspiration.

I used a new stamp bundle I bought in December from Altenew on my card. I used the Peony and Lilac Swag for my image. 

I stamped the image to create a no line coloring technique. I used a combination of inks with the matching stencils and then copic markers to create some dimension. 

I made a background using a stencil from my stash. The sentiment is from the same stamp set as the flower. 

Well, that is all from me today. Thank you for taking the time to stop by. I hope you all have a fabulous week!! 

Nora