ScrapJazz Card Kit Saturday!

It is a dreary Saturday in the east and I am doing a bit of organizing today. I am also getting some Happy Mail ready for some friends that I have been meaning to send for a while now. I am so great at MAKING cards but never send them. Am I the only one like that?

Today I am posting the cards I created using the Scrapjazz April Card Kit that my friend Rosey created for us.

I created six cards wit this kit and mainly used the kit. I did do a bit of coloring, though, which was fun. I had all these completed last weekend but as it goes, I did not photograph them.

I cannot pick a favorite from this bunch because each is unique unto its own. I also was pretty simple with the design so I could make as many cards as I did. I still have a ton left over to make more later on!!

In other news, Charlotte got about 7 inches cut from her hair last week. After the prom, she wanted a fresh cut that would be cooler in the summer.

I cannot tell you how long it has been since she had her hair cut this short!! Her hair is naturally curly so when it is not straightened like it is here, it is very short. Charlotte straightens here hair every day and wanted to make it easy on herself time wise. (oh and here hair is even-this photo is not straight!!)

That is all from me today. I thank you for stopping by!!

A Round of Applause Card Using CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Happy Friday everyone!! I hope you all had a fabulous week!

Today it is my turn on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog and I created a simple card, making a sentiment panel using a few different stamp sets.

To complete my card, I used CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Bravo," "Mon Ami," and "Daisy Chain" stamp sets.

To start my card, I used an ink blending tool to blend persimmon ink onto an A2 sized card front. Then I flicked some gold color shine over the top and blew it dry with a heat gun. Usually I let this air dry but I have figured out that heating it dry actually seems to bring out the shine a bit better.

I put the background aside to stamp the sentiment panel. First I stamped the "applause" sentiment from "Bravo" using persimmon ink onto white card stock. I then layered the "round of" above it using coral ink. I was going to leave this and make the panel smaller but decided to go through my CAS-ual Fridays Stamp sets to see what I could find to use. The "my friend" sentiment from "Mon Ami" jumped out at me because it was so different from the fonts of the first two sentiments.

Next I stamped a border from the "Daisy Chain" in coral ink, die cut the panel and tied some gold thread around the top. I mounted the panel onto the card front using foam adhesive. My last step was to add a gold die cut star that I had cut out of gold card stock using the "Fun-Fetti Fri-dies."

Want to find the products I used on this card and get a 15% off on a shopping spree? Use the code nora2017 when you are check out at the CAS-ual Fridays Stamp Store.

I thank you for stopping by and hope you have a FABULOUS day!!

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International Scrapbook Day

Happy Saturday everyone!! I hope you all had a fabulous week.

Mine was very hectic as Chris was away and I had taxi duty for all Charlotte's activities. Combined with mine, I was in the car way too much!!

Today I had a chance to complete some challenges for International Scrapbook Day. I have not scrapbooked in I don't know how long and it was kind of fun to step away from card making and create with photos.

For my first page, I used the sketch from Scrapbook & Cards Today as the inspiration. It was a double page sketch but I only used the left half.

Here is the sketch that I used:

For the second page I created, I used the page from Scrapbook & Cards Today as my inspiration. I scrapped a few of the photos from our California trip that we took this past summer. It seems so long ago!!

I used a TON of stuff from my stash. I decided today that I am not allowed to buy any more paper. I have so much patterned paper and I hardly ever use it!!

For my third page, I used sketch from the Thermoweb blog as my inspiration.

Can you see a theme here? I LOVE sketches!!

I did a messy technique here with Ken Oliver Color Burst and a Prima Stencil to match the photo. Charlotte did a Black Light Run and was COVERED in junk when she came home.

For my last page, I used yet another sketch to create a page about my very naughty dog!! Here is the sketch I used:

Here is my page:

I have to admit that this is my favorite!! It is clean but I got to use stickers and die cuts to complete it.

That is all from me tonight. Thank you for taking the time to look!!

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Prom and Playing along with AAA Cards #89

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

My weekend was full of fun with friends and getting my daughter ready for her Junior Prom. I have to say that she was absolutely beautiful...and I think she felt like she was. Not only did she look fabulous in her dress but we got her hair done and it was so cool to watch the process. I think I loved her hair more then the dress!! Here are some photos of her:

I was so happy she had a blast!! Charlotte originally was not going to go but her friend's date fell through and she begged her to go with her. After, the parent organization put on a breakfast for the kids until 2 am. They do this so to discourage the students from going to drinking parties. They had food, a DJ, prizes-it is a huge production. Charlotte only chose to stay until 1 am as she was exhausted!!

Enough about prom!! I FINALLY have a card today!! I am playing along with AAA Cards #89.

I used the feathers (created birds) as my jumping off point and chose to use red as my bright and beautiful color on my card.

I used Lawn Fawn's "Love Letters" stamps/dies to create this card. The images were colored in with Copic Markers and then die cut with the coordinating dies.

I created the background of the scene using some cheap watercolors I had lying around.

I layered a circle over the scene and then popped the colored images over that. I LOVE how this came out!!

That is all for me tonight!! I thank you for stopping by!! Have a FABULOUS Monday!!

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