Grieving With You

I was looking through my list of challenge blogs today, and saw the colors for CAS On Friday.

 I love them, and immediately went to work using other inspiration from other challenges to create this sympathy card. I completed the card, and then it hit me! By my definition, the card I created is NOT a CAS card. Too much patterned space! Ugh. Still, I really love the way it turned out and though I am not entering it in the CAS On Friday challenge, there is plenty of inspiration from other places where it fits.

Supplies:

Paper: Neenah Solar White 110# and 80#, Patterned paper that came as a gift in a stamp order.

Stamps: Altenew Flower Arrangement

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, PTI Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Ocean Tides, Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold.

Accessories: Altenew Flower Arrangement Dies, MFT Stitched Scallop Basic Edge Dies.

I'm playing at:

TGIFC218 - Sympathy

Inkspirational #190 - Three or Five

Daring Cardmakers - Cut It Up

Make patterned papers the main focus of your project.

Watercooler Wednesday #227 - All About Occasions

Sympathy

SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown #434 - Keep It Simple

Double D Challenges - Pick A Pattern

I Hope You Get Spoiled Today

Time Out Challenge #136 is up and running. This time, it's a Home Sweet Home Challenge: A photo inspiration challenge with a homey twist!

Our challenge is sponsored by STAMPlorations. Winner will receive a $25.00 gift voucher for the STAMPlorations Store. Awesome!

Greta is our Guest Designer. Greta is a talented designer with an ecclectic style. Treat yourself to a visit to her blog and leave her some love. You'll be so glad you did.

For my card, I embossed the image from STAMPlorations Framed Dahlia with clear embossing powder and colored it with Zigs. The sentiment is from STAMPlorations Pocket Blooms. I added a few silver dots to give it some interest. 

Please head over to the Time Out Challenges Blog to see what Greta and the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration. Play with us to share your creation, and to have a chance to win a prize from Stamplorations. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

I'm also playing at:

The Flower Challenge #32

Watercooler Wednesday #222 - All About Occasions
Birthday

STAMPlorations May CAS Card Challenge

Little Red Wagon # 498 - Flower Frenzy

Addicted To Stamps And More #342

Yes You Can!

There's a new challenge up at Less Is More. This time it's a sketch. When I first looked at this sketch, I saw a jacket and tie. I also saw a spotlight. There are so many possibilities as you will see when you feast your eyes on the wonderful inspiration the Design Team has created.

Our sponsor this month is Skull And Cross Buns.

We're joined as Guest Designer by our November 2018 winner, Toni of Frankie Helps Craft. Toni's work is fun and clever, and her coloring is awesome! Take a stroll through her blog for some wonderful inspiration.

Keeping the jacket, tie and spotlight in mind, I created this card of encouragement for my son who is a college Freshman at an extremely academically rigorous school. He is also a three season athlete.  I never saw anyone work harder than he does. His grades are fantastic, but every now and then, he gets the blues and I like to send him a hug in an envelope. So that is where I went with this sketch. I just cut 2 triangles, stamped and die cut the sentiment, and added a little heart cut from a scrap of water colored paper.

Please head on over to the Less Is More Challenge Blog and check out the wonderful creations the Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. Play with us and share your take on the sketch! I can't wait to see all the ways the shetch is interpreted.

I am also playing at:

 Simon Says Stamp Wendesday Challenge - Clean and Simple.

Watercooler Wednesday - Anything Goes

The Male Room #102 - no twist.

Happy Birthday

I am squeeking in at the last minute to share my birthday card for my son. I am playing with Watercooler Wednesday WWC192. To make my card, I used Disrtress Oxide inks, Concord & 9th's Every Tintables Card Pack, Everyday Stamp Set and Everyday Circle Dies. I embossed the sentiment in white, sprayed the top panel with clear shimmer spray and added some twine.

I am also playing at:

Challenge #469 - Damsel in Distress

I used Distress Oxide Inks

Start There

Time for a new challenge at Time Out. The theme for Challenge 117 is "Toes in the sand, wine in our hands. Life is good today. Let us be grateful for what makes us happy.".

You have until September 12th at 5:00 PM BST to enter.

Our sponsor is Uniko Stamps.

Challenge winner gets an in-stock stamp set of their choice.

For my card, I did a watercolor wash that resembles sand, sea and sky as my background. I applied white spatters that put me in mind of sea foam. The sentiment is all about gratitude as you awake each day and you are challenged to appreciate what you have, and to make the best of what lies ahead. I just LOVE this sentiment and to me, it fits perfectly with our challenge words.

Please head over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I can't wait to see how you are inspired as you post your card in the gallery!

Supplies:
Stamps~Impression Obsession Start There
Ink~VersaFine Onyx Black ink
Papers-Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock, Hero Arts Pool Mix Layering Papers
Accessories-Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Mister Huey's Opaque White Color Mist, Avery Elle Wonky Stitches Die

I'm also playing at:

SSS Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Watercooler Wednesday - Anything Goes

SSS Monday Challenge - Stamp It On

Use stamps on your project. No digital images allowed.

Cheers!

Time for a new challenge at Time Out. The theme is Food and Drink with an optional twist of a one layer card. The challenge runs from August 2nd to August 15th. 

Our sponsor is Birch Press Designs.

A randomly drawn winner, chosen from those who twist, will receive a $20 gift voucher to the Birch Press Designs Shop.

Challenge winner, chosen by our Design Team, will win a spot as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the lovely and talented Susie Moore of Created 4 Creativity. She is a very talented designer with a wonderful eye for using lots of wonderful colors on her projects. Please take a stroll through her blog You are sure to be inspired.

For my card, I used a "vintage" stamp that has been in my stash for many years from stampingbella.com - Cosmobella. She has been updated since she was first released in 2006, but I felt that she was perfect for this challenge. I colored her with Copics, stenciled some bubbles with Simonsaysstamp Falling Snow Stencil and added a sentiment from Paper Smooches.

Please head over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see what Susie and the Design Team have created for your inspiration. Then create a food/drink themed card and link up in the gallery. I can't wait to see how you are inspired!

I'm also playing at:

Watecooloer Wednesday Challenge #181 - Feminine Anything Goes

Hats Off To You

My twin boys graduated from High School on Friday. A new chapter begins. They still love and appreciate a hand made card. I used Avery Elle's Hats Off stamps and dies along with Numbered Balloons Elle-Ments to create this card for Jon.

I'm playing at:

Muse #271

Focusing on Celebration, lots of color, multiple images on the bottom, sentiment on top.

WWC175

Bright And Cheerful

Rainbow Wishes

Addicted To CAS Challenge #138 is up and running with code word: RAINBOW.

To create my card, I die cut a piece of water color paper with Paper Smooches Linked Hearts Die and colored it with Zigs. I adhered it to a white card base, and added a sentiment from Paper Smooches Luminous Spring stamp set stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black ink.

Don't forget, as always, Happy Little Stampers is our Sponsor, and Kylie is generously awarding the winner with a $20.00 gift certificate to the store!

Wonderful and talented Carol Gunn of Carol G Creates is Guest Designer for this challenge.  Carol's creativity is so inspiring. If you haven't met her yet, please take a stroll through her blog. You will be so glad you did.

Please head over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog and see what Carol and the Design Team have created to inspire you. Join us in the gallery for a chance to win!

I am also playing at:

Less Is more #373 - Friendship

Watercooler Wednesday - Feminine Anything Goes

Retro Rubber Challenge #88 - Anything Goes

Paper Smooches Luminous Spring was released in 2015

SimonSaysStamp Monday Challenge - All Things Bright and Beautiful

WWC170 Guest Designer Post - Love Letter In The Sand

I'm excited to say that I have been invited to participate as Guest Designer for Watercooler Wednesday Challenge WWC170 - Penny's Masculine "Anything Goes".

My husband and I are big beach lovers, regardless of the season or the weather. I wanted to make a card for him just because, and this will fit the bill perfectly.

I recently received this Stamp Lab stamp and sentiment with an order from STAMPlorations. As I was pondering how I would use it, I came up with the perfect idea for my card. I stamped the conch shell image on watercolor paper, and used a combination of Zigs and Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors to color it. I LOVE the way it came out. I am not tremendously fearless with   watercoloring. I have to admit that this one boosted my confidence a bit.

Anyway, please head over to the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge Blog to see what the lovely and talented Design Team has come up with to inspire you, create a card and join us in the gallery.

I'm also playing at:

AAA Cards #115 - Inspired By Nature

Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Twist of CAS