Hello Sweetness

Less Is More Challenge #441 begins today. We are challenged to make a Clean and Simple creation incorporating diamonds into our design.

I masked and stenciled the left side of my card with Taylored Expressions Double Diamonds Stencil and three Distress Oxide Inks. I love the combination of Chipped Sapphire, Peacock Feathers and Speckled Egg. I added my sentiment from Simon Says Stamp CZ Design Clear Stamps Hello You with VersaFine Onyx Black ink, and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. Voila! My card was done.

 

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple. See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

Let's Taco 'bout it

 

It's time for a new challenge at Festive Friday where every challenge is an inspiration list based on a selected holiday/festivity from the traditional to the unusual. Challenge projects must include at least three items from the festivity inspiration list.

Since the Inspiration List is a mix of elements related to the festivity, the creator has the choice to make something for that festivity, or to ignore the festivity all together and create something using just the three (or more) elements selected.

Today's festivities are in celebration of World Laughter Day, which is celebrated on May 2nd. The challenge runs from April 16 - April 26.

I like to create a card for our challenge that goes with the celebration. For my World Laughter Day-themed card, I ran a white panel through my Cuttlebug with the CUTplorations Circles All Over Cover Plate to add interest to my background. I stamped the taco image from Paper Smooches Calorie Free stamps and colored it with Copics. I then die cut the taco image with the matching die. I popped it up inside a Lawn Fawn Reverse Stitched Scalloped Circle Window. I used puns, yellow and red from the inspo list.

Please get your funny bone working and join us in our Challenge.

For more inspiration, be sure to visit the rest of the  Festive Friday Challenge Design team.

Ann Schach

Beth McCullough

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Melanie Hungerford

Helen Jennings

Melva Peters

Judy Rozema 

I'm also playing at:

CAS Colours & Sketches #415

Greetings From My Happy Place

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Time Out Challenge #185 begins today,. It is a photo challenge with the inspiration being the gorgeous photo above.

Our challenge runs from Thursday, April 8th to Wednesday, April 21. Our wonderful sponsor is Kitchen Sink Stamps. Challenge winner will receive at $25.00 gift voucher to the Kitchen Sink Stamps Shop.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Claire from Life On The Scrap Heap. Claire is an awesome designer. Please treat yourself to a visit to her blog for some awesome inspiration. You will be so glad you did.

To create my card, I used Kitchen Sink Stamps Isle of Big Bay Lake Multi Step Stamps for the ocean water. For the rest of the design, I used Hero Arts June 2018 My Monthly Hero Kit to complete the scene. 

Please hop on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Helen and the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also playing at:

Never Before Used Schtuff #25

My new Kitchen Sink stamps

Happy Little Stampers April AG With Dies

You Are Special To Me

 

Less Is More Challenge #440 begins today. We are challenged to use the colors pink, grey and gold on our projects. What a lovely color combination!

 

I used Simon Says Stamp Falling Stars stencil and applied Dreamweaver Metallic Gold Embossing Paste for my background. I colored with SU markers directly onto the small rainbow from Gina K's Be The Rainbow stamp set, repeating the stamping with my MISTI until I got the pink and grey color the way I wanted it. I die cut two tiny clouds from white glitter paper using Paper Smooches Clouds Wise Dies and glued them to the ends of the rainbow and popped it up with foam tape. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Encouragement.

 

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

I am also playing at:

Retro Rubber #155 - Rainbow Connection

Gina K's Be The Rainbow stamp set was purchased when it was released in January of 2020.

Always Fun Challenge #207 - Rainbows

Earth Day

 

It's time for a new challenge at Festive Friday where every challenge is an inspiration list based on a selected holiday/festivity from the traditional to the unusual. Challenge projects must include at least three items from the festivity inspiration list.

Since the Inspiration List is a mix of elements related to the festivity, the creator has the choice to make something for that festivity, or to ignore the festivity all together and create something using just the three (or more) elements selected.

Today's festivities are in celebration of Earth Day, which is celebrated on April 22nd. The challenge runs from April 2 - April 12.

I like to create a card for our challenge that goes with the celebration. For my Earth Day-themed card, I pulled out these stamps and dies from Taylored Expressions: The World Is Waiting stamp set, and Whole Wide World and Little Bits - Bandage dies. I stenciled the lower right corner with Harlequin Background mini stencil from Funky Fossil Designs. I used green, blue and earth/globe from the inspo list. 

For more inspiration, be sure to visit the rest of the  Festive Friday Challenge Design team.

Ann Schach

Beth McCullough

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Melanie Hungerford

Helen Jennings

Melva Peters

Judy Rozema

I'm also playing at:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Have a Joyous Easter

I am here as Guest Designer with my reminder card for the March/April Uniko Challenge #64 - Signs of Spring with an optional twist of Easter. It has been such an honor and a joy to design among these lovely people who are some of my favorite crafting rock stars. I am grateful to have had the opportunity.

For my card, I chose to use the Uniko Mid Century Modern Florals Clear Stamp Set. I just love the images in the set. I binge-watched the entire Mad Men series while on lockdown and I can't tell you how many times I thought of these stamps as I studied the furniture and fashion on the sets of the show. Rather than go with spring pastel colors, I went with some bolder colors in rainbow order. I popped an Easter sentiment from Paper smooched in as it fit perfectly between two of the flowers. I just love the way it turned out.

Please head over to the Uniko Challenge to be inspired and to play along. Thank you Bev and the Uniko Brand Ambassadors for having me.

 I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #553 - Stamp Act

The Card Concept #152 - Celebrate Easter

My Clean & Graphic card is inspired by the theme of Easter.

Shopping Our Stash #442 - Celebrating All Things Spring

Retro Rubber #155 - Rainbow Connection

I purchased Uniko's Mid Century Modern Florals when it was released in May of 2019.

Always Fun #207 - Rainbows

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Easter/Spring

Make My Monday #145 - Easter/Spring

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Easter/Spring

To Plant A Garden

Time Out Challenge #184 begins today,. It is an Inspired By Words Challenge with the words on the badge above.  

Our challenge runs from Thursday, March 25th to Wednesday, April 7. Our wonderful sponsor is Altenew. Challenge winner will receive at $20.00 gift voucher to the Altenew Shop.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Helen of Moments Of Crafting.  Helen is a very talented card maker whose style is eclectic. Treat yourself to a visit to her wonderful blog, and show her some love. You will be filled with inspiration.

To create my card, I created an embossed background with Altenew's Diamond Stars 3D Embossing Folder. The quote spoke to me of spring and gardens, so I used an image,  sentiment and die cut from Simon Says Stamp Spring Seeds clear stamp and die set, colored it with Copics and mounted it on a Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles die cut. Very simple. 

Please hop on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Helen and the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I am also playing at:

Watercooler Wednesday #308 - All About Occasions

Krafty Chicks Challenge #552 - All Occasions

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Easter/Spring

Daring Cardmakers - Spring Things

Mod Squad Challenge - Springtime

Moving Along With The Times - Spring #128

There Are No Words

Less Is More Challenge #439 begins today. We are challenged to use CAS Inking on our projects  i.e., inking a masked area on your card, using inked die cuts, inking the edges of your card, etc. etc.

 

I used a masking stencil and inked the rectangular aperture with DO inks. I then stamped one of the images from the wonderful SSS Wildflowers silhouette stamp set on top of the inking and clear heat embossed. I added a sentiment from SSS Tiny Tiny Words Support stamp set and my card was complete.

 

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages. Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space. All challenge details are on the Less Is More blog. 

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #551 - CAS

Double D Challenges - Skies

Make My Monday #144 - Clean & Simple

I See Your True Colors

It's time for a new challenge at Festive Friday where every challenge is an inspiration list based on a selected holiday/festivity from the traditional to the unusual. Challenge projects must include at least three items from the festivity inspiration list.

Since the Inspiration List is a mix of elements related to the festivity, the creator has the choice to make something for that festivity, or to ignore the festivity all together and create something using just the three (or more) elements selected.

Today's festivities are in celebration of World Autism Day, which is celebrated on April 2nd. The challenge runs from March 19 - March 29.

I like to create a card for our challenge that goes with the celebration. For my Autism Awareness- Themed card, I CASEd a design from a Tee Shirt that I found when I Googled. You can see it HERE. I used Essentials By Ellen Hands dies to create all the colored hands. The tiny hearts are from PTI Love Lives Here dies. I did the sentiment on my computer.  The word "colors" is die cut from Essentials By Ellen Tall N Skinny Alpha Dies. Can you hear Cyndi Lauper singing??? I used jigsaws, bright colors, and blue from the Inspo List.

For more inspiration, be sure to visit the rest of the  Festive Friday Challenge Design team.

Ann Schach

Beth McCullough

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Melanie Hungerford

Helen Jennings

Melva Peters

Judy Rozema-off this week

I hope you will come play.

I'm also playing at:

Shopping Our Stash #441 - The Rainbow Connection

Happy Easter

I am thrilled to be here as Guest Designer for Uniko Challenge #64 - Signs of Spring. Uniko is celebrating nine years of business. Owner Bev Brown is a very talented crafter, designer and business woman. She wears many hats and wears them well. Congratulations Bev, and thanks for having me as Guest Designer for this challenge.

 Last week temps hit 75 here in New Jersey in the US, and it was such a joy to have a taste of Spring. Today we are expecting a little snow, but there is hope! A hopeful heart is so welcome. I have been reflecting a lot about the past year, and though it was full of difficulty, there were also many pearls. Signs of Spring help me to focus on those.

To create my card, I used Uniko's Originally Organic stamps and dies. I heat embossed the images with white EP on heavy weight vellum and die cut them. I randomly inked a script background stamp with VersaMark and white heat embossed it on Kraft card stock. I then applied splatters of  Copic Opaque White Pigment with a paint brush. Once that was dry, I glued the floral and sentiment die cuts to the Kraft panel and adhered it to a white card base. Happy Birthday, Uniko, and Happy Spring!

I'm also playing at:

Daring Cardmakers - Spring Things

As You See It #246 - Easter

Mod Squad - Spring

Always Fun Challenges - Challenge #205