Always Here For You

Less Is More #461 starts today. We are challenged to create a CAS card with the colors of pink & gold.

 I stamped one of the rainbow images from Gina K's Be The Rainbow set and colored the in between arcs with Copics. I love it. Added a sentiment from the set. Die cut with Spellbinders Hemstitch Squares. Popped it up and my card is 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 which we define as designs that include large areas of CLEAR AND CLEAN space with NO PATTERN, NO INK and NO TEXTURE See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

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I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #604 - All Occasions

Little Red Wagon #646 - Emboss Everything

TGIF #361 - Pop of Color

Moving Along With the Times #140 - Friends

Puppy Hugs

 Time Out #210 begins today, It's an Inspired By Words challenge where the inspiration words are "happiness is a warm puppy." The challenge runs from Thursday, March 24th to Wednesday, April 6th. We are generously sponsored by Newon's Nook.

Challenge winner as chosen by our Design Team will receive $25.00 in Newton'a Nook store credit. In addition, our winner will be eligible for a guest designer spot in a future Time Out challenge.

We welcome AsaJ of scrapat helt enkelt and winner of Time Out Challenge #206 as our Guest Designer for this challenge. Asa is a super talented paper crafter with a CAS style and mad coloring skills. Her blog is so inspiring. Go take a look and leave her some love!

 For my card I used a stamp set that has been in my stash forever - Friends Furever by MFT. I colored the main image with Copics and fussy cut it out. I had a heat embossed background panel in my snippets box that I made with CASual Fridays Heart To Heart background stamp that I die cut with a SSS dome die. I popped the background up with fun foam and adhered it to a kraft card case. I popped up the image with foam tape, added an embossed sentiment and my card was complete.

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

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #604 - All Occasions

Fab'n'Funky #547 - Hand Colored Images

Little Red Wagon #646 - Emboss Everything

Party Time!

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. Your project does not have to go with the challenge theme. You can just use 3 or more items from the inspo list for your creation.

Today's festivities are inspired by World Party Day, which takes place on April 3rd. The challenge runs from March 18th to March 28th.

I just had to add the following here, as it is the most perfect time in our world for this:

The inspiration for World Party Day stems from a novel entitled, “Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel” written by American author, Vanna Bonta. Published in 1995, the novel ends with — spoiler alert — a big party. Actually, it ends with a synchronized worldwide celebration that takes place on April 3. In real life, groups of people found each other sharing the same goals of peace and the want to utilize human intelligence and resources toward global humanitarian progress. Bringing together people in the name of social change, it became a worldwide phenomenon involving millions of people, corporations, and organizations working together to contribute positively to the future of the earth and humanity.

I like to create a card for our challenge that goes with the theme. For this one, I used Catherine Pooler's Ocean Chums stamps and dies and colored them with Copics. The jelly is brushed with clear Wink Of Stella. I popped the die cuts up and placed them on an embossed panel (I don't know the name) which I framed with the beautiful Pinkfresh stitched scallop rectangles that I received as a gift from a dear friend. I adhered the top panel to the card base using fun foam and my card was complete.

I used sparkle, bright colors, celebratory sentiment and layers from the inspo list.

Come play with us! Remember that your project does not have to go with the challenge theme. You can just use 3 or more items from the inspo list for your creation!

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

Stephanie Lanzalotto

Melva Peters

Jaydee

Diane Evans

Joanne James 

I'm also playing at:

AAA Birthday #35 - Under the Sea

Seize The Birthday #234 - AG

For the People of Ukraine

Color Hues has a special challenge going on, and I am so gad I finally had the chance to play before it closes. The idea came from Linda Eterno over at The Share Handmade Kindness FB page. She suggested that we, as a card making community, flood the internet with cards in support of the people of Ukraine. As part of this challenge, we are asked to send our cards to someone. This one will go to my niece. It is perfect for her at this particular time in our family. She is all these things and more.

Daring Cardmakers is asking our community to show support for the people of Ukraine by filling the crafting world with

Sunflowers, Blue, Yellow and HOPE.

Modsquad Challenge  is also hosting a challenge - Standing With Ukraine where you must use the colors of the Ukrainian flag. Sunflowers are optional. but blue and yellow are required.

Supplies

Stamps: STAMPlorations Fierce and Brave 

Dies: MFT Grande Greenery-solid, Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangles

I'm also playing at:

STAMPlorations Anything Goes Challenge

Inkspirational #260 - Curve

Little Red Wagon #644 - CAS

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Less Is More #460 starts today. We are challenged to create a CAS card with a bit of bling.

I need some St. Patrick's day cards so I went there. I stamped, colored and die cut this adorable Leprechaun from Pretty Pink Posh's Best of Luck stamp set, popped him up with dimensionals, and added a sentiment from the same set. His jacket button and the center of the four leaf clover are tiny gold rhinestones for my bling. Hard to see. Here is a closeup...

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 which we define as designs that include large areas of CLEAR AND CLEAN space with NO PATTERN, NO INK and NO TEXTURE See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

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The Card Concept #170 - Wearing o' the Green

Clean & Simple

Little Red Wagon #644 - CAS 

Challenge Up Your Life #145 - Mood Board

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Add Some Green

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A Bit Of Green

In Low Or High Tide

 Time Out #209 begins today, It's an Inspired By Words challenge where we are challenged to be CUTE. The challenge runs from Thursday, March 10th to Wednesday, March 23rd. We are generously sponsored by Lawn Fawn.

Challenge winner as chosen by our Design Team will receive $25.00 in Lawn Fawn store credit. In addition, our winner will be eligible for a guest designer spot in a future Time Out challenge.

We welcome Sue Symens of Sentimentally Sue and winner of Time Out Challenge #205 as our Guest Designer for this challenge. Sue is a super talented paper crafter whose style is often CAS and loves to use graphic design in her in her art. Her blog is so inspiring. Go take a look!

 For my card I used the adorable Octopus and a sentiment from Catherine Pooler's Ocean Chums. I colored her with Copics and popped her up on a background panel stenciled with the Waves stencil from Simon Says Stamps and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Ink. That panel is die cut with a Nordic Frames Die from The Greetery. I added some clear drops, stamped and clear embossed the sentiment and my card was complete. 

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

I'm also playing at:

Inkspirtional #260 - Curve

NBUS Challenge #36

My NBUS ia Ocean Chums by Catherine Pooler

Fab 'n' Funky #546 - Dies and Stencils

Share The Dirt

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. Your project does not have to go with the challenge theme. You can just use 3 or more items from the inspo list for your creation.

Today's festivities are inspired by World Planting Day, which takes place on March 21st. The challenge runs from March 4th to March 14th.

I like to create a card for our challenge that goes with the theme. For this one, I immediately knew that I would use Paper Smooches Green Thumb stamps and dies. I created the sky with A Colorful Life Designs Cloud Edger Stencil and DO ink. I tore a piece of textured card stock for my dirt, then arranged die cut and fussy cut images from the stamp set to create my plant-themed scene. I love the sentiment!

I used neutrals, plants, green, wellington boots and stencils from the inspo list.

Come play with us! Remember that your project does not have to go with the challenge theme. You can just use 3 or more items from the inspo list for your creation!

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

Ann Schach- off this week

Beth McCullough

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Melanie Hungerford

Helen Jennings

Melva Peters

Jaydee

Diane Evans

Joanne James