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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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Krafty Chicks #604 - All Occasions

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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!

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Watercooler Wednesday #308 - All About Occasions

Krafty Chicks Challenge #552 - All Occasions

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Daring Cardmakers - Spring Things

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Moving Along With The Times - Spring #128

Lunar New Year

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 Lunar New Year which is celebrated on Friday, February 12th this year.  The challenge runs from January 22-February 5.

For my Lunar New Year themed project, I used: red, lanterns, gold and foil paper from the inspo list. I used Mama Elephant's Sakura Creative Cuts for the frame, branch, flowers and lanterns, and Mama Elephant's Lunar Sayings stamp set for the sentiment. Both stamps and dies are brand new (to me). The frame is cut from gold foil paper. The other die cuts are done with 80# Neenah Solar White card stock and colored with Copic Markers. The clouds were stenciled with the Cloud Edger from A Colorful Life Designs. The card base is Neenah Solar White 110# card stock.

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

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May Peace Fill Your Soul

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out!!! Time Out Challenge #166 - We challenge you to be PEACEFUL.

We are generously sponsored by Newton's Nook Designs. The challenge winner will receive a $25.00 store credit to spend in the Newton's Nook store.

Our Guest Designer is Sue of Sentimentally Sue, a wonderful designer whose creations are always so wonderful, fresh and creative. Treat yourself to a stroll through her blog for some awesome inspiration.

Now on to my card - nothing brings me more peace than the sea. I love to sit on the beach and watch the waves crashing and listen to the sounds of the sea's song to sooth my soul. It brings me joy and peace and happiness like nothing else. So for this challenge prompt, I chose to use this gorgeous WAVE layering stamp set from The Ton. I stamped the layers in three shades of blue on watercolor paper. I added a sentiment from PTI's Peaceful Garden, heat embossed it, popped it up and adhered it. I mounted the wave panel on SU Night Of Navy card stock, and my card was complete.

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

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Moving Along With The Times #120 - At The Beach

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There's a beach theme over at Moving Along With The Times. I love to play with that theme whenever I can!

To make my card, I used Funky Fossils SeaShells Stencil and Tumbled Glass, Chipped Sapphire and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Inks. I added some water droplets. The sentiment is die cut with a die from SSS Summer Greetings.

Moving Along With The Times #120 - At The Beach

The Card Concept #138 - Summer Fun

My inspiration was the overall theme and the shells around the candle.

Little Red Wagon #556 - Summer Fun

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Make My Monday #125 - Use Stencils

Sending All My Love

I am excited to have some extra time today to play a few challenges. I made this card for the CAS Mix Up June Challenge - Embossed Vellum. I must say that I made many purchases since the quarantine began on March 13, so I decided I had better ink some of them up and justify my expenditures! 

I love this Pinkfresh Studio set - Forever In Our Hearts - that was created to honor the son of Lea Lawson, Marketing Director of Pinkfresh. Baby Lawson died in the NICU. Losing a baby, a child or a pregnancy is excruciating painful, and a kind of loss that is often misunderstood and difficult for other people to acknowledge. I know from experiencing several losses myself, that this is a pain like no other. People don't know what to say, and they often say the stupidest things that only create more sadness and often anger. This set is perfectly beautiful and I am so grateful to Pinkfresh for creating it. In honor of baby Layton, my Mara, Ben and Grace, all of the beautiful little souls who left the world far too early, and those who love them... this one is for you.

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Krafty Chicks Challenge #512 - Clean And Simple

Addicted To Stamps And More #394 - Clean And Simple

Fusion - Butterfly

Moving Along With The Times - Things With Wings

Never Before Used Schtuff #15

Forever In Our Hearts stamps and die

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It's time for a new challenge at Addicted To CAS. Our Code Word for ATCAS Challenge #184 is FLOWER. Bobby is our hostess!

We have a wonderful Guest Designer with us for this challenge - Ma-Mi.  Treat yourself to a stroll through her blog for some wonderful inspiration.

To create my card, I stamped and die cut a flower and 2 leave images from Altenew's Flower Arrangement stamps and dies. I adhered the leaves to the card base, and popped the flower up. I added a sentiment from the same set, and my card was complete.  

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog, take a look at the wonderful inspiration pieces the Design Team has created for your inspiration, and make something to share in the gallery. Challenge winner will be offered a Guest Designer spot for a future challenge. Happy crafting!

Please remember that this is a CAS challenge. Here is a definition to remind you:

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Watercooler Wednesday #270 - Anything Goes With A Feminine Twist

Allsorts Challenge #571 - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon #548 - Flowers

Retro Rubber Stamps #134 - Spring Flowers

Altenew Flower Arrangement stamps and dies are from 2018

Use Your Stuff #397 - Flowers and/or Butterflies

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