You are beautiful - floral

"You are beautiful" card made for a family member with shades of greenish gray, yellow and orange, and black and white inks. Scalloped ovals dies are Sizzix brand, Rainstones are from Papertrey Ink, stamps are all from Hero Arts Let Love Grow set.  Ombre Orange parts were made with Hero Arts Ombre ink and a sponge dauber then cut.  Card base and yellow scallop are cut from metallic yellow cardstock.  One extra flower was stamped, fussy cut, edges inked and curled, then popped up on pop dots for dimension.  Once again, it's very busy for CAS, but I really was concentrating on the sketch and the colors I needed to use.  So my card turned out not so CAS, sorry for that.  Feel free to disqualify my entry if you need to! : )

Entering this in CAS colours and Sketches 156 Challenge, Simon Says Ombre Challenge, Color Throwdown 375 and Addicted to Stamps 176 Challenge.

Kraft Just a Note

Today, I made this card for a friend, pretty much all of my friends are musicians, so I thought they would like this "note" card!  Really enjoying the organization I started in December with my clear stamps, not finished yet but it seems so much easier to work on cards now!  

I made this card with Kraft cardstock, patterned paper is Kraft pack from Bazzill.  Dies are MFT Die-namics Pierced Rectangles, and CAS-ual Fridays Fri-die called Heart Note.  Sentiment stamp is from Gina K Designs Just a Note set, flowers and leaves are from Hero Arts Let Love Grow set.  Inks used were SU Creamy Caramel and Chocolate Chip, Color Box Frost White along with a Galaxy white ink marker for highlights and some pop dots.

Entering this in Freshly Made Sketches #219, Mod Squad Challenge, Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #176.

Polka dot Kindness

I really struggle with CAS cards.  I can't seem to get the hang of it. Mine always look plain so I keep adding elements. I look at other CAS cards and think wow that's pretty.  My only successful CAS cards are CASED ones!  Haha!  This one started with just the cup and sentiment....before you know it I've added washi tapes then some embossing, then more washi tape and a die cut border.  I should take a CAS class so maybe I could get that balanced look on my card that all those pro card makers out there do!

Supplies used:

White cardstock, washi tape in teal and orange, markers in teal, and navy for cup and saucer, brown for coffee and gray for steam and shading below cup. Stamps from Fiskars Latte Love set, bottom front cut with Avery Elle Dotted border die, We R Memories Next Generation embossing folder.

Entering in:

The Challenge #56 (Always Play with Paper) to use, white, orange, navy and teal

Less is s More One Layer Challenge "flourish" #158  (my flourish of s the steam)

Warm Wishes Bear

I had so much fun making this card today!  I used so many different companies products and I think it worked out kind of cute!  First I copied from this post I saw from Suzanne Warm Winter Critters where she added sweaters to the critters!  So cute so I followed her directions and added a sweater and pants to the little bear from Lawn Fawn's Party Animals.  (the balloon is from Lawn Fawn too)  

The borders on the bottom are cut with pretty dies from Avery Elle Dotted Borders.  Snowflake dies are from both Cheery Lynn Designs and Memory Box.  (I cut some of the CLD's ones to make them smaller.  (A dear friend of mine sent me a Christmas card in December with lots of CLD's die cuts to play with - what a sweet idea!)  

I used white and dark gray cardstock along with some patterned paper in a light gray.  The patterned paper in the background is from my stash and had snowflakes on it, but I added Wink of Stella on them for shine and then added the die cut snowflakes topping them with Wink of Stella too.  Snowflakes border on inside is washi tape from Tim Holtz.

Sentiment is from My Favorite Things Hand Lettered Holiday and is heat embossed in white.  Entering this in the following challenges:

1)  Lawnscaping Challenge #121 Winter Wonderland

2)  Avery Elle AEIheartU Challenge #32 - Winter

3)  Cheery Lynn Designs Snowflakes Challenge

4)  CAS Colours and Sketches Colour Challenge (Dk and lt turquiose and slate)

5)  CAGI Come and Get It Baby It's Cold Outside Challenge

Ombré Congrats

Back crafting and its wonderful!!!  Made this ombré Congrats card for a friend using Hero Arts Ombre ink, sponge dauber, banner die cut and edge stamp from Sizzix Echo Park For the Record 2 set, glitter, paper, (added Ombre strips on all four sides of the center panel to frame the rectangle, and die cut 3 Tiny Twine Bow's from Waffle Flower die out of gold metallic paper made embossed with glitter too! The sentiment is a clear stamp from a set that had no name on it, I curved it to fit the arch of the banner before stamping it.  This was a fun card to make and I ended up with green fingers!  

Entering this in:

Mod Squad Ombre Challenge

http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/2016/01/ombre-technique.html

Just us Girls Metallics Challenge

http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2016/01/just-us-girls-325-trend-week.html

MFT Sketch #262 Challenge

http://www.cardchallenges.com/2016/01/wednesday-sketch-challenge-sketch-262.html

Tic Tac Toe Challenge (see graphic below)

http://tictactoechallenge.blogspot.com/2016/01/challenge-one.html

The Cat's Pajamas TCP #305 Anything Goes Challenge

http://thecatspajamasrs.com/TCP/reminder-tcptues305-challenge/

Neat Eyes

Card for one of  my sweet grandkids!  "Eye think you're neat" sentiment and all stamps are from Lawn Fawn Monster Mash.  Used colors from MFT's Challenge and both cardstock and Tim Holtz watercolor paper.  Water color for background with Distress Inks, Spectrum Noir markers and white gel pen used to color monsters.  Masked off for sun, Google eyes from my stash.  Colored bottom border with matching marker, then die cut with Avery Elle stitched border.  Stripes on top are washi tape. 

Entering this in:

MFT Color Challenge #35:

http://www.cardchallenges.com/search/label/colorchallenge

And in the Simon Says Die Crazy Challenge:
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-die-crazy-3/

Hugs for You

Cute bear stamp is JRL Designs colored with Spetrum Noir markers and added Wink of Stella on bow.  Sentiment stamps are from The Cat's Meow, Love Dwells Here set.  Patterned paper and cardstock from my stash. Entering this in:

CAS-ology Cue Card "Toy" Challenge:

http://casology.blogspot.com/2015/12/week-177-toy.html

Mod Squad Anything But Christmas Challenge:

http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/12/anything-but_16.html