I made this card for the latest CAS challenge on SCS (cas77). I have a few fish images, but I opted for PTI’s Pond Life because it is a set I don’t use often (it intimidates me). I had a bunch of sketches on my scrap paper and when I saw the one from Sketch This (101), I knew it would work.

The card finished a bit less CAS than I usually do, but I think it still feels clean and simple.

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This is another card for mom’s camp. I kept the card simple, but the texture in the background really makes the card feel richer. The camp’s theme is fall, so that is how I chose my colors.

I made this card to be used by my mom for an upcoming stamp camp. Mom’s clients have been wanting to see more cards without embellishment. Oh, I can do that! And a bonus, this is a masculine card. [Actually, I might have to make another for my hubby's birthday!]

I used craft ink to stamp the leaves. I was hoping for more opaque coverage, but I’m kinda liking it this the way.

I’m catching up on missed CAS challenges. Last week’s challenge was dry embossing (cas75). You’d never catch me with a stylus (too hard), but I love embossing folders and impression plates – quick and easy. The butterflies are also embossed (the die does it at the same time that it cuts – very cool).

So this card really did start out for a CAS challenge (cas76), but I just don’t think this qualifies for CAS any more. What it does qualify for is the DTGD challenge – red, yellow, green.

I love cardinals. There are cardinals here in Hawaii (not something I thought I would see), but they aren’t the all red ones I’m used to in Virginia. They have a read head and black & white body – very striking (see – not my photo).

I’ve been stamping practically non-stop for most of the week now (not a normal thing for me). The past couple of days my girls have decided they want to stamp too. So we all did the DTGD ‘winter/christmas’ challenge.

My card started with ribbon. My mom cut a bunch of ribbon for a stamp camp and then didn’t use it – so she sent it to me! Thankfully Bermuda Bay is one of my favorite colors. The card uses sketch #92 for the layout.

The girls have been infatuated with my Inkadinkadoo Beautiful Fairies stamp set. It has gotten much love these past few days! They both made Christmas fairies but had them making it snow – so both themes were covered.

When I first looked at this DTGD sketch challenge I was going to pass it up, but I checked out the gallery and decided I could do it – I just had to find the right set. I had other ideas, but I think because I haven’t used Unfrogettable in so long and it is one of my favorites (see), I decided to use it.

I chose the paper next (thinking I’d throw in the “mixing patterns” challenge too, but, well, as you can see, I didn’t). The colors in the paper set the tone for the card.

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Today a few more DTGD challenges were posted. One was to do “rural”. I’m not much of a country fan, but I do have a few sets that would fall in that category. I chose this one because I don’t use it very much. I added some stitching to fulfill another DTGD challenge.

This card began a few days ago for a ‘white space’ DTGD challenge I started this card with a simple box, sentiment and crocheted flower. Then I got the “brilliant” idea to lightly sponge white craft ink inside the box to help set it off. But that just felt unfinished. I set it aside for a couple days and thought I should add some sort of stamping on the inside to help detract from the sponging.

Then another DTGD challenge was posted – a CAS challenge to use tone on tone stamping. So I had to pull this back out and give it a second chance. It definitely improved, but I still think it is a bit off.

So, as a pair of fresh eyes, what do you think – did I save it?

A big thank you (THANK YOU!) to J for sharing her crocheted flowers with me!!

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I’m a little behind on my CAS challenge cards, so I went back a couple weeks to an inspiration challenge (cas74). I’m not sure the card is all that simple (at least compared to my normal CAS cards), but it feels clean to me. I snuck in a couple DTGD challenges as well.

The CAS challenge was to find inspiration from cakes found on Carrie’s Cakes’ website. I chose a beautiful autumn leaves & berries cake. I haven’t used this old SU set in forever. The cake has such a beautiful sheen to it – I used SU’s glitter paper as the focal layer base.

Once I picked the inspiration, I noticed that I could easily incorporate a couple DTGD challenges as well – ‘texture’ and a sketch. My texture comes in three ways: the red card base is textured cardstock, the ribbon is satin (I think shiny is a texture even if it is visual and not tactile), and the cork frame.

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