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Sweet Cards

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I made it to round 3 of the SCS CAS challenge DT try-outs! The final challenge was an inspiration challenge. The image was of lots of Christmas candy, but the top left corner photo is what inspired me most. It had sugar-covered, sherbet-colored trees and gumdrops in white containers.

I actually made a couple cards – but I’ll start with the one I did enter. I started the card with the rainbow to capture those sherbet colors. I ended up doing each color separately – coloring the stripe I wanted using markers (this was easier than I thought it would be!!). I created my own candy lollipop (complete with sugar aka glitter) using a stamp from the Teeny Trees set by Waltzing Mouse. Even though the sentiment leaves it open, this will make a great birthday card!

This is first card I made for the challenge. I love it, but I wasn’t sure it was CAS enough for the competition. Again, I emulated the sugar trees. I thought about doing a rainbow tree, but decided one color would be enough. I decided on the green background because of the wall color in the photo. The tree stand is embossed so you have the same white on white as the containers in the photo.

Since I’ve decided not to make this a challenge card, I may go back and add a topper to the tree – maybe a little yellow star.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sweetest Day
Stamps: Off Beat Backgrounds, Teeny Trees (WMS); Something Sweet (SU-sentiment); Faux Ribbon (PTI);
Colors: White (PTI); Lilac, Bliss, Wasabi, Daffodil, Peach, Regal Rose (SU);
Other: glitter (SU); tag & circle dies (PTI); Daffodil ribbon (SU);
Happy Holidays
Stamps: Off Beat Backgrounds (WMS); Happy Everything (SU);
Colors: White (PTI); Wasabi, Pretty in Pink (SU);
Other: glitter (SU); Mat Stack 3 (PTI); Dot embossing folder (Sizzix); Pink ribbon (SU);

Penguin Party

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I created this card for the heck of it. The idea to put a party hat on the penguin came to me when I was trying to come up with a winter themed card (that I posted yesterday). It took 5 stamp sets to make this simple card! But I’m so happy they all worked so well together!

As I’ve said many times before, layout is not my strong point, so for this card I used a technique that Maile has used a lot recently (check out the last card in her post).

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Make a Wish
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Winter Penguin, Tag Its 2, Birthday Bash Sentiments (candle), Cupcake Collection (sentiment), It’s a Celebration (hat);
Colors: White, Summer Sunrise; Pool Party (SU);
Other: Number DSP; bling (K&Co);

Bright Presents

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I made it to the next round in the CAS winter DT search! The next challenge was to create a card with one or more presents on it (and thankfully it didn’t have to be holiday themed).

I just received my PTI box today and inside was my Take Three die – one I’ve been wanting for a while now. I decided to put it to use right away. I stamped the presents onto the colored cardstock and embossed with white. I taped the presents behind the die openings. Then I stamped the greeting and adhered the panel to the card base with foam tape. The final touch was a few color coordinated rhinestones.

Thanks for taking a peek!

happy birthday
Stamps: Holiday Sampler (SU); Wavy Wishes (Hero Arts);
Colors: Black, White, Hibiscus Burst, Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise (PTI);
Other: white EP (Filigree); rhinestones (K&Co);

New Challenge

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I found a new challenge site: For Your Inspiration. It is a photo inspiration challenge. This week’s challenge is a beautiful sunrise/set photo (fyi18).

I paired that inspiration with the sketch challenge from Waltzing Mouse (wmsc74).

From the FYI challenge, I was inspired by the sunrays. I would have used a red hue in the card, but that just felt a bit to empire-rising-ish.

Thanks for stopping by!

Birthday Wishes
Stamps: Asian Gardens (WMS); Timeless Tags (The Cat’s Meow);
Ink: Olive (SU); brown (Palette); Baja (SU);
Paper: Chocolate, White, Spring Moss (PTI); Baja (SU);
Other: Grommet Tag die (SB); Silk ribbon (PTI);

Bright Cupcake

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I created this card for the CAS challenge at SCS (cas144). The challenge was a theme challenge – “party”. I always need birthday cards, so I jumped on this challenge!

The cupcake is paper pieced. The candle is from the sentiment set, but seemed well proportioned for this. The layout came after much contemplation. I hardly ever use twine and this seemed like a perfect time.

Thanks for taking a peek!

it’s a Celebration
Stamps: Baby Button Bits, Birthday Bash Sentiments (PTI);
Paper/Ink: Pure Poppy, White, Black (PTI);
Other: Flamingo DSP (SU); Twine (?); yellow Stickles (Ranger);
Technique: Paper Piecing;

Nordic Waltz

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This month’s WaltzingMouse blog waltz theme is Winter/Christmas. WMS recently designed a set called Nordic Winter. I love this set – it reminds me of all those cool sweaters 🙂

To get started with my card I spent {we won’t say how long} surfing the web looking at Nordic sweaters getting ideas. I eventually sketched my own pattern based on all that I saw.

Thanks for stopping by! And don’t forget to check out the others: Waltz Thread.

Merry Christmas
Stamps: Nordic Winter (WMS);
Colors: Enchanted Evening, Scarlet Jewel, White (PTI);
Other: Enchanted ribbon (PTI); Rhinestone (Kaiser);

Thanksgiving Blessings

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This is another card I created for mom’s stitching newsletter. This time I used Faux Stitching (and I still couldn’t get it straight, lol).

I stamped the leafy floret (I had to mask & stamp the stem again at the bottom to make it go all the way down). I stamped and cut-out the flower – adhering it with dimensionals.

For the sentiment panel, first I trimmed the ends, then I stamped the words. Next, I adhered the strip to the Saffron panel. After all that I did the the faux stitching.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Truest Measure
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Fabulous Florets, Grateful Greetings;
Colors: Always Artichoke, So Saffron, Very Vanilla, Peach Parfait;
Other: Scallop Border punch;
Technique: Faux Stitching;

Wheely Grateful

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This card is for mom’s November camp. I’m really happy with how this card turned out!

I inked the wheel with Pool Party, then went back over the sentiment I wanted using the Espresso marker. Now, my wheel in unmounted, so I ended up having to stamp this in stages, but for camp, they’ll just roll it out making sure the sentiment is about 1″ up from the bottom.

Then I cleaned the wheel and, using the Mustard marker, inked up the leaf I wanted. Stamped on scrap and cut it out.

Just finish it up with a strip of pattern paper and some twine.

Easy peasy 🙂

Thanks for stopping by!

Gratitude
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Bright Blessings jumbo wheel;
Colors: More Mustard, Pool Party, Espresso, Vanilla;
Other: Spice Cake DSP, Hemp twine;

Simple Cupcake

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This card was created using a sketch from Clean & Simple blog (FTL164).

I really wanted to make this a one-layer card by doing selective embossing, but everything I tried did not work. I’ve done this in the past, but not with a Cuttlebug folder. I did find a video on YouTube, but even after following that it didn’t work 🙁 Oh well.

Since the cupcake image is so small, I only used two colors to keep the palette simple.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
Stamps: Frame It (WMS);
Ink: markers (Copic); Brown (Memento);
Paper: White, Autumn Rose (PTI);
Other: Swirl embossing folder (CB); Stickles;

Rockin’ Collage

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I created this card for Papertrey’s Make-It-Monday Challenge (mim39). The challenge was to make your own background paper.

I love doing this technique, so I wanted to find a set I hadn’t already done before.

I started my paper with the layout in mind, so I made sure I had a guitar oriented the correct way and would be near where the sentiment strip would end. I worked from there filling in with a star and music notes.

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Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Boy Basics: Rock On, Everyday Classics;
Colors: Raspberry Fizz, Black, White (PTI); Going Grey, Daffodil Delight (SU);
Other: pinking shears; Black rhinestones (Kaiser);