My card today was going to be entered into the Just Us Girls Challenge #519 color week’s colors of Purple, Pink and Red however not sure if it’s our site or theirs but I cannot upload to their challenge. But all is not lost since the As You See It Challenge Challenge #217 “Love is in the Air” should work for this card. Fingers Crossed that it works. Anyway here are the details of my card: my striped background on the fun fold was made using Pretty Pink Posh’s striped stencil in distress inks on a light pink cardstock. The inside was stenciled in light pink with Pretty Pink Posh’s layered hearts stencil. The center die is Birch Press Designs Floating Hearts Die which I cut in the wild lilac and then again in hot pink, glittery purple and shiny red papers, the arrow is Penny Black’s sweet heart die set and the sentiment is from GKD’s Better With You stamp set. Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

Just under the deadline with this card for the challenge at The Sisterhood of Crafters to include the prominent sentiment of “Thinking of You”. It was a snowy day at our home on Saturday so I was able to create some backgrounds using the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Hearts Stencil A&B. This stenciled background was created with mulled lavender Distress Oxide ink and the second stencil GKD’s Glitz Glitter Get in wild lilac. Sponged some wild lilac ink on the Spellbinders large classic ovals die mounted it with some foam tape and then double cut cupid’s arrow from Penny Black’s sweet heart dies set. The sentiment was an older wood mounted stamp with no company name on it. Maybe from the dollar section at a big box store.

Thanks for looking. Happy Sunday!

ModSquad Recipe Challenge

Seems like a lot of challenges are including balloons or birthday so my card today I believe fits all three of the linked challenges. I used a variety elements for this card. My background was stenciled with PrettyPinkPosh’s Layered Party stencils. This is two separate stencils to create the “A”balloon background which was sponged with a variety of Distress Oxide inks and the “B” banner stencil was created using Nuvo Moonstone Glimmer paste and GKD turquoise sea glitz glitter gel. The stamped part is the Mama Elephant little pup with the balloon bouquet stamp and die set and stamped sentiment is GKD’s Simple Numbers. Next up are the dies: Tim Holtz Sizzix celebrate word dies, Poppystamps Pinpoint Balloons for the tittle dot above the “i” and the Waffle Flower A2 Layers Die set. The interactive is a wobbler for the balloon bouquet.

DiesRUs – Waffle Flower A2 Layers Die, Poppystamps Pinpoint Balloons, Sizzix Celebrate word dies. ModSquad Challenge Recipe Challenge – Pretty Pink Posh Layered Party Stencils, Mama Elephant and GKD stamp sets and wobbler for interaction feature.

Double D Challenges Fun with Balloons Challenge – stenciled balloon background and die balloon. Thanks for looking.

My card today will be entered into the Sunday Stamps SSC222 “Have a Banner of a Time” sketch challenge.

My background was created from my all time favorite DCWV The Mariposa Stack patterned paper pack, the banners were created using Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powder and the sentiment is a GKD Block Greetings stamp set. Both the block stamp and sentiment were heat embossed using Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold embossing powder. The ends of the banners were punched using a Martha Stewart corner butterfly punch then trimmed down the banner. A gold cording completes this card.

I’ll be sending this one out as a sympathy card. Thanks for stopping by.

I was in the need of two baby cards so I pulled out my GKD Bundle of Love stamp set from the Journey of the Heart StampTV kit and created my pink girl and blue boy card. Baby Girl was already born but we are waiting on that little boy to make an appearance.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping in for a peek.

Our youngest granddaughter is turning 2 on Monday. Alexandra or Xany as she was nicknamed by her dad is a little shy but I’m hoping this big bouquet of balloons will make her smile until we get to see her.

Stamp set is Gina K Designs Birthday Bash by Rupa Shevda, Cuttlebug embossing folder was inked with Hero Arts ombre ink pad, Poppystamps Pinpoint Balloons dies and Concord & 9th double cut numbers dies also used.

This card will be entered into the ModSquadChallenge – Birthday Balloons Challenge.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Today’s card will be entered into two different challenge groups. The first challenge is the As You See It Challenge Recipe Challenge 216 to include snowflake, silver, sequins, dry embossing and an inspiring message.

I chose a Sizzix embossing folder from my stash that included a message area, the sentiment is from Maker’s Movement “You are a Unicorn” stamp and die set that I won on a Facebook question contest. Thanks Maker’s Movement. Snowflakes are SSS Sensational Snowflakes cut in various silver glitter cardstock. Sentiment was embossed Ranger silver embossing powder.

The second challenge is to include snowflakes on a card. Which makes this one card fit the bill for two challenges which is a first for me! This was very appropriate card since we woke up to a light covering of snow on grasses surfaces only. Now that’s my kind of snow.

Have a great day everyone and thanks for stopping by for a peek.

Today’s card is for the challenge at Dies R Us using a metal die and one that is carried by the store. The die on my card is a Memory Box “Enchanted Heart” die that I just purchased from Dies R Us. I’m loving it and will hopefully add Glorious Hearts die which according to the packaging work together. I die cut the heart 4 times, used Hero Arts Pink to Red ombre ink pad for the inlaid heart pieces, added some extra Martha Stewart heart border punch hearts to the card and stamped the sentiment from Gina K’s Lovely Ladybug stamp set by Beth Slaika. The top heart outline was sprayed with Hero Arts’ white iridescent shimmer spray.

Thanks for looking and another great challenge from the team at Dies R Us.

Challenge at ModSquadChallenge is to create your own patterned paper background. I used GKD’s Pretty Patterns by Melanie Muenchinger for my “zig-zag” background inked with Powder Blue (top and bottom section) in and then the middle in Tranquil teal GKD ink. Using the Scor-Buddy, I embossed and debossed the points of the chevron so IRL it show more dimension. The sentiment is also a GKD stamp from Happy Birthday to You set stamped in navy onto the SSS Burst Die** and then sprayed with Hero Arts white iridescent shimmer spray. This one is for my son-in-law’s birthday.

**This die was very difficult to cut out. I used a metal plate and ran it through my big shot maybe four times and it still did not completely cut out completely. I’m going to try again before contacting SSS to find out if they had any other issues with this die. If anyone has any cutting tips, please share.