The card I created today will be entered into two different challenges. The first challenge is from the As You See It Challenge #218 which is a timed challenge of 10 minutes plus shades of brown no other color except neutral.

My card was completed in 8:05.67 which I was surprised by since it took me two days to figure out what I wanted to do and then find the stamps. Unfortunately this is a sympathy card for a cousin who lost her husband at the age of 60. The stamps I used on this card were: StampinUp’s Upsy Daisy which was stamped in GKD chocolate brown ink, the background stamp is Hero Arts Italian Poetry background stamp stamped in Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The background seemed too white so I sponged some of the vintage photo distress ink over the background sentiment. I have several templates for “stencils” on my desk for use so this did save me a step of die cutting a template. The sentiment is GKD’s Sympathy Duo stamp set and stamped in chocolate brown ink. The added bow was made using some Denami Designs ribbon and the bow thankfully came together more quickly than normal. Mounted the card front on some kraft cardstock, added some wink of stella for a little shine and crystalline drops just because. The Bow meets the requirements of Just Us Girls Challenge “Bow” Word Week Challenge

I enjoy the timed challenges….it’s gets the juices flowing!! Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!!

So, I really should be focusing totally on my Valentine cards but decided to play along with the Sunday Stamps Weekly Challenge which is a color challenge. Here’s their color palette of which you need to choose at least three colors.

The colors I decided to go with on this card are GKD’s cherry red, coral red, dusty rose and Memento’s pear tart. Hopefully these are close enough to the required colors. I seem to have a hard time associating colors without names! The other color used is GKD cardstock in Ocean Mist. Stamps are GKD’s True Love, Better With You and Sugar Pea Designs for Stamp of Approval (leaf). Added some wink of stella over my circle “flowers” for some shine. This is my attempt to CASE of Mindy Eggen’s card for the day 3 of GKD January release. I didn’t see the card posted just the video. A CASE and CAS card to boot! I’m thinking I can include this as a Valentine card. Yes/No???

Our son-in-law’s birthday is the end of January and he takes pictures of fish while snorkeling. Actually he takes pictures of everything. Our son’s birthday is the beginning of February and he has aquariums with fish and always has had them. So with that in mind I thought these cards would be perfect for each of them. The balloons with the little face that I stamped in it is a little scary, though. Stamp set used was Stampendous’ Sushi Bowl Party and sentiment is from GKD Best Fishes.

Thanks for looking. Have a great day.

The challenge at The Sisterhood of Crafters is to use a newly acquired item to our stash. My new item is the butterfly die that I ordered from Amazon (not sure of the manufacturer). The challenge at Just Us Girls Challenge #520 is a photo week challenge of butterflies.

In addition to the butterfly die, I also used SU Pretty petals background stamp as well as Peace, Love & Cupcakes stamp set for the sentiment. The Pretty Petals background stamp was inked and stamped off once on scrap paper and then stamped on the card base with Salty Ocean distress oxide ink. I cut the outline of the butterfly die by using the die on cardstock and using a blade to cut it out. The butterfly layer was also sprayed with Hero Arts Iridescent Shimmer Spray for some shine and added sequins from SSS Blue moon sequin pack.

The January challenge at Gina K Designs “Let’s Reflect” and to re-do a card from the previous year. Since I’m in Valentine’s day mode, I needed to go back 2 years by re-doing this card using GKD’s Better with You Stamp set.

My current card uses the kitties and same sentiment from the Better With You stamp set and the hearts in my night sky are GKD’s Spoon Me set. The sky was created with Distress Inks in Broken China, Wilted Violet, Black Soot, a little water and Hero Arts white iridescent shimmer spray. A2 layers dies from Waffle Flower were used for my panels.

The ModSquadChallenge for this week is to use animals on your project so I reached deep into my stash of older stamps and found this all too cute Sheriff Bear red rubber stamp. Not sure what company made him as he was a cling and no name so if anyone can identify him I would appreciate it. The sentiment was computer generated, the stars are from die cut Spellbinders and the patterned paper is an All About Boys DCWV stack that I’ve also had for years.

This card is for baby’s grandparents and I’m hoping they like it as much as I do. Thanks for stopping by for a peek.

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.