Sunday Stamps #263 // As You See It #256 // Hand Stamped Sentiments #370

3 challenges inspired today's card...

Sunday Stamps // #SSC263 ...A color challenge!! Use as least 3 of the 5 colors given.  I used all 5...creating a backdrop with my watercolor pencils.

As You See It // #AYSI256 ...A fill in the blank challenge!  My favorite animal is_____.  I am not a huge animal lover but I do really like dragonflies.  I love it when I am kayaking and one lands on my kayak...the sun on their wings is amazing!!

Hand Stamped Sentiments // #HSS370 ...A photo challenge!!  I picked the dragonfly from this collage of images. 

 VERSE OF THE DAY

The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.

Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV) Courtesy of YouVersion

Global Design Project #256 & Just Us Girls Challenge #551

This week for the Global Design Project (#GDP256) we are suppose CASE (CASE = Copy And Selectively Edit)  Kayla McCreadie's creation.  I love the layering of dies in the same color...great 3D effect!!  I used my Beatiful Butterfly die from Stampin Up so that I could also play along with the Just Us Girls challenge.

                              

#bethegift challenge:  Make a meal plan for the month...pick one meal a week that you can make to deliver to a family that might need an extra hand.

Less Is More Challenge #419 & Freshly Make Sketches Challenge #434

A few days ago I created a white on white card...the current challenge from Less Is More is to create a card using cream on white!!  For my cream on white card I am also using the sketch challenge from Freshly Made Sketches.  


#bethegift challenge: Write a card to the person you prayed for yesterday!

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #060...#6

Today ended up being a rainy day so I decided to play along with all the options for this week's Tic Tac Toe board.  This card is for the top row across...tilted/enamel dot/butterfly.

Tilted...Butterfly and sentiment square are both tilted
Enamel dot...4 blue enamel dots scattered 
Butterfly...Stampin Up's Butterflies thinlits die 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #060...#5

Today ended up being a rainy day so I decided to play along with all the options for this week's Tic Tac Toe board.  This card is for the middle row across...Stitched/Tag/Vintage

Stitched...Hand sticked accents across and down
Tag...Stamping Up punch stamped with Verve sentiment
Vintage...sponging to give it an aged look

What an honor to be a Visiting Librarian at the Library Challenge!!  This unique challenge site has become one of my favorites!!  Since I love books, reading, and libraries about as much as I love creating cards,  this challenge is just perfect for me!!  

The Library Challenge is a creative challenge that picks a book and then challenges participants to create a card inspired by the cover, the title, or the story.  As visiting librarian I got to pick the book for this challenge...I picked an American Classic...Where the Red Fern Grows.  The challenge started on Jan 5th and this is my second card...decided I wanted to use the "red fern" as my inspiration this time.  

I am also playing along with the "create dimension" challenge from Just Us Girls.  I gave both my base and my butterflies dimension using dimensional adhesives.  

#bethegift challenge: Keep track (or lose track) of how many people you make laugh today!!

CAS(E) this Sketch...Take Two

Here is another take on the sketch challenge from CAS(E) this Sketch.  I love the classy simplistic look of this sketch so much that I created another card using it.  Several days ago I created two Christmas cards using this sketch with ribbon from a bouquet of flowers that was delivered to our office...I did it again with the ribbon from last week's arrangement.  Each Monday the local florist delivers our office an arrangement for the waiting room...I have taken to repurposing the beautiful bows, and this sketch is perfect for doing that!!

Thank you...

Today is the Wildflower Festival here in town....love this Wildflower card!!  I created it for the Color Throwdown color challenge.  We were to use yellow, orange, blue and green.  The perfect combination of colors to make a wildflower bouquet.  I love Stampin Up's Butterfly Basics stamp set for creating wildflower collages.

3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts) 3 gifts ugly beautiful.... thunderstorms...dark gray skies beautiful bright lightening streaks//morning hair...after some shampoo and blowing drying that ugly turns beautiful//washing machine...things go in ugly and come out beautiful

Mother's Day is Coming...

Mother's Day is coming!!  I am working on stocking my stash with both Mother's Day and Father's Day cards this week!!  Let me know if you would like to special order one.  This card was created for the sketch challenge from the As You See It blog.  Their sketches always have fun pieces and part...lots of inspiration to get your creative juices flowing.  

Materials used:  Stampin Up's Butterfly Basics die...Night of Navy ribbon and linen thread...doily...Teeny Tiny greetings and window punch...trio of enamel embellishments

3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts) 3 gifts close...our cypress pond//my hubby sitting next to me on the couch//my parents who live below us