Fri-Yay! 5.5.23

 Happy Friday!!

3 challenges inspired today's card...

Color Throwdown // #ctd741 ...A color challenge!!  Pink, sage, yellow, and brown are the colors called for in this week's challenge.  For the current color combo, I used Stampin Up's Soft Suede, Sage Shadow (retired), So Saffron, and Pretty In Pink (retired).

Global Design Project // #GDP392 ...A CASE challenge!!  This week we are CASEing a card create by Charlet Mallett.  The things I loved about her card and decided to CASE...the watercolored background, the detail penned flowers, the speckled base layer with just a bit of color, and the white sentiment on dark paper.

Cupcake Inspiraitons // #CI568 ...A cupcake inspired challenge!!  The current challenge is all about Mother's Day or that special lady in your life!!  My inspiration: flowers, pastel colors, and a Happy Mother's Day sentiment.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Mother's Day Is On Sunday

 2 challenges inspired today's card...

Try Stampin On Tuesday // #TSOT553 ...A sketch challenge!! An optional theme was also given to us...things that fly!!  I used the optional theme and also flipped the sketch to vertical.

TGIF Challenges // #tgifc366 ...A theme challenge!! Happy Mother's Day!!  The perfect challenge for this week since Mother's Day is Sunday!!

Verse of the Day:  (courtesy of YouVersion)

2 Mother's Day Cards

 2 cards, each inspired by 2 challenge2...

Card #1...

Try Stamping on Tuesday // #TSOT552 

...A sketch challenge!!  There was an optional twist of using black and white plus one additional color but I just couldn't pull that off since I needed a Mother's Day card.

Card #2...

Global Design Project // #GDP340 ...A CASE challenge!!  For this challenge we are CASEing a card made by Ann Alexander.  I love the foliage & square layers, and all the pieces and parts (twine & rhinestones).  While I used a Happy Mother's Day sentiment...it is a thank you card for the best mom ever!!

And since both of these cards are Mother's Day cards they are being entered in the TGIF Challenge!! #TGIF366  They have a theme challenge for their current challenge...Happy Mother's Day!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Mother's Day Cards for several Challenges

3 Mothers Day Cards....
 

Tic Tac Toe // #tttc111 ...A game board challenge!  My winning three in a row on this board is mother/child image, coloring, and scallops.  This winning three in a row runs left upper corner to  right bottom corner.  I love this little beach scene I was able to create using retired stamps from Stampin Up.  I did a little "masking" to get the mom and her two sons playing in the sand.

TGIF Challenge // #tgifc314 ...A designer take over challenge!! Oh my ombre!!  Can't think of a better way to play along with this challenge than to use Stampin Up's ombre papers!! It is like they were made for this challenge,

Fab Friday Challenge // #212 ...A color challenge!  We were given 4 colors...Old Olive, Soft Seafoam, Terracotta Tile, and Flirty Flamingo.  I decided a water color blend of these colors would be the perfect back drop for these palms.

Verse of the Day:

for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Romans 10:13 (NIV)

Global Design Project #237

Color challenge from Global Design Project.  The colors this week are Mint Macaron, Melon Mambo, and Night of Navy.  Both stamps used on this card are retired...one from Stampin Up and one from Verve.

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #060...#8

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 going down...enamel dot/tag/wreath.

Enamel Dot...yellow enamel dots at the center of each flower
Tag...Thankful for you (retired from Stampin Up)
Wreath...Stampin Up's Swirly Bird die

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #060...#7

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 left row going down...tilted/stitched/blue.

Tilted...black pennant and bottom part of card 
Stitched...hand stitches of black thread and stitched shape oval die
Blue...Marina Mist ink and card stock

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

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #060...#4

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 diagonal three in a row...top right to bottom left...Butterfly/Tag/Blue.

Butterfly...Stampin Up's Butterflies die 
Tag...Stampin Up's mini tag punch stamped with love, thank, a key
Blue...Marian Mist cardstock

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #060...#3

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 bottom row across...Blue/Wreath/Button.

Blue...Marina Mist ink and cardstock
Wreath...Stampin Up die from Swirly Bird bundle and stamped flowers from that same set
Button...mini buttons at the center of the flowers and Verve sentiment

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #060...#2

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 diagonal three in a row...top left to bottom right...Tilted/Tag/Button.

Tilted...washi tape across the card//embossed buttons across the card//tag set on a slight tilt
Tag...Tag punch from Stampin Up
Button...Sentiment from Verve//embossed row of buttons//button on tag.

You Are My Sunshine

Here is my take on the CASology challenge....MOM!  Sunday is Mother's Day!! 3 cheers to all the moms out there!!

I kept my card very simple...CAS...Clean And Simple!  Stenciled the back ground with Peekaboo Peach ink.  Used Peekaboo Peach card stock for my MOM die cuts.  Finished is off with a stamped sentiment.  

3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts) 3 gifts about your home...our AC--much needed here in FL//the unconditional love found here//our location--love the view of the cypress pond out our living room window.  

Her Children Arise and Call Her Blessed...

Another Mother's Day card made for the Paper Players challenge....to create a clean and simple card using the paper piecing technique.  Today I used Stampin Up's Beautiful You stamp set and some of their designer papers, along with a sentiment stamp from Verve to create my card.  I think this technique is super fun and creates such a eye catching look!!  While this is a fun technique you sure don't want to use it when mass producing cards...too time consuming!!  See the instructions below for this technique.  

3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts)  3 gifts fragile...our kids heart--lead them gently//grandma's crystal serving dishes//our government--remember to pray for our nations leadership

Paper Piecing Technique

1. Step 1 

   Stamp image on cardstock.

   Step 2 

   Stamp same image onto patterned paper.

   Step 3 

   Cut image pieces out of patterned paper.

   Step 4

   Adhere patterned paper pieces over the card stock image.

   Step 5 

   Finished project.

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