A Birthday & A Thank You

 Card #1 inspired by 2 challenges...

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge // #AHSC516 ...A sketch challenge!!  My mom was doing some Spring cleaning and found this pack of paper from over 10 years ago when we lived in VA.  She asked me if I could make some cards with it...that is why you keep seeing these papers in my blog posts.  Since she found it while Spring cleaning...I think I could also share it with the As You See It challenge!!   I didn't really use scraps but this paper packet was a product of some Spring cleaning.  LOL!!

 

Update: So excited to have this card chosen as a top 3 by the Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge team!!  What an honor!!  Y'all know how to make a girl smile!!

Card #2 inspired by 1 challenge...

Global Design Project // #GDP385 ...A color challenge!!  The trio of colors for this challenge: Costal Cabana, Crumb Cake, and Very Vanilla.  A beachy color combination in my mind's eye.

Both cards are also perfect for the Retro Rubber challenge // #rrcb202  It is an "anything goes" challenge.  But you have to use stamps that are over a year old.  Card #1...I used the Just Believe stamp set from Stampin Up that retired in 2013 (not sure what year is came out but obviously it is an oldie but goodie).  And the sentiment on Card #2 came from Stampin Up's Rose Wonder stamp set that came out in 2016.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Global Design Project #382

 1 challenge inspired today's card...

Global Design Project // #GDP382 ...A sketch challenge!!  I took a bit of liberty with this sketch because I really wanted to use this sentiment from Stampin Up's Rose Wonder set.  Because of it's size I used the sentiment in one of the circles and then added a ribbon where the sentiment was called for on the sketch.  I hope that was a-okay!?!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Just Us Girls Challenge #559

Here is my take on the photo challenge from Just Us Girls.  I love that large clock on the wall and made me think of the Tim Holtz stencil I had hidden away in my stash.  I decided on the rust designer paper because of the color of flowers sitting on the table.  Stampin Up's Rose Wonder sentiment/frame and leaf die seemed to finish it off perfectly!!

#bethegift challenge:  Invite just one person to one thing today...invest in friendship!

Freshly Made Sketches #456 & CAS Colours and Sketches #391

I created this card for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge and the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge but I missed getting it post before the Freshly Made Sketches challenge closed.  Today was the day that we travelled home from visiting with our new grand baby and I didn't get home in time.  Oh well...I sure did enjoy the time with our daughter, son-in-law, and grand-daughter.

The CAS Colours & Sketches challenge was a color challenge this week.  The color combo that was given to us was Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo, and Rich Razzleberry.  Water color paper worked perfectly for blending these colors...especially on an embossed image!

#bethegift challenge:  Forgive today!! Think forgiveness. Give it forward today!!

Just Add Ink Challenge #521

Just Add Ink has a photo challenge for us!!  I used the copper tones and roses as my inspiration.  Stampin Up's Rose Wonder bundle was perfect for this challenge...and a bronze metallic pad gave the finishing touch I was looking for.

         

#bethegift challenge: Send a coffee gift card to a teacher you know.  All of our teachers need encouragement as they navigate the new normal this pandemic has put upon us!!

Freshly Made Sketches #441

One simple sketch challenge inspired today's card.  I am playing along with the sketch challenge from the Freshly Made Sketches team.  Stampin Up's Rose Wonder seemed like perfect for this sketch.

#bethegift challenge:  Be still and pray for someone today...let them know you carried them to Jesus today!!

Freshly Made Sketches #426 & INKspirational #208

A sketch and a theme, these two go hand in hand and work perfectly for creating a card. So....I have combined the sketch challenge from Freshly Made Sketch and the theme challenge (of ANIMAL/real or magical) from INKspirational.  


I am using Stampin Up's A Little Wild stamp set and matching dies along with some of their designer paper from Sale-A-Bration and a sentiment from Rose Wonder.  

Just as I picked up my card to photograph it, I smudged the corner....GRRR!! So....the whole background got smudged up!!  I was more fond of the way it looked before but this is how it ended up!!

#bethegift challenge:  Give the gift of heart today...take some walls down and share vulnerably with a friend.

Just Us Girls Challenge #525

Inlay Die Cuts....that is the challenge from Just Us Girls!!  I love the look this gives but it is very time intensive...especially if you change the colors!!  I used Stampin Up's Rose Garden thinlits for the inlay portion and the verse is from the Rose Wonder stamp set.  I cut out the rose and the leaves in two different colors and then inlaid one color into the other...that is what I meant by time consuming, but I love the stain glass look it creates when using two colors.

#bethegift challenge: Give the gift of service...think of 3 ways you can love others by serving them.

Update:  This card was chosen as the Chic of the week!!  What an honor!!

The Library Challenge #51

Here is my take on the current Library Challenge.  The book for this challenge is Romeo & Juliet...use the story, the cover, or the title for your inspiration.  I decide to use the cover as my inspiration....brick wall background and roses! This gorgeous rose die is from Stampin Up's Rose Wonder set. 

#bethegift challenge: Connect with someone grieving...just let them know that you care!

As You See It Challenge #217

As You See It had a photo inspired challenge with a love theme this go round.  You might ask how a "love" theme ends up with a sympathy sentiment on my card?!?  Well a card sent at a time like this is filled with love!!  Truth is the daisy and green ribbon where the real elements of my inspiration!!  I used Stampin Up's Painted Harvest and Rose Wonder (for the sentiment) stamp sets...love the look of the white on black...the centers are colored in using water color pencils.  These flowers may have been intended as sunflowers but I decided to exercise a bit of creative lenience.  

#bethegift challenge:  Be all about the ministry of presence today...Linger with people.  Make eye contact.  Ask heart questions.

INKspirational Challenges #202

Today I am playing along with the INKspirational Challenge to use no ink...that is right...no stamping!!  I decided when ink is not an option, dies work great!!

3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts)  3 gifts humble--The humble beginnings of our King of Kings!!  A bowed knee in prayer!! The promise that when we humble ourselves before him, He will lift us up!!