2 Cards

 

Card #1 inspired by one challenge...

Time Out Challenge // #TOC239 ...An inspiration challenge!! What inspiration did I get from this photo??  The answer: metallic pineapple, the green colors, the white flowers and the shelf layers.

Update:  What an honor!!  This card received an "honorable mention" over on the Time Out Challenge blog!  Thanks to the design team for the shout out on this card!!

Card #2 inspired by one challenge...

Freshly Made Sketches // #FMS588 ...A sketch challenge!!  Two of the design team members used this sketch to create a beach theme...I loved that!!  So I CASEed that element using Stampin Up's Sea Turtle set.    

           

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Blue Skies & Balmy Palm Trees

 

3 challenges inspired today's card...

TicTacToe Challenge // #tttc210 ...A game board challenge!!  My winning three in a row on this game board: trees, CAS, ombre.  My palm trees are from Stampin Up's Timeless Tropical bundle.

Just Us Girls // #JUG681 ...A CAS challenge that includes a silhouette.  I think this palm tree die makes a great silhouette and looks great against stenciled sun rays!!

Colorful Options // May 2023 ...A color challenge!!  BLUE!!  I used Stampin Up's Night of Navy for my BLUE!!  Night of Navy ribbon, card stock, and ink!!  

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Just Breathe

2 challenges inspired this card...

Just Add Ink // #JAI602 ...A pick 2 challenge!! Pick 2 out of these three elements: stencil, heat embossing, texture paste.  The two I picked for my card...heat embossing and stencil.  Stenciled my ray of sunshine and heat embossed my palm trees and sentiment with Early Espresso embossing powder.

Time Out Challenge // #213 ...A theme challenge!! VACATION!!  Palm trees and sunshine make the perfect vacation combination for me!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Timeless Tropical

 2 challenges inspired today's card...

CAS Colours & Sketches // #461 ...A color challenge!  The trio of colors for this challenge...Balmy Blue (ink), So Saffron (ink, card stock, and ribbon), and Night of Navy (ink and twine).

Try Stampin On Tuesday // #TSOT546 ...A sketch challenge!  A simple yet fun sketch with so many options.  I decided to use Stampin Up's Timeless Tropical to make a card that can be used for multiple occasions...kept it blank without a sentiment on the front so that I could decide later and stamp a sentiment on the inside.

Update...So excited that this card was chosen as one of the top three!!  

Verse of the Day:  (courtesy of YouVersion)

Aloha

 

2 challenges inspired today's card...

Just Add Ink // #JAI594 ...A technique challenge!!  Just add masking!!  I love this technique and used to use it all the time when I first started stamping!!  Thanks for the reminder and the inspiration to use it again!!

Global Design Project // #GDP334 ...A sketch challenge!! I decide to flip the sketch to accommodate the placement of my sentiment. 

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Color Throwdown #652 // Just Add Ink #564 // Freshly Made Sketches #495 // Paper Craft Crew #436

 2 cards // each inspired by 2 challenges...

Card #1...

Color Throwdown // #ctd652 ...A color challenge! Aqua, green, blue, and kraft is the color combo for this challenge.  I used Stampin Up's Night of Navy ink for my palms, sentiment and birds, Pear Pizzazz card stock for my palm trees die, Tempting Turquoise for my aqua back drop, and Soft Sky card stock for my strip of clouds.  It was a rest & relax type of color combo!!

Just Add Ink // #JAI564 ...A choose two challenge! We were given 3 elements and asked to choose two...the elements for this choose two challenge were sky, sea, or trees.  For this card I picked sky and trees.

Card # 2...

Freshly Made Sketches // #FMS495 ...A sketch challenge!  I used on circle but then replaced the other two circles with die cut leaves.  Fall is definitely not in the air yet here in Florida but a girl can dream of cooler evenings, bonfires and need for sweatshirts, right?!?

Paper Craft Crew // #PCC436 ...A tic tac toe challenge!  My winning three in a row run down the center of the board...dies, vellum, and markers.  I used a stitched circle die along with a leave die, a piece of printed vellum, and I colored the back side of the vellum with markers...three elements in a row for a win!

VERSE OF THE DAY

Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.

Psalms 100:2 (NIV) Courtesy of YouVersion

Color Throwdown Challenge #648 // Freshly Made Sketches #491

 2 challenges inspired today's card...

Color Throwdown // #ctd648 ...A color challenge!! The color combo for this challenge is orange, green, pink, and purple!  Perfect for the new InColors from Stampin Up!!  I used designer papers in Polished Pink for my pink, Soft Succulent for my green, Pale Papaya for my orange, Fresh Freesia for my purple.

Freshly Made Sketches // #FMS491 ...A sketch challenge!! This sketch made the perfect backdrop for the this duo of palms from Stampin Up's Timeless Tropical bundle!! 

VERSE OF THE DAY

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Acts 1:8 (ESV) Courtsey of YouVersion

Cardz 4 Guyz #270 // INKspirational Challenge #238 // The Paper Players #539 // Inspired By #172

  2 Cards Today...

Card #1 // 3 challenges inspired this first card...

Cardz 4 Guyz // #C4G270 ...Today begins another challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz!  Our challenge for you is to create a masculine card that is monochromatic!!  What young boy doesn't love a trio of frogs!?!

INKspirational Challenge // #238 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch was perfect for the trio of frogs I had cut out!!

The Paper Players // #PP539 ...A theme challenge!! The theme for this current challenge is all things boy...slugs, snail, puppy dog tails!!  Or toads!! Yes to toads!!

Card #2 // One challenge inspired this card...

Inspired By // #IB172 ...A photo challenge with the option of a sketch!  I used both the sketch and the photo.  I am loving using this palms from Stampin Up's Timeless Tropical on watercolor paper.

Update:  This card got an HONORABLE MENTION from the Inspired By team!! Thank for the shout out!!  This has got to be one of MY favorites as well and the person that received it loved it too!!

Verse of the Day:

But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.

1 John 1:9 (NLT)

Sunday Stamps Challenge #255 // Global Design Project #288

 2 challenges inspired today's card...

Sunday Stamps // #SSC255 ...A color challenge!! I love this combination of yellow, blue, and green!!  Made me think of sunny skies, palmy trees, and water...maybe that is because I live in Florida!!

Global Design Project // #GDP288 ...A CASE challenge! CASE=Copy And Selectively Edit!  For this current challenge we are CASEing a card created by Manuela Geiswinkler...She is part of the GDP team and live in Austria.  I love the water color background, the added embellishments, and the soft pastel colors!!

UPDATE:  The card was chosen as a "top cup" over at Sunday Stamps!!  Yippie!!  Thanks to the design team for a shout out on this card!!

Verse of the Day:

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.

1 JOHN 2:15-16 (NIV)

Color Throwdown Challenge #638 // CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #415 // CASology #388

 3 challenges inspired today's card...

Color Throwdown // #ctd638 ...A color challenge!! The colors for this current challenge are yellow, blue, and green.  

CAS Colours & Sketches // #415 ...A sketch challenge!! A clean and simple sketch!!

CASology // #388 ...A cue card challenge!! The cue card for this current challenge is HELLO!!

Verse of the Day:

Kind words are like honey— they cheer you up and make you feel strong.

PROVERBS 16:24 (CEV)