Clean and Simple Cards

Here are 5 cards that I made for CAS (clean and simple) challenges over at SCS.



The thing about a CAS card is that they are pretty self explanitory!! What more can I say!?! Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!!

inspirational challenge

I created this card for the inspiration challenge over at SCS. Here is the piece from which I drew my inspiration:
I love college card especially when I can include a butterfly. I don't care how long this Stipple Butterfly has been retired--it will always have a place on my shelf!! It has got to be one of my all time favorites!!

The inspiration piece was from Lorelie Kay Designs--lot of great things can be found there--you could maybe even get some Chirstmas shopping done!!

Now alittle about my card: the pocket watch looks so real because I used Crystal Effects on the face of the clock--the background paper was printed in the college and I just added the pocket watch, the butterfly (which I colored with water color pencils and then cut out) and the hardware items. Of course I had to make it a circle card in keeping with my inspirational piece. Let me know what you think!!

OCC sketch challenge

It has been raining here for the last 3 days--cold and rainy!! I am just wishing that it was snow!! Boy it would be so beautiful--we would probably have several feet at this rate!! Since I am not actually getting snow I thought I would make a card that displayed my wishful thinking. I used Versa Mark to stamp my snowflakes in the back ground, brayered over them and the trees that I had stamped in Night of Navy, masked the "fallen snow" at the base of the trees, added some Dazzling Diamonds to make it really sparkle and then finished it off with ribbon and snowflake brads. The background was embossed with the Swiss Dots folder. Love my wintery scene--makes me want to grab a book and cuddle up by the fire. Thanks for looking!!Here is the sketch that I followed--come on over to Our Creative Corner and play along.

Color Throwdown Challlenge

Well, when I first saw the colors I wasn't sure I could answer that question with a yes?!?! But I gave it a whirl and I love how it turned out. These colors definitely made me think of fall--my favorite time of the year!! Our leave have almost all fallen of the trees and the pumpkins are starting to look like they need to be removed, so.......this will probably be my last fall card of the year. No stamping today just embossing, die cuts, punches, and alittle linen thread. Let me know what you think!!

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge #112

What a fun sketch for this week's Mojo Monday sketch challenge. I used my new CB embossing borders to emboss the tall image panels--then I embossed it at again on white and punched out just the cabin and layered it. Stamped snowflakes (Serene Snowflakes from Stampin Up) create the wintery background. My sentiment is a retired one from Stampin Up and it is stamped in Night of Navy. The sketch for this week was given in as a horizontal card but I filled it and made it a vertical card.

Here is the sketch.......Let me know what you think.....and if you have time come play along!!

White and One Other Color....

White and one other color.....that is the CAS challenge this Monday Morning over at SCS. Come on over and join the fun and let's see what color you pick. Me??? I picked Pink Passion!!

Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge

Here is my card for this week's sketch challenge over at Our Creative Corner:

I used Old Olive, Ruby Red, Choc. Chip and Very Vanilla--all from Stampin Up. My stamp set is also from Stampin Up--even though it has been retired for awhile I just can't quite using it, especially at Christmas time!! My tab was punched out and fastened in place with a brad--I also added the word winter to it as well. The main image panel is attached using 3D glue dots so that the card has some depth. The background was embossed and then just a bit of ribbon was added to finish it off. Here is the sketch--come play along!!