April Showers

 2 challenges inspired today's card...

The Paper Players // #PP587  ...A CAS theme challenge!!  Keep the card CAS (clean and simple) and follow the April Showers theme.  

Just Us Girls // #JUG628 ...A color challenge!!  Red, Black, and White!!  Classic!!  I think this is one of my favorite color combos!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Happy BeeDay!!

 2 challenges inspired today's card...

Less Is More // #LIM462 ...A theme challenge!!  OCCUPATIONS!!  Living in the Panhandle of Florida I have lots of friends who are professional bee keepers.  Matter of fact...less than a 1/4 of a mile down the road from us is an apiary.  So for this occupations theme challenge, I made a birthday card that can be sent to a bee keeper.

Try Stamping on Tuesday // #TSOT551 ...A sketch challenge with an optional floral twist.  Used the sketch for sure, no real florals though!  I may not have any florals on my card but it takes flowers to make honey...so there is that!!

Update...Yippie!!  This card was chosen at a "top 3" over at the Try Stampin On Tuesday challenge!!  Thanks to their team for the shout out!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Cardz 4 Guyz...New Challenge Begins Today

 Today begins a new challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz...

Cardz 4 Guyz // #C4G294 ...Our new challenge is "Tag, You're It"!!  So....include a tag in some way and make it masculine!!  We can't wait to see how this challenge inspires you. 

Tag, you're it!!

My take on this challenge was also inspired by 3 other challenges...

TGIF Challenges // #tgifc364 ...A technique challenge!!  Decorative masks!!  I used two...started with the elephant and then laid the mosaic mask over it and added red ink.

Just Add Ink // #JAI599 ...A just add challenge!!  Just add your favorit animal!!  Since our family is Alabama/Roll Tide fans...an elephant is on of my favorite animals.

Paper Craft Crew // #PCC466 ...A theme challenge!!  MOSAICS!!  This mosaic mask works perfect for the current challenge over at Paper Craft Crew.

  

Verse of the Day:  (courtesy of YouVersion)

Make the Cards Challenge #52 // Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #468 // TicTaToe #157

 2 cards...

Card #1 inspired by 2 challenges...

Make the Cards Challenge // #52 ...A color challenge!! Any shade of yellow!!  Yellow is my daughters favorite color...I can see why, it is so bright and full of cheer.   Hope it will be a bright spot in the midst of a friends grief!!

TicTacToe Challenge // #tttc157 ...A game board challenge!!  My winning three in a row for this game...slimline, spring, and die.  

Card #2 inspired by 1 challenge...

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge // #468 ...A sketch challenge!!  Since it is not even 5:00am yet, I agree totally with this sentiment!!  And I will take a moment with Jesus while sipping on my coffee!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Dance Like No Is Watching...

 2 Cards...

Card #1 was inspired by 3 challenges...

Festive Friday // #FF0107 ...An inspo list challenge!! From the inspo list, pick 3 of the ten words given when creating your project.  This current inspo list is in honor of International Dance Day!!  For my card I used these three inspo words...die, music, rhinestones.

Paper Craft Crew // #PCC466 ...A theme challenge!!  MOSAICS!  I used the bee hive die from Stampin Up's Honey Bee bundle to create small "tiles" for for my mosaic.

Color Throwdown // #ctd688 ...A color challenge!!  Pink, sage green, blue, and lavender...a set of "tiles" in each color to frame my embossed dancer.

Card #2 was inspired by 2 challenges...

Hand Stamped Sentiments // #HSS386 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch was perfect for making a graduation card I was asked to create.

INKspirational Challenges // #263 ...A technique challenge!!  Watercolor!!  I used watercolor paper, inks and an acrylic block to create my circle back drop.

Verse of the Day:  (courtesy of YouVersion)

Simply Scrappin Kit From 2009

 Being a part of the Shopping Our Stash design team has made be more intentional about using up my stash...today is a perfect example of that!!  I used Stampin Up's Full Bloom Simply Scrappin kit from 2009 to create the following cards.  These kits were originally designed for making scrapbook pages but today I am shopping my stash and using them to make cards.

Freshly Made Sketches // #FMS531 ...A sketch challenge!!  I used my square punch for getting the two squares called for,  used part of a boarder sticker for the one stripe across the bottom and ribbon for the other stripe.

Try Stampin On Tuesday // #TSOT551 ...A sketch challenge!!  For this current challenge we were also given two photos to inspire us and asked to use these photos or sketch or use both!!  Using this Full Bloom kit means I got both elements covered!!

CAS Colours & Sketches // #465 ...A sketch challenge!!  For this challenge I created two cards...one vertically and one horizontally!!  Keeping both of them CAS...Clean And Simple!!

Verse of the Day:  (courtesy of YouVersion)

Global Design Project #338 //TGIF Challenges #364

 2 challenges inspired today's card...

Global Design Project // #GDP338 ...A sketch challenge!!  This large shell from Stampin Up's Friends Are Like Seahells set is perfect for this sketch challenge.

TGIF Challenges // #tgifc364 ...A technique challenge!!  Pull our your decorative masks and have some fun.  I used a sponge brayer for adding the Soft Suede ink to my embossed masked stripes!!

Verse of the Day:  (courtesy of YouVersion)