Vintage Birthday

 

3 challenges inspired today's card...

Inspire.Create.Challenge // #ICC225 ...A theme challenge!!  The theme for this current challenge is CLEAN & SIMPLE.  How about a clean & simple, vintage, masculine, birthday, card?!?

AAA Card Challenge // #324 ...A "clean and simple challenge" with a theme!!  The theme for this current challenge is CASE!!  We are asked to CASE a card that Helen made.  My CASEing includes the color of her circle, a vintage image and the layout!!

Addicted to CAS // #317 ...A clean & simple "code word" challenge!!  CIRCLE is the code word for this current challenge!!  I stenciled a circle in my card's corner and left lots of white space...clean & simple indeed!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Happiness Is...

 

4 challenges inspired today's card...

Inspired By // #IB408 ...A "visual prompt" challenge with an optional sketch!!  Inspired by coffee mugs!!  I used both the photo and the sketch on today's card.

Retro Rubber Challenge // #rrcb281 ...A retro challenge with a game board!!  My winning three in a row on this tic-tac-toe board: splatter (coffee splatters stenciled on the background), letters (embossing folder of block letters), and kraft paper (background layer).  And my retro stamp (over 10 years old) is from Verve Stamps that is no longer in business.

TicTacToe Challenge // #tttc302 ...A game board challenge!!  My winning three in a row runs down the center of this tic-tac-toe game board: die (coffee die from Verve Stamps), free (how about coffee theme for my free), and embossing (block letters folder).  How fun to have winning runs on two different tic-tac-toe boards!??!

First Cup Challenge // #18 ...A monthly beverage challenge!!  Showcasing a trio of mugs that hold my beverage of choice...coffee...straight up black for me!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Guest Designer @ Double Trouble #226

 Today I am guest designing for...

Double Trouble // #226 ...A "Thing 1, Thing 2, and Thing 3" challenge!!  Thing 1 wants us to follow a "Happy Fall Yall" recipe...3 colors (yellow, orange, and red), 2 worded sentiment (Thank You), and 1 image (acorn from Stampin Up's Beautiful Autumn)...CHECK!!  Thing 2 wants us to use the sketch from Try A Sketch On Tuesday #705...CHECK!!  Thing 3 wants us to use a fall image and I picked an acorn...CHECK!!  How fun to be a "crazy cousin" added into the Double Trouble family tree.  Thanks for letting me be a guest designer for this challenge. 

                           

Try A Sketch On Tuesday // #TSOT704 ...These two challenges (Double Trouble & TSOT) always partner up.  Since this is a planned partnership on their part (not me picking and combining challenges) you always know they work perfectly together!!

2 additional challenges inspired today's card...

{PIN}spirational Challenges // #341 ...A monthly Pinterest photo challenge!!  My inspiration from September's Pinterest photo: the colors and the leaves.

Papercarft Challenges // #PC134 ...A theme challenge!!  COZY AUTUMN is the theme for this current challenge.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Autumn Splendor

4 challenges inspired today's card...

Cupcake Inspirations // #CI641 ...A "cupcake inspired" challenge!!  This cupcake photo showcases three colors, turquoise, pistachio, and megenta.  I used Stampin Up's Tempting Turquoise, Pear Pizzaz, and Rich Razzleberry.

TGIF Challenges // #tgif596 ...A theme challenge!!  HELLO FALL is the theme for this current challenge!!  I used Stampin Up's Aumtumn Splendor stamp set...perfect fall leaf!!

Addicted to Stamps & More // #ATS&M526 ...A "make your mark" challenge!!  I used ink, a stencil, and a spritz of water to
"make my mark"!!

Hand Stamped Sentiments // #HSS497 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch was perfect for my Autumn Splendor card.  It did a great job of showcasing these other three challenges.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Birthday Soccer Girlie

 

5 challenges inspired today's card...

Little Red Wagon // #LRW877 ...A "recipe" challenge!!  They want to see 1 image, 2 papers, and 3 embellishments.  I used 1 soccer girl stamp from Me&My Big Ideas, 2 papers (solid card stock and designer paper from Stampin Up) and 3 pink rhinestones from Hobby Lobby.

Just Add Ink // #JAI795 ...A "just add" challenge!!  For this current challenge we are "just adding" dies & stencils...one or both...with a kid theme.  On my card, I used both and I followed the KID theme!!

Double D Challenge // 26SEPT26 ...A "visual prompt" challenge!!  Pretty In Pink...the color was my inspiration along with the bows (see the bows in my little players hair)!!  All things pink on today's card...pink card stock, pink ink, pink designer paper, pink stenciling, and a pink uniform!!

Retro Rubber // #rrcb281 ...A retro stamp with a tic-tac-toe board challenge!!  This girlie soccer player is over 15 years old...from back in the day when I was a soccer mom and still scrapbooking.  My winning three in a row on the tic-tac-toe board: distressed edge, letters, and die.

Just Us Girls // #JUG842 ...A theme challenge!!  STENCIL is the theme for this current challenge.  On Wednesday I stenciled inside my die cut bubbles, making little floral inserts.  I loved how it looked so I used it again today.  The stencil that I used is from Funky Fossil.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Thinking of You

 

4 challenges inspired today's card...

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge // #AHSC700 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch was the starting point for today's card.  It worked perfectly for combining these challenges.

Color Hues // #TCH141 ...A color challenge!!  The duo of colors called for in this current challenge: PURPLE & ARTICHOKE.  A perfect combinations for an arrangement of flowers.

A Cut Above // SEPT2026 ...A monthly "die cut" challenge!!  I used Spellbinders floral dies on today's card.  I also used the negative space from my die cut leaves to stencil in some additional leaves...I love the subtle dimension this gives.

Ellibelle's Garden Party // #19 ...An "anything in or from a garden" challenge!!  Today, I picked from a flower garden!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Have A Brew-tiful Day!!

 

4 challenges inspired today's card...

Freshly Made Sketches // #FMS755 ...A sketch challenge!!  I used this sketch as a starting point for today's card.  Used a bear instead of a triangle and an oval sentiment in place of circle, but it was the sketch behind today's creation.

CAS Colours & Sketches // #594 ...A color challenge!!  The trio of colors called for in this challenge: Peaceful Pine, Highland Heather, and Bubble Bath.

The Paper Players // #PP804 ...A clean and simple challenge with a theme!!  The theme for this current challenge is BEARS!!  I used a Spellbinders bear die on today's card and left lots of white space, making it clean and simple.

First Cup Challenge // #18 ...A monthly "beverage" challenge!!  My bear is enjoying a mug of joe...having a "brew-tiful day"!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)