Friday, April 30, 2021

Addicted to CAS Challenge #196 // The Spot Challenge #159

 2 challenges inspired today's card...


Addicted to CAS // #196
...A code word challenge! The code word for this current challenge is SKY!  And since this is a CAS challenge I kept it clean and simple...no layers, not embellishment and lots of white open space!!

The Spot // #159 ...A technique challenge!  The technique that they are spotlighting currently is ink blending.  I love this technique and use it fairly often.  For my blended sky I used Night of Navy, Pacific Point, and Bermuda Bay from Stampin Up.





Verse of the Day:

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Time Out Challenge #186 //Hand Stamped Sentiments #362 // TGIF Challenge #313

 3 challenges inspired today's card...


Time Out // #186 ...A theme challenge!  The theme for this current challenge is...PETS!!  We currently don't own any pets.  When we lost our Toby Jax that ended our pet ownership.  But I know how much love they bring to a home.

Hand Stamped Sentiments // #HSS362 ...A sketch challenge!! This sketch was perfect for creating this pet themed card.

TGIF Challenge // #tgifc313 ...A theme challenge!! DOG//CAT  I picked the dog part of this challenge!





Verse of the Day:

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Global Design Project #225 // Paper Players #538 // Tic Tac Toe Challenge #110

 3 challenges inspired this card...


Global Design Project // #GDP225 ...A color challenge! The color combo for this challenge is Coastal Cabana, Megenta Madness, and Bumblebee.  

The Paper Players // #PP538 ...A sketch challenge!  Ovals and lace...gotta love it!!  Well lace wasn't actually called for but it made the perfect background banner across the center.

Tic Tac Toe // #tttc110 ...A game board challenge! My winning three in a row run across the bottom of the game board...Mother's day, lace, and vintage.




Verse of the Day:

So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.

JOHN 13:34 (NLT)


2 Cards for 2 Challenges

When you don't have stamps that fit the challenge you pull from our Creative Memories days and use up some stickers that you have stashed away.   That is what happened for these two challenges. 



Card #1

This card was created for the Inspired By challenge photo challenge.  #IB171 





Card #2

This card was created for the Just Us Girls photo challenge. #JUG581



Verse of the Day:

So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.

JOHN 13:34 (NLT)


Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Fusion Challenge 4.15.21



Today's card was created for the Fusion challenge.  Each week they give us a photo and a sketch to inspire us...we can use the photo or the sketch or we can fuse them together and use both.  


Verse of the Day:

All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all.

ISAIAH 53:6 (NLT)

Monday, April 26, 2021

Paper Craft Crew Challenge #423 // CAS Colours & Sketches #416 // Freshly Made Sketches #482

 2 cards...


Card #1

Paper Craft Crew // #PCC423 ...A sketch challenge!  The wavey element of this sketch made me think of the ocean.  So out came Stampin Up's Sea of Texture.

CAS Colours & Sketches // #416 ...A color challenge! The color combo this week...Balmy Blue, Magenta Madness, and Costal Cabana.




Card#2

Freshly Made Sketches // #FMS482 ...A sketch challenge!  I got asked to made a couple graduation card and this sketch was perfect for that order.


Verse of the Day:

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

MATTHEW 20:28 (NLT)



Saturday, April 24, 2021

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)


Friday, April 23, 2021

Addicted to CAS #195 // Paper Players #537 // Less Is More #441

 


3 challenges inspired today's card...

Addicted to CAS // #195 ...A code word challenge!  The code word for this current challenge--FLOWER!!  

Paper Players // #PP537 ...A CAS challenge with a birthday theme!!  I might not have used cupcakes but the Happy Birthday sentiment says it all!!

Less Is More // #LIM441 ...A single layer card with diamonds.  Single layer cards are hard for me!!  I find myself thinking lets add a banner for the sentiment or some emanel dots or do some paper piece...NO NO NO...a single layer this time!! :-)




Verse of the Day:

If you love someone, you will never do them wrong; to love, then, is to obey the whole Law.

ROMANS 13:10 (GNB)


Thursday, April 22, 2021

Twofer #37 // As You See It #248 // Just Us Girls #580

 


Two cards for 3 challenges...



Twofer // #37 // Leaves ...A two for one challenge! Use the same stamp, die, or stencil to create two different designs for two different occasions.  I used the "leaves" stamp from Stampin Up's Sheltering Tree set....one the one card as actual leave and on the second card as a background for my gold embossed Queen Anne's Lace.

As You See It // #aysi248 ...A sketch challenge!  The sketch this time is super simple and one to save for later!!  

Just Us Girls // #JUG580 ...A color challenge! The color combo for this challenge is berry, yellow, and coral.  I used Stampin Up's Rich Razzleberry, So Saffron, and Calypso Coral.  A perfect combination for a fall tree!!



Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Inspired By Challenge #170 // INKspirational Challenge #237 // Tic Tac Toe Challenge #109

 


Card #1 inspired by one challenge...

Inspired By // #IB179 ...A photo and sketch challenge!  I used both the photo and the sketch for my inspiration this week.  Nothing says Spring like a bundle of flowers wrapped up!




Card #2 inspired by 3 challenges...

INKspirational // #237 ...A photo challenge!  I pulled the yellows and grays along with the umbrella from this photo as my inspiration.

Tic Tac Toe // #tttc109 ...A game board challenge!  What will your 3 in a row be?  Mine for the win...umbrella, vellum, and blue.  I embossed my vellum and layered it using staples over Night of Navy for my blue than layered it with my umbrella lady and sentiment.

Color Hues // #TCH #16 ...A color challenge!!  I added this challenge after one of the design team members suggested I share it here.  This was a new challenge for me and I has to check it out...I am sure I will be back!!  Thanks CM for the suggestion!! 



Update:  This card was a "design team pick" over at the Tic Tac Toe challenge!! Thanks guys for the shout out!!

Verse of the Day:

Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.

PHILIPPIANS 2:3 (NLT)