New Challenge @ Shopping Our Stash

 

Today begins a new challenge at...

Shopping Our Stash // #SOS489 ...A theme challenge using up your stash!!  Our theme for this challenge...LOVE IS IN THE AIR!!  A perfect challenge theme with Valentine's Day right around the corner!!  I dug out this Verve die set from my stash and went to work creating a Valentine's Day card.  I  hope that this challenge inspires you...rummage through your stash and find those hearts, those scraps of Valentine's Day papers, old dies that you have used for a while, or maybe that embossing folder that is collecting dust!!  The design team at Shopping Our Stash is excited to see your creation!!  Hop on over to our blog and see all the other inspiring creations from the design team...their creations are sure to get your creative juices flowing!!

Love Is In The Air  #SOS489

Today's card was also inspired by 3 additional challenges...

Just Add Ink // #JAI637 ...A sketch challenge!!  I replaced the circle in this sketch with my jumbo letters and heart die.

Hand Stamped Sentiments // #HSS406 ...A theme challenge!!  Hearts, hearts, and more hearts!!  Yep I got that going on here with my embossing folder and heart die!!

Time Out Challenge // #TOC230 ...A quote challenge!!  "The single most important thing I've ever done with my life is to fall in love with you." By Beth Pearson - This Is Us  Tell that person you have fallen in love with that you love them...and do it often!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

I Love Us!!

 4 challenges inspired today's card...

INKspirational Challenges // #IC282 ...A mood-board challenge!!  From this board I picked the love theme, the duo of mugs, and the sectioned offed background.

Time Out Challenge // #TOC230 ...A quote challenge!!  "The single most important thing I've ever done with my life is to fall in love with you." By Beth Pearson - This Is Us  My simple sentiment reflects this quote perfect...I love us!!

Paper Craft Crew // #PCC503 ...A theme challenge!!  Love is in the Air...is the theme for this challenge!!  Yep!!  I love us and we both have a love of coffee!!

Inspired By // #IB222 ...An inspiration challenge with an optional sketch.  I used both for today's card.  I love the chevron, the bright colors, and the dishes...which lead me to pick this designer paper, these cute mug stamps, and enamel dots.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

2 Mushroom Cards

 

Card #1 inspired by 2 challenges...

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge // #AHSC509 ...A sketch challenge!!  The perfect sketch for breaking in my new mushroom dies.  I foliage dies in this set work perfectly for making a circular arrangement.

Never Been Used Schtuff // #NBUS46 ...A never been used challenge!!  Earlier this week I used the small mushroom die in this set but today I am using the foliage and large mushroom for the first time...and I am loving them!!

Update:  This card was chosen as a "top 3" over at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge blog.  Thanks to the design team for the shout out on this card.  What an honor!!

Card #2 inspired by 2 challenges... 

Freshly Made Sketches // #FMS570 ...A sketch challenge!!  I used the small mushroom die and greenery in place of the circle.  I figured that was okay since some of the design team replaces the circle as well.

TGIF Challenges // #tgifc405 ...A "what would you do" challenge!!  What would you do without stamps??  Me...I would used designer papers and dies!!

Oh...both these cards fit this challenge...

Papercraft Challenges // #PC90 ...An "anything goes" challenge!!  I guess every card I made this week could have been added to this challenge but I kinda forgot about it!!  So here are two mushroom cards for the "anything goes" challenge.

Anything Goes #90

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

2 Cards // Each Inspired by 3 Challenges

 2 cards...

3 challenges inspired card #1...

Cupcake Inspirations // #CI561 ...A cupcake inspired challenge!!  Polk-a-dots...that is the inspiration from this cupcake photo, along with the red, black, and white color combo.

Global Design Project // #GDP378 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch works perfectly for showcasing an embossed background.  This "love" folder makes a great Valentine's Day card.

Festive Friday // #FF0126 ...An inspo list challenge!!  For this challenge we are given an inspo list of 10 words in honor of National Wear Red Day...from the 10 words on the list we are to use 3 as our inspiration.  The 3 words that I used on my card...Red (designer papers), Ribbon (red bakers twine), and Texture (embossing folder).

Card #2 inspired by 3 challenges...

Try Stampin On Tuesday // #TSOT590 ...A sketch challenge!!  With an optional twist...add some shine!!  I used sunbeams for my shine twist!!  I love all the layers called for in this sketch.  Sketches like this help me reduce the stash of designer paper snippets that I have!! 

Never Before Used Schtuff // #NBUS46 ...A never used challenge!!  How about this new sunshine & water stencil I just got!!  Never used!!  Now that it has been broken in I am sure it will be close to the top of my stencils!!

TicTacToe Challenge // #tttc194 ...A game board challenge!!  My winning three in a row on this game board: enamel dots (on my sail boat), free (I picked a stencil as my freebie), and patterned paper (two different pieces).

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Hello, Love!!

 3 Challenges inspired today's card...

CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge // #502 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch was fun for showcasing my new mushroom die from the Tim Holtz collection.

Color Hues // #TCH56 ...A color challenge!!  The color duo for this challenge...RED & PINK!!  Not my favorite combination to work with but I do love how these little mushrooms turned out.

INKspirational Challenges // #281 ...A word prompt challenge!!  Our word for this challenge...NEW!!  I fulfilled this challenge by using a NEW product!!  I just got these mushrooms dies from the Tim Holtz collection and I am loving them!!  Stay tuned I am sure you will see them again this coming week.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

CAS and Not So CAS

I made card #1 for the "birdie" challenge over @ The Paper Player but then realized that they also called for it to be CAS so I had to create another card...thus we have card #2!!

Card #1 inspired by 2 challenges...

Festive Friday // #FF0126 ...An inspo list challenge!!  For this challenge we are given an inspo list of 10 words in honor of National Wear Red Day...from the 10 words on the list we are to use 3 as our inspiration.  The 3 words that I used on my card...weaving (actual cheese cloth as my background), rhinestones (black rhinestones), and red (card stock).

Color Hues // #TCH56 ...A color challenge!!  The color duo for this challenge is RED & PINK!!  At first I was thinking Valentine's Day but then I decided to go with a birthday theme.

Card #2 was inspired by 2 challenges...

The Paper Players // #PP624 ...A CAS theme challenge!!   A BIRDIE B-day theme that is CAS.  I originally made card #1 for this birdie b-day challenge until I realized it was suppose to be CAS (clean and simple).

Color Throwdown Challenge // #ctd727 ...A color challenge!! Yellow, Pink, and Green!!  This color combo called for a field of flowers...oh yes, and a birdie!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Be Mine

 Today's card was inspire by 4 challenges...

Time Out // #TOC230 ...A quote challenge!!  "The single most important thing I've ever done with my life is to fall in love with you." By Beth Pearson - This Is Us  

Sketch~N~Scrap // #SNS234 ...A sketch challenge!! My snowmen are my circle on this sketch and after it was all glued together I realized that my long rectangular piece was suppose to be above the square...oops!!

Retro Rubber Challenge // #rrcb198 ...A retro challenge!!  What is a retro challenge?? A challenge that shows love to older stamps!!  The "be mine" sentiment on this card comes from the Stampin Up set Bloomin Love that came out in 2016.  And that Night of Navy designer paper is even older!!  Yes Yes Yes I do hoard papers!!

Hand Stamped Sentiments // #HSS406 ...A theme challenge!! LOVE!!  With Valentine's Day right around this corner this challenge is perfect for adding to my stash.  And these two are melting each others hearts...LOL!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Inspired By Challenge #221 // Papercraft Challenge #90

 Today's card was created for 2 challenges...

Inspired By Challenge // #IB221 ...An inspiration challenge!!  I didn't have any popcorn stamps but I did use the colors and the blue label as my inspiration.  I also took advantage of the sketch that was given as an option.  And yes birthdays do rock!!

Papercarft Challenge // #PC90 ...An anything goes challenge!!  My "anything goes" for this card is CHIPBOARD!!  I found a tin of chipboard hidden in my stash from years ago and decided this "anything goes" challenge would be perfect for playing with it.

Anything Goes // #PC90

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)