Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge #258 & Sketch Saturday Challenge #636

 2 challenges inspired this card...

Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge #258...Today begins another fun challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz!  We hope you will play along with our new challenge...Thank You//Thanksgiving.  I am sure there are some men in your life that could use a Thank You card...they like to hear affirmation even if they won't admit it!!  So pull out those masculine stamp sets and design a card/project that gives them a shout out!!  Our challenge runs for two weeks.

Sketch Saturday Challenge #636...The Sketch Saturday team has a fun sketch for us this week.  I took this sketch and gave it a masculine feel...changed the bows to knots and picked designer paper that had great masculine colors.

 

#bethegift challenge:  Take a photo of anything you see that reminds you of someone and sent it their way.  It is a fun way to say "thinking of you"!

CAS(E) this Sketch #381 & Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge #249

Here is my take on the sketch challenge from CAS(E) this Sketch.  I love that I had matching bakers twine and ribbon...perfect for this sketch!!  I am also playing along with the challenge from Cardz 4 Guyz.  Their challenge was to create a masculine card using no patterned papers.  Stampin Up's By the Dock bundle was perfect for creating a scene but leaving the patterned papers untouched.  Thanks to both teams for these fun challenges.

                

#bethegift challenge: Send a FaceBook message to three different people today, encouraging them in some small way!

                                       

CASology Challenge #359 & INKspirational Challenge #204

REPEAT....the cue card from the CASology challenge.  I used this word a little bit differently...I cut out my little frog 6 times and my patch of grass 3 times!!  That is repeating wouldn't you say?!?  I then glued them together.  I'm including a side view so you can see the dimension.  This adorable frog and patch of grass are from the new set (By the Dock) that just arrived from Stampin Up.  The Happy Birthday sentiment is from a retired Hostess set.  This card also fits the word prompt challenge from Inspirational Challenges...FAUNA.

#bethegift challenge: Call, visit, text or write someone who will be surprised to hear from you.

Color Throwdown Challenge #576 & Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #418

I love combining a sketch challenge and a color challenge!  That is what I am doing today...the color combo from the Color Throwdown team and a sketch challenge from the Freshly Made Sketches team.  I am using the sentiment from Stampin Up's By the Dock stamp set...looking forward to using the other stamps in this set along with their matching dies.  But....for today I just used one of the sentiments from this new set along with the lighthouse and birds from Stampin Up's Sailing Home set.  

#bethegift challenge:  Candle day...light a candle today! Let your prayers for someone fighting a hard battle be sweet!!