Celebrate...Italian Style

 

4 challenges inspired today's card...

Addicted to Stamps & More // #ATS&M314 ...A theme challenge!!  The theme for this current challenge is BIRTHDAYS!!  How about an Italian styled birthday card with the blue tile background and the cluster of lemons...I feel like I am back on the island of Capri!!

Alphabet Challenge // 07AUG26 ...An ABC challenge!! H is for HORTICULTURE!!  The science of gardening...if you could see those terraces of lemon trees on the island of Capri you would understand there is a science to gardening!!

Cupcake Inspiration // #CI640 ...A cupcake inspired challenge!!  This cupcake photo has our focuse set on gardening.  Our garden here is Florida has not only vegatables but citrus trees as well...2 lemon, 3 orange, and 1 grapefruit.

Ellibelle's Garden Party // #18 ...An "anything from or in a garden" challenge!!  LEMONS...yes, you will find them in our garden alonge with several other citrus trees, 12 blueberry bushes, and 2 pear trees, a tilled up section for veggies, two raised beds, and several trellises.

Never Before Used // #NBUS89 ...The NBUS blog doesn't give challenges but offers a great place to show off those items that have "never been used"...whether they are brand new or items that you have had for a while but haven't gotten around to using.  Today I am using a new stencil that it inked up for the very first time.  I won a Cherry On Top gift certificate from the Cut Above challenge and this stencil was one of the items that I picked...I love the Italian tile feel that it creates.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Can't "Beet"....

 

5 challenges inspired today's card...

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge // #AHSC694 ...A sketch challenge!!  The sketch was the starting point for today's card.  It worked perfectly for combining these challenges.  I love the sketch challenges from the AHSC team, if you have played along with their challenges you should go check them out and play along.               

Inspire.Create.Challenge // #ICC222 ...A theme challenge!!  The theme for this current challenge is HIDDEN MESSAGE!!  I hid my message behind a piece of ribbon that I stapled into place.      

Cupcake Inspirations // #CI640 ...A cupcake inspired challenge!!  The cupcake photo for this current challenge has us thinking about garden items.  I picked a BEET image and a "can't BEET a friend like you" sentiment from Unity Stamps!!

Ellibelle's Garden Party // #18 ...An "anything found in or from a garden" challenge!!  Today's card has a "from the garden" elements...BEET!!  I hope my fall planting of beets does better than my spring one!!

Farm Quest Challenge // #FQCB85 ...A "farm & country" challenge with a theme!!  The theme for this current challenge is VEGETABLE GARDEN.  

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Sending Happy Thoughts

 

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

CAS Colours & Sketches // #591 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch was the starting point for today's card and it worked perfectly for combining these challenges.

Color Hues // #TCH138 ...A color challenge!!  The duo of colors for this current challenge...Navy & Teal!!  I used Stampin Up's Coastal Cabana and Night of Navy for my navy and teal sunflowers.

I Spy With My Little Eye // #39 ...An "I spy" challenge!!  For this current challenge we are spying SOMETHING WITH WINGS!!  Can you spy my something with wings??  BEES!! two on my card and one on my envelope.

Ellibelle's Garden Party // #18 ...An "anything in or from a garden" challenge!!  Flowers & bees,  two things you will find in the garden!!

Never Before Used // #NBUS89 ...The NBUS blog doesn't give challenges but offers a great place to show off those items that have "never been used"...whether they are brand new or items that you have had for a while but haven't gotten around to using.  Today I am using another new die from the set that I ordered from Emily Moore Designs...the first time this die has felt the pressure!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Kindness Changes Everything

4 challenges inspired today's card...

Ellibelle's Garden Party // #17 ...An "anything in or from a garden" challenge!!  How about some wildflowers??  Maybe not in every garden but we always sow a row of wildflowers in our vegtable garden to give some color and a source for fresh cut flowers for our table.  This stamp set was a prize that I won for one of my cards...sorry can't remember which company it is from.  I love the "pen & ink doodling" vibe this set has.

TGIF Challenges // #tgifc588 ...An inspiration challenge!!  How does the set of cards inspire??  For me is was the pastel colors and the tied up poises!!  Who doesn't love a bundle of posies all tied up?!?

TicTacToe Challenges // #tttc298 ...A "game board" challenge!!  My winning three in a row on this tic-tac-toe game board: border (a ribbon border under my flowers), yellow (yellow flowers and a yellow bee), and markers/colored pencils (Stampin Up).

We Love Stamping // AUG2026 ...A stamping challenge with a theme!!  The theme for this current challenge is SUMMER BLOOMS!!  I stamped my wildflower cluster and then colored in my summer blooms.  I love this cluster of summer blooming flowers.

Never Before Used // #NBUS89 ...The NBUS blog doesn't give challenges but offers a great place to show off those items that have "never been used"...whether they are brand new or items that you have had for a while but haven't gotten around to using.  Today I am using two stamps that have never been inked up from a set I won as a prize for one of my cards...the flowers on the envelope and the sentiment.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Psalm 121:1-2

 

4 challenges inspired today's card...

TicTacToe Challenges // #tttc297 ...A "game board" challenge!!  My winning three in a row on this tic-tac-toe board: any die (Spellbinders), layers, and embossing (Stampin Up embossing folder).

Scrap~N~Sketch // #SNS299 ...A monthly sketch challenge that offers both card and scrapbook sketches!!  I used this month's card sketch as the starting point for today's card.

Ellibelle's Garden Party // #17 ...An "anything from or in the garden" challenge!!  FLOWERS...even a veggie garden has blooms so all gardens at some point have flowers!!

Word Art Wednesday // #762-763 ...An "anything goes" challenge with an optional scripture.  I didn't use this week's given scripture verse but I used another one.  It is a scripture verse stamp from Verve Stamps (no longer in business but I love all of their stamps that I have and have kept them in my stash.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

New Challenge @ CAS on Friday #339

 

Today begins a new challenge at...

CAS on Friday // #339 ...A clean and simple challenge with a theme!!  The theme for this new challenge is FLOWERS!!  I used a Stampin Up's 2-step stamping set called Beautifully Happy for today's card.

            
Now it is your turn!!  We can't wait to see your entries in our gallery!!  For all the details for this new challenge that begins today, hop on over to our blog.  While you are there you will also find great inspiration from the rest of the design team.

4 additional challenges inspired today's card...

Simply Clean & Simple Challenges // JUL2026 ...A "clean and simple" challenge with a theme!!  The theme for this current CAS challenge is BIRTHDAY!!  I used a "Happy Birthday" sentiment from Stampin Up's Circle Sayings stamp set.

Ellibelle's Garden Party // #17 ...A "something in or from a garden" challenge!!  FLOWERS!!  Yes!!  I am in Israel right now and I am enjoy such beautiful flowers...see photos at the end of my post.

Time Out Challenge // #TOC318 ...A theme challenge!!  MOTHER NATURE is the theme of this current challenge.  Oh the flowers we can find in mother nature...such beauty!!

AAA Birthday Challenge // #87 ...A monthly birthday challenge with a theme!!  FOR THE GIRLS is the theme for this current challenge.  A clean and simple bouquet of flowers for my birthday girl!!

Never Before Used // #NBUS88 ...

The NBUS blog doesn't give challenges but offers a great place to show off those items that have "never been used"...whether they are brand new or items that you have had for a while but haven't gotten around to using.  Today I am inking up part of a Stampin Up's stamp set for the very first time...Beautifully Happy.  I have used the outlined flower stamp before but I have never inked up the 2-step stamping portion of this set!!  Why have I not??  It makes for a beautiful flower...adding that second step of color changes everything!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

II Chronicles 15:7

 

5 challenges inspired today's card...

Word Art Wednesday // #760-761 ...An "anythings goes" challenge with a given scripture verse that can be used!!  I chose to use it on today's card.

Ellibelle's Garden Party // #17 ...An "anything from or in the garden" challenge!!  I went with the anything in a garden...a flower garden that is!!

We Love Stamping // JUL2026 ...A monthly "stamping" challenge with a theme!!  SUMMERTIME is the theme for this current challenge.  How about some summer wildflowers??  I used Stampin Up's Wildflower Designs to showcase summertime on my card.

TicTacToe Challenges // #tttc297 ...A "game board" challenge!!  My winning three in a row on this tic-tac-toe game board: summer theme (summer wildflowers), free (my free item is a boarder punch), and layers (layered stamping along with 3 paper layers with an added layer of ribbon).

Word Power Challenges // JUL2026 ...A monthly "word power" challenge!!  A challenge where words are the focal point.  I chose to use a scripture verse as my focal point...words from the Word!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)