Color Throwdown #652 // Just Add Ink #564 // Freshly Made Sketches #495 // Paper Craft Crew #436

 2 cards // each inspired by 2 challenges...

Card #1...

Color Throwdown // #ctd652 ...A color challenge! Aqua, green, blue, and kraft is the color combo for this challenge.  I used Stampin Up's Night of Navy ink for my palms, sentiment and birds, Pear Pizzazz card stock for my palm trees die, Tempting Turquoise for my aqua back drop, and Soft Sky card stock for my strip of clouds.  It was a rest & relax type of color combo!!

Just Add Ink // #JAI564 ...A choose two challenge! We were given 3 elements and asked to choose two...the elements for this choose two challenge were sky, sea, or trees.  For this card I picked sky and trees.

Card # 2...

Freshly Made Sketches // #FMS495 ...A sketch challenge!  I used on circle but then replaced the other two circles with die cut leaves.  Fall is definitely not in the air yet here in Florida but a girl can dream of cooler evenings, bonfires and need for sweatshirts, right?!?

Paper Craft Crew // #PCC436 ...A tic tac toe challenge!  My winning three in a row run down the center of the board...dies, vellum, and markers.  I used a stitched circle die along with a leave die, a piece of printed vellum, and I colored the back side of the vellum with markers...three elements in a row for a win!

VERSE OF THE DAY

Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.

Psalms 100:2 (NIV) Courtesy of YouVersion

As You See It #254 // INKspirational #243 // TGIF #325 // Just Add Ink #563

 2 cards for 4 challenges...

1st Card...

As You See It // #AYSI254 ...A sketch challenge!! This sketch called for a focal point.  For my focal point I used a retired die from Stampin Up...two of them layered with an offset.  I can't remember which set it was from but it has been a favorite of mind and I just haven't been able to part with it.

INKspirational Challenges // #243 ...A photo challenge!! This photo with all it's busy greenery made me think of this retired designer paper from Stampin Up that I had in my stash.  And the navy and green color combo seemed perfect for a wedding card...here is to the new Mr. & Mrs.!!

2nd card...

TGIF Challenges // #tgifc325 ...A theme challenge!! Vacation Vibes is the theme for this current challenge!!  Nothing says vacation like a chair in the sand with sun rays beating down on you!!

Just Add Ink // #JAI563 ...A sketch challenge!!  I used a torn edge to separate the top and bottom of the sketch...I love torn paper for making beach scenes. 

VERSE OF THE DAY

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?

1 Corinthians 3:16 (NIV)

The Paper Players Challenge #514 & Global Design Project #264

This card was inspired by two challenges....

The Paper Players sketch challenge. #514

Global Design Project #264...this challenge was a CASE challenge.  Copy and selectively edit...This week, we are CASEing a card by Steffi Helmschrott.

 

#bethegift challenge:  Set three alarms today...each time they go off pray for some one who is hurting!!  Include the US Presidential Election in each of those prayers!!

Fab Friday Challenge #196 & Just Us Girls Challenge #552

Leaves!! That is theme challenge from Just Us Girls.  This challenge paired up perfectly with the color challenge from the Fab Friday team.  Their current color combo is...Bumble Bee, Cinnamon Cider, and Cajun Craze.  I used the leave dies from Stampin Up's Seasonal Layers thinlit set.

   

#bethegift challenge: Send a coffee gift card to a teacher you know.  All of our teachers need encouragement as they navigate the new normal this pandemic has put upon us!!

Fab Friday #185, As You See It #221 & CASology #364

Today's card was created for three challenges...the sketch challenge from Fab Friday, fill in the blank challenge from As You See It, and the cue card...TEA from CASology!!


When I saw that TEA was our cue card for the current challenge I automatically thought of iced tea...guess that is because I live in Florida!  Iced Tea on the beach is a perfect combination!!  

Here is the fill in the blank....My favorite type of card to send is_____.  Beachy themed cards!!! And if I had to pick an occasion for that blank it would be birthday cards!

Materials used: Stampin Up's Waterfront stamp set...Seasonal Layers Thinlits...Early Espresso and Soft Sky card stock...Soft Sky, Calypso Coral, and Soft Suede inks


#bethegift challenge:     Visit a nursing home today and give the gift of "presence".  Today's prompt was obviously written prior to this Corona Virus outbreak...with "social distancing" this might be hard to do but get creative....go visit a resident by knocking on their window and giving them a smile!!

Color Throwdown Challenge #575 & Paper Craft Crew Challenge #365

Here is my card for today...inspired by the sketch challenge from the Paper Craft Crew team and the color challenge from the Color Throwdown team.  This week's color combo was...Kraft, Gold, and Green.  I used Stampin Up's Winter Woods stamp set and the branch die from Seasonal Layers.  

#bethegift:  Hug someone today and tell them they are wonderful!!

Inspired By Challenge #103

Painted Pine Cones was the title of this Inspired By challenge.  In the photo the pine cones are painted blue so I went with a Night of Navy//Smokey Gray color combo for my card.  I kept my card very simple and displayed my blue pinecones on a branch from Stampin Up's Seasonal Layers die set.  I hate that you can't see the dazzling diamonds glitter in this photo...It really makes it special!!

Since BRANCH was the cue card for the CASology challenge this card works for that as well.  Also, without realizing it...this card fits the sketch challenge from Fab Friday.  Wow...three challenges in this one simple card!!  

3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts)  3 gifts starry...The starry night sky--gorgeous now but can you image what it was like the night the Angels visited the Shepards?!?  Christmas lights on a rainy night are extra starry and beautiful!!  My eyes when I look at him...oh the love!!

Cheers....Summer is here!!

Cheers....Summer is here!!  Well maybe not on the calendar but graduation at our local high school is tonight so for many that means SUMMER is here!!  That might be while CASology's cue card this week is SUMMER.  Going along with the summer theme...Hand Stamped Sentiments' color challenge is perfect for a summer theme...Costal Cabana, Gorgeous Grape, and Melon Mambo.  Along with these two challenges I am also using the sketch challenge from Freshly Made Sketches.

3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts) 3 gifts found in community...friendships//helping hands//support...these attributes shine bright in our small community as we continue to rebuild after Hurricane Michael.

Just Breathe

CASology's cue card this week is TURQUOISE!  I right away pulling Stampin' Up's Tempting Turquoise ink and card stock off the shelf and started creating.  With sunshine and beach days on my mind I created this card.  

3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts) 3 gifts found in difficult people...that would be different for each individual but here are three gifts that come from dealing with difficult people in general...growth in my character as I deal with them//gift of patiences as we relate to them//gift of grace that we need to graciously extend.