New Challenge @ Sunday Stamps

 Today begins a new challenge at...

Sunday Stamps // #SS293  ...A color challenge!!  Our color combination for this challenge is full of FALL VIBES!!  We hope you will join the fun and play along. 

For my card, I decided to start with this fun sentiment from the Cozy Cup set..."the leaves are falling & the coffee is calling"!!  Perfect starting point for our new color challenge!!

We hope that our color combo over at our Fall Vibes challenge will inspire you to play along with us.  It is always exciting to see the individual "takes" on our challenges.  So hop on over to Sunday Stamps and link up your creation!!

Additionally, 2 other challenges inspired my card...

Inspired By Challenge // #IB205 ...An inspirational challenge!!  For this challenge we are also given an optional sketch.  I didn't use it this time, just the photo!!  I am a coffee lover so I may just be back and try it again using both...stay tuned!!

INKspirational Challenge // #275 ...A technique challenge!!  For this challenge we are asked to use a STENCIL!!  I used the Tim Holtz brick wall stencil and a leaf stencil that I made with one of my punches.

Card #2 was inspired by 3 challenges...

Just Add Ink // #JAI623 ...A color challenge!!  The color combo for this challenge is Sweet Sorbet, Paraket Party, and Starry Sky.

Freshly Make Sketches // #FMS555 ...A sketch challenge!!  I used Stampin Up's Watercolor Shapes stamps and the masking technique to create the sketch.

Less Is More // #LIM474 ...A theme challenge!!  A CAS challenge with a FRIENDSHIP theme.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Freshly Made Sketches #540 // Time Out Challenge #216

 2 challenges inspired today's card...

Freshly Made Sketches // #FMS540 ...A sketch challenge!!  For today's sketch I used Stampin Up's Watercolor Shapes stamps instead of designer papers.  

Time Out Challenge // #216 ...A theme challenge!!  The theme for this challenge...Tropical!!  Yes!!  I love all things tropical!!  I pulled my color combo from the tropical photo shared for this challenge and kept the card very CAS.

Verse of the Day:  (courtesy of YouVersion)

Color Throwdown #697 // CASology #404 // Addicted to CAS #222

  3 challenges inspired today's card...

Color Throwdown Challenge // #ctd697 ...A color challenge!!  The color combo for this challenge: pink, orange, and aqua.  I used Stampin Up's Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, and Tempting Turquoise.

CASology Challenge // #404 ...A cue card challenge!!  RIDE is the cue card for this current challenge!!  An old-fashion bike with a basket is the way to go....Ride on!!

Addicted to CAS // #222 ...A code word challenge!!  The code word for this current challenge is DOTS!!  I love this little "dot" stamp from Stampin Up's Watercolor Shapes set.  It works perfectly for creating an artsy look.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

TGIF Challenges #365 // Just Us Girls #629

 2 cards each inspired by 1 challenge...

Card #1...

TGIF Challenges // #tgifc365 ...An inspiration challenge!!  Their "make a wish" inspirational piece had me reaching for a retired set from Stamping Up called Over the Rainbow.  My wish is that this "keep looking up" card will brighten my friends day!!

Card #2...

Just Us Girls // #JUG629 ...A  photo challenge!!  I love the bright colors of these rocks, and rounded edges.  This "dream big" charm that I found in my stash is a perfect sentiment to paint on a rock.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

2 Cards // Multiple Challenges

Card #1...

Freshly Made Sketches // #FMS511 ...A sketch challenge!!  A simple sketch offering great inspiration during this busy time of year.

Color Throwdown // #CTD668 ...A color challenge!! Brown, Rust, Blue and Gold...a beautiful woodsy combination.  I stamped in rust and blue, added in a brown wood grain tree and sentiment banner, embossed my sentiment and pine cones in gold, then finished it off with some sky blue hemp. I got all colors accounted for!

Card #2...

Just Add Ink // #JAI580 ...A color challenge!! Just add Blushing Bride, Evening Evergreen, and Gold.  I am completely out of gold card stock so I embossed my die cut flower using gold embossing powder...worked like a charm!!

CAS Colours & Sketches // #CC&S445 ...A sketch challenge!! I had so much fun with this sketch yesterday I had to use it again!

CASology // #397 ...A cue card challenge!!  The cue card for this challenge is TYPE!!  I used a TYPED out sentiment!!  That typewriter font is perfect for this cue card.

Verse of the Day:

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

Isaiah 6:8 Courtesy of YouVersion

Tic Tac Toe #134 // Less Is More #453

 2 cards...

Card #1 inspired by...

Tic Tac Toe Challenges // #tttc134 ...A game board challenge!!  My winning three in a row for this current challenge is Shades of Brown, Snowflakes, Bird.  I love how rustic this card turned out!!

Update:  This card was chosen as a Team Pick!!  What an honor!!  Thanks for the shout out!!

Card #2 inspired by...

Less Is More // #LIM453 ...A color challenge!!  Purple & Yellow...I picked Stampin Up's So Saffron and Highland Heather.  I love Stampin Up's Watercolor Shapes...what fun backdrops you can create.

Verse of the Day:

For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the Lord , who has mercy on you.

Isaiah 54:10 (NLT)

Color Hues #25 // Addicted to CAS #205 // Less Is More #451

 3 challenges inspired today's card...

Color Hues // #TCH25 ...A color challenge!! The duo of colors for this challenge...Orange & Yellow!!  Of course this made me think of a sunset!!

Addicted to CAS // #205 ...A code word challenge!! NATURE was the code word given for this challenge.  My favorite place in nature...the beach!!  Especially at sunset!!

Less is More // #LIM451 ...A theme challenge!!  Sparkle is the theme for this challenge...rhinestones add just a right amount of sparkle!  If you let your imagination take you there, as you look at my card, you can even see the water sparkling at sunset...do you see it?? 

Verse of the Day:

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Psalm 145:18 (ESV) Courtesy of YouVersion

Global Design Project #301

 A single challenge inspired today's card...

Global Design Project // #GDP301 ...A color challenge!! The trio of colors called for in this challenge--Night of Navy, Coastal Cabana, and Polished Pink.  Stampin Up's Whale Done bundle seemed like the perfect set for this color combo.  My background circle stamped in Coastal Cabana is from Stampin Up's Watercolor Shapes.

VERSE OF THE DAY

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Luke 6:35 (NIV)    (Courtesy of YouVersion)

Cardz 4 Guyz #275 // Color Hues #21

 2 cards for 2 challenges...

1st card...

Today begins another challenge over at the Cardz 4 Guyz blog!!  This new challenge calls for KEYS...and of course as always we want to see your masculine creations.  Making cards for guys can be tough and we hope our challenge blog inspires you with this some times difficult area of card making.  Come on over and play along with us @ Cardz 4 Guyz!

2nd card...

Color Hues // #TCH21 ...A color challenge!!  The current color combo...Red & Blue!!  I was asked to make a card for 90th birthday!! An antique car seemed like the perfect stamp for this request especially since he loves cars!!  I am thinking he may have owned one that looked similar to this one back in the day!! 

VERSE OF THE DAY

Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalms 139:23-24 (NIV) Courtesy of YouVersion