Jumpy Balloons

So yesterday I made this card for my favorite Tuesday challenges. After I made it, I really hated it, and I thought, "There's no way I'm entering it into these challenges because I play to win, and this is not winning material." At least I try to play to win, not that I ever do. It's ok though, I still have lots of fun. But, I always try to do my best and this was not my best. So I just let it sit overnight. This morning when I woke up, I had an idea to cover the balloon animal with liquid glass to make it look more balloony. After I did that, I thought it gave it just the right touch. So, I'm entering it. It may or may not be a winner, but at least it's decent enough to share.

I used a couple of ovals cut from my Cricut that I haven't been using much lately for the machine challenge at Shopping Our Stash. I used the bunny balloon animal for the jumpy challenge at CASology. The sketch is from Tuesday Morning, and I rotated it so the bunny would fit nicely.

I really wanted to use more Lagoon on this card. I chose the colors Lagoon, Glacier and Sorbet for the color challenge at CAS Colors and Sketches. I ended up cutting out the scalloped oval in Glacier and using Lagoon for the sentiments and the twine. But they were so thin that the lagoon ended up looking lighter, more like the Glacier. So that's one thing that was a little disappointing about the way it turned out. Also, I didn't have anything to tie the Sorbet into, and it stamps more orangy than I like. It should be a really pretty coral color.

Anyway, it is what it is, and it will make a nice birthday card for a baby. So enjoy, and come play with me at these awesome Tuesday challenges!



Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy, Glacier
Stamps: Balloon Animals
Ink: Sorbet, Lagoon
Other: Paradise Baker's Twine, Liquid Glass

Little Flamingos

Hey there! Thanks for stopping by. Today I created a card for 3 challenges, and it was quite a fun one. Sunday Stamps had an interesting color combo for us to use. The Paper Players wanted us to use birds on our projects. And Heart 2 Heart asked us to CASE a project from the CTMH Seasonal Expressions 2 Idea Book. I decided to CASE the middle card on page 28. I did not have this catalog or any of these papers/stamps. So I looked it up at closetomyheart.com, and I just had to use what I had. Here is the card I was casing:

And here is my card:

For the colors at Sunday Stamps, I decided to use Pear, Topiary, Black, Colonial White, and Watermelon. The last color seemed like a pinkish red, but I wasn't really sure about it. Watermelon is more of a hot pink, and it is the oldest color I have. It matched the flamingo pretty well, so it worked.

I used paper from several different packs. I had to search for a while, but I think they ended up all going together nicely! I hope you can come play along at these challenges this week!



Materials used:
Cardstock: Colonial White, Topiary, Pear
B&Ts: Calypso, No Worries, Blossom
Stamps: Life is Sweet Cricut Collection
Ink: Watermelon
Other: Calypso Complements, Calypso Sequins, Calypso Washi Tape, Burlap Ribbon, Artistry Cricut Cartridge

Candles, Jars, and Peppermints

Today I made another Christmas card! I really liked the inspiration photo at Merry Monday, so I grabbed some stamps from my stash and pieced them together to make something similar to the photo. The sketch at Atlantic Hearts was perfect for this challenge, too, I just replaced the tag with this mason jar. I'm also entering this into the layered holiday cards at Pile It On.

First I wanted a woodgrain background, and I recently remembered that there was one in the No Worries paper pack I got last summer. Then, I wanted a jar and candle, and they were both in the Candlelight Garden stamp set. I stamped them onto White cardstock and on the B&T paper, and paper pieced them together. I also stamped the peppermints from the Sweet as Sugar stamp set onto white daisy and onto the background paper. I got the evergreen branches from the Yuletide Carol WOTG stamp set. For the little holly berries, I embossed them with cranberry embossing powder. I found the perfect sentiment in the Wintry Wishes stamp set. It fits in with the warmth of the card from the candle.

The candle was colored with a Buttercup alcohol ink marker. I can't believe it still works after all these years. Very few of mine still work, but I wish they did. I loved them so much.

I hope you enjoyed my card, and I hope you'll get to play along at Merry Monday, Atlantic Hearts, and Pile It On this week too!



Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy
B&Ts: No Worries
Stamps: Yuletide Carol, Candlelight Garden, Sweet as Sugar, Wintry Wishes
Ink: Cocoa, Black, Cranberry
Other: Ruby Twine from the Mini Medleys, Cranberry Embossing Powder, Buttercup alcohol Marker

Christmas Wreaths

Here is the Christmas card I made for the wreath challenge at 52CCT. I'm using the sketch from Crazy 4 Challenges. The Colors are from Just Us Girls - Red & Black plus one other color. I chose Glacier. There is also some grey and white in there, but I figure they don't count since they're neutrals. I'm also entering this into the die cut challenge at Three Amigos. I used my cricut and the Flower Market cartridge to cut the wreaths and bows.

I feel like it needs a sentiment right in the center of that middle wreath. I couldn't figure anything out on Saturday when I made the card. Do y'all have any ideas? Thanks a lot, and I hope you can play along with me at these fun challenges this week!

  

Materials used:
Cardstock: Glacier, Black, Whisper
B&Ts: Snowhaven
Other: Cricut Flower Market cartridge

Seashells and Pearls

Yesterday I made this card using the colors from Color My Heart and the theme from CASology. I thought it was a good fit because the colors remind of that seashell paper pack that came out with this stamp set. I can't remember the name of it right now. And pearls go really well with seashells, so they look like they fit right in on this card. I'm also entering this into the no patterned paper challenge at Double Trouble. I didn't have a die cut that fit well, so I'm not entering the double dare today.

I used Colonial White cardstock and I stamped the shells in Sorbet and Glacier. The sentiment was stamped in Chocolate because I don't have any nutmeg.



Materials used:
Cardstock: Sorbet, Colonial White
Stamps: Treasured Friend
Ink: Sorbet, Glacier, Chocolate
Other: Pearls (not CTMH)

Fresh Cherry Lime

Here is a card I made for 3 challenges:

CAS(E) This Sketch
Cupcake Inspirations
As You See It

To make the cupcakes, I stamped them each twice in pink, yellow, and green on scrap paper, cut them out and pieced them together. I used a red sequin for the cherry. Some were stamped directly onto the card, the others were popped up on foam dots.

Materials used:
Cardstock: White card (not CTMH), White Daisy
Stamps: A Chocolate Affair, Cutie Pie
Ink: Pear, Cotton Candy, Sunny Yellow
Other: Florence Sequins

Some Thank Yous

Yesterday I wanted to make some cards to participate in some challenges. Shopping Your Stash had a great color combination, and I found some sketches at Tuesday Morning and CAS Color and Sketches. At first I wasn't sure what to do, but then I remembered this paper pack from a couple years ago, Florence, that had pretty much the same colors as the color combo! I needed some thank you cards to write to all the wonderful folks who helped us move, so I decided to make three.

 The first card uses the Tuesday Morning sketch more or less, but it wasn't quite right, so I decided to make another one, which fit the sketch better:

The third one uses the sketch from CAS Colors and Sketches.

The colors in the paper pack are Saffron, Poppy, Ruby, Flaxen, and Peacock.

I hope you can come play with me at CAS Colors and Sketches, Tuesday Morning Sketches, and Shopping Your Stash!


Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy, Ruby, Colonial White
B&Ts: Florence
Stamps: A Bunch of Love, Instant Memories, Springtime Wishes, Just to Say, Love Life
Ink: Saffron, Ruby, Poppy, Peacock, Black
Other: Dazzling Die Cuts, Florence Complements, Florence Sequins, Rose Gold Foil Tape, A Bunch of Love Thin Cuts