Two Cards for Tuesday

 

Hello and happy Tuesday.  My first card is inspired by the challenge at Memory Box #69: Pretty Purples.  I used Memory Box  Cityscape dies to create my skyline, and used 2 different shades of purple paper as well as 2 different shades of purple ink.  So, 4 different purples, and I know exactly where this card will go.

I created the moon by masking off a crescent moon shape and sponging and blending the sky.  It is hard to see, but there is a light flurry of snowflakes in the sky.

I am also entering this card at Addicted to Stamps and More #399: Any Occasion, Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Texture, and Use Your Stuff #416: It's My Favorite (Cityscape dies definitely a favorite).

One more love-themed card for the stash...some hugs to send along to a friend.  I used the Hugs Heart die from Poppystamps for this card, inspired by the challenge at Poppystamps #77: I Love You.  I die cut 3 of the hearts out of white, and arranged the hearts to form a larger heart.  I die cut three more hearts out of red, and used the red 'hugs' to replace the white letters inlaid into the heart die cuts.  I put a tiny rhinestone into the flower cut out in the bottom heart.

I am also entering this card at CAS on Friday #198: Love, Inkspirational #232: Hearts and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Texture.

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CASology Week #377...Sunset

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is SUNSET.

My big dilemma for this cue word...beach or city...beach or city...hmmm.  Since I live near the beach but haven't been to a city in ever so long, I decided to go on a virtual visit to the big city with my card.  I created a sunset color scheme by blending several colors of distress inks on the top 1/3 of my card front, and then adhered the Cityscape die cut by Mama Elephant right on top.  

This is a pretty simple design, and one that allows for a lot to be going on in just 1/3 of the card, and the rest of the card to be open white space.

Now it's your turn.  How does SUNSET inspire you?


As always, remember the following CAS guidelines when creating your design:

1. One main image
2. Lots of open space, uncluttered
3. Limited layers & embellishments
4. Quick & easy to recreate (Note: It may take a while to create a design you like, but once you have that design, making more should be a piece of cake!)

I hope you play along this week.

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from our Guest Designer Marina  and the design team.  We are sponsored this week by Uniko.

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CASology Week #351...LOL

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is LOL.  I had some fun with this one, and paired a couple of the Super Dogs from MFT with a Cityscape die from Poppystamps.  I was having so much fun with these dogs that I created 2 cards this week.

Now it's your turn.  How does LOL inspire you?


As always, remember the following CAS guidelines when creating your design:

1. One main image
2. Lots of open space, uncluttered
3. Limited layers & embellishments
4. Quick & easy to recreate (Note: It may take a while to create a design you like, but once you have that design, making more should be a piece of cake!)

I hope you play along this week.

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from the our Guest Designer Cathy R. and the CASology design team.

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Four Cards and Lunch with Crafty Friends

I'm playing in a brand new challenge today called The Card Concept #1.  I loved the color scheme of this challenge, and was also inspired by that fun city scape photo. 

I used my Memory Box dies--Cityscape Nightline and Cityscape Silhouette, layering the kraft over the pink.  I grounded those dies with a thin strip of Dark Chocolate and one of the border stamps from PTI Simple Valentine.  The tiny pink hearts are from the centers of one of the Tiny Tags dies.

I am guessing this card is either Clean and Simple or Clean and Layered.  What do you think?

My next three cards are for the One-Layer Simplicity Challenge #1:  Restocking the Shelves.  I like to keep a supply of Sympathy cards on hand, and I also give them to my mom for her to use.  Unfortunately, that is something that I need to restock.  I am entering the first one of these into this week's Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Blues.

I had the most fun lunch yesterday with my crafty friends, Cathy Weber of Empty Nest Crafter and Marybeth Lopez of Marybeth's Time For Paper.  We have gotten into the habit of meeting up a couple of times a year in Orange County, which is about equidistant from each of us.  I think we could have talked for hours.  We had lunch at a new restaurant called Urban Plates, and I was very happy that Cathy and Marybeth liked their food.  My DH started working for this restaurant company a couple of months ago, and if it is successful, that is where my stamp money will be coming from.  There are only 2 restaurants so far--Del Mar and Irvine, but if one opens up near you, please eat there (a lot!)

Left to Right:  me, Cathy, Marybeth

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Muse, SSS, Avery Elle

It's been a very busy week for some reason, but I have managed to catch snippets of time to play with some of my new toys and make a few cards.  First up is a card for this week's Muse challenge, where our muse is Marion Vagg with this beautiful card.

I stuck pretty close to the original card.  I loved the three flowers outlined in white and the CAS design.  I used flowers from Waltzingmouse Camellia stamped on colored paper and embossed in white.

My next card is for this week's Simon Says Stamp challenge Travel/Cityscapes.   I am a city girl at heart, and am slowly building up my stash of city scape stamps and dies.  For this card, I used my new Memory Box Cityscape Nightline die.  I hope to enter this challenge a few more times with my city scape stamps.

My next card is an attempt to use my brand new Avery Elle Fanfare stamp to create an ombre pattern, like this card from the Paper Crafts blog.  I am still getting to know all my new SU ink colors, so I'm not sure that I picked all the right shades, but I am happy with the overall look of the card.  This card has already been sent to my mother-in-law, and I don't think she will complain about the colors.

My last card is for the current Avery Elle challenge, where we were given this festive scene as our inspiration.  I am not even sure that I should be posting this card, as I am not wild about how it came out.  But, I don't know if I'll have time to make another card, and I really wanted to participate, so--here goes.  This just might be the card I pick for next year's April Fool's Ugly Card blog hop.

What was I thinking?  I pulled the colors for the fan strips from the colors of the balloons.  It is layered over the woodgrain, which represents the table.  


Supplies Used:
Thinking of You
Stamps:  Waltzingmouse Camellia, PTI Mini Blooms
Paper:  PTI White, Royal Velvet, SU Calypso Coral, Garden Green
Ink:  Versamark, Versafine Onyx Black
Other:  White Embossing Powder

Cityscape
Stamps:  PTI Tag It's
Paper:  PTI White, True Black, Lemon Tart, Raspberry Fizz
Ink:  Versacolor Opera Pink, Distress Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord, Weathered Wood, Chipped Saphire
Other:  Memorybox Cityscape Nightline Die, Lawn Fawn A Birdie Told Me dies

Happy Anniversary
Stamps:  Avery Elle Fanfare
Paper:  PTI White
Ink:  SU Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise, Baja Breeze,PTI Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist

Happy Birthday
Stamps:  Avery Elle Fanfare, PTI Farm and Barn Background
Paper:  PTI White
Ink:  PTI:  Fine Linen, Canyon Clay, Limeade Ice, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, SU Pretty in Pink, Versafine Onyx Black

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