Super Pi Day

Happy Super Pi Day!! 3.14.15--the date corresponds to the first five digits of Pi.  It won't do that again for a century, they say.  Read here to learn more.  Then, go and eat some Pi(e).  Exciting, right? My math loving daughter is all over this one.

But, you probably came here to see some cards, so here goes.  I masked and sponged a trio of tulips for my first card.  I was inspired by the photo at The Card Concept #30.

I am also linking up at Happy Little Stampers for their March Sponging Challenge.

I am entering this sympathy card at ColourQ #283.  The sentiment is from Verve, and I think it is such a nice one for a sympathy card.  Although this card is pretty simple, it took several iterations to make.

I am posting my earlier attempts.

I am entering this last card at Addicted to CAS #59, where their challenge is Green.

Last up are a few cards I made when I was playing around with my Distress Inks and round sponges.

I am entering the most CAS version at One Layer Simplicity Challenge #14, where the challenge is Words, Words, Words.  We are allowed to use sentiment stamps and no other kind of stamps.  I masked off a square area on my card front, stamped a sentiment, and then lightly pounced my round stamps on the card after inking them up with a variety of Distress Inks and white pigment ink.

I made another very similar card, using the same inks, but this time, I pounced with gusto.

I am entering this card at Simon Says Monday B is for ... (bokeh).

This last was my very first card with the pouncing technique.  After I finished it and stopped to admire my work, I realized I forgot something very important....the white space.  I knew it wouldn't work for One Layer Simplicity, but am happy to enter this bright and festive card at Seize the Birthday where the topping option is to make the sentiment the focal point.  I am also linking up at Showcase Your Style #10 (thanks Anita).

That's it for me today.  I am off to take my girls to get some pi(e).

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Sympathy Cards

My mom has requested some sympathy cards, and I noticed that my supply of those was getting low, so I've been making some sympathy cards here and there for my stash.  This is one kind of card that I never like to make when I need it--I'd much prefer to just be able to pull something out that is ready made.

These two are the same except for color--the first one is SU Soft Sky and the second one is SU Baja Breeze.  These cards are a redo of this birthday card.  Stamps are Crackle Background and Peaceful Garden, and the die is Memorybox Prim Poppy.

I couldn't lighten this one up without the colors looking totally garish--they are Fine Linen, Kraft and Versafine Vintage Sepia.

I was inspired by this card for my next card.   The die is from Sizzix and I can't remember the exact name, and the sentiment is from Verve Forever in Our Hearts.

My last card uses generational stamping with a variety of PTI greens and stamps from Verve Forever in Our Hearts.

That's it for me today.  I sure hope that we won't use up all these cards too quickly.  

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