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I have a quick post today with a card that uses the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #168.  I had been meaning to play all week, and now I am sneaking in right before the deadline.  I used Technique Tuesday Chickadees, NBUS from months ago.

Do you have something in your stash you have never used?  If so, go play at Darnell's NBUS challenge.  (I'm not linking this card up because I would be over the limit, but YOU can still play!)

I realized I never posted the picture of when I met Cathy for coffee on Thursday.  It was so much fun to visit and catch up.  Click here to read about our 'first date'.

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Saturday Update

Hello and happy Saturday.  My first card is a shaker baby card for Paper Smooches Anything Goes and CAS(E) This Sketch #105.  I'm also playing along at Simon Says Monday Old (Paper Smooches A Little Lovin) and New (Silver Micro Beads) and Simon Says Wednesday New.   I paper pieced the elephants and used the die from PTI Sending You to create my window.

This is my second time this month playing at Stamplorations--this time in their January Stamps and Inks challenge.  I used Tree Silhouettes and CASED this beautiful card by Sharron.  I tried to copy Sharron's water coloring, and I think I still need a bit more practice.

One more entry at Make it Monday #196:  Colorful Card Corners.  I just could not resist making this card again, this time in purple.

I did something a little different this time--I have seen stamping that continues on to the back side of the card, and decided to try that also.  I am in love with the stamp Kim bought for me to use on the backs of my cards.

Last up is a get well card I made using the colors at this week's ColourQ cQc #274.  I used the Leaf Pattern Cover Up die by Lil Inker--cut it 4 times in 4 different colors and then pieced the leaves back in.  Not sure I'd do that again...

That's it for me today.

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One Layer Cards

Hi there and happy Thursday.  I've got 4 one layer cards to share today.

First up is a card inspired by the pink flowers at The Card Concept's One Year Anniversary celebration and uses the technique at this week's Make it Monday #196:  Colorful Card Corners.  I am putting my card into the Clean and Simple category.

I am also linking this card up at Simon Says Wednesday Something New because my Garden Grace stamps are new to me, and at Simon Says Monday new and old--my old are the SU inks I used (Pretty in Pink and Strawberry Slush).

I started playing around yesterday with my very newest stamp set, Tumbleweed Houses by Unity, trying to create something for this month's One-Layer Simplicity Challenge of Attractive Opposites.

I think this one is my favorite--the opposite is colored and not colored.

This one features black and white as well as colored and not colored.

My last card is black and white as well as hearts and no hearts.

I'd like to come back to this challenge sometime before it ends with some better opposites.  This session kind of morphed into an excuse to play around with my little houses.  I really like these stamps, but getting them lined up was kind of a bear, as they are cling, not clear.

Well, that's it for me today.  I am heading up to Orange County to meet Cathy Weber (Empty Nest Crafter) for coffee and a bit of stamping chat.  I'll post a picture tomorrow.

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Get Well Soon

I am popping in with a card I made today for the Stamplorations Sketch Challenge #25.  I was thinking that I had not used this little Retro Mod Shapes set in a while, so that is what I used.  I created some flowers with a few of the stamps, and stamped my sentiment on vellum and embossed it in gold.

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CASology Week 128: DATE

Happy first Tuesday of 2015.  My girls are back at school, and I am so ready to get back to my normal routines.  Tuesday for me means another CASology challenge.  This week, our cue word is DATE.

I have to admit to struggling with this cue word a little.  I looked up DATE in the dictionary, hoping for some inspiration, and decided to go with the romantic sort of date.  This card is for when you have the most fantastic date ever.  I love the way the white and red look together.  The hearts are cut from one die, which I think is so clever--a bunch of hearts arranged in the shape of a heart.

So, will you play along this week?  I sure hope so.  How does the word DATE inspire you?   Check out the beautiful designs from the CASology Design Team members and see how they were inspired by DATE.  Don't forget to keep your card Clean and Simple.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Gillian Ross
Hazel Hodgkins

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg (that's me)

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener
Kymona Tracey

May Park

Meghan McMillan

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely 

Guest Designer: Nonni

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CASE-ing My Friends

I am popping in ever so quickly to share 2 cards I made yesterday.  They were so quick to make because they are both CASEs of cards I saw while visiting my blogging friends yesterday.

This first card is CASEd from Bobby--I just fell in love with her faux quilting card and had to make my own.  I used the Building Blocks die to cut some sheets from a Recollections Valentine pad that was sitting around, and laid it out just like Bobby did.  According to Bobby's description, this is a rail fence pattern.  So, I learned something about quilts yesterday, too.  After gluing down all my strips, I ran it through the Circles and Diamonds Lil Inker Cover Plate to give it a quilted texture.  I cannot wait to make more of these.  It was a really fun (and easy) card to make.

My second card is a CASE of Kim from Cupcakes, Cards & Kim.  I often CASE Kim, but usually not so soon after she posts her card.  But, what can I say except that I was immediately inspired, and I also needed to replenish my sympathy stash.  I went monochrome with this one--I think it sets the right tone for this card, using Kraft ink and paper along with Rustic Cream paper.

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Hugs and Notes

I've been playing around with my new Big Hugs stamp set and came up with a couple of cards.  I am entering this first card at Colour Me One because I used Colour Scheme #31 and Virginia's View Challenge #11:  Clean Slate because of all the white space.  I used Background Basics Super Stripes to create the plaid in my upper corner, and the Camouflage Die technique with my Hugs die.

I was just playing around with my Distress Inks and CASED this card from Laura Bassen.

My last card is for this week's Inkspirational Challenge #73:  Note.  I used NBUS--SU Holiday Home on this card, so I am entering over at Darnell's NBUS Challenge #3.  Lots of fussy cutting on this card, and I did all the coloring with Inktense Pencils (without water).  Not too sure about this card--my little village might be just a tad too busy.

That's it for me today.  Sort of guiltily looking forward to tomorrow when school starts back up...

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Three New Cards

Happy New Year everyone.  I've got a few cards to share today.  First up is a card using some NBUS that I'm linking up to Darnell's NBUS Challenge #3.  My NBUS is a Studio Calico Chevron Mask stencil, and I'm not saying when I got it.  I am also linking up to Virginia's View Challenge #11: Clean Slate because of all the white space on this card.

I used this temporary adhesive recommended by Jennifer McGuire and have to say that it made all the difference.  I was able to sponge all around the stencil without having the bits of plastic shift around.  I used various Distress Inks in a rainbow color scheme.  I used this sketch from the January PTI Inspiration Archive.

My next card is for the Make it Monday #195: A La Carte challenge.  I decided to use Make it Monday #176:  Backgrounds with Embossing Paste for my card.  I used the same stencil as in the card above, and colored my embossing paste with Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest and Pure Poppy reinkers.  I purposely only did part of the card front.

My last card is for the challenge Kara is holding on her blog to celebrate her 200th week of the Friday Inspiration File.  Kara has challenged us to choose a pin from the file and create a project.  I chose to case this card from Betsy Veldman.  I am also celebrating with ColourMe and their ColorMe...One year anniversary party.  I chose #34, and used Baja Breeze, Crisp Cantaloupe and Calypso Coral.

I'm linking up all three cards at Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes challenge.

Well, that's it for me today.

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