Inspired By Day Filled with Joy

Good morning!  We are back with another challenge this week over at Inspired By card challenges.

I wish I hadn't been sick this week with a head cold because I would've created several cards (I still may come back to this one because it just makes me so happy and I can think of so many other cards when I look at it)  

I digress, sorry.

This week, I was inspired by:

The gorgeous flowers

The xos

The placement of the items on the runner

The black on white striking combo with pink splashes

May Your Day Be Filled with Joy Card

Every week the challenge photos are so amazing, every single week, and this week just made me gasp.  See what I mean?

I angled the sentiment strips to resemble the xos on the table runner.
I die-cut the bow from the Ink to Paper Birthday Bouquet dies, love them.

I loved the xos all over the table runner but decided that I would allow one, ombre distressed "xo", to make my statement since my card wasn't intended to be a valentine card.  I decided to use the negative strip too and adhere the "x" on top of the strip and the "o" peeking out behind the strip.

I wanted to make sure to add the touches of black back into the white space, so I decided to stamp my sentiment from the new Ink to Paper It's a Sign Birthday set in black and allow it to represent more of the "xos".

The rest of the team's creations are amazing and I hope you check them out!

Thank you for visiting!

IB Gallery Inspiration Week 3

I am back this week with another card "Inspired By" one of the cards from THIS GALLERY.  I had such a hard time choosing again this week because there are so many awesome designs and so many things to love about so many of the cards.  

This week, I chose a card by Cat Craig (check out her awesome blog too).  I love her design so much (theme too, but I need to create a baby card and this was the perfect inspiration to do so).  What really drew me was the angled scallop separating the sentiment from the patterned paper.  I haven't created an angled card in awhile and her card reminded me how much I love these kinds of designs, her card is just awesome!  Here is her awesome card that inspired me this week

And here is my baby card I created inspired by her card.

hello ♥ world ♥ card

My card was also inspired by the baby shower announcement below that I received for one of my son's best friends. 

I cut the feathers using my Silhouette Cameo.  I then used some inks to distress the feathers to match the announcement. 

Thank you for visiting!

Happy Bouquet

We are back with another challenge over at Inspired By.  I love this challenge picture because it is so very pretty and can be interpreted so many ways.

I was inspired by the colors, the framing, the gallery of frames/elements and ampersand and the flowers (pretty much everything...smile)

Here is the beautiful prompt

And here is my card inspired by the photo

Happy Bouquet card

I was really excited to be able to use the Ink to Paper Birthday Bouquet stamp set for this card, so beautiful!

I cut a decorative frame and ampersand and then added some interest with a little paint.

Make sure to check out the DT creations this week, they are so inspiring!

Critter Cards

 Good evening, my last post of the night.  

We had today off of work so I am trying to be productive in a lot of areas.  

I am back to share a couple of cards created for a new-to-me challenge over at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenges.  I am happy to find this fun challenge site because I am always creating cards with "critters" and the challenge is to "create anything with a critter as the focal on it". (yay)

Wonderful Birthday card

For this card, I used Lili of The Valley Rabbit with Daisy digital stamp.  I love this cute bunny and her cute daisy

Happy Birthday card

For this card, I used Lili of The Valley Rabbit with Daisy digital stamp again and added large Scripty Words stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn 

Thank you for visiting!

don't peek!

 Hello!  This is my second posting of the day, two challenges in one day is a great day when I am trying to stock back up on my card supply.
 I created this card for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge challenge.  

This week they are hosting a theme challenge for creating a Christmas card (so fun!)

I love these challenges!  

I am staying on schedule for making all my Christmas cards ahead of time and that makes me incredibly happy.  And, with each new challenge, comes a lot of creativity and original cards for my recipients, win!

Here is my card for this week's challenge.

Don't Peek card

I decided to create a file folder design this time for my card base (it's been a long time since I've created one and my recipients usually enjoy the different style of card)

(click pictures to see details of glittered papers)

I used lots of silver glittered paper to create the bows and ribbon for the gifts and so this card turned out very sparkly.  I dry-embossed some circles using my Cuttlebug to add some more dimension to the card base but not distract from the sparkle of the gifts.

Thank you so much for visiting!

oh baby. love hearts

Good afternoon!  

I am back with two cards that I created for the current challenge over at Twofer Card Challenge.  They are celebrating their 2nd anniversary and having a fun party!

The theme is HEARTS!  How fun! 

I created a LOVE card and a BABY card using the same 3-heart die run through my cuttlebug.  I am sorry I do not remember the maker of the die, it is oh so old, but it cuts three size-variation hearts and is perfect for this challenge.

This challenge being a design challenge using the same focal element with two different designs of cards allowed me to play with my more CAS style and my layering style, how fun!  

Here are the cards I created pictured together
(click pictures to see the vellum hearts)

oh baby card

On this card, I die cut the hearts one time through Cuttlebug and used them as my focal for the "daddy, mommy & baby" makes three.

I stamped the Hampton Art "oh baby." sentiment using Color Box Silver ink and it really shimmers in-person.  Once it was dried, I painted polka dots using black acrylic paint and a toothpick.

LOVE card

(click pictures to see the layered vellum hearts easier)

On my second card, LOVE, I die cut the hearts four times through the Cuttlebug using vellum paper.  I layered the hearts and stitched them together, added a button to each and the letters to spell "LOVE".

I hope you can see the two different sketches in my cards!

Thank you so much for visiting!

Frosty Friends Make Winter Warm

 Hello!  I am back with another card for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge.  

This week they are hosting a color challenge for creating a Christmas card (yay!)

Frosty Friends Make Winter Warm Card

The snowman is on a WOBBLER so he springs when flicked, super fun!

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