S cubed + bubbles!

This post is swirling with snow, stars, school and a volley of bubbles. 

First, a blizzard of frilly flakes. I recently received a snowflake stamp set from a sweet friend and couldn’t wait to break it in! Was inspired by a Pinterest card, and a few challenges with black backgrounds, to great this beauty. Actually went together pretty easily. Stamped the flakes with white pigment, re-stamping a few a second time to get that muted “second generation” effect. (Should have embossed a few of the bold images to make them stand out more because when I was finished didn’t think there was enough contrast. So when the pigment ink was dry I went back in and added some white gel pen on several of the images. It made them pop!

Entered into: 

We Craft Cards Wednesday Challenge- Black Out Christmas                

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Double D Challenges- B&W&A Pop of Color

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CAS-usal Fridays- Christmas in July                                  

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Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge2- Extra for July  
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Deep Ocean Challenge- Christmas in July                    

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Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge                                        

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Since I am out of graduation cards after sending out several this year, decided to make graduation cards for a few of this weeks challenge. This first one, for the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge, includes stars. Opted for a shaker card because graduation calls for a little something extra!

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Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Seeing  Stars                    

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My second graduation card is for the Victorine Originals new challenge that has a back to school theme. (Since graduation is the grand prize for completing school, it fits here!) The Dr. Seuss book “Oh the places you’ll go” is a favorite of mine, so it made sense to turn this sweet digi into a graduation card. The challenge inspiration photo includes a rainbow array of crayons. So I added a light rainbow above the quote. And, since the card contains a lot of white space, I’m entering into this week's AAA challenge, too. (Note- I discovered that I had some graduation “charms” in my stash. Was thinking that I could write the graduates name and date on the back with a Sharpie pen so that the charm could also serve as a Christmas ornament to commemorate the event! When I  found a scrap of the rainbow ribbon in my stash, I knew I had to slip this charm in the card!)

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Victorine Challenge- Back to School      

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AAA Card Challenges- #95 Rainbow                                  

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Had fun making a 3-D box birthday card for my great-niece. Her daddy was a little pollywog as a kiddo… and it looks like she inherited that gene. She loves pools, lakes, mud puddles and taking baths. (Where she begs for “lottza bubbles”!) For this card, I made lottza bubbles with vellum and glitter. I also used bright colors that also fit the requirements of two other challenges. They fit this card beautifully!

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Simon Says Monday Challenge- Get in Shape               

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Bugaboo Stamps- Color Challenge            

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Artistic Inspirations Challenge- Summer Colors                        

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Cute Card Thursday- Summer Colors                           

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