A Trio of Cards

I love this sweet image from The Paper Shelter, especially because we have below zero temps here in Wisconsin this AM… so the idea of having a cool drink on a warm beach sounds heavenly! I wanted the beach beauty to take center stage so didn’t fill in the background, just adding a few embellishments from my stash. (The fun flower sequins are actually from my mom’s craft stash which I inherited after she passed away in 2012. I also inherited my love of crafting from her. For the least 15 years of her life she was my favorite crafting partner especially after I attended a Stampin Up! Party in the late 90’s. Mom had instilled in me a love of coloring before I was in Kindergarten… and for that I will always be thankful! We spent many Sundays making cards- and happily coloring- at my kitchen table. I miss her so very much.)

AM entering this card into several other challenges including Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge (Blue + aqua/teal in the trees and peach in the sequin flowers and skin tones) and Outlawz Saturday Paper Ala Mode- Things That Make You Happy  (Memories of my mom always bless my heart) and Do-Al[l] Creative- 3 Of A Kind (there are three of the sequin flowers on the card front. ) 

 Supplies: 

·    Digi- The Paper Shelter (Coconut)

·    Front & Inside Sentiments- Scrapbook titles from my stash

·    Flower Sequins- from my sweet Mom’s stash

·    Assorted background papers- From my stash

·    Sequin Flower Centers- Buttercup Liquid Pearls

Entered into:  

The Paper Shelter- #410 Something Sweet

Jan’s Digi Stamps- Anything Goes- #6

Outlawz Challenges- Tuesday Color Challenge- Blue +2 

Outlawz Challenge- Saturday Paper Ala Mode- Things That Make You Happy      

Classic Design Challenge- #1 January

Do-Al[l] Creative- # 37 - 3 Of A Kind

My next card is for one of my favorite challenges, the Butterfly Challenge where we learn new folds/techniques and can also win prizes!  The current challenge is Q for Quarto Fold. An excellent tutorial is provided for this simple fold, which helped the card go together very quickly.  Besides the fold, my card includes one of the colors (Queen Pink/Pale pink) The gorgeous digi is from Ching-Chou Kuik. The sentiments are both freebies from Decosses Dynamite Doodles (one of my favorite sites for freebies.) Am entering this card into several other challenges including the Outlawz Monday Challenge (Fun Folds), two Ching-Chou Kuik challenges (New Beginnings- the image is one I won a short time ago but hadn’t used.)

 

Supplies: 

·    Digi- Ching-Chou Kuik (Time Will Tell)

·    Front sentiment- A freebie from  Decosses Dynamite Doodles (Oh Happy Day)

·    Inside sentiment-A freebie from  Decosses Dynamite Doodles (Birthday Blessings)

·    Inside  sentiment-  We Are 3 Christmas Sentiment can be found HERE.

·    Assorted background papers- From my stash

Entered into:  

Butterfly Challenge- #134 Q for Quarto Fold?  

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge- Fun Folds

Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Inspiration & Challenge- New Year Or New Beginnings

Ching-Chou Kuik's FB Challenge- [FB] New Year Or New Beginnings

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                       

I’d created this final card to enter into a “Crash Your Stash” challenge at Outlawz… but just realized that I missed that deadline. So… am entering it into several other challenges including Cute Card Thursday What’s New Challenge (all of the items on the card are new, including the digi set from Imagine That. ) I found a sketch that I used for the puzzle pieces and the quote on the web (sources cited below.)

 

Supplies: 

·    Puzzle Pieces-I found a puzzle sketch that I used as my template on the web (Here)

·    Front Sentiment- From A Day In My Quotebook Blog-(Piece of the Puzzle)

·    Inside  Sentiment- Imagine That digi set (Sentimental Thoughts)

·    Background paper- From my stash

Entered into:  

Incy Wincy Designs- Anything Goes                                                      

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #422-423 Anything Goes      

Cute Card Thursday- Challenge #617 What’s New

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- Jan  

A Perfect Time to Craft 2020-Anything Goes- Challenge #1