June 4^th  (Saturday Challenges)

I enjoy making cards for kids, so am fun I stumbled upon this challenge that allows me to share some joy. Figure that this card might bring a smile to a young teens face! Also entering it into a challenge that invited me to dig into my patterned papers. (I do have a ton of paper!)

Entered into:

Send a Smile for Kids Challenge- Anything Goes  

     (sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.com)

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge-Patterned Background Paper                    

     (cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com)   

One monthly challenge I enjoy is now focusing on travel. Provided me a chance to use a few new stamps, one is a Happy Birthday banner sentiment, so am also entering it into AAA Cards 3^rd Birthday Challenge, too.

Entered into:

Crafters Café Challenge Blog Challenge-#174 Travel  

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AAA Cards Challenge- Happy Birthday                

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Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-Anything Goes

     (simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge)

Beccy, over at Beccy’s Place, provided another amazing free digi for this months challenge. I love that the wreath has berries, as I can see using it for several holidays!

Entered into:

Beccy’s Place June Challenge 

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June 4^th  (Friday Challenges)

Had fun using some of my patterned paper stash for this challenge. The cards must be CAS, so did some Pinterest research and came up with this fun design which included circles (allowing me to also enter it into a SS challenge.) 

Entered into:

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge-Patterned Background Paper                  

     (cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com)   

Simon  Says Monday Challenge- Circles  

    (simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge)

A new monthly challenge focuses on travel. Was fun to create a graduation card with a sweet scooter stamp and Dr. Seuss quote.

Entered into:

Crafters Café Challenge Blog Challenge-#174 Travel    

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Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-Anything Goes

     (simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge)

This stamp from Stampendous is a favorite! For this card I used a fun technique I found on the web. You can view it here- https://youtu.be/8ouOh9caiNQ. 

Entered into:

Christmas Cards All Year Round- House or Cottage 

     (christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.co.uk)

June 4^th  (Thursday Challenges)

Had fun using a few flower punches and a Printworks bumble bee and sentiment to create a bright card for few challenges.

Entered into:

Artistic Inspirations Challenge- Flowers
     (artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.com.au)
Cute Card Thursday Challenge-#480- Bugs & Butterflies

    (cutecardthursday.blogspot.com) 

Little Miss Muffet Challenge- Anything Goes         

    (littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com.au)

Poppy Power Challenge-Bug Me

    (powerpoppy.blogspot.com)
     http://powerpoppy.blogspot.com/2017/06/power-spark-june-challenge-go-ahead-bug.html

Snagged this sweet House Mouse image when stamping with a friend last Christmas. I used the “spotlight technique” to simplify the coloring of this detailed image. Easy peasy!

 

Entered into:

Christmas Cards All Year Round- House or Cottage 

     (christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.co.uk)

Simon Says Monday Challenge- Circles  
    (simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge)

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge-                 
    http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

June 4, 2017

The mid-week challenge at wecraftcards was TicTacToe. The three “ingredients” I selected were lace, sentiment and flowers. The butterfly is from a stash of my mom's treasures that were passed down to me when she passed away several years ago.The flowers are on background paper, which I colored with markers.) Oh, and I hand-stitched the butterfly to colored vellum to add some translucent color to the butterfly wings. 

Entered into:

We Craft Cards Wednesday Challenge-TicTacToe

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Poppy Power Challenge-Bug Me

    (powerpoppy.blogspot.com)
     http://powerpoppy.blogspot.com/2017/06/power-spark-june-challenge-go-ahead-bug.html

Cute Card Thursday Challenge-#480 Bugs & Butterflies

    (cutecardthursday.blogspot.com) 

For my next card, I printed a free clip art pocket watch (found here http://www.clipartbest.com/clipart-4cb8RkXcg0) onto vellum. Scripture verse is printed off on my computer.

Entered into:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge-Anything Goes   

     (wordartwednesday.blogspot.com)

Used one of my favorite retires SU set to make a baby card. Punched the images out and mounted them on my card to enter the card into SS Circle challenge.

Entered into:

Simon  Says Monday Challenge- Circles               

     (simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-Anything Goes

     (simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge)

The next challenge was to select three “ingredients” from a Bingo-type board to incorporate into a card. I selected along the top line options- chipboard, flowers and shaped base to make a purse card. The inside of the card includes the bottom of a small school lunch bag to hold a gift card or small treats inside of the “purse.” You can find a tutorial and some lovely samples for this purse here http://lilsweetpeasplace.blogspot.com/2010/07/paper-bag-purse-tutorial.html

Entered into:

Deep Ocean Challenge-#156 BINGO       

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Artistic Inspirations Challenge- Flowers

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Week of May 29- (Tuesday)

The first challenge for today was to select three “ingredients” from a Bingo-type board to incorporate into a card.

I selected along the diagonal options- shaped base, stripes and sentiment. 

Entered into:

Deep Ocean Challenge-#156 BINGO           

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Found a sweet image to use on a card for this week’s SS Monday Challenge in which our creation is to include circles.  

Entered into:

Simon Says Monday Challenge- Circles           

    (simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge)

This card is for a challenge that provided an inspiration photo of a mother in lacy white gown holding her little one. My card includes lace and a fun antique baby buggy that I found on the web.

Entered into:

(Pin)spirational Challenge- Baby (inspiration photo)  

     (pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com)

AAA Cards is celebrating their third anniversary this week. So their challenge is to create a CAS birthday card.

Entered into:

AAA Cards Challenge- Happy Birthday            

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Week of May 29- (Monday)

The Monday challenge at wecraftcards fell on Memorial Day, so we were to develop a card to honor a veteran. I printed an image on vellum, colored with markers and mounted onto a piece of vintage sheet music. Also entering it into a Word Art challenge. Note- The free image of Subway Art is from http://howtonestforless.com/2014/05/20/god-bless-usa-free-printable. 

Entered into:

We Craft Cards Monday Challenge-Memorial Day

     (wecraftcards.com/forum)

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes   

     (wordartwednesday.blogspot.com)

Found some wonderful printed acetate that I used to make a wedding card for this week’s Simon Says Monday Challenge in which our creation is to include circles.  

Entered into:

Simon Says Monday Challenge- Circles    

    (simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge)

This next is for a challenge that provided an inspiration photo of a mother in lacy white gown holding her little one. My card reflects the lacy textures in the photo and the muted coloring. The embossed plaid background and butterflies (that I cut out and attached with mounting squares to add some depth.

Entered into:

(Pin)spirational Challenge- Baby (inspiration photo)   

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Week of May 29- (Sunday)

AAA Cards is celebrating their third anniversary this week. So their challenge is to create a CAS birthday card. Printed the funny sentiment on my computer.

Entered into:

AAA Cards Challenge- Happy Birthday 

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