DD #94 & FMS127

It's a gray, windy day here in Colorado so I'm spending time in the craft room getting

some cards made.  Oh, who am I kidding, even if it weren't gray and windy I'd still

be in the craft room.  Anyway, I made a card with inspiration from 2 of my favorite

challenges.  This time it's the color combo from Dynamic Duos, with a dessert option

of dry embossing and the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.

I did opt to go with the dry embossing, although it's a little hard to tell in the photo.  I used

the Cuttlebug dotted embossing folder on the black banner.  I love dry embossing so if

given the option you can bet I'll take it! The flower stamp is from an Autumn Leaves

set called Second Nature and the sentiment stamp is from a Penny Black set called

Flower Gallery.  The black and gold printed paper is from Sunshine and Shadows paper

pack by Hot Off the Press and the wood printed paper is from the My Mind's Eye paper 

pad called Miss Caroline Dolled Up. The bee die cut is from K&Company TC Cottage

Garden Cool.  Thanks for taking a look!

Soft Pink and Stone For Someone Special

Today I have a short post with a card created with the current color combination at 

Dynamic Duos.

I really like the 2 colors together and am relatively pleased with the overall outcome.

Just a little stamping, dry embossing, die cutting, punching and finishing off with a

few pearls. Thanks for taking a look!

Birthday Ballerina Frog

I had so much fun this morning creating this card that I can hardly stand it!  House of Cards

has a challenge this month where you are to use a button, or more if you like, and the first

2 weeks of the month are for the Fun/Cute or Shabby/ Vintage style.  As a member of the

Classic & Elegant team there I don't normally do Fun/Cute but thought I would give it a try.

I've incorporated a few other challenges as well.  The sketch is from the Seize the Sketch

challenge and the color combo comes from the Color Throwdown challenge. And since I

added a birthday sentiment it will work for the Seize the Birthday challenge as well.

I found this cute little ballerina frog digital stamp at bearywishes.com and it is a freebie!
Now, digital stamping is something else I'm new at.  I just need lots of practice coloring.
She was colored with some spectrum noir markers and smooch ink. I did some dry
embossing and die cut the circles. I've had those little flower buttons for about a year left
from a button necklace project.  Thanks for taking a look!

Peace Dove

I'm back for a second post today.  I've created a card that I'll submit to two challenges.

I've used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and the color combo from

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.

I have to say trying to get those 2 skewed pieces of card stock to look right was not

the easiest thing I've done all day, but I managed to make it look okay.  I went through

3 pieces of red card stock and then the first attempt at embossing was done on the

wrong side. So there was a lot of trial and error. But, I think the end result turned out 

all right. Thanks for taking a look!

JUGS #231

Just Us Girls has a technique challenge this week. You are to create a weathered

wood background. This is a new technique to me but I thought I would give

it a try.  

The inner circle with the flowers is a free digital stamp I found at birdscards.com.  I

printed the image twice, colored with spectrum noir markers, fussy cut the flowers

from the second print, foam taped it on top of the full image and then stamped the

sentiment. Next I die cut the light pink circle and the dark pink scalloped circle. The

weathered wood background was pretty easy to create with a scoring board and a gray

ink pad.  I free handed the banners and put it all together. It all came together fairly

quickly which is a little unusual for me.  Thanks for taking a look!

Pink Christmas

Okay, so I seem to be in a pink mode today.  Pink is not usually the first color one thinks of

when they think Christmas,  but personally I like pink Christmas cards.  This one was

created using the latest sketch at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.

Thanks for taking a look!

JUGS #230

After spending most of the day getting tax stuff together I somehow managed to get one

card made.  I was feeling like I had card maker's block, but I took a look at the sketch
challenge at Just Us Girls and was able to come up with something.

I once again used some of the Papier Tole from Hot Off the Press that I have sitting
around. I'm pretty sure the DP is from them also. The border was punched with a
Fiskars punch and the sentiment is from a Stampendous stamp set called Orchid
Greetings.  I added some pearls to the punched border and banner and there you
have it! Thanks for taking a look!