Three Gifts Card

It's a brand new month and what better way to start it out than with a CAS card for CAS(E) this Sketch!

I love this challenge, every time I get inspired by the sketch, sit down to have a go at it, and it never goes as planned.  This is great because it's making me work and flex those creative muscles.

Here's my third (and final!) attempt at my original idea...

I still find the hardest part of making a CAS card is STOPPING.  It's so tempting to...just...add...one...more...thing...(and then that's it I promise!)  I think I'm happy with it, I'll re-evaluate tomorrow :)

(Excuse the pic, I had to use my phone)  Thanks for looking and Happy November to all of you!

A Trio of Treat Bags

Here's a quickie project I made for my daughter's Halloween treats.  I decided at the last minute I wanted to try some treat boxes, and I didn't want  to spend a ton of time because she's only 2 and probably won't appreciate the fine paper crafting! I found these cut files in the Silhouette store.  Love that!  Here's how they turned out:

One is filled with candy and the other with a pair of socks.  Pretty sure I know which one will be the most popular!  I'm entering this into The Cameo Spotlight, where the theme is (what else) Halloween!

Thanks for looking and Happy Halloween!

Merry Polar Bear Card

Here's a card inspired by the Kraft On theme this week at CAS-ual Fridays.  This is perfect because I can't stay away from this card stock lately anyway.

I just got the Polar Party stamp set and I've been excited to use it.  I started with a SU Crumb Cake card base and heat embossed the image in white.  I colored the details with SU Wild Wasabi and Poppy Parade Markers.  The sentiment in stamped in SU Real Red Ink.  I finished it up with some Diamond Stickles to add sparkles to his hat and the gift, then used some perfect pearls to add some snowy dots to the background.

Thanks for looking!

Witchy Card {and a triple challenge with Bree}

Halloween is almost here!  I've always loved Halloween, but I love it even more now that my husband and I can share it with my little girl.  It's so fun to see her learning about how the seasons change and about how we dress up and celebrate.  She's 2 and she is all ready for some serious trick-or-treating.  Which just happens to be the sentiment on my lastest card:

It was my pal Bree's turn to pick some challenges for us to tackle, and she chose a great combination of the sketch from Fab Friday, the colors from colourQ, and The Friday Mashup.  Check out her take on the same 3 at Craft-somnia Momma.  I love this combination of colors but my favorite part of this card has to be this cute little witch I cut with my Cameo.  I love that it was able to cut such a small detailed image even using thick glitter cardstock.  This is how it came out on the first try! Yes!

I added some jewels to mimic stars, because of course that witch would be flying around in the night sky.  I used the SU colors Tangerine Tango, Rich Razzleberry and substituted Lucky Limeade for the green.  Check out all the other great cards at these challenges:

Thanks for looking!

Love You Card

Happy Thursday!  For this card I used the sketch from clean&simple and the colors from Fab Friday.   Unfortunately I let this color palette intimidate me for too long and I missed the deadline, but at least I finally tackled it!  I must admit I was kind of won over by these colors after I finished.  Never say never!

Here are the colors and sketch I used:

Thanks for looking, have a creative day!

Hello Sunshine

Hello Sunshine! It's a beautiful fall day complete with sunshine and a cool breeze.  I love this time of year. It's a great day for a bright and cheery card.

Today's card is inspired by the Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge.  I found this site a while back and immediately ordered some cute Paper Smooches stamps so I could play along, and I've been waiting for them to come in the mail.  I decided I couldn't stand to wait any longer and I wanted to make a card (like NOW) so I decided to use some of their free digis.  Thanks for the freebies!  The challenge was to use a cool color scheme, and I used another great sketch from Retro Sketches.  Halfway through making the card I realized that my flags were going to hang off the edge of my card.  Must have been my subconscious saying I should play in the CAS-ual Fridays "Over the Edge" challenge this week too.  Alright subsconcious, I will!

Anyone else have trouble with some cards just not wanting to stand up and be photographed? I have a question for all you crafty ladies out there.  Can someone tell me what those little spiky round things that hold your card up are called?  I want one and I'm not having any luck searching the web for "spikey round things that hold your card up" strange, right?  I know you crafty pros will help!

Check out the fun at these awesome challenge sites:

Thanks for looking!

{another} Halloween Card (...and a challenge with Bree)

Hello! It's time for another challenge combo with my pal Breelin over at Craft-somnia Momma.  Kudos to her today, for not only creating another fab card but for running a 10K this morning, she just keeps on impressing me!

It was my turn to pick a duo of challenges for us to tackle "together".  I chose the color palette from colourQ and the sketch from Pink Paper Bakery.  It's my first time for both of these and I'm happy to have found more great places to play and be inspired.

             

Here's what I came up with:

I had Tangerine Tango and Pear Pizzazz cardstock in my stash, and I used Peach Parfait for the lighter orange shade.  I cut the sentiment with my Cameo.  I've seen so many clever critters made with the Stampin' Up owl punch so I tried a few of those.  This ghost was going to be on the front but I ran out of room so I popped him onto the inside, he's too cute to waste.

Extra thanks to my awesome husband Ken, who took these pictures with his fancy camera since I was having trouble with mine.  He's amazing, and I couldn't do all the stuff I enjoy without his help and support.  I Love you!

Thanks so much for stopping by!