*Atlantic Hearts #573*

It's time for a fun new sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge...  I'm having a lot of fun mixing up some patterns for these challenges!

Mixing patterns is easier to do thanks to companies that sell their papers in pads or packs... you know that the colours to go together and often the patterns complement each other well.  I hope I succeeded with this card!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Poppy Parade, Crushed Curry, Flirty Flamingo

*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Pattern Paper

*Images:  Honey Bee Stamps Best of Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  MFT FLower Bouquet

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Embellilshments:  black Kaiser Pearls

*Challenges:  Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #573

*AAA Colourful #3*

 It's time for a new colour challenge at AAA Colourful...  we show you a colourboard and you take inspiration from it to create something beautiful...

I decided to go super clean and simple for my card... and chose to use some alcohol ink to create my splash of colour.  I only wish that my Yupo paper was more of a true white...

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Yupo; Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Images:  The Ton Easy Expressions

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne: Alchemy & Tranquil Alcohol Pearls

*Dies:  A Jillian Vance Design Open Daisy; The Ton Easy Expressions; Birch Press Laskett Ornament

*Tools: Perfect Layers

*Embellishments:  Studio Katia Arctic Breeze Pearls

*Challenges:  AAA Colourful #3

*Addicted to CAS #256*

 It's a monochromatic challenge at Addicted to CAS and I decided to go super simple with just black and white.  I just love this striped pattern paper... I need more of it!

Card Info

*Paper:  MFT Black & White Stripes
*Images:  The Ton Easy Expressions

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Waffle Flower Nesting Circles; The Ton Easy Expressions
*Embossing: Altenew Graceful Gardenias

*Challenges:  Addicted to CAS #256

*CAS on Friday #281*

It's time for a new challenge at CAS on Friday.... our theme for the next two weeks is "Spring".  I decided that there's nothing that says spring more than some pastel coloured flowers.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Petal Pink, So Saffron, Pear Pizazz, Pool Party

*Images:  The Ton Easy Expressions

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Stampin' Up! Pierced Blooms; MFT Stitched Rectangles; The Ton Easy Expressions

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  CAS on Friday #281

*Time Out Challenges #261*

 It's time for a new challenge at Time Out Challenges... and it's an inspired by words challenge...

I don't have any stamps that are craft related... but I do have a couple of sentiments with the word craft in them... so that's what I went with.

Card Info

*Images:  MFT Distressed Patterns; Studio Katia Birthday Greetings

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Paradise, Glamorous, Cheerful, Nocturne

*Dies:  MFT Stitched Rectangles
*Embellishments:  Studio Katia Magic Pearls

*Challenges:  Time Out #261

*Blue Floral Swag*

 Just a quick post from me after a workout and before a trip to Costco (another type of workout lol).  We joined a local rec centre about 6 weeks ago and have committed to working out 3-4 times per week.  I did a class yesterday with a friend of mine that showed me just how out of shape I am.... and left me feeling muscles I forgot I had today.  But I went back to did some weights in the weight room today.  Stairs are NOT my friend today. LOL!

Anyway...  Sharing a card I ade a few days ago... sure widh you could see those scored diagonal lines a little better....

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Spellbinders gold foil

*Images:  Pink Fresh Studio Circle Florals; Spellbinders Stylish Oval Birthday Wishes

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Copics

*Dies:  Pink Fresh Studio Circle Florals; Waffle Flower Nesting Circles, Additional Nesting Circles

*Etc:  clear embossing powder

*Tools:  ScorBuddy; Perfect Layers

*{BYSHC} Sketch #44*

 Happy Friday my friends... I am here with my first of two cards for the Build Your Stash Holiday Card Makers April sketch...

I need to tell you that I don't love my card.  I love the idea of it, I love that it's clean and simple... but I feel rather "meh" about how my card turned out...  It might be because I am not used to so much unpatterned dark space on a card front (most of my card fronts are white).

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Lawn Fawn Holographic; Stampin' Up! Night of Navy

*Images:  The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday

*Ink:  Verafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  MFT Let It Snowflake 2; The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  {BYSHC} Sketch #44

*CAS Colours & Sketches #534*

We have some wonderfully spring-inspiring colours for you to play with for the next two week at CAS Colours and Sketches.  I can't wait to see what everyone does with this fun colour combo!

Soft Sea Foam and Flirty Flamingo are not colours I reach for regularly, but that's just a personal preference.  In the right proportions in the right setting, they can be beautiful colours!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Flirty Flamingo, Garden Green, Soft Sea Foam

*Images:  The Ton Easy Expressions

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Stampin' Up! Pierced Blooms; Spellbinders Petite Blooms & Sentiments; Waffle Flower Nesting Circles; The Ton Easy Expressions

*Embellishments:  Picket Fence Studio Day & Night Gem Mix
*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Chalenges:  CAS Colours & Sketches #534

*Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #571*

 I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend.  I am back to work tomorrow after a wonderful four day weekend... it didn't look or feel much like Spring here in Calgary this weekend with cool temps (around the freezing mark) and about an inch of snow but we are warming up for at least a few days this week.

Here is the sketch for this week at Atlantic Hearts...

I took inspiration from the sketch and used some wonderfully spring-like colours for my card.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Grey, Pool Party

*Paper:  Stamin' Up! Lighter Than Air

*Images:  Honey Bee Best of Everying

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Stampin' Up! Hot Air Balloons

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  Atlantic Hearts Sketch CHallenge #571

*White on White*

 A white on white card is not an easy thing to achieve...  layers and textures are the things that make the elements pop up.  I chose some dry embossing and some stitched floral dies to make the idea work for my entry in to the challenge at Inkspirational

Card Info

*Dies:  MFT Double the Smiles; Stampin' Up! Pierced Blooms

*Embossing:  Spellbinders Sun Rays

*Challenges:  Inkspirational #312

*Addicted to CAS #255*

It's time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS... and the theme is RAIN

I didn't feel like doing something rainy, so I used a sentiment with the word rain in it and made a card meant to lift someone up... a little encouragement to send in the mail!  I cut several sizes of the hearts out of the rainbow paper and put the smallest in the centre directly to my card panel... and then I used different thicknesses of foam adhesive to put up each size a little more...

Card Info

*Cardstock: Stampin Up! Real Red

*Paper:  Paper Rose Studio Rainbow Twirl

*Images:  MFT Rain or Shine

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*dies:  Hero Arts Infinity Hearts

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*etc foam adhesive

*Happy Easter*

 Just a quick post from me today with a cute little Easter themed card for you.  I don't usually make Easter cards (because I don't send them( but i was asked to be a part of an Easter/Spring themed Instagram hop for Hollow Tree Hobbies.  Head to my Instagram page to find out more about the hop and to enter to win some fabulous prizes!

Card Info

*Paper:  MFT Birthday Brights

*Images:  Avery Elle Easter Egg

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne: Spectrum Noir Tri Blends

*Embossing: Spellbinders Loops

*Etc:  Wink of Stella

*CAS on Friday #280*

It's a DIES ONLY challenge at CAS on Friday.... and we can't wait to see what you create with only dies!  No stamps can be used!!!

I had fun with some gorgeous colours and a set of small floral dies...and a simple word to top it all off.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Pale Papaya, Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, Groovy Guava, Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranate, Basic Black

*Dies:  Spellbinders Petite Blooms & Sentiments; Stampin' Up! Around the Bend; Concord & 9th On My Mind
*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  CAS on Friday #280

*Time Out Challenges #260*

I hope everyone had fun playing along with our challenge in conjunction with the team at Just Us Girls  last time.  We were so excited to see SO MANY entries and it was so hard to choose our favourites!

We are back with our next challenge at Time Out... a challenge of one of my favourite things!

I LOVE playing with stripes in my creations.  I use them a lot!  For my card today, I cut stripes out of coloured cardstock in one size using aPink Fresh Studio die.. and then I used a smaller die from the same set to create some black stripes as well.  I put those thinner black stripes in between the coloured stripes to give me good spacing and to make it all look "even".  I really like how the colours just pop on the black base!

*Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Basic Black, Poppy Parade, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green, Pacific Point, Gorgeous Grape, Daffodil Delight

*Dies:  Pink Fresh Studio Slim Strips; Picket Fence Studio Hello

*Challenges:  Time Out #260

*Christmas Craft Creations March 2024*

 I'm back with the reminder team at Christmas Craft Creations to share my design team card for the March challenge.  Our theme this month is "designer paper".

I have a LOT of Christmas patterned paper... I mean, a LOT!  I wanted to use as much patterned paper as I could on my card so I have almost a full (6x6) piece along with a coordinating strip.  I'm sure I could have figured out a way to use more...

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler; Spellbinders gold foil; unknown rose gold foil

*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Wrapped in Plaid

*Images:  The Ton Easy Expressions Christmas

*Ink: Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Waffle Flower Nesting Circles; Additional Circles; Picket Fence Studio Winter Snowflakes; The Ton Easy Expressions Christmas

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop*

I'm participating in a Birthday Themed Instagram Hop... this is a monthly hop and this month, our theme is "candles"...  I hope you'll head over to my Instagram to check out the rest of the participants in the hop!

I had some fun with some patterned paper and a great sentiment!  

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Paper:  MFT Party Time

*Images:  Picket Fence Studio Good Vibes

*Ink:  Versfine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Waffle Flower Nesting Circles, Additional Circles