It's time for a new clean and simple challenge at CAS on Friday... for challenge #334, we are playing with the theme of "envelopes". I have this Stampin' Up! stamp and die set in my garage sale bin so I pulled it out to create the card I'm sharing today...
It's time for a new colourboard challenge at AAA Colourful... I can't wait to see what you create using this colourboard as inspiration!
I was thinking about skipping this month as I am feeling behind on my design team duties... but when I saw the colours, I had to play along! They are my favourites! But then I had to decide what I wanted to do. I decided to pull out a layering stencil and have some fun.
This month, we are playing with florals for the Clean and Simple Instagram Hop. I used a few things from my bin of extras to create my card... and I feel like it's almost 1970s inspired with the dark brown and the coral and orange!
We had to choose between LEGS and WINGS for the This or That Instagram Hop this week... and of course I went with wings (and of course I played with this gorgeous butterflies some more).
Good morning friends.... today we are playing cards with "movement" for the Card Clubhouse Instagram Hop. I was honestly going to skip this week because I didn't feel like I had anything in my stash that would work. But then I remembered I can interpret the challenges however I want... it didn't have to be a car or a bike or a card using a wobble or something... instead I did a swinging flip fold card. I found the instructions thanks to Paper Crafting Threads.
I used some beautiful pattern paper for my card front and for the inside panels as well. This is what the card looks like when it's folded flat.
I really should have done a little video of what it looks like when you open it, but some some still photos will have to do... You can see from this photo, that when you open the card, the centre panel flips to show inside as well.
And here's another photo of the opened card.
It's time for a new challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches. It's a super simple sketch... perfect if you want to mass produce some cards or use up some scraps of pattern paper.
I found this super old scrap of pattern paper in my stash the other day and I knew I wanted to play with it. I thought it was the perfect piece for this sketch! I wish I had more of it!
It's time to share my design team creation for the current sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenges.... but first, the sketch!
This card took me hours to put together. I'd do an element and then change my mind... I did this more times than I can even remember! But in the end, I think it turned out OK!
This week, we are playing with our favourite Mother's Day or Feminine card items for the My Favorite Instagram Hop. I was inspired by a card Sandi created a few weeks ago.
I started out by cutting a bunch of white flowers and then started layering them on to my card front. I did some glued down flat on the panel and some with the petals curved upwards a bit. I put that panel on to a card and then added a simple die cut sentiment to the front...
Each month, I host the CASE It Instagram Hop... a group of us each finds a card that inspires us on Instagram and we create our own card using the first as inspiration. Sometimes we outright copy the design, sometimes we take elements from the card to create something different.
This month, I was inspired by a card created by Rochelle at StampingFlair... I fell in love with the layout of this card! To be honest, I had 5 cards I could see myself CASEing this month so I went to my online friends and asked them to pick a number... the winning number left me with this card. And I hope I don't disappoint.
What did I like about this card? The layout was the first thing that drew my eye. I also liked the colours and that big bold flower in the centre of the card. I also liked the thin matted layers. I wanted to change it up a bit so I left off the pretty peach colour and stuck with greens and blues. I used a different embossing folder and some pattern paper for the layer right behind the flower. My flower is much larger than on the original so my layout is a little bit different as well.
Every month, I join a group of card makers for the Sending Sunshine Instagram Hop. We make and share cards of encouragement in hopes of brightening the day of someone who needs it.
I will admit that I am feeling very behind in my creating (I like to have things done more than a week in advance) and when I do sit down to create, my mojo isn't flowing very well. I am struggling to be creative lately. I like the cards I am making, but I feel like I keep reusing the same products and the same ideas.
For my card today, I used some printed Pinkfresh Washi (and the matching dies) to create a happy rainbow card...
It's once again time for the Mini Slimline Instagram Hop... no theme, no rules... just a mini slimline card.
I had this pack of paper in my head after my Scraps Only card yesterday so I decided to play with it. I cut the paper strategically to create this sunburst type of effect. I added a layered up die cut sentiment that I sparkled up with Wink of Stella and finished it off with a sentiment strip.
Hello friends... I'm here today, participating in a brand new Instagram Hop! It's called the Scraps Only Instagram Hop. We will be hopping on the 5th day of each month, sharing cards using only scraps (or items from my bin of extras) following a common theme.
For our first ever hop, our common theme is Pattern Paper.
I found a leftover few pieces of pattern paper and used them to cut some squares to create this fun birthday card...
This week on the My Favourite Instagram Hop, we are playing with our favourite Nursery Rhyme. I'm not sure that the one I chose is a Nursery Rhyme as such, but it was a huge favourite to me as a child. It's a poem called "Wynken, Blynken and Nod" by Eugene Field... I will share the poem at the end of this post.
For my card, I started with a black cardstock panel and and wave stencil made from a piece of cardstock and a wave die. I then did some ink blending with some Distress Oxide Ink. I masked it off and created my night sky with some gold paint and some die cut stars.
And now for the poem...
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe,—
Sailed on a river of crystal light
Into a sea of dew.
“Where are you going, and what do you wish?”
The old moon asked the three.
“We have come to fish for the herring-fish
That live in this beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we,”
Said Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
The old moon laughed and sang a song,
As they rocked in the wooden shoe;
And the wind that sped them all night long
Ruffled the waves of dew;
The little stars were the herring-fish
That lived in the beautiful sea.
“Now cast your nets wherever you wish,—
Never afraid are we!”
So cried the stars to the fishermen three,
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
All night long their nets they threw
To the stars in the twinkling foam,—
Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe,
Bringing the fishermen home:
’Twas all so pretty a sail, it seemed
As if it could not be;
And some folk thought ’twas a dream they’d dreamed
Of sailing that beautiful sea;
But I shall name you the fishermen three:
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes,
And Nod is a little head,
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies
Is a wee one's trundle-bed;
So shut your eyes while Mother sings
Of wonderful sights that be,
And you shall see the beautiful things
As you rock in the misty sea
Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three:—
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
This week totally got away from me thanks to buying a new car and trying to sell an old (20 year old) junker... plus training a new person at work and a banquet last night. I am SO late posting my design team card for Addicted to CAS!!!
But I am here now... and I hope that it was worth the wait!
I always think I make a lot of birthday cards... but when I look at my bin of created cards, there aren't that many there. Maybe it's because it's the type of card I send most often?
I was inspired by my friend Jane for the card I'm sharing today.... I used this left over piece of patterned paper to create a super clean and simple card for a good friend...
This month for the Build Your Stash Instagram Hop, we are building our stash of cards we'd send to someone who was sick. I like to try to make at least two cards for this hop each month and thankfully I was able to do that this time.
For my first card, I chose some deep colours to highlight a pretty white flower...
The current challenge at CAS on Friday is "animals"... I have a few animal stamps and dies in my stash but was excited to play with this new die set I purchased a few weeks ago.
To create my card, I created myself a stencil by cutting the die out of a panel of cardstock. I used a small blending brush and brushed black ink lightly from the edges of the stencil. I did a few passes this way until I achieved the look I was going for.
Happy Thursday, creative friends. It's the end of April and I am looking forward to warmer weather and sunny days. We spent April with warm days that melted all of the snow and then a big dump of snow... lather, rinse and repeat for about 6 weeks.
Time Out Challenges has a photo inspiration challenge for you to play along with this week...
I was inspired by the silhouette idea and I couldn't wait' to play with this gorgeous new die I bought from Love From Lizi a few weeks ago.
