*CAS Colours & Sketches #594*

 Hello friends... it's time for a new colour challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches. I hope you'll play along with us with this challenge!

Let's start with the colours you need to use...

These colours made me dream of spring (I am NOT a fall loving girlie)...  so I went with some beautiful flowers.  I will admit that I saw a card very similar to this on Pinterest so it's not totally my idea

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Peaceful Pine, Highland Heather, Bubble Bath

*Stamps:  Concord & 9th Big Day Birthday

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  MFT Stiched Blooms
*Tools:  Scor Buddy

*Challenges:  CAS Colours & Sketches #594

*Sending Sunshine Instagram Hop*

 Each month, I play along with a group of online friends sharing a little sunshine on Instagram with the cards we make.  We make cards that we would send to someone having a bad day or needing a pick me up.  My card today uses some soft greenery and a big beautiful butterfly

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black, Certainly Celery

*Stamps:  Waffle Flower Sweet Lattice Sentiments

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Stampin' Up! Fern & Flora; Paper Rose Studio Alora Layered Butterfly; Waffle Flower Sweet Lattice Sentiments

*Tools:  Scor Buddy

*Clean and Simple Instagram Hop*

 This month for the Clean and Simple Instagram Hop we are playing with the theme of friendship.  I chose my favourite colour combination and some simple floral dies to create a card to send to a friend...

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black and two colours from a stash and I have no idea what they are LOL

*Stamps:  Paper Rose Studio Daisy Bouquet

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Stampin' Up! Pierced Blooms

*Tools:  Scor Pal; Perfect Layers

*Addicted to CAS #302*

 It's time for a new clean and simple challenge at Addicted to CAS...

I have a few different things I could have played with for this challenge, but none of them were speaking to me the day I wanted to work on this challenge card.  I decided to go for a super simple card with just a little pop of colour.  To create the sun rays, I simply used my Scor Pal to emboss some lines.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Summer Sun
*Stamps:  Honeybee Stamps Best of Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  MFT Stitched Circles

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  Addicted to CAS #302

*AAA Colourful #24*

 I can't believe we've been doing these fabulous AAA Colourful Colourboard Challenges for two years already!  Where has the time gone?

I'm not sure I was quite ready to play with shades of pink... but I couldn't not participate this month!

First here's the colourboard...

I chose to do some ink blending in shades of pink for my card... and added a white silhouette on top...

Card Info

*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry

*Dies:  The Ton Easy Expressions; Memory Box Kensignton Border

*Tools:  Scor Buddy

*Challenges:  AAA Colourful #24

*50th Anniversary*

 Last week, a good friend asked me to make a 50th Anniversary card for her.  I happened to be in my craft room when she made the request so I started working on it right away...  I am really in love with white on white cards lately so that's where I started.  Since the 50th Anniversary is the Golden Anniversary, I chose to add some gold to it as well.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Spellbeinders gold foil

*Stamps:  MFT Something for Everything

*Dies:  Stampin' Up! Playful Alphabet, Splendid Stems; Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms; MFT Something for Everything
*Tools:  Perfect Layers; ScorBuddy

*ATCs in to Cards Take 2*

 I'm back today with the second card I made using the ATCs I created for a different challenge.

For this card, I chose some extra black matted layers and added a few vertical scored lines down the centre of the one panel to add a little more visual insterest.

*CAS on Friday #320*

 The current challenge at CAS on Friday is to create a clean and simple card featuring feathers.  I am not a big fan of birds, but I think feathers are pretty!  I cut my feather out of a brushed silver cardstock.  To add a little more life to my simple design, I added some scored lines on my front panel.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black; unknown brushed silver

*Stamps:  MFT Something for Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  MFT Something for Everything; Picket Fence Studio Fanciful Feathers

*Tools: ScorBuddy; Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  CAS on Friday #320

*Spring Into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party Take 3*

 I love the simplicity of this card for the Spring Into Christmas Linky Party over at Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers.  I had this little scrap of patterned paper in my stash and it was perfect for this idea...

Card Info

*Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler, Evening Evergreen

*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Tidings of Christmas

*Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp Good Cheer

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Spellbinders Christmas Blooms

*Tools:  Perfect Layers; Scor Buddy

*Challenges:  BYSH Cardmakers Spring Into Christmas Holiday Linky Party

*Build Your Stash Instagram Hop*

Each month, I participate in an Instagram Hop where we create 1-4 cards using a common theme to help build up our stash of cards to send.  To be honest, I don't need to build up my stash as I've been making way more cards than I send lately... but it's a fun way to create and I'm enjoying it.

This month, our theme is Anniversary.  I really like a classy looking anniversary card and I tend towards black, white and red for these cards.

For my first card, some simple embossed lines, a couple of hearts and a congratulatory sentiment...

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler

*Stamps:  MFT Something for Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Unknown stitched hearts

*Tools:  Perfect Layers; Scor Buddy

For my second card, I used an alphabet die set as well as a heart...  kept it so simple

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black; Cherry Cobbler

*Dies:  MFT Stitched Rectangles, Impact Alphabet; unknown heart

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Atlantic Hearts #619*

 I'm here today with my card following the current sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenges.  I was so excited to see a slimline card in our rotation for today!

Of course, I took this card and made it a mini slimline, since I just love that size and space!  I added some embossed diagonal lines with my Scor Buddy and added a stamped sentiment on top of it with some Pinkfresh die cut washi tape to finish it all off...

Card Info

*Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp Big Old Birthady
*Ink:  Verafine Clair Nocturne

*Washi: Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies, Vines & Roses
*Dies:  Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies, Vines & Roses

*Etc:  foam adhesive

*Tools:  Scor Buddy

*Challenges:  Atlantic Hearts #619

*Addicted to CAS #275*

 It's time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS...

I do a lot of my cards with a centre focus... so it was just a matter of deciding what kind of centre focus I wanted to do.  I went with an almost all white card (darn sentiment)... I've done several of those this month!  I cut a bunch of stems, leaves and blooms and layered them on top of a few embossed lines and then popped up a sentiment over top of that spot where everything met.

Card Info

*Stamps:  Honey Bee Best of Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Spellbinders Floral Spray, Be Bold Blooms; Honey Bee Best of Everything

*Etc:  foam adhesive

*Tools:  Score Buddy

*Challenges:  Addicted to CAS #275

*Build Your Stash Instagram Hop*

 Yup, I've joined in the fun of a new Instagram Hop....  Build Your Stash is a monthly hop where we "build our stash" of everyday cards.  Each month we will create 1-4 cards following a specific theme to help us build up our stash of cards we might end up needing.  The cards can be the same or different designs... and some months I will make more than other months.  (don't confuse this with the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers sketches I do each month!)

This is our first month, and our theme is engagement or wedding.  Honestly, I made my card and thought "done"... but then re-read that we could make 1-4 cards so I went back and made a second LOL!  You know me - I don't often make multiples of the same card unless I have to.

My first card I went with a simple wedding card.  In my head, the black circle is the masculine to the white heart's feminine.  I was going to add some colour, but decided I loved it, just as it was.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Stamps:  MFT Something for Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Waffle Flower Nesting Circles; Hero Arts Infinity Hearts

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

My second card is once again, very simple and only two colours... but this time I used a pop of red mirror cardstock as my other colour.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  unknown red mirror

*Dies:  MFT Impact Alphabet; Hero Arts Infinity Hearts

*Tools:  Score Pal

*AAA Colourful #11*

Welcome back to another colourboard challenge with AAA Colourful.  We can't wait to see what you create with this fabulous inspiration.

As it is December, I am still in Christmas card making mode... so this colourboard challenged me just a little bit.  I searched my stash and found this tree stamp and die that I hadn't ever inked up so I decided to do a rainbow (ish) of trees.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Pool Party, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Basic Black

*Stamps:  Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Holiday; Simon Says Stamp Warmest Wishes

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Simon Says Stamp Warmest Wishes; Taylored Expressions Simple Strips
*Tools:  ScorPal; Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  AAA Colourful #11

*CAS Colours & Sketches #544*

 It's time for a new colour challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches, and for the month of September, I am the host.  I wanted to force myself out of my summer palette and chose some rich colours for this challenge... 

Of course, when I pulled them out, I wondered what on earth I was thinking 6 months ago when I chose them!  Being host, I couldn't skip this month, so I decided to see what I could come up with... and I might have come upon a new favourite colour combination.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Mossy Meadow, Misty Moonlight, Blackberry Bliss

*Stamps:  Spellbinders Stylish Oval Birthday Wishes

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Lawn Fawn Magic Iris Floral Wreath Add-On

*Tools:  Perfect Layers; Scor Buddy

*Challenges:  CC&S #544

*Another Wedding Card*

 How on earth are we at the beginning of September already?  It was June, I blinked and we are in September.  I'm not at all ready for the shorter daylight hours, the chill in the air, the windows being closed.

Anyway, I'm here with another of the wedding cards that I made for my friend, the marriage commissioner.  This one goes against what I said in my last post about what I try to create for wedding cards... I (gasp), added colour.  It's a little bit of colour with a gold foil element, but colour all the same.

Card info

*Stamps:  Moonstone by Hunkydory Crafts Elegant Sentiments Lovely Wishes

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Washi:  Pinkfresh Studio Vines & Roses

*Dies:  Hero Arts Infinity Hearts; Pinkfresh Studio Vines & Roses

*Tools:  Scor Pal

*So Grateful*

 I am always so grateful that you come to see my cards... I love being able to share my creativity with people who also enjoy being creative.  Thank you so much for visiting me here... and to those who leave comments, thank you for that!  

My card today I made following a sketch challenge with the Paper Craft Crew...  but I missed the deadline so I put it in my bin of cards to share.  I do that sometimes... miss deadlines for posting cards to challenges.

This card is not at all clean and simple, but I felt the need to showcase this gorgeous paper.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Fresh Freesia

*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Hues of Happiness

*Images:  Taylored Expressions Simple Strips

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Taylored Expressions Simple Strips; Pinkfresh Studio Slim Strips

*Tools:  ScorBuddy

*CAS Colours & Sketches #538*

It's time for a new colour challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.  You need to use only the colours listed and be sure to keep your design clean and simple!

I was happy that my ink blended Roses and Vines die cut images met the colour scheme so well.  I just had to add the dreaded (well, to me it's dreaded) yellow to my design.  I took a small strip of the Daffodil Delight cardstock and added score lines along it to add a little more interest to it before adding to my card panel.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight

*Images:  Pinkfresh Studio Vines & Roses; The Ton Easy Expressions

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Catherine Pooler Martini, Lime Rickey, Flirty Fuchsia, Pixie Dust

*Dies:  Pinkfresh Studio Vines & Roses; The Ton Easy Expressions
*Tools:  ScorBuddy; Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  CC&S#538

*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop - Flowers*

Here is my card for the current Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop... our theme for May was "flowers"...  and of course I had no problem with that!

To add a little interest, I did some scored lines on the top part of my panel and used the gold strip to cover up where those lines stopped.  I just got some new Pinkfresh stamps, dies, washi and stencils so there will be some new fun stuff in the coming weeks!

Do you want to see the rest of the hop?  Head on over to my Instagram Page HERE and find this card to find the links to the rest of the hop!

Card Info
*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Concord Crush; Spellbinders gold foil
*Images:  MFT Something for Everything
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Washi:  Pinkfresh Studio Rainbow Floral
*Dies:  MFT Something for Everyone; Pinkfresh Studio Rainbow Floral, Slim Strips
*Tools:  ScorBuddy; Perfect Layers
 

*So Very Happy*

 Not quite sure how it's already May... of course the weather in Calgary isn't helping that.  We have marked the start of May today with a snowfall warning.  The snow is falling outside my window as I type this.  I am off to work in a few minutes and am curious to see how much we get.  I hope it's less than predicted.

The only good thing about snow at this time of the year is that you know it won't last long.  So far it's sticking on the grass and the roof (and the car in the driveway) but the roads and sidewalks are just went.

Hello spring LOL!

A quick card for you today that I created using some items in my bin of extras.  I like how the embossed diagonal lines add a little interest without cluttering up the space.

Card Info

*Images:  The Ton Easy Expressions

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  The Ton Easy Expressions; Pinkfresh Studio Rainbow Daisies

*Etc:  Pinkfresh Studio Rainbow Daisies Washi; foam adhesive

*Tools:  Scor Buddy