Cards in Envy's Final Challenge

I found out this weekend that the Cards in Envy Challenge was wrapping up with their final challenge after six fun years.  I was honored to be on the Design Team for two of those years and loved the themes that Sandy would come up with ❤.  CIE was the very first challenge that I entered as a card maker. I was making a lot of Operation Write Home cards (no lumps or bumps) and CIE was a welcoming place to play.  

CIE was the late Denise Gray's brainchild to create a challenge inspiring cards that were flat enough to easily mail.  Her very first challenge was a sketch challenge and that's how it will end: 

Bravo and thank you, Sandy and DT, for your inspiration! I'm sure we'll see you all in blogland! 

The Paper Players #426: Jaydee's Sketch Challenge

I can't believe it's been over 4 months since I made a card.  But, as many of you know, Cancer got in the way and it's taken 4 months for me to feel somewhat 'normal' again after chemo and radiation! The cancer is still there; the tumors are smaller, but I'm hoping the immunotherapy I started this month will kick its butt!  

So, I had to play along over at The Paper Players for my 'comeback' card:

It's an anniversary card for my son and DIL.  They're celebrating their 10th anniversary and I'm so happy for them!

I used products from the Adoring You SOA kit by Catherine Pooler on a kraft card base.  There was a little masking for the sentiment before stamping the background (Love Note), then added the wreath and the love birds (Happy Together). I finished it off with some Nuvo Gold Glitter drops.  I won't tell you how long this adventure took...suffice to say I was a little rusty! Now, I'm ready to tackle some Valentines!

Thanks for stopping by 😊

Thank You Home Depot!

Happy Friday!  It was cold today but the sun was out and it's lookin' good for the weekend too.  I spent some time in "The Dog House" this morning hoping to play with some challenges and make an anniversary card for my son and DIL.  Their wedding was beautiful and GREEN!  Perfect for a March wedding and a few of the challenges out there this week.

I'd like to play along with:

Tic Tac Toe #38 (On Diagonal: Green, Sparkle, Happy)

The Card Concept #88 (Monochromatic Green)

And here's my card:

Special thanks to Home Depot for the Green Paint Sample Swatch that I used as the background 😊  I heat embossed the sentiment (Stamps of Life) in Ranger Gold EP on the swatch.  I die cut the Memory Box Blushing Bouquet and used a Ranger Embossing Pen on the flower centers so I could heat emboss them in gold also.  I added sparkly gold metallic thread on the bouquet and layered onto a Neenah Solar White card base.  I added sparkly gold glitter cardstock strips along each side to finish it off.  

I always make the kids a green anniversary card.  You only have to see one of my favorite pics from their wedding to know why!

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend and if you are looking for more GREEN fun, the Cards in Envy Challenge is still going strong.  Come play!

Happy Anniversary

Happy Friday!  One of the cards I made today is for the latest Rubbernecker Challenge where the theme is Love & Romance.  Although it's not required to use a Rubbernecker stamp (but why wouldn't you want to :), I pulled out a new to me watercolor stamp called Evening Calm (1029).

I used it a little bit different this time.  I stamped the sketched outline in VersaMark and heat embossed in gold on Bristol cardstock.  Rather than use the second "watercolor" stamp in the set, I just used my Zigs and colored the flowers and leaves of the stamped image.  I then added gold embossed dots with a VersaMark pen and the Happy Anniversary sentiment from The Stamps of 

Life.  The gold metallic/natural twine is from May Arts.

I'm thrilled that I'm ahead of the game and ready to mail this in time for an important March anniversary!  Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a wonderful weekend! 

  

Words 2 Scrap By Challenge #3: And the Oscar Goes To...

W2SB launched their 3rd challenge for March in honor of the Oscar ceremony.  The inspiration comes in the form of quotes from a few favorite movies and I hope you'll play along! The movies are:

• There's no place like home. (The Wizard of Oz, 1939)
• The stuff that dreams are made of. (The Maltese Falcon, 1941)
• Here's looking at you, kid. (Casablanca, 1942)
• May the force be with you. (Star Wars, 1977)

I love what Bobbi and Sybrina put together because it makes you "think!"  So...I thought and thought and decided I would go with Casablanca and "Here's looking at you, kid."  It's one of my favorite black & white movies and I love the champagne scene between Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.  (This is NOT an OWH-friendly card (glitter) but will make a great anniversary card needed later this month :-).  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:  Pop Tones' Black Licorice Cardstock, Coredinations White Glove Glitter Paper, Savvy Sentiment Stamp, Impress Image Stamp, VersaMark Dazzle, Judikins White Detail Embossing Powder, My Favorite Things' Die-namics Blueprint 1, Heidi Grace Rhinestones, and Celebrate It! Black/Silver Glitter Ribbon.