Merry Wreath

Happy Football Day!  Before our big game today, I put together a card for the latest CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge:

And here's the card (surprise...it's not a Halloween one :)

First I gold heat embossed the Wonderful Wreath from Catherine Pooler.  Then I sponged on 3 different colors of Distress Inks: Cracked Pistachio, Mowed Lawn, and Lucky Clover.  I only had smooth sponge daubers in my stash so I cut a corner off of a kitchen sponge.  I'll never miss it!  I added the Merry Script die cut from Memory Box in gold metallic cardstock over the top with Stick-It.  Finally, a few red Pico Embellisher berries and clear rhinestones colored with a red Copic. 

Thanks for stopping by ~ I'm off to cheer on my team!  Go Seahawks!

Best of the Bunch

Hi there!  I actually think I've made the deadline for Die Cuttin' Divas September Sketch challenge:

I played with paper scraps for this one.  I had some fall color snippets from an oldie but goodie Graphic 45 paper pad.  The apple die cut and sentiment are from The Stamps of Life.

Oh my gosh...I wished I had noticed that wild twine tail floppin' over the picture :(.  Oh well, the sun's gone behind the clouds so I think a retake of the pic would actually be worse!  Thanks for visiting!  I hope you're having a super weekend!

Rainbow Hearts

Happy Friday!  I'm glad The Card Concept is back after a well deserved  break.  The latest challenge is:

For my card, I was inspired by the rainbow and the rectangular shape of the photo.  Here's what I came up with:

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a great weekend...let the football games begin!

The Paper Players Challenge #311

Hello again!  One more card for today to link up to the latest challenge from The Paper Players:

Oh, I do love all things Halloween so I had to go there with a new die (to me) from Impression Obsession!  It cuts the six circles and inlaid images in one pass and I simply added American Crafts glitter paper scraps behind each one.  The black glitter layer was mounted with a stitched silver glitter frame for even more spooky sparkle.  Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great weekend! 

Moo-velous!

Hi there!  I needed another birthday card, so I used the latest sketch from Freshly Made Sketches as a jumping off point for my second card today:

Then I shopped my stash for farm animals so I could also play along with Shopping Our Stash's latest challenge (#268) too! 

Here's the stuff I used:

     Cardstock - Bazzill Coconut, Bazzill Licorice

     DSP - The Stamps of Life

     Stamps - Great Impressions

     Dies - My Favorite Things

     Other - Zigs, Judikins white embossing powder

I'll also be linking up to the Live Love Cards September Challenge - Cute Creatures.  Nothing cuter than a big ol' cow holding a balloon!  Thanks for stopping by!

CASology - Beach

Hi friends!  This week CASology's cue card is Beach:

I couldn't be more thrilled!  Although I love Fall, I live at the beach and thoroughly enjoyed one last chance to make a "beachy" card.

I think this shell frame stamp from Impression Obsession is so gorgeous.  It was stamped with Hero Arts Ombre ink (pool to navy) and then I added the sentiment from Inkadinkado.  It's an overcast day here so the Wink of Stella I added to some of the shells is MIA in the pic :(  The sequins are from Pretty Pink Posh. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you enjoy one of the last few weekends of the summer!

Cards in Envy: For the Kids

Welcome back for another Cards in Envy Challenge!  Our latest theme is "For the Kids."  Any card created for a child is welcome - birthday, encouragement, congrats, etc.  Just make sure it's flat enough to fit in an envy for mailing.

My DT card today is for my grandson who is crazy about dinosaurs.  Dinosaur toys, pajamas, books, movies...you name it, he's all in!

The dino was stamped and paper pieced.  The stamp set, dies and DSP are all from The Stamps of Life.  The inside sentiment is "Rawr is I Love You in Dinosaur!" 

We hope you'll join in the fun and play along!  The challenge will close on Sunday, September 18th.  Thanks for stopping by!