Thinking of You!

Kim from Can You Case It? has a great color Pink, Red, Black, and Silver inspiration this week.  I am having so much fun with my Gina Marie "quilt" dies. 

I used an old OWH sketch, then mixed pink and white embossing powder to get the right color for the Our Daily Bread sentiment.  I embossed the square with Divine Swirls to mimic quilting. 

Come play along with us at Words to Craft By for our Mardi Gras challenge!!

Thanks!

Whenever I need a little extra inspiration, I turn to Operation Write Home sketches.  This is sketch #91.

The Can You CASE It color inspiration was perfect for the SU! Retro Fresh paper that I have been hoarding.

Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By for our Mardi Gras challenge!!!

Lovely as a Tree

I broke out my favorite set and played today!  Not much time for fun lately, between work, holidays, and family.

I heat embossed the tree in silver on purplish paper that looks more blue in the photos, I layered with matte silver paper, and added pearls as ornaments on the tree and as accents in the corner.  The sketch is #233 from OWH.

I am sharing this with the Can You Case It #142 color challenge for eggplant, silver, and neutral, and with the Mod Squad's Holiday Dimension challenge.  Wednesday is the deadline for the Small Heart Large Gratitude challenge over at Words 2 Craft By!!

The Rainbow Connection....

I have been seeing a video on Facebook and Pinterest about a rainbow Spirograph doodle.  When the Can You Case It Rainbow of Color Challenge came out Sunday, I knew I had to try it!!  I tried to post their inspiration image, but kept getting http errors.  Sorry CYCI!

I LOVE THIS!!!!  My dear friend Annette gifted me with her kids' old set, and I have had much fun playing with them.  Thanks, Annette!!  I used some fun Papermate gel pens to make the doodle.  I die cut and layered it on some embossed paper, added twill tape, a jewel, and done!  The blue paper is very glossy, and works well with the rhinestone center.  If you decide to play around with one of these, plan to either punch out the center, or add a jewel.  The ink will smear, and the centers never come out clean! 

You're the Cat's Meow!

This week, Can You CASE It has a dual challenge - sketch and theme!

I turned the sketch on its side, and used some hoarded DCWV Pet Stack glossy embossed paper.  I added a Lawn Fawn sentiment, and a cute paw print die cut.  I varied the widths of the matting for interest.

Love this as an encouragement card.  My son left for college this past weekend.  Huge life changes for him with his first taste of "adulting", and for us as empty nesters.  As my friend Sybrina says, a new chapter!  Come join us over at Words 2 Craft By for our Just Keep Swimming challenge!!

Red, White, and Blue

I have 3 friends and a brother with Flag Day birthdays.  Strange coincidence!!  I always make a flag themed card for my brother because he hates sharing HIS day LOL. 

Older EP paper die cut into circles, background embossed with Assorted Stars, Unity sentiment.  I am sharing this with the Can You CASE It Red White and Blue challenge. 

Be sure to check back on Wednesday for the latest Words 2 Craft By challenge!!!

A Polka Dot Sketch Challenge

The CYCI #122 Sketch and the Dragonfly Journeys challenges spoke to me. 

Spellbinders Contemporary Circles background die, Paper Smooches sentiment.  Love the subtle polka dot strip, and how it echoes the background.  Yay!!

Here is the CYCI sketch:

Watercolors

At the Simon Says Create event last fall, one of the projects used watercolors and masking.  I don't have any artist watercolors, but I do have an old Crayola Watercolor set from my son's grade school days, lol!!  They are not as intense as real watercolors, but they were fun to play with.  The Can You Cast It challenge #109 is a color challenge:

Here is my card:

I used a Molotow masking liquid masking marker to mask the sentiment, and brushed yellows, greens, and blues. 

Still a few days left to join us at Words 2 Craft By Heart's Devotion challenge ending March 1!!

Can You CASE It?

Their sketch for the week:

My version:

Doodlebug papers, SRM Stickers sentiment.  Come play along with the Words to Craft By Heart's Desire challenge!!

Black, Red, & White

I saw a great card gatefold layout on Our Little Inspirations, and had to CASE it.  Here is my version:

I cut and folded the card base in a matte black and cream card base.  I layered a shiny black paper embossed with snowflakes.  Then I cut the Spellbinder cut and fold die with a paper with mirrored red and white paper.  The sentiment was heat embossed in white on the same paper as the card base.  I am linking this up with Can You Case It challenge #105 (red, black, and white or neutral).  There are a few more days left to join us in the Words 2 Craft By New Beginnings challenge!

Happy Birthday Can You Case It!!!

It is Can You Case It's third birthday, and their challenge is to create a project in black and white, either elegant or fun.  Not sure which category these fit into....

I love starburst cards, but I prefer to start from scratch rather than use scraps.  Guess I am not that confident choosing different pattern and color papers and putting them together.  I used 6 pieces of 4.5 x 6.5 DCWV papers from their Black and White Mat Stack, cut into 1.5" strips.  I should have been able to make 5 cards, but I messed up.  So much for measure twice cut once!!!!

So here are two of my cards made using Sharon's tutorial.  I think I like the tiny pop of color on the thank you card.  Do you like the one that is only black and white?  Or the one with the pink flower bling?  

Be sure to check out the Words 2 CRAFT By New Beginnings challenge!!

My Precious....

One of my all time favorite paper pads is the DCWV Winter Stack.  I look at the papers, imagine what I could create, and lovingly tuck them away.  I bought the paper pad for this ONE sheet.  Shopping Our Stash has challenged us to use a precious item from our hoard.  Deep breath....

Great for a winter birthday.  The Can You Case It #100 sketch was perfect for highlighting the fab paper layered with silver and snowflake embossed cardstock.

Winter Thank You

I used a Stamper's Best sentiment heat embossed on heavy white cardstock, cut into a tag.  The silk moire ribbon matched the paper and the embossing powder perfectly!!  The background paper is part of my Winter Wonderland hoard.  I couldn't use just plain paper, so I stamped snowflakes and heat embossed them with SU! Iridescent Ice and clear embossing powder.  The snowflakes were die cut with my new Lawn Fawn dies.

A close up, showing the pretty embossing. 

I am linking this up with the Can You Case It challenge #98, the sketch looks like this:

Hope you had a fun, crafty weekend!  Be sure to join us at Words 2 Scrap By Night Before Christmas challenge!