Christmas!

Hoping to spend more time participating in challenges.  They make me stretch my creativity.  I appreciate the time and energy that design teams put into the inspiration and posts.  

Love this Christmas card!  Can't you just hear this guy's snark!  Tim Holtz deer, Lawn Fawn and Martha Stewart snowflakes, SU sentiment.  Sharing with the Make The Cards Christmas theme challenge.  

Make a Wish!

The Fusion challenge looks like this:

I took my inspiration from the horizontal elements and the sun/sky. 

Martha Stewart border punch in 6 shades of blue for the sky, cascaded and mounted on a navy base.  Clearly Defined sentiment, We R Memory Keepers die cut (pretty close to the stars in the border punch, right?), stash ribbon.  The Logic vs. Imagination challenge at Words 2 Craft By runs through Wednesday!

Clean & Layered Hearts

I have a variety of border punches, but forget to use them!  My favorite is a Martha Stewart heart punch.

I can't decide which version I like better.  The white one is is sweet and girly.  The grey is  a bit less feminine.  The grey ribbon is hem tape probably 60 years old, from my mother's sewing basket!!!

I am sharing this the Card Concept, the Color Throwdown, Simply Create Too Love or Valentine's. 
    

Birthday Butterfly

I have been playing with Distress Inks, and learning a lot. 

Spun Sugar Distress ink, masked with torn re-positionable paper, heat embossed with Versa Fine black ink and clear embossing powder.  Happy accident, the Distress ink was slightly damp, and the embossing powder adhered to the pink ink, also.  Sentiment from Unity, butterflies from Martha Stewart, ribbon from Offray.  The photo does NOT do justice to this card!!!  October is Breast Cancer Awareness month - come play along with us at the Words 2 Scrap By - Fight Like a Girl challenge!!!

I am adding this one to the Mod Squad Anything with Wings, and the Always Playing with Paper Birthday challenges. 

Peaceful Butterflies

I like to work will many different styles and layouts, but I find that I am most comfortable with the CAS cards.  As much as I enjoying looking at elaborate creations, they are just not me. 

Case in point: 

The butterfly stamp is from Martha Stewart, sentiment from Fiskars.  Buttons are from Favorite Findings, and are sewn onto the top layer, and secured with a dot of Glossy Accents. 

Most importantly, I need to learn to take better pictures!!!!