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February 23, 2014

Festive Friday #25

A card for the current Festive Friday Challenge. As soon as I saw the inspiration photo I knew I had an older Hero Arts wood block stamp set with an snowflake ornament that spoke right to the challenge. Fun to ink up a stamp that had been tucked away for so long.

Retired LL947

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MIM #152 Layering Dye & Pigment Inks

I haven't played Make It Monday in a while but when I saw that this week's technique was layering dye & pigment inks I really wanted to try it out.

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February 22, 2014

Merry Monday #96 and Freshly Made Sketches #124

A card for Merry Monday #96 and Freshly Made Sketches #124. I started by stamping the holly leaf first and then the sentiment. I die cut a red stitched square to frame the holly panel. Then I cut the panel into three, somewhat, equal pieces and arranged then onto to the frame. I tied the twine and added some dimension to the back of the frame before adhering it to the card base. The card base is grey which might not seem very Christmas-y, but it made the panel pop so much more than white.

What do you think?

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February 21, 2014

Reverse Confetti February Color Challenge

Happy Friday! Glad to see the weekend here but sad to see the end of the week. Having Ben home has been wonderful, but fast. He brought more laundry home this time, actually all of his laundry, so that is done and ready to go back. A busy week between catching up with friends, a couple days of snowboarding and a term paper due on Monday it just went fast.

I had a chance tonight to make a card for the February Colour Challenge at Reverse Confetti. Some stamping, some Copics and some embossing and a card that is going to hold a gift card inside. I am also submitting this to Addicted to CAS #32 - Coffee.

Have a great weekend!

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February 19, 2014

The Card Concept #4 - Use a Floral Theme

It is time for another new challenge at The Card Concept.
This week we have another beautiful inspiration for you to try.

I was inspired by the beautiful roses in the inspiration photo and by the soft peach colour. To keep my card CAS I created a one layer card using my favourite roses from Clearly Besotted and then I added some co-ordinating sequins to give the card a finished look without bulk. Sequins are such an easy embellishment to add interest to your CAS cards. I am submitting this to this week's Simon Says Wednesday challenge to make a card for a wedding or anniversary and the current CAS(E) this Sketch #64.

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February 18, 2014

CCC #83

Time for this week's new Cue Card at CASology!

Funny how one holiday rolls right into another. Christmas to Valentines to Easter. For this week's cue word I couldn't resist the Lawn Fawn bunny I bought after Easter last year. He is making his appearance today on a fun and playful card. The bunny and his trail would be a bit crowded on a card with portrait orientation. So to give the images room to breath I switched it up to landscape orientation. The egg was fussy cut and coloured, I added some shading to the bunny, of course a pink nose and a bit of Wink of Stella on his tail.

Hope you have a HOPPY day!

Head on over to CASology today to learn what the 'cue card' means to you, how you can play along and see the all the cards created by the Design Team to inspire you.