Cas-ual Fridays Color Blocks Challenge

I'm so excited to be participating in this challenge. I don't think I've entered a challenge in almost a year!! I saw the Cas-ual Fridays color block challenge and I couldn't resist. I love color blocking and I had an idea for a card and thought about it for a few days and finally sat down and made it tonight. I used a FAB new stamp set I just got from Technique Tuesday called Fantastic. It was designed by my bloggy friend Teri Anderson. I just love her stamps. I pulled the papers from different Studio Calico Monthly Card Kit paper pads. It's one of those CAS cards that looks so easy, but took forever to make!! 

Here's my card.

Day 6 of the 7 Days of Halloween Inspiration

Welcome to Day 6 of the 7 Days of Halloween Blog Event brought to you by "The Inspiration Crew".  We’re just a group of online crafty friends who love being creative. This time we're doing a 7 day event to provide you with tons of Halloween Inspiration.

We're making crafty projects using products we like and some of us are even offering prizes. Check each blog and the information there for what prizes are being offered and when the winners will be announced on that blog.

At the bottom of this post is a list of all the crafty ladies participating in this event. Be sure to visit all the blogs each day for loads of fun Halloween craft ideas. 

I'm also offering a prize!! My prize is a $20 Michaels gift card. To be eligible to win just be sure you are a follower of my blog and leave a comment. The more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!! I'll announce the winner on my blog Tuesday, October 15. 

Here's my project for Day 6 - a Spider Trick or Treat Card. I used some paper scraps from some My Little Shoe Box papers. The spider is from a set called EEK designed by my crafty friend Teri Anderson. The twine at the top is Lawn Trimmings from Lawn Fawn. I got the googly eyes from Hobby Lobby. It's fun to use your scraps to make some fun and unique cards.

Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget to leave a comment and become a follower so you'll qualify for the Michaels gift card and be sure to check out the awesome inspiration from the other ladies (blogs listed below). Some of them are offering prizes also!! We have a Pinterest Board too, click here to check it out.

Donna Bowman 

Rachel Kleinman

Ceal Pritchett

Lalo Ik

Barb Murphy

Angi Barrs

Annette Allen

Misty Buck

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Susie Craft Happy

Geri Greening

The Play Date Cafe #186

Welcome to this week's color challenge from The Play Date Cafe. It's time for everybody's favorite, the color splash challenge. Our splash colors this week are black, white and a splash of nectarine. I might have used a little more than a "splash," but I really wanted to use my new rose stamp and I couldn't resist. This rose is from the Technique Tuesday Garden Society Series. I jut love it. I colored it with copics and used Nestabilities. The ink is black Memento and the paper is Nene Solar White.

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp. One lucky winner will get a great gift certificate. I hope you will play with us this week and I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with. Thanks for stopping by.

Teri and Friends Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Welcome!! If you're on the hop you should have come here from the blog of the super talented Kalyn Kemper. Today I'm very excited to be participating in the Teri and Friends Technique Tuesday Blog Hop. I was so honored when Teri Anderson asked me to take part in this hop featuring her new stamps that she designed for Technique Tuesday.

Here is a little more about Teri and her stamps in her own words: "I am a card maker and a scrapbooker with a lot of love for card making so there's a lot of card influence in my stamps!" I completely agree - I just LOVE making cards with her stamps. They're so graphic and fun!!

Be sure to leave a comment on this post because Teri has generously given me (and all the blog hop participants!!) a stamp set to give away to one lucky person!! The set I'm giving away is called Button Up. Scroll down to see the set and check out the card I made featuring Button Up and Party Lights. You have until February 28 at midnight to leave your comment and I will post the winner here on Friday, March 1. We all have a set to give away so be sure to leave comments on all the blog posts in the hop!!

For my card today, I'm featuring her set called Party Lights. It comes with these super cute lanterns and several fun sentiments. I used Hero Arts Neon Inks and Glitter tape on this card also. You can buy this set here. You can also find her stamps at Ellen Hutson, Two Peas In a Bucket and Simon Says Stamp.

Materials
1. Card stock - Select White (PTI)
2. Stamps - Party Lights (Technique Tuesday)
3. Ink - Neon Orange, Blue and Purple (Hero Arts)
4. Glitter Tape - Powder (American Crafts)
5. Rhinestone - Orange (Queen & Co.) Frosted (Studio Calico)

Here is her Button Up stamp set and the card I made using some of these fun buttons. This is the set I will be giving away this Friday!!! To purchase Button Up click here.

Materials
1. Card stock - Select White (PTI)
2. Patterned Papers - Various Papers from Studio Calico Card Kit Club Paper Pack
3. Stamps - Button Up, Party Lights (Technique Tuesday)
4. Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento)
5. Punch - 1 inch circle (Stampin' Up)

Now be sure to hop on over to the brand new blog of the amazingly creative Kim Kesti for some more Teri and Technique Tuesday goodness! If you get lost along the way you can always find the master blog hop list on Teri's blog here. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

7 Days of Valentine Projects Day 7

Welcome to Day 7 of The 7 Days of Valentine Projects Blog Event. It's hard to believe our second Holiday Projects event is already over! We had so much fun and I hope you have enjoyed checking out all the fun Valentine Projects. If you missed any along the way, you check most of the out in one place on our new Pinterest board. You can find our board here.

You will find links to all the other participating bloggers below. Hopefully you can find time to look at their blogs and leave comments on any that inspire you. Happy Valentine Crafting!

Today I have simple CAS Valentine I made using a new stamp set by Technique Tuesday and designed by my friend Teri Anderson called Puffy Hearts. I used Hero Arts Neon Inks in Blue, Pink and Purple with the woodgrain heart. I love all the hearts in the set and I stamped a lot of neon hearts and I hope to make many more neon heart Valentines this week. 

Barb Murphy

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Bowman 

Jen Cuthbertson

Lalo Ik

Libby Hickson

Rachel Izakowicz

Rachel Kleinman

Veronica Zalis

The Play Date Cafe #155

Welcome to this weeks Color Challenge from The Play Date Cafe. This week our gorgeous color story is Mint, Gold and Leather. You could make some gorgeous fall and holiday cards with these colors. This week our awesome sponsor is Technique Tuesday and they generously sent the members of the PDCC design team new stamp sets to play with. I got this amazing set designed by one of my favorite crafty friends, Teri Anderson the set is called Twinkle On. I just love it! And, I had such a fun time working with these stamps and colors. Teri is also our Guest Designer this week, so be sure to check out her card and leave her some love.

On a sad note, this week we are saying good bye to our long-time DT Member Ruby. Her life has taken a new turn lately and she is focusing on other things. I was a player long before I was a member of this design team and I have always loved visiting Ruby's blog and checking her unique style of card making. She will be greatly missed and we all wish her the very best in her future endeavors. We'll miss you Ruby!!

Now, for my card. I had nothing in mind when I started making this card - it just sort of developed organically and I really like it. I used Crate Paper Peppermint papers and border stickers. The light green background paper is from Echo Park -Merry & Bright.  I embossed the stars on the trees using a color called Pirate Gold. It's a little darker than gold, but I thought it went well with these colors. I stamped the trees in Wild Wasabi ink from Stampin' Up and added Gold Stickles to the tree. I stamped the sentiment and tree trunks in Ranger Archival Sepia.

You're So Awesome

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge - Over the Edge. I went very CAS this week and my color scheme was inspired by this week's color story at The Play Date Cafe. The stamps are from a set called Awesome from Technique Tuesday - designed by Teri Anderson. The colors are I used are from Stampin' Up - Rich Razzleberry, Not Quite Navy, and Real Red. The paper is Whisper White by Stampin' Up. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's my card.

Spider Girls

I made this card using the new EEK stamp set from Technique Tuesday designed by my blogland friend Teri Anderson. I just love all her new stamps!! I'm entering this card into the Moxie Fab World Repetition Challenge. Click here to join in all the fun in the Moxie Fab World.

Materials

1. Card stock - Black (Stampin' Up)

2. Decorative Paper - Fright Night (My Little Shoebox)

3. Stamps - EEK (Technique Tuesday)

4. Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento)

5. Twine - Halloween (Doodlebug)

6. Googly Eyes (Hobby Lobby)

7. Foam Tape (Stampin' Up)

Watt's Up?

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays #65 - Square Cards Challenge. I used stamps from a new Technique Tuesday set called Bright Idea that was designed by Teri Anderson. I got some new Versamark Chalk Inks on sale at Joann's last week and decided to try them out. I've never used chalk inks and they give a nice soft coverage. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Get Crafty!!

If you haven't heard yet, the uber talented designer Teri Anderson has designed some new stamps for Technique Tuesday. I used one of her new sets called Get Crafty on this card. I made this card for the current Embellish Magazine Challenge - Buttons Color Trend Challenge. Below is the inspiration photo. The papers, inks and buttons are all Garden Green, Not Quite Navy, Melon Mambo and Bashful Blue by Stampin' Up. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Beautiful Rose

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays challenge - to make a CAS card using pink. I made the rose and leaves from Martha Stewart polymer clay. The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials

1. Card stock - Whsiper White, Melon Mambo (Stampin' Up)

2. Polymer Clay (Martha Stewart)

3. Stamp - Amazing (Technique Tuesday)

4. Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Red & White Challenge - Winter Wonderland

I made this CAS Valentine card for the current Winter Wonderland Red & White challenge this week. It uses a Technique Tuesday Stamp Set called Heart by Ali Edwards. The ink and paper are Real Red from Stampin Up. Thanks for taking a look!

Moxie Fab World - Vertical Shaped Sketch

This is my last card for the Moxie Fab World Sketch Challenges. This one is for the Moxie Fab World Vertical Shaped Sketch Challenge. The decorative papers, "jewels", and twine are Pink Paislee - Soiree. The sentiment stamp is from Technique Tuesday - Kids Are Cool and the glitter brads are from Michaels. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card. 

Moxie Fab World - Horizontal Sketch Challenge

I made this card with the sketch from the Moxie Fab World Horizontal Sketch Challenge and I'm entering it into the Wee Memories - No Patterned Paper challenge this week.  The felt figures are from Michaels and the sentiment is from Technique Tuesday - Kids are Cool stamp set. The paper is Stampin Up Crumb Cake. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card. 

Tuesday Trigger - Garden Glory

I finally made this card for the current Tuesday Trigger - Garden Glory. I was inspired by the flower in picture, the green pattern on the chair and the blue in the flower and the book. I used Wendy Vecchi Sketch Art Stamp set for the flower and an exclusive Studio Calico Kit Club stamp that is from Studio Calico and Hero Arts for the background. The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 Sketch Art Stamp Set	Technique Tuesday You Are Fabulous Stamp Set	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink	Stampin Up Garden Green Dye Ink	Stampin Up Very Vanilla Card Stock
Basic Grey - Out of Print - Mish Mash	Pink Paislee Nantucket Chip Tiles

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CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #16 - Embossing

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #16 - Embossing. I used a new Stampin' Up Striped Embossing folder on the bottom part of the card. Then I heat embossed the posies and sentiment with purple Zing. I cut out the images and adhered the middle posie and sentiment with foam tape. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials

1. Card stock - Whisper White (Stampin Up)

2. Stamp set - Petite Posies (Technique Tuesday)

3. Embossing Powder - Purple (Zing)

4. Embossing Folder (Stampin Up)

5. Paper Snips (Martha Stewart)

6. Foam Tape (Stampin Up)

Glittery Flower Thanks

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #14 - Glitzy Glue Dots. I used Technique Tuesday watercolor crayons to color the flower and I added a medium glue dot to the center of the flower and used yellow-gold glitter on it, then I used smaller glue dots on each of the petals and used crystal glitter (a little hard to see in the picture). I'm kind of into drawing my own freehand outlines these days so I did it again on this card with a black Stampin Write Marker. I was inspired to use these colors by a flower that was painted on the lamp on my bedside table in Mexico. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card. 

Materials

1. Card stock - Whisper White (Stampin Up)
2. Watercolor Paper (Papertrey Ink)
3. Stamps - Layered Flowers (Hero Arts), Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches)
4. Ink - Black (Memento) Marker - Black (Stampin Up)
5. Glitter (Martha Stewart)
6. Watercolor crayons (Technique Tuesday)


Instructions
1. Create card from white card stock - finished size 5 x 5
2. Stamp flower on watercolor paper, color with watercolor crayons and go over with a damp brush 
3. Allow stamp to dry and add medium glue dot to middle of flower and add glitter, then add smaller glue dots to each petal and add crystal glitter
4. Cut out flower and add to card with foam tape
5. Stamp sentiment
6. Draw freehand border

I Love You Circle Hearts

I entered this card in the Cupcake Craft Challenge. The challenge was to make a 1 layer card. I embossed the circles in white and used Technique Tuesday Water color crayons to color over the heart circles. The sentiment is embossed in Purple Metallic Zing. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials

Card stock - Whisper White

Stamp - Many Dots (Hero Arts), Say Cheese (Lawn Fawn)

Watercolor Crayons (Technique Tuesday)

White embossing powder (Papertrey Ink)

Purple Metallic embossing powder (Zing)