A ton of cards...but not many GOOD ones...

Yes.  I've killed trees this week.  Many, many sad and frightened trees.  I'll show you all my mistakes today and we'll see if you like anything I've created.  UGH.  I promise to show you something beautiful tomorrow, as it IS Easter Sunday and our Lord deserves the best.

I've made quite a few cards for the OLW challenge this week--the challenge is to make a one layer card without a sentiment.  I made about 6, but only kept 4.  I'll show you the good, the bad, and the ugly (all according to my opinion).  I promise not to judge you if you think what I think is bad or ugly to be good.

Let's start with ugly~

Bad~

Good~

Yeah.  Not my best work.  Gonna try harder to make Susan and Jennifer proud next week...

But let's now look at a card that I really am happy with.  This one is for the Colour Create Challenge: dark purple, bright green, and cream.  My DH says it's one of my best.  I love him!

Here's the card~

Details~

I hope you all have a wonderfully restful and peaceful Easter weekend!  If you'd like to hear my religious musings and thoughts about Easter, please visit my digital art blog here and here.  Happy stamping, and Happy Easter! :)

Chocoholic

Hello, my name's Mynnette and I'm a chocoholic....this is where you all say, "Hi, Mynnette!" in very sympathetic tones. Because we've ALL been there! Which is why the color scheme over at Colour Create is so fabulous for this time of year! Who DOESN'T want chocolate for Valentine's Day?! Okay, if you're allergic, I understand and completely empathize. If you just don't like chocolate, I cannot be your friend. Okay, I'll be your friend. But I cannot agree with you.

BUT, I digress...as usual! Back to the challenge. Colour Create has given us the color scheme of light and dark browns with white and/or cream. FABULOUS!

And here's the inspiration photo~

I drooled when I saw it. And then I ate some chocolate. Hey! Don't judge--you just did the SAME thing! ;D

Anyway, I have a set from Stampin' Up! called Eat Chocolate that I have NEVER used! What is UP with that? Well, perfect time to get it out, don't you think?! And guess what I made with it!

THIS~

Details~

What are your thoughts? Now, that really is deep dark chocolate brown, not black. Despite the horrible photography, I was extremely pleased with how it turned out--I feel that it totally fits this challenge to a tee! I hope you come and play along--I can't wait to see everyone's choco-rific creations! Happy stamping! :)

Open the aperture!

Hello. I fear I'm too late. Oh, well! Sharing these three cards, anyway. I've had a simply GHASTLY day, and I want to share these because I worked hard on them! And I do think they all turned out rather nicely! Okay, I'm a bit calmer now. The site finished loading as I typed, and I still have about 17 hours...I'm NOT too late!!! SO GLAD.

I really love the Less is More challenge this week--"Cut it out!" They've asked us to have a hole or aperture in our card and to do it with a CAS style. Hole, easy. CAS, not so. Hence the THREE cards! Luckily, they also apply to other challenges, so not a one will be a loss! :) Not that they would, anyway. Who doesn't love a handmade card? And some people don't even care you messed up and it looks as GHASTLY as my day was--they're just touched that you MADE them something! Ya know?!

Okay, that is all I'm gonna rant about. Or rather comment. Wasn't quite a rant. I'd scare you with my rants!

OKAY. NO MORE CRAZINESS! So, aperture cards, yes? Yes! Fun? Yes! Easy? Not as easy as I thought...you'll see what I mean.

Here's my first attempt and details~

This one is darling, but not quite CAS for LIM, so I'll be entering it into this week's Pink Elephant challenge. It's a photo inspiration challenge--all about love and cuteness! :) Doesn't "Bee my honey" work for love AND cuteness?! ;) Of course it does!!!

Here's the Pink Elephant inspiration photo~

Okay, my second attempt will be submitted into the For Your Inspiration challenge--also a photo challenge. It has a "hole", but I wasn't pleased that it didn't go through the entire card. But, it's pretty! :) AND, it's more CAS, so it was CLOSE to being up to my CAS expectations. Just a few too many layers.

Here's the inspiration photo from FYI~

My card and details~

So, I've kinda sorta struck out twice, but not really, because I have two fabby cards and now a sentence with to many commas and it's running too long. Yeah. Okay. SO, I started again. And looked for a color challenge to inspire me and link to because I KNEW this would be a great card. Not that the other two aren't. BUT, this one is my fave! The color inspiration is from the Colour Create Challenge for this fortnight--pink and green!!! And they've got some photo inspiration, too! :) And this one is the one I've chosen for the LIM challenge. I do think it's the best CAS style aperture card I made...

Here's the photo inspiration from CCC~

Here's the card and details~

What do you think?! Which is your favorite? What do you love and hate about them? How could I improve? That's enough questions. I need sleep. Good night, and happy stamping!!!

PS: Also linking to this week's 52 Card Pickup here! :)

Blue Friendship

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Hello, friend! Welcome to another round of "What's Mynnette Thinking?!" Here's what I'm thinking--I am REALLY unprepared for the upcoming holiday. But, I will procrastinate anyway and everyone will get their cards late. Hey, it's the thought that counts, right?! I've got blogging to do!!! ;D

Alrighty then, onto more important matters. Meaning the card this post is about! ;D This week at CAS-ual Fridays, they want us to create a card (CAS style, of course!) and matching envelope. LOVE this--I'll probably enter more than once. You know, the procrastinating thing and all. Over at Colour Create, they've given us the colors blue, silver and white. So, I've combined the two challenges to create...

...THIS~

Card & details~

Inside & close-up~

Envelope & close-up~

What do you think? I made it with a specific blue loving friend in mind...we'll see if she actually gets it as I LOVE the way it turned out! I really like how the blue butterflies look on the silver panel--so shimmery! I hope you like it, too! I hope you come and play along at these two fabulous challenges and I also hope that you are having a fabulous holiday season! Merry stamping! :)

Poinsettia

Yes. I am coming at you with yet ANOTHER Christmas card! ;) Well, 'tis the season, and all that!!! :) This card is a little special, because it uses some of the flowers and leaves that I won from Julie's blog--and I am so grateful to her for them!!! :)

Speaking of WINNING, if YOU'D like to win some blog candy, I am wanting to give some away! BUT, I have to make my goal first--I need to get 100 followers by January 1, 2012!!! Yep, it's true! Please follow me for a chance to win some fabulous blog candy! :)

Now back to my card--I am entering it into Cute Card Thursday Challenge 193: It's just a number, and Colour Create Challenge 85: red, white, and green. :)

Here's the card (Christmas Date)~

And some details~

Isn't it pretty?! I think it's all due to that beautiful poinsettia from my sweet friend! :) Thank you so much for taking a little time out of your day to pop on over--I really appreciate you a lot! :) I hope that you take the chance to join in the fun over at these two fabulous challenges--and pop over to Julie's blog for some other fabulous creations! Thanks again, and Merry Stamping! :)

Loving U....

...is easy 'cause you're beautiful! Yes. I did go there. And, no. I do not apologize!!! ;) I found a new challenge to try out: Colour Create Challenge Blog!!! I'm so excited about it because this week's colors are absolutely fab! They are turquoise, deep pink, and ivory.

And here's the awesome inspiration picture~

Beautiful?! YEP!!! So...lovin' these colors is easy! Because they create a beautiful card!!! :) Now, I've been struggling with using old supplies...I have a lot. And I need to USE them--why am I keeping them?! I bought them to use! SO, I dug through my stash to see what I could find to go with this gorgeous color scheme!

Here's what I came up with~

What do you think? I really think that it's beautiful! :) All that glitter and bling REALLY makes me happy... *sigh*

Here's the details~

Oh, did you notice that sentiment? Did you LOL because you realized it went with the title and beginning of my post? YES?! Good! I succeeded! If no, oh, well. I LOLed! ;D

Thank you for sneaking a peek at my creation--I appreciate you being here! I hope you're inspired to join us for this fabulous challenge!!! Happy stamping! :)