Not as CAS...

Hello!  Ready for some more cards?  These ones are not so CAS (one is kinda, but not really) but were equally fun to make!  I've gotta get to some real life things soon, so I'll make this quick!  I'm sorry for this, but there are three cards in this post...

First card~

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For these fabulous challenges~

Digital Tuesday: Photo Inspiration

(Inspired by the vase of roses and the Victorian feel.)

My Time To Craft: Make it wet!

(I water colored my image.) 

Just Inspirational: Photo Inspiration

(Inspired by the colors and the simplicity of the photo.)

This card was really fun to make.  I made a card front using a free digi image found HERE and then water colored it.  I added some glitter glue, a sentiment from PTI's "Simply Jane" stamp set, and then some bits of bling.  I LOVE IT.  I think this will be one of those cards that I have a hard time giving away.  I actually might frame it and put it somewhere in my home.  Let's keep going!!!

Second card~

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For these fabulous challenges~

Simply Stampin': Vintage

Dynamic Duos: Color Challenge

I also used an old sketch from Sketchbook Saturdays~

This card was inspired by the book/movie "Little Dorrit" by Charles Dickens.  There is a scene in the most recent film adaptation where a room has this luscious red and black wallpaper with a brocade pattern.  Hence my brocade embossing.  The sentiment is also about the two main characters in the movie--Amy Dorrit and Arthur Clennam.  They are so fantastic!!!  You should check this book/movie out--it's fabulous!  I also used punches on this card, since it's the dessert option at Dynamic Duos.  I used a border punch and my main image is made from two punches, plus the red punched leaves!!!

Third & last card~

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For these fabulous challenges~

A Day For Daisies: Add Script

Shopping Our Stash: Use Something NEW

(I've used a brand new to me digi from ADFD!)

Top Tip Tuesday: Circles

This card uses a brand new to me digi from ADFD!  I masked off the image in order to get script only on the background of the image and then colored the peacock, added glitter and pearls, and put it on the card!  There is also script on my patterned paper and lots of circles throughout this card!  Here is a TIP: when you print off a page of digis onto cardstock, print another copy of it onto plain computer printing paper in case you decide you want to use masks later.  You can keep these in a file folder for later use!

That's it.  Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you're having a fabulous day and I will see you soon!  Happy stamping! :)

Feeling so blessed!!!

Well, I am feeling incredibly blessed today!  I checked my email today and saw that I had won over at Hero Arts and I was BLOWN AWAY!!!  Thank you ladies--I was really nervous about entering my card and you've made my summer by choosing it as your Fresh Face Favorite! :)

And for some reason, the picture of my card 

looks better on their blog than on mine...

(I'm thinking it's the words at the bottom!!!)~

Thank you for indulging me in a bit of a celebration--I hope you don't think I'm full of myself!!!  And now onto other matters of business!  I was having a serious lag in my mojo, but then I decided that I needed to do a digi card...and make it an easel.  It's my new "thing" and I've been having so much fun learning how to do both of these things better!

Here's the card~

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For these fabulous challenges~

Can You Digi It?: Day at the Beach

 

Digital Tuesday: All Tied Up

Tuesday Throwdown: Clear Elements

(I've used clear crackle accents and clear glass gems!)

This is kind of like another card that I made this past week, but I wanted to make it into an easel card!  That way, I got to create a sea floor!!! :)  To create my card front, I colored in my digi fish (found HERE and then added in Photoshop), sponged in some "water, stamped around the edges, added the crackle accents, a sentiment, and some purple glitter glue, and then lastly for good measure I added 3 purple rhinestones.  And then I tied it up...FUN!  I layered it onto two other colors of paper then added it to my easel.  To create the "sea floor," I made a strip of purple paper and scalloped the two edges, added some green and coral pieces of paper, then layered on punched out leaves and some clear glass gems and more purple rhinestones! 

Please forgive my awful grammar and run on sentences.  I hope you like my card--I had fun making it!!!  Thanks for popping over and saying hi, I'll see you and your creations soon!!!  Happy stamping! ;D

Something totally different...

For those of you who have been following me for a while, you know that I am trying to branch out with different styles, etc.  One thing that I don't "do" much of is cutsie cards.  BUT, that has all changed!  A little while back, I was lucky enough to win some adorable Whoopsie Dasiy digis for participating in the Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge.  It was time to put them to use!

Here's the first card I've made~

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For these fabulous challenges~

Whoopsie Daisy: Make your own embellishments

(I added tons of flower embellishments

 made with punches, markers, and rhinestones.)

Celebrate the Occassion: Birthday

(This card will be going to my little sister

for her birthday later this year.)

Digital Tuesday: Inside Out

(decorate the inside of the card)

Use It Tuesday: Emboss It!

(I forgot I had this gorgeous embossing folder!)

Hero Arts: Summer adventures 

(Nothing says an old fashioned summer like

a tree swing and pretty light clothing!)

Basic Grey: Fun in the Sun
(Swinging in the summer is the best fun!)

So, what do you think?  I LOVE it!!!  I started by coloring the image with blender pens and soft inks, sponged in a sky, then I added some shimmery details to the dress and bonnet.  After that, I decided to create some branches and blossoms for the top of the tree and added the panel to my card base that was created with pink, green, and blue papers.  The blue paper was dry embossed with a Sizzix folder and the pink lace to the side is a border punch by Martha Stewart.  More flowers were added and the front of the card was done!

Then onto the inside.  I've had a Hero Arts/Basic Grey set that I bought back around Valentine's Day from their Kissing Booth line and the sentiment seemed PERFECT for a birthday card for my little sister who will be turning 12 later this year.  She LOVES girly things, so I think this card will be a winner!  After I fussy cut the sentiment out and layered it, I added it to a dry embossed strip and then added another flower with some leaves to continue the theme from the outside.  SO glad that stamp got some use!!!!

Well, that's all for now!  Thanks for stopping by--I am so glad that you did!  I hope you come and play along with these fabulous challenges so I can see YOUR creations!  Happy stamping! :)

Another digi card...

This one's pretty in pink!  I've used a digital freebie from Fred She Said, made for Operation Write Home, and one of my digital sentiments.  If you like the sentiment, you should join in my blog candy--you'll get 8 of them if you win! :)

Here's the card~

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For these fabulous challenges~

Sweet & Sassy Digi Challenges: Back to Nature

Digi Haven: Use a FREE FOREVER image (Fred She Said)

Digital Tuesday: Anything Digi Goes

Stampalot Challenge: Bingo (I chose pink, brown, & bling)

So, what do you think?  I LOVE it--I think it turned fabulously!  It's actually quite prettier than I thought it would--I'm still learning how to "color". ;)

Okay, so onto a more personal note.  I was giving the first workshop in my home for literally about a year, and all of a sudden, one of my friends started pointing behind me and saying, "Water, Mynnette!  Water!"  It took me a bit to figure out what was going on...there was WATER dripping from my ceiling!!!  My DH was in the shower, and some water had leaked through a not so good seal in the tub and was leaking onto my craft area! EEK!!!  Luckily, all we need to do is re-caulk the tub and then the problem is solved.  All the gals helped me move my treasures and nothing crafty was harmed.  BUT--it was kind of an adventure! ;)

Hope you like my card, thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a restful Sabbath--I'll be back in a bit to share some more digi cards!!!  Happy stamping! :)

Love You MUCH

Hi, there! For those of you who haven't heard, I've got some blog candy up for grabs!  DIGITAL blog candy, too!  Now, some of you might not feel that excited about digi blog candy, so the next few posts will be featuring some of the sentiments you'll get from my blog candy!

Here's the first one~

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For these fabulous challenges~

Colour Q: Color Inspiration

Digital Tuesday: Anything Digi Goes

This card uses my Love You Much sentiment scaled down to fit in a large oval punch.  Placed on top of some yummy PTI patterned paper and nestled beside some fun ribbon and pins, what's not to like?!  I hope you join my blog candy--and I hope you like this card and join in the fun at these fabulous challenges!  Happy stamping, friends! :)