Wintry Circles...

I really admire those who integrate several challenges into one card, Daring Cardmakers has an all things circles theme while Stamp Something wants to see something with cold, winter wind as a focus...it took some real doing for me but here is my take on the two:

To create this I used Close To My Heart stamps along with their background paper, rickrack ribbon and white photo hanger. I also used some snippits of ribbon by American Crafts.

Be Inspired #20

Tonight I wondered back over to Cuttlebug Challenges to check out this weeks card sketch designed by Valerie Salmon it is a great one!
Here is what I came up with using :
Que Sera Sera designer paper by K&CoMPANY
Close to My Heart Cocoa textured card stock
Happy & Happy Birthday stamp by Close to My Heart
Flower & Flourish stamps and leaf-vine chipboard embossed via Cuttlebug by Basis Grey
Green brads by Close To My Heart
and finally aluminum from a can embossed via Cuttlebug

Me an award...shucks!

Debbie from In His Wonderful Grip sent me this cute LadyBug award it made my day! Now I out of the hundreds of awesome blogs out there get to choose 10 other creators:
Erica
Maddy
Erika
Michelle
Jess
Angela
Laurel
Dawne
Aaron
Jenn
Like said this award made my day so you ladies can pass it on to 10 others as well and do all the linky stuff involved it will be super duper if ya do! BR-T

putting aside...

there were a lot of apprehensions I had to put aside to have the courage to post this card, I'm not certain what to think, I call it Toad House This is my card for the Card-A-Licious card challenge, I interpreted to be go for it, just no sentiments so I dragged out all my itty-bittys that I couldn't throw away and set to task.

I opted to design a second card equally playful but more controlled in layout perspective...

Now thats a lot of Clover Meadow and Ocean ...

Over at Card Patterns They have an amazing guest designer Hanneke from Netherlands her work is beyond words! As I studied her card for this weeks sketch , free spirited nature came to mind.

I really struggled with this weeks #3 sketch however once I got started I couldn't stop! I used to avoid Clover Green like the plague but not any more it's really bold and daring and to me that is what this card is all about. All products are CTMH , I tried being a consultant however I became my own best customer...

Mojo Monday # 75

Today I had great aspirations of doing 3 or more challenges, not gonna happen but it's ok I did one! I stopped over at Mojo Monday oogled the designers cards and set to work. I love this designer paper by K&CoMPANY called Daydreams I also used a stamp set by Technique Tuesday called Rocket Man. I used a white pigment ink to stamp on the black, I love the look but it smears easily! Well it's time to blast off!

Give me the frog...

Daring Card Members has a fun challenge where the sky is the limit as long as there is a fish or a frog somewhere on the card...

Be inspired # 19 Embossing on Acetate...

I came across an amazing site called Cuttlebug Challenges, They showed me an ingenious idea of embossing acetate and showed some amazing examples! I just had to give it a try! You will notice some silver on mine, I used some double sided sticky sheets punched out some circles adhered to acetate and applied silver foil to exposed tape surface for fun. I embossed acetate and then punched out the circles, I love to experiment with all my finds!

Challenge Green Ribbon & Friend...

Card-A-Licious has a fun challenge this week and here is my take on it, I may become a challenge addict yet!