CAS-ual Friday Challenge #6 is to play tic tac toe:
My choice was the center vertical - gems, dies or punch, flowers. Here is my card:
I used Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 15 dies. The stamps are from Hero Arts and the red gems were in my stash.
This reminds me of the opening question of an old riddle: What's black and white and red (read) all over? LOL
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Hello! It has been almost three weeks since I've posted on my blog - just busy with warm weather outdoor stuff; a local stamp sale and another sale in a friend's barn! Blog posts, blog hopping, challenges and commenting on other blogs will be hit and miss while the weather is nice - I don't like spending time indoors when I can be out in my yard or visiting friends and family! (Not to mention that blogger is really trying my patience with the comment thing!!!)
I wanted to participate in this month's card chain challenge on Lily Pad Cards and the deadline is tomorrow night. Glad I'm getting in just under the wire. Here is my card:
Sorry for the shady photo - very overcast here today!
I used one of my favorite sentiments from Hero Arts to go along with the friendship theme. The polka dot paper is from Amuse; the butterfly punch is Martha Stewart. The pretty lacy trim was purchased at JoAnn's. Whiite and black pearls were added for accents.
To find details and rules for joining this swap, go to the Lily Pad Cards blog. It is really fun to send a card to someone and receive one back from someone near or far.
Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy your summer!
The third challenge on Cas-ual Fridays is to "bring the bling". Keeping in mind that the card should be clean and simple, too. Here is my card:
The green gems were a free gift from Simon Says with my recent Hero Arts order. The poppies and sentiment are from Hero Arts. The patterned paper is from K & Company and the scalloped border stamp is from Studio 490 (Wendy Vecchi).
I'm not sure if this qualifies for a CAS card, but am submitting it anyway :) Still trying my hand at this style of card.
TFL!
Edit: Since the flowers were colored with Prismacolor pencils, I am also submitting this card to the Hero Arts monthly challenge.
Stamps Used:
Hero Arts H5350
Hero Arts CL499
Studio 490 Lcs028
The Crafts Meow is the sponsor of a challenge on the Lily Pad Cards blog. We are to use embossing (dry or heat, or both) for the card. Here is my card:
I used an embossing folder from Darice and a small flower punch for the dry embossed background. The Hero Arts butterfly was white embossed on Tim Holtz patterned paper (the same paper was used to punch the flowers). The Hero Arts sentiment was stamped with Broken China distress ink, which was also sponged around the sentiment and the background layer. For embellishment, I added a few turquoise gems for a bit of bling.
The embedded embossing is fun and I love the results.
TFL!
Just wanted to make a card for a special friend:
This embossing folder from Sizzix is so cute! All I did was add some color on the raised areas and there is also some Stickles glitter added. The Hero Arts sentiment is very appropo for my friend.
TFL!
This week I have been playing with some new stamps I ordered from Hero Arts. Since one of the challenges at Hero Arts this month is to use colored pencils, I wanted to use the Girl Holding Flowers wood mounted stamp. And, I wanted to try to color her as a blond and then as a brunette.
For the first card, I pretty much copied the design from Deborah Nolan's recent post on Lily Pad Cards:
Here is my card:
Pretty much self explanatory - patterned paper for the background, a labels die for the sentiment, some of Hero Arts new twine (this is fabulous!!).
Here is my brunette:
I used the Hero Arts Life of the Party Dots for the background by just stamping it on the cardstock with Versamark ink. The flower is from Prima with a cute flower brad in the center. The sentiment is from the Sending Smiles Message clear set.
This little gal is so cute and a lot of fun to color!
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The first challenge on the new CAS-ual Fridays blog is to use text in our design. Here is the card I made:
Text is Hero Arts Old Letter and the flower is from the Luscious Bold Flowers set. I heat embossed it in black on paper from the Hello Luscious paper pad and added a Prima flower with black gem. Popped it up for some dimension. The sentiment is from the Hero Arts Congrats set; I added the three dots in front.
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Stamps used:
Hero Arts CG197
Hero Arts CL488
Hero Arts CG303
