Addicted to CAS #88 - Midnight

Hello again ~

It's time for another challenge at Addicted to CAS, and this time our Code Word is Midnight! A few details: Our Hostess is Carolyn, and our Guest Designer is Rahmat. Sami Stamps is sponsoring this challenge, and they are offering the winner a $12.00 gift certificate!

Here is my card:

I blended several distress inks for the background, then die cut the New York Skyline from MFT for my focal point, The fireworks and sentiment are from The Ton.

My teammates have created some amazing cards for this challenge...I hope you'll stop by the ATCAS Blog to check them out, and that you'll play along with us!

Thanks so much for stopping by, 

 

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CAS Mix Up Challenge; Muse Challenge #165; Winnie & Walter Challenge Join in and Win; SSS Flickr Challenge #44

Hi there blog friends,
I've spent a lot of time in my craft room this week, so I'm playing along in a few more challenges...Here we go ~

 

Muse Challenge #165

 

First up is a card I created for the CAS Mix Up May Challenge, this week's Muse Card Challenge #165, and Winnie & Walter - Join in and Win Challenge. My card design is based on this gorgeous card (above) by the amazing, Anita Bowden. Here is my take:

I chose a slightly lighter shade of pink for my 'white space', and went with Anita's design and white embossing technique. I used pink and white Prismacolor Pencils to shade the petals and leaves, and added a few silver sequins for some sparkle. To fulfill the parameters for the CAS Mix Up Challenge, I stamped and heat embossed the flower, leaves and sentiment, and for 'my choice', I masked the elements on this card. For the Winnie & Walter challenge, I used all of their products for this card.

Here is a close up of the coloring:

 

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I also wanted to share a card I created for the SSS Flickr Challenge #44.

This (2 week) challenge closed yesterday, and the theme was Mother's Day and/or Flowers. Since all of my Mother's Day cards were done, I decided to use the SSS Spring Flowers stamp set, and colored them with Brushos. The 'You' sentiment is also a SSS Exclusive set, and the patterned paper on the left side is from my stash.

So, that's it for me! Thanks so much for stopping by ~ Have a great weekend,

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3 Cards & a Tag

Hi there,
Before I begin, I would like to wish all the mom's a very Happy Mother's Day! I hope you all have a lovely day, and that your family is spoiling you!

I've been busy in my craft room, and have a few things to share with you...Let's get started ~

My first card is for this week's challenge at Muse. My super talented friend, Michele Ferguson, created this beauty for us:

I used the same color palette and the Sweet Havana stamp set for my vase, and PTI Bitty Bouquets for the flowers:

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My 2nd card is for the May Challenge at CAS Mix Up. I was really inspired by Loll's card Here, and used my new dies from Concord & 9th for my focal point:

To fulfill the requirements for the challenge, I used the emboss resist technique for the background hearts, and gold embossing powder for the sentiment. The bird was watercolored with Brushos, and just for fun, I used SSS white woodgrain cardstock for the branch. I was very happy with how it turned out...Thanks for inspiring me, Loll!

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Next is a tag for the current Tag You’re It Challenge. Susan Wuthrich created this really cute tag to inspire us...Here is my take:

The brick wall is an older MFT stencil, and the little girl, dog and grassy hill is from Mama Elephant. My granddaughter enjoys getting tags like this in the mail, attached to a bag of homemade chocolates...she's 9 years old, and lives far away, so it's fun!

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My last project (if you're still with me) is a card I created for this week's Case This Sketch Challenge. Sam Simpson's sketch is perfect for another new butterfly die from Concord & 9th:

I embossed a scalloped circle, then blended a bit of Sea Glass ink behind the butterfly, which was colored with Peerless Watercolors. The die cut sentiment is from Reverse Confetti, and was also colored with Peerless. Here is a close up of the scalloped circle:

   

Thanks so much for stopping by, and for hanging in there with me...Enjoy your day ~

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