Monday & Tuesday's Challenges

I'm always wishing I had more time to play along with the Splitcoaststampers challenges. While I didn't play on the actual day for Monday's CAS challenge.  I did play along this week.  The theme was summer and I had these great stickers in my stash.  Pineapples are the taste of summer for me!

I did play on the same day for the color challenge.  The colors were Elegant Eggplant, Soft Sky and Watermelon Wonder. I didn't have the watermelon color in my stash, so I found a substitute. I played around with some Copic markers to get the balloons to look right. I had fun with it, but I think I need a little more practice.  

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Details - CAS - Paper: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Serpentine Mica; Accessories: Happy and You Know It Gold Foil stickers, Spellbinders Circle Nestabiliities, Basic Grey taffeta ribbon, Scor-tape, Kitchen Weave embossing folder. Color Challenge - Stamps: Chevron Love (Verve); Paper: Soft Sky, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White; Ink: Tuxedo Black, Soft Sky, Craft White; Accessories: Hexagon M-bossabilities, Spellbinders Scalloped Rectangles, corner chomper, Scor-tape, stampin' dimensionals., MFT flat bottom cloud die, Chameleon Marker, Copic Markers, thin satin ribbon, brayer, sponge dauber.

Clean and Simple and Luscious

I played along with the current CAS challenge to make a card that represents a memory.  Since I just hosted a birthday party for my daughter, I am recalling my own birthday parties.  I mostly had family parties when I was a child.  I had my first friend party when I was about 9 years old and my mother made me a fabulous cake.  I still remember the frosting to this day.

It had a gorgeous swirled frosting of about 4 or 5 different pastels.  Those pastels are represented in the plaid paper of my card.  The cake on my card represents the cake that she made.  I can't actually remember what flavor it was.  The frosting was the strongest part of that memory!

Thanks for looking and have a fabulous day!

Details - Stamps: Luscious Layers digital (Flourishes); Paper: Whisper White, Close to Cocoa, DCWV Sweet matstack; Accessories: Rectangle Nestabilities, Spellbinders Curved Borders, Copic Markers, Sakura clear star gel pen, Recollections rhinestones, square punch, stampin' dimensionals, Scor-tape.

Clean And Simple To The Rescue

Whew, there are days when you just need a card to happen quickly. Today was one of those days.  It was busy with a trip to the library for story hour and then a couple of business errands for hubby!  It was topped off by swimming lessons this evening and then the required bath to get the pool water off.  I wish I had had the 10 minutes it took me to make this little gem, but no such luck!  This card I made a couple of days ago and it was quick.  Really quite quick.  I stamped my image and sentiment.  I die cut it and then the mat.  I embossed the card base and stuck them all together.  Then I embellished with a few rhinestones!  That's all folks.  Happy Tuesday or what's left of it.

Details - Stamps: Branching Out (GKD), Hopeful Hearts (GKD); Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive; Ink: Certainly Celery, Old Olive; Accessories: Nestabilities, Square Lattice ef, stampin' dimensionals, MAMBI & SU rhinestones. 

Clean and Simple Monday

It's been ages since it seemed that I have had the time to make a CAS card for the Monday challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  I had time today and the challenge for today was to use the same sketch from Debbie's card here.

I took some creative license with this one.  Debbie used three layers of scallops on her card.  I used my ABC wheel to mimic the three layers and then used a longer sentiment followed by an apple image, which I popped up.

I have school on the brain lately.  I am wondering what is going to happen with our schedules at work and know that I probably still have 6 weeks to wait before all is settled anyway.  I have also been thinking about how best to prepare my daughter for the starting of Kindergarten too.  We have been reading lots and are practicing our letters.  Of course, we have been playing outside tons too!

Thanks for stopping by!  Let's see if I can work in a color challenge maybe for tomorrow :)

Details - Stamps: Tart & Tangy, My ABC's wheel, Sentiments O'Simple (Unity); Paper: Whisper White; Ink: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Old Olive; Accessories: paper snips, stampin' dimensionals, corner chomper.