Card Concept & CAS(E) this Sketch

Another challenge over at The Card Concept! I’ll admit, I struggled with this challenge. I’m not very good with Tropical flowers and plants! Hahaha! So I decided to ink up one of my favourite Reverse Confetti stamp sets! I was inspired to make my bestie a “pretty in pink” birthday card!

I used the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch for my layout! It was challenging! I loved it! Please forgive my photos! I’m blogging from my iPhone as my computer is long gone! Must buy a new one soon! I was inspired by the colours and the party theme!

The links won’t go into my post tonight! I’ll try again in the morning!

The Challenge #88-Keywords

Hello and Welcome to The Challenge! Each week we have a fun challenge for you to try!!! We do a different style of challenge each week! We like to mix things up and keep them fresh! 

**Please note-This challenge will be open for TWO WEEKS 

and closes on July 6th at Noon (PST).

This week we have a Keyword Challenge for you!

This is NEW! 

You are welcome to use any many of the words 
in the banner as you would like! 

How will the words inspire you?

For my card, I decided to ink up a new set from a new to me stamp company called "Honey Bee" stamps and I used a new sentiment set from Reverse Confetti. I chose the words Flowers, Birthday and Square for my card!

The design team have created some inspiration to get you in the crafting mood! Come and join us! We also have a special guest with us! 

Anita Madden

Claire Broadwater

Kelly Lunceford

Kim Heggins


Lee Ann Barret

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger

A few rules to keep things fun and fair!

1. Use the challenge to create a NEW card.

2. Please add the challenge graphic to your blog post (copy and paste).

3. Have fun and comment on the submissions of others.

4. Anything that is offensive to myself or to my viewers will be removed.

5. You are welcome to link with other challenges.

**Please note-This challenge will be open for TWO WEEKS 

and closes on July 6th at Noon (PST).

Playing with Reverse Confetti & Jane's Doodles

I am back with a few more cards to share...I am on a roll. We had a dry run to the hospital the other night. I was having contraction after contraction but after being checked out and spending the night at the hospital, they sent me home. So I am sitting with my feet up and crafting my little heart out until the baby comes!

I played along with the sketch challenge at Reverse Confetti. I used the pretty Rose Garden set (it's my absolutely favourite) and inked it with my Copic markers. I kept the design simple and made some smaller cards to have on hand for friends during the next few weeks. 

Then I made a card using the Jane's Doodles "Anemone" set...I love colouring this one too! I didn't make it for any challenge...just for myself!

Reverse Confetti {SFYTT #38}- Best Wishes

Tonight I finally had the chance to play along with the current SFYTT at Reverse Confetti. I loved the clean lines of the sketch and I wanted to play with the new Garden Bunch Stamp Set I picked up last month! With the end of the school year being so busy, I never had the chance to play with my new goodies! SO I gave them a try tonight. I love how the sentiment stamps! 

I wanted to create a card that gave off a "black tie air" and I was striving for clean lines. The card was left simple, so it could go to a man. I wanted to create a "tux" feel and the flowers would be the accent rather than the focus. It is another card for my wedding stash. 

Reverse Confetti {SFYTT-April 2016} With Heartfelt Sympathy

Hooray! I had the chance to get inky today and I was pretty excited to play along with the Reverse Confetti Sketch for You to Try!! I LOVE the versatility of this month's sketch and I finally got the chance to use my new dies from Reverse Confetti! Yay! I went with a clean and simple sympathy card...my inspiration came from the floral photo over at Inspired by All the Little Things.

I used the Edgers-Confetti Cuts to make the swooped edge...so easy and really cool! As soon as I saw those edgers in the last release, I knew I had to have them because I always struggled with those kind of edges on cards...do you know what I mean? I just do and it was pretty great to use my Big Shot to create the edge I wanted!

I also watercoloured the Rose from the Rose Garden Stamp set and die cut it with the matching dies. I couldn't find my stitched circle die for the life of me, so I went with an oval...and that allowed for the sentiment to fit better anyway! So I just went with the flow! 

The Challenge #67 {A Sketch}

Hello and Welcome to Week One of a brand new month at The Challenge! This week we have a versatile sketch for you and we hope you are inspired to join us!

Are you looking for last week's winner? Please CLICK HERE.

Each week we have a fun challenge for your to try!!! We do a different style of challenge each week! We like to mix things up and keep them fresh!

Here is the monthly rotation:

Week 1-Sketch

Week 2-Colours

Week 3-Photo Inspiration

Week 4-Masculine Photo Inspiration

Week 5-Wild Card (a surprise!)

This month we are thrilled to welcome Greta Hess as our Featured Designer! Welcome, Greta!

For my card, I decided to ink up Reverse Confetti's new rose stamp again. I love it! I stamped it with Ranger watercolour ink and then coloured it with my distress inks on watercolour paper. I paired the roses with this pretty sentiment from Verve. I wanted to create a clean and fresh card for this week's sketch.

The design team have created some inspiration to get you in the crafting mood! Come and join us! Our weekly winner will be our next Guest Designer! So come and join the fun!

Greta Hess from ggnursecreations

Featured Designer

Christine from Poppaea Cards

Guest Designer

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater

Diane Jaquay

Jinny Newlin

Kim Heggins

Laurel Seabrook

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

An InLinkz Link-up

The Card Concept #52 & Simon Says Stamp {Happy 2nd Year Anniversary & some Prizes to be Won}

I am so excited to announce that today marks the 52nd challenge over at The Card Concept  and that we are celebrating our 2nd Year Anniversary!!! To celebrate with my wonderful design team, I made a a card!

I am in love with this new Reverse Confetti Rose Stamp set! I stamped the roses in black in and then watercoloured them with my Zig Markers and a water pen. Then I gold embossed the sentiment. I couldn't help but to link up at the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge.

 

I was inspired by the neutral colours, the french script and the elegant images. I tried to create a card in the Classy & Elegant style.

I hope you will stop by the Card Concept and play along! The challenge is open until noon on April 11th! There are some prizes up for grabs too!

CTD #385 & CTS #165 {Beautiful}

Thursday already? Where does the time go? My Spring Break is slowly fading away and so I wanted to spend some more time in my craft room. Hubby is out riding his bike. Although I should be prepping supper or scrubbing some pots, my craft room beckoned...and so I went in search of some inspiration!

I stumbled upon the current Color Throwdown Challenge #385. This is one of the first challenges I ever did as a blogging and it still is a favourite of mine. I loved the teal, aqua and gold combo! I used Mermaid's Lagoon & Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink to watercolor my roses. The sentiment is gold embossed.

Then I wanted to play with a sketch and I remembered the great sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch. I remembered it with the sentiment on the stripe going across...oh well! I hope they can see how I was inspired!