Some LOVE for ATCAS#29, CFC125, PPA187 and Unscripted Sketches #239

Hello friends thanks for stopping by to visit today.  I was going to spend a good chunk of my day at work trying to make a dent in the mountain of work I'm behind on, but I went to get in my husband's car and the low tire light came on.  I got out and looked at all the tires - they looked okay to me, but I'm not a genius when it comes to cars.  Since they looked okay, I thought I'd just go ahead and leave.  But then I only got backed out the driveway and the "TIRE SENSOR ERROR" message popped up at me.  What the heck does that mean really?? Not wanting to risk a tire blow-out, I decided to just go back to the house.  Called DH but no answer on his cell phone (he has my car today washing it and getting groceries).  So...decided to embrace this as a sign that I really needed more "play" time in my life and went right on up to my craft room to make two cards to enter in some challenges that I haven't had time to play along with in a while. This is the first one (I'll share the second one in another post):

My card today is based on the themes at ATCAS Challenge #29 - Die Cuts 

and CAS-ual Fridays (CFC125) - in a word

 

the colors from Pals Paper Arts #187

and the sketch from Unscripted Sketches #239

  

Don't you just love it when several challenges all come together so nicely?  What a great way to use up some paper scraps and this is one of my favorite color combos.  This is my first Valentine's day card of the season. I don't typically make a ton - only about 5 or 6 total. So I'm off to a good start.  Hope you enjoyed it and thanks again for stopping by.  

By the way, my DH did finally call me back after about an hour and told me that this light has been on for a while but it's fine to drive the car.  Too late - I'm already in play mode - lol!!  Guess I'll have to catch up on Monday. 

Til next time friends... hugs and happy crafting! D

Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #69 CAS, ATCAS - One Layer and DD#76

Hello friends and followers - happy last week of October.  This week at ATS&M Challenge #69 is CAS.  I thought I'd switch gears a bit from the halloween track that I've been on lately and make a birthday card.   I apologize for the poor photo - think I need to recharge the camera (that really is a white card base). 

The sentiment is from one of my oldest and most favorite sets. You might have seen another one of these stamps used yesterday on my card for ABC Challenges.  While I had the set out, I thought it might be fun to use another one of them.  

My colors were based on the pretty combo at  Dynamic Duos #76 (see below) - the sentiment is in Perfect Plum and the balloons are in Wisteria Wonder. 

and since I did go with a one layer card I'm also sharing it over at the ATSM sister challenge called ATCAS where the code word is... yup, you guessed it ONE LAYER. 

One layer CAS cards are very difficult for me - but hey...that's why it's called a challenge - it's all about stretching yourself creatively :o)  Several of my DT pals from ATSM also are on the DT for ATCAS - they do such a fabulous job and I don't get to play along over there as much as I might like to - except for today.

I sure hope that you will go visit the rest of the DT at ATS&M and then decide to play along with us this week.  There's a fabulous prize to be won - how can you resist the temptation to try???? 

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me - I'm sure glad that you did. Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D

A Fall Thank You for - MOJO Monday 312, ATCAS #23, & CAS-ual Fridays #115

Hello dear friends and followers. Fall is definitely in the air and there are lots of challenges out there featuring a Fall or Autumn theme.  It's been a long time since I've done a card outside of my DT responsibilities so I thought I'd give it a go again.  The laundry, cleaning and cooking just had to wait today 'cause mama wanted to play in her craft room :o).

Here's what I made today (using some of my new DSP that I got in the mail yesterday!):

I'm entering my card in MOJO Monday #312  since my card is based on this sketch below:

I felt like this sketch was a good one to use as CAS (lots of open space - mine is colored instead of white,  and few embellishments) so I'm also entering my card in the following challenges as well:  

Addicted to CAS (ATCAS #23) - Code Word: Autumn/Fall

CAS-ual Fridays CFC115 - Fall Colors with a Leaf

And finally, since my sentiment on the front is text language (aka "teen speak") for Thanks or Thank you (I get this one a lot in text messages from my kids), I'm also entering my card in   

My Time to Craft Challenge #236 - Thank You.

I just realized that I didn't do any stamping on this card - I used all die cuts and/or punches.  Seems odd when I do that.  I did stamp a sentiment on the inside though so I feel better :o).  I'm lovin that new DSP - it's call Sweater Weather (from Stampin Up!) - how perfect is that?  The papers have almost a texture look to them and the colors are just too perfect for the fall season.  Hope you enjoyed my card and that I've inspired you in some way. 

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me today - I'm sure glad that you did!  Til next time... hugs and  happy crafting! D

Addicted to Stamps and More! - Addicted to Colors Challenge #38 {Regal Rose, Sahara Sand and Tempting Turquoise}

Hello dear friends and blog followers!  I have another Easter card to share with you for the ATS&M Addicted to Colors Challenge #38 {Regal Rose, Sahara Sand and Tempting Turquoise}.  

I got this darling little stamp during a visit to a Hobby Lobby.  Oh My Goodness - have you ever been in one of those stores? It is an awesome experience for crafty people.  I'm actually glad that we don't have one of those stores locally, as I would spend too much money there. But it sure was fun to visit.  I really was almost overwhelmed after a bit as there was so much to look at and touch.  But then I spotted this darling chick stamp and in my basket it went - just too cute to pass up :o)  I literally could have spent hours in there but my husband and son started acting like monkeys until I couldn't ignore them anymore and had to leave (so sad - but probably best for my pocketbook). Those two ya-whos (my husband and son) have figured out how to get me out of a store when they've had enough by acting ridiculous. One time they wanted to get out of Target and were following me around with a Whoopie Cushion - ducking in and out of the aisles and laughing hysterically (can you just imagine?). I just kept ignoring them until people started looking at us all very strangely. Then I decided it was probably time to go - since we do go there quite often and it would be embarrassing to be kicked out by the management.  My daughter just starts complaining about her feet hurting - that's a little easier to tolerate, until she decides to just plunk herself in the middle of the aisle and whine for a "driving" cart (oh for crying out loud!).  I guess you can figure out why I usually avoid shopping with all of them as much as I can - lol!  It's a little better to take them grocery shopping as everyone splits up and takes a section of the list. The unfortunate part is we usually end up with quite a bit that wasn't on the list. :o)

So, back to the card for this week. I first stamped these cute little Chick-bunnies on Sahara Sand cardstock and colored the bunny ears with my Regal Rose and Tempting Turquoise ink and a blender pen.  I wasn't sure the colors would show up very true on the SS cardstock - but it turned out pretty good.  Then I fussy cut around the image to put on the rest of my card.  My mojo took a massive nosedive after my fussy cutting and I had a hard time deciding what else to do. It's such a bummer when your MOJO suddenly disappears!  I fussed around for a while trying to decide what to do - trying different patterned papers and embellishments, but nothing seemed to please me, so I ended up thinking I should just go the CAS route.  I pulled out an embossing folder to help give the big blank space some interest, and added a block of the blue to help the chicks stand out a bit more - ta da, Done! Whew :o)  

Well - that is enough from me for today! I hope you enjoyed your visit here and will come back again.  I'd really love to see what you create this week for the ATS&M Addicted to Color Challenge #37 - so go get busy won't you??!  The other gals on the DT have prepared some wonderful inspiration for you this week. I hope you will go visit them too.

Til next time... Hugs and happy crafting! D

ATSM - Addicted to {Stamps}, ATCAS#7 - Masculine, Creative Card Crew #30 Birthday and CASology Week 33 - Circle

Hello dear friends and followers - so nice of you to come visit me today!  This week at ATS&M the challenge is Addicted to {Stamps}Challenge #6.  The DT wants to see your beautiful creations using stamps - which can also include digital stamps. My card uses both digital and regular stamps.

I wanted to try a version of the spotlight technique but yet keep it CAS so that I can enter it in the Addicted to CAS #7 - "Its Raining Men" for the code word Masculine. 

Oh my does this bring some wonderful images to mind - The Rock, Channing Tatum... and me without my umbrella. Oops I digressed, sorry (slightly naughty grin here). I am also entering this at Creative Card Crew Challenge 30 -Birthday and CASology Week 33 - Circle.

So.. on to my card - after coloring my digi with copics I used one of my circle Spellbinders.  Instead of accentuating the circle with any kind of color around it I left it white and just ever so slightly popped it up a bit with dimension dots. This way you can still see the edges but it doesn't distract from the lovely white space around the main image.  To get the sentiment on the card, I stamped it first on the base layer and then used my Stamp-a-ma-jig thingy and lined up where it would need to go to stamp again on part of the circle. My friend Donna will be so proud of me as I have told her that I just can't get the hang of the Stamp-a-ma-jig (she uses hers a lot).  But I've been practicing lately and I'm really pleased with how well this turned out.  Here's a look from the side:

I used Memento ink so that it wouldn't bleed over the top of the colored image.  I wish it had been a touch darker grey as you can't immediately see the "Y' on jeans.

This card is going to my nephew who will be 17 on the 28th of this month (he was very nearly a leap-year baby).  He is a huge gamer and this Mo Manning image fits him to a "t".  I think he'll like it - but who knows with boys sometimes :o)

Well... better get going for now.  I hope that you will go visit the rest of the DT members over at ATS&M and see what they've prepared to inspire you. I can't wait to see what you create this week using Stamps.  Til next time... Hugs and Happy Stamping! D

Merry Monday #44 (Color Challenge) and Addicted to CAS #4 - Embossing

Hello friends!  It's been awhile since I last played along with a Merry Monday challenge so thought I'd check it out and see what's new for the new year.  Looks like this year Lesley and the team are mixing it up a bit and have added some different type of challenges (last year was all sketch challenges).  This weeks challenge  - Merry Monday #44 - is a fun color combo that I just had to try (see below).  I also wanted to see if I could personally challenge myself a little more and see what the theme is this week over at Addicted to CAS.   To my great delight the ATCAS Challenge #4 is "Embossing" - whoo hoo - I love to add dry embossing to my cards.  I used my handy dandy Score Pal to create a space for my tickets and to help me keep my embossing straight.

Hope you like my card today (I apologize for the poor picture - lighting in my craft room at night is not good). Thanks so much for stopping by to visit! Til next time.... Hugs and Happy Crafting!! 

Supplies (all from Stampin Up!): Cardstock - Whisper White and Pool Party.   Stamp - That's the Ticket (NEW in the Spring Mini Cataolg. Ink - Real Red and Island Indigo. Embossing folder - Delicate Designs. Other - Ticket Punch (NEW in the Spring Mini Catalog).