CASology - Merry and RIC 98 - Gucci

happy birthday

My card for the CASology and Runway Inspired Challenges uses festive colors of red, white, black with a touch of green. Sparkle was added to the die-cut sentiment by applying clear WOS.

For CASology I translated the cue word "merry" to "happy" for a birthday card.

For RIC I believe the inspirations from the photo are obvious.

Thank you for looking and commenting ... your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Products:
Card stock - Recollections; MFT
Dies - MFT - Die-namics
Stamp - MFT
Embellishments - WOS; green rhinestones

Muse: ChristmasVisions33

Holiday Blessings

My card for this challenge with inspiration provided by Betty's lovely card.  I was inspired by the simplicity of her design, colors, oval, shimmer/shine and center-placed image/sentiment.  In lieu of splatters, I randomly placed microscopic-sized dots (the negatives from a MFT die) around the tree. In addition to the shine from the dots, I cut an oval frame from gold foil.  The oval and frame are inlaid.

Thank you for looking and commenting ... always appreciate your feedback.

Products:
Card stock - Recollections; MFT
DP (foil) - DCWV
Dies - MFT - Die-namics
Stamps - Hampton Arts; MFT
Ink - Hampton Arts - pigment
Embossing Powder - Hampton Arts

CASology and Muse Challenge

A SPECIAL GIFT JUST FOR YOU

The inspiration for my card came from this adorable card designed by Michele.  She challenged us to emboss, color and use a fun character or two or three ... The inspirations used on my card are:
--colors (red, black and white)
--heat and dry embossing (swirly pattern, sentiment and panda)
--fun character (panda)
--white sentiment

The panda was altered by attaching a red sparkly heart.

A big applause to Michele on her one-year milestone as a member of the Muse Challenge design team.

This card is entered in the Muse Card Challenge and CASology (cue word Toy).

Thank you for looking and commenting ... always appreciate your feedback.

Products:
Card stock - Recollections; MFT
Dies - MFT - Die-namics; Martha Stewart - punch
Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug
Stamp - MFT
Ink - Hampton Arts - pigment
Embossing Powder - Stampendous
Embellishment - WOS

Muse: ChristmasVisions 32 - Joy

Joy

Our Muse this week, Kimberly, provided a very sparkly, shiny, colorful festive card. From her card I used:
--colors
--sparkle and shine
--black card base
--holly
The shine and sparkle on my card includes foil DP, WOS, Glossy Accents and rhinestones.  For the Joy and berries I applied 3-4 coats of WOS then covered with Glossy Accents ... they are sparkly.

Thank you for looking and commenting ... always appreciate your feedback.

Products:
Card stock - MFT; Recollections
DP - DCWV
Dies - MFT - Die-namics
Stamp - Hampton Arts
Ink - MFT - Hybrid
Markers - Copics
Embellishments - WOS; Ranger Glossy Accents; rhinestones

CASology 176 Tree

PEACE

The title of the stamp that I used is "It's a Christmas Tree" ... fitting for this week's challenge.  Even a bare, almost-dead tree (a few green needles are still attached) deserves a little sparkle ... added WOS to the ornaments and a touch of gold Stickles to the rope tie. A very thin strip of gold separates the DPs used to ground the image.

Thank you for looking and commenting ... always appreciate your feedback.

Products:
Card stock - MFT; Recollections
DP - DCWV; MME
Dies - MFT - Die-namics
Stamps - Stampabilities; MFT
Ink - Hampton Art - pigment
Markers - Copics
Embellishments - WOS, Stickles

Muse Card Challenge 145

Joy.Joy.Joy.Joy

Our muse this week is Joan who provided a precious card for our inspirations.  This is Joan's last Muse (your cards have been a wonderful inspiration) ... she's headed for other adventures.  In my stash I found the perfect pink paper with a subtle pattern ... I thought it would look extra special by embossing it ... well, it was like the pattern disappeared ... good thing I liked the dots!!

Joan's card provided the following inspirations for mine:
--color theme
--embossed pink panel instead of stickles
--silver cord in place of twine cord
--glitter paper in place of Stickles
--rhinestones in place of sequins

Thank you for looking and commenting ... always appreciate your feedback.

Products:
Card stock - Recollections
DP - stash
Dies - MFT - Die-namics
Stamp - Hampton Arts
Ink - Colorbox - pigment
Embossing Powder - Hampton Arts
Embossing Folder - Cuttle Bug
Embellishments - stash (silver cord, rhinestones)

RIC 97 - Tory Burch

Thank You

My card for the challenge.  The colors are rich and vibrant.  

Inspirations are:

Purse pattern - thank sentiment
Dress - blue background
Shoes and dress trim - orange panel with scallop
Purse trim - gold foil strip on orange panel and under thank sentiment

Thank you for looking and commenting ... your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Products:
Cardstock - Recollections
Dies - MFT - Die-namics; Fiskars punch
Stamp - Hero Arts
Ink - Ranger Distress; Delicata
Embellishment - WOS

Happy Birthday to You!

Muse Card Challenge 144

For this week's muse, Ardyth's charming daughter, Kate, provided our inspiration with her fun card with colorful, playful elements.  I like how she was inspired by the gift card. And, I like how she stepped up to the occasion to be the muse.  Way to go, Kate.

My card uses similar colors, CAS design, birthday sentiment in black, small stamped elements. I colored the flowers with Copic markers, then applied a few white dots for interest and some WOS for a little sparkle.  

Thank you for looking and commenting ... your feedback is greatly valued.

Products:
Card stock - Recollections
Stamp - MFT; Stampendous
Dies - MFT - Die-namics
Markers - Copics; Sakura - Gelly Roll
Ink - MFT - Hybrid
Embellishment - WOS

Peace on Earth

This card is for the following two challenges:

Muse:  ChristmasVisions 31 where Chriss provided us a beautiful black, cream and gold inspiration.  My card includes the same color scheme, black panel, white flower, white sentiment, red heart and gold foil accents.  The little red heart on Chriss' card caught my attention, so I used one, too.

The Challenge #53 where we are inspired to make a non-traditional Christmas card with no red or green (oops!! ... the heart has a little red on it!!).

The gold outline beneath the flower was created from pieces of flourishes randomly placed/glued.  

Thank you for looking and commenting ... your feedback is greatly valued.

Products:
Card stock - MFT
DP (foil) - DCWV
Dies - MFT - Die-namics
Stamp - MFT
Ink - Hampton Arts - pigment
Embossing Powder - Hampton Arts
Embellishment - from stash

merry christmas

Muse:  ChristmasVisions 30

This week's MCV is a fun one ... make a Christmas tag using red, green and a tree or other Christmas greenery and a tie-in with Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags.  Ardyth's card was my inspiration start for her CAS style, inlaid tree and off-set red panel.  I chose to go very CAS with a white tag with red off set, green foil tree with diagonal interest, sentiment in black ink, red/white twine and red rhinestones. The green foil was first die-cut with the MFT - Die-namics Stripe Coverup, all the parts were glued to paper, then the tree was die-cut with the stripes on the diagonal.  The tree was inlaid into the tag (it doesn't look like it because of its thickness).  I make my tags at least double thickness ... that way they can be used as a book mark.

Thank you for looking and commenting ... your feedback is always appreciated.

Products:
Card stock - Recollections
DP (foil) - DCWV
Dies - MFT - Die-namics
Stamp - Hero Arts
Ink - MFT - Hybrid
Embellishments - twine; rhinestones