CAS(E) This Sketch #128

I went a little crazy for the challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch. I need a birthday card for my grandson and thought I'd use the sketch to express my amazement.

Because Ryan's birthday is July 2, I went with a little fireworks background for the numbers cut with my Cricut in navy and layered over cardboard to give it depth.  The sentiment was computer generated and  states my sentiments exactly. Those thirty years went by so fast.

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Freshly Made #166 and Inkspirational #71

I'm sure glad I checked my challenge list because I was working on a special card and then saw the deadline is tomorrow noon.  I quickly finished it up and here it is.

One of our church members, and the mother of a friend of mine, will be celebrating her 100th birthday at the end of December.  I just had to make her this card using the sketch from Freshly Made.  The numbers were cut with my Cricut, 3 layers of black and one of gold that I offset from the black.  I used the same gold for the lace edge cut with a die from My Craft Spot.  The background is embossed with Chain Link and the patterned paper is sparkly gold dots - from a SSS stamp kit.  I'm also entering this into the Inkspirational challenge - Anything goes with gold.  If you're not counting white, I did use the black.  I love black and gold.  Classy and elegant for an elegant lady.

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MM #90

Merry Monday is back with it's own blog and I've vowed to participate so I can have my Christmas cards done by December.

I'm glad I got those new packs of Christmas paper.  One was just right for this challenge - and I used both ribbon AND twine.

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Muse #35

I hear bloggers talk about "getting inky" and some even have words to that effect in their blog titles.  I'm not usually one that does that but I did the other day.  I was shocked when I saw my hand.

I was working on my card for Muse.

Can you tell I was inspired by the color?

I reversed the color placement, making the background white and embossing it with the Doodleborders folder.  The tag is cut from Plantin Schoolbook from photo paper and I used 3 different Distress Inks to color it, the border and my hands, obviously.  I didn't have any paper that would go so I made my own for the border piece, using a strip of black to add an accent.   The tag is tied with red and black ribbon and stamped with a sentiment from My Craft Spot.

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RIC #43

I'm entering another first-time-for-me challenge today.  I've seen the Runway Inspired Challenge that others have done but never tried one myself.  Unfortunately my brain does not get inspired by these things usually but I definitely had an idea for this one.

I recently bought Background Basics: Super Stripes from Papertrey Ink and thought I would put them to good use.

I created my own plaid to mimic the shirt, leaving a white edge like in the photo.  I can tell you I know now why I'm not a stamper - because I'm not much of a stamper.  To get the lines straight and the ink smooth was a harrowing process to say the least.  Then I struggled with what to do for a sentiment.  I thought this one from Hero Arts, embossed in white, would do the trick.  I cut the word bubble with my Cricut.

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MCS + CASTS + Noah

I have a busy week so I'm hurrying like crazy to get cards made for all the challenges I want to enter.  It seems like I say this every week.  How did I ever get things done when I was working full time?  Was I better organized or did my younger brain just work more efficiently?

It was probably the second of the two since I taxed my brain quite a bit to come up with today's card for CAS(E) this Sketch.  I love to make tags but wanted something different.

Tags was also the challenge at My Craft Spot so I got a twofer.

The tag is cut from Plantin Schoolbook out of photo paper.  I then used Distress Ink in Evergreen Bough, Broken China and Salty Ocean to color it.  I even used it on the ribbon since I didn't have any that would work.  The strip behind is embossed with the grosgrain ribbon from Die-namics.  I saw Ardyth  use this and fell in love.  It doesn't really show up in this picture but it looks like real ribbon.  The sentiment is from My Craft Spot's Birthday Wishes.

For those of you who were waiting with me, Noah Michael Geis arrived yesterday (Sunday) at 3:16 pm.  Mom and baby - and daddy - are doing well.  He knew he wanted to be born on the Sabbath and that's what he held out for.  Sunday's child is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.  Thank goodness for technology.  They Face Timed me last night so I could see them all.  Next I think there's some Skypeing to do.  I'll post a picture soon.

Apple Wishes

We had a craft show at our church today and I say "show" instead of "sale" because I'm not sure many items were sold.  I wasn't selling, just working at the luncheon, and there wasn't much traffic.  There are not a lot of new items to be made.  The one new item is those boa style scarves and a LOT of people had them at their booth.  With that much competition, I'm not sure many got sold.

Today's card is for Celebrate the Occasion - An Apple a Day.   I made an apple card before and decided to look for a different apple.  I found this one on Plantin Schoolbook.

The card is from Elegant Edges, book layer, welded and flipped to make the base in white.  I cut another section 1/4" smaller from colored cardstock and made a green apple because I wanted a Granny Smith.  I sanded it down, inked the edges and the stem and leaf.  The tag, sentiment and red and white twine are all from My Craft Spot.  I think this is so simple yet cute.