Can You Handle the Pressure - Twist/ Square and/or Circles

  Hello Friends, thanks for stopping by today!

We have a new challenge starting today over on our new Can You Handle The Pressure Challenge Blog and the TWIST theme is ...

SQUARES / CIRCLES

Remember, the twist is optional but you MUST use an embossing folder on our projects to qualify for the prize.  Heat embossing is also permitted but only in conjunction with an embossing folder.

 Here's what I've created to inspire you today.  

I started off with a very old Cuttlebug embossing folder and inked up the inside using two different TH distress oxide ink colors ... then ran it through on a panel of white card stock.  That is where it all began!

Then for my design, I die cut a couple square dies from the Cottage Cutz 'Nested Wacky Stitched Square Set' (#CCB-072) using a scrap of blue card stock in my scraps pile.  My floral & dragonfly embellishments come from a pack of K&Company ephemera I had hanging on the embellishments wall in my craft room.  I've added a Pink Fresh (Perfect Sentiments) sentiment and a few Nuvo Crystal drops and my card is ready for mailing.

I do hope you'll come check out our challenge blog and play along.
AND yep ... we will be offering prizes at our challenges ... that's always a fun surprise!

Here's today's prize offering . . .

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,
I appreciate it more than you'll ever know!!

As always . . .

Ready for Flowers

 Hello Friends ...

Are you as ready for those Springtime flowers as I am???

Well since that's still going to take a little more time, I decided to play along in the latest challenge over on Simon Says which is Beautiful Blooms!  Here's what I came up with . . .

I dove into my old scrapbooking goodies and some off cuts to create today's card.
My frames were cut long ago for other projects and not used so were hanging on the
'extras wall' just waiting for the right time and today was the day.  

My flowers are probably 15-18 years old and are actually on a sticker strip that I
bought before I was making cards and was only scrapbooking.  There was a little
'scrapbooking store' not far from my house that I discovered and when I
heard she was going out of business I bought up a lot of various
sticker strips such as this ... not sure how'd I use them but I knew one day
they'd come in handy!  Took a long time but the day finally came.

It's not too difficult to figure out how I pulled this card together but
if you have a question, please feel free to ask.

 

EDIT . . .

While cleaning up my work space, I had an extra frame and small piece of this same floral sticker sheet laying on the table so decided to quickly turn it into another card ... you know what they say about 'waste not, want not!'   What do you think??  

Thanks for stopping by today ... 

As always . . .

Double D - Patterned Papers

 

Hello Dear Friends!

It's time once again for a new challenge over on the Double D Challenge Blog!

Here's today's theme:

 

Patterned Papers

 

and here's an inspiration board created to help get you started . . .

 

 

 

 My favorite enabler (BFF Diane) clued me in on this beautiful paper pack when she was it was being offered over on Scrapbook.com as a freebie with purchase.  She knows how much I love purple so of course I had to place an order (didn't really need anything lol) just so I could get this paper pack and I'm so glad I did ... it's beautifully feminine!

The flower is another topper I purchased last year at Adventures in Stamping which comes around every April (yep I'll be stocking up again this year) and that cute little sentiment is one on a sheet of sentiments within the paper pack.

I had the die cut frame hanging on the 'extras board', added a few Nuvo purple crystal drops and the sweet little Prima flower for a finishing touch.

 Remember, it's a random draw for the tangible prize winner so it could be YOU!!
Here's the prize being offered this time around . . .

 

You'll want to be sure to pop over to the Double D Challenge Blog to see all the details and amazing samples offered up by our VERY TALENTED design team ladies!! 

Challenges to share in:

Time Out Challenge #257 - 10th Birthday Celebration
Everybody Art Challenge #551 - Birthday
Daisy Chain Challenge #82 - Flowers

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hope to see you at Double D! 

  As always . . .