Make a Wish

I never seem to have enough masculine cards on hand. This is what happened yesterday on my husbands birthday...ooops! I really missed the mark on celebrating his birthday this year because there is a lot going on at work and life in general. Our smoke alarm was low on battery and decided to start chirping this morning just after 5:00. I was too awake to fall back asleep so I got up and created this card for him. The CAS-ual Friday challenge is to have some sparkle on your project and mine comes in the form of flames. I covered them with yellow stickles after coloring with yellow and orange.

CFC97 One of a Kind

Here is my CAS and quick card for the CAS-ual Friday Challenge 97 which is to make a card with flowers and chevrons on it. It's really not much of a challenge for me since I love both those elements so I forced myself to stay away from my traditional chevron images. I used my chevron line to make a repeated pattern on the green for a subtle tone on tone effect. Thanks so much for the visit!
All images are from A Muse Studio

Geek Chic

Geek is the New Chic is my favorite new set from the 2013 A Muse Studio catalog. There are a few other close runners up but this set is just so fun, stylish, and fresh...I love it. I found myself really inspired by the Muse #7 challenge. I just love the card and all it's elements. Each thing works so well together and I have a hard time pulling that off so much respect to those who can! For this card I used the colors as my muse and it stretched me to use a few things I would not have gone for on my own.

I'm also playing along with the CAS-ual Friday challenge #93 of color blocking. This is an ombre approach to color blocking but since the theme of the card is chic, anything else just wouldn't have been right!

If you love this set and want to take a look you can get it for just $19.99 and there are also matching dies! Just search the word "geek" here and you can see all the coordinating products. Thanks so much for visiting and looking at my card.


All supplies from A Muse Studio

CFC Thanks

Here's a quick little card I made for the CAS-ual Friday Challenge of making your own background. I stamped out this circle background using Stampin' Up's Circle Circus set and loved it too much to cover it with a sentiment or panel. That meant I had to use a die to add the sentiment so my new Memory Box die came in real handy.Can you tell from the color combo I'm ready for spring?!

Batty Halloween

I decided to play along in the CAS-ual Fridays weekly challenge of using ribbon in loops or tabs. It's October now so I think I'm ready to start creating some Halloween things. This is an all around bargain card. The chipboard bat came from my box of Cosmo Cricket warehouse goodies and the sentiment from Inkadinkado was picked up after Halloween last year for 75% off! It's kinda fun to shop for supplies just after the holiday and then set it aside for next year. I love how the ribbon loops look on this project. They are the only pattern or color so I think they really pop despite the huge bat element taking center stage. Thanks so much for looking!

Stickers

I forced myself to play along in the CAS-ual Friday challenge this week of using stickers because I have a problem with hoarded stickers. I started paper crafting back when the use of stickers was just as important as patterned paper and decorative edge scissors. I still have A LOT of those stickers and they need to be used, donated, or just thrown away.

I've had these epoxy stickers from the dollar spot at Target for over 5 years. So long that I don't think you could even call them stickers anymore because the stick was gone...had to apply adhesive to get them on the card. Anyway I made a really simple card I'll be using to send to a guy.

Stickers are pretty cool if you have current products. I need to clean out and get some new ones and force myself to USE them instead of hoard :) Thanks for looking!

Rainbow Jersey Style!

Today I'm playing along in the Friends with Flair Blog Hop with Unity and the CAS-ual Friday challenge. I've used my cheetah butterfly and background stamp from Unity for this card. I wasn't sure what I'd ever use them for but once again I love how getting the Kit of the Month has stretched me out of my comfort zone.

The CAS-ual Friday challenge is to use border punches and I thought a rainbow would be the perfect way to really put a punch to work. I selected the scallops with the peekaboo holes just so you could really see the colors layer on top of each other. I love the end result!

Stamps: Unity and sentiment from Savvy Stamps, Paper from Stampin' Up! & PTI, EK Success Punch, Making Memories stick pins.