You Are Amazing!!

Quick post tonite with a card I made for the CASE study challenge this week using the CR84FN colors (getting in a couple days early-for once!!)

Stamped some floral images from The Crafts Meow Flower Garden onto kraft and added the sentiment from The Crafts Meow Telegram. Background was stamped with an old SU background-sanded. Added leaves in early espresso and kraft and a coral bird using the SU bird punch (have had some of these things for eons and haven't used- don't tell hubs 'cause he's been told I need it all :)) Added a little dimension with my CB swiss dots folder on the birdie. Pretty CAS for me and monochromatic--- both styles I struggle with!! When I look at all the fabulous folks that do CAS there is such a balance and impact.... well creating is learning, right!!

The colors...

Kristi Lockarts' card... the MUSE for CASE study...

Happy Monday and hope you're off to a good start to the week!! My weekend was way busy and I'm still trying to catch up!!

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ISSC26- YOU'RE so AMAZING!!

Phew... made it through another week of the heat and medical tribulations!! Ohh... it's not that bad... I need to look on the happy side... no trips to doctors since last Saturday AND it's Friday!!

Friday morn' brings another I Spy Sketch Challenge. This is the sketch challenge where we come looking for YOUR cards for inspiration!! ISSC26 is from Therese Calvird and is based on this card.  Don't you love how striking that poppy is!!

I veered a little- switched things up (flowers for the background and neutral strip) and actually this is my second attempt!

Flowers are from Verve's Bloom & Grow and sentiment if from Amazing Wishes. Used the colors from the Play Date Cafe this week. Vertical blue strip was dry embossed with a CB folder swiss dots. Think I will always love large and small dot dry embossing!!

Here's the sketch....

The Play Date Cafe colors...

It's your turn....have fun and get to Stampin!! Make a card using the sketch- you can take a bit o' liberty and link it up.... we'd LOVE to see what you create!! Make sure and stop by the blog to see what the other Special Agents created-serious creativity and inspiration!!

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WMS- Love Lives Here!!

This week Tosh has created the sketch for WMS. It's a keeper- fun diagonal- just wish I remembered that there was a horizontal layer with a bow...'cause I did a diagonal layer, layer with a bow! We have a little 'bit o' liberty, right?

Royal Mail arrived at my house and one of the sets I acquired had this adorable cottage!! Appropriately called "Cottage Home". Stamped on XPress It Blending cardstock and colored with copics. Fussy cut it out and struggled a little with the background.. settled on the spellbinders labels 4 and matching WMS stamps- Very Vintage Labels No. 4. Added some lace and seam binding with bow from the Ribbon Carousel topped with a tag using MFT's tag die-namics, button, and twine.

Tosh's sketch

You have until tomorrow at noon to create a little something using the sketch AND you could win a WMS stamp of your choice for participating.

I have been tooling around in the car with the family... my hubs is a bit "gimpy" right now- with the surgery he is not the best long distance driver (right arm in sling) attending the family reunion in Indy- taking the youngest to urgent care-strep- yes, the day after we arrived- yes, exposed all and hoping I don't hear that anyone has a bug!!

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ISSC25-Friendship

Yep, yes siree.. it's Friday morn'!! That brings another I Spy Sketch Challenge. This is the sketch challenge where we come looking for YOUR cards for inspiration!! ISSC25 is from Elzbieta B. (crazysexycool @ SCS) and is based on this card.

I pulled out Verve's Text Objects for this card. Stamped eight little ships onto XPress It blending cardstock, colored with copics, and cut out. The sentiment was stamped on white and cut out. Background paper is from Simple Stories Summer Fresh and all other paper is SU.

Here's the sketch

It's your turn....have fun and get to Stampin!! Make a card using the sketch- you can take a bit o' liberty and link it up.... we'd LOVE to see what you create!! Make sure and stop by the blog to see what the other Special Agents created-serious creativity and inspiration!!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend-me, I'll be visiting with family which I don't get to do often!!

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you're the bee's knees

Does that sentiment just make you smile!! It's from WMS Compact Sentiments. There are some fabulous sentiments (not to mention the fun fonts) in this set and I paired it up with a older and classic "go to" set Holiday Label No. 14 paired up with the matching nestabilitie die!!

Some new Authentique papers arrived "Carefree" and I'm a bit partial to bright colors... and those "bees" ... the rest was history... HAD to use this sentiment!!

Ms. Sandie's sketch...

Layout is using this weeks'  Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge... there's still time... you have until Friday at noon... all the details HERE.  BTW... there is an opportunity to WIN a WMS... doesn't get any better than that!

Details: Moved the button to the lower left but, it's a little more balanced that way!! Hope you're having a wonderful week. Me... I'm on my way to the dry, parched, hot, humid Midwest but, going to see a lot of my family and thoroughly excited!!

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