Oval Pumpkin Card

This week's CASology Cue Card Challenge is Autumn. 

I created a very simple card. 

To create the pumpkin, I punched three ovals from orange cardstock. I inked the edges with brown ink and a sponge. Using regular adhesive I placed two of the ovals next to each other on a Kraft colored card based that was stamped with my Hero Arts polka dot background stamp. I then placed the third oval in between the two ovals using a pop dot to give it some dimension. I made a "stem" from green cardstock, tied some green baker's twine around it, and tucked in between the popped up oval. 

Simple and cute! 

Snow Globe Card

This week's Festive Friday Theme Challenge is to create a card with a Children's Theme. That's a pretty big theme so I started thinking what I wanted to make. I started thinking of my Noah and the things he likes related to Christmas. (OK, so if you have read this blog long you know Noah likes ALL things related to Christmas!) But two things he really loves are snow globes (which he calls wish wishes) and reindeer. So I decided to make a reindeer snow globe card!

I cut a circle using a large circle punch and then stamped the reindeer from a Recollections set. I then masked the reindeer and stamped a Christmas tree from the same set. I colored them both in with my colored pencils. Then I cut a piece of light brown cardstock into a rectangle and rounded the corners of it to be the base for my snow globe. I adhered everything to my and stamped "Merry Christmas" in red from the same stamp set onto the base of the snow globe. Lastly, I added some clear Stickles to the tree and a red rhinestone to the reindeer's nose. 

I really love how it turned out!

To see more cute Children's Themed Holiday Projects, head over to the Festive Friday Blog!

Birthday Cake Card

It's time for another CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge. This week's sketch is below. 

And here is my interpretation of the sketch.

I used a cake stamp from Recollections and colored it in using my colored pencils. I really love coloring in images - it's really therapeutic to me!

The Happy Birthday stamp is from the Birthday Princess Pure Innocence stamp set by My Favorite Things. I stamped it on a punched circle and then tucked the circle behind the mounted birthday cake image.

The card felt a little blah to me so I added brown ribbon and a cute little bow at the bottom.

I love how this card turned out. 

I'm also linking up to the Dessert CASology challenge. 

Flowers in a Jar and Birthday Balloons

I'm back participating in another CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge.
This week's sketch is below. 

And here are my interpretations of this week's sketch.

I created this first card using a Dear Lizzie jar stamp, a random flower stamp, and a sentiment from a Hero Arts sentiment set. I added some buttons to the centers of the flowers. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

I felt inspired by the sketch to make a second card and this is that card. I used some balloons from a Hero Arts birthday set. The balloons are actually attached to animals so I stamped them in different colors of ink matching the confetti in the background paper and then fussy cut all the balloons. I arranged them then drew black lines for the balloon strings with a black gel pen. I added a little orange pre-made bow and the Happy Birthday sentiment which is from the same Hero Arts birthday set.

If you'd like to see more cards made with this sketch, head on over to the CAS(E) Sketch blog.

Miss You and Smiley Face Card

It's time for another CAS(E) Sketch Challenge.
This is this week's sketch.

And here's my interpretation of that sketch.

The hearts are from a Love Elsie stamp set and the "miss you" is by Studio G.

I actually liked this sketch so much I used it to make a second card.

The smiley faces I just made using my circle punch, yellow cardstock, and a black gel pen. The stamp is from one of my favorite stamp sets, Friendly Advice, Kid's Quotes by Inkadinkadoo.

If you'd like to see more cards made with this sketch, head on over to the CAS(E) Sketch blog.

Feeling Blue Card

I'm participating in another sketch challenge over at the CAS(E) this Sketch blog. 

This is this week's sketch. 

And here is my interpretation of that sketch. 

As soon as I saw the sketch, I knew what I wanted to do with it.  I used ink sprays to create the splotched paint effect. The paintbrush bundle is from a Love Elsie stamp set. I wrapped a little pink and white baker's twine around it and matted it on black cardstock to help it pop.

The sentiment is from the same set I used in last week's sketch challenge, Friendly Advice, Kid's Quotes by Inkadinkadoo.

If you'd like to see more cards made with this sketch, head on over to the CAS(E) Sketch blog.

Count Your Rainbows Card

I'm participating in another CAS(E) Sketch Challenge this week. 

This is the current sketch. 

And this is my interpretation of that sketch. 

Bright and cheery, isn't it? 

Here's a close up of that quote from a set called Kid's Quotes by Inkadinkadoo.

Ironically, I used a quote from that set as a quote of the week a few weeks back not knowing it was in a stamp set and when I saw the set I had to have it! 

If you'd like to see more cards made with this sketch, head on over to the CAS(E) Sketch blog.

Patriotic Owl

Recently I went to an event at church where we made cards for wounded soldiers. Before the event, I was telling my BFF about my plans to make patriotic owls on some of the cards using my favorite Hero Arts owl stamp. As I was talking about it, we issued myself a challenge; I'm going to use the same stamp to make a card for each month starting with this month. It'll be fun, don't ya think. 

To make my patriotic owls, all I did was stamp then on white paper, cut them out, and add an Uncle Sam hat sticker and a flag sticker and voila; patriotic owls!