Guest Sweetie Spot! :)

I'm SO excited & honored to be a guest sweetie this week at Cupcake Inspirations for Challenge #121.  Here is the inspiration (cup)cake for this week...

I was very inspired by all those shades of purple and the many circles used in this photo.  Of course, I needed a pop of green in there as well. 

Here's the card...

 Here's a close up shot of the dimension I added to give it a little "oomph"...

Want to join the fun?  Head on over to Cupcake Inspirations to see for yourself & link up your project to the gallery! :)

Have a happy day!  Thanks for stopping by!

Bethany

The Long & Short of It, Part II

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As I said in my last post, I'm loving the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays.  You can click HERE to see this week's challenge... The Long & Short of It. 


So, I was actually inspired to make two cards for this challenge... below is my second entry.

Again, I started with a kraft 4 x9 base.  (Can you say 'addict'???)  I corner rounded the bottom corners to give it a little polishing.  I used some black satin ribbon around the middle.  I adhered that gorgeous ruffled flower ribbon where the edges overlapped.  I kept the rest simple by stamping the sentiment "just for you" in black.  (The stamp is from the dollar bin at Michael's during a recent trip!)   I thought this card offered lots of recipient opportunities! :)

 This gorgeous book print ruffled flower was made by Nina Dee.  I won it (and 2 others) in a giveaway on her blog.  You can visit her blog by clicking HERE.  You can read about how to make a flower like this (via Nina's picture tutorial) by clicking HERE.  Her blog is fabulous... I know you'll find lots of inspiration there!  Thanks, Nina, for such a beautiful handmade embellishment! :)

Yet another view of this clean & simple card! 

I hope you've enjoyed looking around my blog... thanks for stopping by!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Bethany

Clean & Simple...and Paper Pierced

I am really loving CAS-ual Friday challenges.  They really make me think and expand my comfort zone, all while working on perfecting that wonderful CAS style! :)

For more info, click here to find out about their challenge this week. 


So, I made a 4 x 9 card last week for my brother-in-law's birthday... turned out pretty well for a masculine card. This week I made a more feminine version for a loved one...

 If you know me, you know I LOVE hearts!  I started with a kraft 4 x 9 base.  I used the small SU heart punch to punch out lots of white cardstock hearts.  I punched out one red heart to make it 'pop'; I also used a dimensional to make it literally 'pop' out, as you can see from the close up picture below.  The stamp I used really reads "because I love you MOM", but I wanted to keep it more general for future use, so I masked the "MOM" part out.  (I DO love both my mom & mother-in-law, but this just makes for more options in the future! :) )  I also paper pierced a small row of dots under the sentiment to bring a little more attention to it since the card is so very simple. 

The stamp is a rubber cling from Michael's by Studio G.  Here's the close up of the sentiment, popped up red heart, and paper piercing. 

I am also entering this card into Pals Paper Arts Challenge 104 (PPA104): Paper Piercing & CAS.  You can visit their site here to get all of the details of this challenge! :)

I love how this card turned out!  What do you think? 

Thanks for stopping by & for your comments!  Have a fabulous weekend!

Bethany

Clean & Simple... Just For You!

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The Paper Players Challenge #56 was just that for me this week... a challenge!  I LOVE clean & simple designs... but for whatever reason, this sketch had me puzzled for a bit.  After lots of playing around with it... and an hour's worth of "The Closer"... here's what I came up with!

The sketch...


My card...

I love how it turned out! 

Thanks for looking!  Have a blessed day!

Bethany

Square Mojo

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As much as I LOVE circles, I chose to be square today for Mojo Monday's Sketch Challenge 201! To be honest, I really wanted to try the circle, but since I don't have any dies, it would require the use of my cricut, which I was afraid would wake up my baby from her nap in it's current position.  Squares, of course, only require a little cutting on the paper cutter... so a square it is!! :)

Here's the sketch...


Here's my take, using one of my favorite color combos... bright pink, black, & white! :)

I think the only thing I changed from the sketch was to make my "tag" a circle... I wanted to play on the embossing, polka dots, & round gems I used on the card.

Thanks for looking!  Have a wonderful afternoon!
Bethany

Just 4 You

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This week Cupcake Inspirations has TWO cupcake inspiration images for their Challenge 120.

From this one, I really took the pastel colors- pinks, purples, and such.

From this one, I took the pink & the polka dots. 



Here's the card I made... a little square card... I love how the sentiment plays off the 4 squrares I used on the design! :)

Thanks for looking!  Enjoy your day!

Bethany
 

Hugs & Kisses

So, after playing with those rub-ons last week, I just had to dig deeper in my stash & found some stickers that I thought would go well with the challenge this week at CAS-ual Fridays (CFC12). 


I used only some Making Memories stickers & my trusty Cuttlebug for this card... very clean & simple, indeed! 

Ta-da!  Another card to add to my stash for my mother-in-law. :)  I know she'll smile thinking it came from my sweet little one. :)

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a fantastic day!
Bethany