CAS60 & LPS61

I think Blogger is back up, but who knows. Please let me know if you cannot see my card

I thought that the CAS challenge this morning was going to be an Easter card. So I cheated and created this card last night -- I know shame on me. Things have been so busy lately that I wanted to get a head start. Well wouldn't you know we are not creating Easter cards -- the challenge today was a sketch challenge. I guess God was letting me know that I am not supposed to do that :o).

The good thing is that this card qualifies for the Color Challenge on LPS. The colors this week are Kraft, Chocolate, and Yellow. I CASEd the card on page 43 of the Mini catalog. I used Barely Banana instead of the Bashful Blue. I changed the embossing folder and the background shape, but it is basically the same. Can you see that I colored the dots in the flowers chocolate and the dots around the flowers white? I'm not sure if the white dots are showing up very well, but they are IRL. I embossed the bunny on Kraft CS, in case you were wondering where my Kraft layer is.

Stamps: Chocolate Bunny, Well Scripted
Paper: Barely Banana, Kraft, Whisper White
Inks: Chocolate Chip -- classic, craft, and marker
Extras: Clear embossing powder, Heat gun, Cuttle bug, Petals-A-Plenty Embossing Folder, Wide Oval punch, White Gel pen, button, linen thread, Saffron ribbon

The inside:

Well here is my card for the CAS challenge. I wanted to redo my card from last week, so I guess this sketch was a good thing. I used Navy, Red and White. These are the colors for my oldest son's Wrestling team. I wanted to make cards for the boys for their banquet, and I thought these would be good for teen-age boys. What do you think? Should I take out the Kraft layer and only use white?

Thanks for stopping by!!

~Corie

Stamps: A Little Something
Paper: Night of Navy, Kraft, Real Red, Whisper White, Paper Patterns DP
Inks: Night of Navy, Real Red (on the inside)
Extras: Cuttle Bug, Swirls Die, Star punches, Dots Embossing folder

The inside:

CAS53 & LPSC54

Well Brandon did set his alarm for 12 this morning to do the CAS challenge today. One problem -- he didn't wake up, I did -- long enough to turn it off.

We have been shoveling snow -- and playing some too. They are predicting 5-10 more inches of snow Tuesday night into Wednesday. That probably means no school all week. I am looking at the bright side -- I get to spend time with my kids -- let's see if I make it until the end of the week :o)

We saw on the Little Paper Shop Blog that the challenge this week is a color challenge -- Red, White, and Black. So our cards work for that challenge too.

The first card is Brandon's. We both picked the Cinnamon Toothpicks box for inspiration. He thought that flavored toothpicks were an awesome idea. He wanted to use a piece of the candy that we are putting on his valentines for this challenge -- the red heart in the middle is chocolate krispy candy from the $1 store.

We created our cards at the same time, but he did this one completely by himself -- even choosing to do a 3" x 3" card. I don't think I would have used a black heart -- to morbid for me, but for a boy it makes perfect sense. I am a perfectionist and a control freak, and I struggle with taking over his projects, but I am learning to let go. He did a Fantastic job and I am truly PROUD of him.

Stamps: none

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Textured Real Red

Inks: none

Extras: Full and Small Heart punches, Cuttle bug, Dot embossing folder

This one is mine.

Stamps: Well Scripted

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, and Textured Real Red

Inks: Basic Black

Extras: Full and Small Heart punches, Cuttle bug, Dot embossing folder

The inside of my card: