Today's Creations!!

   I've had another fun day of creating and now I'm here to share my latest cards.   I'm not doing to hot with my typing today, since my back is bothering me, so most of the post will be about the card and the theme or challenge that inspired me to create it.

   The first challenge I looked at today, was the Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz and it's fun new challenge that can be any theme, but you'll need to include lace or ribbon and also be a Birthday Themed card.  I was not sure what I was going to make, but I did not that I wanted to use some cool new "paper lace" that I had picked up recently at my LSS.

   That's that I started looking at the pile of ideas on my desk and decided I would use one of this months' Sketches from Hero Arts to as the design for my card.   I am not sure who crates the wonderful design, for hero, but I sure to DO love them!!  

    I chose to use the design above on the lower left and wanted to be sure to use my paper lace, along the bottom, as the scalloped edge of my card.  I had also decided that I not only wanted to use the lace, but would also use a Ribbon and a Happy Birthday Sentiment.  I did move my sentiment a bit, but otherwise tried to say fairly true to the sketch and this is my card.

   I started with a piece of Black Glossy Cardstock that I cut down to the standard A2 Size.  I cute my paper lace to fit and then added a layer of Ribbon on top and two gold pears.   My sentiment and the tiny candle care both from the Big Hugs CL345 set of clear stamps from Hero.  I also plan to submit this card to their August Challenge!!

  I also decided to challenge my self to use the sketch to created two more cards, so that I would have one made from each of the three sketches.   Next I chose the top sketch which is the square card with a circular center.   I cut my card out of white cardstock and then used two Spellbinder sets to create various sized cuts of circles and Scalloped circles in a variety of matching papers.   My Sentiment "You Brighten My Day", also came from the same Hero set and was stamped on white with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink.  The gorgeous little bling center, is part of a big Happy Mail package that I received yesterday.  Love it and in the end I also love how this card came out.  All the colors look very pretty together and I am totally loving my new "Chevron" embossing folder, which is from Stampin' Up!

    My next card is the card that was created based on the third sketch from Hero and I had also created another card with this sketch, which you can see back HERE!!   I had thought it was my favorite of the three, but know that I have made a card from each sketch...I really don't have a favorite the love them all.

  This card was the easiest and fasted to make and used up a lot of scraps of papers that were on my desk or in my scrap bin.  The teal cardstock has been used on the card above and the deep teal 'textured" cardstock was in my scrap pile, along with the Purple, which is from my favorite Memory Box Set - Viola.  I stocked up on this when they had it in stock at my LSS and still have quite a bit.  I love it because I has so much purple, along with teals and blues.   I love every piece in the the 6X6 Packs and also have some of my favorite (like this purple piece) in 12X12!   The sentiment was created by using a Memory Box "Double Ticket" die and cutting out the two tickets, I used the larger one for this card.  My Sentiment from a Hero Set (Thinking of You Messages - CL 140) and stamped in Dusty Concord Distress Ink.  I then layered that onto my patterned paper and use the same price to punch the hearts, which were created with a Stampin' Up punch.  

   My final card today was one that I created for Operation Write Home and was based on yesterday's Midweek Throwdown Challenge.  The theme this week is "Kid Cards" and I had this perfect little image from StampFairy.   Lenny Bear (my favorite Teddy), has been colored with Copics and Glossy Accents!  I added him to the front of the card and created an I Love You Sentiment on my computer!  I cut that out with a Spell binder die and added it to the bottom.  I cut the background (for Lenny) and bottom strip of the card from pre-textured cardstock.  The red dotted background was created from another large piece in my scrap bin.   I think it's card that anyone would be happy to receive, especially a child of a soldier who is away from home!!

                    

  

And that is it for today!!    I hope that tomorrow will another fun and creative day.   My goal is to sleep in, do my early morning stuff, (chores) and then hit my craft room.   I think it's going to be a lousy day, as we are expecting another front to come through, which is much needed.  We need to break the humidity again and also really can use a LOT of rain!!  Everything is very dry and the flowers are all staring to look very burnt out!!  I would LOVE a nice rainy cool day, those are days I that love spending inside, up in my craftroom!