Pandamonium...

Hello! I hope you're enjoying your weekend. I wanted to hop on and share some cards I recently made with THIS adorable set from Mama Elephant.

I made a bunch of cards...

...but this one is my favorite...

I'm loving the pandas. Such a sweet image. 

Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back soon...

Stamping Royalty 2014 Rejects...

Hello! Today I thought I'd share a few cards I made for the recent Stamping Royalty contest. I didn't win. I guess my cards weren't as good as I thought they were. LOL However, I thought you might want to see them anyway...

Card #1-

 Card #2-

 A closer look...

 Card #3-

 Yep... that balloon die-cut image is covered in glossy accents. looks so cool in real life...

Oh well. You win some you lose some. There's always next year.  :)

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Mini Cards Challenge...

The new challenge was announced over on the Little Tangles Blog today is all about mini cards. I immediately thought of creating mini lunch box cards. ..

To create these mini cards, I punched some patterned paper in different colors using THIS new favorite punch. (I love that it punches a 3x4 rectangle so it fits perfectly with the Project Life photo pockets.) Then I stamped THIS speech bubble stamp on some kraft cardstock for each card. I cut them out and then stamped various greetings along with a coordinating image. I loved how fast these were to create!

Well, I hope you have a chance to play along. I would love to see what mini cards you can create! You can enter your mini card(s) HERE. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! 

Masking Challenge...

So it's the first Thursday of the month and you know what that means? Another challenge was introduced over on the Little Tangles Challenge Blog and it's all about masking. Laura Bassen is our guest designer. Love her. You can see her card and video HERE.

Here is my card for the challenge...

I used lots of masking to create this card. I started off with a piece of Watercolor Cardstock and stamped the street sign image from THIS set in archival waterproof black ink. I also stamped the street names and then colored the image with watercolor pencils. Next, I created a mask for the image out of my masking tape roll and laid it on top while I created the sky and concrete corner with watercolor pencils. I removed the mask and used glossy accents to make the pole shiny...

Masking is great when creating one layer cards. I hope to see your creations using the masking technique uploaded HERE. 

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!