Maxi White Space + Floral Twist Challenge

I was scrolling through IG last week and found a new challenge to participate in. AAA Card Challenges has a CAS card challenge each week. I tend to overthink things and make them too hard so this is just what I need!

AAACards Clean and Simple Challenges #170

I found the challenge to be very relaxing! Which is good because sometimes I stress when I make a cards...not good :(. 

On this first card, I used a set of boarder dies to emboss the card front. 

The sentiment and small flower are from My Favorite Things Stamps. Add just a few shaded of color on the flower with my Copics and DONE!! 

This second card features embossing on the card front with a Small Brick Wall stencil from  My Favorite Things.

I then used the same stamps for this card. 

I found that I wanted to keep making these simple cards with the same two stamps BUT I stopped and moved on to other projects. It was definitely a breathe of fresh air to make these. 

Thank you for stopping by! Happy Crafting My Friends!

Eva

A Couple of Recent Fun Ones

So here I am at the blog...preparing for a blog hop for next week. Noticing that I have not blogged in a very long time and I am not sure why. I have drafts with pictures of cards ready to go, labels assigned just now words...so what have I been waiting for??? Not sure.

The card above uses a floral stamp from Altenew and MFT sentiments/die.

For those that hang out on Instagram, these may be old news...or I posted them so long ago they may seem new again. There...IT...IS...Instagram...so simple and fast, and way more followers so my account says...that's why I have not blogged :). 

This little number, features the Hens from Taylored Expressions Happy Hens set. I love those girls!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look today!

Eva

Rainbow on a Snowy Day...

Sunday was a productive, cold and snowy crafting day here at my house.I woke up this morning and quickly helped my daughter finish up her 2 scrapbooks we were working on so she could head back to college. Then something strange happened....I has MOJO!! I knitted a little (which by the way I have now completely torn apart, LOL) and then started making cards. 

This little gem below is the product of having two cut pieces from the Lil' Inkers Chevron Cover Up plate setting on top of each other after cutting them.

 I ended up going with it. I simply put one on top of the other, going in opposite directions. I glued the two pieces together and them placed on top of a piece of card stock that I had blended ink on. 

I used the Lil'Inkers Seriously Die and cut it out of black and layered it on top of a white banner. Since it is a thinner word the solid white banner helped it to stand out. 

I added a few little sequins...and I love it!

   Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Hope you have a wonderful week! 

Eva

Newton's Nook #16 Christmas

Obsession?? No not me never!! LOL, those who know me well, know that is not exactly true.

However, in my defensive when it comes to the Holiday Hound set, I do have a co-worker that loves the little weiner dog and she requested some hand made Christmas cards to send to friends and family.Lucky for my blog readers, I made them all different :).

I'm entering this little guy (or gal) into the inky paws Christmas Challenge. Click on the picture to head over to the gallery. 

The blue and white piece was cut first with my Lil'Inkers stitched die. I then cut the snow drifts using my Lawn Fawn stitched border dies and layered them.

The Christmas trees are a little make shift---triangles from PTI.  

The music stamped on the background was done in Wild Wasabi and the stamp is from Hero Arts. I added a few little sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and some green and white twine from The Twinery for accent.

I'll be back with what will most likely be my last Holiday Hounds card tomorrow. Then I'm headed to snowmen for a while :)

Have a fabulous day!

Eva

Curtain Call Challenge

I saw the Boho Brights Curtain Call Challenge and decided to play along as it would require me to work outside of my box. I figured it would make me hunt up a color combo that I have not used before and that it did!!

Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade and Sunshine Yellow...the only frequently used color in that batch is the Lucky Limeade.

I also had the opportunity to eat a little crow here. Just like sequins...I said I would never ever get into this "gold" thing that is happening right now...Oh I certainly ate my words on that!

Not only did I eat my words but I now think I need every word die made so I can cut them all out in gold!! I used gold poster board from Hobby Lobby. 

And the die word...SERIOUSLY.... One of my favorite words of ALL time! The die and You Rock stamp are from Lil' Inker's Designs. I handed my husband my Christmas list with the Lil' Inkers website and ALL of the sticth mat dies. Told him I would be happy with all my Christmas from all family being Lil' Inkers...I hope it meant it when he said OK.  

For the inked piece, I blended the ink on white cardstock and then placed a stencil over the top. I then took a baby wipe and dabbed over the stencil, this pulled ink off the cardstock, creating an awesome piece. The background stamp on the card base is from Heidi Swapp.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Have a great week!

Eva