365 Cards Days #1, 2, and 26

My friend Sara just started doing the 365 challenges and she has already passed me on the number of challenges completed! I decided that I better get to work playing "catch up". lol. So, tonight I made 3 cards to add to my collection.


Challenge #25 is the most recent. In this challenge, we were required to use our least favorite color. Mine is DEFINITELY pink! It's just so "girly" and I rarely have girls to give my cards to! I also DESPISE flowers so I thought I'd throw them in too. I like how the card turned out though.


Challenge #1 was a sketch challenge. I made this a 3x3 card. I used some stamps that I never used and all scrap papers


Challenge #2 was to use ONLY 2 embellishments. First I had to see what was considered an "embellishment". I thought that the edging (my brand new Martha Stewart punch that I think will get lots of use) and the stamped image were embellishments but after looking at the other entries, ribbon and flowers were embellishments so I added them and love the results!!

365 Cards Day #25- Birthday Wish

Today's challenge on 365 was an ad inspired challenge. She gives us the ad and we create a card. I really liked the ad. The colors and patterns were gorgeous. It was hard for me to get what I wanted onto my card because the ad screamed "classy and sophisticated" and that's not me. LOL. I remembered having this image in my stash and decided to use it with this paper that I got in a kit from Wal-Mart for next to nothing. I still hate the scalloped circle with the sentiment.. I thought it would look good when it came together but I think I will change it. I am going to give this to my sister for her b-day April 11:
THE AD:


MY CARD:

365 Cards Day #24

The challenge on 365 cards today was a challenging one (lol). We were to create a nature scene within our card. I knew immediately that I wanted to use my $ Michael's stamps. I love the little tree and the sayings are really cute. I'm a wannabe "green" person so this appealed to me. I decided to use blues as my base color (like the sky) and I knew I would use green ribbon (my grass) at the bottom. I tried to add dimension to my trees by stamping them in a lighter green first and then going back over with a darker but it kinda just looks blurry. Overall, I think it's kind of neat. Then I added my sentiment in a scalloped yellow circle (my sun). BTW, my eyelets are way croked (crop a dile holes are too big!)but I will fix it tomorrow. I am sleepy... Hope you like it:

Triple Challenge Monkey Card

I decided to try combining this weeks card challenges from three different places. First, on Mommysavers, we had to create a birthday card. Then, on the Use It! blog, we were supposed to useeyelets, something I've had longer than a year, and polka dots. Lastly, I used the cool sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You. Here it is:
Sketch (2Sketches4You):


My card (I used 3 eyelets, some old rub-ons, and handmade polka dot paper):

365 cards Day #23

Today at 365 cards, we had an image that we had to incorporate into our card design. It was a crossword puzzle that spelled "I Love You". I decided that I wanted a monochromatic color scheme for this one. I really wanted to add a pencil or something to signify that it was for a crossword puzzle fan but couldn't find what I wanted. So, here it is:
The image:


The card: