Bloom and Grow - a birthday card

A CAS birthday card, with beautiful color combo, from Color Throwdown 580:

The card base is dark gray cs, and I used pale gray pp and green pp (both Lemoncraft). The sentiment was stamped on 75 Studio paper, and I added baker's twine and dew drops.

I used Freshly Made Skdetches 422:

I also goes for the 'Let it Grow' challenge at Global Design Porject 227:

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From the heart - a CAS card

When I saw the challenge at AAA Cards, which was to use up to 1/3 of the card front, I knew it would be a great challenge for me, but I had to give it a try.

For the twist of hearts, I added two tiny heart stickers to the sentiment.

I used the sketch part from Fusion Card challenge:

The cheerful pp does get the attenion on the white space, and I really like hou this card turned out.

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Vintage automobile - a masculine birthday card

This is a masculine birthday card I made.

I followed the color scheme from Cupcake Inspiration 486 - Green, White and Brown:

I used sketch from MFTWSC476:

It also goes for the 'Birthday'  challenge at The Paper Girls.
A Place to Start - masculine card
And for the Simonsays Stamps Wedensday challenge - 'Two or more pp'

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For the love of shopping - CSI case file no. 310

Although it's not my turn of CSI blog, I really liked the inspiration photo and decided to join for case file no. 310:

The first thing that comes to mind seeing this photo is LOVE, usually associated to Valentine's Day, but the colors of the photo reminded me my photo from C&A at Nantes, take  on December 2018.

We hae a rainy morning so we decided to spend our time in shopping! The local C&A shop was very close to our hotel so after breakfast we went there and spent out time (and money...) in the shop.

My friend is a real shop-oholice kind of person and I'm not, but I was drifted in the mood and went out with huge red bags, full of clothes for me and for my boys. It was really a fun day :).

I've used Laura Whitaker's sketch for MCS:

I flipped the sketch on the side and used only one photo, but I think you can see the sketch pretty easily.

I used all 5 colors. From the clues: plaid, stripes, woodgrain, frames, hearts, houses, silver elements (the hearts on the big frame were heat embossed with a Lindy's Queen Sheba's Silver ep), word stickers, chipboard (the 'Love' title - Creative Embellishments', heat embossed with Lindy's Purely White ep), stamps and washi tape.

My journaling is framed by the small red frame on top.

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A colorful treat box

Here's a square box with 4 small treat boxed inside, a perfect gift to give to someone you love and appreciate.

I made it following a tutorial you can find HERE.

This is how the box looks when open, with the 4 small boxes:

I would like to enter it to the following challenges:

Scor Pal - 'Anything Goes' plus 'More than one score'.

Color Dare - #380 palette celebrate today:

C.R.A.F.T #544 -a box or a bag

Simonsays stamps Wednesday challenge - two or more pp.
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XOXOXO - CAS valentine card

Honorable Mention

at CAS(E) This Sketch

Feb 2020

Oh, Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and you can feel that love is in the air...

I've made a very traditional love card, very clean & simple - a patterned paper in ombre look, a heart die cut and a sticker sentiment.

Here're the challenges I would like to enter with this card:

CAS(E) this sketch - sketch #357:

Addicted to Cas - Ombre:

The Paper Girls - Love is in the air!

TGIG - Valentine:

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The stars shine for you - CAS masculine card

A featured Rising Star

at A Place to Start

Here's a masculine CAS card I've made, using MFT two challenges - color challenge #134 and sketch #474 challenge:

It also goes for some other challenges:

Addicted to CAS - Ombre

Double Trouble - 'Again and again'

A place to start - 'Masculine'

The paper girls - 'Birthday'
Simonsays stamps wednesday challenge - 'Anything goes'.

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All occasions CAS card

Yesterday I posted my DT layout for CSI (you can find it HERE), and I had some more stamped flowers and leaves, so I made an all ocasions card with them.

I used Freshly Made Sketch no. 420:

I replaced the circle in the middle with the flower and leaves, and since my sentiment was heat embossed, it doesn't overlap the main element.

I find that the kraft background makes the orange and green colors pop up, while the white matting and heat embossing enhance the whole look.

It also goes for the CAS challenge at Addicted To Stamps no. 374:

And the 'Anything Goes' challenge at Krafty Chicks.

Here's a close-up on the main element and embellishments:

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A desk organizer and a 'Good Luck' card

A good friend of mine just passed the Bar Exam and started working as a lawyer, so I made her a desk organizer, full of bright colors and flowers.

It has 4 different boxes, 3 sqaures and one rectangle, and they all sit on a tray.

This desk organizer was made using a score board and a bone folder. The hard work was planning the measerments...
I would like to enter it to the 'Anything goes' challenge at 'More Than One Score at Scor-Pal blog.
I also made her a 'Good Luck' card:

Sapphire winner

at Color Dare blog

I used Mojo Monday sketch no. 529:

I would also like to enter it to The Color Dare' no. 379 challenge:

From the inspiration photo I used the teal, pink and yellow, plus black and white. I also put a heart for the love feeling.

Here're some close-ups on the details:

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Free - CSI case file no. 309

Happy Saturday to all and look around - it's already February! which means - a new challenge at CSI - case file no. 309:

I fell in love with this case file - the colors, the inspiraion photo - everything.

I went 'old school' and used all the 5 colors. For the clues I used: tone-on-tone pattern (Lemoncraft paper), distressed pattern (7 Dots Studio paper), stripes and birds (the teal birds, made in paper piecing technique), musical elements (stickers), leaves and folwers (stamped and fussy cut), sunburst and stencil (to make the sunburst).

I used a quote from Leonard Cohen's song - 'Like a bird on a wire' (one of my all time fav songs), both for the title and for the journaling.

On the back of the layout, I wrote about what's happening in my life right now and how I react to it.

Here're some close ups on the details:

I've used many old letters stickers here.

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