random reflections

Card Challenges

I subscribe to several card challenges through Feedly, and frequently post to one or another of them. Rarely do I set out to create a card specifically for two challenges at once, but yesterday I did. I thought I had checked the dates for both, but this morning was rather dismayed that one of the challenges had been closed before I got my post written. Ah, well. Here are both the challenge images even though one  has closed.

The second challenge is the Time Out Challenge which is their "Inspired by Words" challenge:  'Flowers and Friends make life a garden.' I recently purchased a new stamp set from Simon Says called "Friends of Life," which had the perfect sentiment for this challenge.

I stamped the floral images from the set with Altenew's mini cube set, "Cool Summer Night." I have just a couple of their layering ink sets, but have some more on my "wish list," as they make the layering process much easier. I die cut a piece of dotted vellum from Papertrey Ink with an old Grand Nestability Scalloped Circle die and then cut it in half. I adhered it to the card with a strip of narrow Washi tape, added the die cut sentiment and flowers, and embossed the remainder of the sentiment on a narrow strip of black cardstock.

I'm linking this up to the Time Out Challenge which closes soon as well. 

Simon Says: Anything Goes

A quick post to share two identical anniversary cards for the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes. 

Using some Fresh Snow Linen cardstock, I die cut a Simon Says "Stitched Rectangle" and then the "Tic Tac Toe Hearts." I die cut the hearts again from a piece of patterned paper in Echo Park's "Blowing Kisses" paper pad. With some fun foam behind it, I mounted the squares on a card from the same Fresh Snow paper. The sentiment is from Hero Arts.

I'm a fan of inlaid die cuts and this is a quick and easy one when you need a couple of anniversary cards! Hope your week is going well.