Cardabilties #62 Aged to Perfection

Birthday week here again and another Cardabilities This week I went with a fall theme mainly because the person is turning 60 and I would certainly say that he is Aged to Perfection.  

Knowing that I wanted to use fall colours I went with my old favourite stamp set French Foliage.  I think I have used this set more than any other set that I have owned.  By starting with More Mustard and then using the rock-n-roll method I added Cajun Craze or Cherry Cobbler to the edges.  After the stamping I sponged in the remainder of the leaves and cut them out and crinkled them up to give an aged look.

Then moving on to the card front I chose a DSP that would pick up the colours used. Punching out a tag from the Lots of Tags dies I stamped the "Aged to Perfection" and then lifted it with the DSP used for the base.  There was still an empty void once I placed the leaves so I decided to add a little twine to the front.  Three strands were placed across the front, tangled up in the leaves.  Again with the number three I tied three simple knots.  By using the knots I think it gives it a more masculine look Now I was happy!

Now it's your turn.  Hop on over to Cardabilities and give this sketch a try.  I can't wait to see what you have in store for me.  Don't forget to check out the other great Designers on the website as well.

Thanks for stoping by.

Nancy

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Let's Celebrate

Mojo Monday had a sketch challenge this week, that was very much like a card that I had made a few years ago.







I dug through my photo archive and found that picture (the yellow card).  I think when I made this card the squares were 1".

Then I decided to recreate that same card over again and this is what I came up with this time.

This is a fun and quick card to make, the only issue is figuring out your square size.  Mine is 1 1/4" square.  So of the two cards which one do you like best?

Hope you enjoy this card.

Nancy

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Pink Birthday Wishes

Going through my emails today I came across a Challenge over at
Joan's Garden Challenge #7.  The Challenge had a few must haves in it:

Create a card with lots of layers
Colour theme should be Pink and White
Add some dimensional flowers
Use a rectangle and an oval layer

This is what I came up with.  Although the flowers show as purple they actually are more pink but photographed differently.

I'm sure either way the lucky person this Birthday Card is going to will not even know the difference.  

Happy Birthday!

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy
 

Life is a Matter of Moments

Nestabilities Fleur de Lis makes a comeback with this layered card.  

Fleur de Lis is a square die but two bases were die cut and staggered on top of each other.  Then the second layer was done the same way.

A simple ribbon was added underneath and accented on top with Lots of Tags stamped with Elements of Style and tagged off with more Fleur de Lis'.

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy

PS:  have you seen a pattern in the last few cards using Elements of Style, I think I have an attachment to it!

TST # 53 A Masculine Card

Today being Valentines Day You would think that I would use it as my inspiration for the Try Stampin on Tuesday Sketch Challenge.  However masculine cards are sometimes difficult to achieve so I decided to take the sketch challenge and make it into a masculine card. 

Turning the sketch and making it a landscape card I used Sense of Time which is now a discontinued stamp set from Stampin Up, but it was one of my first sets and I really like using it for masculine cards.

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy

Fleur de Lis Aujourd'hui

Yes I studied French in High School but over the years it has become  a little rusty, this is about as french as I can be these days.

Here is a little card made with the Spellbinders Fleur de Lis die.  This is my first time working with Spellbinders and I don't think it will be my last.  I studied this particular die before I purchased it to see what I might be able to achieve with it.  So I'm sure you will be seeing a lot of it in my work in the future.

There are several, 5 to be exact, layers to this card if you look really hard you will be able to count them.

Merci!

Nancy