Tall and skinny?

The Mojo Monday sketch challenge this week is to create a tall and skinny card.  I've had a bunch of long, thin card blanks for quite a while.  Someone gave them to me and I just never really used them as I don't have envelopes to fit.  But for Christmas I got the Envelope Punch Board from We R Memory Keepers, so now I don't have an excuse not to use those blanks.  My card is not tall and skinny, but it is long and skinny.  I had to use some items from my "bits and pieces" stash and they fit better when I flipped the sketch.  After making my the card in my previous post I had two items to add to the bits and pieces stash, and the point is to eliminate it, not add to it.  So, I had to figure out a way to use the two ovals that I had cut out.  The sentiment oval was already in the stash, and the plaid oval was perfect for a frame, I just needed to trim the black to fit in between.   Also, the two little black flourishes were in the stash.  Yeay, it's getting much smaller.  Of course, now it's going to get harder, too, since I'm using up the "good" stuff. : )

Challenges:
The Stamping Chef #14--anything goes
Creative Inspirations #250--stamping
Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge #13--ribbon & bows
Mojo Monday #330--tally and skinny sketch

Timeless Tuesday #256--use purple

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Joyful Blooms" flowers; PTI "Through the Trees" sentiment
Dies/embossing folders: spellbinders classic ovals, large; Sizzix botanicals embossing folder

Sweet Friends

I have had this stamp set for ages!!!  And have never inked it up before today.  Just not really my style, but I thought I would give it a try and it is cute!  I also managed to use up some of my scrap bits stash.  It took forever to figure out what (and how) I could use.  Finally, I figured out I could use to bits of ribbon to create the "border".  I had to cut them in half to be able to span the full width of the card.  Unfortunately, you can't really tell in the photo, but the plaid panel is popped up on the front and the oval is cut out of it.  So, the image is recessed.  I think it adds to the cute factor.

Challenges:
Viva La Verve January week 4--sketch

Timeless Tuesday #256--use purple (mine is orchid colored, but that is purple)
{Pin}spirational challenge #92--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the purple cupcake liners and the sprinkles--my butterflies are sprinkled on)

Crafting By Designs--think warm thoughts (warm weather flowers and warm thoughts of friendship)

Supplies:
Stamps: ooooollllldddd SU! hedgehog set; Verve "Friendly Phrases"
Dies/punches: spellbinders classic ovals, large; Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Just Because

Last one for today.  And three more items from the scrap pile have been used up: the blue border die cut and both the yellow and white ribbons.  It was a good day yesterday! : )

Challenges:
Viva La Verve January week 3--sketch

Lacy Sunshine Challenge--bingo (I chose the ribbon, die cut, card candy column)
Delightful Challenges--You have my heart
My Heart Pieces Challenge--Love is Life
Sentimental Sundays #191--Lovey Dovey

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Take Note" and "Borderline" hearts
Dies/punches: spellbinders floral doily motifs; PTI border die; square punch; corner rounder punch

Keys

Back again with another stash buster.  The keys were laying around in that famous pile of scraps.  And I have to say that I haven't been a big fan of this house paper, but it works perfectly with the keys and this cardstock.  It turned into a rather fun little card.

Challenges:
Desert Island Craft Challenge #70--choose at least 3 of the following (I used #2, 3, 4, 7, 8)
1. favorite color combo
2. use metal
3. no flowers
 4. ribbon
5. paint
6. make it not a card
7. make it a tag
8. do NOT color
9. journal it
10. sparkles
Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #22--Tag, You're it!
Tuesday Morning Sketches #233--sketch

Cuttlebug Mania--all you need it love
Word Art Wednesday #116--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Digi Stamps 4 Joy--Add real ribbon
Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge #13--ribbon and bows

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI "Lock & Key" sentiment; Verve "Borderline" chevrons
Dies: PTI "Lock & Key"

Stripes!

Still working away at my Christmas Thank You cards.  This little number used up 4 items from my stash pile!!  Yippee!!  Maybe I should start a "Can you spot the item from my stash?" game.  It could be fun, but rather hard.  So, I'll just tell you: the polka dotted ribbon, the 2 red flowers (stacked them together for more interest) and the white oval.  And don't tell anyone, but these are actually Christmas papers. : )

Challenges:
One Crazy Stamper--anything goes
Inkspirational Challenges #48--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the blue! and the red)

{Pin}spirational Challenge #91--inspiration photo (inspired once again by the blue and the stripes and the swirls in the wallpaper)

Creative Inspiration #249--use ribbon
Digi Stamps 4 Joy--use real ribbon
My Favorite Things # 160--sketch

Stamping with Dragon--winter blues

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Blue Skies"
Dies: spellbinders "Resplendent Rectangles" oval
Flower punch

Girly Graduation

I have 4 cards to post today and each contains items from the stash pile I am working on whittling down.  (You can check out some of my most recent posts to see some of the items that have been put to good use)  I have a bunch of die cut numbers in said stash pile and I was wondering how I was going to use them.  Lots of random zeros in there and almost all the numbers are white--couldn't tell you why.  Then I was reminded that a friend was graduating this weekend with her massage therapy degree and as she is one of the Sunday School teachers at our church, they were going to have a little celebration for her.  Ah, ha, a graduation card with the date on it!  Perfect for using up random zeros!  So, the 2 and the 0 were already cut out as was the sentiment panel (stamped already even!) = 3 items from the pile used up!  And I think it created a really soft beautiful graduation card.

Challenges:
Cards Galore--anything goes
Timeless Tuesdays #255--celebrate something new (a new degree/career and celebrating new paper for me!)
Our Daily Bread Designs Blog #187--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the white and pale colors in the left picture and the flowers in the right picture)

Word Art Wednesday #116--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Crafting by Design--get your girl on (this is definitely girly with purples, flourishes, flowers, pearls and rhinestones)
Sister Act Card Challenge #41--anything goes
Fussy & Fancy #106--vintage (I don't usually do vintage, but this has a nice vintage feel to me--I think it's the paper)
The Squirrel and The Fox #62--use at least three embellishments (I have lots of pearls and rhinestones)

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Celebrating You" sentiment; Clear Dollar Stamps graduation cap and "Elegant Flourishes" flourishes and flowers
Dies: Verve "Charming Ovals"; PTI number dies

You Make Me Smile

Another scrap from the scrap pile used up!  The banner were cut for a project last year, and either I only used a bit of it, or it just didn't work on that card.  So I made it work for this one.  And I had these papers on my desk from the card for in my previous post.  I thought everything worked well on that one, so I combined many of the same elements again.

Challenges:
Seems a Little Sketchy--sketch (those little circles around the main circle had me thinking for quite a while)

Word Art Wednesday #116--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Paper Pretties #294--anything goes
Stamping Chef #13--anything goes
Fab 'n' Funky #200--All bout the words
Winter Wonderland--butterflies (for this month is can be non-holiday related)
Di's Digis--spots and dots
Sister Act Card Challenge #41--anything goes

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Blue Skies" sentiment and butterfly
Dies: Verve "Pennant Trim" die and butterfly die