ColourQ, CAS(E), & Create With Us

Hi friends - 

Checking in with two colorful cards today. 

First one was inspired by one of Lizzie Jones' PTI release cards this month for the Create Along With Us challenge.  Her card featured colorful fun Peep-like bunnies. 

My card features a colorful row of ice cream cones from PTI Sweet As Can Be using the same colors Lizzie used. I split the panel and stamped the sentiment in the space. I used a Jennifer McGuire trick of using fun foam to lift the panel off the card base instead of strips of foam tape. I used fun foam in orange to compliment one of the ice cream cones. You may see the orange peeking out in the photo. Looks kinda whimsical in real life. 

Second card is inspired by both the ColourQ and CAS(E) This Sketch challenges this week. I blended the three different pinkish shades using a Dylusions Dyan Reaveley Stencil. Wet Paint sentiment is heat embossed in gold. 

Temps dropping in NJ this weekend! :( Stay warm! Thanks for popping in! 

CHOCOLATE!

I was very excited to see the new CASology Cue Card this week.  CHOCOLATE is already on my mind this week as I am almost elbow deep in chocolate today.

My daughter's 11th birthday is tomorrow and I made her favorite chocolate covered strawberries and marshmallows for her to bring in and share with her class. I won't say how many I had to sample in order to make sure the quality was good. :)  But trust me, they are delish!

For my card I started with a chocolate ice cream cone. I heat embossed the brown card stock in brown to give it a shiny look. Wish the photo could better show you its glossiness. But then I thought the ice cream cone was a bit lonely and could use some company so I made a shaker card with some sprinkles from the Make It Market kit.  

I tried to keep the card clean and simple keeping all the elements in the middle with plenty of white space around it. 

Twas my first time making a shaker out of just a plain old die (vs the special shaker dies in the kit) and wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Shaker cards generally take me WAY longer than regular cards but they are so fun and the recipient always loves it. This card is for my 3 year old niece's birthday this coming weekend. I think she'll get a kick out of this card! 

One last parting chocolate thought....have a great week and thanks for stopping by!