Claire Creates Cards: May 2019

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Happy Blooming Birthday Inspired By Challenge # 74

May 30, 2019

It's time for a new challenge at Inspired By.

What inspires you about this photo? Is it the lace, the daisy, the colors, the buckets, the clothes line?
We can't wait to see what you create!

My card is created with a lace die by Neat and Tangled. Doily Envelope Die is absolutely beautiful and reminds me of the lace in the photo. The flowers and sentiment are from the Stampin' Up! set Flower Patch. It is a retired set, but it was the only set that I had that had a daisy like flower. I used two shades of yellow to stamp the flowers. A pearl was added to the center of each flower. The lace folds over the card base to create an envelope. I tied it up with a yellow ribbon to complete my card.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today! Make sure to visit the DT blogs for lots of inspiration! We hope you will play along with us!

HUGS!

Claire

Sunday, May 26, 2019

Happy 4th of July Paper Players Challenge 443

May 26, 2019

It's Sunday and time for a new challenge at The Paper Players!

The lovely LeAnne is our hostess this week and she has a great sketch challenge for all of us! Of course, you can be as liberal as you wish. You do not have to use flowers. You can use whatever shape you want. We can't wait to see what you create.

My card is created on a white card base. I used a couple patriotic papers that I found in my stash. The stars are cut using Star dies from Stampin Up! The firecrackers are stamped in black using the
Stars and Stripes stamp set by Sunny Studio. I colored them with Copic Markers and cut them out with the matching dies. The sentiment is from the same stamp set and colored with Copics. I added a few rhinestones for shine.

I added a sentiment and firecracker inside, too.

Challenge Rules: Paper Players Challenge

1. Create a NEW paper, or digital, project.

2. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.

3. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.

4. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL.

Entries linked to more than 3 challenges, including ours, will be deleted without notification!

5. All stamping products are welcome.

6. Have fun!

Don't forget to check out all the amazing projects from the Design Team.

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

Wanda Cullen
Windy Ellard

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Please leave a comment and let me know your thoughts!

HUGS
Claire

Saturday, May 25, 2019

Merry Christmas Keeping Christmas Challenge

May 25, 2019

It's time for this month's installment of the Keeping Christmas Inspriration Blog Hop! The Challenge Design Team is sharing Christmas creations on the 25th of each month!

The whole idea is to have some Christmas cards and projects in our stash ready to go for December 2019!

So hop along and be sure to visit each blog.

There is a lot of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

Kelly Lunceford

Lesley Croghan (off this month)

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater (me)

Julee Tilman off this month

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth
Vicki Finger off this month
Nancy Guse

These cards are so fun to make and they are gorgeous in real life. My photos do not do them justice. I think I need a new phone!

My cards are created on white card bases. I added a silver foil layer on top of the white card base. I created two different alcohol ink backgrounds using Yupo paper. I cut them with a scalloped border. The Merry Christmas Ornament Wafer Die is from Simon Says Stamp. I cut it on white card stock. It is very delicate and it took me a few attempts to get it cut out without tearing the letters. I added rhinestones and silver twine to complete the card.

Do you have a favorite?

Thanks for stopping by! Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts. I love to hear from you!

The hop is hosted by the fabulous Kelly Lunceford's blog, so head over there to start from the beginning.

ENJOY the blog hop! I hope we inspired you to make a few cards, too!

HUGS!

Claire

I'm Your #1 Fan! Sketch Saturday #565

May 25, 2019

Happy Saturday Sketchers!
We have a super fun sponsor this week, LeAnn's World 101!!

The prize this week:
digi prize pack from the LeAnn's World 101 store!

Here is sketch #565:

My card is created on a white card base. I used a variety of baseball paper on my card to follow the sketch. I stamped the baseball and the sentiment using Your Next Stamp Sports Fanatic Two stamp set. I colored the image with Copic Markers. I added some white twine and a button to complete my card.

Thank you for stopping by my blog! Don't forget to visit all the DT blogs for lots of inspiration! We sure hope you will play along with us!

HUGS!

Claire

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Welcome--Home Sweet Home Inspired By Challenge #73

May 22, 2019

It's time for a new challenge at Inspired By.

What inspires you about this photo? Is it the wood grain, the wreath, the cactus the foliage, the greeting? We can't wait to see what you create!

My card is created on a white card base. I added wood grained paper on the top of the card to to along with the inspiration photo. The circle is cut using the SugarPea Designs Zig Zag Circle dies. I cut the banner from the same wood grained paper using the WPlus 9 Be Merry die set. The cactus and leaves were created using the SugarPea Designs Stuck on You stamp and die set. Two shades of green ink were used to stamp them and thanks to my Misti that was easy to do. It adds more shading that way. The cactus flowers are stamped in two shades of pink. I added a little pearl inside each pink bloom. The large Welcome sentiment is stamped on a piece of the wood grained paper and popped up with foam tape.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today! Make sure to visit the DT blogs for lots of inspiration! We hope you will play along with us!

HUGS!

Claire

Sunday, May 19, 2019

I'm Sorry! PP442 and SSC205

May 19, 2019

It's Sunday and time for new challenges at The Paper Players and Sunday Stamps.

The lovely Laurie is our hostess this week at  The Paper Players. The challenge is Clean and Simple using plants!

The Sunday Stamps challenge is a color challenge. Remember to use a minimum of 3 colors and a neutral!

I am also playing along with the CAS on Sunday Challenge. Their theme this week is "Polka Dots" and you know I love them!

My card is created on a Kraft base instead of white. I hope that passes for CAS. I created a frame in black for my cactus using a stamp by Rubbernecker stamps. The cactus are from Stamps of Life Succulents2 stamp set. I cut out the pots in red paper with the matching dies. I paper pieced the pots with black and white stripes and polka dots using the same dies. I colored the cactus with Copic Markers. I stamped the sentiment in black. It is from the same stamp set.

REMEMBER THIS IS CLEAN AND SIMPLE WEEK - THESE ARE THE RULES WE POST EVERY CAS CHALLENGE

What do we mean by Clean and Simple?

Minimal layers and embellishments
Plenty of open space, aka "white" space
Simple and uncluttered

Challenge Guidelines

Feel free to use any brand of product you have.
The colors from this challenge MUST be the primary colors on your project.
Please Link up a new project created for this challenge (no back links).
Feel free to combine our challenge with up to FOUR other challenges.
We reserve the right to delete any links that do not adhere to challenge rules.
Please provide a link to us or use the graphic above in your post.
Have Fun!!!

The challenge will end on Friday May 31st @ 6pm EST.

Sunday Stamps Design Team

Amy Koenders

Annette Elliott

Claire Broadwater (me)

Monika Reeck

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

Wanda Cullen
Windy Ellard

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Please leave a comment and let me know your thoughts!

HUGS
Claire

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Life Is Meant to Be Enjoyed! Inspired By 77

May 16, 2019

It's time for a new challenge at Inspired By!

Isn't this a gorgeous photo?
How are you inspired? checks? flowers? colors? squares? layers?

My card is created on a white card base. I used water color paper and two colors of distress oxide ink on my background. A few water droplets were added to create the splashes. I also used another piece of water colored paper to add some brown distress oxide ink to use in the cut out section. I used the Reverse Confetti Swoosh Cover Panel to cut out the background. I cut it again in the brown color and pieced that section in to look like the sand. The little girl is from MFT Pure Innocence. I believe she might be retired though. I paper pieced her bathing suit with the yellow and white gingham checks like in the inspiration photo. I found some flower and cactus paper in my stash and paper pieced her float. Her "pillow" is pink! The sentiment is stamped in brown. It is from the same stamp set as the image. hope she makes you smile!

Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget to visit the Inspired By blog to play along and visit all the amazing DT blogs for lots of inspiration!

HUGS!

Claire

Sunday, May 12, 2019

God is Love Sketch Saturday 563

May 12, 2019

Good Morning Everyone...

Welcome to another week at Sketch Saturday!

We have one of our favorites joining us as sponsor this week.

                      Bugaboo Stamps!!

The super prize offered this week is 

4 Bugaboo digital stamps of the winner's choice.

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Here is sketch #563:

My card is created on a purple card base. I embossed the
white scalloped layer with a cross embossing folder. The
cross and sentiment are from Stampin' Up! I mounted the
cross on a purple scalloped circle.

Happy Birthday Beautiful PP441

May 12, 2019

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mommy's out there! I hope your day is filled with special moments!

It's time for a new challenge at The Paper Players.
The multi-talented JoAnne is our hostess this week and she has a very bright, fresh and bold color challenge for all of us! I love vibrant colors, so I absolutely LOVED this combo! I had so much fun that I made two cards this week!

My cards are made on Pool Party and Lovely Lipstick card bases. I added a top layer of white card stock cut with a scalloped die. I used my favorite MFT dies Stitched Flowers. I used Daffodil Delight, Lovely Lipstick and Pool Party to cut lots of different flower shapes of each color. The leaves are cut using Granny Apple Green.

The sentiment is cut using the Beautiful die set. I cut the bottom layer in black and the top layer in Granny Apple Green. The Happy Birthday is stamped in black ink using the MFT Hello Beautiful stamp set.