CAS Mix Up January 2020 Challenge

A card for CAS Mix Up

Starting out the week on a good note, playing in my craft room.

I really like this technique.  Not sure why I don't use more often.  (I just forget about it until someone brings it up again.) LOL

I used Gina K Whimsical Wildflowers colored with Copics,

PTI Birthday Bash Sentiment

PTI Melon Berry Striped card stock

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CAS Watercolour January 20 & Seize the Birthday #180

After struggling quite a bit trying to do some watercoloring, I finally was able to create this card for 

CAS Watercolour

I first tried watercoloring a floral bouquet and that just did not come together.  I just have so much trouble with water colors.  I tried the wet method and dropping in colors using Distress Inks, but it just didn't turn out.  So I decided to do some watercolor smooshing and finally after some struggle again came up with this background.  

I used Rubberneck Butterflies are Free stamp set and used my Ziggies. 

Cottage Cutz Nested Stitched Scallop Oval dies

I have had a happy week being in my craft room several days.

So much fun....

I am also entering into STB

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CAS Christmas January 2020

Welcome back.  Hope you all had a wonderful and blessed Christmas.

  We are starting off the new year with a brand new challenge at CAS Christmas.  Christine would like us to use a tag on our card.

Come to see the inspiration by our Guest Designer Jane and all of our DT's

And join in the fun...

I used MFT's Tag You are It along with PTI's Deck the Halls

Sponged the tag and used CP inks.

The background is embossed with Darice's Striped Diagonal.

& Red grosgrain ribbon.

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Seize the Birthday #180

Another card for STB using an AI ink background that I made the other day.

The frame is another from my Bff that I got for my birthday but using for the first time, Poppy Stamps & Dies Beautiful Butterflies Sidekick Frame & Stencil.

PTI's Graceful Greetings for the sentiment.

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CAS(E) this Sketch #353 & Seize the Birthday #180

Getting time in my craft room.  A card for two challenges:

The butterfly looks weird in the picture because of the shine.  Looks better in real life.

CAS(E) this Sketch

&

STB

The other day I got out my alcohol inks and made some backgrounds.  This is AI on foil and then embossed with EB folder.

Love how it turned out. 

I used Cottage Cutz Nested Stitched Scallop dies and layered the AI in back of this top panel.  The butterfly is from Gina K Butterfly Kisses with her foil mates.

PTI's Double Ended Banner

Paper Studios EF.

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The Flower Challenge #39

Here is a card for The Flower Challenge

I know it's not even Winter yet, but I'm thinking Spring with this card as I am looking out at dreary old rain.  

 Altenew's Classic Tulips stamps and dies with CP inks, with Classy Stripes stencil sponged with Distress Ink.

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Triplet Update Halloween, Trip to the Ocean & Santa Picture

It has been quite a while since I posted an update on those babies who are toddlers now.

Halloween photo shoot didn't go too well for Justin. He didn't like the spider around his neck and I don't blame him.  Ramie thinks she's scarred him for life.  And as you will see in the last picture, it is Justin again crying with Santa.  Poor baby.  He seems to be the sensitive one.  You can tell when his little lip just starts quivering.

Justin, Connor & Anna

We went to the Pumpkin Patch on the day before Halloween and the patch was pretty bare and this was the second one we went to.  The kids had so much fun though.  Behind us is a hay stack for pictures.

They had a special day at the Portland Zoo for Halloween and the kids dressed up as dragons.

The night of Halloween, the door would ring and the babies ran to the door to see who was there and Anna started handing out the candy.  All you would see is these cute little tails scurrying to the door.  So adorable....

Newport Beach- Babies first trip to the Ocean and they had a great time.

We were supposed to go on MTW but Ramie had to fly to get her mom from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota where she was getting a second opinion.  Unfortunately, she has  chronic lung disease and has to be on oxygen the rest of her life.  She stayed with Ramie's sister in Seattle for a week and then came back with Ramie.

Anyway, they changed their plans to go to the ocean on W-F and we had to go to dad's on Friday so were not able to go and as it turned out Kelly invited us for Thanksgiving dinner so we went up a day early and dinner with them.  We had an early Thanksgiving with Brad & Ramie, the older girls and Ramie's sister's family and Col and Scott.

Time out for lunch

Dad & Anna 

Connor & Mom

 Mom & Justin

 Fun on the beach.

And lastly, a visit with Santa.  Apparently, when Ramie tried to put Anna on Santa's lap she started crying too.  So Justin wasn't the only one afraid of Santa.  In fact, I have a picture of Brad crying while on Santa's lap with his arm stretched out for me to get him.

Unfortunately, since the day after Thanksgiving we have all been sick with flu like symptoms.  First it started with Brad, then Ramie, the babies have colds, and Rhonda came down with it last Wednesday (when we had to watch the babies & Avery Wednesday through Thursday) and me a couple days later.  It was our first overnight watching the babies.  Rhonda and I spent the whole weekend binge watching A Million Little Things and New Amsterdam.  And I have not yet been able to set a time to spend in my craft room.

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