CCL: For the love of CLOUDS!

Hi friends!

I have 2 posts today ....

If you would like to see my CCEE Stampers cards, it's here! 

It's also the day we post our cards for the Classy Card Ladies ~

which is 2 teams of friends 'dueling' with cards kits ~

one theme, two different hostesses that send out card kits.

This month, Jeanette and I were the hostesses for this month's duel

and our theme is:

CLOUDS!

I also gave the Diamonds (my group) homework! It's at the end :)

This theme is SO SWEET!

My kids and I have been cloud watchers for years and it makes such 

sweet memories ~ one I hope to continue with my granddaughter.

My card kit included an assortment of cloud papers,

the cute girl from C C Designs from Unicorn and Rainbow.

I sent the girls on my team this sweet girl and a cloud and sentiments,

as well as all the cloud papers I could find :)

One of the other items that I sent was the die cut cloud frame!

It was optional to use it and I decided that I wanted to :)

I chose the rainbow-y cloud paper and colored her to match the paper

and added the sentiment, also from the stamp set.

The Diamond's HOMEWORK!

I asked ....

Do you ever catch yourself looking up into the clouds?

Do you look for shapes or check the weather :)

What's the best shaped cloud you remember seeing?

For me, I remember seeing one while we were at the park

and it was the perfect shape of an angel!

How I wish we'd had cell phones on the ready like we do now!

Here is how you can see all the cards from the Classy Card Ladies

Diamonds

Barb

Carol

Kelly

LJ

Suzy - in the SCS Gallery

Pearls

Darlene

Deb - in the SCS Gallery

Shelly

Tracie

Thanks for stopping by today!

CCL ~ #saltlife

 

Hi friends!

It's the 15th of the month, the day

the classy card ladies post our cards from a card kit creation!

We usually have two teams:  The Diamonds and The Pearls

But this month I decided to send each member a small card kit

with the exact same thing in each kit, 

except the stamped image!

Team Diamonds got one gnome, Team Pearls got a different gnome.

The theme for June is:  

#saltlife

I chose this as a theme for the fun of summer

and to just kick back and enjoy the cheeky gnome at the beach!

The image and papers are from Photo Play Stamps called

Tulla and Norbert's excellent adventure.

I live in Miami, Florida close to the beach with palm trees and

sunshine (mostly - right now it's monsoon season!) and #saltlife

is a way of life 'round here!

I did not have time to make my card with my husband being

in the hospital and not being home for a week,

so I quickly threw this card together.

I'm really not happy with this card at all

but I was honest with myself ~ time and mindframe played a part

so this is going into my 'it is what it is' file!

I hope everyone loved their 'paper' trip to the beach this month

with these card kits and enjoyed some #saltlife!

Thanks for stopping by!

Classy Card Ladies: Spring sketch!

Hi friends!

Every 15th of the month, there's a new CCL challenge

and our hostesses this month are:  LJ and Darlene!

The CCL = Classy Card Ladies and we're divided into 2 teams:

The Diamonds and The Pearls and we 'duel' card kits once a month.

For April, our hostesses came up with a theme of:

spring sketches!

Our gorgeous kit is from LJ and we received the stamped image,

beautiful embellishments and pretty papers 

AND

 Team Diamonds were asked to create our cards using THIS sketch:

This is a beautiful sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches #592!

Here is my card based on this sketch 

and using the beautiful spring flower as a focal point.

This flower is part of the spring Tim Holtz collection

and I was inspired to go with the color yellow.

To follow the sketch, I used the designer papers as a base

and cut up one of the squares into stripes

and highlighted the flower with vellum underneath.

And here's the inside:

that's it for this month's card duel!

Here is the full list of the cardmakers on both teams:

Diamonds

Barb

Carol

Kelly (you're here!)

LJ

Suzy - in the SCS Gallery

Pearls

Darlene

Deb - in the SCS Gallery

Shelly 

Jeanette

Tracie 

Thanks so much for stopping by!