FMS176 and CMCC61

Happy Friday, happy end-of-the-week, everyone!  I had a lovely snow day yesterday…we got about 10” of it, and I stayed inside and stamped most of the day!  I always love playing with the Freshly Made Sketches challenges; they have a long and skinny layout for us this week:

I actually made two cards for the challenge!  On my first attempt, I totally spaced out on the ribbon placement, so I’ll show you the second one first:

I know it’s SAB and all, but I really am missing some of my old favorite stamp sets, so I paired Postage Due with the Adventure Bound DSP for a mix of old and new!  I made a tag from Newsprint DSP and brayered it with ink, then mounted the postage stamp and an image from Traveler in there too!  I punched little banners with the Small Banner punch and lined them up at the bottom.  I tied it all together with some silver baker’s twine.

My sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

For my original card, I chose the monochromatic challenge from Colour Me…! – yippee, it’s orange!  Tangelo Twist, to be exact!

I had a hankering to make some tulips using the wing from the Bird Builder punch, so I punched them from some TT cardstock, sponged all the edges and assembled my card, turning it on its side:

I stamped the stems from Lotus Blossoms in Sahara Sand and added some TT ribbon, tied with Linen thread.  The sentiment was originally going to be at the top, but I smudged the side of my card with some Sahara Sand ink, so that’s how I “fixed” it!!  I also made a custom envelope with some Confetti Celebration DSP!

Here is a closer look at the tulips; I added highlights with the Chalk Marker (love that thing!):

Thanks for visiting today!

Staying inside on these cold winter days can be challenging!  We got out the big Lego blocks for some construction activity:

The goal was to make a building taller than Cassidy!

We did it!  She even added a little man on top!