SCS New Years Eve Challenge

Happy New Year Everyone!! I took the day off yesterday from blog posting and worked on cleaning up my craft space, organizing my upcoming stamping obligations and viewing others blog posts and commenting. I have so many blogs in reader that I follow, and one of my goals for the new year is to comment more. If you have time to "spread the love" by commenting in your travels through blog land or any of the forums, please do so. It is so much appreciated to have someone leave a comment even if it is only a word or two of praise! Ok....on to my cards! The three cards below were completed for the New Years Eve challenge that Lois, Faith and NancyRuth put together on SCS. It was definitely short notice (they did this preparation in one day!) but for those of us that spend New Years Eve at home, it was a lot of fun! I completed three of the five challenges. (Dinner out with my sweetheart was first priority...hehe). This first card was to make a Clean and Simple Thank You card. I am not a CAS kind of gal, but here is what I came up with!

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Supplies: Stamps: Mark's Finest Papers Tattered Angels Nature Graceful Journey Paper: Mark's Finest Papers Snow Storm Smooth White and Lemon Slice Ink: Tempting Turquoise Accessories: MFP Ribbon, Baby Blue Stickles, Label Punch, CB Embossing Folder This next card was for the Glitz and Glam challenge. We were to put some bling on our card. This is not my usual style but the Owl in the Tattered Angels set kept looking at me..... :-) It is a large stamp, so I went with a 5x7 card for this one.

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Supplies: Stamps: Mark's Finest Papers Tattered Angels Nature Graceful Journey Paper: Basic Grey Indian Summer Ink: Brown and Ruby Red Accessories: Spellbinders, Sponge dauber, Rhinestones My last card was for the Bowl Game Name challenge. We were to choose a bowl game name as our inspiration for our card. Did you know there are over twenty bowl games??? I chose the "Hawaii Bowl". I did a similar card to this earlier in the year for a VSN Challenge. I always seem to bring out these colors when I use this stamp set!

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Supplies: Stamps: Mark's Finest Papers Beach Life by Flourishes Paper: Mark's Finest Papers Tan Line, Always Artichoke Ink: Always Artichoke Accessories: Spellbinders, Ribbon Great challenges...Got me out of my comfort zone on two of them! Enjoy!