Late Night Cards

Last night was a late one....struggling with insomnia.  Usually I have one night a week for that and it does tend to be Friday nights.  Not sure if it's because after working all week my mind just going a mile a minute and keeps me up.  But whatever the reason, last night I decided to spend some time in my craft room playing. 

Off course all three of these cards go towards the 100 Cards/Projects in 100 Days Challenge over at SCS.  I'm up to 15 different cards in 12 days....one of them I made several cards so really I have made 17 cards in 12 days.  Hopefully I can keep this pace up!  We'll see.

This week the 'ABC' Challenge was a CAS card.  When I saw the challenge, I thought "oh-no!"  Why is it that CAS cards are so difficult?  Although who knows, maybe all my cards could be considered CAS compared to some that I have seen.  There are such beautiful cards out there with so much stuff on them....I can never figure out how to do those either.  Anyway, at first I wasn't even going to attempt it - even thought "maybe this challenge stuff isn't for me after all"...but then I figured I'd give it a shot.  And guess what?  I'm really happy with how it turned out!  Really happy - especially since I even used a stamp set that I have never used.  Confession time - the set is even starting to discolor I've had it so long....LOL!!  So not only was a I very pleased with the card, but it also helped with my goal of using the stamps I have never used!

The next card I made was for a challenge blog I stumbled upon this week:  Shopping Our Stash.  I'm super excited about finding this challenge because it will also go along with my goals for this year - using what I have instead of purchasing something new.  The challenge was to use buttons -but not just any buttons....the oldest buttons we have!  Now I can't say for sure that the buttons on this card are the oldest I have in my stash...but they sure are close!

 The card is also for another challenge I stumbled on this week:  Totally Papercrafts whose challenge this week was to use ribbon.  Now this is right up my ally too!  I have LOTS of ribbon and love to use it!!!

And I guess "3rd Time is the Charm" so to speak because this is also the card I submitted for the Color Combination Challenge over at SCS.

 

 

 

The last card I made was one that I had previously cut out the pieces parts and colored the image, but never completed.  I remembered it when I came across another challenge yesterday:  Craft Us Crazy.  The challenge was to be inspired by an image that had a sewing theme....so out pops Cocoa from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.

 

 

 

So that was my evening in my craft room.  After that I was able to sleep.  Amazing how "Craft Therapy" works.  Have a blessed day!!!