Hello there!  Have you seen the cue card over at CAS-ology?  Things are getting HOT over there... and I've got a card to add some flames to the fire. *wink*

I purchased some embossing folders awhile ago... and one of them was this flame background.  NBUS, anyone?  So, I was very excited to bust this out when I saw the word 'HOT'.

I embossed some white cardstock and die cut a heart out.  Then, I sponged some yellow, orange, and red ink over the flames.  So much fun!  After searching through some sentiments, I decided to create my own.  Once again, I found myself making foam letters... with more sponging of ink, some letter die cuts, and adhesive foam board.  Then a couple sentiment strips and more foam adhesive were added to complete my card.

I'm just thrilled to have had this inspiration.  Now, I have this card ready to give my hubs for Valentine's Day.  Yay!  Are you feeling the heat?  There's a little more time to link up over at CAS-ology.

xo, janelle

Hooray!

Hello there!  I'm so happy to be here posting a new card for Make it Monday.

This week, Laurie shows us how to make our own foam stickers.  Cool, huh?

Plus, the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge is 'It's a Guy Thing'.  Which

is great because I have another masculine birthday card.  With more to come, too!

 

I certainly had a 'why didn't I think of this?' moment, and couldn't wait to give

homemade foam stickers a try.  I decided to use some fun foam that I had in

my stash.  Let me tell you, this stuff cuts amazingly with the die cuts!  Again,

'why didn't I think of this?'.  Simply brilliant!

So, with some fun foam and a PTI number die, I cut out this big cool '3' to be

the star of this card.  Then I found this stripey pocket card from a Studio Calico

project life kit.  With this, I die cut three candles with another PTI die.  The

sentiments were stamped from a set I received in a Studio Calico kit.  This set

actually falls in the NBUS category...  Love that I'm using my NBUS more now

than ever!  Thanks again, Darnell!!  Finally, I decided that the space of the die 

cut candles really needed to be stamped with the coordinating set, Make A Wish,

for visual happiness.  I'm sure the little guy who is going to be receiving this 

card would totally agree.  *wink*  So, I stamped those candles, popped up the 

stripey layer, and adhered the '3'.

Voilà!  Another masculine card for a special little guy.  Too much fun!
It's getting a little late to join in over at Make it Monday... But, I really
recommend giving a try at making homemade foam stickers.  I know
I'll be making more of my own in the future.  Until then, thanks for
stopping by.  And I hope you visit again soon!

xo, janelle 

Hey Hey!

Hey there!  Thanks for stopping by.  I've got a card to share today.  I made this 

one for my brother-in-law's birthday.  It was on Sunday and he already got this

in the mail.  So, no spoiler alert here.  ~ Hope you had a great day, Kelly!

So, have you heard all about 'NBUS'?  You probably have... But, just in case, 

NBUS stands for Never Before Used Schtuff.  Yep!  The brilliant Darnell over

at djkardkreations invented this little beauty of an acronym.  Then she created 

a challenge for us all to join in on the fun of using our NBUS with her... Yeah!

I found my inspiration from this card.  It is in the Signatures Sketches from

January's Inspiration Archive at Nichole Heady's blog, Capture the Moment.

I also used the color combo from the Color Play.  Beautiful colors, huh?

And since I hadn't busted out my Ombre Builders stamp set yet...  Well, it

just seemed like a perfect way to use some of my NBUS.  Too much fun!

 

The sentiment is from a set that I got in a Studio Calico kit.  Each line is a

different stamp.  So, it was really easy to create each strip.  Then I popped

them up with some foam adhesive.  That gave the card just the right amount

of extra touch that I felt it needed.  Masculine cards... keep 'em CAS, right?

I hope you get a chance to create with your NBUS and join the fun.

Bonus: CAS-ology has joined in on the NBUS craze and their current

challenge's cue card is NBUS.  Thank you, Darnell.  You inspire so many!

xo,

janelle