Playing along with Avery Elle Challenge

Hey there! Happy Saturday!!
After finishing all my commitments I had some time to make cards just for fun and I've recently purchased a pair of sets from Avery Elle so I needed to play with my new toys ;)

And because I barely enter challenges these days and I miss them so much, I decided to play along with Avery Elle's AEI<3U September Challenge. Maybe I have not the perfect stamps sets to fit this gorgeous inspiration photo, but I went with the idea of several colors over an aqua background.

Also, I went CAS time, hum, it's super hard, I had to stop my hands when they were about to add twine, sequins, or who knows what more things. ha ha. But it was really fun :)

Thank you so much for visiting my blog! And thanks for the super nice comments on my video, I'm always nervous when making a video but you know how to make someone's day, thaaanks!!

Some good news!! Today starts the Lawn Fawn September Inspiration Week so don't forget to visit their blog and comment there for the big giveaway!! I'll be back tomorrow with the first project of the week, see you!

Supply list:
- Avery Elle stamps: Oh happy day
- American Crafts papers: Amy Tangerine Yes Please!
- Hero Arts cardstock: Shallows
- Versafine ink: Onyx Black

Missing challenges

Hi everyone!
Lately I've been so busy that I never played on a challenge for months... Except from Lawnscaping challenges, of course! ;)

The thing is that I miss them! I follow a bunch of blogs with challenges, I love to see the challenge's theme and what people come up with. And that's a great source of inspiration, I tell you!

So this week I saw this inspiration pic on Jo's blog, at her Fun-Day Friday Challenge:

And I say, I want to play and I have the perfect stamp for that, and I made this happy card :) I hope you like it!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today, I hope you're having a great day :)

Supply list:
- Lawn Fawn stamps: Your future is Bright, Summertime Charm (and coordinating Lawn Cuts)
- Hero Arts stamps: Large Canvas Stripes
- American Crafts papers: My Girl
- Hero Arts inks: Butter Bar, Green Hills, Pale Tomato, Tide Pool, Splash
- Jenni Bowlin inks: Chicken Feed, Lavender Sachet
- PTI embossing plate
- Versafine ink: Onyx Black
- Copics

10 minute Craft Dash - Challenge #14

Hi! This is my second post for today (double post two times in a week?! seriously?? lol!) If you want to see my Lawn Fawn Inspiration Week project featuring Home Sweet Home, just scroll down or click HERE.

Lawn Fawn is sponsoring it so I'm joining the fun of 10 minute Craft Dash!! If you don't know about this challenge, visit the blog and read how it works and its rules. Basically, you must finish your card in less than 10 minutes. I'm a SLOW cardmaker so I was afraid of not finishing my card and I didn't join it... until now! And I did it!! I can't believe it, haha :)

For this time, you have to finish your card in less than 10 minutes and use the color combo in the banners. This is my card, for some reason, the ribbon looks very greyish in the pic, but it's green!! The card is pretty simple but with 10 minutes I couldn't think of anything more complicated lol! And I finished it in 08:33:68 to be exact :P 

It was super fun and I'm going to join this challenge more often in the future. If you, like me, are afraid because of the time, I have a few tips for you and I know I couldn't do it without them!
- Plan and sketch your card before starting
- Collect all your materials and prepare them on your table, all of them ready to use. For example, your clear stamps ready on your acrylic blocks
- Don't clean anything during the process, do it after your card is finished
- Just before starting, think about the steps you're going to follow, so you won't block when the time is running!
- And finally, think about things that could speed up your process. For example, I placed both dies on my Big Shot at the same time, a little thing that saved me a bit of time :)

Here's a screenshot of my chronometer when I finished my card (Yes I'm super proud hahaha)

Supply list:
- Lawn Fawn stamps: Love 'n Breakfast, So Much to Say
- Amy Tangerine 6x6 paper pad: Yes, please!
- Papertrey Ink oval dies
- Stampin'Up ribbon
- Copics
- Memento ink: Tuxedo Black