Shana Gaff
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Seriously

What time is it? It's time for a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More!  Yippeeeee!!! It's CAS week (my personal favorite!) and our Guest Designer is Bonnie. She has an awesome CAS style and has created some fabulous cards for us at ATSM. Make sure you drop by her blog and check out her card for this week!

I have used the challenges at Create with Connie and Mary and retro sketches for my card this week. It has been a while since I have had time to play in their challenges, so I am hoping this is the start of me getting back in my groove. :)
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I apparently was not thinking clearly when I started on my card, because I had to start over FOUR times! When I was masking off to create my background, the tape kept sticking to my cardstock and when I would try to pull of the mask, it would tear my card. Ugh!  Finally I realized it was never going to work so I cut strips of cardstock to mask with and taped them to my work paper instead of my card. Worked like a charm! lol
The stamps I used are from two different My Paper Pumpkin kits. I just love them and need to remember to pull them out more often!  I especially love the big "seriously." We say that all the time around here, so it really makes the card seem more personalized!

Stamp Sets: My Paper Pumpkin, Gorgeous Grunge
Cardstock: Whisper White
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point, Smoky Slate
Tools: Sponges, Bitty Banner Framelits, Distress Tool
Accessories: Dimensionals

17 comments:

  1. Love the grungy BG panels :) great card Shana !

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  2. Great card, Shana! Love the bike and the grungy BG panels!

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  3. SERIOUSLY...this is AMAZING!!! I LOVE the panels you created behind the bike panel...just WONDERFUL! Thanks for playing along this week in the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge!

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  4. SERIOUSLY WINNER, LOVE this breath of fresh springness!

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  5. That grunge background is awesome and great colour choice x

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  6. Love your masking for the background! And it's nice to the the MPP stamps being used, I forget about mine! Thanks for playing Create with Connie & Mary this week!

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  7. What a fabulous idea to create your own background using the masking technique! Looks like paper! Very cool! Thanks for joining us in the color challenge this week at Create with Connie and Mary!

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  8. Hi Shana. You do Grunge very well, love the background you created. Great card. Have a fab day! hugs Monika xxx

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  9. I seriously love your masked background! I love how the grunge stamps give some "ground" to the bicycle image! Awesome card! Thanks for playing the challenge at Create with Connie and Mary!

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  10. Brilliant! I love the colours, the masked off background, the bicycle and that super sentiment. Love it.

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  11. Love the background you created, Shana. Super cute card! Thanks for joining us this week at Create with Connie and Mary.

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  12. Love how you did the background! What a fun way to showcase that cute bike! Thanks for playing the Create with Connie and Mary color challenge this week!

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  13. I hate it when the prepositional tape doesn't remove like it should! Sound like you beat it though and what a pretty card you've created! That's an amazing background! And thanks for the shout out.

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  14. Hehehehe fun sentiment :) Fun card all around!!!

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  15. What an awesome grungy modern card Shana. You combined those stamps so perfectly. I can see myself making the same mistake you did - LOL. Glad you shared it with us so I won't do it now ;O) Hugs D

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  16. This is gorgeous, Shana. I love your background and colour scheme. xx

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