My Crafty Round Up

Hello friends.  I've got quite a few cards to share today.  First up is a fun birthday card featuring a group of dogs from Picket Fence.  I am entering this card at Perfectly CAS #9: Animals.

I used the colors at Color Throwdown #594 and the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #436 to make my next card.  I am also entering it into the Ink to Paper Project Reach Out: Dear to My Heart challenge.

I am entering this next card at Addicted to CAS #185: Rainbows.  I used Concord & 9th Brighter Days stamps.

I am playing along at the Coffee Lovers Hop...maybe for the first time, but who can remember anything these days?  I used Mama Elephant Boba Tea stamps for my card.

Tracey sent me some stamped images from Lawn Fawn's Swan Soiree, and I used them to create this baby card for Lawn Fawnatics #77: Oh Baby.

My next card uses a die and some small images from one of my My Monthly Hero kits.  I am entering this card at Stay Crafty with Hero #8: Small Joys, A Blog Named Hero May: Hugs From a Distance, and Addicted to Stamps and More #390 (I was inspired by all the watery images).

I pulled out Paper Smooches Baby Birds the other day, and kept them out for a while, where I made a few cards.  First up is this adorable flamingo that I am entering at Seize the Birthday #191: Totally Tropical, CAS(E) this Sketch #373, and AAA Birthday #13:  Things with Wings.

Two more baby birds are on the way to wish my friend a happy birthday, and I am entering this card at AAA Cards #166: Happy Birthday (it's their 6th birthday, and we want to squalk about it).

Last up for the baby birds is a trio of flat thank you notes.  I always like to have these handy, as they are my kids' favorite size for thank you notes.  I am entering these thank you's at the Paper Smooches Thank You Challenge

And, finally, a card using my newest MFT die, Say Hello that I am entering at the MFT Color Challenge #141.

That's it for me today!!

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Dream Big....and More...

Hello friends....I have eeked out some crafty time already this week, and will start with my favorite card of the bunch.  The challenge at Stay Crafty with Hero #8 is Small Joys, and I found some tiny stamps in my newest Hero Arts stamp set to use on my card.  I stamped the trio of books 4 separate times, cut them out and stacked them up, resting the little reading mouse right on top.  I don't know why, but I love this card so much (I may never send it out).  I am also entering this card at AAA Cards #165: Up to One Third + Optional Twist of Repeating Image (my trio of books).

This next card is inspired by the challenge at Lawn Faunatics #77: Oh Baby and Perfectly CAS #9: Animals.  This sweet little baby deer is from Lawn Fawn Into the Woods.

Next up is a card inspired by the challenge at Paper Smooches:  Thank You, Addicted to CAS #184: Flower, and Retro Rubber Challenge #135: tic tac toe (die cut, embossing, flowers).  My stamps are Paper Smooches Blossoming Buds and I think they are 4 years old.

Last up is a card using these beautiful Chrysanthemum stamps from Uniko, and I am inspired to play along with Uniko Challenge #59:  Anything Goes with the optional twist of bright and happy.

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CASology Week #366...Zodiac

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is ZODIAK.  This was a tough one for me.  I decided to make a card with a lion inspired by one of the signs of the zodiac....Leo the Lion.

Now it's your turn.  How does ZODIAK inspire you?


As always, remember the following CAS guidelines when creating your design:

1. One main image
2. Lots of open space, uncluttered
3. Limited layers & embellishments
4. Quick & easy to recreate (Note: It may take a while to create a design you like, but once you have that design, making more should be a piece of cake!)

I hope you play along this week.

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from our Guest Designer and the CASology design team.  We are sponsored this week by STAMPlorations. 

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My Crafty Weekend

I had so much fun getting inky this weekend.  It's going to be a long post!

First up is this card using EH Bookworm Lady inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #396.

Another card to add to my birthday card stash:

I am entering this card at Color Throwdown #551:  Pink, Gold, Black and White, Just Us Girls #496 to make the sentiment the focal point, AAA Birthday #3: For the Girls, and Less is More #399: Celebrations.

Another birthday card, this one using the new Ellen Hutson Big City Die---cut three times and layered over a card front where I blended Distress ink using a PTI Sunburst Stencil.

I am linking this card up at Seize the Birthday #169: Sunshine, CAS on Friday #162: Use a Stencil, Addicted to CAS #163: Heat (from the sun), and AAA Cards #144: Maxi White Space.

Still on a roll with birthday cards, this one for the guys...

This card was inspired by the color scheme at Paper Players #450, the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch #330,  and the Clean and Simple challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More #349.

Can you stand one more birthday card?  With a scooter!  I am seeing scooters all over blog land and also in my town.  This cute scooter is Good Times by Ellen Hutson.  I used the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches #329 (flipped it), Inkspirational Challenge #191--I was inspired by the balloons in the photo, and The Library Challenge #339: Five Weeks in a Balloon.

Change of pace....my last card is a baby card, using a sweet die set I won from Poppystamps last month--Whittle Ducks.  I looked for a sentiment that said something about having your ducks all in a row, but when I couldn't find that, I decided to make a baby card.

I am entering this card at Poppystamps #58: Animal Kingdom and Simon Says Monday Challenge: Waves.

Are you exhausted?  I am!

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