Paint Chips and a Bookmark

I was inspired to pull out my paint chips by the Ombre challenge at AAA Cards #110 this week.  Once I had them out, I had great fun playing around with them, and ended up with three cards.

I started with a palette of blues, and used a MFT die to cut out the word 'hugs'.  I stacked a few die cuts under this for dimension, and then added the rest of the sentiment from PTI Big Hugs.  I am also entering this card at Less is More #366: Monochrome.

Next, I took another paint chip of various shades of teal, and die cut the word 'birthday' and also some balloons.  I followed the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #262.  I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes. 

For my last paint chip card, I stacked the die cut letters left over from my first card, and then laid them out on the diagonal, surrounded by some flowers.  I laid everything out on a die cut with diagonal stripes from Lil Inkers, so I could be sure everything was spaced evenly.

I am entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Girl Power.

I also have a bookmark to share--it is two sided and incorporates my new PTI Lilies of the Valley stamps as well as a couple of miscellaneous sentiments.  I am entering this bookmark at The Flower Challenge #18: Anything Goes and The Paper Players #383: Spring Has Sprung.

Front

Back

That's it for me today.  Off to Zumba.

Thanks for Visiting

Weekend Recap

I am still loving my new Avery Elle Tweet Tweet stamps, and it seemed the perfect set to use for a few challenges.  Avery Elle #25 has a rainbow challenge, Seize the Birthday is looking for animals as a topping, and Shop Our Stash #205 has a Cute Critter Alert.  I stamped all the birds, colored with Copics, coated all the beaks with Glossy Accents and then popped them up with foam tape.

I made a masculine birthday card using a Poppystamps birthday die for the Poppystamps #9 Oh Boy challenge using the colors from ColourMe #75.  I am also entering this card at Simply Create Too #87 Masculine.  I used a kraft die cut attached to a kraft base, and inlaid happy and birthday with Pure Poppy and Enchanted Evening die cuts.  My decorative stars are Sketched Stars dies from PTI.

My next card is inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #190 and the Butterfly challenge at Addicted to CAS #65.  I used LID stamps and dies and so am also entering at LID June Monthly Meetup.

My last card is for the Serendipity #44 My Guy Challenge and I am also entering it at Addicted to Stamps and More #148 holiday (Father's Day).  I used Serendipity Books stamp, one of my favorite of theirs, and stamped multiple times in a variety of masculine colors.  I then fussy cut and put it all back together, randomly alternating colors and dimension.

Thanks for Visiting

Birthday Recap and Anniversary Cards

Happy Saturday everyone.  I recently had a birthday, and was lucky enough to be inundated with beautiful cards from so many crafty friends.  I decided to post them here so everyone can see them.

First up are cards from my husband and daughters.  Can you believe I got hand made cards from all three of them?  What is the catch, you ask?  Well, a while back, Tracey, Kim, Cathy and I got together and cooked up an idea called the "husband kit"  We traded names and sent each other a selection of our own home made cards that would be suitable for the husbands and children to give to the recipient on their birthday and anniversary.  That way, we would finally get beautiful home made cards for these occasions without having to make our own cards.  And, no more money wasted at Hallmark.  We agreed not to peek at the kit we received, but to give the kit to our husbands at the appropriate time.  We also decided that we would post the cards we received.

My husband kit was made by Tracey.  Here is the card my husband gave me (thanks, Tracey)

Here are the cards I got from each of my daughters, also made by Tracey.

Aren't they just fantastic?  If you are tired of your DH wasting money on store bought cards--money you could be using to buy stamps, I would encourage you to find a few crafty friends and trade husband kits with them.  (No fair trying to trade actual husbands, though).

I also received several lovely cards from my crafty friends.  Here they are in alphabetical order.

Cathy

Darnell

Kara

Kim

Marybeth

Sherrie

Sigh, just looking at them all lined up on my desk makes me happy.

Are you still with me?  Here are a couple of cards I made using the colors of this week's Color Throwdown ctd291.  I was fiddling with my phone the other day, and saw a bunch of circles--can't even remember where, but they inspired me to pull out my Circles Cover Plate Die.

Still had a lot of circles left over, so I made this card, which I am also entering at Simon Says Monday challenge to use five, since I used 5 colors (Night of Navy, Bermuda Bay and PTI Limeade Ice--from the CTD challenge) and two neutral greys--Smokey Slate and Basic Grey.

Here they are together.  I will give one to my DH for our anniversary later this month--just need to decide which one.  What do you think?

Thanks for Visiting

CASology and Simon Says

Hello and happy Thursday.  I have a card today for this week's CASology Challenge #75, where the cue word is KNIT.  I have been knitting ever since I was a little girl and my grandmother taught me how to knit.  So, what is more fun than knitting?  Stamping about knitting. I am also entering this card into the Bling it On Challenge over at Simon Says Wednesday.

I have still not put away my Tipped Tops dies, and I used them to create this card.  I stamped a knitted background with Berry Sorbet on Berry Sorbet paper for my middle layer, and Berry Sorbet on White using Knit Bits for my top layer.  That little heart is also on Berry Sorbet paper, cut out, popped with dimensional adhesive and coated with Glossy Accents.  My bling is the three sequins.

I recently bought several Hero Arts stamps on sale at Joann's, and used the Everything Flower background stamp to replicate a coffee cup I saw recently that had white flowers on a dark blue background.  I inked the stamp up with Versamark, stamped and embossed with clear embossing powder, and then sponged Chipped Saphire Distressed Ink all over.  Super quick and easy, but I think the finished product looks very striking.  I am linking this card up to the Simon Says Monday Challenge to use a stamp.

I added a sentiment from Hero Arts It's Your Day on a banner cut with a Sketched Shapes die.

Thanks for Visiting