Some Fun Critters

I am just popping in quickly to post 2 cards with some cute critters.  I am entering both of these cards at Stay Crafty with Hero #14:  Critters and A Blog Named Hero: Cute.  

My first card is also inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #387, and also uses the Chalkboard Technique from the Less is More #427 Challenge.  I am also entering at Inspired By: Give a Dog a Bone.

This card uses Hero Arts stamps Birthday Paw-ty and Chalkboard Birthday.

This card pairs a new-to-me Hero Arts stencil that I think is called Nature Patterns with an older Hero Arts stamp set called Woodland Creatures.  One thing I have to say....these critters look so cute and friendly on my card, but we have raccoons sometimes, and they are NOT cute in person--quite fierce.  Also, we have a lot of skunks passing through who seem to love spraying my dog...yuk.  So, if possible, I'd like to keep all future encounters with woodland creatures to paper ones, not IRL.

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Three Cards for Friday

Well, it's the start of a long holiday weekend, and I have a few cards to post already.  First up is a one layer card inspired by a couple of challenges:  Stay Crafty with Hero #11: One Layer, Addicted to CAS #187: One Layer, Seize the Birthday #194: Red, White & Blue, A Blog Named Hero: Combine Old and New (the birthday cakes are new and the sentiment is old), and Retro Rubber #138: Anything Goes (Sentiment stamp probably at least 4 years old).  

I stamped the sentiment first in red, masked it off, and then stamped all those birthday cakes in Navy blue in the background.

Next up is another one layer card inspired by the following challenges:   Stay Crafty with Hero #11: One Layer, Addicted to CAS #187: One Layer, Seize the Birthday #194: no toppings this time, Inspired By...#131 (I was inspired by all the different colors of the festive party decorations) and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Bright and Cheerful.

I stamped and white heat embossed one of the festive birthday frame stamps from the My Monthly Hero birthday kit. After sponging a variety of cheerful colors , I stamped my sentiment in the center.

Last up is a card inspired by the colors at MFT Color Challenge #144, the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #442 (which screamed balloons to me the moment I saw it), Retro Rubber #138: Anything Goes (sentiment stamp probably at least 4 years old), and a new challenge to me, the CAS Mix Up: Stencil Tracing (I used the MFT Balloon Stencil and traced around my sponged balloon images.  I outlined them as I would see them if they were layered together.)

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A Deep Dive into Hero Arts + 2 More Cards

This week I pulled out my MMH kit from April, 2019 and set to work playing around with this kit to make a bunch of cards that I will enter in the Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge #10: Create a Scene.  I was so excited to get this kit last year, but haven't done much with it....until this week.


This card is kind of busy, so I left a sentiment off.  I will stamp something inside when I send it.  I had Venice at night in mind for this scene.

I decided to leave the background white on this next card, another scene from Venice, this one during the day.

Next up are some cards I am also entering at A Blog Named Hero to Combine Old and New.

On this card, a scene in a Venice neighborhood, the new is the Venetian Neighborhood cling and old is the happy birthday sentiment from Chalkboard Birthday.

On this Venice scene, the new(ish)  is the MMH April, 2019 kit and old is the birthday sentiment from Chalkboard Birthday.

On this birthday card, the old is the Paper Layering Neighborhood die and the new is the dog and balloon from Birthday Paw-ty.

OK, the last of my Hero Arts cards for today....this one uses the Venice dies as new and the sentiment from Birthday Messages as old (This birthday messages is one of the very first stamps I ever bought, and I still pull it out to use all the time.)

I am also entering this card at Addicted to Stamps and More #394: Clean and Simple.

Moving on, this card was inspired by the colors and black and white stripes in the inspiration photo at Inspired By...Fresh Morning, the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #377 and Addicted to Stamps and More #394: Clean and Simple.

 Last up is a card to send a friend off onto a road trip adventure.  I made this card using stamped and die cut bits sent to me by my bestie, Kim, so I am entering it at Shopping Our Stash #422: UFO's.  I am also playing along at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Summer Fun (roadtrip adventure) and Addicted to Stamps and More #394: Clean and Simple.

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Happy Birthday and Peace on Earth

I used the colors at this week's Color Throwdown #413 to make a masculine themed birthday card using my new PTI Fancy Foliage dies and a sentiment from Hero Arts Chalkboard Birthday.

I am also entering this card at Just Us Girls #363: Leaves, The Male Room #45: Leaves and or Trees and Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes.

Make it Monday #263 is all about using die cut frames on a card.  I used die cuts from the Embroidered Borders frames, stamped with Fairy Dust ink on my holiday card.  I was so excited to pull out my new  Winter Village stamps and dies to create my little scene.  While I had my Misti set up for all the little stamps in this set, I stamped several extra bits that I hope to use on some more cards before long.

I am entering this card at Addicted to Stamps and More #214: Clean and Simple and Christmas Card Challenges #43 (I am doing the anything goes part).

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Get Well and Birthday Cards

I have a quick post for today with 3 cards for various challenges.

My first card is inspired by this gorgeous card by Laura Bassen, and I am entering it into a new PTI challenge Create Along with Us, which is a way to create something inspired by the release count down projects.

Laura's Card

I used the same design as Laura, substituting Meadow Green stamps for her Vintage Linen flowers. I used a frame made from Shakers and Sprinkles dies and a sentiment from Asian Fusion.  I am also entering this card at Time Out #35: Nature with the option of animals.

I am entering this next card at Just Us Girls #301 where the challenge is Gold.  I stamped the dotty image from Good Times twice in Delicata Gold, and then covered the part where they overlap with a die cut sentiment word, celebrate.  Then, I stamped It's Your Birthday in Memento Luxe ink, so it would sit right on top of the gold stamping.

My last card for today is inspired by this photo at A Blog Named Hero.

I stamped and clear embossed Hero Arts Zig Zag Background and then sponged each section with a different color of the rainbow using Distress Inks.  My sentiment is from Hero Arts Chalkboard Birthday, and I stamped it in black on a scrap piece, cut it out, and popped it up with foam tape.  I am also entering this card at CAS-ual Fridays #141: Embossing.

I am also entering these cards at Simon Says Monday Anything Goes challenge.

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