My Crafty Weekend

Hello friends.  I start off today with a really sweet card using my new MFT Sunny Vibes stamps and the colors at MFT Color Challenge #145.  I am also entering this card at Inkspirational #217: Coloring, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: For a Child, Use Your Stuff #401: Summer Fun, AAA Birthday #13: 3D, and The Paper Players #500: Celebrate, where they are celebrating the 500 challenges milestone.

My next card uses stamps from that same stamp set, and I will be entering all the same challenges above, but switching the MFT color for the MFT Sketch #498.  I really love how the pool water looks, and I used the MFT Perfect Pool Water stencil for that effect.  Yes, my cool cat is sitting in the pool reading her book, enjoying her summer birthday.  Also, did you notice that her eyes are closed.  I think she is just holding her book while she naps!

 Switching over to Hero Arts, I have three cards that I will be entering into at Stay Crafty with Hero #12: Friendship and A Blog Named Hero: Embossing challenges.  This first card was inspired by one of the cards on this video, showing ways to use the Beach Heroscape stamps and dies.  On this first card, I used a texture plate to add subtle texture to the sunny sky.  The buildings come from the Hero Arts Color Layering Village stamps.

I used an embossing folder to add texture to the kraft card stock I used to create my sunny beach on this card.  I am also entering this card at The Male Room #140: Sport.

Last of my trio of  Hero Arts cards is this card, using one of my very oldest Hero Arts stamps, Dictionary Greetings.  I love a stamp that never goes out of style.  For this card, I embossed the entire card front with a burlap texture plate.  The flower is from PTI Lilies of the Field.  I will also enter this card at AAA Cards #170: Maxi White Space with Flowers.

My last card was inspired by the challenge at Seize the Birthday #195: Non-neutral Card Base, the colors at Just Add Ink #514,  CAS on Friday #184: Anything But White, and AAA Birthday #13: 3D.  I used a cover plate by Serendipity Stamps called Floral Cuts, and it die cuts a floral pattern over an entire card front, but many of the flowers do not completely cut.  I lifted up the petals on many of those partially cut flowers.

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2 Cards from the Same Sketch

Hello and happy Monday.  I am squeaking in on the last day with two ideas for this week's CAS(E) This Sketch CTS#24. 

My first idea uses an old fashioned telephone from Hero Arts as well as the Hello definition from Hero Arts Dictionary Greetings.

My second card uses 5 different shades of blue Inktense pencils colored and blended with a water brush.  I masked a square area, and colored inside of the mask.  My balloon is colored with Copics.  I will also be entering this card into this week's Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge to use a color medium, and The Wonder of Watercolor Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

Supplies Used:
Hello
Stamps:  Hero Arts Just Saying Hi, Dictionary Greetings, PTI Heart 2 Heart
Paper:  PTI White
Ink:  SU Basic Grey, Real Red, Versamark
Other:  Clear Embossing Powder, Canvas/Linen Impression Plate

Keep in Touch
Stamps:  PTI Up, Up, and Away, Happy Trails
Paper:  PTI White
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black
Other:  Up, Up, and Away Dies, Lil Inker Cloud Dies, Inktense Pencils, Copic Markers

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My Crafty Weekend

I was in and out of my craft room this weekend, and had lots of time to play.  Now, it is Sunday night, and I have 7 cards to post and a giant mess to clean up.  All the cards I am showing today will be entered in this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge:  Anything Goes.

My first card is for this month's Hero Arts challenge.  I made a 'hello' card.  I am pretty sure I saw something like this done on Susan's Simplicity blog, but can't find the actual card.  I am also entering this card at Simon Says Stamp and Show to use the stamp you love but don't use.  This challenge has really encouraged me to pull out some oldies but goodies--in this case it is the Hero Arts Dictionary Greeting set.

My next card is for this week's Retro Sketch rs#53 and A Blog Named Hero Challenge #21:  Just Make Your Own.  In this case, I used my very oldest Hero Arts cupcake stamp to make my own embellishment.  I stamped the cupcake trio, cut it out, colored/painted it with Inktense pencils, and then coated it with several layers of UTEE.  I am also entering this card into the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge to use the stamp you love but don't use.  I haven't used those cupcakes in forever, and they were some of the very first stamps I ever bought.

The next three cards are the result of me playing around with my new Ikat stamp set.  The first two cards will be entered into this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge CFC92:  Wallpaper.

This next card is my attempt at this week's Tuesday Trigger:  Pattern Play.  After playing around with lots of different stamps in an unsuccessful attempt to replicate the picture exactly, I decided to take another approach.  I was inspired by the color scheme and the pattern of flowers.  I had been wanting to try ghost stamping, ever since seeing this video last week, so I used that technique in my card.  The layout for this card is from this card I saw during the last PTI release.  I used white Ranger Enamel Accents on the flower centers.

I pulled out Watercolor Wonder for my last card of the weekend.  I wish I had more time to play, but this will have to do for today.  I can tell I am going to have a lot of fun with this set.

Well, now I need to clean up my mess.


Supplies Used (PTI):

Just Saying Hi
Stamps:  Hero Arts Dictionary Greetings & Just Saying Hi, Lawn Fawn Belinda's Borders
Paper:  White
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Berry Sorbet
Other:  Twinery Strawberry

Birthday Wishes
Stamps:  Hero Arts Cupcake (I don't have the name of the set any more) & Birthday Messages
Paper:  White, American Crafts
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Blac
Other:  Lil Inker Stitched Rectangles and Stitched Sentiment Flag, Inktense Pencils, UTEE

Hello
Stamps:  Irresistibly Ikat
Paper:  White, New Leaf
Ink:  New Leaf, Hawaiian Sores, Hibiscus Burst
Other:  Hello die, MFT Fishtail Flags

Birthday Wishes
Stamps:  Irresistibly Ikat
Paper:  White, True Black
Ink:  New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores, Versamark
Other:  White Embossing Powder

Hey There
Stamps:  Irresistibly Ikat
Paper:  White
Ink:  Terracotta Tile, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold, Versafine Onyx Black

Sending Birthday Hugs
Stamps:  Beautiful Blooms II, Stylish Sentiments:  Birthday
Paper:  Kraft
Ink:  Colorbox Frost, Royal Velvet, Blueberry Sky, Scarlet Jewel, Spring Moss, Versafine Onyx Black
Other:  Ranger White Enamel Accents

Feel Better Soon
Stamps:  Watercolor Wonder, Think Big Favorites
Paper:  White, Kraft
Ink:  Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Simply Chartreuse, Hawaiian Shores, Hibiscus Burst, Memento Angel Pink

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Four More Cards

I'll jump in and get right to it.  This first card is another card for this week's A Blog Named Hero Challenge #18:  Golden Oldie and Moxie Fab #49:  Make Your Own Background Paper.  I used one of the images from Dictionary Greetings, masked it off a bunch of times and stamped all over the page, to make my background paper.  I got this idea from a HA stamp that looks like this.  I don't have the stamp, but tried to replicate the look.

I used that paper, an image from Just Saying Hi and a sentiment from Everyday Greetings for my card.  All three of those Hero Arts sets are definitely golden oldies in my collection.

Next up:  it's a card--it's a bookmark--it's a bookmark card...The challenge for this week's CAS-ual Fridays CFC86:  Long and Short is to make a card that has one long side and one short side.  I made a card that is 2.5 " by 7".  

Yes, it is very long and skinny.  The stamps are from PTI Tweet Talk, and the colors are Versacolor Opera Pink, PTI Limeade Ice and Orange Zest.  Here is the back, where I stamped a sentiment from Think Big Favorites:

I combined this CAS-ual Fridays challenge with this week's Make it Monday #100 about packaging over sized cards.  This card fits into a plastic bookmark sleeve I had in my stash, and is secured with a belly band of Raspberry Fizz polka dotted paper.

One more card for this week's Make it Monday #100. Sweet Life Roses stamped in Aqua Mist and Ocean Tides on Vintage Cream card stock.  The bottom is Background Basics:  Farm and Barn stamped in Memento London Fog.

I would have used a glassine bag if I had one, but instead made a little pouch out of waxed paper and scor tape, using pinking shears on the edges.

Last up for today is a card for this week's RetroSketches rs#47. I used a color scheme I saw on Debbie's blog here of Spring Moss, Blueberry Sky and Canyon Clay to make a get well card that could work for a guy. 

That's it for me today.  It's a three day weekend for us, and I am looking forward to one more day of sleeping in, minimal driving around, and some more time in my craft room, too.

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