Three Cards

 

Hello and happy Sunday.  I think I am starting to get my crafty mojo back.  Such fun.  I'll start with this Father's Day card for my husband who loves to cook.  I fell in love with these little Kitchen Tools dies from Hero Arts, and paired them with a white embossed background from Kitchen Shelf by Hero Arts.

I am entering this card at Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero May: Get Scrappy (the tools and crock are all cut from paper scraps), Addicted to Stamps and More #429: Occasion (Father's Day), Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Add Texture, and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Layer it Up. 

Next up I pulled out some oldies but goodies from PTI for this card.  I used dies from Life is Beautiful and Crackle and Birch background stamps to create my card using a pattern stamp for the What Do I Do With This challenge from PTI.  I am also entering this card at Just Us Girls #633, CAS on Friday #231: Butterflies, Addicted to Stamps and More #429: Occasion (Mother's Day), and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Layer it Up. 

Last up is a card with these cute kitties from Mama Elephant Little Line Agenda.  I fussy cut around the tops of the kitties, and then popped that panel up over a polka dotted panel I created using the lightest shades of BG and R copics.  I am entering this card at Color Hues #41 and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Layer it Up. 

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Father's Day in New York City

 

Hello and yes, I am still around!  This is the first card I have posted for fun in way too long.  Things have been hectic, and my craft room has not seen much action aside from DT commitments.  But, this weekend, I made a card!  

I was inspired by the challenge at AAA Cards #212: Along the edge + Your Country to make this Father's Day card.  Of course, the feature is New York City--my dad, my father in law, and my husband (+ me too) are all originally from New York.  Now that I am thinking about it, I should probably make a few of these, each a little different as a way to jump start my Father's Day crafting.  This card could go to any father or grandfather in my family.  Oh, maybe I'll do some for Mother's Day too.  That is coming up even sooner.

I am also entering this card at Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero: April, which asks us to use ink blending. My stamps and dies are City HeroScape.

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4 Cards for Thursday

Hello and happy Thursday.  I am popping in quickly to share a few cards I've made this week.  I used some stencils I got from The Greetery that create an entire card front's worth of plaid.  It decided to cut it into strips, and used 2 of those strips for my first two cards.

I paired my first plaid strip with some MFT martini glasses, stamped using the same ink as one of the plaid stripes.  I was inspired by Festive Friday #86 (Clean and Simple, Blue, Plaid), Freshly Made Sketches #490 and WWC318: Occasions (birthday).

I used another strip of that plaid for my next card.  I also used the same sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #490 , and am also playing along with this card at The Male Room #151: Dads & Grandads, Stay Crafty with Hero Arts #24: For the Guys, WWC318: Occasions (Father's Day), and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Animal Antics (that sneaky little kitty taking a nap on dad's feet).

My next card uses the Peek-A-Boo Books cover plate die from Hero Arts and the Literary Quotes stamps to create a tone on tone monochrome card inspired by A Blog Named Hero June Challenge.  I was also inspired by the challenge at Festive Friday #86 (Clean and Simple, Blue, Books) and Stay Crafty with Hero Arts #24: For the Guys.

And, one more take on that same design, this one using a rainbow of colors sponged upon the books.  I'll enter this card at Stay Crafty with Hero Arts #24: For the Guys as well as The Rainbow Challenge #30: Radically Rainbow.

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Happy Father's Day

 

Hello and happy Monday.  I realized I am completely out of Father's Day cards, so that is what I have been focusing on lately.  First up is a card inspired by my brand new Mama Elephant Urban City stamp and Addicted to CAS #198 : Ombre.  This card was so quick and easy to make because I started with a piece of ombre card stock from Lil Inkers Dip Dyed Ombre paper.  I am also entering this card at WWC316: Occasions (Father's Day).

I made another Father's Day card with the same stamp, this time adding inlaid die cutting to the mix.  I diecut the word 'DAD' using an old 'DAD' die from Lil Inker, then sponged it with 3 different shades of Hero Arts blue ink.  Before inserting the die cut back into the front panel, I built it up with several additional blue die cuts.  I added the 'happy father's day' sentiment on a small strip of white card stock.

I will be entering this card at Addicted to CAS #198 : Ombre, Addicted to Stamps and More #405: Dies, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Dies, and Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies.

My next two cards were inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #486, and I am squeaking in at the last minute to get them linked up.  I used the Halfsies Diamond die from The Greetery to create that curved shape on the left of the sketch, although my curve is more angular.

I die cut a piece of Lawn Fawn pattern paper that looked quite masculine to me, stamped a sentiment from Waltzingmouse Man of the Hour and then added a few star die cuts from PTI.  Wow, I am seeing that I have used so much old stuff on my cards today, and much of that is from companies that are no longer in business.

This card uses that same Halfsies die, but instead of patterned paper, I stamped Brutus Monroe Library Background in Autumn Rose ink on a piece of white card stock.  I added texture to my background, and my sentiment is the die cut Happy Birthday Script from MFT.  I am also entering this card at AAA Birthday #25, AAA Cards # 190, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Dies, and Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies.

And, last up for today, another Father's Day card, this one inspired by the sketch at Less is More #443.  I am also entering this card at The Sisterhood of Snark #185: A is for Animal and WWC316: Occasions (Birthday).  I think that this bird from Tim Holtz Bird Crazy is such a fun character.

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Cityscapes

I absolutely love cityscapes--in real life and also stamps and dies.  I have a large collection, and am always glad to add to it.  So, when I saw that Simon Says Stamps Monday Challenge was Cityscape, I knew I would be playing around with some of my favorite stamps and dies.  Unfortunately, due to time constraints and the need to sleep and eat, I only managed to eke out 4 cards, barely making a dent in my collection of supplies.

I'll start with my favorite card.  Lately, it seems like cards made with Concord & 9th City Stacks are always my favorite of the bunch, and this week is no exception.  I stamped and die cut the main Cityscape image, and then stamped it several more times on scrap paper.  I cut apart the buildings, colored them all using various shades of BG Copic markers, then layered them up.  I am also entering this card at Where Creativity Meets C9 #26: Layers.

My next card uses Mini Skyline by TCW for a CAS thank you card.  I am also entering this card at CAS on Friday #143: Thank You Card.

My next two cards use Hero Arts Urban Skyline Bold Prints.  First, used vertically for a Father's Day Card that I am entering at Addicted to Stamps and More #313: Holiday (Father's Day).

This stamp also works in horizontal orientation, and I am entering this card at Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes.

Last up is a peek at a favor I made for the members of my book club.  They are small cubes of post-it notes, stamped with a literary quote and a couple of other, random images.  I packaged them in clear cello bags with a ribbon, and put them all in a basket.  I am entering this project at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything But a Card.

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