Just 3 Cards...

Just popping in quickly at the start of the weekend to post 3 quick cards.

First up is a card inspired by the Project Reachout: You are My Favorite Challenge.  I decided to use a sentiment from Think Big Favorites as my favorite element.  I have been meaning to make a cheery card using this sentiment, as it is perfect for today's situation.

I stamped sun rays in the upper left corner from Hello sunshine, a sun from Heart 2 Heart, and added a frame from Infinity Frames and texture from the Stitching Impression Plate.  The clouds are L'il Inker.

I am also entering this card at Retro Rubber #133: Anything Goes.  The stamps on this card are all at least 5 years old. 

Next up is the final card I am entering at AAA Cards #163, as the challenge is almost over.  It was such a great sketch, it inspired quite a few of my cards these past few weeks.  I used a die set from PTI called Kay's Critters Cuddly Cats along with Cat's Meow.

Last up today is a card inspired by the Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge #6: Out of the Box.  I used the Hero Arts Color Layering Stamps and Dies.  I used die cuts to create some white on white texture as well as a border--that is my 'out of the box' use for the ice cream cone die.  I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday #189:  Food and/or Drink.

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CASology Week #308...Cloud

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is Cloud.  I've been using Evernote to organize all of my stamps and dies, and have been discovering all sorts of fun stuff in my stash.  This week, I pulled out PTI Heart 2 Heart #6 for my card.

I had totally forgotten about those fun clouds and sweet little sun.  Also, I love this sentiment, which I find to be so very encouraging.

Now it's your turn.  How does CLOUD inspire you?  I hope you play along this week.  Please remember to keep it Clean and Simple.

Good news....you will have 2 weeks to play along with this challenge.  This summer, we are giving you (and ourselves) an extra week to play along with our challenges.


Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from the design team.

Anna

Bharata

Diedre

Jacquie

Janet

Jen

Joyce (that's me)

Karen

Kevin

Melissa

Rachel

Sue

We are sponsored this week by STAMPlorations.

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Hello

I've had this card sitting on my desk and almost forgot to post it.  It's already too late for one of the challenges I had planned--Just us Girls color challenge, but not too late for the others.

I used the spinner card instructions from Make it Monday #273 and a very old stamp and die set from Heart 2 Heart.

Part of the sentiment is stamped inside the card, and you can see it through the window when the card is closed.

I am also linking this card up at CAS on Sunday #100: Hearts, Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes and Addicted to Stamps and More #226: Anything Goes.

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PTI Feb 2016 Blog Hop Plus a Birthday Card

A quick post today to share two cards.  My first card takes inspiration from this pretty photo for this month's Papertrey February 2016 Blog Hop.

I was inspired by the pink flower on the right and the green ferns in the center of the photo.

I stamped a random background of flowers from Cutting Garden in Sweet Blush, and then softened them with a piece of vellum.  I adhered two stamped die cut fern leaves from Meadow Greens and added a sentiment from Wet Paint.

I am also entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes.

Next up is a card using this week's technique from Make it Monday #240: Watercolor Resist.  I was lucky enough to receive a little pot of masking fluid from Nancy as part of the kit I will reveal here in a few days, so I was able to participate in this week's technique.

I used colors suggested by Just us Girls #331: Teal, Aqua and Navy Ziggie markers and then cut my water colored piece with the Heart to Heart Balloon die.  

I am also entering this card at Paper Players #283: Up Up and Away and Addicted to Stamps and More #182: Make Your Mark.

Enjoy the rest of the PTI blog hop.  I am eager to see what everyone else did.

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Card Drives (Part 4)

Happy Sunday.  I have been crafting for a couple of days, and decided I'd better post my cards before the challenges end.  I've got two tags for this week's Tag You're It challenge. I was inspired by Leigh's diagonal patterned paper and her use of die cut words.

I turned my tags into cards, and will be entering them at Addicted to CAS with the code word : TAG.

I used the beautiful color scheme on the left for this week's Colour Me for my next card.

Edited to add that I am linking up to the current challenge at Time Out--Birds of a Feather Flock Together.  (Thanks, Sandie).

The topping this week at Seize the Birthday is Washi Tape, so I broke into my newest washi tape purchase from SU to make this card.

I'm playing along at the Card Concept Thank Fall challenge with my next card.  I took a few Distress inks and created a stamped panel using leaves from Autumn Acorns.  Then, I sliced the panel and created 2 cards.

I used this sketch from RetroSketches to create my next card.

All of these cards also satisfy requirements for various challenges in the Hope You Can Cling To card drive at SCS, and I will be sending them all to MD Anderson Cancer Center.  This last card is also part of the HYCCT drive, but not for any other challenges.

That's it for me today.  I hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend, especially that extra hour that we gained.

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