My Crafty Round Up

 

Hello friends.  I am posting my creations from the long weekend on a Tuesday because I ran out of time yesterday.  I guess the long weekend was not long enough.

First up is a card for Ink to Paper: What Do I Do With This:  Stencil Blended Background Challenge.  I used the Papertrey Balloon Stencil to blend a rainbow of balloons on to my card front.  It doesn't show in the photo, but I covered all the balloons with a generous layer of Wink of Stella.  I used a die cut and fussy cut sentiment strip to add my sentiment to the background.  I am also entering this card at Inkspirational #240: Hot Air Balloon (rainbow balloon inspiration), and The Rainbow Card Challenge #30: Radically Rainbow.

Next up is another card inspired by an Ink to Paper challenge--this one is the Great Cover Up Challenge to just use white cardstock.  I took a piece of white card stock and completely covered it with Distress Oxide inks--Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness and Shabby Shutters.  I blended until I had a really nice green ombre look, and then I die cut that panel with the In The Woods Cover plate.  I glued that onto a white card base, and stamped a birthday sentiment from Pen and Ink.  I am also entering this card at Addicted to CAS #198: Ombre.

My next card was inspired by the color challenge at Inky Paws #149 and Less is More #444: Favorite Technique (Copic Coloring).  I am such a fan of the Newton's Nook Holding Happiness stamps, and pull them out quite often.  I love how versatile they are.  I have had these stamps for at least 2 years, so am entering this card at Retro Rubber #159: Anything Goes, and Addicted to Stamps and More #406: Make Your Mark.

Last up is a pair of Father's Day cards that I will be entering at Stay Crafty with Hero Arts #23: Fun in the Sun and Cupcake Inspirations #520: Father's Day or Masculine.  I used the My Monthly Hero kit from December 2020 for these cards.  I am also entering this first card at The Male Room #150: Water/Beach.

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My Crafty Weekend

 

Hello and happy Sunday.  My first card today uses this adorable pair of penguins from Altenew.  I was inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #399, the colors at Color Throwdown #620 and the Penguin challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #173: P is for Penguin (no snark here...just love).

My next card is inspired by the challenge at Ink to Paper to make a Winter Wonderland card.  I am also linking up at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Happy Holidays, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Christmas, and WWC298: Anything Goes Masculine.

My next card features a gold embossed sentiment, and I am entering it at Seize the Birthday #204: Sparkle & Shine.

I call this next card:  Chocolate Moose.  I was inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #462 and the challenge at Color Hues #6: Pink & Brown.  I used this adorable little moose from my new Hero Arts Furry Winter Animals stamp and did some background stamping with a bitten chocolate bar stamp I've had for ages.

Here is a closer look at the background stamping.

I made my final two cards for the challenge at A Blog Named Hero: Glitter & Sparkle and Stay Crafty with Hero #17: Thank You.  I used the Hero Arts Nature Stencil and Nuvo Glimmer Embossing Paste to create the background.  It's a bit hard to see, but in person it is an incredibly glittery forest.

Here is a close up of some of the glittery trees.

I wondered what it would look like in black, so I made another card.  Using the same Glimmer paste on black cardstock had the trees and forest looking green or gold, depending on which way I tilted the card.

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Some Cards I Made This Week

I had a fun and crafty week....I must admit to feeling more hopeful these days.  First up is a card inspired by this card by my friend Lindsey.  The idea came to me in the middle of the night as something I could do for the MFT Birthday Project Challenge: Balloons.  The next morning, I woke up and made my card.

I created a mask out of scrap computer paper and the MFT Skyline die, and used the MFT Big Balloon stencil with distress oxide ink blending.  After I sponged everything above the skyline, I removed the skyline mask and did a really faint bit of inking at the bottom of the balloon, just to make sure that the shape was recognizable as a balloon.  I am also entering this card at WWC297 and Seize the Birthday #203 with no topping.

Next up is this card I made with one of my recent Mama Elephant purchases, Oh Penguin Tree.  I just love how cute these penguins are, and when I saw the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #398, I knew it would be the perfect stamp set to use.  I used colors from this week's Color Throwdown #619 and am also entering this card at The Daily Marker 11 Day Coloring Challenge.

I made this thank you card using rustic cream cardstock, a large Thank you die from Poppystamps and a bunch of woodland critters cut from fall colors of cardstock and various Whittle critters.  I am entering this card at the Poppystamps Challenge #74: Colors of Autumn, Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Thanks, The Card Concept #143 (my style is clean and layered and I was inspired by the thank theme as well as the fall colors in the inspiration photo), and Fusion: Thankful.

I used the dies from the MFT Fox & Friends kit to create this card, which uses the sketch  from the MFT Sketch Challenge #515.  I die cut everything out of white cardstock and used ink blending to color all the pieces.

Last up is a trio of cards I made inspired by a sentiment I found in an older PTI stamp set (Garden Grace)--and it seemed to capture the hopeful mood I have been in the last few days.  

I am entering both of these cards at The Flower Challenge #50: Use a Sentiment.

And, my final card with that sentiment I loved so much.  This one uses a die cut from In the Woods, and I masked off the edges and blended various shades of green distress inks.

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