Two Quick Cards

 

Hello and happy Tuesday.  I am popping in quickly to post 2 cards I created today.  One of the challenges is ending, so I will be quick.

So many challenges involve hearts or love, so I made this card using MFT Heart Balloon dies and the colors at MFT Color Challenge #158.  And, yes, I am still putting pandas on practically everything I do!  I am also entering this card at Shopping Our Stash #438: Love is in the Air, Use Your Stuff #415: Hearts, Happy Little Stampers CAS: Love is In the Air, Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Love and/or Hearts, and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes.

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I am joining in on the 9th birthday celebration at Uniko stamps.  Happy Birthday to Uniko!!  I used Uniko Mid Century Modern stamps and the colors at CAS Colours & Sketches #405 to make my birthday card.  My gemstone accents are green, although they are not really showing up as green in this photo.

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My Crafty Weekend

 

Hello and happy Sunday.  It's a big day of card posts for me.  Not only am I posting the 4 creations I made this weekend, but I had a go live early this morning, where I posted 8 cards I made with the card kit Tracey sent me when I was her guest at The 12 Kits of Occasions.

First up for today is this birthday card.  I started by using the PTI balloon stencil to stencil a colorful background of balloons.  Next, I die cut the sentiment out of black cardstock, and then adhered a piece of vellum to the back of the die cut.  I liked that you can see the balloons behind the die cut, but the vellum mutes the colors a bit, allowing the die cut to shine.

I am entering this card at Ink to Paper Birthday Card challenge, AAA Birthday #21: Stenciled Background, and Seize the Birthday #206: Vellum.

Next up are 2 cards that both follow the colors from MFT Color Challenge #158 and the top row of the tic tac toe challenge at The Paper Players #526 (die cut, animal, scene).  I used the MFT Critter Caravan die and sent a zebra and panda off to a birthday party.

Those zebras still wanted to party, so I made an additional card inspired by the sketch at MFT Sketch Challenge #526.  I thought a large stenciled balloon would make a festive stand in for the oval in the sketch.  Flowers are the gift of choice at this birthday party.

Last up is a card for the (dreaded) one layer challenge at AAA Cards #182.  I taped off a vertical strip and blended 3 different colors of Catherine Pooler inks.  Then I stamped a silhouette image and sentiment from Picket Fence Dear Best Friend.  

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3 Cards for Thursday

 

Hello and happy Thursday.  My first card is a pyramid of pandas, kind of like a bunch of gymnasts.  They are forming the tree shape in this week's MFT Sketch Challenge #519, and using the colors from this week's MFT Color Challenge #155.  My pandas are from Panda Pals, and they are holding some balloons from Happy Hippos.   

I am also entering this card at Watercooler Wednesday 301: Occasions and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Favorite Techniques (die cutting, heat embossing, copic coloring and fussy cutting--I have a lot of favorite techniques).

My next card is inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #465 and the challenge at AAA Cards #180: Made in Minutes + Christmas.  This card was so very quick to make, and the key was to grab something that was completed a long time ago, and was just in a pile of things to eventually use.  All I had to do to make this a card was to dry emboss the card front with snowflakes and adhere the tag with foam tape.  I am also entering this card at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Let it Snow and Use Your Stuff #412: Winter/Snow/Christmas.

My last card is a fun birthday shaker card.  I can't remember where I got those rainbow shaker elements are, but they sure are cute.  I used the Cafe All Day dies to create my boba birthday shaker, and paired it with a sentiment from Mama Elephant Boba Tea.  I am entering this card at CAS(E) this Sketch #401,  The Birthday Project at MFT (birthday shaker), and Watercooler Wednesday 301: Occasions.

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