Happy Labor Day

 

Hello and happy Labor Day.  With the hot weather and stay at home orders, today was a good bonus crafting day for me.  I made 2 fun birthday cards with some of my favorite little critters.  I am entering these cards at AAA Birthday #17: Animals or Critters, Seize the Birthday #198: No Topping, Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Favorite Stamp (Mama Elephant Little Agendas---various animals), and SOSS #168: F is for Friends (all my critters play so well together, especially when they are all going to the same birthday party).

My first card uses a critter from each of the ME Little Agenda sets that I have.  It was a fun but also difficult choice to pick which critters could come to this party today.  I also put some balloons and mountains in the background from The Birthday Bash and Scene Builder stamps.

This card uses The Greetery Destination Stencil to create a little town, where the Chickie friends are getting ready for a birthday party.  Trees and taxi are from PTI City Scene.

My 3rd card is not as cute, but I think more sophisticated.  I used some earthy fall colors and the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch #388 to create this Thankful Project for ITP Melissa's Fab Friday Feature.  My colors were inspired by the challenge at Shopping Our Stash #428 (Mustard, Orange, Green).

I used PTI Quilled Elegance, as this stamp seemed to match the sketch perfectly.

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My Crafty Stay-at-Home

Hello and happy Sunday.  Another week of staying home, and I found some time and creativity and made a few cards.

First up is a card that will be popped into the mail tomorrow for a Nurse friend of mine, to cheer her on as she continues her heroic work at the hospital.  I used a free digital download from MFT, and was inspired by the sketch at MFT Sketch Challenge #483 and the colors at MFT Color Challenge #138.

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Next up is a card inspired by the challenge at Ink to Paper Project Reach Out:  Just a Little Thank You.  I pulled out one of my favorite PTI sets, Quilled Elegance for this card.  My colors and design were inspired by the dual challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches #364.

This next card is inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #429, using the colors from Just Add Ink #499.  I am also playing along at Stay Crafty With Hero #3: Home Inspiration.  This card is inspired by the freezer in my garage, which is always well stocked with ice cream.  These pretty colors say spring to me, so I am also linking up at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and Inkspirational Challenge #210: Spring.

 Last up is my very first Holiday card for 2020.  I am entering this card at Addicted to Stamps and More #383: Holiday, Addicted to CAS #181: Texture (see the embossing paste snow behind the deer), and The Paper Players #485: A Day at The Zoo.

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ColourQ #317...Happy Birthday

If you are looking for my CASology post, please click here.

Hello and welcome to a new challenge at ColourQ.   We have a new color scheme for you this week. I was inspired to pull out an older PTI set called Quilled Elegance to make a birthday card. How will you be inspired?

I stamped my image in Memento Tuxedo Black and then colored with Copic markers.  I added some texture using the PTI Picnic Plaid Impression Plate and then popped up my front panel with foam tape.

Please head on over to the ColourQ challenge blog to see more inspiration from the design team.  I hope you will join in the fun and play along this week.

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Congrats and Happy Valentine's Day

Hi there.  Instead of watching the Super Bowl commercials, I am going to quickly post 2 cards I made the other day but did not have time to post.  My first card uses a repeated stamping technique that I learned about on this video by Jennifer McGuire.

I used a small stamp from Wet Paint and an assortment of WPlus9 ink colors.  I originally stamped on a 4 1/4 by 4 1/4 square, but got a smudge, so I cut out my stamped circle.  I am entering this card at Addicted to Stamps Clean and Simple challenge and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge Anything Goes.

My next card is a Valentine.  I was inspired by the coloring Kara did on this card.  I used copic markers in the colors matching this week's ColourQ to color in this stamp from Quilled Elegance.

I am also linking this card at Time Out where the challenge is Valentines Day with the optional twist of hearts, Inkspirational, where the challenge is rose colors, and Curtain Call Kissing Booth challenge.

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PTI 7th Anniversary Building Blocks and Sketch/Recipe Challenges

A quick post with a few cards for PTI's 7th Anniversary Building Blocks Challenge. 

1.  Simply Chartreuse
2.  Raspberry Fizz
3.  Summer Sunrise
4.  True Black
5.  Birthday
6.  Heat Embossing
7.  Rhinestones
8.  Twine
9.  Sketch 1

1.  Hawaiian Shores
2.  Orange Zest
3.  Hibiscus Burst
4.  White
5.  Congratulations
6.  Water Coloring
7.  Glitter
8.  Floss
9.  Sketch 6

1.  Pure Poppy
2.  Berry Sorbet
3.  Spring Moss
4.  White
5.  Anniversary
6.  Inlaid Die Cuts
7.  Adhesive Pearls
8.  Twine
9.  Sketch 3

1.  Harvest Gold
2.  Berry Sorbet
3.  Aqua Mist
4.  Soft Stone
5.  Just Because
6.  Inlaid Die Cuts
7.  Glitter
8.  Twine
9.  Sketch 3

And two more cards for the Sketch/Recipe Challenge--I used the same sketch, recipe and stamp set (Quilled Elegance) for both cards.

That's it for me today.  I've been so far behind on visiting blogs, but I hope to catch up by tomorrow.  Looking forward to seeing what everyone else has been doing these past few days.

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