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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Sunday Update

Time to post what I've been working on this weekend.  It ended up being kind of a low key, lazy weekend, which was a nice way to end spring break.  I know my daughters are not ready to go back to school, but I think I am ready to get back to my usual routines.

First up is a card I have had in my head for over a week now--a tall and skinny birthday card for the toppings option of Seize the Birthday.  I am also linking this card up at Less is More where the theme is up up and away.

I don't know why I don't make more cards in this shape.  It is a nice change, and will fit perfectly in a standard A10 envelope.  I die cut and stamped a bunch of balloons in an assortment of bright and happy colors and used a birthday sentiment from SSS Handwritten Borders as the string.  I had the confetti die cut left over from an older project and I pretty much adhered it where it fell when I sprinkled it.

Next up is a fun little tag I made for Tag You're It #19.  My friend Jeanne is the inspiration this week, and so I had to play along.  I was inspired by Jeanne's use of die cuts and patterned papers--vintage classic Jeanne.  I even used the same Basic Grey paper as she did.  My stamps and dies are from PTI Songbirds.

Next up is one more card using the same stencil and sketch for Happy Little Stampers as I used on this card.  I went bright yellow and pink on white for this card and added some texture with the Linen Impression Plate.

Last up are two cards inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #119.  I love this sketch.  I whipped up these two cards so quickly, and I have more ideas but no more time.

This first card is PTI Year of Flowers Gladiolus.  You can't see in the photo, but I sprayed shimmer over all the card, after water coloring the flowers and leaves with Distress inks.  I am also entering this card at AAA Cards #37 It's Springtime, Curtain Call Bouquet Challenge, and Paper Players 241: Clean and Simple Watercolor.

And finally, a more literal interpretation of the sketch--to replenish my stash of sympathy cards.  I cut the SSS All Season's Tree out of Spring Moss and perched a few Memory Box Resting Birds cut from Saharah Sand paper.

That's it for me.  Here comes Monday.

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Spring Break Recap

This has been the busiest week in forever--my girls were off for spring break, and it seemed like someone needed to be driven somewhere all the time.  I did manage to make a few cards here and there, but no time to post until today.

The first card I started out with was a CASE of this gorgeous MUSE #113 card by Michele.  Isn't it stunning, and isn't she just brilliant?  I was inspired by her blue water colored flowers, and made my card using a Stampendous Ranunculus Field stamp.  I water colored the flowers and leaves with Distress Inks.  I really liked that line under Michele's flowers, so added that to my card as well.

I am also entering this card at AAA Cards #37 It's Springtime.

I whipped up this next card this morning, after seeing this tutorial on Betsy Veldman's blog.  She showed several examples of single color stamping, and I thought I'd give it a try.  I am very into WPlus9 inks at the moment, and used Fairy Dust for my wreath and Flamingo for my colored stamping.  The background stamped images are mostly from Rosie Posie, the sentiment is from Gatsby Glamour and the wreath, bow and a few of the tiny filler images are from the Lovely Laurels kit.

I am entering this card at Simon Says Stamp Monday In the Middle, because the raised bow on my focal point is in the middle of the card, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Make Your Own Background and Seize the Birthday without toppings.

My next card combines both the CAS stencil challenge with the sketch challenge over at Happy Little Stampers.  I found this skyline stencil I completely forgot about buying, and used white pigment ink on a black card front.

I am also entering this card at ColourQ #287 Black, Grey and a Spot of Color and Just Add Ink #259: Sequins.

Last of all, a pair of cards using the SU Hey There Buds stamp that I just can't seem to get off my desk.  I started playing around with different WPlus9 inks--Wild Mango and Flamingo, and mixed and matched my flowers.

I will enter this card at Curtain Call Challenge: Bouquet.

The mirror image of the flowers above, and I am entering this card at A Blog Named Hero for their Embossing challenge.

Bonus:  A bit of extra inspiration for this week's CASology challenge word:  SWEET. 

I had Petite Places Sweet Shoppe out and started playing around with ideas for some treat holders I might use for end of year teacher gifts.  I have small take out boxes that I bought at Smart & Final--50 for $5 or so--and I wrapped a band of Washi Tape and made a coordinating tag.

That's it for me this week. 

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