My Crafty Weekend

 

Hello crafty friends.  Let's start at the beach today, with sunshine and sparkling blue waters.  I used my new PTI Better at the Beach stamps and dies for this first card, and I am playing along with The Great Cover-Up challenge to use pigment inks.  I am also linking this card up at Addicted to Stamps and More #409: Any Occasion (birthday) and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Hello Sunshine.

While I had my stamps out, I stamped another fun summer scene.  This scene reminds me of the park near my house.

I am entering this card at CAS on Sunday #209: Sunshine and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Hello Sunshine.

I went way, way back into my PTI time machine to put together this next card, inspired by the sketch at  What Do I Do With This to make a birthday card, the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #493, AAA Birthday #27: Use an embossing folder (large polka dots), Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Fun and Quirky, and  Addicted to Stamps and More #409: Any Occasion (birthday).

And, last up for today, I am playing along with numerous challenges that have a Christmas in July theme:  Less is More #447, Addicted to CAS #201, Just Add Ink #562: Photo Inspiration (green and red holiday theme), The Male Room #152, ABC Christmas 'O' is for Off to One Side and Shopping Our Stash #449.

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25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020...Day 10...Reverse Confetti

Welcome to the 10th Annual 25 Days of Christmas Tags!

If you are new to the event you can click HERE to see the posts from the last 9 years. There are also links to the Pinterest boards for each of  the past years at the bottom of this post.  There is so much incredible inspiration there.  I am so excited to share that there are 26 sponsors this year, and each of the sponsors and their designers will be joining us as a guest for a day!  

 

Welcome to Day 10!

If you are just arriving for the first time all the details and the linkup can be found HERE!

So excited to share that we have Reverse Confetti as our sponsor today. 

My tags are both made using Reverse Confetti Snowflake stamps and their Tag Me dies.

White heat embossed snowflakes with just a bit of ink blending on the entire tag, plus a few drips of water complete these tags.

And a card, while I still have my supplies out.

Please head over to the main post on Tracey's blog for more information on how you can join in on the 

fun and have a chance to win one of our prizes.

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My Crafty Weekend

 

Hello and happy Sunday.  I am starting out today with a group of cards initially inspired by this card I saw during the MFT release this week.  Of course, I had to buy that fabulous background stamp, but it also inspired me to bring out an older Hero Arts background stamp (Urban Skyline Bold Prints) I have had for a while.  I pulled out an even older Hero Arts stamp (Owl Christmas) and made this card.  

I stamped my background in black, and then heat embossed it also in black, to get a really dark and crisp background.  I stamped and fussy cut my little owls, and then colored their bodies with Copics.  There were parts of the owls that stamped black, but I wanted them to be red, so I stamped the owls again in red, and then just cut and past the red bits on to my colored owls.

I am entering this card at Stay Crafty with Hero #14: Critters and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Humorus/Fun.

My next card uses that  same Urban Skyline background stamp, this time stamped in Hawaiian Shores ink then clear embossed.  I cut the background into thirds, per the challenge at Just Us Girls #553 and added some cute pups from Hero Arts Birthday Paw-ty.  I am entering this card at Stay Crafty with Hero #14: Critters, AAA Birthday #17: Animals & Critters, Seize the Birthday #199 : no topping, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Humorus/Fun and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Use Your Favorite Stamp (I love the cute puppies and great sentiments in this set, and seem to pull it out all the time).

And, now a card with the MFT City Block Background stamp--the one that inspired most of my crafting.  I white heat embossed this background stamp onto kraft, then added my white bit to hold my focal image and sentiment.  I had to do a bit of masking and taping to get my sentiment to be on 2 lines instead of 1, because I didn't have room otherwise.  

My colors are inspired by MFT Color Challenge #149.  I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday #199 : no topping, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Humorus/Fun (love the punny sentiment) and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Use Your Favorite Stamp (this City Block Background is my new favorite stamp).

My next card also uses the City Block Background stamp and is inspired by CAS Colours & Sketches #387.  This time, I water colored the different houses.  Because this background stamp is 6X6, I can use it vertically or horizontally.  I didn't know that when I bought it, but it is such a nice surprise.  I will also enter this card at Seize the Birthday #199 : no topping.

I discovered this fun ice cream cone die in my stash when I was looking for something else.  I bought this die quite a while back---when PTI was still a thing! and I don't think I have ever used it.  It seems perfect for  Seize the Birthday #199: Die Cuts Only, optional stamped sentiment.  I never found the other thing I was looking for, mostly because this shiny object distracted me, and now I can't remember what I was originally looking for.  Please tell me this happens to you too.

I decided to use some papers with really tiny polka dots and made a slim line card, for the sole purpose of being able to have a triple decker ice cream.

Last up today is a CAS holiday card, and I am entering this card at ABC Christmas Challenge: S is for Snow.  I used Snowflakes by Reverse Confetti.

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25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019...Day 11

Welcome to Day 11 of The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019.  If you are arriving for the first time, all the details and the link up can be found HERE.

Our sponsor for Day 11 is Studio Katia.

I was eager to try out the Slider Tag Die, to make some interactive tags.  I paired that die with some fun images from the Holiday Village stamp set.

Here is a closer look at the tag on the left.  

When you pull the tab up, a greeting is revealed.  I also added some images from the Snowflakes stamp set.

And a closer look at the tag on the right.

Pull the tab up and see the message.

These tags feature one of the images from the Snowflakes stamp set.  They are both heat embossed--in silver and in white.

And, last up, a card to add to my holiday stash for this year.

Please head over to Tracey's blog for more information on how you can join in on the fun and get a chance to win a prize.

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