Four Cards for Saturday

Happy Saturday!  I ordered the new Funky Feather stamps from Waltzingmouse, and I could not wait to ink them up.  I used colors from this week's ColourQ cQc #196 to stamp a pattern inspired by these cards on the WMS blog post.  I've been gradually increasing my stash of SU inks and papers, and was so excited to find that I actually had all of these colors to play with.  The sentiment is from Casual Fridays Bold Wishes.

My next card is for this week's Muse 24 challenge, where we had this amazing card from Laurie Willison to case.  It took me a while to figure out what to do, as I honestly just wanted to replicate her card exactly.  I ended up using the same sketch, color scheme and impression plate, and used circles stamped on text paper as a nod to Laurie's inspiration card.  The stamped circles are from Sketched Shapes, and the sentiment is from Avery Elle.  The card front is embossed with the Woodgrain IP, but it is hard to see in this photo.

I am continuing to work my way through my favorite Hero Arts stamps for the A Blog Named Hero Playing Favorites challenge.   This card uses To/From Petals, one of my favorite flower stamps.  I did lots of masking to make this a one layer card, and I will be entering it into the Hero Arts One Layer Card Challenge.

My last card for today is for this week's Dynamic Duos DD#60 challenge of Bright Yellow and Bright Green. 

And, if you were wondering....my daughter returned home last night from Virginia--safe, sound and exhausted.  As I had hoped, she had a wonderful time, and was way to busy to miss any of us back home. 

I am also linking this post up to Stacey's Birthday Linky Party, as there are lots of birthday cards here for the party.

Supplies Used (PTI):
Feather Birthday
Stamps:  WMS Funky Feathers, Casual Fridays Bold Wishes
Paper:  White
Ink:  Real Red, More Mustard, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Versafine Onyx Black

Hello
Stamps:  AE Modern Leaves, Sketched Shapes
Paper:  Vintage Cream, New Leaf, Bazzil Antique
Ink:  New Leaf, Versafine Onyx Black
Other:  Woodgrain IP

Thank You
Stamps:  Hero Arts To From Petals
Paper:  White
Ink:  Hero Arts Pale Tomato, Memento Cantaloupe, Versafine Onyx Black, Spring Moss
Other:  Rhinestones

Happy Birthday
Stamps:  Simple Sunflower, Bountiful Borders, MFT Mod Borders
Paper:  White
Ink:  Harvest Gold, New Leaf, Soft Stone, Versafine Onyx Black
Other:  Sunflower Dies, Picnic Plaid IP

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Welcome Home

I am back after what seems like forever.  I had a wonderful spring break vacation with my family, eating and walking our way through Rome and Venice.  I hope to have a couple of pictures to post before too long.

It's hard to come back to crafting after a couple of week's absence, and there was a moment or two when I thought I had left my mojo in Italy.  But this morning's ColourQ #132 and this card I saw from my friend Gayatri were just what I needed to get going.  I used my new Waltzingmouse French Country set to make a card that I hope I will be needing one of these days--a Welcome Home card to send to my mom when she finally returns home after months in the hospital.  Nothing in sight just yet, but now I am prepared.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  WM French Country, PTI Wreath for All Seasons
Paper:  PTI White, Simply Chartreuse
Ink:  PTI Simply Chartreuse, Canyon Clay, Pure Poppy, Memento Tuxedo Black
Other:  Sizzix tag die, twine

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