My Crafty WEEK!

 

Hello and happy Sunday.  I've been stress-crafting all week, and now I am finally stopping to post everything.  I'm going to keep the writing to a minimum, as this is already going to be a long photo-heavy post.

First up is this fun snowy scene--a snowball fight in the early evening.  I am entering this card at Inkspirational #225: Night, Shopping Our Stash #432: Hot Drinks, Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Thinking of You.

One more card with some 'drinking buddies', this time using Skating Party by Hello Bluebird.  I am entering this card at Just Add Ink #530: Stamps-Ink-Paper (my images were stamped, fussy cut and colored).  I am also entering at Shopping Our Stash #432: Hot Drinks, Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Thinking of You.

Next up is a holiday card inspired by the sketch at MFT Sketch #514 and the Christmas challenge at CAS Friday #192.

The next 2 cards use a flipped and rotated take on the sketch at AAA Cards #178.  I am also entering at Retro Rubber #147: Anything Goes using a stamp set I have had for several years, Tim Holtz Wine Blueprint.

Next up is a series of birthday cards--and I am entering the lot of them at Seize the Birthday #203: Anything Goes and AAA Birthday #19: For a Child.  I am also entering this first card at Just Add Ink #530: Stamps-Ink-Paper (my images were stamped, fussy cut and colored).  

All of the following cards are from my crafty Panda-Fest earlier in the week.  They all use various panda themed stamp sets, and will be sent to my panda-loving mom to give to her panda-loving friends.  I am  entering them all at Retro Rubber #147: Anything Goes--and I have had all these stamps for 2 or 3 years.

I am entering my final two cards at the Stamplorations November Stencil Challenge.  I used the Stamplorations slimline Bamboo Stencil to create a backdrop for my anniversary pandas.

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World Card Making Day

 

Hello and happy day after World Card Making Day.  I think this may be the first time in a while that I actually got to make some cards on the actual date of this very important holiday.  Although, around here with me, every day is kind of like my own personal World Card Making Day.

My first card is inspired by the challenge at Less is More #429: One Layer Cheers, and I was reminded about this fabulous Tim Holtz Wine Blueprint set by Guest Designer Amy's card here.  The stamps are pretty detailed, so I did not need to do much with this card, other than stamp a sentiment from PTI Uncorked and do a bit of coloring.  I am also entering this card at AAA Cards #175: One Layer.  I skipped the optional twist of coffee, because.... WINE!!

Next up is a card inspired by Color Hues #3: Gold and Cream.  My original idea was totally different, but when I was looking for something else, I came across this deer cut from gold shimmer paper, and decided it would be perfect for this challenge.  I had my deer leap over a cityscape by Ellen Hutson, and added a sentiment from PTI that I embossed in gold.  I am also entering this card at Inkspiration #223: Angle It because of the trajectory of the deer's angled leap.

The white die cut on this next card was what I was looking for when I found the gold leaping deer.  I had an idea to pair 'think' and 'pink' to participate in this months Poppy Challenge: Think Pink.  I sponged Distress Oxide in Picked Raspberry and Spun Sugar (my pink) and paired it with this sentiment (my think).  Featured on this card is the Poppystamps Country Houses die.

This next card is the simplest card of the day, but probably took the longest to make, as I had to start and restart, and change my mind, etc.  Sometimes the simplest cards are like that.  But, finally I found a version that I liked and made one without any mistakes.  My inspiration for this card was the challenge at ITP Melissa's Fab Friday to create a Joy project.  I pulled out PTI Winter Fox, intending to use that cute fox, and then went in a totally different direction, and just used some of the sentiment stamps.

Last up for today is this holiday card, inspired by the bird holiday card at Ink to Paper.  I took my inspiration from:  the bird, the cover die, the ink blending, the colors and the holiday scene.  I used ITP Feathered Friends Mini die, the PTI Winter Floral cover plate and a sentiment from PTI Snowflake Flurries.  I am also entering this card at CAS Christmas October Challenge: Christmas Bird.

I am also entering all of these cards at Simon Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes and WWC291: Anything Goes.

That's it for me today.  Stay safe and keep crafting.

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