Sunday Crafty Round Up

 

Hello hello.  I love this new Hero Arts Flower Shop stamp, but I had no idea how long it would take to color!  I am pleased with the results, however, and will do it again someday when I have lots of free time.  This card makes me happy, and also feels to me like a spring day.  I am linking this card up at A Blog Named Hero: Floral, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Beautiful Blossoms, and The Paper Players #531: Spring.

Aren't these frogs cute?  I wanted to pull out some frogs to play along with Festive Friday #79: World Frog Day....who knew that was even a thing?  I have frogs, green and insects for this challenge.  It was actually hard to choose which frogs to use for my card, so I may be back another day with some other frogs.  I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday #209: 3 Shades of Green, and Fusion: Green challenge.

Is it birthday time or cocktail time now?  How about both?  I was inspired by the sketch at MFT Sketch Challenge #531, which I rotated, and the colors at MFT Color Challenge #161, and I am also entering this card at Addicted to Stamps and More #400: Die Cuts/Stencil.

I pulled out some PTI favorites, Cutting Garden, for my next card, inspired by the challenge at Ink to Paper to Create a Floral Card.  I used a design that I haven't used for some time, adding a strip of patterned paper to the left edge of my card, and popped up the right panel.  I am also entering this card at AAA Birthday #23: Patterned Paper, Addicted to Stamps and More #400: Die Cuts/Stencil, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Beautiful Blossoms, and The Paper Players #531: Spring.

Last up is a card using PTI Bitty Bouquets, which follows the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #475.  I am also entering this card at Ink to Paper Melissa's Fab Friday challenge to make a Love card, Addicted to Stamps and More #400: Die Cuts/Stencil, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Beautiful Blossoms, The Paper Players #531: Spring, and Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge: Three of a Kind.

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Time Out #103...Reminder...To Read a Book....

There is still time to play along with our current challenge at Time Out.  Our challenge this time is:

When I am not crafting, my other hobby is reading.  I enjoy books as well as audiobooks, and am always in the middle of two different books.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is Ashwini, so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge.  CAS-ual Fridays is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run another week.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.

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Monday Mood Board #19 and Dynamic Duos #69

I am sneaking in at almost the last moment with a card for this week's WPlus9 Monday Mood Board.  I was inspired by the colors and all that beautiful white space.  I also wanted to use my new Fanciful Feathers stamps and dies.  I just love those feathers.  This card came together very quickly and simply--just my kind of card.

I chose to make a bookmark with this week's Dynamic Duos colors.  Way back when, I bought some plastic bookmark sheaths from a friend at the PTI Forum.  I stamped a random pattern of mums and leaves from Mum's the Word in Pacific Point, Pear Pizzazz and Kraft.  I stamped 'This is where I fell asleep' and 'Life is Short Read Fast' on the front and the back, and then masked with a die cut circle.

Supplies Used (PTI):
Monday Mood Card
Stamps:  WPlus9 Fanciful Feathers, Strictly Sentiments
Paper:  White, Kraft
Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa, SU Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantalope, Pear Pizzazz
Dies:  WPlus9 Fanciful Feathers, Woodgrain IP

Bookmark
Stamps:  Mums the Word, All Booked Up
Paper:  White
Ink:  SU Pear Pizzazz, Pacific Point, Versafine Onyx Black, Kraft
Other:  Ribbon, Button, Plastic Bookmark Case

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PTI 6th Anniversary Challenge and Make it Monday #103

Today's contest for Papertrey's 6th Anniversary is to create a tag or wrap based on a photo inspiration.  I did not need to look farther than Dawn's blog today to get my inspiration.

Dawn's Project

I love how she used the chocolate bar and the fun sentiment from Foodie Fun.  I made a tag that can go on a Valentines gift for DH.

I made another tag, this one a bit closer to Dawn's, that would work for a friend's birthday.  This is one of my very favorite sentiments of all.  I am so glad that it is true.

I have two bookmarks for this week's Make it Monday #103:  Die Cut Double Up.  I cut a bookmark out of white card stock.  Then, die cut my daughters' names out of that die cut.  I backed it with very slender rainbow stripes and then another solid bookmark.  We are big readers in this house, and even though we have Kindles and Nooks, we still need book marks.  I think I will make one for me if I have time tomorrow.

That's it for today.  Hopefully, I'll have some more tomorrow.  My oldest headed off for a school trip to Spain this morning, and while I was looking forward to a full day of crafty time without any interruptions, I think I packed my mojo in her suitcase.  Let's hope it returns before she does.


Supplies Used (PTI):
Tags
Stamps:  Foodie Fun, Heart Prints, 2012 Birthday Tags
Paper:  White, Kraft, Dark Chocolate
Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa, SU Real Red, Versamark
Other:  Tag Sale, Heart Print, Limitless Layers dies, Twine

Bookmarks
Stamps:  All Booked Up (sentiment not shown on the back of the bookmark)
Ink:  Soft Stone
Paper:  White, Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, Simply Chartreuse, Blueberry Sky, Winter Wisteria, Royal Velvet, Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Ripe Avocado, Ocean Tides, Hawaiian Shores
Other:  Ribbon, Alphabet Dies

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Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes

I have two bookmarks for this week's Paper Smooches Anything Goes challenge.  My girls love to read, and when I saw this technique for making a magnetic bookmark on Heather Nichols' blog, I knew I wanted to try it with some of the cute animal stamps from Paper Smooches.


Here is the front of the first bookmark.  I used the owl from Spookalicious and some patterned papers from my scrap bin.  I made my own sentiment from Alphadots, and mounted everything on a Mat Stack #3 die from PTI.

Similar idea here, using this adorable puppy from Woofers and Tweeters.

Here is a view of the backs of the bookmarks.  I took a folded piece of card stock and did a partial die cut of Mat Stack 3, then attached it to the front panel.  The sentiment is from PTI All Booked Up.

This is what the bookmark looks like when opened up.  The magnets will hold the bookmark in place around the page.  Check out Heather's post for a better description, if mine is clear as mud.

I am also entering these bookmarks into this week's Simon Says challenge New Something.  My Woofers and Tweeters stamp set is new, and a magnetic bookmark is a new technique for me.


Supplies:
Stamps:  Paper Smooches Alphadots, Woofers and Tweeters, Spookalicious
Paper:  PTI:  White, Limeade Ice, Sweet Blush pattern and card stock, Patterned paper from my stash
Ink:  Ocean Tides, VersaColor Opera Pink, Orange Zest
Other:  Dies: Mat Stack #3, Double Ended Banner, Limitless Layers circle, Glossy Accents, magnets

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WPlus9 Quilt Cuts Card Set

Happy New Year, friends.  I hope you are all recovered from your festivities, and ready to get back to real life and a bit of crafty fun.  We had a very long and late family dinner on New Year's Eve, followed by a lazy New Year's Day.

Over the holidays I made a set of cards for the woman who runs our book club at the temple.  She puts in so much effort in selecting the books and leading the discussions, and I wanted to do something for her.  I used sentiments from a variety of sets, and all the cards were made with the WPlus9 Quilt Cuts 2 die.  I used the Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangles and the PTI Canvas & Linen Impression Plate on the card bases, and the focal point was the quilted die cuts layered on a Spellbinders Lacey Squares die cut.  

Warning--lots of photos in this post!

Here is a peek at the backs of two of the cards.  I used an image from WPlus9 Fairisle Patterns, because it seemed to match the die cut pattern.

I was thinking about packaging ideas when I saw Maile Belle's post yesterday, where she revisited All Booked Up.  How perfect for a librarian, right?  I pretty much copied her card and packaging ideas. 

Card

A few Bookmarks

The card set in its box:

 

The gift all wrapped up:

And, a little something sweet, just for fun:

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