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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My Crafty Round Up

Hello friends.  I've got quite a few cards to share today.  First up is a fun birthday card featuring a group of dogs from Picket Fence.  I am entering this card at Perfectly CAS #9: Animals.

I used the colors at Color Throwdown #594 and the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #436 to make my next card.  I am also entering it into the Ink to Paper Project Reach Out: Dear to My Heart challenge.

I am entering this next card at Addicted to CAS #185: Rainbows.  I used Concord & 9th Brighter Days stamps.

I am playing along at the Coffee Lovers Hop...maybe for the first time, but who can remember anything these days?  I used Mama Elephant Boba Tea stamps for my card.

Tracey sent me some stamped images from Lawn Fawn's Swan Soiree, and I used them to create this baby card for Lawn Fawnatics #77: Oh Baby.

My next card uses a die and some small images from one of my My Monthly Hero kits.  I am entering this card at Stay Crafty with Hero #8: Small Joys, A Blog Named Hero May: Hugs From a Distance, and Addicted to Stamps and More #390 (I was inspired by all the watery images).

I pulled out Paper Smooches Baby Birds the other day, and kept them out for a while, where I made a few cards.  First up is this adorable flamingo that I am entering at Seize the Birthday #191: Totally Tropical, CAS(E) this Sketch #373, and AAA Birthday #13:  Things with Wings.

Two more baby birds are on the way to wish my friend a happy birthday, and I am entering this card at AAA Cards #166: Happy Birthday (it's their 6th birthday, and we want to squalk about it).

Last up for the baby birds is a trio of flat thank you notes.  I always like to have these handy, as they are my kids' favorite size for thank you notes.  I am entering these thank you's at the Paper Smooches Thank You Challenge

And, finally, a card using my newest MFT die, Say Hello that I am entering at the MFT Color Challenge #141.

That's it for me today!!

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Paint Chips and a Bookmark

I was inspired to pull out my paint chips by the Ombre challenge at AAA Cards #110 this week.  Once I had them out, I had great fun playing around with them, and ended up with three cards.

I started with a palette of blues, and used a MFT die to cut out the word 'hugs'.  I stacked a few die cuts under this for dimension, and then added the rest of the sentiment from PTI Big Hugs.  I am also entering this card at Less is More #366: Monochrome.

Next, I took another paint chip of various shades of teal, and die cut the word 'birthday' and also some balloons.  I followed the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #262.  I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes. 

For my last paint chip card, I stacked the die cut letters left over from my first card, and then laid them out on the diagonal, surrounded by some flowers.  I laid everything out on a die cut with diagonal stripes from Lil Inkers, so I could be sure everything was spaced evenly.

I am entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Girl Power.

I also have a bookmark to share--it is two sided and incorporates my new PTI Lilies of the Valley stamps as well as a couple of miscellaneous sentiments.  I am entering this bookmark at The Flower Challenge #18: Anything Goes and The Paper Players #383: Spring Has Sprung.

Front

Back

That's it for me today.  Off to Zumba.

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