ColourQ #348....Happy Birthday

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It's time for another color challenge at ColourQ.

I think I just might need to get that bathing suit...what do you think?  I went floral with this card, inspired by the floral pattern in the photo.

Please head over to the ColourQ blog to see more inspiration from the Design Team.  I hope you will play along this week.

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CASology Week #189: Doodle

This is my second post today.  If you are looking for my ColourQ post, please click here.

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is
Doodle.  I have seen many doodles stamp sets.  I own several of them.  However, I decided to actually doodle myself on my card.

Yes, that is right.  I used a pen and doodled right on my card.  You can do it too, if you like.

I started by stamping and die cutting several solid images from PTI Bloomers.  Then, I doodled all over those flowers and leaves.  I used a very thin black marker as well as a white gel pen.

I used the same thin black pen to draw a frame around my card.  Because I knew I would not be able to draw a straight line, I purposely drew some lines that were wonky.  Reminds me of the wonky rectangle dies I've been using on practically everything.

Now, it's your turn.  How does DOODLE inspire you?  I hope you play along this week. Please remember to keep it Clean and Simple.

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from the design team.

We are sponsored this week by Stamplorations.

Ardyth

Diedre

Hannelie

Hazel

Jacquie

Jen

Joyce (that's me)

Judy

Kymona

Melissa

Sherrie

Tracey

Guest Designer: Rachel

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Congratulations, Happy Holidays and Hello

Happy Thursday.  One more day till the weekend.  Do you have anything exciting planned?  My husband is taking my youngest daughter to Denver for a lacrosse tournament and my older daughter will be at work.  So, I guess Sherlock and I will be playing in my craft room a lot this weekend.

I was dying to ink up my new Bloomers set, and pulled out a few WPlus9 and Hero Arts inks and stamped an entire front panel.  I impressed it with the Burlap IP, cut it on the diagonal and then used one piece to make this card.  Aren't those little black ziggy zaggy bits fun?  They are from WPlus9 Doodle Buds.

I wanted to make a card that was 100% stamping, to play along with Virginia's View #16: 100% Stamping Challenge and Happy Little Stampers CAS Stamping Challenge.   I am also entering this card at CAS on Sunday #62: Embossing, and Just Us Girls #300 where they are celebrating their 300th challenge with the word 'congratulations'.

The challenge at Poppy Stamps #10 is A Day in the Park.  I really wanted to play along, especially since they picked this card from their last challenge as a winner.  But, what to do because I do not have anything from Poppy Stamps that one would find at a park....or do I?  I had this idea while I was spinning...Think of a park in the winter.  Deep dark green from evergreen trees, white snow falling all around and a couple of birds singing.  Yes, that is my winter wonderland park that I invite you to explore.

I am also linking this card up at Simply Create Too #89: Get ahead for Christmas, and Paper Players #252: The Great Outdoors.

My last card is inspired by both the colors at ColourQ #298 and the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #194.

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