Kindness is Always Fashionable

 

Hello.  I am popping in quickly to share a card I made inspired by the challenge at Ink to Paper, The Great Cover-UP to combine old and new products.  I combined this gorgeous dress from Ink to Paper She Blooms with one of my favorite sentiments from Papertrey Ink Fashion Sense.  I think these two sets were made to be used together.

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Thursday Post

 

Hello and happy Thursday.  I bought some of the new Lawn Fawn bubble mice, and have been having such fun playing with these cute stamps and dies.  I am entering these cards at  Just Us Girls #574: Animals, Addicted to CAS #192: Animal, Lawn Fawnatics #96: Happy Birthday, and Addicted to Stamps and More #400: Die Cuts.

I am playing along at the new challenge at Ink to Paper, The Great Cover-Up, to make a water color card.  I used various shades of blue and yellow water color pencils, inspired by the color combo at Color Hues #13.  I am also entering this card at WWC311: Feminine.

Last up is one more card for the International Women's Day Blog Hop, and I am also entering this card at WWC311: Feminine.

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My Crafty Roundup

This is a photo heavy post, so I'm going to get right into it.  I'll start with what I think may be my favorite card of the week.  This card took a while to construct, but I am happy with the way it came out.  I based it on something I saw somewhere, but cannot find again.  I white embossed the skyline from Concord & 9th City Stacks on various shades of grey paper and layered them up over a sky that I made with Distress Oxide ink and water.

I am entering this card at Where Creativity Meets C9 #24: Anything Goes.

Next up is a birthday card with an adorable elephant die that spouts 'real' water from Poppystamps.  I am entering this card at Poppystamps Challenge #47: Make a Splash, Freshly Made Sketches #349, CAS Colours & Sketches #284, and Seize the Birthday: Water.

My next card is inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #284.  I used the cute bunny and stars from CAS-ual Fridays Somebunny.

The inspiration photo from Inkspirational #167 had me drooling at the thought of ice cream.  Instead of eating ice cream, I finished this card, that I had started using some Hero Arts stamps I borrowed from Kim.

I used some stamps from Altenew Sketchy Cities America to make a few quick thank you card sets.  These are great to have around, and give just the right amount of space for my kids to write their "thank you's".

Featuring Boston....these are embossed in red...entering at Addicted to CAS #142: Masculine.

Featuring New York....these are embossed in silver...entering at Addicted to Stamps and More #304: CAS.

Next up is a card celebrating friendship, and I am entering it at AAA Cards #121: Friendship. 

Still with me?  This card uses the 'Fast Watercolors' technique taught by Jennifer McGuire and is the challenge at Just Us Girls #453.  I am also entering it at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Distress it and Where Creativity Meets C9 #24: Anything Goes.

I used Lily by Concord & 9th and Abandoned Coral and Twisted Citron Distress Inks.

I am ending with a card made with the same stamps as my first card--Concord & 9th City Stacks.  I am definitely most obsessed with this stamp set these days.  A quicker and simpler card than my first card--black embossing and coloring with pencils.  I am entering this card at The Male Room #91: Birthday and Where Creativity Meets C9 #24: Anything Goes.

That's it for me today.  

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CASology Week #304...Pearl

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is
PEARL.

I decided to use pearls as an embellishment on my card, and decorated the hem of the dress with pearls.

Now it's your turn.  How does PEARL 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.

Anna

Bharata

Diedre

Jacquie

Janet

Jen

Joyce (that's me)

Karen

Kevin

Kymona

Melissa

Rachel

Sue

Our Guest Designer is Lynda.

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Inkspirational Guest Designer...Glamour

Today I am here as a Guest Designer for Inspirational Challenges.  This card of mine was picked as the winner of their cakes challenge. 

The challenge word is:  Glamour

As soon as I learned the challenge word, I knew exactly what stamp set I would use--Fashion Sense from PTI.  I went with a very simple and glamourous dress design.

I love this sentiment--so encouraging, especially for girls.

I hope you will play along with Inspirational Challenges this week.

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ColourQ #336....Fashion Sense

If you are looking for my CASology post, please click here.

Happy Tuesday and welcome to a new challenge at ColourQ.

We have a new set of colors for you this week.  Aren't those boots just adorable?  I guess I was thinking of wearable flowers, because I used those colors to decorate a pretty dress.

I remember placing a $100 order at PTI last summer, in order to get this "free" set.  I had to have it. Would you believe this is the first time I have inked it up?  I think I would like a dress like this one.

I am also entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Please head on over to the ColourQ challenge blog to see more inspiration from the design team. I hope you will join in the fun and play along this week.

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