My Crafty Weekend

Hello, hello.  This post is going to be heavy on photos and light on the chit chat.  As you will see, I had some BIG FUN in my craft room this week.

First up is a card using some fabulous CASual Fridays stamps gifted to me by Tracey when I went to see her in Canada earlier this month.  They are called Floating, and I don't know how she knew that this stamp set had been on my wish list for so long.  I pulled out my Inktense Water Color pencils for the first time in forever, to color some of the flowers in the challenge color scheme.  I am entering this card at CAS-ual Fridays 198: April Showers bring May Flowers, Calling All Sistahs #12 and Addicted to Stamps and More #289: CAS.

I stamped the Concord &9th floral image while I was at Tracey's and colored it with Copics at home yesterday, and I am entering this next card at Where Creativity Meets C9 #20: Spring.  I am also entering this card at Simon Says Monday: Flower Power.

My next card is inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #334 and the challenge at CAS on Friday #131: Black, White & Pink.

Next up is a pretty literal interpretation of the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #269, using the leaves from PTI Meadow Green.  I am also entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes.

This week's Make it Monday #320 is all about Spot Color Die Cut Words, and I used Folk Art Floral and a Happy die for my card.  I won't say anything about this card other than I did my best to use the technique.

I did not have to look far to find a card I wanted to do over for this week's PTI Transformation Tuesday.  It is the card above.  I wanted to try to play around again with die cut words and colors, and came up with something else that I think works better on my next card.

I think that the die cut word I used for the MIM card was too small, and it was getting lost in the busyness of the image.  I played around with the idea, and ended up using Doodlie Do to stamp an all over background pattern, then inlaid a solid die cut word into the pattern, and used a Copic marker to color all of the non-stamped area.  I am much happier with how this second card looks.

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PTI 6th Anniversary: Design Team Favorites

I played hookey today.  That's right.  In the limited time I had for crafting today, I did not watch any of the videos for my Clean & Simple Card Making class.  Nor did I do any of the fun homework.  What I did was get totally caught up in the first of what I assume will be many contests and activities for PTI's 6th Anniversary celebration.  I could spend all week just casing all of the design team favorites, and I just might do that.  Today, I was able to make three cards.

Christina

My first card is a CASE of this card by Christina.  I loved this card the moment I saw it during the release count down.  I used Background Basics:  Super Stripes and a sentiment from Folk Art Florals for my take on it.

Christina

My next card is also a case of Christina.  My stamping is not as crisp and clean as hers (surprise, surprise), so I raised a few of the squares with foam tape.  Hopefully, that will add interest, and distract your eye from my less than perfect stamping.

Debbie

My last card for today is a case of this card from Debbie.  I changed the colors, because I felt like I had to change something, and not just make an exact replica.  I used Vintage Cream and Kraft, which are the colors of this week's Less is More 2nd birthday challenge--Happy Birthday Less is More!

And, because there are just a couple more hours left of this week's Simon Says Challenge for Anything Goes, I'll be submitting all three cards for that challenge as well.



That's it for me today.  I hope to case more of the fabulous PTI design team tomorrow.  And, do my homework, too.

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