Happy Friday

Hello and happy Friday.  I am popping in with a quick post to share some cards I've made this week.  First up is a card I made for the challenge at Poppystamps #69: Clean and Simple using the colors from Color Throwdown #597.  I used the Poppystamps Happy Birthday cover plate, one of my old favorites, and kept the card CAS by only adding pops of color for the 'happy birthday' at the bottom.

My next card is inspired by the challenge at The Flower Challenge #45 to use navy and one other color.  I used navy card stock with white embossing, and my other color is PTI Berry Sorbet.  

I have a tip for stamping a curved sentiment...I put my cardstock in my MISTI, and used a washable marker to draw the shape of the curve on the cover of the MISTI.  Then, I opened the cover and stuck the stamp to the inside cover along the line I wrote.  I tested it out before stamping on my actual card.

I saw an interesting tutorial on this week's Splitcoast Stamper newsletter on how to make a card inspired by quilting.  I have a friend who quilts, and I thought it would be a great birthday card for her.  I used papers from a Simple Stories pad.  I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday #192 without toppings.  It was so easy and I like how it came out.  I may make a few more, using other patterned paper scraps.  The tutorial showed using a leaf die cut for the candle flame.  I didn't have an appropriate leaf die, so I used a leaf stamp that I inked in light yellow and then rolled a little in a darker yellow.

There is a fabulous challenge over at Shopping Stash #422: UnFinished Objects that had me pulling out an almost complete card to finish.  Actually, 2 of them that were very similar.  I will also enter at Cupcake Inspirations #422: Friendship.

Last of all, a very CAS card for Addicted to Stamps and More #393:  Holiday, using some knitting themed stamps I borrowed from Tracey.

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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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