Time Out #167...Reminder...Kick Up Your Heels

There is still time to play along with the current challenge at Time Out.  We challenge you to make a card inspired by the quote above.  Inspired by Words

"Your love starts a dance party in my heart"

I focused on the 'dance party' in the quote, and used stamps, dies and a stencil from My Monthly Hero kit from February 2019.  Don't they look like they are having fun?

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is , so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge. Topflight is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.

This challenge will run another week.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.

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Dream Big....and More...

Hello friends....I have eeked out some crafty time already this week, and will start with my favorite card of the bunch.  The challenge at Stay Crafty with Hero #8 is Small Joys, and I found some tiny stamps in my newest Hero Arts stamp set to use on my card.  I stamped the trio of books 4 separate times, cut them out and stacked them up, resting the little reading mouse right on top.  I don't know why, but I love this card so much (I may never send it out).  I am also entering this card at AAA Cards #165: Up to One Third + Optional Twist of Repeating Image (my trio of books).

This next card is inspired by the challenge at Lawn Faunatics #77: Oh Baby and Perfectly CAS #9: Animals.  This sweet little baby deer is from Lawn Fawn Into the Woods.

Next up is a card inspired by the challenge at Paper Smooches:  Thank You, Addicted to CAS #184: Flower, and Retro Rubber Challenge #135: tic tac toe (die cut, embossing, flowers).  My stamps are Paper Smooches Blossoming Buds and I think they are 4 years old.

Last up is a card using these beautiful Chrysanthemum stamps from Uniko, and I am inspired to play along with Uniko Challenge #59:  Anything Goes with the optional twist of bright and happy.

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Have a Crafty Mother's Day

Hello and a Happy Mother's Day to all!!  I hope everyone is having a great Mother's Day, and can find a way to connect.  I was able to Zoom my mom, along with my brother, sister and all our kids.

I've got a photo heavy post, as I had a super crafty week...now I know why I am getting nothing done, because I've had so much fun with my cards this week.

Entering at:
Ink to Paper Melissa's Fab Friday:  Happy Mother's Day
Retro Rubber #134:  Spring Flowers (stamps are PTI Brushed Blooms...4 years old (probably))
CAS on Friday #179:  Favorite Flower
Addicted to Stamps and More #388:  Holiday

To create my next 2 cards, I stenciled a panel with Memory Box Modern Flower Power stencil, then cut the panel in half to make 2 cards.  Now, I have a bit of a head start for next year.

Entering at:
Outside the Box #61: May Flowers (Modern Flower Power stencil)
Addicted to CAS #358: Flower

Here is the card I made with the other half of my stenciled panel.

Entered at:
Addicted to CAS #358: Flower
Shopping Our Stash #119: Happy Mother's Day

Next up is a pair of cards I made using my newest Hero Arts stamp called Bookcase Peek a Boo.

Entering at:
The Paper Players #490
Stay Crafty with Hero #7 (this one is for the librarians!!)

Entering at:
Seize the Birthday #190: Monochromatic (I used all the Copic Reds I have in the R3 series)

The next batch of cards happened when I pulled out Drink Glasses Dies and Wine Samplers Stamps from Paper Smooches with the goal of making something for their challenge.  I ended up making 4 cards.

Entering at:
Paper Smooches Anything Goes
AAA Cards #165: Up to One Third and optional repeating image (my martini glass)

Entering at:
Paper Smooches Anything Goes
AAA Cards #165: Up to One Third and optional repeating image (my martini glass)


Special thanks to my daughter, for drawing a straw for this card...

Entering at:
Paper Smooches Anything Goes


I used an image from Perpetual Bliss to pair with the sentiment from Wine Samplers and drew in my own scribbles to indicate the ringing alarm.  Time for wine!

Entering at:
Paper Smooches Anything Goes


It's graduation season, so I have started on some graduation cards.  I just love this sentiment, from PTI Get Lost.

Entering at:
CAS(E) this Sketch #371

Funny thing about this card....I was so excited to see that I had a mini panda with a diploma that would be perfect for a graduation card.  After cutting it out, I thought it seemed strange that the panda would have 2 diplomas...then why did the diplomas have leaves?  Yes, it took me a while to realize that the panda was holding 2 pieces of bamboo.  But, I am still going to use this as a graduation card.

Entered at:
Just Us Girls #535:  Mini

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And, finally, the last card of the day...

Entering at:
Freshly Made Sketches #434

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Just 3 Cards...

Just popping in quickly at the start of the weekend to post 3 quick cards.

First up is a card inspired by the Project Reachout: You are My Favorite Challenge.  I decided to use a sentiment from Think Big Favorites as my favorite element.  I have been meaning to make a cheery card using this sentiment, as it is perfect for today's situation.

I stamped sun rays in the upper left corner from Hello sunshine, a sun from Heart 2 Heart, and added a frame from Infinity Frames and texture from the Stitching Impression Plate.  The clouds are L'il Inker.

I am also entering this card at Retro Rubber #133: Anything Goes.  The stamps on this card are all at least 5 years old. 

Next up is the final card I am entering at AAA Cards #163, as the challenge is almost over.  It was such a great sketch, it inspired quite a few of my cards these past few weeks.  I used a die set from PTI called Kay's Critters Cuddly Cats along with Cat's Meow.

Last up today is a card inspired by the Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge #6: Out of the Box.  I used the Hero Arts Color Layering Stamps and Dies.  I used die cuts to create some white on white texture as well as a border--that is my 'out of the box' use for the ice cream cone die.  I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday #189:  Food and/or Drink.

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