Crafting Again, Finally

 

Happy Easter for those who celebrate!!

I took a break from crafting because I was finally able to travel!!  I saw my parents for the first time in over a year, and I am so grateful that I was able to see them because we all were vaccinated.  Now I am back, and had some fun in my craft room this weekend.

First up is this birthday card, which I made by blending a background with a variety of blue Distress inks, then adding this squares cover plate from PTI.  I stamped my focal point with Twisted Citron Distress ink and then rolled the edges with Mowed Lawn.

I am entering this card at Ink to Paper: The Great Cover Up: Ink Blended Background, Seize the Birthday #211: Squares, The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #183: Distress, Addicted to CAS #194: Birthday, WWC312: Occasions, and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

It's graduation season, and I have quite a few graduates in my life, so I had to get to work.  Up next are two graduation cards.  For my first card, I used the Lil Inkers Stitches & Stripes Cover Up die to create a striped backdrop for my subway-style focal point by Taylored Expressions.  I stamped an extra graduation cap in the school colors and popped it up with foam tape.  

I am entering this card at Just Us Girls #578: Stripes, WWC312: Occasions, and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

I took a shortcut with this card, as I started with a pre-printed card front--I am trying to use some of the many pre printed card fronts I bought during my PTI days.  This one was perfect for this graduation cards, as the school colors of the recipient are Gold & Green.  I added 2 embossed sentiments--'Congrats' in Pinefeather and 'on your graduation' in gold, using PTI Layered Banner Banter stamps and dies as well as Keep it Simple: Graduation.

I am entering this card at Ink to Paper What Do I Do With This: Embossing, WWC312: Occasions, and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Since it is Easter, I had to have a bunny somewhere, right?  Isn't this bunny cute, with his little birdie friend?  I was inspired by the sketch at MFT Sketch Challenge #535, where I flipped the sketch, and the colors at MFT Color Challenge #163.  I am also entering this card at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Easter/Spring, Shopping Our Stash #442: Peter Cottontail, and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Last up for today is this CAS Thank You card, inspired by the challenge at Ink to Paper Video Series: Gratitude, Less is More #440: Pink, Grey, Gold, both the sketch and the photo at Fusion: Bee Kind (hexagons for the bee honeycomb), and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

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Time Out #74...Reminder...Celebrate

There is still time to play along with our current challenge at Time Out.  Our challenge this time is a theme challenge with an option twist.  

The Theme is:

Winter

and the optional twist is:

White on White

(you can use black and other neutrals for the sentiment)

I die cut several large snowflakes out of white cardstock to make a white on white textured background.  My sentiment is stamped in silver on a white banner.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is  Claire A., so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge.  Unilo 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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My Crafty Week

I had lots of crafty time this week, as my younest daughter finally started school on Tuesday.

First up is a card using this week's Make it Monday #260: From Black and White to Color.  I am also entering this card at Simon Says Monday Stamp It challenge.

Next up is a back to school card for my neice, who is working on her teaching credential.  This card was inspired by the photo at Curtain Call: Candy Apple.  I am also entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday Stamp It challenge.

And another version for the neice who's college has an elephant for their mascot.  This one uses the colors of a peacock and I am entering it at Less is More #292.

Last up is a card using a fun China Town cover plate die.  My design is inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #189.  I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday.

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PTI February 2015 Blog Hop

I've got a quick post for this month's PTI Blog Hop.  I created a panel using lots of water and reinkers in Enchanted Evening, Royal Velvet, Autumn Rose and Tropical Teal.  I covered it with a die cut from my Quatrefoil Cover Plate.  I was kind of going for a direct replica of the inspiration piece.

I am also linking up at Simon Says Monday No Rules.

Happy Hopping

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Pink Flowers

I've got two cards for today, and they both have pink flowers.  Kind of a coincidence, but I guess it does show that I like pink.

My first card was inspired by this card by Susan.  I loved the way she masked off a rectangle and kept all her stamping in that space.  After masking off my rectangle, I stamped some of the images from Friends till the End within the rectangle.  Then, because the challenge at One Layer Simplicity is blending, I used 2 different green Distress inks and 2 different pink Distress inks and blended to color the flowers and leaves.  After stamping my sentiment, I used the Canvas/Linen Impression Plate on the card front.

I am entering this card at One Layer Simplicity You Blend.

My next card was inspired by this card by Marybeth.  I was admiring the flowers she used, and was pleasantly surprised to learn that they were from Frilly Flowers, a set I bought but forgot all about.  I combined Frilly Flowers with Layered Banner Banter, a brand new set, to make this card.

I am entering this card at PTI 8th Anniversary Celebration Challenge #5--to use a set that hasn't seen ink (Layered Banner Banter) or a set that hasn't seen enough ink (Frilly Flowers).  I am also celebrating along with the gals at Less is More, where they are celebrating 4 years with a pink and grey color challenge.  My card uses 2 different shades of pink and 2 shades of grey.

I am also entering both cards at the following challenges:  Addicted to Stamps Anything Goes, Inkspirational Challenge #75 Rose Colors and Simon Says Monday Red or Pink.

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