Make a Wish and Celebrate

My good friend Tracey is the inspiration at MUSE #174, so I had to play along.  I fell in love with the cute scene and critters in Tracey's card, so I pulled out some of my cute critters.

Tracey's Inspiration Card

I started with a sponged background of Shabby Shutters on the bottom and Tumbled Glass above.  I colored, fussy cut and popped up my deer, goose and bird.

I have to say that this is one of my favorite cards I have made recently, so thank you Tracey for the inspiration.  I am also linking this card up at Just Us Girls #351: Sponging, Addicted to Stamps and More #202: Make Your Mark, Simon Says Monday Flora and Fauna, and Simon Says Wednesday Create a Scene.

My next card is inspired by this card below, done by Maile to highlight her newest stamp set.

I was inspired by the leaves, colors and design of Maile's card.  I used the same three ink colors--Simply Chartreuse, Aqua Mist and Limeade Ice, leaves from Leave it Be, and a sentiment from Good Times.

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ColourQ #316...One of a Kind Birthday

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

Hello and welcome to a new challenge at ColourQ.   We have a really nice bunch of colors for you this week--I was inspired to make a masculine birthday card.  How will you be inspired?

I used PTI Leave it Be to die cut and stamp a variety of leaves and Plaid Builder to stamp a plaid pattern on a scrap of white card stock.  

I impressed my main panel with a woodgrain impression plate--always a favorite of mine for masculine cards--and popped it up with foam tape.

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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Make it Monday and ColourQ

A super quick post today of two cards.  The first uses the ColourQ colors for cQc #252 and the technique in Make it Monday #174.  I am also linking to Simon Says Wednesday challenge of Anything Goes.

My next card is already mailed out and received, and it is also for Make it Monday #174 and Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes.

I am terribly behind on my blog visits and comments, and promise I'll be by this weekend.

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Online Class Homework, Colour Me and Bonus

I did a little homework this weekend.  First up uses a masking technique taught via picture tutorial on day 4 by our very own Kara.  It was so exciting to see Kara featured as a class instructor, and she showed us some masking tricks.  

I cut a mask out of an MFT die, and temporarily adhered it to the middle of my card front.  I used Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides, Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf and Ripe Avocado inks to stamp a pattern of leaves around the mask--partly on and partly off.  When I removed the mask, I had that beautiful white center, and I stamped a sentiment from Say it With Style using Brilliance Lightning Black ink.  You cannot see in the picture, but the ink has a bit of gold shimmer in it.

My next card uses the video tutorial by Laura Bassen--I used post it notes tape to mask off a frame around the card, stamped the center with the Crackle background stamp, added a sentiment from MFT and then thoughtfully/randomly stamped happy colored polka dots within the frame.

I had an idea to use the Text Block Birthday stamp in this week's Colour Me colors.  I ran a piece of Enchanted Evening and Canyon Clay paper through the Xyron machine and then die cut each with the Text Block die.  Then, I was able to make two cards that are mirror images of each other.

I stamped the kraft card base with Versamark and a Distressed Corduroy stamp from IO.

I impressed the kraft card base with the Woodgrain IP for the next card:

So, now I have two masculine birthday cards ready to go.

Some of the blue bits got lost somehow, as I was pulling the adhesive off the die cut, so I had to cut another blue piece to get the little pieces.  I was able to make a 3rd card with the extra blue die cut--my bonus card.  Rather than cut another piece out of red, thus perpetuating this endless loop, I just adhered the blue die cut to a piece of red, trimmed it down to size, and then adhered it with foam tape to a piece of Simple Stories plaid patterned paper.

That's it for today.  I'm looking forward to seeing what is in store in the classroom tomorrow.

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The End of the Weekend

Well, it is Sunday night--time for my last post of the weekend.  I really don't like it when we lose the hour, but I must say I enjoyed a walk late this afternoon with DH and DD (dear dog) during our extended daylight.

My first card of the day came together rather quickly this morning, because I realized I needed to link it up to The Challenge by noon.  I linked from Flikr, and am now posting properly so I can also link at this week's Color Throwdown ctd282.  I used a few Lil Inkers dies on this card--Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Stars and Fanfare.  My colors are PTI--Limeade Ice, Pure Poppy and Harvest Gold.

My next card is my last entry for this week's Make it Monday #154:  Color and Texture Tips for One Layer Cards.  I used masking, score lines, and generational stamping for my card.  The leaves are from Meadow Greens.  I just love those ferns.

I fell in love with this week's sketch at Retro Sketches rs#105.  I liked it so much, I used it twice--once for a guy using new stuff, and once for a gal using some older favorites.

Here is my masculine version, using Leave it Be and the Burlap Impression plate.  The sentiment is from my all time favorite Paper Smooches set--Sentiment Sampler.

Here is my feminine take on the sketch, using Mums the Word and Background Basics Wrought Iron.  On second thought, I wish I had used a different sentiment--maybe one with a more feminine font.  Oh well.  Those mums are stamped in Summer Sunrise and Raspberry Fizz, and coated with Wink of Stella.

Well, that's it for me.  Based on my last few posts, I am feeling like a bit of a slacker for only posting 4 cards.  Ha Ha.  I start the online card class tomorrow, and am excited about all the new things I'm sure I will learn.  Anyone else in that class?

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Sneaking 2 Cards In

Well, this is crazy--two posts in one day--but I am trying to catch a few challenges that are about to end.  I'll be brief.

First up is a card for this week's Make it Monday #152.  I used the colors of this week's Dynamic Duos DD#91--the closest I had were SU Pear Pizzaz, Calypso Coral, and Strawberry Slush.  I used Fancy Flourishes with Fresh Snow ink, and Leave it Be stamps.  I was surprised how well the technique worked, and the flourishes really show through, especially on the most solid stamp.

This card is to help WPlus9 celebrate their birthday.  The challenge is Week 3 Trend Watch, and I've incorporated several trends in my card--feathers, sequins, and gold.  I used the colors from this week's Color Throwdown ctd280, and the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch CTS #65 and Freshly Made Sketches FMS #124.

I'm still trying to work my way around the blogosphere.  If I haven't been by yet, I'll be there soon.

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