Sunday Recap

Well, the weekend has just sped by, and I am now posting everything I made.  First up is a card going to someone who is probably reading my blog right now...so I won't say anything more, except that she has some very exciting news to celebrate.

I stamped and masked my flower image three times, adding some leaves in the background.  I used several colors of distress inks to sponge and blend over my flowers and leaves.  I embossed my front panel, adhered a sentiment and then matted that panel on another piece where I sponged the darkest Distress ink just along the edges.

In honor of the May Flowers challenge at Retro Rubber #14, I pulled out one of my very favorite and oldest flower stamps--In Bloom by PTI.  I used the color scheme at Sunday Stamps #101--first time playing at this challenge for me, and am also entering at Designer's Choice Recipe challenge at Inkspirational Challenge #82 (Distress Inks, Flowers, Embossing) and Addicted to Stamps #144: CAS.

Next up is a card for CAS-ual Friday's 4th birthday celebration.  I used a sentiment from Bold Wishes and some of their Fri-dies as well.  I randomly filled in some of the open centers of the die cuts with the negative pieces. 

I am also entering this card at Freshly Made Sketches #186 and Seize the Birthday Use the Negative.

Next up is a card with my brand new Ellen Hutson Mondo Magnolia stamps and dies.  I used the colors at Colour Me #71 for this card.  I die cut the largest flower once from Hibiscus Burst paper and once from vellum.  The vellum is only adhered in the center, kind of softening the pink of the flower, and also adding a bit of dimension as the petals curl up a bit.  My leaves are from PTI Cutting Garden, since this flower set did not have any leaves, and my sentiment is a die cut Thanks on a Line cut out of Basic Grey paper.

I am entering this card at  Paper Players #245 Clean and Simple Girly Thanks and Happy Little Stamper CAS Challenge:  Die Cuts or Punches.

My next card is another sympathy card for my stash.  I used a brand new Hero Arts floral set I had forgotten I ordered until I opened my package from Joann's and there it was.  I love happy surprises like that.

I am entering this card at A Blog Named Hero Clean and Simple challenge and CAS on Sunday #58: Cheer Up, Buttercup.

My last two cards are variations on the same 2 Simon Says Stamp challenges--SSS Monday to use Simon branded product and SSS Wednesday is a color challenge.  I just saw that I missed the Monday deadline.  Oh, well.  I'll just link up at SSS Wednesday.

I used paint chips for the colored bubbles inlaid into the Bubble Parade die.  I really love these colors together, and will link this card up at Simply Create Too #85 where the challenge is to use a favorite color combination.

I colored the negative pieces with Copics in this variation of the card.

Well, that's it for me today.

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All I Did Was CASE

I had lots of new goodies to play with this weekend, plenty of crafting time, but no good ideas.  Not one to let that stop me, I spent the weekend CASing, and I still had a crafty good time.

First up are three cards using this week's technique at Make it Monday #166:  Debossed Stamped Images.  I am also entering them at Addicted to CAS #39:  Texture, and Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes.  I cased myself and made a get well card for a friend going into surgery next week.  I just changed up the color scheme, sentiment, and flipped the panels over.

I practically remade Dawn's card using the colors from ColourQ #243.  I can really tell I am going to love playing with the butterflies in Beautiful Life.  I don't know why my purple is showing up so dark in the photo.

And almost the same card again in this week's Color Throwdown #294.  I'll also enter this one at Less is More #174 to use more than one stamp.  I used stamps from Life is Beautiful and Wet Paint III on this card.

I also played around with Summer Sweetness--the new popsicle set from PTI that I was most looking forward to playing with.  This card is inspired by Laurie's card here.  I used Memento Luxe pigment inks on these stamps, and the coverage is so great.  These are the type of stamps that I often have a hard time getting a good impression with dye inks.  The green popsicle is popped up and coated with a thick layer of glossy accents.

This next card was inspired by Lizzie's card here--I loved her idea to show the popsicles partly eaten and also to stamp the little fruit wedge on top.

Finally, two Father's Day cards.  The first one is inspired by my own card here--thanks to Kim for sending me the Star Cover plate die cuts.

My final card uses the color scheme at Colour Me #22.  I was inspired by this card to order the Linked Dies from CAS-ual Fridays, and used the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #78.

That's it for me for the weekend.  I hope to be able to make something more original in the coming week.

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