I'm Getting Crafty Again

 

Hello friends.  I have been getting pretty inky lately, and have taken a pause to post my cards for a variety of challenges.

First up is this fun city scape card using Hero Arts Tri-Fold Edge City Die.  I cut and created this city and nestled it into a square window because I am playing along with Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero August Challenge.  As it is a birthday card, I am also playing along at AAA Birthday #40 and The Paper Players #603.

Next up is another card with a square window using Hero Arts Looking Glass dies for the same Hero Arts challenge as the card above.  I am also entering this card at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Spritz and Splatter (my evening sky) and ABC Christmas Challenge (R for Reindeer).

How fun is this snowboarding polar bear?  I followed the sketch at MFT Sketch 606 and am also entering this card at Retro Rubber #188 (stamps are at least 3 years old), AAA Birthday #40 and The Paper Players #603.

Last up is another birthday card, initially inspired by the challenge at Poppystamps #95 to have the words take center stage.  This Poppystamps birthday die fits the bill, as it cuts out loads of happy birthday greetings with one pass through the die cut machine.  I decorated my card front with lots of fun Whittle sea creatures.  I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday #244--no stamping,  AAA Birthday #40 and The Paper Players #603.

As all of my cards today rely heavily on die cuts, I am entering the lot of them at Addicted to Stamps #435.

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My Crafty Weekend

 

Hello and happy Sunday.  I feel like it's been ages since I made a big crafty mess and finished the weekend with a long blog post.  Let's get right into it.

First up is this valentine for a friend.  Inside, it says Happy Pal-entine's Day.  I must admit to making a couple of these, as I am so very fond of the adorable mice in this Secret Admirer set from Waffle Flower.  I am entering this card at Just Us Girls #618: Friends, Just add Ink #589: Minimalist, Retro Rubber #175: Love, Love, Love (I have had these stamps for just a couple of years, but I think they are older than that, as I saw them on clearance somewhere recently), and The Paper Players #577: Love and Friendship.

The stamps and dies in my next two cards are from the January 2022 My Monthly Hero kit.  I figure I'd better break out that kit now, as the Feb kit will be on it's way to me before I know it.  I've actually got several weddings coming up, so this card will be for one of them.  All the stamps and dies are from Hero Arts, with the exception of the sentiment, which is a favorite from PTI Propose a Toast.

I am entering this card at Perfectly CAS #23: Flowers, The Flower Challenge #65: Occasions (wedding), WWC334: Occasions (wedding), and Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero: Anything Goes.

Here is another take using the same stamps and dies...I am entering this card at Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge: Inky, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: With Love, and Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero: Anything Goes.

Last up is a card using Hero Arts Looking Glass dies that I bought and meant to use for my holiday crafting, but actually didn't get around to breaking them open until just now.  Well, I am getting a head start on 2022, and I might just send out cards next year.  I am entering this card at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero: Anything Goes, Addicted to Stamps and More #422: Christmas, CAS on Friday #224: Male, Happy Little Stampers Christmas Anything Goes, and CAS Christmas February Challenge: Winter Scene.

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