My Crafty Week....with some very special visitors

Happy Sunday.  Get ready for lots of photos.  I was lucky enough to host some crafty friends this week.  On Tuesday, Kim, Jacquie and I got inky together.  We had such fun, and were very productive.

Kim and I took a break from crafting to take Sherlock for a walk on the beach.

OK, on to the cards.  Here is my favorite of the bunch.  I stamped the city skyline image from Concord & 9th and then sponged a rainbow over the buildings.  This card took 8 minutes and 8 seconds, and the reason I timed myself was for the Inkspiration Challenge #166: Make a card in 10 minutes or less.  I am also entering this card at Just Add Ink #420, where the inspiration photo was a rainbow flower.

Kim and I started our first crafting session by watching this week's video PTI Make it Monday #331: Creating Mixed Background Texture.   I finally broke out PTI Stitching Garden for this card.  I am also entering this card at CAS On Friday #138: Tag It.

I was inspired to transform this card I made a couple of weeks ago, adding some more ice cream cones and using my newest PTI ice cream set, Sweet Treats.  I am entering this card at PTI Transformation Tuesday Challenge.

Original Card

Transformed Card

I inked up another new PTI set for the pets challenge at Less is More #377.  I followed the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #348.  I don't have a cat anymore, but this kitty sleeping in the window reminds me of the cat I had before I got married.

I used a different image from that same stamp set for my next card, which I am entering at AAA Cards #121: Friendship.

Up next is a card I started at Tracey's house, using some cute jungle animal stamps.  I am entering this card at Simon Says Stamp Challenge Monday: Wild Things and Addicted to CAS #142: Masculine.

Another card started at Tracey's, this one for Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Make your Own Background and Seize the Birthday: Water.  I created the background by sponging Distress Oxide inks and then sprinkling water.

The Male Room #91 is celebrating their 5th birthday, and I have this card made with Concord & 9th Birthday Stacks stamps.

Last but not least is this card, made with CAS-ual Fridays Amber Waves and Lovely Greetings.  I am entering this card at Calling All Sistahs #15 where I used their suggested color scheme of red, white, blue and gray, and also at CAS-ual Fridays #105: Stamp a Pattern.

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Time Out #76...Reminder...Thinking About You and Smiling

There is still time to play along with our current challenge at Time Out.  Our challenge this time is an inspired by words challenge, and we have the following quote to inspire you:

'Friends are connected heart to heart, distance and time can't break them apart'

I used a sentiment stamp from our sponsor, CAS-ual Fridays called Lovely Greetings to make a card to send to a friend. This time, I played on the heart in the quote, die cutting, building up and inlaying a heart.

You can see how the heart is raised up with a few layers of red.

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


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

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