My Crafty Week

I am popping in to post a few cards I have been working on this week, as 2 of the challenges are about to end.

This first card is inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #243.  I used my newest flower stamp by PTI--Forget Me Not.  I am also entering this at Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes. 

My next card uses the technique in Make it Monday #254 Stenciling with Texture paste.  I followed the sketch at Paper Players #301 and am also entering it at Less is More where the challenge is to use a stencil.

My next card is inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #179.

And, finally, I am celebrating the 4th birthday of Addicted to Stamps and More.  I was inspired by the challenge photo.  I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday, without toppings this week.

This card was pretty fun to make--I started by stamping the sentiment using Lawn Fawn's Quinn's Alphabet stamps.  Then I doodled and colored with Copics, adding a couple of balloons and gifts from a Clearly Besotted birthday set.  I outlined everything in a grey Copic to make the images look a little 3D.

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ColourQ #330....Just for You

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

Happy Tuesday and welcome to a new challenge at ColourQ.

We have a fun color scheme for you this week--so bright and happy, and it makes me think of spring. I must admit that looking out my window today also makes me think of spring, as we have been having unseasonably warm weather in San Diego.

Anyhow, on to my card...I used PTI Lovely Laurels to create a sweet and simple focal point for my CAS card.  I'll admit that most of this card is white, but there are spots of all four challenge colors as well.

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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Spring Break Recap

This has been the busiest week in forever--my girls were off for spring break, and it seemed like someone needed to be driven somewhere all the time.  I did manage to make a few cards here and there, but no time to post until today.

The first card I started out with was a CASE of this gorgeous MUSE #113 card by Michele.  Isn't it stunning, and isn't she just brilliant?  I was inspired by her blue water colored flowers, and made my card using a Stampendous Ranunculus Field stamp.  I water colored the flowers and leaves with Distress Inks.  I really liked that line under Michele's flowers, so added that to my card as well.

I am also entering this card at AAA Cards #37 It's Springtime.

I whipped up this next card this morning, after seeing this tutorial on Betsy Veldman's blog.  She showed several examples of single color stamping, and I thought I'd give it a try.  I am very into WPlus9 inks at the moment, and used Fairy Dust for my wreath and Flamingo for my colored stamping.  The background stamped images are mostly from Rosie Posie, the sentiment is from Gatsby Glamour and the wreath, bow and a few of the tiny filler images are from the Lovely Laurels kit.

I am entering this card at Simon Says Stamp Monday In the Middle, because the raised bow on my focal point is in the middle of the card, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Make Your Own Background and Seize the Birthday without toppings.

My next card combines both the CAS stencil challenge with the sketch challenge over at Happy Little Stampers.  I found this skyline stencil I completely forgot about buying, and used white pigment ink on a black card front.

I am also entering this card at ColourQ #287 Black, Grey and a Spot of Color and Just Add Ink #259: Sequins.

Last of all, a pair of cards using the SU Hey There Buds stamp that I just can't seem to get off my desk.  I started playing around with different WPlus9 inks--Wild Mango and Flamingo, and mixed and matched my flowers.

I will enter this card at Curtain Call Challenge: Bouquet.

The mirror image of the flowers above, and I am entering this card at A Blog Named Hero for their Embossing challenge.

Bonus:  A bit of extra inspiration for this week's CASology challenge word:  SWEET. 

I had Petite Places Sweet Shoppe out and started playing around with ideas for some treat holders I might use for end of year teacher gifts.  I have small take out boxes that I bought at Smart & Final--50 for $5 or so--and I wrapped a band of Washi Tape and made a coordinating tag.

That's it for me this week. 

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