Have a Crafty Mother's Day

Hello and a Happy Mother's Day to all!!  I hope everyone is having a great Mother's Day, and can find a way to connect.  I was able to Zoom my mom, along with my brother, sister and all our kids.

I've got a photo heavy post, as I had a super crafty week...now I know why I am getting nothing done, because I've had so much fun with my cards this week.

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Ink to Paper Melissa's Fab Friday:  Happy Mother's Day
Retro Rubber #134:  Spring Flowers (stamps are PTI Brushed Blooms...4 years old (probably))
CAS on Friday #179:  Favorite Flower
Addicted to Stamps and More #388:  Holiday

To create my next 2 cards, I stenciled a panel with Memory Box Modern Flower Power stencil, then cut the panel in half to make 2 cards.  Now, I have a bit of a head start for next year.

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Outside the Box #61: May Flowers (Modern Flower Power stencil)
Addicted to CAS #358: Flower

Here is the card I made with the other half of my stenciled panel.

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Addicted to CAS #358: Flower
Shopping Our Stash #119: Happy Mother's Day

Next up is a pair of cards I made using my newest Hero Arts stamp called Bookcase Peek a Boo.

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The Paper Players #490
Stay Crafty with Hero #7 (this one is for the librarians!!)

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Seize the Birthday #190: Monochromatic (I used all the Copic Reds I have in the R3 series)

The next batch of cards happened when I pulled out Drink Glasses Dies and Wine Samplers Stamps from Paper Smooches with the goal of making something for their challenge.  I ended up making 4 cards.

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Paper Smooches Anything Goes
AAA Cards #165: Up to One Third and optional repeating image (my martini glass)

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Paper Smooches Anything Goes
AAA Cards #165: Up to One Third and optional repeating image (my martini glass)


Special thanks to my daughter, for drawing a straw for this card...

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Paper Smooches Anything Goes


I used an image from Perpetual Bliss to pair with the sentiment from Wine Samplers and drew in my own scribbles to indicate the ringing alarm.  Time for wine!

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Paper Smooches Anything Goes


It's graduation season, so I have started on some graduation cards.  I just love this sentiment, from PTI Get Lost.

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CAS(E) this Sketch #371

Funny thing about this card....I was so excited to see that I had a mini panda with a diploma that would be perfect for a graduation card.  After cutting it out, I thought it seemed strange that the panda would have 2 diplomas...then why did the diplomas have leaves?  Yes, it took me a while to realize that the panda was holding 2 pieces of bamboo.  But, I am still going to use this as a graduation card.

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Just Us Girls #535:  Mini

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And, finally, the last card of the day...

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Freshly Made Sketches #434

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Time Out #129...Reminder...Happy Retirement

There is still time to play along with our current challenge at Time Out.  Our challenge this time is a theme challenge with an optional twist.  The theme is RETRO and the optional twist is ONE LAYER.

I decided to use this retro wood paneled station wagon as my focal image.  It reminds me of the classic cars that all gather downtown in the summer in my town.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is Esther, so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge.   Sarah Gray's online shop Folksy  is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


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

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