Crafty Round Up

Hello friends.  I am easing back into crafting, and have some fun things to share today.

First up is this sweet little birthday card that I made by coloring in some stamped die cuts sent to me by my BFF, Kim.  I fell in love with the adorable critters drawn by Anita Jeram in the books I read to my kids when they were little, and have only lately learned that I can buy stamps of them from Colorado Crafts!  Amazing, right?

How about these adorable little mice, gathering to celebrate someone's birthday.  They remind me of the pet rats we had before we got Sherlock.  I paired them with stamps and a piercing die from Concord & 9th.

I am entering this card at AAA Birthday #25: Happy Birthday, AAA Cards #190: Birthday, CAS on Friday #205: Food, Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: 4 Legged Friends, and WCW316: Occasions.

The next 5 cards are part of a gift set I am working on for a friend.  I am creating all the cards without sentiments, and I will include an assortment of sentiments that she can add to each card when she is ready to send it.  She will also be able to decide where on the card to put the sentiment.  I think she will have fun with this.

First up is a card using this week's colors at Color Throwdown #643.  I blended Distress Oxide inks on a card front, and then used the Peony Cover Plate Die in die cut in black.  I am also entering this card at Addicted to Stamps and More #405: Die Cuts, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Die, and Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies.

Next up is a pair of cards using the Purple & Teal color scheme from this week's Color Hues #18 Challenge.  The cards are mirror images of each other, and if the trick I tried had worked, I could have done them both out of the same Distress Oxide blended ink panel.  Alas, it did not, so I created a second blended ink panel and used one as a base for my white die cut butterflies and cut the other with the Butterfly die.  I am also entering this card at Addicted to CAS #197: Bugs (I think butterflies qualify as bugs), Addicted to Stamps and More #405: Die Cuts, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Die,  and Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies.

Last up for today is this pair of cards, created with 2 identical Distress Oxide blended panels.  I cut a white and a black piece of cardstock using the Winne & Walter Multifaceted Cutaway cover die, and flipped one of the panels over so the cards would be similar but also different.  I think it's kind of cool how the colors look different when they are paired with black and white.  I am entering these cards at Inkspirational #239: Triangles,  Addicted to Stamps and More #405: Die Cuts, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Die,  and Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies.

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PTI 9th Anniversary

Popping in quickly with cards for two more of the PTI 9th Anniversary challenges.

First up is a card for the Create Along with us Challenge.  I was inspired by this card by Erin Lincoln.

Erin Lincoln's Card

I stayed pretty true to Erin's card, with the exception of the border die she used (not released yet) and my color scheme, which was both darker and brighter than hers.  I impressed my card front with the Peony Cover plate and that gave me a rough guide about where to sponge my flowers and leaves.  

I thought the white areas looked a little stark, so I went over them with a very light sponging of Aqua Mist.

My next card is for the Day 5 Sampler Square Challenge.  I've recently been teaching both of my teenaged daughters how to drive, so I find myself looking at road signs more closely than usual.  I had this idea to use a bunch of the different arrow dies from Get to the Point.

I pulled out 9 different colors of PTI card stock and die cut 9 different arrows from Get to the Point. Then I stamped each arrow using Versamark ink and a variety of different PTI background stamps.

It was still looking a little stark, so I boldly (foolishly) started doodling--I added faux stitching around all the boxes and random little white dots from my white gel pen.  I stamped a sentiment from Retro Style Graduation and an arrow from Live Love Life.  I think this will be a fun card to give one of my girls as they head out on their next adventure.

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Sympathy and Prayers

The PTI anniversary challenge for today asks us to create a project with supplies gathered in 5 minutes.  I used the Triangle Cover Plate, Distress inks and Keep it Simple Sympathy stamps.

I took my inspiration from the photo at the Pinterest Inspired Challenge

My next card is white on white with a sentiment in Delicata Gold, and I took inspiration from the challenge at Less is More, where they are celebrating their 5th birthday.

I cut the PTI Peony Cover Plate out of white card stock and adhered it to a white card base.  I stamped my sentiment onto a stitched sentiment flag and popped it up with foam tape.

I am also linking this card up at Addicted to CAS #81:  Bloom and Addicted to Stamps and More #179:  Clean and Simple.

I will be sending this cards along to Jennifer McGuire for her Lasting Hearts card drive to comfort mothers who have lost a child.

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Let's Start the Weekend Off With Some Cards

Hello and happy Saturday.  Nothing like starting the weekend with a big blog post--lots of stuff I have been working on this week--and then I can clean up and start again.

I must admit to really loving the way this card turned out.  I had an idea to die this peony cover plate twice--once in black to get the outline image and then again in white.  I water colored the white parts that were flowers and leaves, and then pieced the black, painted, and white pieces together to form this card.  I used Neat & Tangled Across The Card for my sentiment, and fussy cut it and adhered it over my flower.

I am entering this card at Little Tangles #56:  Clean and Simple, CAS on Sunday #58:  Cheer Up, Buttercup, and Happy Little Stampers May CAS Challenge:  Die Cuts/ Punches.

Next up, a birthday card for Sandie--I heard that she is having a birthday and all of Blogland is invited to the party here.  Sandie is such a talented card maker and all around nice gal.  I got to know her just a bit when I was lucky enough to Guest Design at her challenge blog, Time Out.  

So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SANDIE!!!  I hope you like ice cream.....

I am entering this card at Simon Says Monday Challenge to use Simon Brand Products, Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Inspiration Color Swatch, Seize the Birthday: Use the Negative and Retro Sketches #165.  

Speaking of Time Out, I have a card for their current challenge, which is Grunge with the optional twist of embossing.  Yikes--I was stumped and sent a lot of card stock to the recycle bin.  But, I am happy with what I finally created. Good thing I remembered my old PTI Grunge Me stamp.  I've got a nephew with a birthday coming up at the end of the month, and this will be perfect for him.  Can you see the Burlap Impression Plate at work?

I am also entering this card at Addicted to Stamps and More #44:  CAS and Craft Stamper Take it Make it May Challenge Anything Goes: must use a stamp.

A birthday card to celebrate AAA Cards First Birthday (this my 3rd entry) using Retro Style and the sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches #186, which I rotated.

Are you still with me?  Last card of the day, I promise--One more aniversary card for my mom's stash.  I was inspired by the wood grain and the flowers in the inspiration photo at The Card Concept #35 and my style is Clean and Layered.  I used the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #123. 

I am also entering this card at Retro Rubber #14:  May Flowers and A Blog Named Hero Clean and Simple--I used Hero Arts ink (Pale Tomato, Fresh Peach, Lemon Yellow and Forever Green) and an older PTI flower stamp--Rosie Posie.  I just love how dark and crisp those HA inks are--and everything was stamped only once (no MISTI for me...yet...)

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