Birthday, Thank You and Get Well Cards

Hello.  I have been working on lots of fun cards, but I needed to take a pause because a couple of challenges are ending soon.

Sorry for the dark photo, but my camera does not like Summer Sunshine (or any other yellow/orange color).  I was inspired by several challenges for this card.

I used the new sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #154, and I am also submitting this card at Simon Says Stamp Monday and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenges, both of which have Something New as their challenge.  I used PTI Stacked Sentiments on this card, a new purchase for me.

I am also entering this card at Inkspirational #99 Thank You with Something New and Just Us Girls #324 Thank You. 

Next up is a trio of cards.  I started with the idea to use my Quilt Cuts dies from WPlus9 for their Throwback Thursday #10 challenge and decided to use the colors from CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #155.

I needed to die cut three different colors of paper, so decided to make three cards so I would not have any wasted pieces.

I am also entering one of these cards at The Male Room #26 Anything Goes.

Last up is actually the first card I made, inspired by this fun card by my friend Michele over at Muse #147.  

Michele's Inspiration Card

I pulled out PTI On Ice and some patterned paper to make a birthday card for my neice who is a figure skater.  

You can see that I was inspired by Michele's design, her use of patterned paper, an oval focal point and a die cut popped up next to the sentiment.

I am also entering this card at Curtain Call Frozen, and Seize the Birthday Anything Goes.

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Happy 4th of July

Happy Fourth of July to all my American friends.  I am posting some cards I have made over the last few days.  First up is a birthday card in red, white and blue--in honor of Independence day and also to play along at Seize the Birthday where their topping option this week is red, white and blue.

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #193 and am also playing along at Happy Little Stampers CAS where the challenge is stamping.

I bought a sheet of the cutest patterned paper at a LSS yesterday and immediately cut into it to make a really simple birthday card.  I am linking it up at Curtain Call Celebration and Addicted to Stamps and More #151 Anything Goes.

I used some sheets from a new paper pad by Doodlebug Sunkissed which has some really fun summery patterns to make a card for WPlus9 Throwback Thursday #5.  I pulled out some of their older dies, Quilt Cuts, and made a fun pattern.  I used another WPlus9 die for my thank you sentiment.

I am also entering this card at Simon Says Monday Summer.

Off in search of fireworks.

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Cloud9 December Blog Hop and Lawnscaping #47

I'm back today with another card for this month's Cloud9 December Blog Hop.  I am still using the same inspiration picture, but this time I used it to make something with my new Quilt Cuts Dies.

I keyed off the red snowflakes and the kraft color of the chairs, as well as the warm and caring feeling to the room.  As I have run out of sympathy cards, that is what I made for this challenge entry.

I also have a card for Lawnscaping Challenge #47, which is a color challenge featuring turquoise (Hawaiian Shores), Kraft and Red.

I used my new Lawn Fawn Sweet Christmas set to make a happy little winter scene.

This card will be sent to a sweet little boy named Sebastian, who is battling some major medical issues, that I just read about this morning.  When I made this card yesterday, I didn't quite know what I would do with it.  Well, after reading about Sebastian, I decided to send this card to him.  If you would like to participate in this card drive, please click here to get to Amy Tsurata's blog or here for Ginger's blog to learn more.


Supplies Used:
With Sympathy
Stamps:  PTI Peaceful Garden
Paper:  Kraft, Pure Poppy, White
Ink:  SU Real Red
Other:  WPlus9 Quilt Cuts 2 Die, Spellbinders Lacy Square Die, PTI Linen and Canvas Impression Plate

Sweet Holiday
Stamps:  Lawn Fawn Sweet Christmas
Paper:  PTI White, Kraft, Hawaiian Shores
Ink:  Colorbox Frost White, SU Real Red, Memento Tuxedo Black
Other:  White Embossing Powder, Copics, Tim Holtz Snowflake Embossing Folder, PTI In the Meadow Dies

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