Time Out #52...Birthday Wishes

Hello and welcome to another challenge at Time Out.  This week, our challenge is a CASE challenge, and we have this gorgeous card from Marjan to inspire us.

I love the soft water color look of Marjan's stamping.  I was also inspired by the colors, flowers and long stems.

I stamped my ranunucus in Versafine Onyx black, and then used my Zig pens to water color them in colors similar to the colors Marjan used.

I stamped my sentiment on a piece of scrap card stock and fussy cut it out.  Then, I glued that piece to another scrap that I had painted with Zigs and cut it out again.  I thought that my sentiment was getting lost, and this way it stands out a little more.

I hope that you will take some Time Out to play along with us over the next two weeks.  Please see the Time Out challenge blog to see more inspiration from the Design Team.

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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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My Crafty Sunday

I had all sorts of crafty time today, and lots of mojo, too.  So, please be prepared for lots of photos.  My first project is a set of cards I made for the One-Layer Simplicity Challenge #1.  This is the challenge formerly known as One Layer Wednesday.  The challenge this month is 'Restocking the Shelves'.  Today, I focused on creating some quick, one-layer thank you cards.

I pulled out a stamp--Stampendous Ranunculus--that I have never used before, and combined that with a thank you sentiment from PTI.  Because the flower stamp is new, I am entering these into this week's Simon Says Wednesday challenge to use something new.  I stamped the sentiment, masked it, and then stamped the flowers over.  I used my Inktense Pencils to watercolor the flowers and leaves--in a very messy way, then brushed Wink of Stella over the flowers.  It was quick and easy, and I was able to use the same post-it as a mask for all the cards.

As I was coloring the flowers, I wondered how the card would look just black and white, so I tried one with a colored sentiment and left the flowers and leaves blank.  What do you think?  I kind of like the black and white, but would maybe do a colored flag for the sentiment.  Of course, that would make it ineligible for the One-Layer Simplicity Challenge, but I think it might work better.

My next card is for A Blog Named Hero challenge #35:  One & Four.  I used one new-to-me-Hero Arts Stamp (Winter Village) that has four different images.  I stamped it several times in different colors, cut them out, and made my scene.  I am also entering this card into this week's Simon Says Wednesday challenge to use something new.  The inks are Hero Arts Shadow and the sentiment is from PTI Polka Dot Parade.  Hard to see in this picture, but a covered all the snowy rooftop ledges and chimney tops with Prisma glitter.

Last up are a few cards that are not for any challenges at all.  I was inspired by a post by Susan at Simplicity where she shared some of her ideas for using Washi Tape.  I pulled down a few of the many Washi tapes I had, and CASED her cards from this post.  I always learn so much from her blog posts, and always leave feeling smarter and inspired.

All the sentiments on these last 4 cards are from Reverse Confetti Lots to Say--my very first Reverse Confetti purchase.  I guess I'll be entering one of these cards over at  Simon Says Wednesday challenge to use something new.  I did not realize until writing up this post just how much new stuff I ended up pulling out today.  

Well, that's it for me today.  I have been skipping the supply list lately--it takes a lot of time to write it all up, and I never know if anyone even reads it.  Please let me know if you have any questions about supplies I used.

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