Happy Friday

Hello and happy Friday.  I am popping in with a quick post to share some cards I've made this week.  First up is a card I made for the challenge at Poppystamps #69: Clean and Simple using the colors from Color Throwdown #597.  I used the Poppystamps Happy Birthday cover plate, one of my old favorites, and kept the card CAS by only adding pops of color for the 'happy birthday' at the bottom.

My next card is inspired by the challenge at The Flower Challenge #45 to use navy and one other color.  I used navy card stock with white embossing, and my other color is PTI Berry Sorbet.  

I have a tip for stamping a curved sentiment...I put my cardstock in my MISTI, and used a washable marker to draw the shape of the curve on the cover of the MISTI.  Then, I opened the cover and stuck the stamp to the inside cover along the line I wrote.  I tested it out before stamping on my actual card.

I saw an interesting tutorial on this week's Splitcoast Stamper newsletter on how to make a card inspired by quilting.  I have a friend who quilts, and I thought it would be a great birthday card for her.  I used papers from a Simple Stories pad.  I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday #192 without toppings.  It was so easy and I like how it came out.  I may make a few more, using other patterned paper scraps.  The tutorial showed using a leaf die cut for the candle flame.  I didn't have an appropriate leaf die, so I used a leaf stamp that I inked in light yellow and then rolled a little in a darker yellow.

There is a fabulous challenge over at Shopping Stash #422: UnFinished Objects that had me pulling out an almost complete card to finish.  Actually, 2 of them that were very similar.  I will also enter at Cupcake Inspirations #422: Friendship.

Last of all, a very CAS card for Addicted to Stamps and More #393:  Holiday, using some knitting themed stamps I borrowed from Tracey.

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My Crafty Weekend

Another crafty weekend is ending, and I am here to post what I have created. 

I finally pulled out Ellen Hutson Subbing in and created this punny card.  Of course my first submarine has to be yellow. I am entering it at Addicted to Stamps and More #392: Make Your Mark, Just Add Ink #508: Just Add "F" (fish) and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Make Your Own Background.

While my stamps and markers were out, I made a second card, and I am entering this card at all the same challenges above.

Next up is a card made with ray of sunshine patterned papers and a new (I think) die from MFT called Say Hello.  I am entering this card at Just Us Girls #539: Sunshine and The Paper Players #494: Sunshine and Rainbows.

Advancing the clock out to winter, I am entering my next card at Lawn Fawnatics #78: Create a Scene, Addicted to Stamps and More #392: Make Your Mark, and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Make Your Own Background.

I hope you are laughing at this next card, because I laughed when I made it.  I can think of a number of people I could send this card to.  I am entering this card at Color Throwdown 596, Inkspirational #214: Funny Sentiments and Addicted to Stamps and More #392: Make Your Mark.

Last of all, a CAS birthday card that I am entering at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Masculine.

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My Crafty Round Up

Hello friends.  I've got quite a few cards to share today.  First up is a fun birthday card featuring a group of dogs from Picket Fence.  I am entering this card at Perfectly CAS #9: Animals.

I used the colors at Color Throwdown #594 and the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #436 to make my next card.  I am also entering it into the Ink to Paper Project Reach Out: Dear to My Heart challenge.

I am entering this next card at Addicted to CAS #185: Rainbows.  I used Concord & 9th Brighter Days stamps.

I am playing along at the Coffee Lovers Hop...maybe for the first time, but who can remember anything these days?  I used Mama Elephant Boba Tea stamps for my card.

Tracey sent me some stamped images from Lawn Fawn's Swan Soiree, and I used them to create this baby card for Lawn Fawnatics #77: Oh Baby.

My next card uses a die and some small images from one of my My Monthly Hero kits.  I am entering this card at Stay Crafty with Hero #8: Small Joys, A Blog Named Hero May: Hugs From a Distance, and Addicted to Stamps and More #390 (I was inspired by all the watery images).

I pulled out Paper Smooches Baby Birds the other day, and kept them out for a while, where I made a few cards.  First up is this adorable flamingo that I am entering at Seize the Birthday #191: Totally Tropical, CAS(E) this Sketch #373, and AAA Birthday #13:  Things with Wings.

Two more baby birds are on the way to wish my friend a happy birthday, and I am entering this card at AAA Cards #166: Happy Birthday (it's their 6th birthday, and we want to squalk about it).

Last up for the baby birds is a trio of flat thank you notes.  I always like to have these handy, as they are my kids' favorite size for thank you notes.  I am entering these thank you's at the Paper Smooches Thank You Challenge

And, finally, a card using my newest MFT die, Say Hello that I am entering at the MFT Color Challenge #141.

That's it for me today!!

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