My Crafty Weekend

 

Hello and happy Sunday.  I feel like it's been ages since I made a big crafty mess and finished the weekend with a long blog post.  Let's get right into it.

First up is this valentine for a friend.  Inside, it says Happy Pal-entine's Day.  I must admit to making a couple of these, as I am so very fond of the adorable mice in this Secret Admirer set from Waffle Flower.  I am entering this card at Just Us Girls #618: Friends, Just add Ink #589: Minimalist, Retro Rubber #175: Love, Love, Love (I have had these stamps for just a couple of years, but I think they are older than that, as I saw them on clearance somewhere recently), and The Paper Players #577: Love and Friendship.

The stamps and dies in my next two cards are from the January 2022 My Monthly Hero kit.  I figure I'd better break out that kit now, as the Feb kit will be on it's way to me before I know it.  I've actually got several weddings coming up, so this card will be for one of them.  All the stamps and dies are from Hero Arts, with the exception of the sentiment, which is a favorite from PTI Propose a Toast.

I am entering this card at Perfectly CAS #23: Flowers, The Flower Challenge #65: Occasions (wedding), WWC334: Occasions (wedding), and Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero: Anything Goes.

Here is another take using the same stamps and dies...I am entering this card at Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge: Inky, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: With Love, and Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero: Anything Goes.

Last up is a card using Hero Arts Looking Glass dies that I bought and meant to use for my holiday crafting, but actually didn't get around to breaking them open until just now.  Well, I am getting a head start on 2022, and I might just send out cards next year.  I am entering this card at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero: Anything Goes, Addicted to Stamps and More #422: Christmas, CAS on Friday #224: Male, Happy Little Stampers Christmas Anything Goes, and CAS Christmas February Challenge: Winter Scene.

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My Crafty Week

 

Hello and happy Thursday.  I am popping in quickly to share some cards I made.  First up is this little cutie, featuring some of the stamps and dies in the MFT Cats and Plants card kit.  I was inspired by the colors in the MFT Color Challenge #170.  I am also entering this card at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Next up is a water color panel I made following the tutorial at PTI Live at Five.  I used Royal Velvet, Dark Indigo, and Hawaiian Shores inks and swiped directly onto my water color paper.  After that I used my steamer and then a mister to get the paper really really wet, then moved and dried the color with my heat tool.

I was able to make 2 cards out of this panel.  I went in the direction of the tropical seas, since that is what these colors suggested to me.  First I used the Shape Shifters Oval die to cut through my panel and added some tropical fish and coral silhouette die cuts.  I fussy cut a sentiment from Salt Air Sentiments.  I am entering this card at the PTI Video Challenge to make a tropical card.

I took all the negative pieces from the die cut above and added them back into a white Shape Shifters die cut, then added some more tropical silhouette die cuts.  I am entering this card at the PTI Live Around 5 Challenge.

I am also entering both of these cards at Addicted to Stamps and More #410: Die Cuts and Stencils, Use Your Stuff #427: Summer Fun, and at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Next up are two wedding cards featuring one of my old PTI favorite stamps, Propose a Toast.  I think these champagne flutes are so cute, and this set has some of my favorite sentiments for wedding cards.  I will be entering both of these cards at PTI The Great Cover Up challenge to create a card with a touch of gold and also at Inkspirational #244: Spots/Dots (champagne bubbles), and at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Last up today is another wedding card using a sentiment from Propose a Toast and the Cover Plate Gem Stone.  I didn't have any silver paper handy, so I swiped my white die cut with Silver Delicata Ink.  You can't even tell that the paper didn't start out as silver.  I am entering this card at PTI What Do I Do With This challenge to create a card using rainstones, Addicted to CAS #202: Geometric, and at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

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Recap of the Week

Hello and happy Sunday.  I'm posting a few cards I made this week.  First up is another card using The Greetery Sitting Pretty.  I was inspired by the challenge at Just Add Ink #564: Just Choose Two (sky & trees) and the colors at Color Throwdown #652.  Perhaps the rug and seat cushion look familar?  

I am also entering this card at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (old: dog die and cloud stencil.  new:  porch, chair and trees), and Addicted to Stamps and More #410.  This is such a peaceful scene, and I had to add Sherlock to enjoy the day.

Next up...it is birthday time.  I stamped, colored and fussy cut a bunch of tiny cupcakes out of Hero Arts You're Top Tier, and was inspired to do this by the challenge at CAS on Friday #210: Tiny Images.  I used a Mosaic embossing folder which gives this really fun geometric dimensional texture to my card front, so I am also linking up at Addicted to CAS #202 and AAA Birthday #27:  Embossing Folder.  And, I am finally snarky!!  I'll be linking this card up at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #190:  C is for Colorful.  Last of all, this card is going over at A Blog Named Hero:  Repeat Yourself.

While I had my Copic markers out and was in a birthday mode, I am entering this card at many of the same challenges as the card above.

Last up are a couple of wedding cards--must replenish the stash.  This first one was inspired by the challenge at Ink to Paper: What Do I Do with This to create a card with a little sparkle.  My elegant wedding sentiment is heat embossed in Black Sparkle embossing powder, which gives a whole lot of sparkle in person, and the sequins are pretty sparkly, too.  I am also entering this card at WWC230: Occasions (wedding).

My 2nd wedding card is my last card for the day.  I combined a stamped and die cut image from a My Monthly Hero kit with a stamped and gold heat embossed image from PTI Gatsby Glamour and a sentiment from Avery Elle So Happy.  Now, that's a mixed marriage.  I am entering this card at WWC230: Occasions (wedding).

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