Destination Summer

Hello and happy Friday.  I recently got the new Destination Summer stamps from The Greetery, and spent most of the week stamping and cutting until I had a pile of fun little bits to combine into some cards.  I must admit that the stamping and cutting part was pretty tedious--most of the stamps were little bitty ones that required precise lining up for multi layer stamping ....but once that was done, I was able to make quite a few cards pretty quickly.

First up is a card inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #445.  I am also entering this card at AAA Birthday #15: 3D, Use Your Stuff #401: Summer Fun, Fusion: Summer, Inspired by...#134, The Paper Players #500: Celebrate and Seize the Birthday #195: No Toppings.

Here is another card using many of the same elements.  I have added a beach to this card, as well as a few bits from the PTI Petite Places stamps.  I am entering this card at many of the same challenges as the card above, as well as Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: A Day at the Beach and CAS on Friday #185:  Summer.

Here is another card--many of the same elements, just arranged a bit differently.  How about some s'mores around that little campfire (courtesy of PTI)?  All of these cards rely on 1 or 2 stencils from The Greetery Destination, and they are such a quick and easy way to define the space where I could then just place my cut out images.

This scene I like to think of as more of a little village in the summer.  Perhaps it is my own town, Cardiff by the Sea on a warm summer day.  Note the Candy Store front and center...those buildings are from PTI Petite Places.

Last up is a caravan of campers and surfers.  I think those campers are really so sweet and cute, but you could not get me to go camping no matter how close to glamping it is.  I'll just stick to the camping stamps, please.

Here they all are together.  Quite a fun collection, although now I have a new appreciation of the ease of coloring bitty stamps versus trying to line them all up to stamp!

That's it for me today.  I think I'll head to the beach now.

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Time Out #166...Reminder...Curl Up with a Good BOOK!

There is still time to play along with the current challenge at Time Out.  We challenge you to make a card inspired by the word PEACEFUL.

Nothing more peaceful than curling up with a good book....whether or not you are actually even reading it!  I love to read, so this little kitty dozing on the bookshelf, from Book Club by our sponsor, Newton's Nook was the perfect image for me.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is , so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge. Newton's Nook is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run another week.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.

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My Crafty Weekend

Hello friends.  I start off today with a really sweet card using my new MFT Sunny Vibes stamps and the colors at MFT Color Challenge #145.  I am also entering this card at Inkspirational #217: Coloring, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: For a Child, Use Your Stuff #401: Summer Fun, AAA Birthday #13: 3D, and The Paper Players #500: Celebrate, where they are celebrating the 500 challenges milestone.

My next card uses stamps from that same stamp set, and I will be entering all the same challenges above, but switching the MFT color for the MFT Sketch #498.  I really love how the pool water looks, and I used the MFT Perfect Pool Water stencil for that effect.  Yes, my cool cat is sitting in the pool reading her book, enjoying her summer birthday.  Also, did you notice that her eyes are closed.  I think she is just holding her book while she naps!

 Switching over to Hero Arts, I have three cards that I will be entering into at Stay Crafty with Hero #12: Friendship and A Blog Named Hero: Embossing challenges.  This first card was inspired by one of the cards on this video, showing ways to use the Beach Heroscape stamps and dies.  On this first card, I used a texture plate to add subtle texture to the sunny sky.  The buildings come from the Hero Arts Color Layering Village stamps.

I used an embossing folder to add texture to the kraft card stock I used to create my sunny beach on this card.  I am also entering this card at The Male Room #140: Sport.

Last of my trio of  Hero Arts cards is this card, using one of my very oldest Hero Arts stamps, Dictionary Greetings.  I love a stamp that never goes out of style.  For this card, I embossed the entire card front with a burlap texture plate.  The flower is from PTI Lilies of the Field.  I will also enter this card at AAA Cards #170: Maxi White Space with Flowers.

My last card was inspired by the challenge at Seize the Birthday #195: Non-neutral Card Base, the colors at Just Add Ink #514,  CAS on Friday #184: Anything But White, and AAA Birthday #13: 3D.  I used a cover plate by Serendipity Stamps called Floral Cuts, and it die cuts a floral pattern over an entire card front, but many of the flowers do not completely cut.  I lifted up the petals on many of those partially cut flowers.

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Happy Saturday

Hello and happy Saturday.  When the stars line up and my mojo cooperates, I try to make one card that meets the criteria of all three MFT Challenges.  My first card is inspired by the sketch at MFT Sketch Challenge #497, the colors at MFT Color Challenge #145 and The Birthday Project Challenge Party Hearty.  I am also entering this card at Inkspirational #217: Painting or Coloring, AAA Birthday #15: 3D, and Seize the Birthday #194 (no topping).

While I was looking through my MFT goodies for the first card, I came across this adorable frog that I think I stamped 2 years ago (has it been that long?) when I was visiting Tracey in Canada.  I love how he looks like he is nonchalantly leaning against the wall...what a cool guy, checking out the party scene in his local pond.  I used the same sketch as in the card above.  I created my own patterned paper using a couple of Copic markers, so I could exactly match the colors I used for the frog.  I am also entering this card Inkspirational #217: Painting or Coloring.

Next up is a one layer card inspired by the challenge at Stay Crafty with Hero #11 and the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #380.  I am also entering this card at The Male Room #140: Sport (surfing and paragliding) and Seize the Birthday #194 (no topping).

I am entering this next card at Poppystamps #70: Glim & Glam and also AAA Cards #169: Made in Minutes.  I die cut this Thank You background die once out of white cardstock and then cut just the one 'thanks' word out of Pink Glimmer paper, then inlaid that word back into the negative space.  It's hard to see the shimmer on the pink paper, but it is there!  This card was so quick to make.

While I was looking through my Poppystamps stash, I came across this Urban Skyline Collage die, and thought it would also be good for the Poppystamps #70: Glim & Glam challenge.  I used 1/2 inch wide stripes of glitter paper behind the negative space of this die.  I am also entering this card at Perfectly CAS #10: Sparkle.

I used this gorgeous framed deer die cut for my next card, which I am entering at the Memory Box Challenge #63: Framed and AAA Cards #169: Made in Minutes optional twist Christmas.

I was inspired by the colors at this week's Color Throwdown #601 for my next card.

Last but not least is a clean and simple card inspired by the color challenge at Less is More #423 and Cupcakes Inspiration #497: Flowers with Pearls.

That's it for me today.

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