Three Card Thursday

 

Hello and happy Thursday.  I'm popping in to share a few cards I've made this week.

First up is a card inspired by the current sketch at MFT Sketch Challenge #511.   I used images from MFT Our Story along with my new Let's Connect die and some paper from MFT Christmas Cheer for this fun card.

Still playing with that monitor die, I made a fun birthday card, and I am entering it at the MFT Birthday Project Challenge.  I used paper scraps for everything on my card front, including two bits of patterned paper, a piece of vellum to tone down the patterned paper, and scrap paper for all my die cuts.

I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday #201: Use Your Scraps and WWC293.

Last up is a fun and spooky card in the spirit of Halloween.  I used some Halloween colors to cut out some glasses using Catherine Pooler Pet Specs dies, then adhered them to a piece of black card stock that I embossed with a spiderweb embossing folder.  A few pair of googlie eyes and some rhinestones completed this card.

I am entering this card at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Spooky, Inspired by #146: be my boo, Inkspirational #223: Angle it, and Shopping Our Stash #431: Happy Fall (Halloween says 'fall' to me).

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Time Out #172...Reminder...Hang in There

Hello there.  There is still time to play along with our current challenge at Time Out.  This week, our theme is Breast Cancer Awareness.  We challenge you to make an encouragement card with the optional twist of 'Add Some Pink'.

I used this adorable stamp set from our generous sponsor, CAS-ual Fridays Stamps called Somebunny.  My little bunny is hanging on to her pink balloon for all she's worth.  To make this card, I first stamped the bunny, then masked the entire image and lightly sponged a stencil in the background.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and our Guest Designer, Dhruvika.  CAS-ual Fridays Stamps 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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CASology Week #376...Dry

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is DRY.  I think I probably had 'laundry on the brain' because all I could think of for this cue word was --watching the clothes dry.  I had this really fun holiday stamp from Pink & Main, and so I went with that.  If I had thought about it more, or perhaps been crafting after dinner, I think I would have gone with a dry white wine...perhaps a Reisling...

 Now it's your turn.  How does DRY inspire you?  Laundry, Wine, drying your hair?  Or how about that dry skin we all get in the winter?  At any rate, I hope you have some fun with this one and play along.


As always, remember the following CAS guidelines when creating your design:

1. One main image
2. Lots of open space, uncluttered
3. Limited layers & embellishments
4. Quick & easy to recreate (Note: It may take a while to create a design you like, but once you have that design, making more should be a piece of cake!)

I hope you play along this week.

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from our Guest Designer Jasleen and the design team.  We are sponsored this week by STAMPlorations.

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My Crafty Weekend

Hello and happy Sunday.  I'm starting out with a card that is a total CASE of my friend Lindsey's card here.  I used a mask with a circle cut out in combination with a mask of a NYC die cut to create my focal point.  I sponged a night sky using an ombre collection of Distress inks, then added my Santa sleigh and reindeer up in the sky and my sentiment down below.  It's hard to see in this photo, but I used WOS to add glitter to my Santa sleigh and reindeer.

I am entering this card at ABC Christmas: U is for Up in the Air, Just Us Girls #557: Ombre, Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Make it Sparkle.

AAA Cards #176 asks for a card with a cozy scene in the corner.  I had two ideas for this challenge.  Here is the first, using Mama Elephant Sincerely Yours stamps and a PTI cover plate for dry embossing.

I am also entering this card at WWC292 and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Dry Embossing.

Here is my second idea for AAA Cards #176, using Newton's Nook Book Club for this card. I am also entering this card at Festive Friday #69: (cat, embossing, clean & simple) and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Dry Embossing.

Last up are 2 very quick to make cards inspired by the colors at Color Hues #3 and the challenge at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Make it Sparkle.

I used a 3D embossing folder I just got from Altenew and a technique from this video of Jennifer McGuires.  I 'swinked' my gold Delicata ink directly onto the embossed card stock--only the very highest layer got just a touch of gold.  I am also entering this at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Dry Embossing.

Last up is the other card for Color Hues #3.  I was also inspired for this card by the challenge at Ink to Paper to make a 'beautifully simple card'.  I stamped the largest butterfly from PTI Ever So Much in Gold Delicata ink on cream card stock.  I am also entering this card at Inkspirational #223: Angle it.

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The Great Wall of China

 

Happy Friday...I am quickly popping in to post a card I made to send to my daughter.  I love this image of The Great Wall...both she and I have been there, but not together...I went after grad school and she went in 8th grade (lucky girl).

I am entering this card at Freshly Made Sketches #456 and Simon Says Monday Challenge: dry embossing. 

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Happy Birthday and Warm Wishes

I have been meaning to play along with Seize the Birthday #200--to wish them a very happy birthday, but time kept slipping away from me.  Fortunately, I am slipping in before the end of the challenge with my card, which is inspired by the graphic...the colors, the balloons and the script sentiment.  I am also entering this card at Simon Says Monday Challenge: Dry Embossing.

This next card uses a new stamp from Hero Arts called Winter Village, and I used Copic markers to color my scene.  It is almost a 1 layer card--I just cut out and popped up a sentiment.  I am entering this card at A Blog Named Hero: Clean and Simple.

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World Card Making Day

 

Hello and happy day after World Card Making Day.  I think this may be the first time in a while that I actually got to make some cards on the actual date of this very important holiday.  Although, around here with me, every day is kind of like my own personal World Card Making Day.

My first card is inspired by the challenge at Less is More #429: One Layer Cheers, and I was reminded about this fabulous Tim Holtz Wine Blueprint set by Guest Designer Amy's card here.  The stamps are pretty detailed, so I did not need to do much with this card, other than stamp a sentiment from PTI Uncorked and do a bit of coloring.  I am also entering this card at AAA Cards #175: One Layer.  I skipped the optional twist of coffee, because.... WINE!!

Next up is a card inspired by Color Hues #3: Gold and Cream.  My original idea was totally different, but when I was looking for something else, I came across this deer cut from gold shimmer paper, and decided it would be perfect for this challenge.  I had my deer leap over a cityscape by Ellen Hutson, and added a sentiment from PTI that I embossed in gold.  I am also entering this card at Inkspiration #223: Angle It because of the trajectory of the deer's angled leap.

The white die cut on this next card was what I was looking for when I found the gold leaping deer.  I had an idea to pair 'think' and 'pink' to participate in this months Poppy Challenge: Think Pink.  I sponged Distress Oxide in Picked Raspberry and Spun Sugar (my pink) and paired it with this sentiment (my think).  Featured on this card is the Poppystamps Country Houses die.

This next card is the simplest card of the day, but probably took the longest to make, as I had to start and restart, and change my mind, etc.  Sometimes the simplest cards are like that.  But, finally I found a version that I liked and made one without any mistakes.  My inspiration for this card was the challenge at ITP Melissa's Fab Friday to create a Joy project.  I pulled out PTI Winter Fox, intending to use that cute fox, and then went in a totally different direction, and just used some of the sentiment stamps.

Last up for today is this holiday card, inspired by the bird holiday card at Ink to Paper.  I took my inspiration from:  the bird, the cover die, the ink blending, the colors and the holiday scene.  I used ITP Feathered Friends Mini die, the PTI Winter Floral cover plate and a sentiment from PTI Snowflake Flurries.  I am also entering this card at CAS Christmas October Challenge: Christmas Bird.

I am also entering all of these cards at Simon Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes and WWC291: Anything Goes.

That's it for me today.  Stay safe and keep crafting.

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