Double D - 10th Birthday

Congratulations to Darlene and Diane on the 10th anniversary of Double D.  Once I saw the mood board, I knew I had just the right stamp set to make a card for the celebration.

The Greetery's Balloon Bouquet was gifted to me by a friend during a de-stash and this is the first time I've used it.  If you look at the mood board photo on the upper left you can see why.  The balloon was stamped with Altenew Artic ink to give it a translucent look.  The flowers and sentiment were stamped with Catherine Pooler inks. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #669 and NBUS #70

I was trying to figure out what to do for Freshly Made Sketches when I spied a card I made earlier for one of my family valentines.  As I looked at it, I could see the sketch.  I hope the gals at FMS do too.

This is a new stamp from Penny Black called Stole my Heart. It's stamped on Bristol and colored with Zigs.  The sentiment is from SSS.  Since this is the first outing, I'm also sending my card to NBUS #70.

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ETA:  At Loll's suggestion, and because I was originally going to post this there, I'm sending my card to Penny Black Saturday Challenge. 

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Inkspirational #311

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They are looking for Clean and Simple at Inkspirational and of course I had to use the optional balloon.

This little hedgehog from Penny Black was perfect for the challenge.  He is colored with Altenew artist markers and is floating through a sky inked with a Rabbit Hole Design cloud stencil.  The hard part was finding an appropriate sentiment but this one from CASual Fridays fit beautifully.  

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AAA Birthday #53

I'm back home in my craft studio so I should be able to use more of my crafty stash but the card for AAA Birthday is one I made before I left.  I knew I wanted to play with my Heart Hugs animals from Honey Bee and this is what I did. 

 

The bear was cut from kraft and colored with Distress Ink for shadows and dimension.  Both the balloon and the heart are from the set and were cut from red, with Glossy Accents on the balloon and black glaze pen on the nose and eyes. The sentiment is from Altenew. 

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Seize the Birthday #260

Once I saw Kristina Werner's video making a balloon shaker I knew that's what I wanted to do for the challenge at Seize the Birthday.  

I have another photo that shows the glossy black foil from C9 better.

The balloon die is from SSS, the die cut sentiment from Penny Black, and the background paper from Honey Bee.  I had an ancient pack of sequins from Lawn Fawn and the little tail is from their String of Lights. 

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Seize the Birthday #255

Seize the Birthday has an interesting parameter for their twist this time.

With the initials BH I could do just about anything as long as I added the Happy Birthday sentiment.  Too easy so I picked a few other things that begin with those letters.  Want to see how many?

First there's the BearWare bear from EbyE all ready for a party with his hat and present.  Then there's that pretty pink balloon he brought along.  They're on a white panel cut with MFT's wonky rectangle and then on some patterned paper I thought looked like large confetti.  For a sentiment I had to include the word hugs for the H and it comes from Altenew. 

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AAA Cards #137

I love a challenge!  Well that's obvious because I'm always entering card challenges, but I mean a challenge within a challenge.  AAA Cards is asking us to make a card in minutes - and to include dry embossing.  Challenge accepted!

What do you think?  5 minutes from start to finish.  The hardest part was tying the string to the balloon.  Some CAS challenges don't like all the texture on the background but at AAA Cards it's acceptable and that made it even easier because I didn't need a sentiment.

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CAS(E) This Sketch #286

CAS(E) This Sketch gave me a chance to use my NBUS  'Hooray' die from MFT.

I had this shaving cream marble panel in my WTDWT drawer and thought it would make a celebratory background for the Glossy Accent covered word die (which is actually the same color blue).  I tied in the yellow (pun intended) with a balloon from SSS, also covered with GA. 

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Fusion - Baby's Room

It's been a while since I've entered a Fusion challenge but once I saw this darling baby's room I knew I had just the right stamp to make a card.

I had to have the cute little elephants from WPlus9 and it's been a while since I've used them too.

I first inked the Smoke cs with HA Unicorn white through a SSS stencil.  PTI's Polaroid die was used for the background, embossing the center square to look like crib slats.  The elephant and balloon are colored with Zigs and popped up.

After I finished this I ran across a piece of gray cardstock flock with little white polka dots but I decided to keep with what I had.  I just need to remember that paper for a future project.

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Twofer #4

The new Twofer challenge is up and it's going to be a fun one because Darnell wants to see pets on our cards.  If you're not familiar with the challenge, you have to use the same stamp on two cards for two different occasions.  Over the years my children have had dogs, cats, birds and the occasional hamster or snake.  I'm cheating a little because while we've never had pet bunnies that's what I'm using on my card.  I just HAD to since getting these darling ones from Gerda Steiner.

The bunnies on both cards were colored with Zigs.  The birthday card includes a balloon (covered with Glossy Accents) and a sentiment from the set with a background made with Distress Inks and a Clarity brush. 

The valentine has the bunny blowing hearts on a die cut panel with a sentiment from PB.

Aren't they just the cutest critters?  I couldn't resist them.

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Inspired By All the Little Things #79

I have a fairly literal take on the Inspired By All the Little Things photo but when you have a bicycle stamp you have to use it.

This turned out even better than I imagined.  You can see the mixture of stamps below.

Have a wonderful day and thanks for dropping by.

Stamps: SSS Beautiful Ride, Sending Happy Thoughts, Ornaments and Presents; PB Happy Snippets
Dies: Beautiful Ride, Sugar Pea HB2U (CPD exclusive), SSS Stitched Rectangles
Stencil: MFT
Inks: Zigs, Altenew Evenng Gray and Crimson, DI Black Soot