Tag You're It! #72

It's week three of the monthly Tag You're It! challenge and I have some inspiration for you based on this wonderful tag by Lindsey Larsen.

I love the lacy look and the non-tag shape.  Here's what I did.

I already had this die cut from SSS inked in the perfect colors for the challenge.  All I had to do was mount it on a circle, punch a hole and tie on ribbon that was the right color and free gift from Ellen Hutson with an order.

You still have time to make a tag to enter in the challenge.  Head on over to Tag You're It! to see what the rest of the Design Team has made each week to get inspiration for your own.  We'd love to see you in the gallery.

Less Is More #332

It's that dreaded one layer card challenge again at Less Is More.  I must say I'm getting much better at it so thanks for challenging me LIM Team.  You want sweets?  How about a triple layer cake?

It's Sugar Pea's wonky cake stamped with a variety of Altenew Inks, except for the sentiment color.  That's a Distress Marker, which all seem to be going dry on me. :(

I'm so glad you dropped by and I hope you're enjoying your day.

CAS Mix-up - June

I had a card in my "Made, Not Posted" file that is perfect for the CAS Mix-up Challenge.

I colored texture paste with Distress Ink and spread it through a Heidi Swapp stencil..  The sentiment is from SSS.  The requirements for the challenge are:

My choices are heat embossing and die cutting.

Thanks for dropping by.

CAS(E) This Sketch #225

I never thought I was going to get this posted today.  My computer decided to go crazy on me - or maybe it was lazy.  It didn't want to let me access my photos.  Then on the restart it wouldn't finish loading.  I figured it out somehow but it scares the bejeezus out of me when that stuff happens.  I only know enough to be dangerous. ;)

Now that I'm up and running I can show you the card I made for CAS(E) This Sketch.

This is one of those hard-to-photograph shiny cards.  I think Michele gave me these gold on kraft papers and I thought they would make a nice masculine card.  I cut them down and mounted them on some PTI Fine Linen paper.  For the sentiment I gold embossed one from SSS on some old kraft paper I had.  I thought it looked like the same color as the background but it wasn't quite red enough and it didn't stand out so I blended on some Vintage Photo DI.  I have a couple other photos to give you a better idea - maybe.

What is going on today?  I had trouble with blogger too.  I added these cards separately and I ended up with a long, long, long blank space between them and the rest of the post.  I solved that problem by making a PicMonkey collage but I shouldn't have had to.  Someone is testing me today.  Grrr.

I'm almost caught up in commenting but so far behind in making cards. There are so many challenges and great inspiration out there and I haven't had much time to get crafty.  It's supposed to rain for the next couple of days so if I can get the mojo flowing and the testing stops, I'll be back with some new creations.

Thanks for dropping by.  Enjoy your day!

Addicted to CAS # 113

It's time for another challenge at Addicted to CAS and Anja has chosen this as the code word:

The first thing I thought of was the clinking of glasses and the saying of the word.  I don't have any glass stamps so I used the next best thing.

The bottles are from Altenew colored with Zigs.  I thought I need a little pizzaz so I did the MFT sentiment from some plaid paper and glued it onto black fun foam.   Oh, and I coated the bottles with Glossy Accents.  Too bad that doesn't show up in the photo.

Where will the word take you?  Hopefully to a card you post to the Addicted to CAS gallery. You could win a $10 gift card from Stamplorations.  First why not check out what the Design Team and guest designer Jill V. have made and remember the cards must be clean and simple.

Cheers,

Just Us Girls #397

Have you tried Brushos, Color Bursts or any of the powders that make such fabulous designs when you add water?  Now is the time to get them out and make a card for Just Us Girls because that's what our host Chris is asking for this week.

I did mine a little differently.  I took a large piece of multi-media paper and sprayed it with spray starch.  I sprinkled on the Brushos and watched them move and spread, spraying a little more starch and sprinkling a little more powder where needed.  Then I covered the entire paper with plastic wrap wrinkling it up and letting it dry overnight.  I meant to take a picture of the paper when I pulled the plastic wrap off but I forgot.  I die cut flowers, laying them in strategic places to get the best color and this is the result.

The sentiment is from Essentials by Ellen.  I had a lot of paper left after cutting an A2 size panel so I cut more flowers and made another card.

For this one I cut a stitched square from cream cardstock and stamped the sentiment from MFT in Cup O' Joe.

The Design Team and guest designer Estelle have made some wonderful cards for your inspiration.  Head on over to the Just Us Girls blog to check them out, then make a card of your own to enter in the gallery.  You may be chosen Chic of the Week.

See you there!

AAA Cards Birthday Bash

It's AAA Cards Challenge's 3rd birthday and they are having a party for themselves - and us as there are prizes to be had and a fun Blog Hop. Congratulations AAA!  Here's my card for you.

I stamped the Altenew Layered Cupcake in the colors of the AAA logo as closely as I could.

Thanks for dropping by.

CAS(E) This Sketch #24

Sometimes you have to make a card with stamps you haven't used in a while, especially when you had to have them.  So I pulled out MFT's The Whole Herd to make a card for CAS(E) This Sketch.

Distress Inks for bakground, Zigs on the images, all on Bristol

Who knew that everyone would be getting their TV's hooked up this week.  I called to have it turned on at the lake and they said not until next Friday. They'll try to work it in before then but if not it looks like day trips because someone (not me) can't live without his TV.

I'm so glad you dropped by.  I hope your day is going well.

 

Addicted to Stamps and More #245

What sparks your imagination when you see this photo?  Why not make a card and enter it into the Addicted to Stamps and More gallery.  For more inspiration you can check out the blog to see the Design Team cards including mine.  Wait.  You can see mine here.

I decided to make a shaker card, using a sentiment from EE.  The one on the acetate is embossed in black sparkle and the other is embossed in white.

So put your sparkle on and make a card for us.  We'd love to see it.

Time Out #84

"Flowers and friends make life a garden."  That's the inspiration quote for the Time Out challenge.  I have a friend who needs a pick-me-up card and so I made this.

Altenew's Hello Sunshine set provided the flowers (Zig colored) and Essentials by Ellen provided the sentiment.

It looks like it will be laundry and sewing today.  Back to card making tomorrow.  I need a few masculine birthday cards next week and my sympathy cards are getting low.

Thanks for dropping by.  Enjoy your day.

CASology #251 and Less Is More #331

We were blessed to be part of a fantastic family celebration with a wedding Saturday night and graduation Open House today.  The weather cooperated for the outdoor wedding and barn reception, and though there was rain overnight, the skies were clear and a breeze kept it cool for the outdoor Open House.  There was lots of food, fun and catching up with family.  Now it's back to reality for all of us. ;)

I used my MFT medicine bottles for the challenge at CASology and made them the colors of the challenge at Less Is More with Zigs.

How much easier could it be?

Thanks for dropping by.  I hope you had a good weekend too.

Merry Monday #250

Rustic is right up my alley so of course I had to make a card for Merry Monday.

The wood is a background stamp from Altenew that I stamped on watercolor paper in both Gathered Twigs and Black Soot Distress Inks, brushing with water in between.  The wreath from WPlus9 is stamped in four layers with a little watering to give it a softer look, except for the red embossed berries.  It took a while to come up with a way to do a sentiment. I was going to hang another piece of wood from the bow with a stamped sentiment but that didn't feel quite right. Enter the TH word dies. Both the word and bow are tripled embossed in Liquid Platinum.  Now that I'm looking at it I wish I'd done a burlap bow of some kind but it would have to be tiny burlap, or maybe jute.  Well, too late now.  The challenge is closing soon and I don't have time for a redo.  Maybe it will be a 'do another'. ;)

Thanks for dropping by.  I hope your weekend is off to a good start.

Just Us Girls #396

Hello all.  It's word week at Just Us Girls and Ina has chosen die-cuts (hyphenated so it's one word lol).   This should be an easy one because we all own at least a few dies - she says with a sly grin.

I haven't seen what the rest of the team have done yet, and I hope you go over and check out their creations, but I wanted to use my bear from EE and all the little things that go with him.  I even ordered the sentiments last Friday so I could use one of them and by golly Ellen HutsonLLC got them here pronto.

I used a couple of DIs to ink my card base over which I placed the PTI Polaroid die cut stamped with the sentiment.  The bear has four of his buddies in the recycle bin because I could not get the color to come out right.  I did two with Zigs on Bristol and that was a disaster and I don't know why because I usually have such great luck with them.  Number three was my stab at Copics.  I only have a few but they must be too far apart in color because blending just wasn't happening so what is left is just plain brown Copic coloring.  And I'm satisfied with him.  I stamped some of the fish from the set in the water and then die cut the pole and another fish.  (I tried to color it like a Higgins Lake perch, Judy.)

We have Estelle with us this month as our guest designer.  Be sure to check out her card and her blog.

We hope to see your card in the gallery this week.  Get out those dies and start cutting.

ETA:  At Carol's suggestion, I'm sending this card to Inkspirational whose word this week is "Windows".

MUSE #218 and SSS Monday

It's Ardyth's 50th birthday so for this week's MUSE challenge she wants us to CASE one of her cards.  I thought it would be easiest to go to my Pinterest and see what I had pinned of hers and I found one that I wanted to CASE.

I pinned it because I have the SSS Roses for You set but have only used it once and I thought this would inspire me because it's such a cute card.  Mine is almost identical.

I stamped the flowers on Bristol and colored them with Zigs.  I cut the panel with a stitched rectangle and then the dilemma and a question for you all. What color cardstock most closely matches the Strathmore Bristol?  I ended up using some Altenew Spicy Yogurt which has little flecks of brown in it.  It looks better than white or the Vintage Cream I have.

I don't often think about the Simon Says challenges but I did see that their Monday challenge this week asked for circles.  This might not be what they had in mind but they look circular to me. ;)

I'm scurrying to get this post done before the pizza arrives and we have to leave for a Euchre Party. I hope you all have a great weekend and Happy Birthday, Ardyth!

Inkspirational #135

I knew I had the Stamploration houses to make a card for Inkspirational's "Urban" word prompt but how to implement it took me a while until I found the perfect sentiment from PTI.  Are you ready?  This one's for you, c. ;)

DOXs were used to smoosh a background and then the houses were masked and stamped around the sentiment.  I just wish there was a bright red oxide ink.  Maybe in the next collection.

I have some more posts to schedule and a couple of cards to make before the busy wedding and Open House weekend.  What women would want to put herself through that?  Fortunately she's the mother of the groom so not much to do there and has plenty of family to help with the Open House. The wedding is outdoors and the reception is in a barn.  Sounds like we're in for a fun time.

Have a great day and thanks for dropping by.