What's Mew?

 I've got a super simple card today for the Colour Hues challenge.  I love this kitty from Frantic Stamper and thought she'd go perfectly with these sentiments from Paper Smooches.   I broke out those EBE square dies again (have I mentioned how much I love them??) for a simple graphic design.

  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Black) Papertrey Ink, (Bermuda Bay) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Feline Friends) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Cat) Frantic Stamper, (Squares) Essentials by Ellen

Berry Heart

Today I managed to use some patterned paper that I thought would never see the light of day on one of my cards and I'm pretty excited about it!  The Fruit and Berries challenge at the Paper Players gave me the idea for it so thanks, ladies!  I used these Concord & 9th stamps for the first time so I'm also going to play along with Darnell's NBUS challenge.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper: (Berry Sweet 8.5x8.5) K&Co

Stamps:  (All from Be Mine) Concord & 9th

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Heart) Taylored Expressions

Markers:  (R27, Y21, YG03, C1) Copic) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Red Berry Crystal Drops) Tonic

Flower Silhouette

 I'm playing along today with the colour challenge at Just Us Girls.  I took some inspiration from Bobby and pulled out this Simon Says Stamp flower die to use in silhouette.  I then cut some squares from my new Essentials by Ellen square dies (which I am loving) and framed them and stacked them as a background for the silhouette.  Since I had all the cardstock out I used another older die (this one from MFT) and made a quick second card.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Black) Papertrey Ink, (Melon Mambo, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Simple Sentiments #1) Simon Says Stamp

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Fresh Daisies) Simon Says Stamp, (Flowers) My Favourite Things, (Squares) Essentials by Ellen

Punch:  (5/16" circle) Mc Gill

Twine:  Darice

Other: (Glossy Accents) Ranger

Nautical Birthday

I was flipping through my 12x12 paper stash yesterday and came across this American Crafts paper that I thought would be perfect for the Seize the Birthday nautical theme birthday challenge.I pondered a few different layouts but in the end decided to keep it simple and let the paper be the star of the show.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Black) Papertrey Ink, (Textured White) Bazzill

Patterned Paper: (Margarita 12x12) American Crafts

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Essential Sentiments) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (Suede Shoes) Catherine Pooler

Dies:  (Sailboat) WPlus9, (Squares) Essentials by Ellen

Other: (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Grateful Plant

 My card today is for the Freshly Made Sketches and Time Out challenges.  I thought of this Reverse Confetti paper and the Altenew plant as soon as I saw the Time Out inspiration photo and figured they'd work perfectly with the sketch.  The most time consuming part of making this card was deciding on the sentiment but I got there in the end!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Black) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Cheerful and Kind 6x6) Reverse Confetti

Stamps:  (Plant from Potted Plants) Altenew, (Sentiment from More Essential Sentiments) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Lime Rickey, Eucalyptus) Catherine Pooler

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Other:  (Nuvo Rhubarb Crumble Crystal Drops) Tonic

Floral Birthday Wishes

 I've got a card tonight for the CAS Colours & Sketches colour challenge.  I think I've only used one of the flowers from this Altenew set before so it felt good to ink up a few other images from it.  I also haven't used colours for stamping outline images in ages.  I was going to do my usual white-embossed-on-black sentiment but in the end I opted to add a little more colour to the design.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Crushed Curry) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flowers from Golden Garden, Sentiment from Birthday Greetings) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Regal Rose, Old Olive) Stampin' Up

Other: (Nuvo English Mustard & Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Stripes & Anchor

 Today I'm playing along with The Card Concept.  My CAS design was inspired by the stripes on the left of the photo and the general nautical theme.  The anchor and sentiment are both from Paper Smooches.  I used the wonderful Quick Stripes dies from Mama Elephant to cut the stripes.  How did I ever live without them??

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red, Crushed Curry, Emerald Envy, Night of Navy, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Wicked Nautical) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Anchor) Paper Smooches, (Quick Stripes) Mama Elephant

Other: (Nuvo Red Berry Crystal Drops) Tonic

Birthday Flower Cluster

Today's card is a challenge three-fer as I'm playing along with Time Out (Spring theme), CAS on Friday (Flowers) and AAA Birthday (Flowers).  I wish I could say I watercolored that background but it's actually patterned paper from Altenew.  Isn't it gorgeous?  It was exactly what I was looking for to put behind the Simon Says Flower Cluster die and the small sentiment from MFT was the perfect complement for it.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Black) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Enchanting Washes 6x6) Altenew

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Simple Sentiments #1) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Flower cluster) Simon Says Stamp, (Flag) My Favourite Things

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Die Cuts Only

 I've got a quick and easy card today.  This one is for the Colour Throwdown and Just Us Girls (No stamping).  I used some layering butterflies from MFT to bring in the blues and then used the light grey for their bodies and the sentiment.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Baja Breeze, Night of Navy, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Butterflies) My Favourite Things, (Thank You) Poppy Stamps

Other:  (Nuvo Navy Blue Crystal Drops) Tonic

Hope Your Day Rocks

 Today's card is for the CAS Colours & Sketches and Paper Players challenges.  I pulled out some oldie but goodie Paper Smooches stamps and kept things simple by just stamping them on coloured card stock.  I fussy cut them and layered them up with foam tape for lots of fun dimension.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Black) Papertrey Ink, (Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Beboppin) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Other:  (Nuvo Rhubarb Crumble & Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

You Make My Tail Wag

 I've got a card tonight for three challenges - Colour Hues, Shopping Our Stash (Fur babies) and My Favorite Things (sketch).  This pooch is from an older MFT set and I've not used this particular image before.  I thought he'd fit perfectly peeking out of the circle and leaning over the flag.  This came together pretty quickly given how rarely I've been crafting lately which isn't usually the case so I was pretty chuffed about that!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Pool Party, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from You Make My Tail Wag) My Favourite Things

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Essential Circles) Essentials by Ellen, (Flag) My Favourite Things

Markers:  (E33, E35, E37, 100) Copic

Other:  (NuvoNavy Blue Crystal Drops) Tonic