Triangle Butterflies

 It's a public holiday today and I had planned to have a full day in the craft room but it was too gorgeous outside.  Luis went fishing with his mates and I ended up spending the morning puttering outside with Chica and then sitting on the patio trying to finish my book.  

It clouded over a bit after lunch so I did get a few cards made.  Four to be exact - same design different patterned paper.  They're for the CAS(E) This Sketch,  Just Us Girls (Triangles) and Simon Says Wednesday (Thanks/Thanksgiving) challenges.  The dies are all MFT and the paper is Basic Grey.

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  (Kioshi 12x12) Basic Grey

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Heartfelt Sentiments) Altenew

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Butterfly, Triangle) My Favourite Things

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Better With Sprinkles

 Today's card is for CAS(E) This Sketch and I thought of this Newton's Nook stamp as soon as I saw it.  I'm not sure what I like better about this stamp - how adorable Newton is or how happy I'd be to stumble across a cat sized donut!  

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  (Happy Hooray 6x6) Pebbles

Stamps:  (All from Newton's Donut) Newton's Nook

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

Markers:  (RV02, R11, R17, Y02, YR04, G05, BG01, E33, E37, C1, C3) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

I'm Not Lion!

 

Today's card uses the colours from The Paper Players and the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch (I turned it 90 degrees to the right).  I layered some Heffy Doodle stitched circle die cuts and popped the Altenew lion and Paper Smooches speech bubble up on foam tape.  Once I stopped dithering about which order to layer the circles the rest came together quite quickly!  

I actually played with the original sketch challenge back in 2015.  Here's my card from then:

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Mossy Meadow, Baked Brown Sugar) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Lion & sentiment from Geometric Menagerie) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Stitched Circles) Heffy Doodle

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Hope Your Day Rocks

Today's card is for 3 challenges - CAS(E) This Sketch, Paper Smooches (Rainbows) and Time Out (Days gone by).  I took some inspiration from Donna's gorgeous rainbow card but used music notes instead of stars.  All the stamps are from a Paper Smooches set that I've had for ages.  I love the cassette tape and think it totally qualifies the card for the Time Out challenge as cassettes are definitely a thing of the past!

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (All from Beboppin') Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko, (Tutti Frutti, Tiki Torch, Limoncello, Lime Rickey, Something Borrowed, Flirty Fuchsia) Catherine Pooler

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Awesome!

Today's card is for CAS(E) This Sketch and Addicted to Stamps and More (CAS challenge).  This awesome WPlus9 stamp set came immediately to mind when I saw the CTS sketch this week.  Its one of my oldest stamp sets and I love it as much now as I did when I first got it.  I stamped the background with a bit of rock 'n' roll technique in two different sets of colours.  Then I embossed and fussy cut the awesome and popped it up on foam tape in the centre of the background.  The You're so was stamped in black, trimmed out and also popped up on foam tape.

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (All from So 80s) WPlus9

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Pink, Apricot, Sky Blue, Heliotrope) ColourBox

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Birthday Cake Wishes

I've got a card for 3 challenges today - CAS(E) This Sketch, Seize the Birthday (Food and/or Drink) and Stock Your Stash (Birthday) at Reverse Confetti.  I love this Reverse Confetti cake image and have used it quite a bit although it always makes me crave cake which is definitely dangerous!  I used an RC banner (Garland?  Never sure the correct term...) to create the panels from the CTS sketch which may be a stretch but I think they're kind of fun so I'm going to roll with it!   :)

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Regal Rose, Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay, Island Indigo) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Cake from Hey, Sugar!, Sentiment from Birthday Wishes) Reverse Confetti

Inks:  (VersaFine, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Banner) Reverse Confetti

Markers:  (Rv21, RV23, R32, YR00, YR20, YR21) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

All Squared Up Hello

This card is for the Colour Throwdown and CAS(E) This Sketch challenges.  I took a little liberty with the sketch (perhaps a little too much) and made it a landscape card instead of a portrait layout.  I stamped this fun patterned stamp from Avery Elle onto different colours of cardstock and then fussy cut them and adhered them to the card base.  The hello is a Paper Smooches die and I chose this one because I wanted a soft, round font to contrast with the sharp, geometric edges of the pattern. 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight, Gumball Green Night of Navy, Crumb Cake) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All fromAll Squared Up) Avery Elle

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Hello) Paper Smooches

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic, (Glossy Accents) Ranger

Banners & butterfly

I've got a card tonight for CAS(E) This Sketch and the Colour Throwdown.  I actually already had these little banners on my desk wand just needed to decide what to add to them.  This butterfly die hasn't seen much action in a while so I thought I'd break it out and dust it off.  The sentiment is from Fresh Squeezed Stamps and is one of my favourite "thinking of you" sentiments.  The butterfly is popped up on some very tiny pieces of foam tape to give it some dimension.  Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe out there!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Cherry Cobbler, Smokey Slate, Basic Grey, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from You Said It, Sister) Fresh Squeezed Stamps

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Butterfly, flags) My Favourite Things

Other:  (Nuvo Autumn Red Crystal Drops) Tonic, (Glitter Black Wink of Stella) Kuretake

Basic Grey Birthday

After my recent mojo struggles I had a pretty good card making day today.  I pulled out some ancient Basic Grey 12x12 papers for this card for CAS(E) This Sketch and the AAA Birthday challenge (Dots &/or Stripes).  The birthday sentiment cake is from a super cute Lil Inker Designs set that has a few cakes of different sizes.  I used Nuvo Crystal drops for the candle flame and to sprinkle a few little dots around.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Lucky 12x12) Basic Grey

Stamps:  (Eat Cake) Lil' Inker Designs

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Long Classic Rectangles Small and Large) Spellbinders

Other:  9Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Oldies But Goodies

I pulled out some more oldie but goodie PTI products for this card that I made to play along with CAS Colours and Sketches and CAS(E) This Sketch.  I love these sentiments with the mixed fonts and the flower die has gotten plenty of use over the years.  Sometimes I feel bad going back to old favourites over and over when I have so much NBUS but I guess if it works it works!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Melon Mambo, So Saffron, Bashful Blue) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Botanical Silhouettes) Papertrey Ink

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Melon Mambo) Stampin' Up
Die:  (Flower, Simple circles border) Papertrey Ink

Other:  (Nuvo Dandelion Yellow Crystal Drops) Tonic

Gift Bag Pup

Hi there!

I've got a Christmas card for this week's CAS(E) This Sketch challenge.  This little Gerda Steiner pup peeking out of the gift bag is so darn adorable!!  I coloured him with Copics, paired him up with an Avery Elle sentiment and scattered some Simon Says stars around to finish it off.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Emerald Envy, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Dog from Christppies) Gerda Seiner, (Sentiment from Happy Howl-idays) Avery Elle

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Stars) Simon Says Stamp, (Stitched circle) Heffy Doodle

Other:  (Glossy Accents) Ranger

Striped Succulents

Hello there!

Hurricane Humphrey was a little feistier than we expected but thankfully, while there were buildings damaged, roofs lost and trees destroyed, there were no fatalities.  We're now keeping an eye on Jerry as he approaches.  At the moment he's a tropical storm but is aiming for a direct hit on Tuesday.  We'll see what he does between now and then.

In the meantime I have a card for two challenges - CAS(e) This Sketch and Time Out.  I love the Skinny Stripes die from Ellen Hutson - It makes such a great background and adds some texture too.  I had these MFT succulents sitting on my desk all coloured and ready to go so I happily put them to use.  I made two cards with the stripes in different directions.  Which do you prefer the horizontal or vertical?    

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Pear Pizzazz, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Sweet Succulents) My Favourite Things

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

Dies:  (Skinny Stripes) Essentials by Ellen

Markers:  (YG67, G21, E08) Copic

Other:  (Glossy Accents) Ranger

Pre-Hurricane Card

Hi there!

I've got a card today for the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge using some Woodware stamps that I've had forever.  They're coloured with Copics, fussy cut and popped up on foam tape.  Nice and simple!

I figured I'd get this card in before Hurricane Humberto arrives.  Overnight he got upgraded to a Cat 3 but at the moment there's not supposed to be a direct hit - he should pass to our northeast.  Still pretty close though so cross your fingers for us!  

Here's a couple of photos from last evening when I took Chica for her walk:

Chica was unfazed by the weather - she was too busy making a new friend:

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Textured White, textured red) Bazzill

Stamps:  (Tree, star, sentiment from various sets) Woodware

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Markers:  (R27, Y15, G14, E35) Copic

Glitter:  (Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss) Tonic

Other:  (Nuvo Red Berry Crystal Drops) Tonic, (Glossy Accents) Ranger