Deck The Halls

 I'm popping in with a card for the Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes challenge.  I love this sentiment from My Favourite Things and thought it suited this grumpy Katzlekraft kitty perfectly.  I dressed him up with a hat and bowtie from Tim Holtz hoping that would cheer him up but as you can see he's still grumpy!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Dark green) Bazzill, (Real Red, Cucumber Crush), Going Grey Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Cat) Katzlekraft, (Hat, bowtie) Tim Holtz, (Sentiment from Sassy Pants Holiday) My Favourite Things, (Envelope Pattern) Hero Arts

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

Dies:  (Oval Shadows) My Favourite Things

Marker:  (R27) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Simply White Crystal Drops) Tonic

Gems:  Recollections

Birthday Leaves

 I've got a card for 3 challenges today.  I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches, the theme from Just Us Girls (Leaves) and the third column (Die cut, Leaves, Embellishments) from the Tic Tac Toe challenge at The Paper Players.  I had forgotten even ordering these leaf dies from MFT (and I confess that happens way more than it should!) so was thrilled to find them in my stash and put them to use.  I cut the leaves from some Basic Grey paper and layered them three times for dimension.  I embossed the Simon Says sentiment on an MFT stitched arch and added twine and Crystal Drops for a bit of embellishment.  I was feeling very rusty today so it took far longer than it should have to come up with this but I'm happy with how it ended up.

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  (Oliver 12x12) Basic Grey

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Furry Cat & Box) Simon Says Stamp

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko,

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (In-Focus Florals, Stitched Arch) My Favourite Things

Twine:  Darice

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Rainbow Greetings

 Just popping in with a card for the CAS birthday challenge at the Paper Players.  I ended up making 6 cards to make use of all the rainbow stripes that were cut.  The sentiment dies are from Simon Says Stamp and Paper Smooches.  I used 3 layers of cardstock for them and then covered them with Glossy Accents.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Black) Papertrey Ink

Pattered Paper:  (Dots & Stripes Sorbet, Dots & Stripes Fresh 6x6) My Favourite Things

Dies:  (Rainbow) Essentials by Ellen, (Happy birthday, thank you) Simon Says Stamp, (Hello) Paper Smooches 

Other:  (Nuvo Rhubarb Crumble, Ripened Pumpkin, English Mustard, Bottle Green, Caribbean Ocean, Violet Galaxy Crystal Drops) Tonic

Birthday Flowers

 I'm popping in today with a card for the Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes challenge.  I used some older Mama Elephant and Avery Elle stamps for the flowers and sentiment.  The paper is from a Teresa Collins collection that I won via a Moxie Fab challenge back in the day.  Remember those challenges?  I really do miss PaperCrafts and Moxie Fab!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Black) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Fabrications 12x12) Teresa Collins

Stamps:  (Flowers from Freestyle Florals) Mama Elephant, (Sentiment from Cake and Candles) Avery Elle

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Markers:  Copic

Gems:  Doodlebug

Snappy Birthday

 Hello there!

I've got a card today for the Die Cuts and/or Stencils challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.    I've been having lots of fun creating my own sentiments with these Essentials by Ellen alpha dies.  This time I paired those letters with a Simon Says "birthday" die and some alligators from My Favourite Things.  I ended up making two designs but still can't decide which is my favourite.  What do you think?

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Garden Green, Wild Wasabi, Lucky Limeade, Mossy Meadow, Cucumber Crush, Emerald Envy, Call Me Clover, Lemon Lime Twist) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Alligator) My Favourite Things, (Alpha letters) Essentials by Ellen, (Birthday) Simon Says Stamp

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Up and Away

 

I've got a card today for the CAS on Friday Balloons challenge.  These Mama Elephant critters are old favourites and since I had them out I made two cards.  I also broke out some ancient PTI cloud dies and a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Textured white) Bazzill, (Marina Mist) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Bunny, fox and balloons from Up and Away) Mama Elephant, (Sentiment from Furry Cat & Box) Simon Says Stamp

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

Markers:  Copic

Dies:  (Clouds) Papertrey Ink

Other:  (Nuvo Clear Crystal Drops) Tonic

Dotty Hippo

 

Today's card is for the Simon Says Wednesday Stamp It challenge.  I broke out my Concord & 9th Painted Dots Turnabout stamps for the first time.  I bought a couple of them and I like them but they're definitely more suited to square cards aren't they?  I tried to figure out how to use it on my Misti with a rectangular card and failed spectacularly so then I just used a 5.5 x 5.5 piece of cardstock and trimmed it for the front of the card. 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Black) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Hippo & balloons from Happy Hippos, Sentiment from Essential Sentiments) My Favourite Things, (Painted Dots Turnabout) Concord & 9th

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko, (Bellini, Mint To Be) Catherine Pooler, (Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Markers:  (R02, G00, C1, C3, C5) Copic

Dies:  (Flag) My Favourite Things

Baby Bears

I'm playing along today with the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp.  I needed a few baby cards so I pulled out this cute little bear from WPlus9 and paired him with some Studio Calico papers.  To finish them off I scattered a few Simon Says Stamp stars to frame the sentiments from Taylored Expressions and MFT.

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  (Story Time 6x6) Studio Calico

Stamps:  (Bear and cloud from Little Dreamers) Wplus9, (Sentiment from Simple Sentiments) Taylored Expressions, (Sentiment from Essential Sentiments) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow'

Dies:  (Stars) Simon Says Stamp, (Scalloped rectangle) Wplus9

Markers:  (R02, B45, C1, W1, W3, W5) Copic

Stripes & Flower

 This card is for the Colour Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketches challenges.  (I realize it's not in the running for Freshly Made as it's not a square card but I wanted to acknowledge where I got the layout from).  I used cardstock to make the striped square, stamped the WPlus9 flower over the top of it and finished it off with a Simon Says Stamp sentiment and some Nuvo crystal drops.   

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Green, blue, purple) Paperbilities

Stamps:  (Flower from Very Vintage Greetings) Wplus9, (Sentiment from Simple Sentiments #1) Simon Says Stamp

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Stripes) Mama Elephant, (Square) Essentials By Ellen

Others:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey 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

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

Patterned Background Kitty

 Today's card is for the Time Out Pets challenge and the Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes challenge.  The expression on this kitty's face seemed perfect for this sassy sentiment and I like the versatility of the sentiment too - it's from a birthday set but I feel like it could work for any celebratory day or even as an encouragement card.    

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  (Indie Chic Saffron 6x6) My Mind's Eye

Stamps:  (Cat from Cat-itude, Sentiment from Sassy Pants Birthday Greetings) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Marker:  (W1, W3, W5) Copic

More Bright Birthday!

I'm on a patterned paper roll this week!  This card is inspired by the photo challenge at Just Us Girls.  I took my inspiration from all the bright colours including the pink flowers, green boots and blue sky.  The paper is by Reverse Confetti and I'm really loving the bright colours and fun patterns in this set - all very spring-worthy!  I'm also going to play along with the Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes challenge.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Paper Bliss 6x6) Reverse Confetti

Stamps:  (Flower from Blooms 'n Buds, Sentiment from Birthday Wishes) Reverse Confetti

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Party Dress, Lime Rickey) Catherine Pooler

Dies:  (Hemstitch Rectangles) Spellbinders

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

You're S'Whale

 

Today's card is for the colour challenge at the Paper Players.  I knew I wanted to use the whale from this Essentials by Ellen set but I didn't want to do my usual and pop him up on some wave dies so I went for this vent heart from Simon Says Stamp instead.  I'm not very good at using unusual colours for things (pretty sure there aren't any merlot coloured whales in the world) so it felt good to nudge myself a bit out of my comfort zone.  I ended up with two cards in the end but can't decide my favourite.  Which one do you like best?

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Not Quite Navy, Bravo Burgundy, Crumb Cake) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from S'Whale) Essentials by Ellen

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Night of Navy) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Heart Vent, Holiday Shapes) Simon Says Stamp, (Flag, Speech bubble) My Favourite Things

Other:  (Nuvo Navy Blue, Oyster Grey & Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Party Pooch

This pooch has been sitting on my desk, coloured and ready to go, for ages so since the Simon Says Wednesday challenge is Anything Goes I thought it was his time to shine.  With those droopy eyelids he certainly looks like he's been celebrating hard so I thought it only fitting that I use this My Favourite Things sentiment.  The confetti-esque Basic Grey paper is perfect for a party and also for a coloured card base (which I always promise myself I will use more often!)

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  (Out of Print 6x6) Basic Grey

Stamps:  (Dog from Crazy Dogs, Hat from Crazy Things) Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous, (Sentiment from Sassy Pants Birthday Greetings 2) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Wonky Stitched Rectangles) My Favourite Things

Markers:  (R32, Y15, BG01, E33, E35, E37, 100) Copic

Pink Birthday Butterfly

 Today's card is for The Colour Throwdown and the My Favourite Things sketch challenge.  Unfortunately I realise now that my cream card base looks pretty white in this photo (so it may not qualify for Colour Throwdown) but I figured I'd post it anyway.  I haven't used this MFT butterfly in ages and now I remember why - I never bought the matching dies and those little antennae are a pain in the butt to fussy cut!  I'm also going to play along with the Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes challenge.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Vintage Cream) Papertrey Ink, (Textured White) Bazzill, (Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Butterfly from Beautiful Butterflies, Sentiment from Essential Sentiments) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Frosty Red, Rubellite) Altenew

Dies:  (Flag, rectangle) My Favourite Things

Gems: Recollections