Autumn Leaf Flower

We're in the midst of some renovations at the moment so when I was at the paint store I may have grabbed a few more paint swatches than I needed...  I thought this one would make a nice background for some autumn leaves for the Inkspirational challenge.  I love these Altenew leaf dies and while I was playing around with them I found that they look a bit like a flower in this configuration so I went with it.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Leaves) Altenew, (Many thanks) Essentials by Ellen

Other:  (Nuvo Simply White Crystal Drops) Tonic, (Glossy Accents) Ranger

Speech Bubble Thanks

 I was doing some digging around through old supplies this past week and came across these Neat & Tangled speech bubble dies.  I thought they'd be fun to use in a rainbow of colours for this week's Inspired By... photo.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Lovely Lipstick, Pumpkin Pie, Pineapple Punch, Call Me Clover, Blueberry Bushel) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Stop & Go) Neat & Tangled

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Speech bubble) Neat & Tangled

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey 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

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

Leaf Blessings

 I haven't played along with the Shopping Our Stash challenge in forever but this time the theme is plant life and I felt inspired.  These leaves are from a Craft's Meow set.  I've had them so long that the company doesn't exist anymore so I think this definitely counts as shopping my stash!  I used an ink smooshing and misting technique to colour the leaves and added an MFT sentiment, some twine and a few Nuvo drops to finish it off.

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Leaves from Beautiful Spring) The Craft's Meow, (Sentiment from Essential Sentiments) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko, (Cracked Pistachio, Lucky Clover) Ranger

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Twine:  Darice

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Hello & Thanks

 

I've got two cards inspired by the colours at the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge.  I pulled out this scribble flower die from Taylored Expressions which I thought would be fun with these bright and cheery colours.  The sentiment dies are both Paper Smooches.  I finished them off with one pink Nuvo crystal drop at the end of each sentiment.

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Scribble flower) Taylored Expressions, (Hello, Thanks) Paper Smooches

Other:  (Nuvo Rhubarb Crumble Crystal Drops) Tonic

Speech Bubble Thanks

 

Today's card is for two challenges - Time Out (Quick) and Just Add Ink (Just Add "S" - I added speech bubbles!)  I generally take forever to make even the simplest card but this one came together really quickly.  I used Paper Smooches speech bubble and thanks dies and some fun Pinkfresh paper to make a cheery thank you card.  The middle speech bubble is popped up on foam tape and the thanks is shined up with Glossy Accents.

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  Pinkfresh

Dies:  (Speech bubble, thanks) Paper Smooches

Other:  (Glossy Accents) Ranger, (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

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

Thanks A Latte!

 

Hello!

I've got a card this evening for the Fusion challenge where I used the sketch and took inspiration from the purple in the photo.  I used some ancient Basic Gray patterned paper and the new to me latte die and stamp set from Honey Bee Stamps.  I also added a little coffee cup from Essential By Ellen. 

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  (Kioshi 12x12) Basic Grey

Stamps:  (Coffee cup from Everyday Essentials) Essentials by Ellen, (Sentiment from Latte) Honey Bee Stamps

Ink:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko, (Fresh Fig) Stampin' Up

Embossing Powder: (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Latte) Honey Bee Stamps

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Thanks A Latte!

 

I had some rare weekday craft time today and made a couple of cards.  This one is for 4 challenges - CAS Colours & Sketches, Just Add Ink (Thank You), Simon Says Wednesday challenge (Anything Goes) and Time Out (Inspiration Quote).  I'm seeing lots of skinny stripes on cards lately and and wanted to use some here but ended up using different sized ones instead.  It's such a simple way to add some colour to a design that I have a feeling it may start showing up on more of my cards (I'm always a little late to the trend parties!).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry) Stampin' Up

Stamp:  (Cat from Newton Loves Coffee) Newton's Nook, (Sentiment from Latte Love) Essentials by Ellen

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Tsukineko) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder: (Clear) Hero Arts

Dies:  (Speech bubble) XCut

Markers:  (R20, C1, C3, W1, W3) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Textured Triangles

Hello!

I've got a card today for the Just Add Ink challenge where we are to Just Choose 2: Flowers - Trees - Texture.  (I went for flowers & texture).  I've had this card base sitting on my desk for ages on which I used pink tinted texture paste with a MFT Tiny Triangles stencil.  I was rummaging through my Altenew stamps earlier and came across this never before used flower set.  I thought it would really pop against the pink if I kept it simple and stamped it in black.  I added a touch of yellow to their centres and then a yellow sentiment block to tie it together.  I'll also be playing along with the July NBUS challenge since this is the first time these flowers have seen ink.

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (All from Frosted Garden) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black Black) Tsukineko, (Regal Rose) Stampin' Up, (Limoncello) Catherine Pooler

Stencil:  (Tiny Triangles) My Favourite Things

Embossing Paster:  Dreamweaver Stencils

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Wavy Thank You

This week The Paper Players are looking for CAS Thank You cards.  In my continuing effort to use patterned paper I pulled out a couple of dies to create this card.  I have an awful lot of 12x12 papers.  They tend to have larger designs which don't always lend themselves to the size of cards but dies like these waves from MFT allow you to cut the papers down to size and still preserve some of the design.  

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  (Indian Summer 12x12) Basic Grey

Dies:  (Ride the Waves) My Favourite Things, (Thank You) Simon Says Stamp

Markers:  (Y38, E31, E37, C7) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic, (Glossy Accents) Ranger  

Twofer Flowers

Aaaargh!!!  I just realised I've missed the deadline for the Twofer challenge!!!  

This time the prompt was flowers and I'm so excited about what I came up with but I came up with them a day late.

*sigh*  

Oh well.  I'm going to share them anyway.

I chose a flower from Altenew's simple flower set.  I started by making a thank you card with a simple bunch of flowers.  Then I was looking at the swirl on the flower and it made me think of the snail card I made for a recent CASology challenge.  So I took the body of a snail from an Essentials by Ellen set and then used the flower to make him a different shell!   Pretty neat huh?  Finally I added a Lil' Inkers Designs sentiment to make it into an encouragement card.

Supplies Used:

Thank You Card

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

Stamps:  (Flowers & leaves from Simple Flowers) Altenew, (Sentiment from Salutations) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko, (Tiki Torch, Tiara, Lime Rickey) Catherine Pooler

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Encouragement Card

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Old Olive, Crumb Cake) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flower from Simple Flowers) Altenew, (Snail from Snailed It) Essentials by Ellen, (Sentiment from Snailed It) Lil' Inker Designs

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Pale Tomato, Fresh Peach, Cop o' Joe, Wet Cement) Hero Arts

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Scoops of Birthdays and Thanks

I was having trouble getting my mojo going the other day so I assigned numbers to my stamps, used a random number generator to pull up a number and then had to make a card with the corresponding stamp set.  This Reverse Confetti set was the first one to come up so I made a birthday card for the RC Stock Your Stash challenge.  Super simple with some of my favorite colours of cardstock.  Since I had the set out I also made a thank you card - same layout but with a bit more going on in the background.

The number thing really worked to get me going.  Sometimes I feel overwhelmed with choice when I'm looking at my supplies and don't know where to start so taking the choice out of my hands really helped.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiments from Love & Ice Cream) Reverse Confetti

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Granite Grey) My Favourite Things

Other:  (Nuvo Caribbean Ocean Crystal Drops) Tonic

Skinny Washi Stripe

Today's card is for the CAS on Friday challenge (Use a die) and the Paper Smooches challenge (Thank You). 

My brother and his fiancée sent me a bunch of crafty goodies for Christmas and included was a collection of skinny washi tape from Me & My Big Ideas.  They're fun individually but I also thought that they'd make a cool stripe if I put them all together.  I decided on a yellow sentiment die to balance out the yellow on the other side of the stripe and scattered around some Nuvo drops for some extra fun.  I made a second card with a Hello sentiment too.

Supplies Used:

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

Die:  (Hello) Paper Smooches

Washi Tape:  Me and My Big Ideas

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Thank You Flower

I've got a card this evening for Freshly Made Sketches and Addicted to CAS (Code Word: Flower).  I found this gorgeous flower in a pile of bits and bobs waiting for their turn to shine on a card.  I made it ages ago using a smooshing technique I saw on Jennifer McGuire's blog.  I have a few others too but don't have any leaves which may be why they've sat unused for so long.  I'll either have to get off my butt and make some leaves or get more creative!  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Watercolor) Ranger, (Daffodil Delight, Basig Grey, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flower from Hennah Elements) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko, (Worn Lipstick & Fossilized Amber Distress Inks) Ranger

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Die:  (Thank You) Poppy Stamps

Other:  (Nuvo White & Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

No Stamping

I've got cards to share for 3 challenges today - Freshly Made Sketches, Just Add Ink (colours) and the Simon Says Wednesday challenge (dies and/or punches).  I used the Simon Says Air Vent die to created the striped panels in the card and a SSS sentiment die.  The thank you is double stacked and then covered with Glossy Accents to add some shine. I made two card with this design and just switched around the colours.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Regal Rose, Smokey Slate, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up, (Vellum)

Die:  (Thank you, Air vent) Simon Says Stamp

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic, (Glossy Accents) Ranger