Lucky Me

 I'm playing along today with the Friendship or Encouragement challenge at Time Out.  I used a new to me sentiment die from Essentials by Ellen and some fun Crate Paper patterned paper that's been kicking around for a while.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Black) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Bliss Collection 12x12) Crate Paper

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Lucky) Essentials by Ellen

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Lucky) Essentials by Ellen

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Bright Birthday Flower

 Life has been busy and it's been over a month since I last posted so I'm glad to finally have a bit of crafty time.  Today I'm playing along with the Paper Players and Time Out.  The Paper Players gave us a Tic Tac Toe challenge and I used the first column for my card - feminine, birthday, florals.  Time Out wants us to use a coloured card base.  I've actually been trying to use more coloured card bases in a bid to tackle my cardstock stash (ha ha!) so I appreciate the encouragement here.  I haven't used these Essentials by Ellen flower dies in ages but they are perfect for some bright and cheery birthday florals.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, So Saffron, Pistachio Pudding, Wild Wasabi, Coastal Cabana) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Sassy Pants Birthday 3) My Favourite Things

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Wild Garden flowers) essentials by Ellen

Other:  (Nuvo White Crystal Drops) Tonic

Time Out Guest Designer

 I was lucky enough to be the winner of a recent Time Out challenge and was invited to be a guest designer for their latest challenge!  It just so happens that today is also my birthday - a pretty cool birthday gift huh?

It's an Inspired by Words challenge this time and, as always, you can take inspiration from the whole quote or just one word.  Usually I end up just working off one word but this time I found a rose die and friend sentiment that seemed to work well together and I went with it.

The sponsor this week is CAS-ual Fridays and you have until August 11th to play along!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Lemon Tart, White) Papertrey Ink, (Certainly Celery, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from All Year Cheer) Wplus9

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

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

Dies:  (Fantasy Floral, Halftone cover plate) Altenew

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

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

Starfish Thoughts

 Today's card is for the Time Out photo inspiration challenge.  I took my inspiration from the starfish on the pillows and the teal chairs.  Since I was going for a beach feel I finally pulled out these Avery Elle coral dies and put them to use behind the starfish.  Since it's their first time getting dusted off I'm also going to play along with Darnell's NBUS challenge.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Pumpkin Pie, Bermuda Bau, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from The Reef) Avery Elle

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Coral) Avery Elle, (Square Frame) My Favourite Things

Other:  (Nuvo Ripened Pumpkin Crystal Drops) Tonic

Ribbon Rainbow

 

As I mentioned in Thursday's post (and showed in my craft room tour) I have a ton of ribbon that I never use.  So I decided to continue to challenge myself to do something with it.  This works well with Time Out's challenge to do something different and I'm also going to play along at Seize the Birthday (no topping) since I ended up with a bright and cheery birthday card.  I used my ribbon to make a bright rainbow background and topped it with a Simon Says Stamp birthday die.  I'm loving the vibrant colours and the fun textures from the different ribbons.  Now to see how much more of the stuff I can use going forward...

Supplies Used:

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

Ribbon:  Hero Arts

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Birthday Hearts

 I don't usually enter a bunch of challenges all with one card but it's that heart time of year and I'm already done with making Valentine's cards.  Both the birthday sentiment and the scalloped frame were on my desk so all I had to do was die cut some hearts from some patterned paper, layer everything up and I was done!

I'm playing along with AAA Birthday (Large sentiment), Inkspirational (Hearts), Seize the Birthday (Topping: Hearts) and Time Out (Inspiration photo).

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Papers:  (Love Story 6x6) Echo Park

Dies:  (Hearts) Taylored Expressions, (Sentiment) Simon Says Stamp, (Scalloped frame) My Favourite Things

Gems:  Recollections

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

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

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

Patterned Birthday

Today's card is for two challenges - CAS Colours & Sketches (sketch) and Time Out (photo inspiration).  I was inspired by the mixture of patterns in the Time Out photo so I pulled out some My Mind's Eye papers and spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to decide which ones to put together.  I used a Simon Says Stamp sentiment and layered one with vellum and one with cardstock (to make the yellow from the patterned paper pop).  I usually dither about which design I like best but I think this time the vellum sentiment is definitely the winner for me.  How about you?

Supplies Used:

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

Patterned Paper:  (SLost & Found 3 6x6) My Mind's Eye

Die:  (Scripty Happy Birthday) Simon Says Stamp

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard & Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Flying Birthday Kitty

Hi there!

I spent a lovely few hours in the Craft Cave today - the first really significant time in over a month.  It was a slow start but by the end of the session I was feeling a bit less rusty.  Its unfortunate that's it's taken a pandemic for me to have more time in there but I'm going to go with it for now.  

With this card I'm playing along with Freshly Made Sketches and Time Out.  This adorable Your Next Stamp kitty is NBUS for me so I was pleased to make used of him.  I also dug out these adorable PTI clouds that were all the rage back when I started stamping.  Yay for using oldie but goodies!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Textured white) Bazzill, (Tempting Turquoise) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Party Pets) Your Next Stamp

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko
Die:  (Clouds) Papertrey Ink

Markers:  (R11, R17, R22, C1, C3, C5) Copic

Some Bunny Loves You

Today's card is for the Time Out Affectionate challenge and the Simon Says Wednesday With Love challenge.  I'm not sure I've ever used these Mama Elephant stamps before but they really are perfect fo this time of year.  Also I know I'm way behind the times but I finally got these Spellbinders dies that create the cutest little cut out frames.  I love them and can see them getting a whole lot of use in the future!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Cherry Cobbler) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Honey Bunny) Mama Elephant

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko
Die:  (Punched frame) Spellbinders, (Heart) Simon Says Stamp

Markers:  (C1, C3, C5) Copic

Gems:  Recollections