Eat All The Cake

 I've got a card today for the Addicted to Stamps and More Birthday challenge.  I've been having a lot of fun lately playing with the Classic Block Alpha dies from Essentials by Ellen.  I'm loving the look of the large, bold sentiment with just one image.  I also totally agree with this sentiment and may have resembled that cat a time or two in my life...

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Textured white) Bazzill, (Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Cat from Party Pets) Your Next Stamp

Ink:  (Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Classic Block Alpha) Essentials by Ellen

Markers:  (R02, R11, Y17, E35, E37, C1, C3, C5) Copic

Doggone Good Birthday

 

Today's card is for the Addicted To CAS challenge (Animal).  My goal for myself today was to use some coloured card bases.  I almost always reach for white card bases so once in a while I try to force myself not to.  Birthday cards are good for this since they're generally cheery and celebratory anyway which works well with bright colours.  These Your Next Stamps pooches were in my pile of pre-stamped images so I coloured them with Copics, die cut them and popped them up on foam tape.  I almost went for my usual white embossed sentiment on black cardstock but decided to keep going with the colours instead and I really like how these turned out!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Rose Red, Granny Apple Green, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Party Pets) Your Next Stamp

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

Markers:  (YG03, B29, BV23, C1, W1, W3, W5, 100) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo White Crystal Drops) Tonic

Striped Sky

I'm playing along with the challenge at Your Next Stamp to use stripes.  I used the EBE Skinny Stripes die to create my sky which I love because it adds some fun texture to the card.  I coloured and popped up this cutie pie YNS kitty on foam tape to float along on top of it and added a PTI cloud for some balance.  The sentiment is from Avery Elle.  

Hoping you're all doing well in lockdown.  As of Saturday Bermuda will slowly start easing restrictions.  There will still be an overnight curfew but all retail stores and restaurants will now be able to open for curbside and delivery services.  Yay!  Even more exciting we can now exercise further from home!  Up until now we were only allowed outside for exercise within a half mile of our homes.  Chica will be so excited to have some new walking routes and LOTS of new sniffs.

While the lockdown and restrictions have been stressful for everyone I'm grateful for the course our government has taken with navigating this pandemic.  Saturday is the start of a 4 phase reopening plan with no current time limit on any phase - it will depend on how things progress as there is more interaction.  Our Premier has been calm, measured and informed throughout the whole process.  No one knows exactly what the future holds but I appreciate feeling like we have a strong and level-headed leader.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Tempting Turquoise) Stampin' Up, (White glitter)

Stamps:  (Cat from Party Pets) Your Next Stamp, (Sentiment from Cake & Candles) Avery Elle

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

Dies:  (Skinny Stripes) Essentials By Ellen, (Cloud) Papertrey Ink

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

Other:  (Nuvo Craibbean Ocean 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

Stay Paw-sitive

Hi there!

Today's card is for two challenges - Freshly Made Sketches and Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday (try something new).  This is a pretty old set from Your Next Stamp but this is the first time I've inked it up.  I got the matching dies and they include these awesome scratch mark dies which I love and they add a great bit of texture!  I can definitely seeing them get a lot more use in the future.  

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Cats & sentiment from Scratch Pad) Your Next Stamp

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

Dies:  (Scratch Pad) Your Next Stamp 

Markers:  (YR04, Y38, C5) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Ripened Pumpkin Crystal Drops) Tonic

Froggie Friend

Hello hello!

I'm popping in with a card for the sketch challenge at Just Add Ink which I rotated 180 degrees.  I recently got a few stamp sets from Your Next Stamp and it was a no-brainer that this little froggie would end up in my shopping cart.  He reminds me of the tiny tree frogs we have here that sing all night.  They're especially noisy right now since we just had a good rain shower.  I sprinkled some Brushos on watercolor paper, spritzed them and once they were dry I stamped and die cut the froggie.  I stamped him a second time on white cardstock to cut out the eyes.  I popped him up on a Lil' Inker pierced square and I used a sentiment and speech bubble from Heffy Doodle.  

I actually had so much fun with him that I made a few other similar cards at the same time.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Textured White) Bazzill, (White) Papertrey Ink, (Tangelo Twist, Night of Navy) Stampin' Up, (Watercolor) Ranger

Stamps:  (Frog from Sticky Note) Your Next Stamp, (Sentiment from Whatcha Saying) Heffy Doodle

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Pierced square) Lil' Inker Designs, (Speech Bubble) Heffy Doodle

Paints:  (Orange, Sea Green, Lime Green Brushos) Colourcraft

Gems:  Recollections