You. Are. Old.

**This is my second post of the day.  For my Play Date Cafe/CASE Study card please scroll down or click here!**

I love this super cheeky sentiment stamp from Unity's February Kit of the Month.  I paired it with the car images from the same set and a background stamp from Skipping Stones Design's Grunge collection.  I used the colours from Just Add Ink and the sketch from the new Retro Sketches challenge.  I am also going to add this to the Cure for the Winter Blues challenge over at the Moxie Fab World.  Can't go wrong with a little giggle for curing the blues huh?  :)   


Cardstock:  (Early Espresso, Island Indigo, Pool Party) SU
Patterned Paper:  (Grid from Background) Scenic Route
Stamps:  (Cars & sentiment from Lucky To Have You) Unity, (Background from Grunge) Skipping Stones Designs
Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko, Early Espresso)) SU
Embroidery Floss:  (580) Janlyn

Yellow & Grey Wishes

I didn't make it into the Craft Cave yesterday (more on that later) but I managed to get a card sorted this morning.  I've used the yummy colours from the Play Date Cafe challenge and inspiration from CASE Study.  Laura Bassen is the muse this week and I love her CAS style.  I was inspired by the centered image and the layered die cuts.   

It was a gorgeous day yesterday so we ended up puttering around doing odds and ends around the house and yard.  We started with a swim for the boys:

Then we hung out in the yard playing ball, searching for lost balls in the bushes, replacing the lettering on our mailbox and pulling up a few weeds.  Our wild freesias are out in full force right now:

This is at the top of the driveway and their beautiful scent hits you as you pull into the yard. Love it!

Later we hung some pictures and then I did my taxes (blah!) while Luis made some soup. Finally an evening walk with the hounds, some BBQed tuna steaks and the day was at an end.  A lovely weekend overall, just too quick as always!

Cardstock:  (Basic Grey) SU

Patterned Paper:  (Grey from Sheer Simplicity Neutral) K & Co, (Yellow from Fresh Citrus Sarapapers) Hot Off The Press
Stamps:  (Image & sentiment from Wish You Were Here) Hero Arts
Inks:  (Basic Grey) SU

Dies:  (Mat Stack 5 & Layerz Mat Stack 5) PTI
Embroidery Floss:  Making Memories

Button:  Craft supply

It's Your Day

This past week has been painful in the card making department.  I can't tell you how many hours I've spent staring at my stash, making half hearted attempts at projects and panicking that I'd never produce another card. My mojo has really been roughing me up!  I was determined to produce something today though.  I set myself the task of using the colours from this week's ColourQ challenge and making a mother's day card for the Simon Says Stamp challenge.  Initially all I could think of when I looked at these colours was PTI's Rosie Posie.  I stamped away with that set for ages before I gave up and decided to go really simple.  Nothing amazing or groundbreaking about this card but I think it's pretty and I like it which is more than I can say for anything else I've come up with this week!  The only thing I want to point out is the sentiment.  It looks a bit blurry in the picture but it's actually stamped with two colours. I thought it looked too harsh stamped in Chocolate Chip so I stamped it again (but just off to the side) with Blushing Bride to soften it up a bit.  I'm kind of diggin' the look...  

I'm hoping that this card will help break the mojo freeze and that tomorrow will be a little more productive.  Watch this space...


Cardstock:  (White) Gina K, (Chocolate Chip, Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride, Certainly Celery) SU
Stamps:  (Sentiment from Think Big Favourites #2) PTI
Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Chocolate Chip, Blushing Bride) SU
Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Ranger
Gems:  Doodlebug

Let The Good Times Roll

After a relatively craft free weekend I had some time to work on a card today.  I decided to play along with the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge. I was inspired by the blues, the white lettering and the clock.  Clearly I've still got puns running through my head after last week!  I'm also going to enter this at the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge.



ETA:  A couple of people have suggested I enter this in the Cure for the Winter Blues challenge at the Moxie Fab World.  I was going to but it says, "design your cards so that navy blue is the star of the show".  I'd say aqua is the star here with navy blue only making a guest appearance.  However, given the number of non-navy blue starring cards that have been entered I'm gonna throw mine in too.


Cardstock:  (White) Gina K, (Island Indigo, Pool Party) SU
Stamps:  (Clock & sentiment from Perpetual Bliss) Paper Smooches
Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko, (Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze, Island Indigo, Pool Party) SU
Embossing Powder:  (Seafoam White) Ranger
Gems:  Doodlebug

Flashback Friday 21.0!

I am super excited to be the latest guest designer for the Flashback Friday Challenge!  The challenge was created by the fabulous Amy Tsuruta and if you've never played along before then here's the scoop:  

You are asked to share your "first" of the challenge at hand.  You'll have to go way back to the beginnings of your blog, find the project that matches the challenge and repost the picture in your new blog entry.  What if just seeing the project again makes you cringe you ask?  That's part of the fun - to see how we're all growing as crafters!  

And not only is this challenge fun but there's a prize too!  Our fabulous sponsor is Paper and Such!

Paper and Such is an online store that opened in May of 2011.  Shortly after opening, we decided to begin our own stamp line, and it's been nothing short of exciting.  Our stamps are clear photopolymer, and are made right here in the USA!  Our HOT SHOT line is a line of chicken stamps - if you haven't seen them, be sure to check them out.   We are constantly adding to our stamp line, and love to hear what our customers want.  We also love to see what you make with our stamps!

 

We are trying to carry a variety of stamps and supplies to suit everyones style, and we are constantly adding to our inventory with different manufacturers. 

Paper and Such Store:  http://www.paperandsuchonline.com//

Paper and Such Challenge blog:  http://paperandsuchonline.blogspot.com/

Not bad huh?  So are you ready to play along?  Okay, here we go.  My challenge for this week is:

Your first paper-pieced card!

I love paper-piecing and was excited to see when I had first tried it out.  I found this card from December 2010:

It's not the boldest of paper-pieced projects but it's where I started and interestingly the original blog post is about embracing the learning process.  You can see it here.

Okay, now it's your turn and I can't wait to see what you find in your blog's history!  Link it up at Flashback Friday for your chance to be in with a win!

Gouda For You!

Hi all!  Just popping in with another entry for the CAS-ual Fridays Just for the Pun of It challenge.  I used the little mouse from Paper Smooches' Santa Paws set and balanced some cheese on his nose to make this congrats card.  I'm not a big fan of cheese but I just couldn't resist this little pun.  Tee hee!  


I also need to post the winner of my blog candy!  Thanks to all of you who suggested bloggers for me to check out.  I've had a blast discovering more fabulous cardmakers!  I know I've posted the actual random number generator before but it is not cooperating with me this time.  So drum roll please!!  The winner is:

#1 - Lindsey!    

Whoop whoop!  I've never had a #1 come up before.  Send me your snail mail address, Lindsey, and I'll get your package on it's way.  :)

*ETA:  Simon Says Stamp is having an Anything Goes challenge so I'm linking this up! 

Cardstock:  (White) Gina K
Stamps:  (Mouse, cheese & dotted line from Santa Paws, "for you" from Word Up, letters from Alphadots) Paper Smooches
Inks:  (Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko, (More Mustard) SU
Copics:  C-5, C-3, Y38, Y17, RV10

Typing Flowers

I've been stalking Laurel Seabrook's Inspired By Challenge for a while now and after seeing this week's picture I couldn't put off playing any longer.  I went pretty literal with my interpretation and used some long neglected stamps and papers.  The stamps are Hero Arts and because it's a friendship-themed card I'm entering this in the Hero Arts Monthly Challenge.  The four patterned papers are from a paper pad I picked up in Walmart in Toronto back in 2008 and they make this eligible for Simon Says Stamp's challenge to use 3 different papers.  


*ETA:  So I missed the HA challenge deadline by 5 whole days!  I think that's a new record for me...


Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Basic Grey) Stampin' Up
Patterned Paper:  (Le P'tit Bloc) Toga
Stamps:  (Typewriter & flowers) Hero Arts
Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Bravo Burgundy) SU
Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Ranger
Stickles:  (Cotton Candy, Burgundy, Orange Peel, Yellow) Ranger
Font:  (Traveling Typewriter) Dafont.com