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

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

Silhouette Sympathy

Today I'm playing along with the Silhouette challenge at Addicted to CAS and the Anything Goes challenge at Paper Smooches.  I have quite a few lovely flower dies from PS that make wonderful silhouettes.  I paired this one with a vase from another set and used a bit of Basic Grey paper behind them.  The sentiment is from Altenew and I used some Nuvo dots around the sentiment and also to create the flower center.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Kioshi 12x12) Basic Grey

Stamp:  (Sentiment from Heartfelt Sentiments) Altenew

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Flower & vase) Paper Smooches

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Stencil Cupcake

Ages ago I decorated a few card bases with texture paste and different stencils.  They're still sitting on my desk and the current Addicted to CAS challenge (Texture) gave me the perfect opportunity to put one to use.  I thought this particular one would make a fun frame for an image.  The pink seemed celebratory so I went for this yummy Altenew cupcake and sentiment which are popped up on foam tape for some dimension.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (All from Layered Cupcake) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Citrus Burst, Fresh Lemon, Maple Yellow) Altenew, (Fiesta Blue, Something Borrowed) Catherine Pooler, Regal Rose, Soft Suede) Stampin' Up

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Stencil:  (Mini Labyrinth) The Crafter's Workshop

Embossing Paste:  Studio 490

A Million Thanks

I don't make one layer cards very often but I went for one today while playing along with Addicted to CAS's Circle challenge.  I pulled out a neglected Mama Elephant set and inked up those circle sentiments with a bright and cheery rainbow of Catherine Pooler inks.  Lining them up took ages but I think it was worth the fuss in the end.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (All from Many Thanks) Mama Elephant

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Party Dress, Tiki Torch, Tiara, Lime Rickey, Aquatini) Catherine Pooler

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Milk, Fish and Apples

Hey there!

I've got two cards to share this evening.  First up is for the CAS Colours & Sketches and Simon Says Wednesday challenges.  Katzelkraft has so many awesome images - cats, dogs, birds, and more!  I love the fact that the drawing style works so well with the Tim Holtz Crazy Cats, Dogs and Birds images.  The hat, milk bottle and fish are TH and I thought they were perfect for this kitty dreaming of birthday treats.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Flirty Flamingo, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Smokey Slate, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Cat from Les Chats Russes) Katzelkraft, (Hat from Mini Bird Crazy & Things, Fish & milk from Mini Cats & Dogs) Tim Holtz, (Sentiment from Smitten Kitten) My Favourite Things

Ink:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Speech bubble) XCut

Markers:  (RV13, C1) Copic

Gems:  Recollections

This next card is for Freshly Made Sketches, Addicted to CAS (code word Apples) and Just Add Ink (Just Add Texture).  I don't make shaker cards too often but I love this shaker apple set from Lil' Inker Designs.  It was easy to put together although I think I may have overfilled it somewhat...  Whoops.  Still getting the hang of this shaker game!  The sentiment is from Paper Smooches and I used a corrugated strip after seeing the awesome corrugated waves on my friend Claire's adorable shark card.  I actually managed to dig out my old Fiskars crimper and ran some cardstock through it for some fun texture.  Thanks for the reminder, Claire! 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Soft Suede, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Falling For You) Paper Smooches

Ink:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Apple) Lil' Inker Designs

Other:  (Microbeads) Recollections

Gems:  Recollections

Baby Birds

Hello there!

I've got a card to share today for the Baby challenge at Addicted To CAS.  I had fun mixing and matching stamp companies for this one.  The baby bird and sentiment are Mama Elephant, the background pattern is Altenew and the star frame is Avery Elle.  I love it when they all play so well together!  Of course I couldn't just make a girl card so I made a boy card too.

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Owl, egg & sentiment from Just Hatched) Mama Elephant, (Dotty circle from Halftone Circles) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (So Saffron) Stampin' Up, (Party Dress, Fiesta Blue) Catherine Pooler
Die:  (Star frame) Avery Elle

Gems:  Recollections

Kitty & Flower

Hi there!  I've got a card for two challenges today.  I'm playing along with Newton's Nook's Inky Paws Birthday challenge.  I used Tracey's sweet and colorful card over at Muse for my inspiration.  Newton is coloured with Copics and the gift is paper pieced with Echo Park papers from the same set as the background papers.  Pretty quick and simple to put together and I love the bright and happy stripes!

      

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Splash 6x6) Echo Park

Stamps:  (Kitty & sentiment from Newton's Birthday Bash) Newton's Nook

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

Markers:  (R00, R22, C1, C3) Copic

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

Gems:  Recollections

I'm also playing along with the Doodle challenge over at Addicted to CAS.  I still have some of the stamped PTI Doodlie-Do images that Anita sent me a while back so I coloured one with bright rainbow colours and popped it up on foam tape.  The sentiment is from Mama Elephant.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Flower from Doodlie-Do) Papertrey Ink, (Sentiment from Party Kit) Mama Elephant

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Markers:  Copic

Gems:  Recollections

Taking Flight

How is it Thursday already?  This week is just flying by.  I feel like I've barely stopped.  My boss is away so I have extra responsibilities at work.  I'm also taking care of my boss's neighbors' cats (since they're away too) and I'm walking Tug, my neighbor's dog, everyday this week.  Unfortunately my Tex is not so great with other dogs (that's what happens when you spend the first 12 years of your life chained up getting no socialization) so I have to walk him separately from Tug so I end up taking three 40 minute walks a day.  If nothing else I'm getting my exercise this week!  

Luckily I had a productive crafty weekend so I've had cards to share this week.  Today I'm playing along with the Addicted to CAS pets challenge which seems especially appropriate this week since I'm drowning in pets!  :)  Naughty Newton has taken off from his birthday party and who know where he'll end up.  I used a journaling card from Reverse Confetti for the sky and added a generous coating of Wink of Stella to the balloon.

That's it for now.  The critters are calling!  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  J(ournaling card) Reverse Confetti

Stamps:  (Cat & sentiment from Newton's Birthday Bash) Newton's Nook

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

Markers:  (R29, RV000, C1, C3) Copic

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

Gems:  Recollections

Baubles & Flowers

Hi there!  Hope you all had a good weekend and your week is off to a good start. Unfortunately I lost most of yesterday to a migraine which really sucked especially as it was the first beautiful day we've had in a while.  :(  However, I got a bit of crafty time in today and have two cards to share.  For this card I used the colours from the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge and am also playing along with the Addicted to CAS Ombre challenge.  I'm also going to enter this in the CAS Christmas challenge at The Paper Players.  I paired some Altenew ornaments with a Hero Arts sentiment and added gems for a little bit of bling.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Textured White) Bazzill

Stamps:  (Ornaments from Festive Silhouettes) Altenew, (Sentiment from CL621)Hero Arts

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Bashful Blue, Pacific Point, Night of Navy) Stampin' Up

Gems:  Recollection

This card uses the current ColourQ colours.  Except for the sentiment these are NBUS stamps from Winnie & Walter.  I had fun putting together the flower elements and I used the reverse side of the vase stamp to "colour" it in.  Everything is popped up on foam tape at different heights for some fun dimension. 

That's it for today.  See you tomorrow for CASology!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Old Olive, Chocolate Chip) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flowers, leaves & vase from In Bloom: Lola's Bouquet) Winnie & Walter, (Sentiment from Many Thanks) Altenew

Inks:  (Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip) Stampin' Up

Glitter:  (Cinnamon Stickles) Ranger

Gems:  Recollection

Musical Butterflies & Lanterns

Hello!  I'm here today with two CAS cards for 4 challenges.  First up is a one layer card made with Skipping Stones Designs stamps.  I used the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch for my design and the butterflies have music notes inside of them so I am playing along with Addicted to CAS's music challenge.  I used some mini cube Distress Inks for the butterflies and I love the bright colours!  I was thinking I might make a set of these but change up the colours and sentiment.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (All from Heartsong) Skipping Stones Designs

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio, Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint Sketch Distress Inks) Ranger

Gems:  Recollections

For my next card I combined Lawnscaping's patterns challenge with the light source challenge at the Paper Players.  I paper pieced the lanterns with glittery DCWV papers and popped them up on foam tape for some dimension.  This is a pretty old LF set but one I've gotten plenty of use out of over the years.  You can see the sparkle a bit better 

in this close up.

That's all for now.  Have a wonderful day!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill

Patterned Paper:  (Citrus Matstack) DCWV

Stamps:  (All from Lunar Lights) Lawn Fawn

Ink:  (VersaMarkVersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Hero Arts

Twine:  Darice

Gems:  (Orange) Doodlebug, (Black) Recollections

Brusho Flowers

Hi there!  My card today was inspired by Anita's card over at Muse.  Like Anita I used Brushos to create my background.  Brushos, where have you been all my life??  This stuff is awesome and so fun and easy to use!  The patterns you end up with are so cool.  I'm loving it!  Anyway I created a coloured panel and then die cut a Simon Says flower die from it.  The die cut flower was too pretty to waste so I made a second card with it.  I'm also going to enter this card in the CAS on Sunday Flowers challenge and the Addicted to CAS Inlaid Dies challenge.

  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Watercolor) Ranger, (Midnight Muse) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from All Squared Up) Avery Elle

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Fresh Daisies) Simon Says Stamp

Gems:  Recollections

Other:  (Brushos)Colourcraft

Gifts, Gators and Kites

Hi there!  I've barely been in the Craft Cave at all in the last week but I found a little bit of time to sneak in there today.  I made 3 cards for 5 challenges.  

First up I combined the Addicted to CAS Gift challenge with the CAS on Sunday sketch challenge and came up with this little number.  The patterned papers are from an old Crate Paper collection.  The gifts and sentiment are Reverse Confetti and the Wonky Stitched Circle die is from My Favourite Things.

  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Lillian collection) Crate Paper

Stamps:  (Gifts & sentiment from Monkey Business) Reverse Confetti

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Wonky Stitched Circles Die-namics) My Favourite Things

Gems:  Recollections

Next up is a card for the Stampin' Celebration inspiration challenge.  I was inspired by the blues and greens, the flags in the top right picture and the kraft background in the bottom right picture.  I used my favourite Reverse Confetti alligator and some RC banners along with Newton's Nook sentiments.  I'm also going to enter it in the  Seize the Birthday Anything Goes challenge. 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Alligator from Later Gator, Hat from Monkey Business) Reverse Confetti, (Sentiment from Shark Bites) Newton's Nook

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Banners) Reverse Confetti

Marker:  (Crumb Cake) Stampin' Up

 Finally a simple card for the Paper Players colour challenge.  The polaroid frame has been in my scrap pile for a while so I was glad to use it.  The Taylored Expressions kite die is NBUS, the cloud is Lil' Inkers and the sentiment is Altenew.  It's perfect for this time of year as Good Friday is kite flying day in Bermuda!  A long weekend with kites, hot cross buns and codfish cakes.  Yummy yummy!  Fingers crossed for sunshine and a good breeze.  

That's all for today.  Have a lovely evening! 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Textured White) Bazzill, (Calypso Coral, Bermuda Bay) Stamping' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Bejeweled) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Superfine) Wow

Dies:  (Kite) Taylored Expressions, (Cloud, polaroid frame) Lil' Inkers Designs.