Cupcakes & Lightbulbs

I finally finished my card orders today and will deliver them tomorrow!  Whoop whoop!  

This first card was made using the Cupcakes or Candy topping option from Seize the Birthday and the birthday theme option from The Friday Mashup.  I paper pieced a Mama Elephant cupcake and used a Lil' Inker wonky square to frame it.  Love that shape!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Soft Stone) Papertrey Ink, (Regal Rose, Daffodil Delight) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Snap Life 6x6) Simple Stories

Stamps:  (Cupcake from Carnival Cupcakes, Candle & sentiment from Carnival Toppers) Mama Elephant

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Wonky Stitched Squares) Lil' Inker Designs

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of stella) Zig

Gems:  Recollections

Next up is a card for ColourQ's One spot of colour challenge.  I needed a couple more masculine cards and thought this simple colour palette worked well of that.  The sentiment is a mash up of phrases from 3 different companies - love that!  Hoping I can get away with those 3 little gems on a guy card...

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

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Lightbulb from Sparkle and Shine) Neat and Tangled, (Shine Bright from Lunar Lights) Lawn Fawn, (On your from Mother Knows Best) Fresh Squeezed Stamps, (Birthday from CL340) Hero Arts

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukin

Die:  (Bam Bubbles) Paper Smooches

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

Gems:  Recollections

Blues, Butterflies and Birds

Hello hello!  I've got two cards to share today for 4 challenges.  Both the Friday Mash-Up and Just Us Girls had colour challenges this week and they both involved white and shades of blue so I am playing along with both of them.  I smooshed Night of Navy ink onto my watercolor paper and die cut it.  The Altenew butterfly was embossed onto vellum, fussy cut, attached and surrounded with gems.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Tim Holtz Watercolor) Ranger, (Night of Navy, Marina Mist) Stamping' Up, (Vellum)

Stamps:  (Butterfly from Bejeweled, Sentiment from Ori Kami) Altenew

Inks:  (VarsaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Night of Navy) Stamping' Up

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Dashed rectangle) Avery Elle, (Flag Tags) Paper Smooches

Gems:  Recollections

My second card uses the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch and the CAS Valentine theme from the Paper Players.  I'm pretty sure those little Mama Elephant birdies are NBUS but I have no idea why because they are so cute!  I coloured them with Copics and popped them behind the cloud border with a little heart between them for good measure.

Tragically I am headed back to work today.  It's been lovely to enjoy so much crafty time but it's time to get back to earning some money (and also to see all the kitties).  Hope you all have a wonderful day!  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Textured White) Bazzill,  (Real Red, Bashful Blue Stamping' Up

Stamps:  (Birds from Love Quotes, Sentiment from Smitten) Mama Elephant

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Cloud border, Heart) Mama Elephant

Markers:  (R02, Y17, E21, E33) Copic

Gems:  Recollections

Wreath & Flower

Luis was out with the boys today so I made it into the Craft Cave today for the first time in a week.  I managed to get a few cards put together and am going to share two of them tonight.  This first one was inspired by the current ColourQ palette and photo.  I finally broke open this gorgeous WPlus9 Woodland Wreaths set to make this clean and layered card.  I added clear Wink of Stella to all the berries for lots of sparkle.  I'm also going to enter this in the Simon Says Wednesday Christmas challenge and the Addicted to Stamps And More Anything Goes challenge.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Soft Sky) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Wreath & bow from Woodland Wreaths) WPlus9, (Sentiment from Think Big Favourites #20) Papertrey Ink

Inks:  (Tangerine Tango, Rich Razzleberry, Wisteria Wonder, Sahara Sand) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Scalloped panel, Stitched panel) Mama Elephant

Gems:  Doodlebug

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

My next card uses the sketch (a very pared down interpretation of it perhaps!) and the thankful theme from The Friday Mash-Up.  I used a flower and a sentiment from older, neglected Lawn Fawn sets so I'm also entering this in the Lawnscaping In With the Old challenge.  I'm trying to make an effort to create more cards with coloured card bases so that I can jazz up my card stand a little bit.  I've been making lots of super CAS cards lately so I feel like I need to inject some colour to grab people's attention.

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Flower from Judy's Blooms, Sentiment from Our Friendship Grows) Lawn Fawn

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Markers:  (R17, YR16, Y15) Copic

Gems:  Recollections

Altenew Birthday & Flowers

I've got two more cards to share that I made yesterday.  The first uses the palette from ColourQ and the sketch from The Friday Mashup.  All the stamps are NBUS from Altenew.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Tangerine Tango, So Saffron, Bermuda Bay, Perfect Plum) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Birthday Bash) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Tangerine Tango) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Stitched Rectangle) Lil' Inker Designs

Next is a card using the Just Add Ink colour palette.  More Altenew stamps but this time Doodle Blooms - a set that sees a lot of ink.  I fussy cut the leaves and flowers and also made one with opposite coloured flowers.  I'm going to enter this in the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Mint Macaron) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Flowers & leaves from Doodle Blooms, Sentiment from Sohcahtoa) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

Gems:  Recollections

Butterflies & Babies

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Hi there!  After a frustratingly unproductive weekend I had a good few hours in the Craft Cave today. My first card is for two challenges - I used the colours from Just Add Ink and took inspiration from Alice's card at Time Out Challenges. I was inspired by Alice's layout and her use of washi tape.  She must have the most amazing washi collection because she rocks so many different ones on her cards and has so many cool designs.  I used some Scotch washi tape behind my layered butterfly and added a liberal splash of Wink of Stella to the top layer to finish it off.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Blackberry Bliss, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Many Thanks) Altenew

Inks:  (Blackberry Bliss) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Butterflies) Papertrey Ink

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

Washi - Scotch

Gems:  Recollections

Next up is a three for one card.  Both The Paper Players and The Friday Mashup are calling for square cards this week and I thought the sketch over at Stampin' Celebration would work perfectly for a square card.  The other option for The Friday Mashup was to use the colours pink, grey and sky.  I wanted to have separate baby girl and boy cards so I ended up only using two of the colours for each of my cards and not all three colours so this week I'm not mashing it up.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Handy Hippo, (Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue)) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Story Time) Avery Elle

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Stitched Stars) Lil' Inker Designs

Washi:  Crafty Basics

Gems:  Recollections

Stars & Cocktails

Today's first card is for two Hero Arts related challenges:  A Blog Named Hero has asked us to Make the Sentiment the Star and a2z Scrapbooking wants a CAS card using Hero Arts products.  I wanted to play with my embossing paste so I mixed my paste with some yellow ink and used a Stampin' Up star stencil to create the background.  The background was just perfect for this sweet sentiment and with it's different fonts and little stars it has enough personality to carry the card.  I embossed it onto blue cardstock to mimic the night sky and added a few yellow gems.  Super simple!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Night of Navy) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from CL582) Hero Arts

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Seafoam White) Ranger

Die:  (Stitched Rectangles) Lil' Inker Designs

Stencil:  Stampin' Up

Gems:  Recollections

This second card is for The Friday Mashup and I'm using both parts of the challenge - a project with food or drink on it and it's coloured with markers.  I stamped, coloured and cut out these adorable drinks and sunglasses from Paper Smooches and pieced them onto the card base - some flat and some with dimensional adhesive.  The washi tape is a new Duck Washi that I got while I was on vacation and I thought the ocean vibe of it went perfectly with the tropical drinks.  That's it for now - it's time to head off for my first day back at work but I'll be back tomorrow.  Have a wonderful day!   




Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (All from Get Outta Town) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Markers:  (R22, R35, YR04, YR31, Y17, Y38, YG95, E04, E29, E33, E35, C1, C3) Copic

Washi Tape:  Duck Washi

Gems:  Recollections

Trio

Hi there!  I'm back with 3 more cards.  This first card is for 3 challenges - ColourQ, The Male Room and The Friday Mashup.  The theme for The Male Room is Up in the Air (but no birds) so I inked up these Lawn Fawn hot air balloons for the first time.  For The Friday Mashup we were to use the sketch &/or 3 elements.  Obviously I went for the just the 3 elements (although one could possibly argue a very loose interpretation of the sketch!)

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Balloons from Blue Skies, Sentiment from Flying By) Lawn Fawn

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Gems:  Doodlebug

Next up is a card for Just Add Ink's colour challenge.  I love the ombre look of the blues in this challenge palette and I used the new SU In colour Tip Top Taupe for the first time.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Soft SKy, Pool Party, Lost Lagoon, Tip Top Taupe) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Botanical Silhouettes) Papertrey Ink

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Perched Bird, Woodland Branch) Memory Box, (Vertical Stripes Cover Plate) Papertrey Ink

Gems:  Recollections

  

Finally today is a card for the current CAS(E) This Sketch challenge.  For some reason this sketch made me think of a cape so I inked up these new (to me) Papertrey stamps and used this Tim Holtz border die for the first time ever.  (The lovely Jenny Mullens of Crafting in the Country sent it to me ages ago).  Kind of fun huh?  Okay that's it for me.  Be sure to come back tomorrow for the latest CASology challenge!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Dots from So 80s) WPlus9, (Sentiments from Zappy Birthday) Papertrey Ink

Ink:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Zap) Papertrey Ink, (Brackets) Tim Holtz Alterations