Scoops of Birthdays and Thanks

I was having trouble getting my mojo going the other day so I assigned numbers to my stamps, used a random number generator to pull up a number and then had to make a card with the corresponding stamp set.  This Reverse Confetti set was the first one to come up so I made a birthday card for the RC Stock Your Stash challenge.  Super simple with some of my favorite colours of cardstock.  Since I had the set out I also made a thank you card - same layout but with a bit more going on in the background.

The number thing really worked to get me going.  Sometimes I feel overwhelmed with choice when I'm looking at my supplies and don't know where to start so taking the choice out of my hands really helped.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiments from Love & Ice Cream) Reverse Confetti

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Granite Grey) My Favourite Things

Other:  (Nuvo Caribbean Ocean Crystal Drops) Tonic

Seashell Thoughts

Today's card is for the Addicted to Stamps (photo inspiration) and AAA Cards (up to 1/3) challenges.  The photos from ATS are so gorgeous and sent me straight to an older stamp set from Avery Elle which has such pretty ocean inspired images.  AAA also had the option of using a repeated image which I originally planned to do but then I couldn't decided which image I wanted to use so I scrapped the repetition idea and used them all.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (All from The Reef) Avery Elle

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko, (Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet Distress Inks) Ranger

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Other:  (Nuvo Violet Galaxy Crystal Drops) Tonic

You're Worth It

Today's card is for the Freshly Made Sketches and Colour Throwdown challenges.  I knew I wanted to use this My Mind's Eye paper for the CTD challenge so then I just had to decide what to use it with.  This Memory Box bird has been sitting on my desk for ages (along with a bunch of his friends in every colour of the rainbow) so I put him to work with an encouragement sentiment and am pleased with the result!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Breeze 6x6) My Mind's Eye

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Labeled Messages) Mama Elephant

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Meadow Bird) Memory Box, (Stitched rectangle) Lil' Inker Designs

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

T-Wreck

I've got another caffeinated critter from The Rabbit Hole Designs to share today.  This grouchy T-Rex is for the Paper Players' CAS Men in Mind challenge.

This is Luis without his caffeine.  I swear his blood is 50% espresso.  He has at least two espressos before he leaves the house in the morning and then has regular coffee as soon as he arrives at work.  When he's home he has an espresso after lunch.  He also has an espresso after dinner and somehow can then fall straight asleep!  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Not Quite Navy) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Loyal 6x6) Authentique

Stamps:  (All from Caffeinated Dinosaur) The Rabbit Hole Designs

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Markers:  (YG03, YG11, YG67, B97, E35, W3) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Bottle Green Crystal Drops) Tonic

Skinny Washi Stripe

Today's card is for the CAS on Friday challenge (Use a die) and the Paper Smooches challenge (Thank You). 

My brother and his fiancée sent me a bunch of crafty goodies for Christmas and included was a collection of skinny washi tape from Me & My Big Ideas.  They're fun individually but I also thought that they'd make a cool stripe if I put them all together.  I decided on a yellow sentiment die to balance out the yellow on the other side of the stripe and scattered around some Nuvo drops for some extra fun.  I made a second card with a Hello sentiment too.

Supplies Used:

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

Die:  (Hello) Paper Smooches

Washi Tape:  Me and My Big Ideas

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Purple Zebra

Today's card is for the My Favourite Things Sketch challenge and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge (Animal fun).  This adorably funky zebra is another of the items I found on my desk waiting for use.  I popped him up on a pierced rectangle from Lil' Inker designs and embossed a sentiment.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Soft Sone) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Zebra & sentiment from Wild About You) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Pierced rectangle) Lil' Inker Designs, (Flag) My Favourite Things

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

Yellow Butterfly

Today's card is for CAS Colours and Sketches and Just Add Ink (Thinking of You).  These layered Catherine Pooler butterflies are so pretty although I think that I've used the same colour combo for them every time I've used them so far.  I'm going to have to try and mix it up a bit in the future...

Supplies Used:

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

Stamps:  (Butterfly from Faithful Flutterings) Catherine Pooler, (Sentiment from Heartfelt Sentiments) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Orange Twist, Tiki Torch, Tiara) Catherine Pooler

Punch:  (Corner Punch:  Marvy Uchida

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic