Warmest Wishes

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Before I buckle down to kitchen duty, I stopped to make a card for two challenges. The colors were inspired by the board at Double D Challenges, and the design by the sketch at Case this Sketch.

A quick post! We all have a lot to do.

 

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Thank You

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I started the Jack Reacher series of books by Lee Child mid August.  There are 24 in the series plus a handful of short story/stand beside books.  I'm on book #17.  I stay awake all night reading. I cannot put the books down.  I am going to take a break after this one.   There are only 7 more and I need to not blow through them.  I'll be sad once they are over.   Besides, I have loads of cards to be made! :-)

I made a matching envelope, something I rarely do. But I a left over piece of the patterned paper and why not?

This card's design was inspired by two challenges: Case this Sketch and Tic Tac Toe Challenge. I used the lower left diagonal on the tic tac toe challenge.

 

The stamp set is from Stampin Up - Love what you do; the die I used is from Penny Black- Elegant Stitching, the patterned paper is also from Stampin Up - Tis the Season.

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Just for You

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I've been lucky to be pulled out of my slumps by engaging in video crafting with friends. I have a larger rauccous group of the local gals usually 8 or so of us, and there is the one on one crafting with my friend Peggy.

Today, I was thrilled to add another crafty friend to the rotation, Michele of  I Card Everyone. We got together via messenger chat rooms and spent a couple of hours chatting, catching up and working on cards.  I enjoyed it and look forward to the next time.

I spent my time working on one card for three challenges: Double D-Stitches, CAS(e) this sketch, and Just Us Girls -Rainbow.

I started with a rainbow of 6x6 colored papers, and then die cut lots of blooms and leaves from the MFT set Stitch Blooms.

They were layerd up on a panel of navy card stock then cut off on the diagonals as per the sketch--then adhered to the navy card base.  I tried a couple of different card base colors, but quickly decided navy looked best.

I added a bit of bling to the blossoms and some sparklie stuff along the edges.  A quick sentiment by Sugar Pea Designs white heat embossed on another piece of navy card and placed at the top of the panel vs the bottom...I just couldn't cover up that yellow bloom.

   

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Meow

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One of my favorite new stamp sets is the new cat stamp from MFT....Cat-astrophe. The sentiments are cute, the accessories are cute and the cats have the cutest expressions!  I'm just loving these mischevious furbabies.

This card is going to both Addicted to Stamps and More and Case this Sketch. 

      

I made a few more cards after coloring all the images.  I have a couple of images left, but these three are my favorites.

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Happiest of Birthdays

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Another hour or two of face time crafting this afternoon with Peggy, and tonight my local group is having a virtual crafty session.  These sessions really seem to uplift my mood and make me happy to be in my crafty room again.

Three challenges inspired this card: Color Throwdown (pink blue yellow), AAA Cards (Up to 1/3'd) and the design is from Case this Sketch.

Another older stamp set from Hero Arts - Night and Day Flowers. I used the small pieces, the main image is a fabulous stalk of blooms. I randomly stamped the three smaller images and colored them with copics using pinks and yellow tones.  I mounted the card on a blue cardbase, added a sentiment strip in the same colors and some blue gems.

  

Can you see each of the challenges in the card?

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Sympathy

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These days the creating is forced.  Tonight I picked 3 challenges, looked in my card bin and made two sympathy cards since I have zero in my stash.  I don't like creating them for needs.

I tend to like botanicals for sympathy cards, and oddly today - green which isn't a favorite color of mine.  But I do like these cards.  I hope they sit a good long time in my stash.

This card goes to Case this Sketch:

This card goes to Just add Ink and Watercooler Wednesday.

I thank you for stopping by, and hope you are all staying safe and finding some time to be creative.

Inspired Sketch

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Its rainy outside but not too cold. Its a day for soup, napping and of course card making.  Today I am sliding in at the last moments (sorry to the DT's) to two challenges -

Inspired By Challenges (Image below) and Case this Sketch (Sketch Below).  The  two came together for me once I found some xoxo patterned paper. It was a bit bold so I over-layed it with a piece of vellum and then piled my mum's on top. I think flowers are great for a Valentine, it doesn't always have to be hearts.

                

How are your Valentine's coming?  I've limited myself to 20 this year and I am getting close.

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Happy Birthday

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This evening I played in a Hero Arts Scramble, they are now on Facebook in a private group. Its been a long time since I played.  It requires Hero Arts stamps, dies or stencils a limit of 90 minutes to create, photograph and upload a photo of your card.  Today's card took me about 45 minutes.  I wish I had cleaned off my craft table before starting...but I just shoved everything aside to give me a space for my mini misti.  I keep my vagabond out all the time so its always ready to die cut.

I used a couple of old favorite Hero Arts Stamps - Butterflies and the Brushstroke set. I don't have the exact names they have worn off their storage pouches.  The butterfly was stamped and colored, then the brushstroke was heat embossed with Rangers Liquid Platinum ep. The left side of the butterfly is adhered flat and the right side with just a thin bit of foam tape.  The sentiment from Sugar Peas was stamped and embossed and attached with more foam tape.  I added some gems in coordinating shades and the card is done.

Cindy's challenge to us was to use the sketch from Case this Sketch, and that challenge was on my to do list along with Watercooler Wednesday.  Yay, one card 3 challenges.

        

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Sweet Winter Wishes

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Three AM.  Am I sleeping?  Noooo....but I did make a card. So I am going to post it and then call it a night.

The design is from Case this Sketch, and I am also submitting this to CAS on Friday. This lil owl is from MFT (Warm and Feathered Hugs) and it was colored with copics C00, 01,03,05,07; R22, 17, 29, 59; YR23.

                  

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Winter wishes

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I have sewing project that I am avoiding, and I'll be regretting it come this weekend when it might impact my football viewing.  None the less, this card had to be made. It's been in my head since I checked out a few challenges.

These Newton's Nook Penguins along with the wood frame cut from Hero Arts were a gift from Peggy. 

The challenges that inspired this card are: Case this Sketch for the design, Just add ink for the colors and Inky Paws Challenge for the images.

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Hello Fall

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One of the upsides of our trip for hub's conference was sleep.  We both got to better schedules.  I have slept through several nights in a row, and was up at 7:30 this morning ready to go.  Monday is laundry day here and its a lovely day. About 70 outside so the windows are open, and I am crafting between runs to the washer and dryer.

On to my card...it was inspired by two challenges Case this Sketch and Just add Ink.

I love these CTMH pumpkins. I stamped them with barely beige ink from Simon Says Stamp so I could do a no line coloring look.  The sentiment embossed in white also comes from the CTMH set Autumn Blessings.  After coloring and cutting them out, the outer two were adhered flat, the next two on one layer of foam tape and the center on two layers of foam tape.  I added a few peachy toned gems and some shadow under the pumpkins.

 

Do you have a set laundry day?  Do you craft while waiting on the loads?
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Little Things

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Its after midnight and I am still playing with my stamps and copics.  These sweet little mice from Newton's Nook are so adorable. I got the spring version earlier in the year and these little autumn fellows are just as fun.

I started with an ivory card base, masked off s center portion and added antique linen, it was a goot match for the ivory card base.  I stamped and colored the image using copics.  I  wanted to have an ivory pumpkin, but it needed to be a bit darker than the inked area, a copic in Dull Ivory worked perfectly.

I am submitting this to:


Case this sketch ( I turned it to portrait), and Inky Paws Challenge (Colors Ivory, sage green, orange and brown).

 

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Feel Better Chickee

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One of the crafty girls caught a bug.  I 'm getting this in the mail to her  in the morning. She'll have it by Thursday with any luck and will be hopefully feeling better by then.

The sketch at Case This Sketch inspired the card. 

I used the chick from the MFT set Birthday Chicks, I stamped only the bottom 2/3rd of the image and drew in the top portion. The sentiment was computer generated.  (Use white text and highlight in black. Remember to put spaces in before your first word and after the end of the sentiment closing with a period. That insures you get your black to extend beyond the letters.)

There is a bit of soft blue inking behind the chick and the sentiment.



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A Picnic

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Hubs and I are off to a little beach on the Potomac tomorrow for a day trip of relaxing and feeding the seagulls. 

I am a lover of picnics, food seems to taste better outside.  I had to laugh when I spied this stamp by Newton's Nook.  Of course it had to join my stash.

The sketch at Case this Sketch almost seemed made for the stamp image.

I wanted more fall shades since it is September already...(where did that summer go?)

Here is the sketch:


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Thinking of you Twice

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There were several challenges I wanted to play in before they expired.

My first card is inspired by two challenges - CAS Colours & Sketches (colors)and Freshly Made Sketches (Sketch) .

I stamped out three Altenew Basic Blooms in several shades of purple, die cut them, then mounted them on paper strips already adhered to a card base. I added a few sequins and a sentiment strip to finish it off the card.

My second card took its form from two other challenges - Inspired By Challenge (colors and the anchors) and Cas(e) this Sketch (Sketch).

I die cut a border and a couple of anchors for this card from some blue and yellow cardstock.  I added a bit of gray for contrast and added big dots to the card base with an SU embossing folder.  A larger sentiment was added to the gray strip to finish the card.


 

 

 

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