Fun stuff to share

Because I found a couple more online challenges to work with, I have a couple new cards to share with you.

 I pulled out some Paper Smooches stamps and a piece of My Mind's Eye paper to create my card. I used the CAS(e) this Sketch for this week as well as the neat color combination at Colour Q. 

 To get my splash of another color for the Colour Q combo, I masked the little telephone and sprayed my piece of plain white cardstock with a great yellow Stephanie Barnard Spray ink from Clearsnap.  I think that is such a fun way to add some color. 

 Here is the CAS(e) this Sketch.

And the Colour Q combo.

 I also wanted to play with the Seize the Sketch challenge.  I pulled out some really fun Simple Stories products. 

 It was so fun to create a little grouping with the matching products in this collection.

Here is the Seize the Sketch challenge.
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Gotta love sketches

I finally found some play time and so I went to a few online challenges, always great for inspiration.

 First up, I used the retro sketch for this week.  I coupled that with the Cas-ual Friday "She's Krafty" challenge.  The patterned paper is from Echo Park, I used both sides of the paper.

 I love this little chipboard drinking jar and the card is also decorated with a few tiny flowers from the same set. 

 Here is the retro sketch.

 Here is the Cas-ual Fridays challenge.

 For this card I wanted to use the CAS(e) this sketch.  I thought it was a pretty fun and different sketch. 

 The black, chalkboard looking label is from Stampin' Up.  It is from a set with matching dies. 

Here is the CAS(e) this sketch.
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A Sketch and some Stamps

I found another sketch that I just had to take the time to play with.

Not to mention that is it on the My Mind's Eye blog. 

What this challenge so special is that I just visited my favorite LSS and just had to pick up three new mini pads by My Mind's Eye, two from the Miss Caroline collection and one from Follow Your Heart. I am sooo in love with the prints in these collections and the mini pads are the perfect size for using on cards. 

The way these prints go together is amazing and I even used some buttons from one of the collections.

And for the stamps, this card was created from my most recent stamp set purchase.  I am in love with this adorable set from Unity for Simple Stories.  I call this my one, two, three card.  One of the fastest I have ever created, love when that happens.

I stamped the doily with white ink and embossed it with white embossing powder.  The label, the cute bike and the sentiment were all stamped and then cut out and all of the pieces were assembled.  I stamped the heart on the label again with red ink and layered that with foam tape.

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Color yumminess and no color!

Another blog I love to play along with is Play Date Cafe

This color combo just got me and I had to play this week.

I pulled out ONE stamp from a set by Unity and Simple Stories. I love doily shapes so of course, I had to have this set of stamps.  I used some great Clearsnap stamp pads.

The little puffy flower is by Pebbles and I cut the sentiment with my Cricut. 

 And for another card, this one with a big lack of color but a wonderful white, silver and black color combo.

The leaf piece is cut with the Cricut, the silver glitter cardstock is by Core'dinations, the flower is felt and it is a My Favorite Things die and the banner is a Spellbinders nestabilities die.  I stamped the sentiment on it and that is by Pink Persimmon.

And for a few photos...

I was in my backyard this weekend and I found these cuties, first an adorable little flower. 

 Our older dog, Sadie.

And our younger doggie, K.C.

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Colour and Unscripted

I got to play along with Colour Q this week.

I usually love every single combo they come up with and this weeks was no exception. 

Now this is interesting because I think the paper and the card match the colors in the combo really well, but for some reason the photograph is a little off.  Oh well, I love the card anyway. I just picked up a paper pack by Recollections at Michaels and this particular print was the main reason I wanted it. It is an entire page of a chevron design but I just cut a portion for my card.

The two layer butterfly was cut with a Cricut cartridge.

 Now for this weeks Unscripted sketch. 

I combined some papers and stickers by Simple Stories for my card. I love collections that coordinate so well.

 Notice my two little Liquid Pearl dots, LOVE that stuff.

And, while I had out my Simple Stories papers I put together another card. I want tons of that great, brown gingham!

 It just seemed that these papers needed a distress look so I machine sewed around the one square and used my paper distresser on the edges.

I cut the flowers out of one of the prints and distressed the edges of that too.

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