Lucky to know You

 My card was inspired by Double Trouble (green plaid and celebrate St. Patrick's Day) and Inspiration Station (beautiful greens) and sketch #304 at Sunday Stamps.

The paper came from my stash. This one was part of a month kit from Simon Says Stamp - not sure which one. The gold matt die cuts are a SSS etched die, and the sentiment from Wooly Lucky set by SSS. The branch is from an Altenew mini set, Tiny Foliage. I used Gina K dies to cut the center panel and matt.

Sketch Saturday 721

 Good Morning!

Time for a new sketch challenge at Sketch Saturday. 

Optional Twist: Use an Embossing folder.

My inspiration card used some Graphic 45 paper from my stash cut with an Altenew frame die, and Sorbet card stock from CTMH. The sentiment is a really ancient CTMH mini. The balloons were die cut and I embellished with a white gel pen.  The birthday embossing folder is one of the first I ever purchased once I got my Cuttlebug in early 2000s.  

Please check out the amazing cards from the rest of the Design Team and play along with the sketch.

Trio of Bunnies

 Allsorts Challenge 719

  *** Anything Goes  with Option of A Trio of Something ***

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My card this week uses a fabulous die cut from Tattered Lace - A Little Bit Ditsy Leaves,

and stamped images from Simon Says Stamp- Hoppy Days Ahead. They were colored with Copic markers and fussy cut. Sentiment from Gina K Designs.

FMS & CAS Colours

 My card today was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #576 and I used the colors of  Challenge #506 at CAS Colours & Sketches.   I inked blended two yellow circles directly on the card base, then arranged elements from Spellbinders Small Die of the Month, Floral Mini Tiles and also a bloom from last months  set, Sentimental Ampersand. All were cut with scraps of light lavender, pear green, white and yellow.  The stamped sentiment is from Gina K Designs, Caring Flowers.

Spring Confusion

 Winter. ..spring...winter...Nature is very confused lately about the weather.  Little spring bulbs are popping up and even flowering, birds are singing and sometimes they are hopping around in rain, sitting on branches dusted with snow.  Today was rainy, sunny, cold, and gray within a few short hours.

Cleaning, I discovered two little watercolor cards tucked into the back of a stamp folder. They came as part of a kit last March from Simon Says Stamp and I had never colored them. So today I pulled out some watercolor pencils and a brush and colored one of them. I splattered with blue for a rain effect, and then white for the snow. Not my most beautiful or creative card, but I sure had a lovely time playing.

The sentiment is from Gina K Designs.

I'm linking today to a new challenge blog that sounds like fun for Triple B - Birds, Blossoms and Butterflies.  Only two on today's card.  Check them out, especially if you adore blossoms and butterflies as I do!

Bird Call

 So happy to have a little time to craft this afternoon. My card today uses a Carved Wood technique learned from Gina K Designs.   Her most recent You Tube segment was on several ways to use embossing folders.  I've done this technique before and it's really fun.

First, I embossed a panel with lines every 1/2 inch and then did some direct to paper ink dragging. Then I ran that piece through embossing folder Bird Call, a Cuttlebug folder, and dragged Chocolate ink over the raised embossing.  The sentiment is from Altenew Paint-a-Flower Hibiscus.

My card is going to link with Can You Handle the Pressure? blog whose challenge adds a twist option of 'things with wings.'  

CAT-itude

Challenge #718 at Allsorts

                *** Anything goes with Option - Four Legged Friends  *** 

                                (domesticated animals)

Well, I realized how few animal stamps I have...some barnyard critters, frogs, monkeys...nothing seemed right. And then playing with the grandchildren, I recalled saving lots of ways to draw cats on Pinterest. We tried them all and had a great time looking up cat puns as well.  So this is my all hand-drawn and painted card.  Rough and ready - quite sketchy - but that was my intent.  I used a fine tipped Sharpie to sketch and Zig clean color markers for the color. Crafting should be fun and this really was!   Hope you will join us at Allsorts this week.  See all the details on prizes below!

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