Spring

 Hello again . . .

I have a second card for today ... sorry couldn't help myself!  
So many fabulous challenge blogs in blogland!

 

This one was created for the Sunday Stamps Challenge which ends on March 6th.
Here's their inspiration image . . .

 

 This was a fun sketch that worked perfectly with this beautiful Brutus Monroe 'Secret Garden' designer paper.  This panel made me think of Spring so I went to by binder of word dies and pulled the Frantic Stamper (FRA-9402) SPRING die and cut it using the same card stock I used to mat the designer paper panel. 

    

 

Challenges to share in:
Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #270 - Wings - birds, bees, butterflies, etc (3/5)
Try It On Tuesday Challenge - 3-2-1 (3 flowers, 2 birds, 1 sentiment) (3/4)

I will also be using this quick & easy sketch for more cards in the future.   
Could be used for just about any occasion!!

 Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend ahead!!

As always . . .

Hope your birthday is 'peachy' . . .

 Hello friends ...

I have a card to share with you today that was created with the latest sketch offered over on the Freshly Made Sketch Challenge blog as my inspiration.

 

 Product used is as follows:

The outside 'frame' is an older die  by Memory Box, the orange branches are a stamp from Stampin' Up that I colored with Tombow markers and fussy cut.  I used the remnant ink in my orange sponge dauber to color the area behind the die cut frame.  

The Endless Creations sentiment panel was stamped using Stampin' Up 'Pumpkin Pie' ink and die cut using one of the Sue Wilson flag dies (CED4317).

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day ahead!!

As always . . .

Take Time to Smell the Flowers . . .

 Happy Hump Day All . . .

February is running out quickly and I only had a few more days to join in on a fun challenge that I've been enjoying over the past couple of months so I took the time today to quickly create for their fun sketch.

Product used:
OLD 6x6 designer paper
Scraps of card stock
the Paper Studio floral sticker
The Stamp Pad Co. sentiment stamp

 
 The challenge blog is the Paper Players and it's actually one of few WEEKLY challenge blogs out there in blogland.  Most have gone to monthly or bi-monthly.  This is their weekly lineup . . .

Week One: Theme Challenge

Week Two: Color Challenge

Week Three: Clean and Simple Challenge

Week Four: Sketch Challenge

Week Five: Tic Tac Toe

 This is SKETCH week and here is the sketch to inspire us . . .

 

 I liked this sketch so much, I had to made a 2nd card.

 This time I did something I haven't done in YEARS ... Paper Piecing.
The background paper & paper piecing paper comes from the Mintay 'Fall Festival' 6x6 pad.  The stamp I chose to used for today's design is Simon Says Stamps 'Wild & Free Flowers' (2026ssc).

After coloring the leaves with a Tombow marker, I added the fussy cut paper piece panels the proceeded to fussy cut around the image.  Then I didn't think it stood out on the floral background panel so I adhered it to a scrap of the burgundy card stock I used for the horizontal panel and fussy cut again.  All fussy cutting was done with a swivel craft knife.  The sentiment is a stamp/die set by the TON.

What a lovely sketch ... I'm sure I will I will be using it again soon. 

Hope you have a FABULOUS day ahead!

As always . . .

Wood Block Wednesday Challenge

 

Hello Friends

Amy Tsuruta has her Woodblock Wednesday challenge up and running and I've been trying to join in each month as it gives me the opportunity to play with all my old wooden block stamps which don't get the love they deserve since clear stamps came about.

  

 The wood block stamps I've used today are Stampa Rosa 'Robins in Trees' (circa 1998) and Penny Black 'to say hi' (circa 2006).

 

 I stamped the image onto white card stock twice and colored only one of the images.  Then I die cut a circle from the colored image using a Tutti Designs circle die and popped it up over top the black/white stamped image.  

 The decorative faux stitching was done with a ruler & a fine time black marker.
Coloring was done with Tombow markers (not sure why the pine looks blue ... it was a green marker!! ?? )

 

  Why not pop over and check out her blog and play along ... you know you have wood block stamps that need some love just like I do!  LOL

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day ahead!!

As always . . .

Tag:  #Woodblockwednesday #woodblockstamps

Sorry you're under the weather . . .

 Hello Friends ... 

Speaking of weather ... Holy Moly ... what the heck is going on? 
You just don't know from one day to the next what to expect!

 I think I'll just hide in my crafting cave until I hear the robin's sing and the sun shining through the curtains lol.

 

 Today I've created a card for the Addicted to CAS Challenge blog (3/6) where the theme is 'weather'.

 

 In my 'Doni Collection' I spotted this cute Katzelkraft Company mouse and unmarked umbrella and stamped them together.  I colored with Tombow markers and fussy cut.  

The background is an old Lawn Fawn die.  I created the sentiment on the computer (pun on words lol) and die cut it using one of the Sue Wilson flag dies.

Challenges to share in:

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Weather (3/2)
Make My Monday Challenge #272 - Card for a Male - any age (3/9)
A Place to Start February Challenge - ATG - Twist/Small critters (2/28)

Hope you have a FABULOUS day ahead!

As always . . .

 

A little birdie told me . . .

 Well, here we are, the last week of February!
Where is the time going?

 

 I found a couple of fun challenges to play in today!

First of all, I was inspired by the pretty color scheme shared over on the Card Concept blog where the theme is 'Monochromatic Greens'.  Here's a peek at their inspiration image . . .

    

And, I also wanted to share in a challenge I haven't play in for years and that is over on the Poppystamps Challenge blog where their theme is 'Monochrome'.  I went through my various books of dies and came up with a few older Poppystamps to use for my creation. 

Here's what I came up with . . .

 Product used:

Background designer paper - P13 'Awakening' 6x6
Poppystamps 'Peaceful Bird'  #929 
Poppystamps  'Carolina Birdhouse' #928
Poppystamps 'Dogwood Blossom Corner' #1446
Art Impressions Sentiment Stamp
Stampin' Up Garden Green Ink
Sue Wilson Stitched Flag die
Green Tombow markers for coloring (#126 & #312) 

 This was such a fun card to create on this snowy Monday!!
Hope you like it!

 As always . . .

 

Social Media Tags:  @thecardconceptchallenges2 and  #tcc224