You Float my Boat-Plaid

Hi all, barely getting this card done in time to enter it in the Just Us Girls #336 Photo Inspiration Challenge!

Also entering this in the Simon Says Anything Wednesday Goes Challenge!

I used Lawn Fawn patterned paper and the LF set You Float My Boat and Distress Ink with my Mini Misti to stamp boat and sentiment.  Used LF Puffy Cloud Borders on bottom section of plaid paper and the MFT Sun Moon and Stars sun die cut out of metallic yellow card stock.  Card base is textured navy card stock from my stash.  Topped it off with some twine and Rainstones from Papertrey Ink.
I just received this Lawn Fawn paper and my new Simon Says kit so....I think I'm going to be using all the goodies in it, plus this "PLAID" a lot because I just love these papers!

Happy Thursday everyone and thanks for stopping by!

Lift me up butterflies

Sentiment is from Verve Brighter Days set.  I stamped it and then copied it on a toner copier so I could foil it in my Mini Minc.  The dots on the left side are washi tape, banner in center is from Cheery Lynn Designs, butterflies are die from Lawn Fawn Grassy Meadows set, black scalloped circle is a punch, circle die is Memory Box, card base is textured card stock.  Entering this in the:

Sugar Pea Designs Sketch #44

Hello Gorgeous Vine

Card base is Applemint card stock from Gina K. Designs.  The background is a large vine rubber stamp from Hero Arts stamped in Hero Arts black ink.  MFT dotted rectangle die used to cut canvas, then stamped with Hero Arts sentiment from the Hero Arts Hello Gorgeous set CL924.  Tiny butterflies are die cut with Lawn Fawn set Grassy Meadows Borders and Tiny Twine bow die is Waffle Flowers.  Entering this in:

Sugar Pea Designs Sketch #45

Polka Dot Great Day

Inspired by several challenges, today I made this everyday card using a floral stamp set from my stash.  I have no idea what the name of it is or the manufacturer is because it was one of my very first stamp sets and I didn't save the packaging.  The sentiment is Hero Arts Messages with Flourishes.

I masked off the center section and stamped and masked different flowers from the set in Hero Arts, Shadow Ink Peach Mid-Tone, Gina K Designs Lipstick and Blue Lagoon, and Versafine Smokey Gray.  Then I moved the mask to the outsides and sponged the peach ink inside the strip and stamped the sentiment in Smokey Gray.  I die cut the panel with MFT Stitched Rectangle die and added strips of May Arts polka dot ribbon to the top and bottom.  I put some polka dot washi tape on card stock and die cut the heart with Paper Smooches die, then added Wink of Stella to all the flowers.  I popped the panel up on fun foam on a gray card base.  I am entering this in the following challenges:

CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge 165

Less is More Polka Dot Challenge 269

CASology Washi Tape Challenge 191

MFT Color Challenge 42

Thanks a Bushel!

I'm back in the woman cave, crafting away!  It was nice to see my son, his wife and my 2 sweet grandkids over the weekend!

This card was inspired by several challenges and I always need thank you cards in my stash.  I used the stamp set from Jellibean Soup "Fresh Vegetable Soup" to stamp the carrots and sentiment.  I don't have many bunny stamps so I found this freebie digital stamp online, yay for freebies!  I colored the carrots and bunny with Zig Clean Color Markers, Copics and Spectrum Noir markers and fussy cut them out.  I used the Lawn Fawn Grassy Meadows die to create the grass after stamping the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black.  I tucked the bunny and one carrot in the grass, added a little cool gray shadow and then I added a little Wink of Stella on the pink parts of the bunny.  You can see it better in the close up below.  I'm entering this in the following challenges:

CAS Colours and Sketches 166 Challenge

Cupcake Inspirations 353 Challenge

Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge

Growing Love

Getting in some last minute card making before I get to go be Grandma for a few days!

I watercolored a piece of Tim Holtz watercolor paper with Distress Inks Dried Marigold and Scattered Straw, then splattered some Chipped Sapphire and a little Zig Clean Color Deep Green on it.  After I dried it, I stamped the sentiment from Gina K Designs Better With You set and added a Memory Box floral die cut out of cork.  The markings on the die were hard to see so I did some highlighting on it with a white gel pen, a Sakura Gelly Roll pen in Copper Star and a black marker.

I adhered the watercolor panel to a white card base and added a strip of gingham to the left side.

Entering this in:

StampTV MIUM Gingham Challenge

CAS Mix Up Challenge Stamping Watercolor plus your choice

The Paper Players CAS Challenge

Thanks for stopping by.....I'll be away from the cave till after Easter

Happy Easter all!

Cupcake Picnic

Having fun in the cave today before I have to go work with some chamber music students tonight.

This fun card was made with a free digi from Paper Smooches - the cupcake.  I printed it out, colored it and fussy cut it, then added Glossy Accents and Wink on Stella on the cherry and Marvy Snow Pen on the frosting.  I used Distress Ink in Fire Brick red on the gingham stamp from Lawn Fawn set called "Gingham Backdrops" which is where both sentiments came from as well.  I stamped one large panel of gingham and then cut it in pieces to place on either side of the white card base.  The red panel was stamped and heat embossed in clear with "oh happy day", then cut to fit the middle.  I used the Cheery Lynn Designs banner die to cut out the cute dotted banner.  Popped cupcake and banner up on fun foam and added small strips of black card stock to the edges of the red panel.  

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Lawnscaping Challenge #126 Use Something Sweet

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge #225 Anything Goes