Thursday Crafting

 

Hello and happy Thursday.  I have a few cards to share today.  First up is this card using Memory Box Life's Path stamps.  I colored the trees in various shades of blue, purple and green with Copic markers.  I am entering this card at Festive Friday #33: Winter Solstice (blue, purple, trees) and Memory Box #67: Trees.

Next up is a Warm Wishes card, inspired by the challenge at Ink to Paper.  I pulled out these cute Christmas Critters mice from PTI, sharing a cup of cocoa and maybe even a kiss under the mistletoe.  I used the colors from Just Add Ink #534 and am also playing along at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Fun with Dies.

My next card started with the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #464, the colors at Just Add Ink #534  and the Fun with Dies challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.  I pulled out another old favorite from PTI, Dash Away All for this card.  As fun as it is to get new stamps, sometimes it is fun to play with old favorites.

Last up for me today is this fun Christmas tree I constructed myself using some paper scraps I had left over from this card.  I had an idea in my head of how I wanted it to look, and did a google image search to see if I could find an image of the die I had in mind that inspired my idea.  What I learned is that this project is one of the most popular Christmas crafts for kindergarten classes.  Yay me!  I passed kindergarten (again).  

I am entering this card in a challenge that is new to me called The Rainbow Card Challenge #24: Holiday Rainbow.  I am also entering this card at Festive Friday #33: Winter Solstice (blue, purple, tree, snow) 

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CASology Week #279: Gray

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is Gray.  I thought of the cute little rats we used to have as pets (before Sherlock, pet detective took over our hearts and lives) and decided to break out my Christmas Critters.  You can see two little gray rats having a festive celebration on my card.

Now it's your turn.  How does GRAY inspire you?  I hope you play along this week.  Please remember to keep it Clean and Simple.

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from the design team.

Anna

Diedre

Hannelie

Jacquie

Janet

Jen

Joyce (that's me)

Judy

Kymona 

Melissa

Rachel

Sherrie

Our Guest Designer is Mary B.

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Three Cards for the Weekend

I have 3 cards to share today.  First up is a card using this week's Make it Monday #294 technique. The idea was to have a monochrome card with a pop of color.  I used card front and die cuts in Ocean Tides and my pop of color was Stacked Sentiments stamped in red.

I am also linking this card up at Seize the Birthday and Simon Says Monday: Happy Birthday.

My next card was inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #234.  I used flowers from Humming Along.

Last up is a card using my very favorite Christmas Critters.  I am entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday: For a Child.

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Holiday and Birthday Card

I made a holiday card with the sweet mouse (rat) from Christmas Critters, inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #201.

I am also entering this card at SSS Monday Challenge Christmas Gifts, Addicted to Stamps and More #223 Holiday and AAA Cards Game #79 Christmas.

I am running seriously low on birthday cards, so I used the colors from Color Throwdown #422 to create this birthday card.

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My Crafty Weekend

I fell in love with this card by Betsy during the PTI release, and so decided to CASE it for the PTI Play Along With Us challenge.  I used Doodlie Do stamps heat embossed in white on Dark Indigo card stock.

The toppings at Seize the Birthday are presents, and I used PTI Gifts of the Season for my next card.

I spent the most time playing with the sweet mice from PTI Christmas Critters.  I have been pretending that these mice are actually rats--many people do not know that (domesticated) rats make great pets--they are very sweet and cuddly, too.

The rats (mice) on the next three cards are colored to look like the 2 rats we had as pets.  Ivy is the grey one and Ace is the tan one.

Here we see Ivy on a card that I am entering at CAS on Sunday #96 where the challenge is pets, Simon Says Wednesday where the challenge is Christmas Critters, and The Paper Players #322 where the challenge is Clean and Simple Christmas.

This next card stars Ace and uses the sketch at the Fusion Challenge, and I am also linking up at  Simon Says Wednesday where the challenge is Christmas Critters, and The Paper Players #322 where the challenge is Clean and Simple Christmas.

And finally, we have Ace and Ivy (brothers) celebrating their birthday.  I am linking this one up at Seize the Birthday with the topping of presents.

That's it for me today.  I am off to take my current pet, Sherlock, to the dog park for a romp with his friends.  I think he may be a bit peeved with me for showcasing the pet rats and not him on my pet cards today.  I hope to have some time later this week to dive into my many dog stamps to make a card that features a canine.

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My Crafty Weekend

I fell in love with the sweet little mice in PTI Christmas Critters, and knew I could use them in lots of different ways.  We had two pet rats before we got our dog--one was tan and one was grey, and so I am pretending these mice are 2 cute pet rats, and they are getting ready for daughter Rachel's 19th birthday.  Yes, she has a lot of presents!  I based my card on this card by Betsy during the PTI release.

I was inspired by the colors at Color Throwdown #312 and am also entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes.

My next card was inspired by the Back to Black challenge at Poppystamps #25.  I used the Trim Tree Craft Die #1551, cut when Marybeth came to visit me this summer for our annual stamping day.  (see end of post)

I am also entering this card at The Male Room #45:  Leaves and or trees.

I am entering my last card at Simon Says Monday Challenge: Power Power and CAS on Sunday #93: Heat Embossing.

And, here is a picture that I realized that I never posted after Kim and Marybeth came over this summer for a day of crafting fun.  More talking and laughing than actual crafting....

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