Thanksgiving Gratitude

A Thanksgiving card for my sister. I'm grateful to have you, LiLi. It's just you and me, Babe...

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Papertrey Ink Counting My Blessings Dies
Cardstock	80lb. Neenah Solar Crest SU Always Artichoke & Bravo Burgandy
Ink	Candied Apple, Wild Honey, Brushed Corduroy,  Aged Mahogany & Forest Moss Distress Inks
Embellishments	A Colorful Life Designs Flat Sequins
Other	Simon Says Stamp Autumn Splendor Stencil Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue Scor-Pal Score Tape-1/4"

I'm Playing at:

November Stencil Fun - Optional Theme of Leaves

TGIF #447 - Gratitude

The Card Concept #201

Clean & Layered

NBUS #56

SSS Autumn Splendor Stencil

Beachy Thank You

 I needed a simple thank you card with a beach theme that I could easily duplicate.  After going through my beach stash, I broke out my NBUS Echo Park Starfish 6x6 stencil and inked it up with Abandoned Coral and Dried Marigold DO Inks. I stamped the Picket Fence Thank You sentiment, added a popped up Adirondack Chair stamp and die from the June 2018 MMH kit, and my card was complete.

I'm playing at:

Never Before Used Schtuff #28

Echo Park Starfish 6x6 stencil

Krafty Chicks #569 - All Occasions

Double D Challenges - Colors Of Summer

Use Your Stuff #427 - Summer Fun

To My Favorite Bookworm

Time Out Challenge #180 begins today.  We are challenged to create a card inspired by the words "In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold."

 Our sponsor for this challenge is 

Newton's Nook Designs

Our Guest Designer this week is Bobby of Bits & Pieces. Bobby is a very talented crafter and lovely person. Treat yourself to a visit to her wonderful blog, and show her some love.

I bought this set of stamps and dies on eBay a while ago. It's called Read Past Your Bedtime by Uniquely Creative, an Australian company. I stamped some of the images on Neenah Solar White 80# card stock, colored them with Copics, and die cut and arranged them over some light stenciling. I used the color scheme from Inkspirational's current challenge. I love that photo! The sentiment is from an ancient set from MFT - I (heart) Books By Stephanie Fizer. This will be a birthday card for one of my favorite bookworms!

Please hop on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Bobby and the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also playing at:

Inkspirational #231

WWC306 - All About Occasions

Krafty Chicks #533 - Any Occasion

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Sing A Song

t's time for a new challenge at Less Is More. Challenge #435 is a recipe : In A Row.

We're joined by Caroline, our fantastic November 2020 winner. Please stop by her blog to see her wonderful art work and leave her some love.

When contemplating a design for my in-a-row creation, the Bird On A Wire die from Spellbinders immediately came to mind. I love these birds all in a row. I have had this die set forever, and never used it. I created a subtle background with the Cloud Edger stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and three sunset themed colors of Distress Oxide inks. I just love the sentiment too! It is from an old Sweet Stamp Shop set called Sentimental Birds. Lots of NBUS here.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what Caroline and the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations and for a chance to win. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages. Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space. All challenge details are on the Less Is More blog. Good Luck!

I am also playing at:

NBUS Challenge #22

HLS - Anything Goes With Dies

Double Trouble #75 - Music

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make Your Own Background

Day Of The Month Card Challenge #23 - National Bird Day

You Are Amazing

The featured technique over at CAS Mix Up for July is Stencil Tracing. This is a new one to me and I wanted to give it a whirl. Basically you outline with the stencil left on your image or free hand 

outline with the stencil removed.

Funky Fossil Designs Seahorse Stencil and Mask seemed to be a great choice for this technique, plus I wanted to try layered stenciling, and the Seahorse was a good choice for that too. I began by blending Salty Ocean and Tumbled Glass DO ink on Neenah Solar white 80# Card Stock. I then placed Hero Arts Abstract Waves Stencil over the Seahorse aperture and blended Chipped Sapphire DO over top of that. I removed that stencil and laid Dylusions Small Bubbles Stencil on the Seahorse aperture and sprayed it generously with Imagine Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray. When I removed the bubbles stencil, I traced around the edges of the Seahorse with a Copic 0.2 Multiliner. I was thrilled with the way it came out. I debated whether to give my funky seahorse a googly eye, but I left it alone in the true spirit of CAS. I thought hard about what sentiment to use, and finally settled on this one from The Ton's Pyrotechnics set. I die cut the panel with a Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die, backed it with fun foam and mounted it on Gina K. Designs Base Weight Turquoise Sea Card Stock.

I Miss You

A new challenge is up at Less Is More where the challenge is White and Cream.

To create my card, I used Simon Says Stamp Circular Lace Stencil with Vintage Cream Ink from PTI. I then used the I Miss You Word Die from Picket Fence Studios. I die cut the background in vellum, then die cut the words with vanilla cardstock, glued them together, and placed the words over the lacy stenciling. 

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations and for a chance to win. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages. Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space. All challenge details are on the Less Is More blog. Good Luck!

I am also playing at:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use Dies and/or Punches

Watercooler Wednesday #270 - Anything Goes With A Feminine Twist

Always Fun Challenges #161 - Female or Mom

Team You

It's time for a new challenge at Addicted To CAS. Our Code Word for ATCAS Challenge #183 is ANIMAL. Jaydee is our hostess!

For my card, I stamped this adorable image from Picket Fence Studios' Stand In The Sunshine, colored it with Copics and die cut it with the matching dies. I stenciled a small area of the card base with Tim Holtz's Woodgrain stencil using Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink, and placed the die cut on top of it popping it up with foam tape. The sentiment from SSS CZ Design Simple Sentiments 02 is heat embossed, die cut with a Pink & Main Sentiment Strip die, and popped up with foam tape.  

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog, take a look at the wonderful inspiration pieces the Design Team has created for your inspiration, and make something to share in the gallery. Challenge winner will be offered a Guest Designer spot for a future challenge. Happy crafting!

Please remember that this is a CAS challenge. Here is a definition to remind you:

I'm also playing at:

Perfectly CAS - Die Cuts

Alphabet Challenge - A is for Anything Goes

Die Cut Divas - All About Animals

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Kids Cards

Addicted To Stamps And More #384 - Clean & Simple

Warm Holiday Greetings

Time for a new challnege at Less Is More, where we are challenged to use only one triangle from either of the 2 layouts above for our design. Our whole design should be contained in the one triangle we select to use.

Our wonderful sponsor for the month is Catherine Pooler Designs.

We're joined by our fantastic September winner, Tristan from Tinstar Designs. Tristan is a very talented paper crafter whose designs are sure to inspire you. Treat your self to a visit to her blog and you will see what I mean!

For my card, I chose to use Dreamweaver Metallic Silver Embossing Paste with a SSS Holiday Tree Medallion Stencil. I cut the result of that combo into a triangle, and added a red banner embossed with white EP and a sentiment from SSS Tiny Words Christmas and my card was done.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations and for a chance to win. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages. Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space. All challenge details are on the Less Is More blog. Good Luck!

I'm also playing at:

Addicted To Stamps And More #368

Happy Birthday

Time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS. It's our 7th birthday! It's only right that the Code Word for ATCAS Challenge #172 is BIRTHDAY. 
Vicki is our Hostess With The Mostest!

Our Guest Designer is Lady Joyful (Charlotte). Charlotte is an incredibly talented card designer with an ecclectic style. Her cards are wonderful. Do yourself a favor and take a stroll through her blog for some wonderful inspiration. You will be so glad you did.

For my card, I masked the right half of my card and stencilied the left with DO Inks and the Half Sun stencil from A Colorful Life Designs. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches Birthday Sampler.

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog, take a look at the wonderful inspiration pieces Trina and the Design Team have created for your inspiration, and make something to share in the gallery. Challenge winner will be offered a Guest Designer spot for a future challenge. Happy crafting!

Please remember that this is a CAS challenge. Here is a definition to remind you:

I am also playing at:

Seize The Birthday #178

with Topping Option of "Off The Edge".

Q is for Quick nd Easy