Be Yourself

Hello... look a blog post!  I'm making a card order for someone who follows my Instagram feed, so here's to hoping she doesn't spy this (and if she does, just play clueless please).  This card is for this week's MFT Sketch Challenge using an elephant from Reverse Confetti, stencil from Pink Fresh and sentiment from MFT.  The slimline die is also from Pink Fresh and the circles are MFT.
 

Many, Many cards....

I am crafting away in the wee hours of the morning to try to keep the semblance of normalcy in my world... but not keeping up with blogging (which honestly never seems to be my top priority even in the best of times).  But, there is something about the archival agenda of knowing what I created... so here's a catch up from the last week.  The top card was for the Coffee Date on Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog, check out that post.

This was for last week's Stay Crafty with Hero challenge...

This is for this week's MFT Sketch Challenge.

This is for this week's Stay Crafty With Hero Challenge.

This was for fun...

This is for this week's Stay Crafty with Hero Fun.

This was last week's MFT Sketch Challenge.

This is for the current CAS(E) this sketch.

This was for last week's Inspired By Challenge.

This card has been sitting around in pieces in my craft room for ages, but using the Gracielle Designs digital stamps....

This one is for the current Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash challenge-- because doesn't every mom need a coffee themed Mother's Day card?

And this card was to honor my virtual work out buddies.

a few cards

One day at a time...  hang in there folks.  I've been posting cards over on my Instagram feed, but I've got a few cards to link up to current challenges, so I'm just going to add them all here.  Dust off the ol blog for a moment.  My first card is for the Hero Arts encouragement challenge-- I used a Hero Arts background and a technique that Jennifer McGuire did a video on awhile back... I used a Reverse Confetti sentiment and MFT dies.

This card is for the current Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash challenge-- spring/easter... I know someone has a birthday in April...

This is for the MFT Birthday Card challenge to use flowers, I combined a Concord & 9th flower stamp with all MFT goodies....   (actually it's hard to see, but I do have an embossing folder from Tim Holtz in there too).

Fusion Card challenge is Birthday cake and I pulled out a seriously old wooden stamp for the birthday cakes (Stamp Up 2003) with a Papertrey Ink sentiment. 

This is a look at yesterday's card up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog.

These two cards are for the current CAS(E) this sketch challenge using mainly Concord & 9th goodies.

This card is for the current MFT Sketch challenge.

love

Love...  playing along with the MFT Sketch Challenge, definitely mixing and matching goodies-- my top card uses Concord & 9th flowers, Wplus9 script, MFT dies... Love the added dimension with the Nuvo drops on the flowers.  My second card was trying to figure out how to use The Greetery postage dies (when I didn't order the stamps, not sure what I was thinking?).  But found this PTI alphabet set fits.  Added some MFT paper and then used a MFT die to add a little texture.

And this card I shared on Instagram, but it's for the current Fusion Card Challenge.

Round up of cards

Hey there, happy camper... I've been busy crafting this week and not sharing, so here's all the cards I've made in the last week.  Some where for the Inn Town Campground camp store, some for this month's card class, some for sale at Gather & Mill and some just being inspirationally challenge by online card challenges.

Playing along with last week's Inspired By Challenge.

Last week's MFT Sketch

Playing along with the current CASology challenge "repeat"

The current MFT sketch.

The current CAS(E) this Sketch.

you make me a happy camper

2 cards for this week's MFT Sketch Challenge.  Because our campground offers different types of camping (tent camping, RV, glamping) I used that as my inspiration for the challenge.  The top card pairs MFT tent and cloud dies and blueprint dies with PTI trees and banner die and a sentiment from some glamping set that Ms. ~amy~ enabled me to buy.  The second card uses Hero Arts Airstream and clouds and the rest are MFT goodies.

flamingo and deer tags

Happy Thanksgiving!!!  I just went on this amazing vacation to Barcelona, so I'm a tad behind on all things crafty.... but if you know me, I love to jump right back in to get my creative time.  My first card pairs the MFT sketch with Color Throwdown cards (it's hard to see but the ball on the hat is blue).  Wishing everyone a fabulous holiday!

And inspired by Day #15 from Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags.

uncork & unwind

Cheers!  As we head into the 3rd power outage this month in Northern California, I'm definitely drawing on a few deep breaths, planning and maybe a glass of wine?  Using the current MFT sketch for this card with MFT dies and sentiment and patterned paper.  The wine label is a scrap from an upcycled letterpress wedding invitation.

capturing moments and more...

3 cards, three challenges... I'm getting a bit rusty in the posting my cards on the blog these days... Instagram seems to be just one step easier....  But, I'm definitely still creating, so I guess that's all that maters, right?  My first card is for this month's Altenew Inspirational Challenge.   Fun to mix up the colors...  and I used the books as an inspiration for the words on the tag.

This is for this week's CAS(E) this sketch and I'll be honest and say this was not an easy sketch for me.  So, the sentiment (from Simon Says) was a good reminder that sometimes it's okay to just do enough... (and maybe have another cup of coffee in the process).

And this one is for the MFT Sketch Challenge.