your friendship

Playing along with this month's Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash Challenge "Hello/Just Because" with this fun elephant friendship card.

 

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.

you are loved

Two Valentine's Day themed cards today... both work well for the Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash Challenge.  My 2nd card was inspired by the Inspired By Challenge, minus the ice skates.

thanks

Thanks....  playing along with the CAS(E) this Sketch and Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash Challenges...  the leaf was colored on silver yupo paper with alcohol inks which give a really fun sparkle.

you are loved

Happy Wednesday crafty friends.  Two cards today, the first one for the Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash challenge and the second one for CASology Challenge.  It's a little hard to see on the second card the pop of red under the sentiment, but it adds a nice little touch.  Hope everyone is having a good week, we got a bit of snow here on Monday morning which is always magical, click here for a photo.

thanks...

Two cards... first one for the Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash "thank you" because at this time of the year you really need more....  I combined the Reverse Confetti flowers and dies with a PTI sentiment I had forgotten about in my collection and some MFT dies.  And my second card... seriously not sure how I'm going to send this without crying...  For New Year's for the last many, many years I've gone to a party at my girlfriend's mom's house that was a collection of so many fabulous people coming together to toast the holidays.  But this year we lost our party planner to brain cancer and it's been on my mind.  So... this Reverse Confetti stamp is perfect and most likely to make my girlfriend cry.... but hopefully she'll have a martini in honor of her mother for New Year's.

Happy Thanksgiving and more

A couple of cards... my first card is for the Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash Challenge, I combined some Reverse Confetti flowers with an Altenew sentiment and MFT dies for this CAS card.  My second card is for the friendship part of the Stock Your Stash... Been thinking of my friend who lost her mom.  And my third card is for this week's CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge using all MFT goodies.

one day at a time

Playing along with the Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash challenge... the sentiment is perfect for a friend who has lost her mom.  

coffee love

I've got two coffee cards for you today.  The top one uses the Gracielle Designs digi stamps--- for those of you on the Paper Loving Cardmakers Facebook group there's a great contest, make a card with one of her images and be in the draw to win a $75 gift certificate to go shopping.  I used her new set Christmas Cheer.  (Hint, the Coffee Bundle might have your name on it).  And my second card is for this week's CAS(E) This Sketch, as well as Reverse Confetti Stock You-- Fall, b/c #PSL is as fall as it gets, right?

coffee....

Happy Sunday... So thanks to that enabling ~amy~ I bought some goodies from Lil Inkers during their sale last week.  So I went back to Laurel's Inspired By Challenge and made these two cards.  I was trying to channel fall in the second card for the Stock Your Stash Challenge on Reverse Confetti, so I pulled out the hello & thanks label die and added the most sentiment I could think off (from Clear & Simple Stamps).  And my 2nd card also uses the sketch from the Coffee Lovers blog.

happy mail just for you

There's a common thread with these four cards.... alcohol inks.  Plus, I've been mailing more cards lately....  these two elephant cards were inspired by my brother's girlfriend's internet in mail and elephants.  Playing with alcohol inks, a Hero Arts die and a bit of the nuvo drops for the eye.  My second card used an Ellen Hutson sentiment for the August Essentials Challenge.

This tag is for the Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash... the tag dies and clear pillow box are from Reverse Confetti, more of the alcohol ink fun with a Lawn Fawn leaf and a vintage sentiment (designed by my pal Karen).  And finally-- I made a few birthday cards for a local shop... I love the white on white with a pop of color.  The card uses Lil Inker ballon dies and string dies, Verve sentiment and rectangle die, MFT die and Sizzix embossing folder.

I'm just gonna be me... and more!

Hello... sorry for the radio silence this month-- I actually took some time off!  Woo hoo.  But I'm back to the grind over here-- so happy to have so many happy campers at the campground.  My first card was up on the Coffee Lovers blog yesterday...   And I'm going to add it to the CAS on Sunday challenge "Tag", hopefully the layers aren't too busy.

This card is for this week's PTI Make It Monday, repeat the sentiment.  I paired a Hero Arts dogwood stamp with a PTI sentiment.

This is for this week's MFT Sketch Challenge, I used some MFT wonky dies and the wine glass die, but the sentiment and cheers die are from Reverse Confetti and the hexagon border die is from Simon Says.

This week's CAS(E) this Sketch is a bit busy for me-- and I went a tad literal... so not sure what I think on this one... but might send it to my Lindsay who designed the sentiment stamp.

And finally (b/c this is what happens when I have a vacation, I come back and need to make up for lost crafty time) I have a card for the Reverse Confetti Stock your Stash "Baby".