My Favorite Things

This fab sentiment stamp is perfect for upcoming graduations.  I found it at the My Favorite Things store in Eustis, Florida this past winter.  Today, I've paired it up with the MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #226.

This was my first time trying MFT stamps and I am very pleased.  I used water based ink and it inked up well, giving me a clear image the first time I used it.

This card has been entered in these fun challenges:

MFT Sketch Challenge #226

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Monochromatic

City Crafter Challenge Week 239 - CASE FOUR ( I picked up Stella's pop of red and star for my card.)

Scrap It Girl! April Color Challenge - Black, white + 1 additional color (red)

Deedee's Digis April Guest Designer Card # 5

My last card as April Guest Designer for Deedee's Digis uses the set Rose Regards

and a Twisted Circular Easel Card.

I've had a wonderful time making cards for Deedee's Digis this month.  Thanks so much for asking me to be your April GD.

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:

Aurora Wings Challenge #14 - Flowers

Crafting from the Heart Challenge #57 - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion Challenge #259 - Always Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Anything Goes

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge #134 - Easel Cards

Robyn's Fetish Challenge #261 - Easel Cards

Scribble and Scrap Challenge #43 - Always Anything Goes

Creatilicious Challenge #74 - Embossing (I've used dry embossing.)

Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Fun/Fancy Folds

Chocolate Coffee and Cards Challenge #89 - Use a Die Cut (I've used Spellbinders Beaded Circles Dies.)

Polkadoodles Challenge Week 17 - Anything but Square
Creative Card Crew Challenge #86 - Fancy Folds

Two Tuesday posts

Purchasing a new dishwasher before my annual Mother's Day Lunch is my top priority today.  But while I finish my morning tea, I'd like to share the card I made for this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #105, the Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #179, and the Anything Goes Heart 2 Heart April Challenge.

 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #242

The theme for this week's challenge at Tuesday Throwdown is Get Well.  Using the digi image, Love Sick Nurse, supplied by our sponsor, Karleigh Sue's Digis,  I decided to make a masculine card with a card fold I haven't tried before, a Pinwheel Fold.

 

 It's always nice to have a masculine get well card in my stash. 

I had a very difficult time deciding which of the 2 images the DT was so generously given by our sponsor to use.  

I printed them both and colored them both. 

 So why not use them both?

This Karleigh Sue digi image is called Take Time to Smell the Flowers. 

To see more Karleigh Sue Digi images visit the Digi Shoppe.  To join the Tuesday Throwdown Challenge and maybe win a Karleigh Sue Digi Image simply make a Get Well card and link it up.  And to make some very hard working crafters happy please visit the blogs of my Tuesday Throwdown Design Teammates and leave them a little love.


The first card has been entered in the following challenges:
Crafting From the Heart Challenge #57 - Anything Goes
Corrosive Challenge #223 - Hip to be Square
Digi Designs Challenge - Fun/Fancy Folds
QKR Stampede Challenge #136 - Guy Cards

Getting ready for those May flowers

Yes, it's time to spend more time playing in the dirt than playing with crafts.  There are just a few exceptions, one of them being Mojo Monday.  So I've used an April Showers Bring May Flowers theme and the Tall & Skinny Mojo Monday Sketch to make a birthday card for my daughter, who was born May 1st!  Although, this card could be used for just about any occasion.

(sentiment stamp by Taylored Expressions)

This card is my entry in the following challenges:

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge # 395

The Paper Girls Challenge #78 - April Showers Bring May Flowers

Use Your Stuff Challenge #181 - April Showers

Eclectic Ellapu April Challenge - Purple Team April Showers/Spring

Daring Cardmakers Challenge - Under the Weather

Time Out Challenge #29 - You can't make a rainbow without a little rain

I just realized that the Color Throwdown Challenge # 339 closes in 6 hours so I am also posting this yellow, black and white card using the flowers I cut to make my stencil for Saturday's card.

(sentiment stamp is CTMH)

Smell the Daisies

 
Yesterday I thought I'd try making and using my own stencil.  I cut several sizes and shapes of flowers out of a sheet of paper using the Cricut and CTMH Artiste Cartridge.  The flowers are still on the cricut mat to be used later.  The negative became my stencil.  I taped it to a sheet of white CS and, using ink and a sponge dauber, I added the flowers creating my own background paper.  Next I debossed the paper with a daisy embossing folder.  It was kind of a whoopsie because I meant to emboss it but put the paper in upside down.  But I really like how it turned out.   And it works well as background for this digital image and sentiment from Doodle Pantry's Floral Hats set.  

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Doodle Pantry Ants in My Pantry Challenge #4 - Anything Goes
Bloggers Challenge - Stencil It
Wags n Whiskers Challenge #132 - Flowers
As You Like It Challenge - Favorite Style of Embossing and Why (I love dry embossing.  It adds texture to the card.  There is a wide variety of EF available.  It's not messy.  And it's hard to mess up. Unless, you put the paper in the EF upside down, like I did here.  But, even then, the debossing looks great.)
Southern Girls Challenge - Get Wordy
Perfectly Rustic Design Challenge #46 - New Technique (making and using my own stencil)

Corrosive Challenge #222 - Floral Fantasy
The Color Sisters Challenge Palette -
 

From the Heart April Challenge

Here's a quick and simple card for today:

From the Heart April Challenge - Anything Goes with Hamlet Pigwit being Shy Digi Set
Brown Sugar Challenge #143 - Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe #223 - Anything Goes
As You Like It Challenge - Favorite kind of embossing and why (I love dry embossing.  It adds texture to the card.  There is a wide variety of EF available.  It's not messy.  And it's hard to mess up.)
Scrap and Craft Challenge #7 - Tie it up!  (I've used baker's twine)
Cuttlebug Mania Challenge - Button Up! (I've used a Lifestyle Crafts embossing folder.)
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Cute as a Button
Eureka Stamps Challenge #137 - Buttons and Bows