You Quack Me Up

The last of my creative challenge cards for a while, as I'm heading into a busy time with work, crafty classes and life in general.  This last one is for the Inky Paws Challenge.  

The rain boots in the inspiration photo sent me into my crafty closet to find one of my favorite stamp sets.  

I just love this set.  I stamped it on watercolor paper and then die cut and colored with some watercolor pencils.  I combined it with a background created with watercolor and then cut with a mini cover plate die.  Of course, I saved some pieces and will have another creation down the road.  

So many saved pieces, so little time.

Adore this set and that adorable little kitty and duck.  

Newton's Nook Goodness!

Debbie

Supplies Used - You Quack Me Up

Stamps and Dies:  A-Maze-ing Mini Cover Plate Die (Catherine Pooler Designs); Newton's Rainboots Stamp Set and Dies (Newton's Nook);

Ink & Embossing:  Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink (Ranger); Midnight Ink (Catherine Pooler Inks); Brilliantly Vibrant and Hair & Skin Tones Colored Pencils (Nuvo);

Paper: Solar White (Neenah); Watercolor Cardstock (Ranger);

Other: Salt Lake City Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Smart As Can Bee

The cupcake prompt at Cupcake Inspirations looked wicked yummy, so I had to play along.  

I pulled out an old kit that I remembered was bee themed.  I still had lots of product left to play with.  

I adore that little bee with his cute little glasses. I used some Nuvo Drops to put some lenses in those glasses.  I mean, he needs to see to be able to fly!

Bee Creative!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Smart as can Be

Stamps and Dies:  Bee Yourself Stamp Set and Hexagon Die (Simon Says Stamp)

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight and Tiara Ink (Catherine Pooler); Black Shimmer Pen (Close To My Heart); Wink of Stella; Blender Pen (Marvy);

Paper:  Black Cardstock (Simon Says Stamp), White Daisy (Close To My Heart); The Bees Knees Pattern Paper (Honey Bee Stamp); Black Cardstock (American Crafts);

Other: Morning Dew Crystal Drops (Nuvo); Gold and Black Sequins (Simon Says Stamp);

May All Your Wishes Come True

 I had so much fun creating this card for the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge.  A rainbow of colors and some critters to celebrate a holiday.

My favorite part of this card is that sentiment.  The letters and confetti make me think of gum drops!

I had stamped the sentiment for this card many months ago.  So I grabbed it and started adding color.  Something was missing, so after blending some color on, I darkened the inside of the letters and candles with darker Copics that complimented the colors.  Glitter was the finishing touch.  

I brought in some fun critters, matched my balloon to the rainbow of colors, and done!  

 Go make a rainbow!

Debbie

Supplies Used - May All Your Wishes Come True

Stamps and Dies:  Really High Five, Giant Birthday Messages (Lawn Fawn);

Ink & Embossing:  Jet Black Ink (Lawn Fawn); Copic Markers; Party Dress, Tiara and Fiesta Blue (Catherine Pooler Inks); Versamark and Opague Bright White Embossing Powder (Wow);

Paper: Solar White Cardstock (Neenah); Watercolor Wishes (Lawn Fawn);

Other: Prisma Glitter (Lawn Fawn); Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

 

It's Nearly Spring - But Fall is in the Air

Just Choose Two for Just Add Ink challenge!   Blending, embossing and white were the choices.  I went with embossing and white for my card.  

And yes, I have my seasons wrong.  But I have a back-up of fall stamps on my desk just waiting for me to play.  And this fall stamp was on my list.  Hard to see the shine of the embossing . . . so a bit of tilt in the right light . . .

Adding to my fall stash!  I hope you find some time to create today.

Debbie

 

 

Supplies Used - Fall is in the Air

Stamps and Dies:  Blowing Leaves Background Stamp and Fall Calls for Lattes Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Embossing Pad and MetallicGold Rich Super Fine Embossing Powder (Wow);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock and Harvest Festival Pattern Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs); Vellum (Close To My Heart);

Other: Celebrations Confetti Mix (Pretty Pink Posh);

Let's Eat Cake

Mmmmm  . . . cake!  Inspired by the colors at The Paper Players, I created this card.  Admittedly, I have two hues of blues that combined might be the color depicted in the challenge.

 I got this set from Concord & 9thand just love the interactive element. 

 

Pulling reveals chocolate cake . . . and three layers!  

 

Such a fun card to create.  

Go create something fun!  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Hooray Birthday Wishes

Stamps and Dies:   Let's Eat Cake Stamp Set and Dies and Cardscapes Stamp Set (Concord & 9th); 

Ink:  Aqua Sky, Oceanside, and Buttercup (Concord & 9th); Embossing Pad and Clear Embossing Powder (Wow)

Paper: White, Oceanside, Aqua Sky, Buttercup, Silver Foil and Sprout (Concord & 9th); Soft Suede (Stampin' Up); Disco Ball Glitter Paper (Reminisce);

Other:  Aqua Flakes Pure Sheen Confetti (Nuvo); Stardust Stickles (Ranger); Sequins (Concord & 9th);

Taking the Positive with the Negative - Take 7

Usually my positive and negative pieces become separated from each other, but I decided to play out a creation of positive and negative pieces.  I love the outcome on this one. Nothing like a rainbow of color.  

So which came first?  My card for Just Us Girls or CAS on Friday?  Just Us Girls had a word prompt of "Rainbow".  CAS on Friday had the prompt of "Friendship".  So it started with a rainbow of colors and a "Friend" die.  And I went first to create my card for Just Us Girls, taking that rainbow prompt rather seriously.   

 

I used temporary adhesive and put the "friend" letters down.  I then did some ink blending over the images to create my rainbow of colors.  I then removed the letters and put them aside for my second card.  I stamped my sentiment in black over the word friend, and then used my color palette to stamp some stars around my sentiment.  I used a blender pen to color my images and match them to the ink blending.

 A few sequins and I was done.  

Moving to my CAS Card, I had cut the die earlier and was ready to piece my friend letters back into my white background.  

I suppose a shaker card isn't completely CAS, but I left a lot of white space!  I used some gray striped pattern paper, took the frame from my original die and put it on my card base centered on the pattern paper.  I popped my colored letters back in, and then created a shaker window from the frame which was part of the same die that cut the letters.  

A little acetate, foam strips and clay pieces and done. 

I love that the letters have some darkness around their edges.  It makes them pop, even though they are flat to the card.  

Another positive/negative creative session in the books. 

Want some fun?  Create a rainbow!

Debbie

 

Supplies Used - Happy to Call You Friend

Stamps and Dies:  Sweet Summer Stamp Set and Dies, Best Kind of Friend Stamp Set and Dies and Friend Mini Cover Die (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Party Dress, Tutti Frutti, Tiara, Lime Rickey, Aquatini, Flirty Fushsia, Twilight, Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks); Blender Pen (Tombow);

Paper: White Daisy Cardstock (Close To My Heart); 

Other: Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs); Liquid Glass (Close To My Heart); Diamond Stickles (Ranger);

 

Supplies Used - Friend Slimline Shaker

Stamps and Dies:  Sweet Summer Stamp Set and Dies, Best Kind of Friend Stamp Set and Dies and Friend Mini Cover Die (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Party Dress, Tutti Frutti, Tiara, Lime Rickey, Aquatini, Flirty Fushsia, Twilight, Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: White Daisy Cardstock (Close To My Heart); A Little Drizzle Paper Pack (Catherine Pooler Designs); Acetate (American Crafts);

Other: Flower Power Clay Confetti (Pretty Pink Posh);

Flowers Everywhere for SOS

The Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge prompt was "Flowers, Flowers Everywhere".  

I created my background using a coordinating stencil and stamp from Hero Arts.   

Rather than use the full panel for this card, I decided to add some interest by breaking the card into quadrants and having a black panel.  I think it helped to really "pop" the design. 

 

This is a beautiful set and while I bought it as a kit, I've heard recently that the individual stamps, dies and stencil are available now.  

Don't miss your opportunities for creativity.   

Cheers!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Just a Little Note to Say You are Amazing

Hero Arts Monthly Kit - April 2022 - Stamps, Dies, Stencil, Inks, Enamel Dots (Hero Arts);

Additional Supplies:  Solar White Cardstock (Neenah), Black and White Cardstock (American Crafts); Jet Black Ink (Lawn Fawn); Ribbon (Stampin' Up);

Holiday Diagonal Easel

Well, craftio!  That's the crafty version of "Cheerio"!

I saw the sketch at Christmas Card Throwdown and said, this is your chance to finally attempt that diagonal easel card!  I followed the sketch as best I could given my easel element. 

Went with lots of kraft cardstock, and even my pine cones are stamped on kraft. 

And my pine cones serve as my easel stand.  Is that the proper term. 

I don't know that it fully meets the sketch.  I did have fun,and I don't dislike any of this.  Kraft is good.  

Get "krafty" in your space today.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Merry Christmas

Stamps and Dies:  Pinecone Greetings Stamp Set and Dies and Merry Christmas Die (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Cranberry Fizz, Deck the Halls, Icing on the Cake, Over Coffee (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock and Through the Woods Pattern Paper  (Catherine Pooler Designs); Gingersnap Cardstock (The Stamps of Life); Chocolate Chip Cardstock and Brushed Metallic Cardstock (Stampin' Up);

Other: Oak City Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

XOXO Inspired!

This card was inspired by the XOXO challenge at Alphabet Challenge.  

 I've had an XOXO die on my table for a year, and when I saw this challenge I knew I had to play along.  But I had to find some images in the theme.  I dug into my bag of Lawn Fawn images and found this cute little skunk who was near the top because I had just created a card with skunks a few months ago.  So I set out to color him and make him "real". 

 

I ended up digging into my Lawn Fawn stencils to create my background.  I tried a sort of screen print watercolor technique that I like to use.  Essentially I pick up the water and color onto my stencil, and then flip it to get the stenciled images to show.  The water collected near the heart openings, and I managed to get a few good impressions of some hearts.  I stamped some XOXO's into a few of them, and then set out to create my scene.  

Hardest part of this card was finding the XOXO die, because while I had that nice pink sparkly one on my table for a year, I felt my skunk deserved a shadow behind the XOXO to tie him into the scene.  

This was a fun one - especially that background.  Inky fingers!

I hope you find some time to ink up those fingers.  

Debbie

Supplies Used - XOXO

Stamps and Dies:  Giant XOXO Die, Scent with Love Stamp Set and Dies and Valentine Hearts Border Die (Lawn Fawn);

Ink & Embossing:  Jet Black (Lawn Fawn); Rockin' Red (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper:  Water Color Paper (Tim Holtz/Ranger); Accent Opaque Cardstock; Gray Cardstock and Glitter Paper (Close To My Heart); Acetate (Newton's Nook);

Other:  Lots of Hearts Background Stencil and Chunky Glitter (Lawn Fawn)

Feel Better Soon

Went with a rainbow of colors for this get well card that was inspired by the prompt at Little Red Wagon which was "feel better".  

I had a lot off fun making this trail of rainbow colors around my leafy vine. The black border and sentiment give it a nice pop. 

I have to think that rainbow colors make anyone feel better.  

 Create a rainbow!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Feel Better Soon

Stamps and Dies:  Classic Adornments Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Black Jack, Lime Rickey, Grape Crush, Flirty Fuchsia, Something Borrowed, All that Jazz, Aquatini, Tiara, Tiki Torch, Orange Twist, Samba and Be Mine (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper:  White Cardstock (Scrapbook Cards Today); Solar White (Neenah); Black Cardstock (American Crafts);

Other:  Crater Link Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

 

With a Cherry on Top

Created this card using the color prompts at Seize the Birthday. The current challenge was to create a birthday card and red, white and one other color.  I chose green for my card and grabbed an old card kit in my stash that had some cherry pattern paper.  

I've really been trying to use up my stash of card kits.  Oodles of boxes with coordinating paper, dies, stamps and sometimes embellishments just crying out for my attention. Some are older than others, but no expiration date! 

Go use your stash!  

Debbie

 

Supplies Used - Happy Birthday with a Cherry on Top

All Supplies from The Stamps of Life March 2019 Card Kit

Additional Supplies:  Midnight Ink (Catherine Pooler),  bananasplit2stamp (The Stamps of Life) and Sizzix Ice Cream Fold-it Die, scraps of pattern paper

 

You Are Peachy

I've been a bit lax about the challenges, yet again!  It's been a month, so I kicked it off again with something a bit inky and used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.  

I've had this set for a while, and I had created a few stamped and die cut images, and then it disappeared on my desk.  I brought it back out and created an inky background using a shaving cream technique.  Hardest part was keeping my greens and peachy oranges from mixing and giving me brown.  But the colors cooperated. 

I thought the black and white gave it a nice pop and incorporated the sentiment strips well.  

I hope you find some time to get inky today.  

Debbie

Supplies Used - You are Peachy

Stamps and Dies:  Just Peachy Stamp Set and Dies, Peachy Sentiments Stamp Set and Peachy Word Die (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Bellini, Melon Ice, Coral Cabana, Lime Rickey and Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper:  Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler);

Other: Black Shimmer Trim (Close To My Heart); Crater Lake Sequin Mix and Wonky Triangle Stencil (Catherine Pooler Designs); Diamond Stickles (Ranger);