AAA - Let's Celebrate!

Created a little something for AAA Birthday where the prompt was "let's celebrate".  

I choose to celebrate with a bunch of gifts . . . to include some of my favorite things, and maybe some of yours too (if you are the recipient).  

I love a creation that includes a rainbow of colors. 

I hope you find some time to create this weekend.

Cheers!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Happy Birthday

Stamps and Dies:  Happy Birthday Stacked Word Die, Happy Birthday Many Ways Stamp Set and Yay Gifts Stamp Set and Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs);

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

Paper: Lovely Lipstick Cardstock (Stampin' Up); Solar White Cardstock (Neenah); Poppin' Patterned Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Other: Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs); White Glitter Foam (Queen & Company); Diamond Stickles (Ranger);

 

With a Little Help From My Friends

Created a little card with lots of friends on it.  My pups are my best friends!  I was inspired by the prompt at Little Red Wagon. 

A friend gifted this stamp to me a few months ago, and I created a card with little pups that were gray and black.  I wanted to try a similar card full of friends in a rainbow of colors.  So I became one with ROYGBP for this card. 

I rainbow-a-tized the classes on the outside of the card, and the pups stamped on the inside of the card.  

And here's a better look at the inside . . .

Precious pups!  

I hope you find some time to create a friendship card today!  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Friend

Stamps and Dies:  Darby & McKenzie Stamp (Impression Obsession); Friend Die w/Shadow (stray from my desk)

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight, Party Dress, Orange Crush, Tiara, Lime Rickey, Fiesta Blue, Flirty Fuchsia (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Accent Opaque Cardstock; Clear Gloss, Black Gloss and Stardust Pens (Sakura);

Taking the Positive with the Negative - Take 6

 I had a goal to post more this year, and I've been failing miserably.  My goal was 100 posts in 2022, so I have a lot of time to make up.  

And so why not create a card casing myself, and of course, I can't resist the opportunity to use my positive and negative die pieces.  So two cards today, inspired by Just Add Ink's Challenge 604 - Case of Yourself.  

I'm casing a card I made using Lawn Fawn stamps and dies.  I posted the card here, but here is pic of it:  

Instead of hearts, I went with squares.  My images were a bit larger, so I had more real estate to cover.  

And instead of Valentine's Day, I went with Halloween. 

I colored my images with a blender pen, and my candy corn have a coating of Liquid class.  They look more like embellishments than dies. 

My scallop border had those inner squares, and I couldn't resist the opportunity to create another card with my negative images.  

And for this one, I flipped things a bit and went landscape with my design.  

 

Cutest little monsters!  

These were fun to create, and Halloween is months away.  

Go create!

Debbie

Supplies Used - I Only Have Eyes for You -Slimline Shaker

Stamps and Dies:  Squad Ghouls Stamp Set and Dies, Essentials Slimline Cover Plate Die (Catherine Pooler Designs); Nesting Circle Dies (Hero Arts);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight, Pixie Dust, Tutti Frutti, Lime Rickey, Grape Crush, Orange Peel, Tiara (Catherine Pooler Inks; Versamark; Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder (Wow);

Paper:  White Daisy Cardstock (Close To My Heart); Little Black Dress Paper Pack (Catherine Pooler Designs); Pitch Black Cardstock (Hero Arts);

Other: Mockingbird Heights Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs); Ripened Pumpkin Gloss Crystal Drops and Plum Slate Stone Drops (Nuvo); Liquid Glass (Close To My Heart);  

 

Supplies Used - Have a Boo-tiful Day Slimline

Stamps and Dies:  Squad Ghouls Stamp Set and Dies, Essentials Slimline Cover Plate Die (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight, Pixie Dust, Tutti Frutti, Lime Rickey, Grape Crush, Tiara (Catherine Pooler Inks;

Paper:  White Daisy Cardstock (Close To My Heart); Little Black Dress Paper Pack (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Other: Pinwheel Stencil, Cookies and Cream Twine and Mockingbird Heights Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs); Crushed Grape Crystal Drops (Nuvo); Liquid Glass (Close To My Heart); Diamond Stickles (Ranger);

 

Color Throwdown - Hope Anchors the Soul

 As I get back into the challenge game, I was inspired by the color combination at Color Throwdown this week and pulled some older stamp sets from my shelf. 

I knew I had pattern paper in this color combination, I added some stamped images and dies to create a liquid shaker. 

I love the look, but I'm nervous about my "liquid" leaking or air getting in the bag.  I suppose time will tell.  

I hope you had the opportunity to get creative today. 

Debbie

Supplies Used - Hope Anchors the Soul

Stamps and Dies:  Refuse to Sink and Vitamin Sea Stamp Set and Dies, Circle Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs)

Ink: Green Tea, Eucalyptus, All That Jazz, Twilight, Midnight, Sand Castle (Catherine Pooler Inks); Embossing Pad (Wow); Sand Dunes Embossing Glitter (Wow);

Paper:  White Cardstock (Park Lane Paperie); Salt and Seaweed Pattern Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs); White Daisy (Close To My Heart);

Other:  Big Sur Sequins (Catherine Pooler Designs); Zip Lock Bag, Sookwang Double-sided Tape, and Anti-bacterial Gel for water element;

Back into the Challenge Game!

With so many crafty events, I seemed to have taken a step back from my blog, from challenges and from creating my own things.  I was getting off my challenge/crafty game, was ignoring my blog and I realized I needed to jump start myself back into the routine.  

The last few days I decided to focus on some upcoming challenges, and first up is one of my favorites, Shopping Our Stash. How appropriate, because while I wasn't creating, I was sure buying!  With every class I signed up for, my stash just kept growing.  

And so "the power of pastels" is the current challenge, and I pulled a few pastel colors out and worked on this creation.  

While I didn't fully stick with pastels, the fact that I was using blending brushes and stencils to add color will make most colors look pastel if you don't use a heavy hand. 

  

Such a fun card to create.  

I hope you find some time to create today.  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Let Whatever You Do Today . . .

Stamps and Dies:  Darling Dahlias and Floral Bunch Stamp Sets with Mini Slimline Essentials Bundle Dies (Pinkfresh Studio);

Ink & Embossing:  It's a Girl, Coral Cabana, Uptown, Lime Rickey and Garden Party (Catherine Pooler Inks); Jet Black (Lawn Fawn);

Paper:  Distress White Heavystock (Ranger); Accent Opaque Cardstock; Black Cardstock (American Crafts);

Other:  Darling Dahlias Stencil (Pinkfresh Studio); Something New Embellishment Mix (Trinity Stamps);