Inspired by a Cookie

 I think this may be my first time playing along with If You Give a Crafter a Cookie.  I knew I had a stamp that fit the image, so I got to work stamping and paper piecing my sloth.  I was inspired by the sloth cookie in the picture. 

And I used one of my favorite techniques which is paper piecing to crate my little guy from pattern paper. 

I hope you find some time to create today.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Wishing You a Chill Birthday

Most supplies from The Stamps of Life Card Kit - July 2018

Additional supplies:  Midnight and Icing on the Cake Ink (Catherine Pooler Inks); sloths2stamp Stamp Set and Dies (The Stamps of Life); Onyx Pearl Liquid Pearls (Ranger);

Favorite Birthday Guy

I created my own background for Cardz 4 Guys. This one was created on regular cardstock using a baby wipe that I had used to clean a background stamp.  I didn't use the background stamp on this card, just the baby wipe and ink that was cleaned off.    I bunched it up and smooshed it on my white cardstock and kept shifting and pressing. 

Once dried, brought in a stencil and used some glitter gel to add some additional texture. 

And then it was all sentiments from there . . . stamps and a die.  I stacked my die, and have one layer of green that is slightly offset. 

I struggle with masculine cards, so this was a win!  

I hope you find some time to create today.  

Debbie

 

Supplies Used - Favorite Birthday

Stamps and Dies:  Favorite Word Die and My Favorite Sentiments Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight, Lime Rickey, Something Borrowed, and Fiesta Blue (Catherine Pooler Ink);

Paper: Premium White and Midnight Cardstock (Catherine Pooler); Green Pattern Paper from scrap stash;

Other: Star Stencil (Catherine Pooler Designs); White Glitz Glitter Gel (Gina K Designs); Cats and Bats Dots (Close To My Heart);

 

 

 

 

 

Taking the Postive with the Negative - Take 5

It's time for another positive/negative die creation.  I just can't throw out the parts. 

The prompt at Inspirational Challenges is "Triangles".  I decided to play with a die in my stash that is a circle, but has triangles in the design of the die.  Hard to know what was truly positive and negative on this one.  But here is where I ended up.  

First, I created a background  using watercolor paper and a large background stamp.  I used distress oxide inks and created some "generational" backgrounds.  This is one of the three.  I trimmed it down and then my used my die to create that focal point. 

Love the colors of the ink on this one.  I married it with other embellishments in my stash and some sentiments and dies. 

And of course, I can't throw away "the pieces"!  And so a second card . . . 

Love them both, but the second one!  LOVE!  

Want to see more examples of positive/negative creations, check out these posts.  

I hope you find some time to create today.

Debbie
 

Supplies Used - Hello - Happy Day

Stamps and Dies:  Simple Greetings Dies, Party Print Circle Die, Cottage Garden Background Stamp and Pick Your Pot Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide (Ranger); Midnight (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Paper: Pixie Cardstock (The Stamps of Life); Watercolor Cardstock (Ranger); Solar White (Neenah);

Other:  Romance Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs); Grape Shimmer Trim (Close To My Heart); 

 

Supplies Used - Thank You

Stamps and Dies:  Simple Greetings Die, Layered Greetings Stamp Set, Party Print Circle Die, Cottage Garden Background Stamp (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide (Ranger); Midnight (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler); Watercolor Cardstock (Ranger);

Other:  Romance Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

 

 

 

 

Just Add G . . .

 It was Just Add G at Just Add Ink.  I managed to add some G and some ink!  

 I went with gumdrops for my card.  And I added a lot of sparkle because gumdrops are sparkly with sugar! 

And some extra G''s for Goody, Goody! 

I also dug and used some old items in my stash.  I hope you found some time to create today!  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Goody, Goody Gumdrops

Stamps and Dies:  labels4jars, sayings4jars, jars2stamp Dies (The Stamps of Life); Step Up Dies (Sizzix);

Ink:  Various Markers (The Stamps of Life); Midnight and Orange Twist (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper:  Cardstock and Pattern Paper*, Silver Cardstock (Bazzill)

Other:  Stickles (Ranger), Twine and Epoxy Dots*

 

* From The Stamps of Life January 2019 Card Kit

Always Fun - Old and New

 I combined old and new, which was the inspirational prompt at Always Fun Challenges.  This creation will be presented to my mom for Mother's Day.  

The old is the Deco Label Frame dies (which I still love to use).  I think they've been in my stash a good eight years.   

The new is the Wrapped Bouquet stamps and dies.  

Really love the way that frame die showcases my bouquet of flowers.  

I hope you find some time to create today.  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Happy Mothers Day

Stamps and Dies:  Deco Labels Dies and Wrapped Bouquet Stamp Set and Wrapped Flowers Dies (Stampin' Up);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight Ink (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: White Daisy Cardstock (Close To My Heart); Oh So Ombre DSP (Stampin' Up); Rockin' Red Prints (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Other: Big Apple Sequin Mix and Cookies and Cream Twine (Catherine Pooler Designs); Simply White Crystal Drops (Nuvo);

"Float" Inspired at Just Us Girls

The inspirational quote at Just Us Girls was Float.  I decided to play along with stamps and dies in my stash from The Stamps of Life.  And so two cards with "floats" . . .

For this one I used some pattern paper to encourage cheerfulness and went with a fairly solid colored dragon float that I stamped on pattern paper. 

For my second card, I went with a busy pattern paper design and the unicorn flat.  The bright colors in the paper seemed perfect for a unicorn! The sentiment was tucked into the float. 

I hope you find some time to create today!  

Debbie

 

Supplies Used - Just Keep Swimming

Stamps and Dies:  Floaties Stamp Set and Dies (The Stamps of Life);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight (Catherine Pooler Ink);

Paper: Guava Cardstock and Cheerful Pattern Paper (The Stamps of Life);

Other: Flamenco Beach Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

 

Supplies Used - You've Got This

Stamps and Dies:  Floaties Stamp Set and Dies (The Stamps of Life);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight (Catherine Pooler Ink);

Paper: Midnight Cardstock and Cheerful Pattern Paper (The Stamps of Life);

Other: Tybee Island Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

 

Thinking of You - Inspired by a Rose

Little Red Wagon's challenge this week was to smell the roses.  So I stopped for a bit to create some roses. 

But there was no rosy scent to take in . . .  

 

I do love the lift of those rose dies and the border they created.  

For the scent, I ended up in my kitchen and took in the scent of my Meyer's Clean Day Rose Scented  Multi-surface cleaner.  My kitchen counter is clean.  

I hope you find some time to create!  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Thinking of You

Stamps and Dies:  Pair of Roses Dis, Sealed with a Kiss Stamp Set and Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks); Copic Markers;

Paper:  Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler); Red Pattern Paper from my scrap stash (using crap I have);  Silver Foil Paper (Close To My Heart);

Other:  Valentines Day Sparklets (Buttons Galore);

 

Love My Lawn Fawn!

I've been inventorying my Lawn Fawn, so it was a great time to be inspired by a few sets.  One that caught my attention was that darn hammock from the Hammock and Trees set.   I decided to create a scene for the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge. 

And who better to relax in a hammock but a selfie-taking octopus. 

 

I had a lot of fun creating this scene and see more hammocks in my future. 

Supplies Used - You Take the Best Shell-fies

Stamps and Dies:  Tropical Backdrop, Ocean Shell-fie Stamp Set and Dies, Reveal Wheel Puffy Cloud Add-on Dies and Hammock and Trees Dies (Lawn Fawn);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight, Lime Rickey, and Icing on the Cake (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Desert Storm and Solar White Cardstock (Neenah); Kiwi and Banana Cardstock (The Stamps of Life); Soft Suede and Early Espresso Cardstock  (Stampin' Up); Pint-sized Patterns Beachside (Lawn Fawn);

Other: Diamond Stickles (Ranger); Liquid Glass (Close To My Heart);

Pastels for Cupcake Inspiration

Pastels were the prompt at Cupcake Inspirations.  I decided to try my hand at a new item in my stash and not only use pastel colors, but use pastels.  I started with some woodgrain cardstock and used some oil pastels to create a rainbow diagonally across the card. 

I used a paper towel and my finger to blend the oil pastels into the woodgrain. I then stamped my butterfly images. 

Love how the colors blended and that white in the grain showing through! Will definitely need to play with these pastels again. 

 

 

 

Supplies Used - Courage to Fly

Stamps and Dies:  Just Soar Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs)

Ink & Embossing:  Black Jack (Catherine Pooler Inks); Oil Pastels (Sizzix):

Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler); White Woodgrain Cardstock (Lawn Fawn);

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

Alphabet Challenge - Anniversary Card

Was inspired by the Alphabet Challenge, where A is for Anniversary.  

I love the colors and the combination of pattern papers.  For some reason, this card reminds me of Archie and Edith's chairs from All in the Family.  Loved that show, and as cranky as Archie was, he adored Edith. (Although, that show would never fly today!)

I hope you find some time to create today.  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Mr. and Mrs.

Stamps and Dies:  His and Hers Stamp Set and Dies

Ink & Embossing:  Juniper Mist, Skylight, Hot Tub (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock and Hipster Pattern Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Other: Santa Fe Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Taking the Positive with the Negative - Take 4

The challenge at AAA Birthday is pattern paper.  Holy moly, do I have pattern paper; I had to play along.  

So I created this shaker card using some festive pattern papers. My plan was to use the negative of the die to create the shaker with the shaker bits behind the window. 

And I managed to find some sequins to match!   And fit all those little pieces onto the acetate for the "open letters". 

And because I can't help but use my negative pieces, including the scraps of paper from the previous card, I had to create using the positive image of that Happy Birthday sentiment. 

This one is a little simpler . . . but all about the pattern paper. 

I hope you find some time to use your positive and negative dies!  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Happy Birthday Shaker

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

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight Ink (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper:  Pineapple Punch Cardstock (Stampin' Up); Premium White Cardstock and Poppin'  Patterned Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs); Window Plastic (Judikins);

Other: Soda Springs Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Supplies Used - Happy Birthday

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

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper:  Premium White Cardstock and Poppin'  Patterned Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Other: Soda Springs Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Use Your Stuff - Enamel Dots

Oh man, do I have enamel dots in my stash.  I use them here and there, but clearly not often enough.  Was inspired this week to use them when prompted at the Use Your Stuff challenge blog. 

I went to a card kit to play along with this challenge (and always one fairly near by, not stacked in a corner).  

A flip-it card with enamel dots . . . 

With a happy birthday message . . .

I hope you find some time to create.  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Hello Happy Birthday Flip-its

Stamps and Dies:  Flower Flip-it Card Base and Present Drop-in Flip-it (Sizzix);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight and Lime Rickey (Catherine Pooler)

Paper: Cardstock and Pattern Paper from October 2017 Card Kit (The Stamps of Life): White Glitter Paper (Close To My Heart);

Other:  Epoxy Dots and Ribbon (The Stamps of Life)

Just Add L . . . for Lemons!

Just Add Ink had the prompt of "Just Add L".  I had to go with lemons and lemonade.  

The saying is always appropriate for when times are rough, so I couldn't resist.  I tried to keep it as simple as possible. And of course my inside sentiment, while not pictured, finishes this familiar quote. 

I hope you find some time to cut, paste and ink!  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Lemonade

Stamps and Dies:  Make Lemonade Stamp Set  and Circle Stripe Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks); Copic Markers; 

Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler); White Glitter Paper (Close To My Heart);

Other: Paisley Park Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Creating a Scene for Seize the Birthday

Yep!  I got so excited I created a scene for Seize the Birthday.  And for this one, I went "pasture" birthday.

I am horrible at sending cards on time, so had to do a belated sentiment on this one. 

Loved playing with this Lawn Fawn set which is an older set in my stash!  

I hope you found some time to create a scene!  

Debbie

Supplies Used - It's Pasture Birthday

Stamps and Dies:  Stitched Hillside Backdrop Landscape, Hey There Stamp Set and Dies, Reveal Wheel Puffy Cloud Add On Dies (Lawn Fawn)

Ink & Embossing:  Tuxedo Black (Memento) and Copic Markers; Lime Rickey and Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Solar White (Neenah); Kiwi Cardstock (The Stamps of Life); Hello Sunshine Remix (Lawn Fawn);

Other: Diamond and Black Diamond Stickles (Ranger);

 

It's All About Family for SOS Challenge

This card is my attempt at "it's all about family" which was the prompt at Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge Blog.  

I had to do a Christmas card because this stamp just screamed family to me.  It made me think of Christmas when my girls were little and the enjoyment we had from watching them open gifts. 

My background piece was stenciled, and I used Copic Markers in varying colors/shades to color my images.  

Using stuff I have!  I hope you find some time to use up your stash.  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Merry Christmas

Stamps and Dies:  Newton's Christmas Kittens (Newton's Nook)

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight and Hot Tub (Catherine Pooler Inks); Copic Markers

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

Other:  Pop Art Stencil (Catherine Pooler Designs); Celebrity Confetti Mix (Pretty Pink Posh); Cincinnati Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Lawn Fawnatics - You've Always Got My Back

The Lawn Fawnatics' challenge this month on their blog was "What's the Weather".  

It is sunny, slightly cool and a windy day.  One of those awesome Spring days in New England that is perfect for kite flying. 

And this one has a story . . . the wind picks up a bit more, and thankfully you have a friend to anchor you.

And he has your back. I adore my Lawn Fawn!  

And I hope you find some time to create and get crafty.  

Debbie

 

Supplies Used - You've Always Got My Back

Stamps and Dies:  Big Thanks Stamp Set, Simple Wavy Banner Dies, Yay Kites Stap Set and Dies, Puffy Cloud Backdrop Landscape (Lawn Fawn);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight Ink (Catherine Pooler); Tuxedo Black (Memento) and Copic Markers;

Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler); Dandy Day and Hello Sunshine Remix (Lawn Fawn); Vellum (Bazzill);

Other: Cookies and Cream Twine (Catherine Pooler Designs);

xoxo

The challenge at The Paper Players was Hearts or Stars.  It's February . . . so of course I went all Hearts!  

And I went 100% cardstock!  No pattern paper for this one.  Used a stencil and embossing mousse. 

Mmmmm . . . mousse!  

I stacked my sentiment . . . layers to do my white on white.  

I hope you find some time to cut some stuff, spread some stuff using a stencil, layer some stuff upon other stuff, and then layer and glue some more, and then and apply some sequins!  

Debbie

Supplies Used - xoxo

Stamps and Dies:  Hugs and Kisses Word Dies and Nested Stitched Heart Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Mother of Pearl Embossing Mousse (Nuvo);

Paper: Real Red Cardstock (Stampin' Up); Daisy White Cardstock (Close To My Heart);

Other: Tumbling Hearts Stencil (Newton's Nook); Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

G is for Girl

The hues from Color Hues were my inspiration . . . red, pin, and some neutrals.  

 This one is a baby card . . . I framed the G for Girl in a little shaker box. 

My card base is red, and my stenciled star background is pink inks,  a stencil and yes . . . having cream.  You know that I'm hooked on that technique.   

I hope you find some time to get inky!   

Debbie

 

 

 

Supplies Used - Oh Baby

Stamps and Dies:  Oh Baby Stamp Set, A to Z Background Stamp, Scallop Frame Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight (Catherine Pooler Ink); Blushing Bride and Strawberry Slush (Stampin' Up);

Paper: Lovely Lipstick (Stampin' Up); Licorice Cardstock (The Stamps of Life); White Daisy Cardstock (Close To My Heart); Acetate (Judikens);

Other: Starry Sky Stencil (Lawn Fawn); Flamenco Beach Sequin Mix (Stampin' Up);Shaving Cream

Love for Sweet Stampin'

Some stamping happened here for Sweet Stampin' where the prompt was "love".  

I started by creating a background using a stencil and some inks with watercolor paper.  I also used some Perfect Pearls to get some shimmer.  Once the background was done, I cut it up using some nested dies from Catherine Pooler Designs.  

Anchored those frames . . . stamped some Love and some hearts!  And so . . . Love!  All you need is love.  

Go create!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Love

Stamps and Dies:  Seasonal Sentiments and Borders and Doodle Hearts Stamp Sets, Rose Stencil and Nested Labels Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Party Dress (Catherine Pooler Inks); Worn Lipstick Distress Ink and Perfect Pearls (Ranger);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler); Strathmore Watercolor;

Other:  Ivory Seashell Crystal Drops (Nuvo); Inspiration Point Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler)

Oh What Fun!

 I was blessed to have a lot of time to create over the weekend.  😃

My share today was a card inspired by Christmas Craft Creations, where the prompt was to use Ribbon or Twine.  

And so I had this sled stamp and die . . . 

And while I chose to build the sled . . . I couldn't resist adding some twine to finish it off.  I used silver cardstock for some of the pieces (used my memory of a sled as a kid).  The challenge was getting some black ink to stick to that shiny stuff.

And the twine just dangles there.  I want to grab the reigns and go sledding now . . . and I have snow.  

I hope you find a way to be creative today.  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Oh What Fun!

Stamps and Dies:  Oh What Fun Stamp Set and Dies and Chalkboard Frame Die (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight and Icing on the Cake (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper:  Solar White and Desert Storm Cardstock (Neenah); Patterns and Pine Paper Pack (Catherine Pooler Designs); Silver Cardstock (Close To My Heart);

Other:  Twine (The Stamps of Life); Icicle Stickles (Ranger);