Amazing Pigeon

Hello!  Isn't it amazing all the things author Mo Williams' pigeon does and tries to do like "Driving a Bus"?  I was not familiar with this children's book so had to do a little research on the author and book.  For the challenge at The Library Challenge #40 "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus",  I decided to create  a card featuring a pigeon to send someone amazing.  I was inspired by the colors of the cover and also the speech bubble.  I found  a digital image of a pigeon, printed it on white CS and added more blue to  the color and some coral stripes (inked with DOI Abandoned Coral) to anchor the bird on my one layer card.  Stamped the bubble and sentiment stamps from Jane's Doodles set in Memento Black ink.  Fun to make! 

Challenge:
The Library Challenge: #40 Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus

Addicted to CAS: Challenge #166 One Layer

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Life's an Adventure

Welcome to my studio!  Today my card was inspired by The Library Challenge and the book The Tiger who came to tea.  I was not familiar with this book, but... would not having tea with a tiger be a life adventure?  So I used the sentiment Life's an Adventure with the image of the Tiger.  I stamped the sentiment stamp and the Tiger stamp with Memento Black Tuxedo ink and colored the image with Copics and a white gel pen.  Added some highlights to his whiskers with Stardust pen and to his eyes with Glossy Accents. I was very pleased with my coloring of the image.  I was also inspired by the bright colors of the cover to find a colorful Pattern Paper for my background and a Yellow (color of the table) card stock for my base.  The striped paper was from the Kaiser Craft paper pad called Jungle Bug Collection.  How appropriate? I completed the card with a brown mat underneath the image and added some Orange Dewdrops.  I attached the image at a angle.....such seemed like the thing to do for an adventurous design.  All supplies were from my stash. 

Challenges:
The Library Challenge: #39 The Tiger Who Came To Tea

Double D Challenges: It's a Jungle Out There 

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: August Challenge All about using Patterned Paper

Shopping Our Stash Weekly: Challenge #401 Base It On a Book. 

Crazy 4 Challenges: C4C497 Take Your inspiration from a Book

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Tis the Season

Hello!  I was inspired by the sketch challenge at The Paper Players challenge in the making of this card and I threw in some stripes and dots for the Double D challenge.  I ended up with another Christmas card for my stash using some stamps from a Hero Arts 2017 kit.  Other Supplies used:  GKD Ivory CS, Scraps of Red CS, 3 Patterned papers from DCWV Christmas Basics Stack, Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink, Copics, Stickles for Sparkle,  Green Satin Ribbon. Fun card to make. 

Challenges:

 The Paper Players: PP416 Anne Marie's Sketch Challenge shown below.

Double D Challenge:  Stripes & Dots- Mood board shown below.

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using Patterned Paper

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Anything Goes

A Blog Named Hero Challenge: Color Palette

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Travel Fun

Hello!  Playing with a few challenges and came up with this card.  I stamped the Eiffel Tower stamp from Just For Fun stamps on a White CS panel and combined it with Copper Metallic card base and Black and White Striped Pattern Paper from my stash. Stamped Bon Voyage from Gina K with Versamark and embossed with Copper Metallic EP.


Challenges:
Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog: Theme is Travel
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: August use patterned paper on your project.
Just For Fun Rubber Stamps: August challenge is Stripes
Color Throwdown: ctd504 Black, Copper, and White


 
Sharing a scrapbook page from my trip to Paris many years ago.  It was a rainy day when I visited the Eiffel Tower:

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Merry and Bright

Hello!  Sharing a Christmas card inspired by the challenge to CASE a card by Michelle shown below.  We are to CASE and add your own little twist.  I made a Christmas card using striped pattern paper and die cut words in Gold Metallic CS and Red Glitter CS.  Used Cheery Lynn dies. Did a second version of the card but stamped some snowflakes in Red Ink on side.

Challenges:
Time Out Challenges: #96 CASE card with your own twist.
Mod Squad Challenges: Merry and Bright.  Red Glitter and Gold add more brightness to striped paper.

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Moose with Christmas Tree

Bear with me as I will be repeating a lot from my last Moose Card post in posting this Christmas card.  I found that I have several cute Moose images and am not sure the origin of this one.  I used more of Paper Sweeties Merry & Bright paper pad with Red CS and cut the words from  White CS using Cheery Lynn Dies.  I trimmed the printed image with a Spellbinders die and edged with a Red Copic marker before assembling the card. I used Red and Green Nuvo Crystal dots on the ornaments. 

Challenges:

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: #254 Merry Christmas-Moose
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: #339 Anything goes for Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra Challenge: June Challenge is anything goes.
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: June Challenge is to use patterned paper.

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Manly Anniversary

Hello!  This card was inspired by Pattern Papers from my stash which I came across when going through some items I had stored away.  The Chevron pattern is from a Bo Bunny gift bag pack purchased at a closeout sale and the vintage image is from Graphic 45 pad.  Not much work except to assemble the papers with a Brown CS base.  The sentiment stamp is from Repeat Impressions stamped with Memento Brown ink.  Used a Argyle EF to give texture to the Chevron Stripe paper.
Challenges:
Cards in Envy: Stripes Challenge.  Have Chevron stripes and also stripes on the man's shirt.
CAS-ology: Week 205 Chevron
Addicted to CAS: Challenge 92 Stripes
Allsorts Challenge: Week 371 One for the Boys

 


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Kisses of Snowflakes

Hello!  I was thinking about the snow at home and Valentine's when I created this card  using this month's free stamp by From the Heart Stamps for their digital stamp of the month challenge. This is a progressive challenge, meaning you need to play along to receive the next image for free, so be sure to read the rules so that you don’t miss out on any freebies.  I used the image from Snowman and Cocoa and a sentiment from another of their stamps.  I printed the image and colored with Copics  and added some stickles and Lip "sequins" from my stash.   I thought the sentiment went nicely with my theme.   And the card could be used as a Valentine??
Challenges:
From The Heart Blog: Digital Stamp of the Month Challenge
Shopping Our Stash Weekly: Challenge 237 is Dreaming of Something Warm.  My warmth is hot cocoa!

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Teddy in a Stocking

 

 

 Welcome!  I am back with another tag and card made with the same tag.   I used a digital image Teddy from A Day For Daisies that I colored with Copics and added some stickles to the image.   The tag was finished with a GKD sentiment and a knotted ribbon.   To make the card, I used a White CS card base, a striped paper from Pebbles Pad Welcome Christmas, and a layer of textured handmade Red Paper ( purchased).  The tag was attached to the layers.

Challenges:
Happy Little Stampers: Sketch Challenge(Below)
Happy Little Stampers: Christmas Challenge Tag
Happy Little Stampers: Mixed Media Challenge
Used ribbon, textured CS, stickles
A Day for Daisies: Challenge #134 Add texture
Texture is ribbon, stickles, textured paper + stamps and ink
Just Us Girls Challenge: #318 Word Week Stripes
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra: Anything Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Use pattern paper on card
ABC Christmas Challenge: W is for Wild Things.  My bear does not look very wild?
Classy Cards 'n Such: #110 Mittens and/or Stockings.  Use Red and white...green is optional

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CAS Valentine

 

 

Hello! Today I have a card for the challenge at CAS(E) which is a pretty straight forward interpretation of the sketch.
Supplies used:
Stamp: Paper & Such
Ink: Memento Rose Bud
Papers: Kraft CS, MMF Pattern Paper
3D Cupcake from Valentine Crafts (From a Prize I won)
Wink of Stella

Challenges:
CAS(E) this sketch: See on right
Time Out Challenges:  Valentine's Day with the Optional Twist of Hearts...hearts on the cupcake
AAA Cards: Game 32 Love, Love, Love
The Kraft Journal : #209-Valentine's .  Love -it's what makes the world go round.



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Shake It Up

Hello!  I debated whether I wanted to make a shaker card but finally gave in and made a birthday card with stars and stripes with star confetti inside the star window.  I stamped the sentiment from Winnie and Walter's The Big, The Bold, and The Happy set  in the back of the window.  I always find it hard to photograph shaker cards and capture the items shaking.  I made the window using an acetate recycled from the package of some dies. Star confetti was from stash as well as papers. I used Sizzix die to cut the stars.

Challenges:
Simon Wednesday: Shake It
Cute Card Thursday: Reach for the stars.
Seize The Birthday: Option for toppings-Stars and Stripes
Crafty Catz Challenge: Stars or Stripes or Both
Just Add Ink: #221- Shakers
Papertake Weekly: Stars and Stripes

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Stripes for Annabelle

Good Morning. I am taking liberties to CASE a card that I saw recently on Annebelle Stamps's Blog hop. The card was made by Gayatri and can be seen on her blog Handmade by G3 here.   I had the same Stamps and Dies to copy this very closely. I plan to enter the card for Annabelle's monthly challenge to use stripes at Stamp Embellish Create.
Other Challenges:
Crafts and Me Challenge: Use Ribbon or Rim
Crazy 4 Challenges: C4C164 Put a  Bow On It

Supplies:
Stamps and Die Cuts: Annabelle Christmas Decorated
Inks: Memento Bamboo Leaves and Lady Bug
Papers: GKD White CS and Annabelle Digi Paper Chilli Stripe
Satin Ribbon and Rhinestones from Stash

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa