Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Surf's Up

It's time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!

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The LEAD of the Surf's Up Challenge will be invited as a 

Guest Designer in a future challenge!
Please visit the Curtain Call Challenge Blog for all the challenge info and deadline.

I was also inspired by this week's Muse Card Club Challenge
to included a camouflaged sentiment diecut on my card:

Here's my card:

I started by smooshing some PTI Tropical Teal and Hawaiian Shores ink
onto my watercolour  paper background.
Once dry, I diecut the thanks from it, careful to keep all of the pieces from the diecut.

I diecut two more "thanks" (using a MFT die) from PTI coasters and 

layered them together, with the original diecut on top.

Make sure you visit each of the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge
 designers' blogs for more inspiration!

Lean from SugarGem (our guest designer)

Betty Wright

Kim Singdahlsen
Leigh Penner
Lisa Henke
Lori Tecler
Lynn Mangan
Marisa Ritzen
Maureen Plut
Melody Rupple
Sheri Gilson
Silke Ledlow
Tara Godfrey

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Two cards for four challenges

I'm hoping to have multiple posts today, as I'm participating

in Papertrey Ink's Stamp-a-faire 2016 today,

but I'm starting off with two cards that I made for several challenges.

First of all, I created a card using MFT Wednesday Sketch 290:

And Butterfly Reflections Ink's July Mood Board:

Here's my card:

I had started scoring a piece of white cardstock for another project, but set it aside. 

I decided to trim it and stamp flowers and leaves on it using MFT Modern Blooms.

I inked up a scrap from the scored piece with Altenew Mango Smoothie

and PTI's Limeade Ice and diecut them using a banner die.

I stamped the sentiment (from PTI's KIS: Thank You) in versamark

onto a piece of Tropical Teal cardstock and heat embossed it in white.

I also have a card that I was inspired to make by this week's 

Muse Challenge #175, by Jenni Murray:

I decided to use the Colour Throwdown #402 colour combo:

Here's my card:

I applied some ink to my background with my blending tool

and layered a piece of white cardstock overtop from which I 

diecut a MFT circle die.

I stamped my flowers and leaves using MFT Flashy Florasls,

using the same colour of ink for the different stamp steps, 

but changing the intensity (I used my MISTI to stamp several times, if necessary).

I stamped my sentiment (from PTI's Spring Woods) 

in Versafine onyx black ink.

Thanks for looking!

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Muse Card Club Guest Designer

I'm super excited to be guest designing for

the Muse Card Club Challenge this week!

I was playing around with my new PTI King of the Grill set and looking for different

ways to use it and thought it might be fun to stamp it on a piece of 

patterned paper -- to created kind of a "beach-type" wooden sign.

I started with a piece of Crate Paper patterned paper and diecut my 

PTI Shaker Shapes: Rectangle die from some classic kraft cardstock.

I diecut the buns and olive from some rustic cream patterned paper

and stamped them with their coordinating stamps.

I used my MISTI and stamped twice on each diecut, using a version

of the rock 'n roll technique. 

For the buns, I stamped in Wplus9 Hayride and then PTI Classic Kraft.

For the olive, I used limeade ice and simply chartreuse.

I stamped the rest of the burger directly onto the patterned paper

using PTI Limeade Ice & Altnew Warm Sunshine, Crimson and Dark Chocolate.

I hope you'll play along with this week's Muse Card Club Challenge.

Link your cards up here before 7am CST next Monday, June 6th.

Thanks for looking!

The Card Concept #54 {Spring Flowers} & Muse #164

Today, I have two cards to share.

The first one is a Clean & Simple card to share that I made

for The Card Concept #54 {Spring Flowers}:

  

I just love this beautiful image!

I decided to use my Ellen Hutson Mondo Hydrangea stamp set to create my card.

I started by stamping my hydrangeas two different shades of Altenew Ink: Lavender Fields & Midnight Violet.

Then, using my MISTI, I stamped them in the same spot again in versamark and heat embossed them in clear.

I did a little masking and then stamped the leaves, using the same technique, but with Altenew Forest Glades.

 Then, I used my Zig Markers, a paintbrush and some water to colour in my flowers.

I coloured with a Zig marker onto my acrylic block, added water and using a paintbrush,

added colour to a strip of Crate Paper text patterned paper.

Once it was dry, I adhered it behind my panel.

The sentiment is from Altenew's Best Mom, which I stamped on a piece of black

cardstock and heat embossed in white.

A few rainstones finish it off.

My second card is for the Muse Card Challenge #164:

I was immediately inspired by Michele's beautiful card.

I stamped the watering can and tools using PTI's Garden Variety

and filled the watering can with Wplus9 Fresh Cut Florals.

I decided to use my new PTI Inspired Faith stamps to stamp the sentiment.

I had a bit of a smudge on my cardstock, so I added a PTI Colour Pop Butterfly

to cover it up.

Thanks for looking!

Muse Challenge #162 & Make It Monday #246

Today, I have a card to share for the Muse Challenge #162,

where we were encouraged to be inspired by this lovely card by Tracey McNeely:

 

 

Isn't it pretty?

I decided to make my card using my PTI Colour Pop Florals kit:

 

I diecut the flowers from the patterned papers from the kit and adhered them

to my card over some Wplus9 Happy Wishes stamped leaves.

 

I stamped my sentiment (from PTI's Wet Paint) in lovely lady and tropical teal.

Then, I pressed some raspberry fix ink onto my acrylic block and painted

it over my sentiment with a paintbrush and water for this week's

 Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Faux Brush Lettering.

It turned out a little too pink to match perfectly with the flower diecut in my bouquet,

so I went over the whole word with some berry sorbet, water and a paintbrush.

Thanks for looking!

Muse Card Challenge #161

Today, I have a card to share for Muse Card Challenge #161

where we were being inspired by this card by Anita Bowden:

Isn't it cool?

I was really taken with her cool diecut technique here, so that's what inspired my card.

(By the way, please forgive me for the poor lighting. It's been raining here all day.)

I started by diecutting my Pretty Pink Posh stitched rectangle die from white

cardstock and then from that, I diecut my Papertrey Ink Spring Woods branches.

I blended ink onto my stitched rectangle using my blending tool.

I diecut the Spring Woods branches again from another piece of white cardstock

and stamped them with their coordinating stamps.

I diecut the bird (also from Spring Woods), stamped him in Altenew Soft Lilac

and PTI Hawaiian Shores and adhered him to my card.

I stamped my sentiment from PTI's Winter Woods.

I'm also linking this up to Virginia Lu's Link Up Party. 

Thanks for looking!

Muse Card Challenge #159 & Make It Monday #244

Today, I have a card to share for the Muse Card Challenge #159,

where we were encouraged to be inspired by this card by Jenni Murray:

I was inspired by the red flowers, with the black, to make my card:

I stamped my flowers from Brushed Blooms onto its coordinating diecut, in Altenew inks 

(Crimson, Velvet, Frayed Leaves, Forrest Glades).

I added a black panel along the side and scored two lines on my background,

for this week's Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Score Lines.

I stamped the sentiment from Spring Woods in versa fine onyx black.

Thanks for looking!

PTI's Create Along With Us & Muse Challenge #157

I have a few cards to share today.

The first two are ones that I made for PTI's Create Along With Us: March 2016.

I was inspired by this fabulous card by the amazing Amy Sheffer:

Isn't it gorgeous and so creative?

I just love it!

Here's my CASE:

I decided to use my One Big Happy stamp set and dies to decorate my cake,

as well as my Songbird leaf die and Heart Border die.

The sentiment is from PTI's Spring Woods stamp set

and the hearts at the top are from Reverse Confetti's Stamped Note Confetti Cuts.

I decided to make two cards at the same time, but with the cake

on the opposite side.

I also have a card to share for this week's Muse Card Club Challenge #157, 

where we are being inspired by this card by Anita Bowden:

I love her gorgeous card!

Here's my take on it:

I started by stamping my white panel with my new Mama Elephant Freestyle Flowers

in versamark and heat embossed the in white.

I added some aqua mist, hawaiian shores and tropical teal inks with my blending tool.

I stamped my sentiment (from PTI's KIS:Sympathy) in versa mark

and heat embossed it on a strip of black cardstock.

Thanks for looking!

Muse Challenge #56

Today, I have a card to share for Muse Challenge #56,

which was to be inspired by this fabulous card by the wonderful Michele Ferguson:

I love how she stencilled the bottom of her card at an angle,

which inspired me to use my new PTI Colour Pop Florals mini kit to make my card.

(I actually took my kit, inks and blending tools to work one day last week

and stencilled three card fronts on one of my breaks

-- for those of you who don't know, I substitute teach at my local high

schools and often have a 65 minute "prep" once a day -- sometimes twice.

Since I was working so much this week, it was cutting into my crafting time,

so I decided to get crafty at work. ;)  )

I started by stencilling the large flowers in Hawaiian shores, the smaller flowers

in bright buttercup and the leaves in mint julep.

I added the coordinating stamps to my stencilling in tropical teal,

orange zest and new leaf.

I diecut the happy (from PTI's Wet Paint Cuts) from my panel

and then twice from a coaster, stacked them together and added them back to my card.

I stamped my sentiment (from PTI's Wet Paint) in versamark and

heat embossed it in white on a strip of black cardstock.

Thanks for looking!

Five for Friday

Hey there!

I can't believe this is the last Friday in February -- this year is going by crazy fast!

1. Well, we tried to get tickets to San Diego Comic Con last Saturday.

There was a whole process where we got membership IDs ahead of time and then, at 10am, 

we entered a virtual waiting room and waited there, 

in the hopes that we would be selected to enter the registration area. 

Well, we waited an hour and they sold out before we were ever chosen. :(

(I had been praying about it, so I asked God, if He wanted us to go, 

He would make it work out that we'd get tickets. 

I took this as a sign that this wasn't His plan for our summer.

2. After our disappointment in not getting the tickets, we came up with an alternate plan...

I suggested that we could still go to Denver (my SIL lives there and I'd thought we could stay with them on the way to San Diego and back.) 

I asked Austin to check if they have a Comic Con, which they do, on Father's Day weekend. 

Stan Lee is scheduled to be there, as are three actors from Doctor Who, 

so we called my SIL to see if we can come that weekend and stay with them for a few days. 

This works for them, so it looks like we've found a trip for the summer where everyone is happy. :)

And Sage and I have already started planning our costumes... ;)

3. I picked up some new goodies from North Dakota on Wednesday.

Unfortunately, I've been working a lot this week (which is good, of course!) but

it means that I haven't had time to play with them yet.

Hopefully this weekend....

4. A weight loss update: I've been counting calories and not eating sugar or deep-fried foods

and on Wednesday, I weighed myself and I've lost a total of 13 lbs.

**Edited to add: I went this morning to weigh myself and I lost another pound.
So my total is now 14. :)

5. Lastly, I have a card to share for this week's Muse Card Club Challenge,

where we are being inspired by this photo by Jenni Murray:

Isn't it sweet?

I love the flower in the boxes, so I decided to pair my PTI Brushstroke Blooms

with a Pretty Pink Posh stitched frame die.

Here's my card:

I stamped the leaves and blooms onto my background, onto which I also blended some 

new Bright Buttercup ink.

I diecut my frame from another piece of white linen cardstock as well as from a coaster, 

which I adhered together to give the frame some dimension.

I stamped the sentiment from PTI's Phrases and Praises.

I'm also linking this up to this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking!

Muse Card Challenge #153

Today, I have a card to share that I made for the Muse Challenge #153,

which was to be inspired by this card by Tracey McNeely:

I love the colours that Tracey used, as well as how she placed her pretty flowers.

I decided to use Altenew's Beautiful stamp set to make my card.

I started off by stamping my flowers as a one-layer card, masking the peonies.

But I wasn't happy with how it turned out, so I cut out the pink and yellow flowers

from my original card, separately.

Then, I stamped the blue flower and leaves on a new card base

and adhered the other two flowers over top.

The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti's Peacock Pretties.

Thanks for looking!