That blessed night

 

Penny Black has line of stamps that have the best price point. They were around $8.00, but have recently gone up to $9.00. Still a good price. "Blessed Birthday" is one of these self contained inexpensive stamps. This stamp was always sold out and it wasn't till after Christmas I was able to get it. 

This week Christmas 24's theme is "Christmas Night". Christmas Night conjures up the thought of our first Christmas and the night of the Savior's birth. Today's card was a no brainer.

My card tip today is I stamped Bethlehem and fussy cut it, leaving a white border. I them went in with a copic marker and colored the cut edges with a marker that matched my background. This is a good tip for putting die cut images on darker card stock. See this blog post which includes a video on this technique.

You have two weeks to share what Christmas night means to you at Christmas 24. I can't wait to see what you all create.

Bite me

 

How many of you stampers started stamping with wood stamps? Back in the day when I walked to 5 miles to school in a snow storm we had wood stamps. You had to guesstimate where your image was going to be on your card and if you wanted it perfect, you had to use a stamp positioner. The sentiment on my card is one of my few remaining wood stamps. I just could not part with this snarky saying. It often comes in handy.

Today kicks off a new challenge at CAS on Friday. We are asking you to add:

FOOD- something sweet to your cards.

The sentiment isn't the only old stamp on this card, I dug deep and used a very old cupcake set from Hero Arts. I have lots of cupcake stamps, but I always return to this set. I paper pieced the cupcake wrapper and used Nuevo drops for the sprinkles.

Sooooo.... if you don't want to play along...well just..... bite me. But I think this is a challenge you may just want to sink your teeth into. You have two weeks to play along with our sweet food challenge at CAS on Friday!

Thanks a million

Good morning everyone. Today starts a new challenge at Inky Paws. This one is a good one because it one can never have enough of this type of card on hand.

Thank you cards. That's it.... nothing fancy.... just a well crafted thank you... for that something that someone did.

My card today features "Dainty Daisies" from Newton's Nook. I took the stamp and just stamped and gold embossed it around the scalloped circle die from Newton's Nook. Lately I have been using my Zig clean color brush markers to color the daisies. I love how the colors blend together and their vibrancy. The saying is from "Thankful Thoughts" also by Newton's Nook.

It's time to just say thanks and join our challenge at Inky Paws.  We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.
The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday, May 21, 2021 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.

 

Gran's Garden

I hope all of the mothers out there had a great day and you all were properly pampered.

 

 

Today is the last week at Cupcake Inspirations to create a special card for your mom or a special gal in your life. 

 

My card today features a old Papertrey Ink set called Gran's Garden. This stamp set just calls to be inked up with bright and bold colors. Since it was called Gran's Garden, it seemed just had to be used in this female forward challenge.

You have the rest of the week to share a card that is for that special gal or mom in your life at Cupcake Inspirations.

 

 

Birthday sketch

 Happy Monday! Today is a reminder week at Inky Paws. You have one more week to join the fun with our sketch challenge.

Today I went straight up literal with my approach to the sketch. Nothing clever or unusual.

My card features a festive pup from Newton's Nook. I went for a bright  rainbow party look. This card couldn't be more easy. 

Let our sketch inspire you and join our challenge at Inky Paws.  We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.
The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday, May 7, 2021 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.

 

Superpowers

Today starts a new challenge at Cupcake Inspirations. With Mother's Day coming up the design team would like to see a Mother's Day card or if you are like me and don't have a mom. Geez,  if she was still alive she would be about 102 years old!! So if you don't have a mom, make a card for a special gal in your life.

Today's card is for any of the ladies in my crafty tribe. With Covid we have not seen each in a year and a half except through Zoom. Zoom is good, but just not the same as getting together and sharing stuff, eating, drinking and laughing.

My card uses Heffy Doodle's "Super Dudes". and Hero Arts and Ink Blot collaboration, "Please Deliver". 

You have two weeks to share a card that is for that special gal or mom in your life at Cupcake Inspirations.

RUT RO!!

Good morning all! Happy May Day!! Today starts a new challenge at The Rainbow Card Challenge!! I almost forgot to post my card. My teamies and boss would not be happy with me. Hopefully they are sleeping in and I will have this posted before they notice!!

The color for May is "positively periwinkle". An unusual color that isn't quite blue and it isn't quite purple. I had to search my stash for inks and pens that would fit the bill.

My card today uses a fun set from Lawn Fawn called "plane and simple". Perfect for a guy card. The periwinkle dots were once white that I transformed using a copic marker. This is a good tip to change the color of gems, pearls and dots.

Because I am so late this morning, I am skipping the musical inspiration Check out The Rainbow Card Challenge and be sure to search your stash for all things periwinkle and join the fun!!