Live in the Sunshine

Happy Monday, at least in this neck of the woods! Very gloomy, rainy day here - no time better to make a card! Blogging friend Hilary (Fiddling About) inspired me to play in the latest We Love Stamping Challenge - Focal Sentiment or Quote (or Anything Goes). I often use the AG theme but today I was intent on finding a nice quote and building a card around it. Here's what I created:

Supplies: Paper - Hero Arts Dove A2 card; Neenah Solar White

Stamps - Technique Tuesday Bring on the Sun (retired);

Hero Arts July 2024 Card Kit of the Month

Dies - A Jillian Vance Design Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Lost Shadow,

Mermaid Lagoon, & Antique Linen

Other - Memento Tuxedo Black ink;

Hero Arts Creamsicle & Lemon Drop

I searched a couple of stamp boxes for a quote, finding one in a retired Technique Tuesday set by Ali Edwards (c2011). The July 2024 Hero Arts Studio card kit had the perfect images to use with the quote. I was also thinking of Darnell's (djkardkreations) IDEAS program - this week I = Ink. I did some basic ink blending with Distress Inks on a piece of Neenah, then added the stamping. Quick & easy. Final steps were to die cut my panel and add to an A2 card - done!

I'll add my card to Darnell's August NBUS Challenge #65 too since my stamps got first play today. *Update - will also add my card to the current Time Out Challenge #269 (a trip to the beach screams Summer to me) with Kate's (Cards a la Kate) reminder. Funny because friend Greta (GG Creations) is on the DT so you'd think I'd play there more often & another friend Betty (created by bjk) is guest designer this month. Oh well, I have trouble keeping track of which challenge is doing what theme... Thanks for the inspiration on those challenges too!!

Thanks for stopping & happy crafting!!

Birdie Slimline

TGIF everyone!! If you got snow like we did, I hope it's not impairing the start to your weekend!

Yesterday I die cut a bunch of things to assemble while watching some television. I picked a Spellbinders set I've used once before (only 2 years after release - lol) and decided to make something for the Just Us Girls #718  & Time Out #259 collaboration challenge "Birds of a Feather". One linky puts you into both challenges!

Supplies: Paper - Park Lane slimline card; 

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; 

Recollections black; loads of scraps

Stencils - Taylored Expressions Set the Scene - Clouds Stencil Strips

Dies - Spellbinders Sweet Birds on a Branch & unk slimline layer die;

Lawn Fawn Little Music Notes

Stamps - Hero Arts Chirp Stamp & Cut

Inks - Memento Summer Sky & Tuxedo Black

First I created a sky with a TE stencil on a 5.5x8.5 sheet of Neenah, then die cut it with a Spellbinders slimline rectangle layer (the die escaped from its set so I don't know which one it is...). Matted it with black and adhered to a gold slimline card. Die cut the birdies & leaves from a bunch of scraps. Used a kraft envelope as paper to die cut the branches & a leftover piece of black from the mat for the notes. I had found a birdie stamp set to use for this challenge but here I just used one of the sentiments. Assembled and done! This one will go to the chorus friend who broke her leg a few weeks ago.

Since I used a lot of scraps aka snippets, I'll also share at Snippet's Playground #476. Here's a photo of the snippets used on my birdies and leaves:

It's always fun to see the bits of other cards within the snippets! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a crafty weekend!!