21st duckies for Caitie

 My niece, Caitlin, recently turned 21. She really likes ducks, so I knew I would have to incorporate these duckies into her card. 

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Happy birthday, Mitch

 My niece, Caitlin, recently asked me to make a card for her boyfriend, Mitch (but she calls him Mitchy!). She specifically asked for me to include a turtle or tortoise on the card :) 

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You're my cup of tea for Altenew AECP - Seasonal Scene Building

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Today, I'm sharing a masked card I made following the Seasonal Scene Building Class as part of the Altenew AECP.
The class, taught by Nichol Spohr, included cards using masking to create scenes. I used eight stamps to create this little teacup with a bunch of flowers. I stamped the rose first, then stamped it onto masking paper so I could mask off the image before continuing. Next came the smaller flowers, then the leaves, then the teacup, the handle and the saucer. Removing the masks is so satisfying! 

I coloured the image with copic markers, and added some grey shadow around the image, and underneath so that the cup looks like it is sitting on a surface rather than floating in space! I finished with a stamped sentiment.

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CASE It Instagram hop

Today, I'm taking part in the CASE it hop on Instagram - I have CASEd a card by Cathy Zielske!

This is Cathy's card that I CASEd - you can see it HERE.
I included the ink blended diagonal stripes and floral image stamped in black ink. I added a dotted border and glitter embellishments, and excluded the black dots. I also added two colours to make a rainbow. I also changed the placement of the sentiment.

 To follow along with the hop, please visit my Instagram account!

 

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Deer & Bunny for Paper Rose

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 Today, I'm sharing a card with a sweet image from Paper Rose Studio.

 I stamped the image of the deer and the bunny with black ink and coloured them with Copic markers. I stamped the images onto masking paper and fussy cut them out so that I could mask off the images to ink blend the colour in the background.  

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PinkFresh Studio April challenge

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I saw the inspiration for the April challenge on the PinkFresh Studio blog, and immediately knew I wanted to use the Floral Round Frame BetterPress plate.  

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Sympathy card for a music lover

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 I was recently asked to make a sympathy card for a friend to send to a family member. She liked a sympathy card I made a few years ago (you can see that one HERE, which was a CASE of one I saw on Instagram by Jennie Lundin) but she wanted me to incorporate music into it somehow. 

I used quite a few discontinued stamps on this card, so I haven't included a links list at the bottom of this post.

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Craft Roulette episode 206

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This week's episode of Craft Roulette had these parameters:

Project: Card With A Heart

Colors: Vintage

Element: Plant

Random: Lace on the base

 

This is what I created:

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Whimsy World release from Colorado Craft Company

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 Today, I'm part of a fun blog hop featuring the new release from Colorado Craft Company. 

 I made this card using the fun new stamp set, "Lucky Duck". 

I've created this card using the Whimsy World "Bunny Life" stamp set.

 

There are 2 Giveaways today:

1. Colorado Craft Company will give away one free clear stamp set per designer. Leave a comment below to be in the running!

2. If you use my affiliate link below to make a purchase, you will be entered to win the entire release. You must use my link to be entered (click here!).

3. You can comment up until Midnight (ET) March 10th.

4. Colorado Craft Company will announce the winners March 12th on their blog.

Here is the list of stops on the hop:  

Blog Hop:

Adrienne Kennedy

Amy Tsuruta

Amy Young

Emily Midgett

Erin Thompson

Jennifer Kotas

Kassi Hulet

Koren Wiskman

Michelle Lupton

Nancy Sheads

IG:

Daniel West

Jennifer Gross

Joe-Sysavath

Noga Shefer

Laura Ingus (will post soon)

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Craft Roulette Episode 199

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This week's Craft Roulette, with Mary Gunn Funn and Heather Telford, had the following parameters: 

Project: Card with bookmark

Colors: Bakery

 

Element: Large animal(s) (sorry, the giraffe stamp from Wplus9 is discontinued)

 

Random: Add horizontal lines

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Craft Roulette #197

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 This week's Craft Roulette parameters are: 

Project: Card with 2 Tags

Colors: Happy Colors

Element: Nail(s) (or, maybe, (s)nail???)

Random: Outside the line

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Pet sympathy card

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A friend of mine recently asked me to make a card for her to give to a friend whose dog had passed over the rainbow bridge. I don't have many stamps that would fit the bill, so I improvised. 

I created the paw mark mask using a heart die, and the number eight fancy die. I found a little dog silhouette stamp in the June 2023 My Monthly Hero kit (sadly, this is sold out), and the sentiment is from an old stamp set called "Remember" (which is sadly discontinued).

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Watercoloured floral birthday card

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Today, I'm sharing a card where I combined products that are new (well, at least new to me) and products that I've had in my stash for many, many years.

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Craft Roulette 163

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 This week's Craft Roulette episode had the following parameters:

Project: Three tags

Colors: Rose garden

Element: May

Random: Masking

This is what I came up with: 

And I made a video! 

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New challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero

 There's a new Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero challenge starting today, and we hope you can use it as an excuse to build up your stash of birthday cards!

 

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