O happy day

For this card, I followed the sketch on 365 Cards. I doubt once school starts that I will be able to complete more than one challenge on 365 Cards each week, but for the past month, I have totally enjoyed the inspiration I find there!



This card uses another of Penny's digi stamps. (She just released some new ones over the weekend - you should take a peek!) I used my CTMH watercolor pencils and blending pen to color it. I am enjoying coloring images ... and hopefully, my skills will improve as I continue to practice! :)



It also satisfies the Use It! challenge for this week:

• My new technique was using waxy flax as thread. OMW -- I think I'm in love. Waxy flax was so much easier that embroidery floss. I'll have to look to see what other colors CTMH offers!


• My virgin stamp was from CTMH's Kid Power. OMW -- I bought that before I was a consultant and I have been a consultant for over 2 years. I guess it was about time that stamp met ink!


• And, the new paper is the card base. I had purchased white scored notecards from PTI a long long long time ago, but they sat in the drawer as I used up the sets I had bought from Michaels. Well, I finished my last pack from Michaels and opened the PTI set. OMW -- if you don't have these as your card bases, you are missing out. The quality of this paper -- it's like comparing 250 count bedsheets to 900 thread count bedsheets. I'm hooked, after just one card!

Supplies: Paper - unknown source (it's that dinosaur old paper from the stash). Stamp set: CTMH Kid Power. Ink: Olive. Embellishments: CTMH waxy flax, CTMH ric rac, unknown buttons. Tools: CTMH watercolor pencils, SU word window punch, CTMH blending pen.

Hi

I was supposed to go to a crop today, but I woke up with a horrendous headache (the result of having a little too much fun with the guys last night). Instead, I stayed home, slept until about 2pm, have eaten very little, but found a little bit of time to craft. This is my second post for the day. I guess that is pretty busy for me! Hah.

This one was inspired by Hannah's challenge on 365 Cards, which was to use a journalling tag on your card. The half circle is a journaling stamp by Autumn Leaves. I used a journaling stamp and then an EKSuccess tag punch (which hadn't been used in forevah!) to create the "hi" tag. I still had stickers and flowers out from making my previous card (4U) , so I guess this one was still sort of inspired by Melisa's Use It challenge! I like the ribbon loop on the hi tag, which is adhered to the card with foam tape for dimension.

I'm not so much an empty space person, but I think this card has enough. What do you think?

Supplies: Paper - CTMH Animal Crackers. Colors - CTMH Dutch blue, tulip. Stamp sets - CTMH Star Struck and Autumn Leaves journaling. Stickers, ribbon, flower - all unknown sources. Tools - Tim Holtz stapler, EKSuccess tag punch, 3M foam tape.

4U

I've been gone all week, so I'm playing catch up with some challenges. I am really enjoying having challenges to help get the mojo going. I had a rough morning, but I managed to get this card made in under 30 minutes after finding two blog challenges to use.

This card uses the number "4" as the homophone for "for" and so succcessfully accomodates the challenge at 365 Cards. I was also able to complete Melisa's Use It! challenge. The colors and flowers were from the ad inspiration. The tool I used was my Cuttlebug swiss dot folder. And, the sentiment is made with old, old, old stickers.

Supplies: It's all old stuff from my stash, so I have no idea who makes any of it - but it probably doesn't matter, since the product is most likely no longer available for purchase!