Let the Good Times Roll

The winner for my Tim Holtz Hipster Giveaway sponsored by Doodlebugs was announced today--congrats, Michelle Daigle!  Your happy mail will go out tomorrow!

I'm entering this card in Simon Says Wednesday For a Special Girl/Lady

The Details:  Love Cynthia Throw Kindness Around (sentiment) and Be Awesome Today, Lawn Fawn Twine, Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Squeezed Lemonade, Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper, Copic YG03, YG11, YG17, R17, R39, Walzing Mouse Stitched Scalloped Rectangle die, Lifestyle Crafts Circle Die

Miss You, Girl!

Another bit of inspiration for you for The Heart Desires Challenge 10 which runs through the end of the month. Come join in!

I'll be sending this to a friend of mine who lives in South Africa so I was rather excited to find this map paper in my stash. I layered diecuts right and left--absolutely no stamping but I did color the hearts. I love the size of the HA Luggage Tag Alphabet. Big but not too. So amazing in that gold!

The Details:  Hero Arts Luggage Tag Alphabet dies, Concord & 9th Heart Strings die, Neat & Tangled Hexastar Coverplate die, Ranger Multi Medium Matte, Copics R12, R14, R17, R29, Recollections Gold Mirror Board, Avery Elle Finished Frames (tiny heart), Basicgrey Adrift 6x6 paper

Concord & 9th Heartstrings Die

Hero Arts Luggage Tag Alphabet Dies

Neat & Tangled Hexastar Coverplate Die

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

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Glamper Camper

Do you remember maps? I mean back in the day maps--you know, paper folding that required a PhD to accomplish. When I saw The Heart Desires Challenge maps for this month, I thought of travelling, roads, camping or should I say glamping.  Heck, yes!  Notice anything about the camper compared to the original stamp shown below? What, what? Backwards?! Go read more about how I did this.

The Details:  Avery Elle Glamper Camper, Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Rainbow 6x6 paper, Lawn Fawn Puffy Cloud Borders, SugarPea Designs Log Cabin Mountainscapes Border, Concord & 9th Heart Smile, VersaFine Onyx Black, Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Copics, PopTone Sour Apple cardstock

Avery Elle Glamper Camper	Concord & 9th Heart Smiles	Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Rainbow 6x6 Paper	Concord & 9th Heartstrings Die
Sugarpea Designs Log Cabin Mountainscape Border Die	Lawn Fawn Puffy Cloud Border Dies	Distress Ink Tumbled Glass	VersaFine Onyx Black

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Cards in Envy CAS

We have a super simple and super fast challenge for you at Cards in Envy this time. Make the simplest card you can, even one layer, and can you do it in just a few minutes?

I can make a 10-minute card no problem as long as I have 3 days to prepare! Seriously tho, I did think for a while about how I could incorporate color without coloring (because that takes too long for me). Rainbow made by randomly coloring up the map using Distress Inks and pairing it with a bold black sentiment on this one layer card was just the ticket. This will be perfect for a traveler or, in my case, one of the graduate students who often go on to do research in Africa from my office.

The Details:  Neat and Tangled Origami Map, Distress Ink Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade, Mermaid Lagoon, Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Versafine Onyx Black

Neat & Tangled Origami Map	Distress Ink Picked Raspberry	Distress Ink Squeezed Lemonade	Distress Ink Candied Apple
Distress Ink Mermaid Lagoon	VersaFine Onyx Black

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Getting My Crunch On

I've had this CB set for quite some time and immediately thought of it when I saw the CASology cue word this week. I combined it with the current PP Sketch by off-stamping two of the three bunnies (totally didn't feel like coloring 3 bunnies, cute as they are!).  I layered the top panel on orange for a bit of pop.

I'm entering this in CASology #238 Crunch, The Paper Players #333 Sketch

The Details:  Clearly Besotted Vegetable Patch, Gina Maria Stitched Scalloped Rectangle die, VersaFine Onyx Black, Copics

Stamplorations CAS #15 Challenge

We have a new challenge for March for you over at Stamplorations CAS. The optional color twist is sky blue which is so perfect for this time of year with spring poking its head up. I chose to combine it with other colors that remind me of spring tulips and gummy bears. I added the embossing for a bit of texture. So yummy cute!

Use the code STAMPGIRLTONI to get 20% off all regular- and sale-priced stamps, stencils and dies! This code cannot be combined with any other discount codes. Happy crafting!

I'm entering this in Fab 'n' Funky #340 Baby, Color Throwdown #432

The Details:  Stamplorations Heaven Sent, Copics, Sizzix embossing folder, Waltzing Mouse Stitched Scalloped Rectangle die, Memento Tuxedo Black

THD Challenge 10

Time for a new challenge at The Heart Desires and it's a fun one!  I see all sorts of things to be inspired by in the board and had a tough time choosing just a few.

I chose designer paper that looked sort of mappy and certainly reminded me of vacation time (I wish!). I used a heart die with divisions which pulls from the idea of a map as well as the hearts in the upper left photo. Notice the dots in the lower left photo--look at my little hugs heart. Yes! And finally the embossing is a no brainer map tie in. I can't wait to see how you interpret the challenge!

The Details:  First Edition Sail Away 6x6 Paper, Carta Bella Map embossing folder, VersaFine Onyx Black, Ranger Glossy Accents, Concord and 9th Heart Smile sentiment and Heart Strings die, Scor-Tape

Here Fur You

I have a friend in need of cheering so I worked this up tonight based on the current CAS(E) this Sketch 210! I love the effect of no-line coloring and would love to get to the point where it is more intuitive rather than experimental.

I'm also entering this in Cupcake Inspirations 396 Cats

The Details:  Hero Arts Raining Cats & Dogs, Gina Marie Designs Scalloped Stitched Nested Rectangle Dies, Hero Arts Ombre Tide Pool to Navy, Simon Says Stitched Whirl Background die, Copics, Memento Toffee Crunch, Distress Oxide Broken China, Distress Peacock Feathers

Welcome, Spring?

Even though the weather tells me spring is by no means here, I'm ignoring the signs like a good little optimist and posting my spring-themed card anyway.  This is a CASE of one my friend, Tonya, saw at Impress on Saturday. I made do with supplies on hand and added some Toni flavor. Super cute, right? I adore the little Doodlebug birdies.

I'm entering this in CAS on Sunday #102 Critters , Addicted to Stamps and More 230 Photo Inspiration

The Details: Altenew Bunny Love, Avery Elle Dotted Borders die, Impression Obsession Egg die, MFT Jungle Friends and Pierced Square die, Hero Arts Soft Pool Shadow Ink, Doodlebug So Tweet Sprinkles, Copics

Avery Elle Dotted Borders Die

Altenew Bunny Love

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Cray Cray

Umm, can we say obsessed? I am loving these Hipsters! I based my design, believe it or not, on the latest The Heart Desires Challenge--the chicken, the splashes of color, the random mix of patterns and textures. Who knew, right?!

Now take a look at my previous Hipster card. That one is much more muted and masculine. My chicken is opposite land and way cray cray!! LOL. This time I mixed Recollections shimmer crayons (I had those for so long that I had thrown them in the summer yard sale pile!) with the Distress ones. The Recollections spread very smoothly but had less vivid color. I also learned that I prefer to dampen my finger a bit and pick up color from the crayon then spread it on the paper. Just a different effect.

Thanks again to Doodlebugs for the demo on this set! I have a friend who will be in the area weekend after next with her mom and she's added the shop to their itinerary--have fun, Katie--I'm so jelly! And thanks as well, Katie, for the stencil. It took me months to use it but I finally did!

I'm entering this in Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes, Mod Squad Geometric, Shopping Our Stash #291 Mardi Gras

The Details: Tim Holtz Hipster stamps, Distress Crayons, Recollections Watercolor Crayons, Simon Says You Matter background stamp, Ranger Archival ink, Distress Inks, Cutplorations stitched rectangle die, Ranger Glossy Accents,  Studio Calico Circle Graph Mask