Chase Those Dreams

Hi, Friends.....

I made a couple of super-simple CAS cards with some gorgeous Dollar Store metallic silver mirror stickers that I've had in my stash for several years....and I haven't used them all yet!! Fortunately, they still stick well. 

It was a trick getting these photographed and my shots do not do justice to the super-shiny foil of these amazing images. I have these in mind as girl graduation cards, but they could be for other occasions....or no particular occasion. :)

I used a Unity stamp for the inside sentiments.....that I think is esp appropriate for graduation or some other launching type of occasion. "Don't follow your dreams....CHASE THEM."

Supplies used include:
Dollar store silver foil stickers
Unity "Don't follow your dreams, chase them" from Wish with Your Heart (KOTM August 2014)
Versafine ink in Onyx Black
White cardstock

Hope you enjoyed my cards today. Thank you so much for your kind comments!

🖤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering these cards in the following challenges:
1. Creative Inspirations January Challenge - Something New or Something Old (I used some old stickers.)
2. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #420-421 - AG
3. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Fun with Florals
4. Kat Scrappiness January Challenge - No Designer Paper
5. TCP January Challenge #364 - Spring Forward
6. All Sorts Challenge Week #554 - Say it With Flowers
7. Time Out Challenge #152 Photo Inspiration (I was inspired by the reflective mirror and the white background and branches.)

8. STAMPlorations January CAS Challenge w/ opt. Metallic 

Kitty Celebrate Your Day

Hi, Friends.......

I am back with another pink and black card I made while those scraps were out. I used the same MFT Sketch Challenge for this card:

I dry embossed the black background with pawprints for a fun touch. It's hard to see in the photo, but adds a lot IRL.

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - Sketchy Thoughts stamp set
Versamark Ink
WOW! Embossing Powder - Opaque Bright White Regular
Winnie & Walter - Sketchy Thoughts die set
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Darice - Nesting Scallop Hearts die set
Darice - Nesting Hearts die set
Lawn Fawn - Small Stitched Rectangles die set
Puffy Sticker Kitty
Baker's twine from stash
Darice - Paw Prints embossing folder
DCWV scraps
Core'dinations/Darice solid cardstock

Hope you liked this sweet little birthday kitty. Thank you so much for stopping by today. Hope those of you in the teeth of winter storms are staying safe.

🖤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #471
2. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper January Challenge
3. Creative Inspirations January Challenge - Something New or Something Old (I used old scraps and odds and ends.)
4. SUYP Cats Only Challenge #50 - Furrything Goes/Happy Meuw Year
5. DL.ART January Linky Challenge - AG
6. Double Trouble Challenge #47 - Thing 1 Heat AND dry embossing
7. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #420-421 - AG
8. CARDZ-TV Anything Goes Challenge #105
9. Virginia Lu's January Show and Share
10. Mod Squad - Birthday Balloons
11. Blank Page Muse January Challenge - Birthday (must stamp)
12. Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #369 - Use Snippets

Kitty Hello There

Hi, Friends.....

Raise your hand if you are trying to use up bits and pieces of things from your stash during 2020........yep, same here!! I am determined to do that this year. Some cards won't be spectacular as others, but the satisfaction I will have of using things will be reward enough. Not ALL of our cards have to be masterpieces!!

I love pink and black together.....reminds me of those candy-coated licorice candies....can't think of the name of them, right now....but YUM!!....I love black licorice!! I had some sweet little kitty puffy stickers out on my craft desk for kid birthday cards and pulled out my pink and black scraps. I also noticed this inky "Hello There" speech balloon that had been in my stash for ages. That might work....somewhere!

I am following the current MFT Sketch Challenge for this card:

Here's what I came up with:

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - Sketchy Thoughts stamp set
Versafine ink in Onxy Black
Winnie & Walter - Sketchy Thoughts die set
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Darice - Nesting Scallop Hearts die set
Kat Scrappiness - Paw Print Sprinkles
Puffy Sticker Kitty
DCWV scraps
Core'dinations/Darice solid cardstock

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you like this sweet kitty card made from odds and ends!!

🖤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #471
2. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper January Challenge
3. Creative Inspirations January Challenge - Something New or Something Old (I used old scraps and odds and ends.)
4. SUYP Cats Only Challenge #50 - Furrything Goes/Happy Meuw Year
5. DL.ART January Linky Challenge - AG
6. Crafty Calendar January Challenge - Add a Tag
7. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #420-421 - AG
8. CARDZ-TV Anything Goes Challenge #105
9. Lost Coast Designs Challenge #90 - AG

 

Holiday Cheer

Hi, Friends....

I got brave and tried something different for me with a new stamp set that I picked up on Christmas clearance. I rarely attempt cards that have cute little figures stamped, colored, and fussy cut and put into a scene of my own making. (Now I remember why!!! lol....)

This relatively simple card (I actually made two of them) took me waaaaaaaaaaaaay longer than it should have. Hats off to all you talented crafters who make this style of sweet card all the time, but in my opinion the length of time it takes to make a card should NOT exceed my life expectancy!!!  Hahaha...  (Now please excuse me while I retreat back to my familiar clean and layered style....lol)

I followed the current MFT Color Challenge:

I am fairly pleased with how my card turned out for my attempt at this style.

Supplies used include:
Create Your Holiday stamp set
Tsukineko - Memento ink in Tuxedo Black
Ultra-Fine and Fine point Sharpies
Spectrum Noir markers
White Gel Pen for highlights
Pink & Main Scallop Waves die set
Simon Says Stamp - Falling Snow stencil
Dreamweaver- Embossing Paste
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Lots of scraps of white cardstock!
Core'dinations/Darice solid cardstock

Hope you liked my sweet winter scene. I am also linking this up to Jo's Christmas Kickstart Challenge: Penguin Parade. It is open all month, so you have lots of time to find the penguins that are hiding in your stash and get them inked up.  I hope you will join us!! Thank you so much for stopping by today!!

🖤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. MFT Color Challenge #132
2. Christmas Kickstart Challenge #27 - Penguin Parade
3. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #471 - AG Christmas
4. ABC Christmas - A is for Anything Goes
5. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Something New (I used a new stamp set.)
6. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Something New (I used a new stamp set.)
7. Creative With Stamps Challenge #46 - Scarf

8. STAMPlorations January Stencil Challenge

Birthday Friends

Hi, Friends......

I am here with another birthday card that a friend asked me to make. I wish I had made two of these so I would have one to give away myself......I LOVE how this turned out!! :)

I stamped a sweet WaffleFlower image over one of my leftover Easter Egg Dye backgrounds and colored it with my Spectrum Noir markers. The pretty flower-patterned kitties of the WF Flora Cats series just make me so happy. 

My purple background paper is from a very closely hoarded paper stack my crafty friend, Karen Ladd, sent me a year or two ago. (THANKS, Karen!!) I love the stitched details on the sheet!!

Supplies used include:
WaffleFlower - Flora Cat Play stamp set
Tsukineko - Memento ink in Tuxedo Black
Leftover Easter Egg Dye Background
Lawn Fawn - Large Stitched Rectangles die set
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Provo Craft - Paper Passport Blues and Purples Collage Pad
Core'dinations/Darice solid cardstock

Hope you enjoyed this little birthday pair on my card. Thank you for stopping by today!!

🖤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. SUYP - Cats Only Challenge #49 - Meowy Christmas or Furrything Goes
2. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Party Time
3. Penny Black January Challenge - Make it Feminine
4. MFT December Birthday Challenge - CAS
5. Creative Inspirations January Challenge - Something New or Something Old (I used an old background I made from leftover Easter Egg Dye.)
6. The Artistic Stamper January Challenge - AG
7. Let's Craft and Create Challenge #155 - AG opt Love is in the the Air
8. The Creative Crafters Challenge #23 - AG
9. DL.ART January Linky Challenge - AG
10. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #420-421 - AG
11. CARDZ-TV Anything Goes Challenge #105
12. Lost Coast Designs Challenge #90 - AG

13. STAMPlorations January CAS Challenge

Snow Kissed Owl

Hi, Friends.....

While I still had my Echo Park-Winter Wishes collection out, I decided to make another card with some of the fun stickers. This time I used this week's MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge for inspiration.

I did a mirror-image flip of the sketch and added a fun wintry owl sticker from the collection.

I added extra sparkle to the patterned paper background and sentiment panels with a silver sparkle pen. You can see the effect better in this angled shot.

Supplies used include:
Echo Park - Winter Wishes collection
Sakura Silver Sparkle Gel Pen
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Darice/Core'dinations solid cardstock
Distress Ink for edges of panels

Hope you liked this fun and sweet little card. This year I am focusing on making multiples of my cards to try to use up some of my endless supply of papers and odds and ends. If I can't make two similar cards, I will try to make at least one additional card from any collections I get out to use. What crafty goals are you trying to implement this year?

Thank you, as always, for stopping by. I very much appreciate the time you spend visiting and commenting! It means a lot to me.

🖤
Janis


Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #470
2. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper January Challenge
3. ABC Christmas - A is for Anything Goes PLUS B is for Bingo (I used Patterned Paper, Lots of Layers, Die Cut.)
4. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #470
5. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #420-421 - AG
6. Double Trouble Challenge #46 - Thing 1: AnyTHING Goes 
7. Creative Inspirations January Challenge - Something New or Something Old
 (I used my Echo Park-Winter Wishes collection which is long-retired and has been in my stash for a number of years!) 
8. Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #485 - Holidays

Snow Fun Penguins

Hi, Friends.....

Happy New Year to you all! I have been busy sorting and reorganizing my craft room. I have so much stuff!!! Eeek! January is a great month for getting things back in order after the holidays. I have tons to do in my craft room, but it already is looking better.

I'm here to share my first 2020 Christmas card with you. The lovely Jo over at Christmas Kickstart already has her first challenge of the year up and the theme is Penguin Parade. I remembered I had this adorable retired Echo Park-Winter Wishes collection that had some penguin stickers in it, so I got it out to play with.  I used a sentiment from a new stamp set I picked up on Christmas clearance.  Yay!

I already had the background made and sitting in my stash, so this was a fast card to put together. Don't you just love this sweet little penguin family!!?? I put on some sparkle by brushing Wink of Stella over the snowflakes and adding sparkly rhinestones.

Supplies used include:
Sentiment from bargain rack stamp set at JoAnn
Versafine ink in Majestic Blue
Echo Park - Winter Wishes collection (retired)
Pink & Main Scallop Waves die set
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Sparkly adhesive rhinestones from my stash
Wink of Stella pen
DCWV scraps from my stash

Jo is holding her Christmas Kickstart Challenges open all month for the first half of the year, so we have plenty of time to make an entry (or two or three). I hope you will join in the fun!!
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you have a wonderful start to a wonderful New Year.

🖤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Christmas Kickstart Challenge #27 - Penguin Parade
2. Double Trouble Challenge #46 - Thing 1: AnyTHING, Thing 2: Enter one of the Listed Challenges (I entered Creative With Stamps challenge.)Thing 3: SomeTHING new (I used a new stamp set. ) 
3. Die-Cut Divas January Challenge - New Things (I used a new stamp set.)
4. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #470
5. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #420-421 - AG
6. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Something New (I used a new stamp set.)
7. Moving Along With The Times - All Things New (I used a new stamp set.)
8. Creative With Stamps Challenge #46 - Scarf