Play Date #178 - Revisited

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I'm doing a "double dip" tonight. (That's for you Gina!)

I've already made a card for Play Date, but I got a kick out of the colors and today ran across this gray mesh flower hanging out with the rest of my stash from my "Bliss" days. (CTMH) I told myself I needed to use those flowers up and realized I could squeeze it in with Play Date!

So here I am being prudent (for me) and getting my post in before I hit the hay! Planned to go to bed early tonight, but like my good plans go most of the time - It ain't happening.

Here are the fun colors:



Here is my card using my little mesh flower that I've always loved:

I stamped the flourishes from my "Love Life" set in Sunny Yellow and the sentiment from "Card Chatter - Sympathy" in Watermelon.  I also added the gray pearls. Everything is CTMH with the exception of the white cardstock from PTI. 

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Retro Sketches #60

I've got one more quick post - this one for Retro Sketches.

I've made this card for a gift set I'm using and want several encouragement/hello cards for the set.

Here is this week's sketch:



And my card with this sketch, resurrecting some old "Wings" goodies:

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Play Date Cafe #178

Hello -

I'm back with another semi-whiny post! :) I'm having one of those days where I feel that I have time to play in my crafty space, but once I get there I struggle with creativity levels. I HATE when that happens. I'm thinking it could have something to do with staying up til midnight last night, but I hate to jump to conclusions. After all, I do great on not enough sleep. (You probably couldn't hear the sarcasm in that statement. -- I'm like a toddler who misses a nap - it's not pretty.)

I have managed to make three cards this morning, two of which I'm pretty happy with. One for Play Date.

These colors looked so fun and I did have fun just playing around. I had a tiny idea how I wanted my card to go, but mostly I just messed around layering and adding stuff willy-nilly. My rule for myself is to have fun. If I'm not enjoying myself, I have to leave my room. (Hence, I'm in here blogging now rather than staring at my treasured possessions getting frustrated with lack of direction!)



Here is my little experiment from "play time":

 

I partially embossed the accent panel using a Tim Holtz/Sizzix Bubble Wrap embossing folder. I've used it the most in the last couple of days, partially b/c it's been on top (I know! LAZY) and mostly b/c I like the distressed look and "lack of a pattern". Not as perfect.

 

I used washi tape (pink chevrons), a photo corner punch on Honey cardstock, and Grey Wool stamped harlequins and paint splatters. -- just playing around.

 

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Dynamic Duos #48 and H2H Challenge - Buttoned Up

What fun! Two challenge posts in two days. May not be back in the saddle all the way, but definitely close! Just so busy - wow. I think I could take a nap now. House is quiet, kids are playing across the street, tons to do, but I'm sitting here blogging anyway. ; )

I LOVED the Dynamic Duos colors this week. Light blue and orange. I've said it once, I'll say it again - this is the next best thing to light blue and red!



I used Kraft cardstock from PTI for my base. (A favorite of mine) I love the rustic feel from these colors in the wooden buttons and the kraft together. I just loved how this turned out!

The buttons were a fun little find from Michael's. The paper behind the punched circles is Sunset patterned paper from my Hooligans collection (CTMH) and the blue is a scrap piece left over from My Mind's Eye Abbey Road collection. I stamped the sentiment from PTI's Think Big Favorites #16 Mini set using Sunset ink. 

I am also entering this card into the H2H Challenge this week which is to use buttons! 

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CQC #184

Good evening!

I didn't get my quick computer time in this afternoon like I'd planned, so I'm trying to squeeze in a quick post while kids are taking showers. HA! Don't we become master clock manipulators once kids are in the picture? Wow. Sometimes it seems so hard to do anything! :)

I played around with a couple of projects earlier today and made this card to go along with the Colour Q challenge.

This card was fun because I basically put it together with items that were laying on my desk. You know the pieces you've cut out for a project and it didn't quite work out, but you can't bear to throw it away? That could just be me with my unhealthy aversion to wasting anything. I think I'm turning into my Dad! :) (Who banned me from throwing away any jar of Miracle Whip as a pre-teen because he swore he could get two more sandwiches worth of mayo out of the jar that I had thrown away.)   ... good memories! 

The black border, the embossed vellum, the gray card base and the label I stamped my sentiment on were all  piled up in front of me on my desk. It was exciting not only because I liked how it all came together, but because it's now out of my way. Two birds, as they say....

The stamp is "Heartfelt Phrases" from Verve Stamps; the heart is cut and stamped from my CTMH Art Philosophy Collection; Pink Glitter Gems and gray button are CTMH; and the embossing folder is "Julie's Garden" from Cuttlebug. 

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Play Date Cafe Challenge #177

I love the "Nautical Breezes" color challenge at Play Date this week! If there's any combination I like better than red and blue, it's probably red and orange. I like to get wild and wooly every now and again and change things up a bit. I'm nothing if I'm not versatile.



This photo just screams happy and summer to me.

I used some of my long-forgotten pearl paint tinted with Crystal Blue re-inker to make this card.

The orange dots are stamped from my "Grunge" set by Skipping Stones Design (sentiment also). The light blue epoxy dots are from My Mind's Eye. (Another fun Michael's find!)

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Colour Q #183

I'm happy to see that I've played along with Colour Q two weeks in a row. :) A "new" old record. Or an old new record? Something like that.

Nonetheless, I'm promising myself I'll get back into the challenge groove soon.



I loved these spring colors when I viewed all of the other cards. But when I sat down to use them, it was harder than I thought!

They are such happy fun colors - easy to think of spring and smile!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used up some CTMH scrap from "Grace" and "Caboodle" paper kits. Those both go WAAAAY back! My stamp set is from Skipping Stones Designs.

 

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