Two Birds with One Stone

Happy Sunday! Most of us are familiar with the adage "Kill two birds with one stone." Well, I'm finding that I have to apply that to my crafting now. There simply isn't enough time for me to do all that I want to accomplish, so if there are two challenges I want to participate in, I try to come up with one card that will fulfill both challenges. I was able to do that with this card:

This card is for this week's Make It Monday challenge, which is to partially impress a card element, and the current PaperTrey Playhouse challenge which is to make a card inspired by your favorite season. Although you can't see it at all in the photo, the Lemon Tart paper is partly impressed with the canvas impression plate. And since Fall is my favorite season, I made a card with fall flowers (dahlias) and fall colors.

Hope your weekend is going well. I met a friend this morning for a walk and then we went and had manicures and pedicures at a nearby salon. Even though we only live about 30 minutes from each other, I haven't seen her in almost a year, so we had a lot of catching up to do! I have a new soup recipe I'm trying out (Morroccan Chickpea) and it's simmering on the stove in my new Le Creuset Dutch oven. I'm planning to pair the soup with some pita bread and hummus. My family is coming over for dinner tonight, so we'll see what the soup rating is!

Thanks for stopping by!

Card details:
Cardstock, patterned paper, stamps, impression plate and banner die from PaperTrey Ink; Martha Stewart circle cutter; EK Success circle punch; Memento ink; Copic markers.

My Love Affair With Key Lime

I made a lot of cards this weekend with Key Lime note cards from Memory Box. I made a boxed set of coordinating note cards (birthday, thank you and hello) for my mom for Mother's Day. Since inspiration struck and I had all of the supplies together I decided to get a head start now so I don't go crazy in May! I haven't photographed them yet, but once I have a pic I'll post it. After my note card set was done, I had two cards left in the package and I challenged myself to come up with two more cards so I could throw away the wrapper! Here's my first one:

I stamped the flower image from Hero Arts in white ink and embossed with white embossing powder. Then I applied four different distress inks to the background with foam applicators. I'm really happy with how this card turned out. I guess I'm skipping spring and jumping to summer based on the colors I chose for this card!

Here is my second card:
This one has a similar layout to the first card. I stopped at Michaels yesterday and found the peacock feather stamp and a package of two Smooch Spritz sprays (Citrus Tickle and Splash--love the names!). The colors of the sprays made me think of peacock feathers and I thought it would be fun to use them with the stamp. The card has a lot more sparkle in real life. I thought the sentiment from an older SU! set was a perfect accompaniment.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a good week!

Make It Mondays: Creating With Fun Foam

I'm back with this week's Make It Mondays project, which was to pull out some fun foam from your craft supply and die cut and/or stamp with it. I didn't have any fun foam in my craft arsenal, so I made a special trip to JoAnn's yesterday. I picked out a few spring-like colors with no particular idea in mind and brought them home. The aqua blue made me think of robin's eggs, which made me think of nests, and then my card idea was born. I cut the fun foam with one of my limitless layer dies and used it as a mat for my bird nest image. In keeping with the nature theme, I mounted everything on top of a piece of kraft cardstock that I embossed with the woodgrain impression plate.

Card Details:
Cardstock, stamps, die, impression plate and twine by PTI; Ink by Memento and Color Box; EK Success circle punch; Fun Foam.