Easter Cards, round one!

I have a major amount of Easter projects to get going on. This is only the first. If I make more today, I will come back and edit this post. That's the goal anyway...

First, one for the BF's mom using some supplies she just sent. A pack of blank 5x7 cards (of good quality, a rarity for packs I've noticed) and some pastel envelopes. Easter anyone? The stamp is from the favorite Lawn Fawn and the sketch is Mojo Monday 339. I attempted to make the rabbit look like he was jumping by shadow stamping him. I've never shadow stamped before. Does it work? Maybe? Kinda? Okay, okay. It's special...

The current Lawnscaping Challenge is to try something new! I did... I'm just not sure how I feel about it. Oh well!

Edited to add: This card was spotted by the Lawnscaping Challenge "Spotted and Hearted"" Patrol! Whoop whoop! 

Timely cards are not my forte.

Lucky me, that I will get this birthday card out on time! Sketch is from Retro Sketches 108. Stamps are from Amuse Studio. My bf's sister has a thing for cats. I try to oblige.

Another fail on the timeline. This card was for CTS 70, and allllll I needed to do was glue it together before yesterday, but no. Nothing doing. <sigh.>

Sorry for the phone photos. One of these days I'll remember where I hid the camera. 

Colors and Kits

I've been wanting to play with negative space, and Retro Sketches 107 is perfect for it! I have a embarrassingly large collection of washi tape, so I layered several different colors. The sentiment is from last month's Simon Says kit.

I've never copied a card before, item for item, but I spotted this piece and loved it. I got the huge Pebbles 'From Me to You' kit off of Crafty Steals. It's got so much stuff in it, I could copy dozens of cards, and still make a scrapbook or two! Anyway, here's the card.

A Clean and Simple Lawnscape

I put together this card for the Lawnscaping Challenge using Sketch 285 from the Clean & Simple Stamping blog. I took the photo with my phone -- sorry for the quality. Otherwise, bee happy!

Two Challenges and Misc Cards

I am trying to play with more of the stamps I got for Christmas and haven't used yet, so I am jumping on some challenges for fun!

This is for the Unity Challenge. I used both the color and the sketch, with the cute pun stamp! I love the pun stamps. The papers are from MME Sky's the Limit.

This is another Unity pun stamp. The sketch is from Retro Sketches 106. The paper is from Dear Lizzy - Lucky Charm.

Here are two other cards that I only got phone photos on. The first one is for my better half's mother's birthday a few weeks ago. The second one I made four of for St. Patrick's Day. I didn't get it linked up in time for its challenge, but it's from Freshly Made Sketches 126.

Papers from the February Simon Says kit. I forget who they were. The stamp kit is from the now defunct The Craft's Meow. I don't do a lot of scene-building, so this was a challenge.

Papers from DCWV Chateau Lavander. Letter stamps and flowers are some of the oldest things in my stash, so that makes me happy to find them homes!

Miscellaneous Cards

The business has gotten to me. I have a bunch of misc cards that I've made that I've meant to put up here but haven't gotten around to it. So here we go.

Get well soon card, using sketch from Mojo Monday 335. These are Unity Stamps that I got for Christmas. Very appropriate to the situation, sadly: bowel obstruction. :( No fun.

Mom's birthday card. I'm particularly proud of the coloring job here. I mixed and blended several of my Spectrum Noirs.

From Retro Sketches 104. I didn't enter it on time, but I still liked the sketch. The supplies are all from the March Simon Says Stamp kit, which was a really awesome pack.

Card for a friend who lost her mother.

Valentine's day cards that didn't make my other blogs. I'm slow. There was a sketch that fit both these ones, but I don't remember which.

Isn't She Lovely?

During the Archiver's 'Going Out of Business' sale, I picked up papers and some embellishments from Graphic 45's 'Couture' collection. I wasn't really sure what I would make with them, but I knew they were pretty. The embellishments were full of banners, which I thought would go well with Seize the Sketch #12. Gives me a chance to use the set I didn't know what to do with! And because there was enough supplies, I decided to make two of them. For the first time in awhile I got out my embossing folders! Overall, I think this was fun. I haven't played with banners in a long time. :) Hope you enjoy!