That Stinks

I am a stamp horder. 
I have stamps sets everywhere. Some organized by theme and some organized by brand. CardzTV and The Alley Way Stamps have their own drawer. Why? Because at the time that I write this, I have about 40 sets of stamps from The Alley Way Stamps. 

It's a good thing that The Alley Way Stamps have a monthly challenge, so that I have a reason to use all of my sets. 

For this project, I wanted to make a get well card that was really different, so the image of the skunk and the sentiment really grabbed me. These are from the set called Stumped. To make it more of a scene, I added the tree stump (same stamp set) and the bird from the set Give Thanks. 

I colored everything with my Copics.

Challenges Entered:
The Alley Ways Stamps: AG
Sisters of Craft: AG
Aud Sentiments: AG + Sentiment
CCEE Stamps: Humor
Crafty Gals Corner: Humor
Little Red Wagon: Call the Vet

Moosing You

Follow my blog much? Then you know the story: four nephews and a niece. Seems like I'm always making a card for one of them. But in March, I make three birthday cards. One for three of the boys. One of nephews is very involved in boys scouts and camping. And boom, the The Alley Way Stamps had two very perfect stamp sets: Moosing You and Branching Out (plus a Happy Birthday stamp from CardzTV, Happy Days set). I added the sun and bird die cuts to finish the card, and I'm excited to send it to him. 

Challenges Entered

Challenge Up Your Life: Masculine

Just the Girls: Masculine

Chocolate, Coffee, and Challenges: For a Child

CCEE: Wild Animal

Seize the Birthday: Masculine

Stamping Sensations: One for the Boys

Toad-ally Awesome

I have 5 nephews and 1 niece. 
That's a lot of birthday, holiday, and just because cards. 

With my nephew Spencer's birthday coming up, it was time to make another "boyish" birthday card. 

The frog (or toad...) is from The Alley Way Stamps, Enchanted set. The "toad" sentiment is from CardzTV, Critter Captions set, and the birthday sentiment is a random stamp in my collection. I just loved the camouflage as the background. It really made everything pop. 

Challenges Entered
DL.ART Challenges: For a Boy
Red Rubber Inspirationals: For a Boy
Seize the Birthday: Masculine
Fresh Brewed Challenges: Green, White + Brown
Creative Card Crew: Green

Biggest Fan

Card making in my craft room (and in my SVG folder) is like a scavenger hunt, a fun scavenger hunt. Inspiration can come from anywhere at any time, and embellishments suddenly appear that can finish a project. This card magically appeared. The "biggest fan" sentiment has been on my mind. It is from a great collection from The Alley Way Stamps called Bacon Bits. Then, by random happenstance, I found this fan SVG from Digi Playground, and a card was born. The butterflies came from a stack of punch out die cuts I didn't know I even had, and they were in the perfect color. 

Challenges Entered

The Crazy Challenge: Birthday

Connie Can Craft: Birthday Wishes

Creative Cottage: Use a Sentiment

Sparkles Forum Challenge: For the Boys