I Wish...

Hello friends!  The weather has been gorgeous here (with a capital G) and it's been super busy with family visits.   Everyone has returned home and I was able to play in The Doghouse for a bit this morning to join in a couple of challenges:

• CASology Week 257:  Wish

• Shopping our Stash Challenge #311:  CAS for Simplicity Day

The cue from CASology was perfect!  My sweet grandson spent the week here and our adventures included treasure hunting on the beach for wishing rocks.  He went home with 30 happy wishes!  I don't have a "rock" stamp and can't draw worth a darn, so I went with the fond memory of blowing spent dandelion flowers (aka puff balls) as a child and making wishes :)

The masked off background was inked with Distress Oxide Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers on an Ultra Smooth White card base from Catherine Pooler.  I debated about the spritzing with water thing and decided not to being afraid the cardstock would warp!  I used an old Memory Box stamp of Meadow Flowers, masked off much of it, and stamped what I hope looks like those fluffy dandelion tops.  The dandelion seeds stamp that float off the puff ball is from Great Impressions.  Finally, the "wishing" sentiment is from Stampin' Up that I picked up at a garage sale many years ago.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend...I'm going to go blow on a dandelion and wish that my grandson comes back for a visit very soon!   

Wishing You...

Hi there!  This morning I was able to play along with a couple of challenges:

The Paper Players Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge 

I went with the middle row, down, using green, die-cut, and leaves.

First I stamped the leaf panel with Catherine Pooler inks and Altenew's Free Form Greenery stamps.  After adding the Wishing You sentiment from Mama Elephant, I die cut the stamped layer, nesting a smaller rectangle die inside a larger one (MFT Blueprints 31).  The result was a thin, stitched frame and then I was able to pop up the center portion on fun foam.  I added the teeny black sentiment strip and a few Nuvo drops in Apple Green and Sea Breeze to finish it off.

The second challenge I had to play along with is CASology's:

With a cue of "Flow," I should explain a bit what I was thinking.  Not water, electricity, etc., but traffic.  Yep, traffic flow!  I worked in Seattle for many years and, if you didn't know, Seattle has some of the worst traffic in the country.  I spent many hours sitting in traffic which usually didn't "flow" at peak commuting times.  I could have used this sentiment then!

The only traffic flow I have to worry about now is stopping when the beautiful deer are crossing the road.  I don't mind that at all!

For this card, I stamped the image from Altenew (Sketchy Cities America 2)  with Hero Arts Pool to Navy Ombre ink and the sentiment with Gina K.'s In the Navy on a Neenah Solar White 110# card base.  I added a little sequin on the Great Wheel and that was it!

Hope you're having a good week ~ thanks so much for stopping by!