Crafty on the Inside: Therapeutic Crafting

It's been a hard week around here. I haven't been much in the mood to be creative. My puppy died unexpectedly this week. She was a 3 year old lab who was full of love and just the sweetest thing you've ever seen. We don't know what happened- we may never know. A few mornings ago, we let her outside with our other dog, my husband called them both in for breakfast a few minutes later and Aurora never came in. She was on the ground, not responding. We rushed her to emergency and she was gone. NO explanation! We have had many dogs through the years and lucky to have all of them live full lives. W have always been sad about the passing of a pet. However, this has been different. This has been many days of tears, pain, and sorrow for our family. I missed a few challenges this week because I just 'wasn't in the mood'. This weekend I pulled myself together and spent a few hours in my craft room. I have a few challenges i would like to share. I've included a list of the stamp sets and colors I used below.

CAS(E) #259

First, from CAS(E) this Sketch I have a Congratulations card. I chose to keep this pretty close to the sketch that was provided. Stef Perry created this. Lots of great ideas on her blog. Take a look.

What I did: Stamps and Products: Simply Wonderful (SU! 2015 Sale-A-Bration) Cardstock & Paper: Whisper White(SU!) cut 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4, Cajun Craze 4 1/4 x 5 1/2, adhering it to the card base Dapper Denim cardstock(SU!) cut 4 1/8 x 5 1/4 Second to Large stitched framelit out of Whisper White cardstock(SU!)
Ink: Cajun Craze (SU!)
Ribbon (SU! 2018 Sale-A-Bration)
Mini Dimensionals (SU!) Snail Adhesive(SU!) Tear & Tape (SU!) Simply Scored (SU!) Scissor snips, Banner Triple Punch

I am also submitting my next card for CAS(E) this Sketch and for Global Design Project Color Challenge. Sometimes these color challenges are tough for me. I've spent awhile thinking on this one and I came up with a few. Since I was cutting the paper out anyway, I may as well use it all up.

CAS(E) #259 and GDP #125

GDP

This week GDP was a color challenge using the Following palette:
Kerstin Kreis from Germany is the New member of the team and came up with this color combo.

What I did: Stamps and Products: A Little Wild (SU! ) Sentiment: Vertical Greetings(SU!) Cardstock & Paper: Whisper White(SU!) cut 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4, Dapper Denim 4 1/8 x 5 3/8, adhering it to the card base with Tear tape. Whisper White and Melon Mambo scrap for the banner (SU!) Medium stitched framelit Whisper White cardstock(SU!)
Ink: Momento- Tuxedo Black (SU!), Melon Mambo (SU!) Stampin' Blends (SU!): Daffodil Delight Light and Dark
Brights Enamel Shapes
I cur the starburst out with my Cricut
Mini Dimensionals (SU!) Snail Adhesive(SU!) Tear & Tape (SU!) Simply Scored (SU!) Scissor snips

I have been wanting to create Shaker cards. I'm still working on getting them to look clean. This one isn't going to win any prizes, but I need to start somewhere. This Shaker card uses the colors from This week's Global Design Color Challenge.

GDP #125

What I did: Stamps and Products:We Must Celebrate (SU! ), Santa's Elves (My Favorite Things)
Sentiment: Teeny Tiny Wishes(SU!) Cardstock & Paper: Whisper White(SU!) cut 5 1/2 x 1/2 scored at 4 1/4. Basic Grey cut 5 1/2 x 4 1/4, Using Cricut, cut four windows out of Dapper Denim 4 1/4 x 5 1/2, adhering it to the card base with a lot Tear tape. Whisper White and Melon Mambo scrap for the banner and to stamp (SU!)
Ink: Momento- Tuxedo Black (SU!)Stampin' Blends (SU!): Daffodil Delight Light and Dark.Night of Navy light, Melon Mambo Stampin' Pen
Iridescent Sequins
Foam Adhesive Strips I separated the four windows so that each window shakes independent of the other
Clear Window Sheet(SU!)
Mini Dimensionals (SU!) Snail Adhesive(SU!) Tear & Tape (SU!) Simply Scored (SU!) Scissor snips
After stamping and coloring, I fussy cut everything and really put lots of adhesive on all the pieces.

Looking closer, you can see I stamped the background with the party designs that comes in the We Must Celebrate(SU!) Stamp set. I wanted to use white, but my white is dried out. I found a rose gold ink spot from Simon Says Stamp that worked with these colors.

I took inspiration from the following Video: