Happy Valentine's Day!

Here's a few cards I made for Valentine's Day...Unfortunately I didn't get around to posting them until now, so you get a two for one :)

in her momma's footsteps

Over the weekend, Lexi and I had a girls weekend as Daddy was out of town. I decided that was the perfect opportunity for her to make a card for her daddy.

She picked out the stamps (Tiny Treats: Valentine) and the colors. She had a bit of help lining stuff up, but did the hearts all by herself.

And, just to save it for posterity sake, I took a pic of the inside, too. She told me what to write and then signed her name. She messed up the first e (it's sideways) and re-did it so her name looks like Leexi. Ha!

happy birthday!

And we are on to the FINAL card I made for Day #2 of the PTI Anniversary. This is a total first...four cards made AND blogged about! Wow. Anyway, my final image comes from Dawn McVey. I always love her designs and this is no different.

I was flipping through all my scraps and found this little gingham in my stash and knew it would be perfect with the Raspberry Fizz! On Mat Stack #1, I used one of the flourishes from Holiday Photo Finishers stamped four times. I love that set...amazing what you can do with it when it's not Christmas!

I added a bit of Raspberry Fizz grosgrain ribbon and a Ripe Avocado button to finish it off. Thanks for looking in to see what I made...hope you enjoyed my crafty time tonight! :)

hello

My third card (I can't remember the last time I was this productive!), has an image from Maile Belles. I love her simplicity in her card making. Not only did I use her image, but I took inspiration from one of her posts in January.

I love the pops of color with the black image and ribbon. I used Dot Spot and Polka Dot Basics for my dots in Plum Pudding, Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise, and Spring Moss and a spare ribbon I found in my stash.

LOVE

My second card for the Designer's Challenge was from Melissa Bickford. I decided to cut up the LOVE and make it 4 small squares instead of one large one. After just having done Heather's, I felt like I'd wind up with the same card.

Another simple card with no stamping! I die cut 2 flowers from Flower Fusion #3 in Summer Sunrise and Spring Moss and added a Hawaiian Shore button in the center of each.

Simple and cute....I'm having fun playing along! :) Stay tuned for more...

PTI Anniversary Day #2

I'm gonna have a bunch of quick posts for you tonight...you're lucky!! PTI is celebrating their 5th anniversary this month and is hosting lots of challenges and contests. Today, we celebrate the designers. Each designer designed a new "stamp" that we were able to print out and use in a card or project.

My first image was from my favorite designer, Heather Nichols. I'm not a fan of how this turned out, but it was a quick and easy card with no stamping!

A little Aqua Mist, some wood buttons....yes, you see THREE of them!!! I've been hoarding them, but what's the fun in that?? :).... and some twine. Simple :)

wedding wishes

I'm way behind in showing stuff as this is from June.....oops! The patterned paper is from Jillibean Soup Blossom Soup. It's amazing how well the flower from Flower Fusion #3 goes with the patterned paper! I did a stitch around the outside, though you can't see it as well from the pictures.

happy day

I love Little Bitty Birds :) I think it's one of my favorite sets...I tend to pull it out for everything! I honestly can't tell you what this card was for. I think it was a birthday?!? Anyway, I'm not too keen on coloring, so these are just from my pack of 12 Crayola colored pencils that I've had since I was probably 12!

I've been making some more cards, so you'll start to see those come back into the rotation here too. I hope you've been enjoying all my other crafts, too!

Birthday Note

Amazingly enough, I have two cards to share in a row! :) Well, that's because I have two friends who happen to share the same birthday!

I'm always jealous of the stampers who can use sets for different purposes and can mix and match them...I haven't been able to do that very well...but I think I did here! I used Take Note, Tag It's #2, and Birthday Basics.

After looking at this now, I think I probably should've done another stitch across the top of the Berry Sorbet, but I didn't...Oh well!

make a wish

Imagine that...I'm actually posting a card!! This was one of those where I needed a birthday card and needed one quickly, so I did simple.

The pp is from Jillibean Soup, Blossom Soup..a fun, summery paper pack. I die cut Flower Fusion #3 on Kraft and stamped it in Pure Poppy. I added a black rhinestone for a little depth and to pull the color from the sentiment.

So far, I only have one of the Think Big Favorites sets, but I love it!

a new someone

I haven't done much paper piecing...it seems to take FOREVER to do and, let's face it, I'm just not that patient! ha! But...I decided to give it a try on the flower from Baby Button Bits. I do like how it turned out. I just used a purple, yellow and green that I had in my scrap bin.

The edges of the flowers are colored lightly using a red Crayola colored pencil. I love the little leaves sticking up! I'm glad I stepped out of my comfort zone for this one...I really like how it turned out. Now, will I do this much paper piecing again? Probably not! :)

Mother's Day

I know we're far off Mother's Day (ok, at least we're still in the same month!), but I still have a few cards to show off that I actually took pictures of. Once again, I apologize for the picture quality! Just like my last card, I was looking for a bit of inspiration. This time, I searched for "mothers day" and up popped this FABULOUS card by Laurie Beth. Once again, I didn't have any of the same stuff, but I improvised!

I started with a base of Spring Moss and layered Smokey Shadow. The top layer, I stamped a sheet of Rustic Cream with the large flower from Delightful Dahlia in Spring Moss. I love the look of the Spring Moss with the Smokey Shadow. So pretty!

I love, love, love this Raspberry Fizz ribbon! Totally sets off the Spring Moss and Smokey Shadow! Thanks for the inspiration, Laurie Beth!

New Leaf Inspiration

A lot of times, I find I'm without inspiration, so I do a search on PTI's gallery. For this card, I had a piece of New Leaf cut perfect for a base, so I did a search just on New Leaf. And I found this perfect card by Aimes. Of course, I have absolutely NONE of the items she used, but I was able to make it my own and I love it!

I stamped a few rows of Polka Dot Basics in New Leaf on the bottom. Then, I made a fun little "skirt" with some white grosgrain ribbon and a strip of Smokey Shadow.

I finished it off with layered pink flowers and stitched on a lemon tart button and rounded the top edges. Thanks, Aimes, for the inspiration! :)

Card Set

Back in January, one of my good friends was married on a cruise ship. Unfortunately, we couldn't go, but I was able to keep her reminded of her wedding when she was back in the cold, Ohio weather with some fun notecards.

I had made her bachelorette party invites and these followed the same color scheme. I started out with a Captured Card Case....Orange Zest bottom and White top. I cut a piece of Summer Sunrise and stamped one of the sentiments from A Day At The Beach. I felt that was appropriate for a wedding gift! The ribbon is some I had in my stash.

I know when I got married, I LOVED anything personalized with my new last name! So, all of the cards have a P on them for her new last name. The dotted circle is from Take Note and the P is from Just Rite Curlz Monogram set.

Simple Birds

Is it bad that I don't even remember making a card?? Who knows how long ago I put this one on my camera!

Obviously, I was going for clean and simple, and I think I succeeded! Hawaiian Shores for the base with a bit of Green Boutique pp. The bottom swirl is stamped with Versa Mark. I'm in love with those Little Bitty birds! I think I could use them on everything and not get tired of them! :)

This is the perfect card for any reason...I like that I don't have a sentiment on it!

Thanks for stopping by!

birdie birthday

I think this just has to be one of my favorite cards I've made in awhile! It screams "Liz" :)

The funny thing is I'm not sure how this all came together. but, it did. The notebook was originally die cut for the other side (it's patterned paper), but it was so crooked! And I don't own the birdie die (or the notebook one), so I used those when over at my friend's house for craft night and just had them laying around in my stash.

I used a yellow-green color of colored pencil to color in the leaves. And I did the heart in berry sorbet. I shocked myself by using THREE wooden buttons! The recipient doesn't realize how lucky she is to get those! :)

Monkeys

I loved this monkey paper when I saw it! My best friend's daughter turned one in February and she had a monkey themed birthday. And it was purple! So, I thought this was perfect :)

The sentiment is from Birthday Bash Sentiments stamped in Plum Pudding. And my rhinestones are technically supposed to be gems for your fingernails! I got a bunch of them awhile ago in Target's Dollar Spot. I'm telling you, those dollar spots have some good stuff!