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!

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!

Birthday Boy Wishes

It seems I always need boy birthday cards, so I decided to make a few for my stash. I had this fun transportation paper leftover that I had used on a frame and I figured it would be perfect.

Pretty simple, but what young boy cares about his birthday card?? The base is Summer Sunrise. I probably should've done Pure Poppy or Dark Chocolate for the sentiment, but I used Summer Sunrise instead. It does show better in person!

Pink and Blue Birthday

I lost my mojo for awhile. Well, I shouldn't say that...more so I lost the craft time I had, so when I did have time, I didn't know what to do! I found a layout by Dawn that I loved and tried to try my hand at it.

I'm not 100% thrilled with it, but I do love the color combination. And I really like when I can use a stamp set not for its intended use! (this is from baby button bits)

I don't have the Limitless Layers Dies or the banner dies, so I had to make do...I cut the banner myself and the bottom layer was cut from my cricut.

Masculine Birthday

I'm proud of myself for finally coming up with a good masculine card without using Star Prints! This one's for my dad who celebrated his 60th birthday on the 7th.

After showing my DH one of Pine's cards from the September PTI release, he told me I needed to get Woodgrain. I'm glad I listened to him!

I love when you're able to use holiday stamps for non-holiday cards. The acorn and branch come from the 2009 Holiday Tags set. I masked the sentiment and just used the image using the Chamomile Tea Dye duo.

PTI Blog Hop!

Wow...It's been awhile since I played along with the blog hop! Our challenge this month was to use office supplies. Because I'm lazy, I used what I have in my crafting area and didn't go upstairs to the actual office!

I used a base of Plum Pudding. I thought the journal cards from Green Boutique looked like fun notepads and made a fun list of items to do for a birthday girl! I adhered them together with staples and attached them with a small binder clip to the base.

I also attached a piece of aqua mist with a fun border of staples around it for added dimension and office supplies. I finished off the left edge with patterned paper using the rick rack die.

Sunflower Birthday

I've never done much paper piecing and layering of stamps, but I've always wanted to try! So, when I saw a card that Debbie Olson did using Round and Round, I knew I needed to try. Besides, how fun is a single color sunflower?!?

I don't think it turned out too bad, although I had a hard time cutting the circles so they looked ok and weren't all jagged. I think I need to get a sanding block :) I actually broke out the Cricut to find the sun-looking circle behind the focal point. Something I need to do more of! Generally, it sits with a bunch of stuff in front of it that I'm too lazy to move! LOL

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Paper - Kraft, Turning a New Leaf, Stampers Select White, Summer Sunrise

Ink - Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Ripe Avocado

Stamps - Round and Round

Other - Cricut, Ripe Avocado twill ribbon

Birthday

I'm a wee behind on updating with cards! One of my good friends (and fellow PTI lover!) had a birthday in early June. I, of course, had to make sure I used all my best PTI stuff on her! I wanted something that was elegant and classy just like she is...well, the way she is as long as she's not on a girls wine trip!

I kept it simple and used black and white with a splash of Raspberry Fizz for color. I love how easily the Kaisercraft rhinestones fit on the stamp!

Hope you had a great birthday, D! :)

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):
Paper - Stampers Select White, True Black

Stamps - Round and Round

Ink - Ripe Avocado, True Black

Other - Raspberry Fizz twill ribbon, Kaisercraft Raspberry Fizz rhinestones

Pallenge #11

I'm a bit behind on my Pallenges and I apologize for that! I've had a lot on my plate lately and crafting for fun hasn't made the cut :( Anyway, Ingrid challenged us to do a card of red, white, and blue AND add a star (or more!). I figured there was no better occasion than my brother's birthday which is July 5th (and coincidentally the same day as mine....although he's 5 years younger).

I used my scor pal and scored a box at 1/2 inch all the way around and then popped up the large stars on dimensionals. Love the simplistic look!

Happy Birthday Ted!

Our lone male on the Papertrey Pals, Ted, is celebrating his birthday today! I hope you have a fabulous birthday!!

Onto his card....this satisfies TWO challenges! First is Pallenge #7 which Sue Ann challenged us to make a masculine card. And the second is the Clean and Simple sketch.

I kept it easy with "manly" colors of black, red and white. I popped up the two larger red stars for some dimension.

I'd love to know what you think (give me honest feedback!). Hope you have a great Tuesday!

birthday wishes

I have 3 birthdays this week, so I had to get busy making cards! Today's card is something I keep seeing pop up over different blogs. I think the original card came from Betsy Veldman (or at least that's where I saw it first).

Love, love love the kraft on kraft look! I used Walk in My Garden to cut out a few different sizes of daisies since I don't have a die cutting machine (although, with PTI selling all these fabulous dies, that might be next on my wish list!). Added a few colorful buttons, stamped a sentiment and I was done!

I won't tell you how long it took me to get my Cricut to cut right, though! Or to figure out how to actually use a cartridge! Since I bought SCAL, I don't think I've touched a cartridge!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Paper - Kraft

Ink - Scarlet Jewel

Stamps - Mega Mixed Messages

Other - Cricut Walk in My Garden, Vintage Buttons: Spring Moss, Lemon Tart, Scarlet Jewel, Plum Pudding

CAS Birthday

I decided to play along with the Clean and Simple sketch this week. I love their sketches because it forces me to do something completely different! This week was no exception.

I started out with Dot Spot in Aqua Mist, Plum Pudding and Lavender Moon. Such pretty, girly colors!

The piece of patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye and works perfectly with Dot Spot! And since I did an 8.5 x 3.5 base, I was able to to a larger piece of pp so you can see the design a bit more.

Hope you had a happy weekend!! Mine went too quickly as always. Spent some time with friends, got some cleaning done, and started re-doing a chair we found at FIL's house. Oh, and watched Curious George 2 quite a few times...it's Lexi's favorite now. Gotta love it! Have a great week!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted)

Paper - Stampers Select White, Aqua Mist, My Minds Eye patterned paper

Ink - Aqua Mist, Plum Pudding, Lavender Moon

Stamps - Dot Spot, Birthday Basics

Other - Aqua Mist Twill Ribbon

Birthday Wishes

Just recently, Dawn McVey did a fun tutorial on her blog with cute little flowers she made. Because it was so easy and super cute, I had to immediately try it for myself! She used pages from an old book, but since it was after 10pm on Saturday night, I had to make do with what I had :) I wound up using 5 of the papers out of PTI's Turning A New Leaf.

I was going to use a button like she did, however, it covered up too much of the paper, in my opinion, so I just stuck with the brad. It matched my paper anyway, so I was fine with it!

I think Spring Moss is one of my newest favorite colors. It really goes with so many colors that I would've never thought of! I pulled out my edge distresser, which I haven't used in awhile, at least not since Christmas cards! It works perfect with the patterned paper since it has a slight distressed look to it.

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Paper - Spring Moss, Plum Pudding, Kraft, Turning A New Leaf

Ink - Tea Dye Duo, Plum Pudding

Stamps - Polka Dot Basics, Mega Mixed Messages

Other - scalloped punch, edge distresser, Making Memories Harvest brad

4 square

I've been all about the purple and brown lately :) I originally did (almost) this same card for the baby shower I had two weeks ago, but I didn't realize I did the settings wrong before I deleted pics off the camera and they were WAY too small :( BOO! Lesson learned, though!

Dawn McVey has been doing quite a few tutorials on her blog recently. One of them (and I think her most requested one) was on how to tie a bow. It's not as easy as it looks! I followed her instructions and I *think* I did a fairly good job at it!

Supplies (all PTI):
Paper - Turning A New Leaf, Kraft, Plum Pudding, Dark Chocolate

Ink - Vintage Cream

Stamps - Birthday Basics

Other - Plum Pudding Saddle Stitch Ribbon

Make a Wish

I thought this card was perfect for my cousin who turned Sweet 16 a few weeks ago. It's hard to believe she's growing up so quickly! The base is Smokey Shadow. For some reason, I don't pull that one out as much, but when pairing it with Raspberry Fizz, I think it's amazing!

Supplies (all PTI):

Paper - Smokey Shadow, Stamper's Select White, Raspberry Fizz

Ink - Raspberry Fizz, True Black

Stamps - Vintage Label, Mega Mixed Messages

Other - True Black Saddle Stitch Ribbon, Fiskars Threading Water Punch

happy birthday

I made this card last week for my dad's birthday. I really have a hard time making masculine cards! But, it seems as if I'm not alone :) I'm without words today, so this is all you get!

Happy 30th Jessie!

My friend, Jessie, is finally turning 30 today!! Welcome to the club, chica!! Hope you have a fabulous day and your boys treat you like the queen you are! :)



Onto her card....this uses one of PTI's newest sets, Vintage Labels. I am in LOVE! I used one of the smaller decorative pieces as a background and stamped Raspberry Fizz ink on Raspberry Fizz cardstock. The actual labels are designed to fit with Spellbinders Dies, but I have none (or a die cutting machine), so I hand cut it out. Wasn't too difficult!

I really like how classy this turned out and hope Jess loves it, too!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Paper - Rustic Cream, Raspberry Fizz, Stampers Select White

Ink - Raspberry Fizz, True Black

Stamps - Vintage Labels

Other - True Black Saddle Stitch Ribbon, Berry Sorbet Vintage Button, Rustic Jute Twine