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 :)

raspberry fizz felt

I love PTI's felt. The best thing about their felt is using it for more than just card making! I die cut 6 flowers from the Flower Fusion #2 die. One I used as a base and stitched the other 5 into it. Each flower was folded in quarters (in half and then in half again) and the pointed corner was stitched down. Love how full these flowers look! I then attached them to a headband with my glue gun.

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.

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.

Pallenge #9

Nadine has challenged us PALS to use our patterned paper! I've done a card specifically for the challenge, but haven't taken pictures. This one fits the bill, so I've decided to link this one up first :)

Before I got my PTI Anniversary set, I was looking through the gallery at all the Design Teams projects using Round and Round. I found one by Mish that I really loved. Since I didn't have my set yet, I decided to CASE it to the best of my abilities!


My base is Rustic Cream with some Tea Dye Duo sponged on the edges. I used My Minds Eye patterned papers. The strip of white I stamped with Polka Dot Basics in Plum Pudding and then used the wee bitty dot in the center. I kinda like how they're not all equal...some are off to the right, some are off to the left in the center of the circles.

I then stamped the flowers from Everyday Button Bits in Spring Moss and used my 1 3/4" circle punch. The buttons are Plum Pudding, Spring Moss, and Aqua Mist.


I finished it off with a Spring Moss twill ribbon. I did get my Anniversary set in a purchase I made earlier this month, so it's seen ink, I just haven't had time to take pictures! I always like trying to figure out a way to make a card without the same stamps...gets my mind working! :)

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Paper - Rustic Cream, Stampers Select White, My Mind's Eye Patterned Paper

Ink - Plum Pudding, Spring Moss

Stamps - Everyday Button Bits, Polka Dot Basics

Other - Spring Moss, Plum Pudding, Aqua Mist Vintage Buttons, Spring Moss Twill Ribbon, 1 3/4" circle punch, Fiskars threading water punch

Spring Swap

I participated in an Easter/Spring swap on the PTI forum. We got to send a card to one other person and didn't have any stipulations besides it had to be springy! I had the privilege of sending Kerry in Minnesota a card.

I don't have any spring specific sets, so I made do with what I had on hand. The base is Spring Moss with a layer of Stampers Select White. Both of the patterned papers are from My Minds Eye. I stamped Vintage Labels on them in Plum Pudding and hand cut them out.

The flowers on the base are from Little Lady stamped in Spring Moss, Plum Pudding, Lavender Moon, and Aqua Mist. They all have Lemon Tart centers. (I don't know about you, but any time I talk about Lemon Tart, it makes me hungry! LOL)

The flowers are from Prima and are attached with a pretty purple brad. I loved that I found a blue one to match the striped paper! Hopefully Kerry enjoyed it :)

I received one from Jennifer yesterday, so once I take a pic, I'll post it. I'm in love with it!! :)

Supplies (All PTI unless noted):

Paper - White, Spring Moss, Lemon Tart, My Minds Eye pp

Ink - Spring Moss, Plum Pudding, Lavender Moon, Aqua Mist, Tea Dye Duo

Stamps - Little Lady, Vintage Label, Hero Arts Alphabet

Other - Prima flowers, Making Memories Brad, Corner rounder

PTI Blog Hop!

Wow...I can't believe it's time for another PTI Blog Hop!! This time, Nichole challenged us to use tissue paper. Her comment was that we always get some in our boxes when we order, but that wasn't what I thought of when I heard tissue paper.

For me, I was thinking about the craft I used to do when I was younger where I'd put a square of tissue paper on the end of a pencil, dab it in glue and adhere it to paper. So, I took that old idea, and made it a little more "adult" :)

I stamped the tree from Beyond Basic Borders and adhered the pink tissue paper to look like a cherry blossom. The "sky" was stamped on using wadded up tissue paper and Aqua Mist ink. I stamped the Mother sentiment from Mega Mixed Messages along with the brackets from Vintage labels in Spring Moss and then embossed it with clear embossing powder. (sorry, my pic of that part isn't so good!)

I hope you enjoy! Is there anything different you'd do? Anything you'd change or add?

Pallenge #6

Wow...sorry it's been so long since I've posted! I got busy with work and home life, unfortunately. And this week has sucked because 4 out of 5 work days I've spent most of the day with a headache/migraine. :(

Anyway, I did find some time to get crafty finally! We were issued another Pallenge, this time by Monica. All we needed to do was make something containing flowers. I hemmed and hawed trying to figure out what to do. In the end, I wound up with no stamping whatsoever!

A few weeks ago, I saw the template for this on someone's blog (they got it from SCS) and thought it's perfect for a fun girly card! Since it's spring now, all the women getting married this summer will be having bridal showers and batchlorette parties and I think this is the perfect card!

The base is pretty large....5.5x8.5, but the dress itself is big! I made the base of Smokey Shadow and the skirt is from a patterned paper pack of DCWV that I've had for eons. The top is Raspberry Fizz and the fun bow is some cheapie pink Michaels ribbon from the Dollar Spot!

Thanks for the challenge Monica! I had fun trying to do something new! :)

End of the green

Getting tired of all this green? These are my last two cards I made for St Patty's Day. I liked the sewing on the last card, so I continued on this one. I love how the frame stamp is distressed just like the paper is.

Instead of leaving the inside blank, I stamped the circle on the inside lower right corner to add a bit of interest.

This last card shows what really sold me on buying this set. See those lines? Yeah, they use the frame that I used in the above card. Nichole showed this trick during the countdown and I thought it was so cool! I love the mix of New Leaf and Ripe Avocado on the Spring Moss cardstock.

Supplies Ribbon Card (all PTI):

Paper - Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate, Turning A New Leaf, Kraft

Ink - Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado

Stamps - Luck of the Irish

Other - Ripe Avocado Twill Ribbon, Sewing machine

Supplies Frame Card (all PTI):

Paper - New Leaf, Spring Moss, White

Ink - Ripe Avocado, New Leaf

Stamps - Luck of the Irish

Other - 1 3/4" circle punch, Ripe Avocado twill ribbon

CASE Luck

While figuring out what I wanted to make for some of my cards, I viewed the Design Team gallery to see what all they did. Debbie Olson created this card that I really liked. Very simple, yet packed a punch! Here's my take:

I also felt like I needed some color on the inside and I wanted to add the Lucky phrase, so I put a square in there, stamped Polka Dot Basics down the side and then added the sentiment in New Leaf. The final size of this card is 4x4.

Supplies (all PTI):

Paper - White, New Leaf

Ink - New leaf, Ripe Avocado

Stamps - Luck of the Irish, Polka Dot Basics

Other - Sewing Machine, dimensionals

Happy St Patty's Day!

Happy Green Day! I hope everyone wore a shade of green today so you don't get pinched! :)

I'm continuing on with the Lucky cards today. This one is actually just a little bit bigger than an A2 sized card front for the whole thing. I stitched on the Turning a New Leaf onto the Dark Chocolate and made it cover the whole card, including the back. I stamped the sentiment in Ripe Avocado on a piece of Rustic Cream, cut it and stitched it on. The Shamrock is on Ripe Avocado.

Here's a good shot of both the front and back. To cover up the stitching, I put a piece of Rustic Cream on the inside. It also allowed me to write something on it, too :)

Supplies (all PTI):

Paper - Dark Chocolate, Rustic Cream, Ripe Avocado, turning A New Leaf

Stamps - Luck of the Irish

Other - 1 3/4" circle punch, sewing machine

Lucky

Last month, I bought the Luck of the Irish set and let me tell you how much I love it! Best $5 I've spent in awhile :) I immediately got to work making a bunch of different cards.

These three cards are all the same layout, just slightly changed. The top is a standard 4.25x5.5. The second two were just made with scraps, so they're not as large. All start with a base of Rustic Cream with Ripe Avocado.

On a personal note...to those who received these....thank you. Thank you for being who you are and allowing me in your life. You're the best! ((hugs))

Best Wishes

My youngest sister is getting married and had her shower this weekend. Her colors are turquoise and silver, so I needed a card to go with her gift. She's fun and trendy, so Dot Spot is perfect for her card.

I used several different sizes of the dots in both Aqua Mist and Dark Chocolate. The sentiment is from Mega Mixed Messages, stamped in Dark Chocolate. I accented it with Kaisercraft Rhinestones.

Since it was a single layer card, I thought it would be fun to take the images onto the back of the card. You can also see how I sign all my cards by using the Handmade By from Little Lady and then signing underneath.

feel better

While I had my Everyday Button Bits set out, I figured I might as well see what else Nichole did for that release. I loved the next card down! I had to make one similar since I loved it so much.

I've never tried to stamp with the tea dye duos (originally intended to sponge on edges), but I tried it here with Text Style and LOVE the outcome! It's just the little extra that's needed on the Rustic Cream cardstock.

How fun are all those different polka dots on each layer? Polka Dot Basics in Ripe Avocado, patterned paper, Turning A New Leaf, and the vines and dots in Ripe Avocado from Beyond Basic Borders.

Supplies (all PTI):

Paper - Kraft, Ripe Avocado, Rustic Cream, Turning A New Leaf

Ink - Ripe Avocado, Chamomile Tea Dye, Dark Chocolate

Stamps - Everyday Button Bits, Beyond Basic Border, Polka Dot Basics

Other - Corner Rounder, Ripe Avocado Twill ribbon, Ripe Avocado Buttons