PTI"s Blog Hop January 2012



Decisions, decisions, decisions!  The challenge for January's Blog Hop sponsered by PTI was to  pick your  favorite project from 2011 and share it!  To take it a step further, we were also challenged to create a second card that was inspired by the favorite one selected.    You can check here for all the details.

  The card I picked that was my favorite was a masculine card I made for rmy son-in-law's 35th birthday.

     There are many reasons why I love this card. Not only does it have one of my favorite color combinations, but more importantly it was an original design. The card I created for the Blog Hop is based on this design

  The only thing I did differently to the design was add the pinked edges to both sides of the base card. A close up shot of the tag. I stitched a felt heart (cut from one of my Love Lives Here die) to the tag.

  I also created a 2nd card using the same color combination, but reversing them. I also changed the impression in the background and added heart shaped pearls by the sentiment.

   Colored twine was used on this tag.

       Is there a card you prefer? Do you think one background impression works better than the other? 

      Thanks for stopping by. I'm off to enjoy the rest of the creations  featured on the Blog Hop.

A Last Minute Christmas Card

  I have a few Christmas cards I need to make. Besides, I needed a break from making my gift card holders.  Something simple too. Luckily, I had an extra image already stamped from the Star of Wonder stamp set.

     The image is stamped in Fresh Snow on Royal Velvet cardstock.  The sunburst from the Limitless Layer die collection is Soft Stone.  I layered it on a doily I sponged in Eggplant (Adirondack) and added a sentiment on the bottom.

      I wanted to do something different for my sentiment. This is what I came up with.

     The ribbon is Soft Stone. The sentiment is from Star of Wonder stamped on a Little Jar Label diecut. I used my copics to color the rhinestones.  This is a CAS card.
      I think this card fits perfectly for  the CHNC Challenge #51: Anything-goes.

   Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have all your Christmas cards out by now. Can you believe Christmas Day is a week from today?