Lauries Fabulous Favorites: Case Birthday Wishes

Good afternoon. It's been awhile since I last posted and joined a challenge.  Today I decided to join Lauries Fabulous Favorites at Ink to Paper. when I saw this card during the July release, I knew I had to case it using Together Forever.

Here's my card.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

Challenge: Favorite Florals

The challenge today for PTI's 10th Anniversary celebration is to create a card using your favorite floral.  I love so many of PTI's floral stamp sets.  My new Favorite is Floral Sketches. I made a gift card set for my granddaughter's teacher. These layouts are all replicas of layout I googled.

This is my favorite.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

Thank- You Anniversary Challenge

Monday, Feb, 15, 2016

Playing along today with two challenges.  The first one is a PTI anniversary challenge where you are suppose to create a Thank you  card for the wonderful warehouse staff and of course mail it.

I decided to use this beautiful palette from ColourQ.  Isn't it beautiful?

  I began by coloring one of the sheets from Bold Blossoms released last month.

I cut several "thanks" to give the card some texture.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

PTI June Blog Hop: A CAS Version

  I have another card for PTI's  June Blog Hop. It is based on the other color combination using the same sketch as my first card. Only this time it is CAS.

   

I need to stamp off first whenever I use the Berry Sorbet ink; thus the partial imprint. This is a great color combination. Love those Bitty button dies; they make such cute flowers.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

PTI May Blog Hop: Melon & Aqua.

 No matter how busy I am I always try to find time to participate in PTI's Blog Hop. The challenge this month is to create a card using the colors melon & aqua.  Here's the inspiration photo.

My card is basic; probably nothing original, but done quickly with a tad of masking.

Looks like my camera is inserting a grease splotch on my picture. Hope this didn't happen on our pictures taken when in London on a recent trip! Oh well!

Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend. It has been absolutely lovely here in Cincinnati!

PTI's Timed Challenge

     The card I am posting is one made for day 3 of PTI's anniversary challenges. It is PTI's Timer Challenge.
The goal is to gather all the supplies you need in 7 minutes and complete the card in 17 minutes or less. Let me tell you; this is a big challenge for me. I don't think I ever made a card in 17 minutes (okay 24 minutes if you include the time for gathering supplies) I am a 45 + minutes gal! It takes me forever to think of a layout and color combination.
   Well, I had been eyeing one of the sketches Nichole had in her first challenge. So I decided I would use that.

Here are the supplies I gathered in 7 minutes. Wasn't sure if it would be a birthday card or thank you so I gathered a lot of stamp sets for the sentiments.

Here is my completed card. (Sorry about the poor photo quality. It is night here and with the touch of glitter, the glare ruined the photos that were taken at a different angle.

I stamped Fancy Flourishes in Aqua Mist on the card base and applied Prima Glitter on the Fancy Flourished stamped on the panel which I propped up with foam dots. I had 18 seconds to spare, but mind you, while making the card, I didn't clean off my stamps, or cover my ink pads or even pour the glitter back into the vial the way I normally do. This was a fun challenge. Maybe I'll try it again another time.  Thank you for taking a peek.

PTI Blog Hop: June 2013

  A quick post before I leave for a mini-vacation to Asheville North Carolina to tour the Biltmore Estate and do some hiking in search of the many waterfalls in this area. Didn't want to miss out on this month's PTI's blog hop though.

 I must admit that I wasn't too thrilled when I saw the challenge since I am not a fan of gold. But, a touch of gold I can do!

 I was inspired by the colors in the inspirational photo. Having received the newly released Repeated Rounds stamp set, I was itching to use it. I brushed gold metallic ink in the center of each figure and stamped the sentiment with it too.
Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. I will have to catch up with all the submissions when I get home later in the week. Enjoy the Blog Hop!

Duo Challenge: Cas-ual Friday/ MIM#100

 I am leaving on a 10 day cruise to the Eastern Carribbean in a couple of days. S ince I need another thank you card, I thought I would check out one of the challenges. This week Cas-u-al Friday has a challenge to make a card with one side long and one side short.



Here's my card:  (Sorry for the blurriness of the picture.)

Because I didn't have an envelope for this card, I decided to make one and play along with this week MIM #100: How to Package Cards with Oversized Embellishments. My card is oversized and the button hangs off a bit too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I just continued the pattern on the card onto the envelope.



  I made my envie using a plain piece of Dark Chocolate card stock cut like this before I used Scor tape to secure it..

 

Here's an up close shot of the BB: Medallions using Kraft and Aqua Mist.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

First Double Challenge of 2013

I'm on a roll in 2013. I have been able to spend some time each day in my craft room. Since I am going on a cruise later this month, I know I'll be needing some thank you cards for the wait staff and room attendant. So I decided to create this card for two challenges.
     The first one is the ColourQ challenge.

     I used the palette Deanna  chose.  

The 2nd challenge is the Cas-u-al Friday's Thank you card challenge.

   

Here's my card.

 I fussy cut the stamped image after coloring it with my Copics. (Y21, R29, BG15, YG25)  The sentiment was stamped first with VersaMagic Turquoise Gem and then with PTI Simply Chartreuse.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

Duo challenge

  It's time for another Retrosketches #22 card. At least this week I am submitting my card on time. This is the fantastic sketch being featured this week.

 In addition, I am also playing along with ColourQ this week. Submitting a card for more than one challenge rarely happens for me. I think I may have done this one other time. The colors this week are out of my comfort zone. But seems like I have been playing more with different color combinations since SAF.

 I pretty much stayed true to the sketch.

An up close shot of the flower. I decided not to color the leaves because I was afraid I would mess them up. Coloring the flower was enough for me this go round. I stamped the image in Berry Sorbet and used Copics R 20 and R 22. The center was stamped in Orange Zest.

I am also going to submit this to Rhonda's Thankful Thursday blog. Thanks for stopping by.

Flower Fusion Thank You

  I purchased several of the Flower Fusion stamp sets from PTI. They are the cutest little images. Since one can never have enough thank you cards on hand and my stash is depleted, I thought I would whip  up a CAS card to have on hand. .

  I used Fresh Snow on Spring Rain cardstock. The stems were stamped in Fresh Snow as well as Ripe Avocado. The thank you sentiment was also stamped in Fresh Snow and Versamark.
 I am going to link this up to Rhonda's Thankful-Thursday. Check out her blog. She has successfully made a thank you card each week since the beginning of 2012.  Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek.

Retrosketches #19...

   Happy Wednesday.  Whoever thought that a 90 degree day would be welcomed as a "cool" front? I am eagerly awaiting those mid 80's so I can open my windows again and give the AC a bit of relief.
  Retrosketches has become one of my favorite sites. It seems like every week they come up with the neatest sketch. Here is the sketch for this week's challenge.

#19...

 

 

Here's my take.  I actually used the colors and stamp set premiered from SAF '11 Challenge #1. I haven't used the Iconic Image set too much.

 

Seems like I have been making a bunch of Thank you cards lately. I guess I have a lot to be thankful for. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:

CS: Priemier Select White, Harvest Gold, Spring Rain

Ink: Memento: Summer Sky, Cantaloupe, London Fog; PTI: ripe Avacodo

Stamps: Iconic Images, Flower Fusion

Die: Spiral Notebook

Other: PTI: gingham ribbon, button; twine

Thanks

 Happy Friday! I can't believe that I have posted several times this week. Now that my son's wedding is over and school is out, I have time each day to create a little something. Today's card is pretty simple. It is a thank you that I gave to my sweet neighbor for the PTI gcs she gave me.

  I love this Pretty Peonies stamp set. It is my favorite, I have to keep telling myself that I need to use some of the other stamp sets I have. Thanks for looking. I hope you have a great weekend and find some time to create something beautiful.

PTI Blog Hop May

Even though I am in the midst of making banners, wine tags, decorations and a cake topper for my son's wedding next week, I managed to find time to participate in this months blog hop sponsored by PTI.
The inspiration this month was:

 

 I focused on the colors, the hydrangea and the checkerboard pattern.

 The checkerboard design is made from 1/2 inch squares. The hydrangea is from Stacey Stamps. The leaves of the stamp are actually colored with green Copics (YG 93, YG 95) that just happened to photograph as brown. There are 2mm pearls sprinkled on the hydrangea which was stamped in Simply
Chartreuse and then lightly shaded with a green  pencil to give the petals a greenish tinge.
Thanks for stopping by.

Thankful Thursday

     Every Thursday, Rhonda features a Thank You card on her blog: stampnpiece.  She asked me to play along with her this week.  I immediately knew I wanted to use my new Mega Mat Stack #5 as my card base as featured in one of Betsy Veldman's cards during PTI"s January release week.  Once again I used Ocean Tides for my cardstock.

       I love the Harvest Berries stamp. Tim Holt's Distressed ink: Peeled Paint was used. If you look closely in the picture above, you might notice that I used the Linen & Canvas IP on the base card.
      The sentiment is in PTI's new Dark Chocolate ink. (I just love this ink color) The sentiment is from the complimentary stamp set PTI gave out in December/January. The design of this card just evolved as I played with some of the Harvest Berries die cuts.

    Overall, I am happy with the way this card turned out. I don't have anyone in mind as to who will receive it.  Now I'll be ready when I need a thank you card.  Thanks for stopping by. Check out Rhonda's blog to see her beautiful card.   While you're at it, make a thank you card for your stash and play along.

Supplies: CS: PTI Ocean Tides, Rustic White
Stamps: Harvest Berries
Ink: PTI: Dark Chocolate; Tim Holtz: Peeled Paint
Dies: PTI: Mega Mat Stack #5, Mat Stack #5, Harvest Berries
Other: IP: Linen & Canvas, Twine, Ocean Tine Button, dimensional

Thank You Card

   A short post tonight. Just got done making this card for a forum member who did a favor for me.  Not my typical card; a little out of my comfort zone. I rarely work with pattern papers; never mind these colors. I decided to use one of my Tag It Stamp sets since I have several, but rarely use them.

      A close up shot of the focal point.

     I think I am going to play along with Rhonda's Thankful Thurdays. You can check it here for details.

Thanks for stopping by.

Simple Thank You

     I needed a simple thank you card to send to my son. Masculine cards are a challenge for me. I knew flowers wouldn't work. Neither would half the stamp sets I own.  Also,  I wanted to use a set that hadn't received much 'ink time'. I've used the small image from Harvest Berries many times, but never the large branch of ginko leaves. It worked perfectly as a solitary image.

     To add some depth and interest, I scored a framed around the leaves, and added the felt bird.  Three of the ginko leaves are propped up with dimensionals.  A simple sentiment finished off the card.

     I like to continue the theme inside the card. 

    

     It was an easy card to create. Simple.  Thanks for looking.

Supplies: CS: Select White

Ink: Memento: Pear Tart

Stamps: PTI: Harvest Berries, Hero Arts: Dainty Thank You

Other: Harvest Berries die, Simple Chartruese button, white twine, PTI felt, dimensionals

MIM # 22 Multi-color stamping with Ink Refills

Nothing like waiting until the last minute to submit a card for MIM. It's not that I was really procrastinating, it's just my limited supply of reinkers was preventing me from attempting this challenge.  Most of my reinkers are browns, blacks, and goldtone.  I only had two colors that coordinated.  I also had no foam in my crafting supplies.  However, many moons ago I purchased a product to make one's own stamp pads.  After hunting it down I was able to make this card using Botanical Silhouettes, Happy Trails and the sentiment from Flower Fusion #3.  Believe me, the picture does not do this card justice.

After I finished this card, I remembered that I had some Adirondack alcohol inks. I chose the colors wild plum, cranberry, butterscotch and lettuce. These inks stained my stamp  really, really bad. The product I used as my stamp pad soaked up  the butterscotch and lettuce inks which resulted in an image containing only 2 colors.

 However,  I really liked how this image turned out.  It has more of a  "water color" look to it than the first card I attempted.  To finish the layout, I used a previous Make It Monday Challenge: Line Frame.  Three tiny butterflies, each containing a 2mm crystal completed the image.

Supplies: CS Hibiscus Burst, Plum Pudding, White
Stamps:  Botanical Silhouettes, Happy Trails, Flower Fusion #3, Life
Ink: Adirondack alcohol inks: wild plum, cranberry, Ranger distressed ink Peeled Paint, Hibiscus Burst
Misc: Martha Stewart butterfly punch, crystals, Nestabilitie Label, ribbon