MIM #83 Card Aisle Inspiration

     Rarely do I cruise down the card aisle for inspiration. However, after viewing the MIM # 83 video, I decided to give it a try. While at Krogers,  I saw several cards that I snapped pixs of with my camera phone. I decided to use this one since I still have about 6 more Halloween cards to make. (Sorry for the Blurred picture)

  This is the card I made.

   I had to stamp my sentiment on pattern paper because no other color was visible on the black card stock except for Fresh Snow and Sweet Blush which I did not want to use. The sentiment is stamped using the technique of selective stamping from Think Big Favorites # 1 and 7 as well as an old wooden stamp from my stash. Scary was stamped with Outline Alphabet and colored in.

 Here are some up close shots of the scary critters.

 The bat was stamped on Smoky Shadows card stock using an Inky Antic Halloween stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by.

Wishing You Well

     I used my new Oval Limitless Layer die to create this get well card for my neighbor (Bunni  on the PTI forum) who just had knee replacement surgery on Tuesday. I wanted something bright & bold. I had this piece of pattern paper left over from the mini album I made for my husband.

     The card base is Hawaiian Shores. I added a strip of Summer Sunrise & Aqua Mist. I ran my die through my Cuttlebug 7-8 times to cut through all 4 layers.  Believe me this was no easy task.

     A shot of the inside sentiment. I used selective inking on the sentiment from Think Big Favorites #7.

     Of course I couldn't just give her a card. There's some PTI goodness in her inbox when she gets home.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a nice weekend. My intentions are to spend a lot of my time crafting after I get my house in order and the laundry done.

Supplies: PTI CS: Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist, Select White

Ink: Memento: Cantaloupe, Pear Tart; Memories: Black

Stamps: Flower Fusion #4, Think Big Favorite #7

Dies: Oval Limitless Layers, Flower Fusion #4

Other: My Mind's Eye DP, Hawaiian Shores Twill Ribbon, dimensionals

Masculine birthday Card

   September is going to be here shortly.  It is a month of birthdays.  Not only are my daughter & granddaughter's birthdays in September, but a nephew, uncle & brother-in-law are also turning a year older.  My nephew is the first one to celebrate his birthday in September.  Like many other crafters, creating masculine cards are difficult for me.  
  I knew I wanted to use the woodgrain IP and the sentiment from my newly acquired Think Big Favorites #7: "Birthday Wishes".  Wanting to use an image other than cupcakes, I chose the birthday present from the Make A Wish Additions stamp set.  The middle present is propped up with dimensionals

     Here's a look at the inside.

    Thanks for looking.

Supplies: CS Kraft, Ripe Avacodo , Dark Chocolate

Stamps: PTI: Make A Wish Additions, Think Big Favorites #7; Stampendous: cupcake; Northwoods Birthday Sentiment 2002

IP: Woodgrain

Other: Pattern paper, dimensionals, copic markers