Happy Father's Day to my DH

Our family just returned from our first Family Vacation since FOREVER! We celebrated Father's Day a bit early (on Friday). I had to make sure I had my shopping done as well as my cards.

Here's a close up shot of the leaves & sentiment which I generated using my computer.

My husband wanted some new ear buds for when he works out. I also added a word search book for him.

 Here's a better shot of the tag.

My granddaughters have never been to the beach. They had no idea what it was. I wanted to capture their expressions when they saw the beach for the first time.

     

This was the view from the deck.

Tomorrow I'll post the Father's Day card I made for my son-in-law.  Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

PTI blog Hop: February 2014

  The 25th of each month is one of my favorite days because I look forward to participating in PTI'S Blog Hop. There are so many beautiful submissions, plus I look forward to seeing/commenting on what fellow crafters are creating. The challenge this month is to create a spring theme project. Here is the photo inspiration.

Here's my card..

 I used a lot of old products: Sweet Spring, Christmas Label, picket fence die, woodgrain IP and the newly released Hippity Hop stamp set & die.

 I used some flocking on the chick's wing. Here's an upclose shot of the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. Happy Hopping. Don't forget to comment on everyone's blog too!

The stockings Were Hung by the Chimmney With Care!

  With all the cold and snowy weather of late, it sure does make it easy to create Christmas cards. Once again I am playing along with this week's challenge at Merry Monday.

    With all the Christmas stamps filling my drawers and shelves, would you believe I don't have one of a stocking.  I didn't let this minor problem deter me. I found some pattern paper I picked up this past Christmas that had some stockings on it. With a little bit of fussy cutting, and a new layout, this is what I came up with.

I used the woodgrain impression plate brayered with ink to create the little mantel which I propped up with foam dots. The little mouse is an old rubber mounted stamp by Judith that I bought eons ago. Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

Festive Friday 2014

This is my first post for Festive Friday this new year. They have a beautiful inspirational photo.

Here's my take.

The allegation background was inspire by the barn.  I chose this stained glass image based upon baby Jesus being born in a stable. The coloring was based upon this image

Done by Nicole.
Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

MIM # 98 Chalkboard Technique

  As much as I love PTI's MIM challenges, I don't participate as much as I would like. This week I decided to join in for the chalkboard technique. As much as I love the look of this technique, I don't think it is one for me since I don't consider myself to be very artistic. I believe this technique does well for those who are.

     The holly border looks fine, but there is something lacking with the sentiment.  I was afraid to add "more" since I didn't want to interfere with the busyness of the border. Still, I think I should have added some type of simple flourish under the sentiment.
      The kraft border is embossed with the woodgrain impression plate, but you can't see it in the photo.
      At least I have one Christmas card done for 2013!
      Thanks for stopping by.

MIM # 86 Inside Edition

   My participation in this week's MIM #86; The Inside Edition just fell into place. Since I am going to visit family in Arizona on Friday, I needed to make a house warming card for my niece who moved into her first house a couple of months ago.

   The base of the card is Canyon Clay. It is perfect since she lives in the area around Sedona where the soil is this color.

 Here is an up close shot of the wreath stamped in Kraft and which I fussy cut. The bird is from Canyon Clay felt. The sentiment from Wreath for all Seasons is stamped in Dark Chocolate. The buttons are Kraft.

 

 In keeping with the spirit of the MIM challenge, I used the Celebration die and stamp set for the inside sentiment. Foam dots were used to prop it up a bit.  The house from Love Lives Here is cut using Dark Chocolate felt.

  I still need to make a gift card holder to match this.
  Thanks for stopping by.

He is Risen!

   I've had this idea floating in my head for several days now, but only found the time to make this card over the weekend. I've loved all the cute Easter cards I made with the Scramble Egg set, but wanted to do an Easter card with a religious tone.
 Several years ago I purchased a rubber stamp of a log cross from Art Gone Wild. The  image is perfect for sympathy cards.  I thought if I paired it up with the words He is Risen, it would work for Easter.

   The font is computer generated.The elements I used are pretty symbolic.  I stamped the cross on vellum with white Colorbox ink and embossed it with white embossing powder as a symbol of the Risen Lord. I used Copics to add color to the flowers. Kraft cardstock embossed with the woodgrain IP symbolizes the wooden cross our Lord died on.

  Here is the same version with some different colors.

I made 4 of these cards to send to my MIL as well as my aunts & uncles.  I know they will like the religious theme of the card.  Thanks for stopping by.

Another 60th Birthday Card

  Just a quick post today.  I made this card for my son to give to his dad for his birthday last Sunday.  I already had the numbers cut from my Wishblade so it was just a matter of coming up with a design and assembling it all.

   I just love Kraft with Aqua Mist & the Woodgrain IP. Makes a great masculine card. Stamping text on the numbers just adds a little pizazz since bling just doesn't work for a male!  Here's a peek at the inside.

    Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies: CS Aqua Mist, Kraft, White
Ink: Palette: Noir Black
Stamps: Say It with Style, Text Style, Mak A Wish Additions
Other: Mat Stack 1, Woodgrain IP, dimensionals

November 2011 Blog Hop

    Can you believe it is the 25th of November already?  Christmas is just a month away. The 25th is always a special day because it is PTI's Blog Hop. You can read more about it here. Not surprisingly this month's photo inspiration has a Christmas theme.

The white garlanded banister is what caught my eye when I saw this picture for the first time. It became the inspiration for my card. It also was a challenge since I have no stamps of a banister or garland. The rest of the card is quite simple, but was made in a non-traditional manner.  Only having the christmas tree die & no stamp, I sponged the image of the tree. I added a wee bit of white around the perimeter using a photo pencil. Since I didn't want the tree to have the woodgrain texture, I used my bonefolder to emboss the woodgrain texture in the background.  This resulted in a slight impression. Once again I rub some white on the woodgrain impression.

     Thanks for looking.

What's wrong with this card?

I wanted to make a Christmas card using Wreath for All Seasons. Using Impression Plate Tricks from MIM #13, I  intended to use the Woodgrain impression plate together with the Mat Stack 1 die to resemble a front door. This is what I came up with.

     
     After I stamped the wreath, I was disappointed with the outcome.  I went ahead & completed my card. I showed it to my husband who told me it was beautiful. (He tells me that about all my cards. He likes to humor me.) I mentioned to him that I needed to go to Michaels to buy some green rhinestones for the berries on the wreath. As I was driving to Michaels, it dawned on me that berries aren't GREEN. I had stamped the wreath in the wrong color. Since I was only a few blocks from home, I turned around and went home to made this card.

    Although the impression from the mat stack was not as crisp, this card represented my original idea. I ended up coloring my rhinestones with green copic for the first card.
   I had ordered Pure Poppy ink last month and still hadn't used it.  In my eagerness to do so, I made that crazy wreath.  Oh well, I'll probably send it to one of my widowed uncles. Men don't notice things like that.
Here's a close up of the sentiment.

 Supplies:

 CS: white, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado

Stamps: Wreath for All Season

Dies: Mat Stack #1, Holly Jolly

Other: Woodgrain IP, rhinestones, dimensionals