This is just a "for fun" card.  Sometimes when I need to get my creativity flowing again, I'll grab something as randomly as possible in my craft room and use it to make a card.  This time it was the patterned paper.  I added a hello die cut (Paper Smooches) and a crocheted flower (I love those!) with a vintage button as the center.  😊

Make It Monday #314

Make It Monday time!  #314's challenge is to make a "color wheel" card.  I used a couple of "vintage" PTI sets to make mine: Blooming Button Bits and Borders & Corners: Ovals, along with Beautiful Blessings for the sentiment.  And pretty much all PTI everything else!  😄

Again, I'm not happy with the lighting--I really need to get educated on how to take better pictures!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

It's Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday time again!  Two weeks in a row I'm participating--I'm amazed, LOL!  This week is #313, Mask & Stack, with Betsy Veldman.  This is a technique I haven't used in a long, long time and it was SO fun to do! 

I used PTI's Frog Hop stamps & dies and Button Stack dies, PTI paper, patterned paper, and of course, googly eyes!  I colored with Copics and used lots of dimensional adhesive too.  (I apologize for the lighting, I forgot to photograph the card until after dark so I was stuck with artificial light.) 

Make It Monday #312

I can hardly believe I'm posting to my blog again!  It's been so long.  I have missed it!  For my first card in forever, I'm playing along with this week's Make It Monday from Papertrey Ink!  Framing sentiments and/or images is the challenge.  I made a birthday card for a wonderful woman using PTI's Big & Bold Wishes stamp set, along with all PTI paper, a frame, and some embellishments.  I hope you like it!

Papertrey Ink March Blog Hop!

It's that time again--PTI Blog Hop time!  I really like to participate in these, but slept in a *little* late this morning and then forgot to add my post!  Sigh.  :-)  The inspiration photo is gorgeous:

I went for some focused glossiness, but wasn't really feeling the rainbow; muted colors for me:

And took about 25 photos trying to get the "glossy" to show!  Man, that was challenging!  Happy hopping, and thank you for stopping by my late entry!

Supplies:  I forgot to keep track, but I know there is PTI paper, Jenni Bowlin paper, Beautful Blooms and Sending You dies, a Sizzix embossing folder, um . . . Filigree Clear Embossing Powder, and Crystal Effects!

MFTWSC168 & ColourQ Challenge #233

Today I am combining two challenges on one card, not something I do very often.  But the sketch and colors melded so well in my imagination, that I felt like they were meant to go together!  First up, My Favorite Things Weekly Sketch Challenge #168:

And next, ColourQ's Challenge #233

I fell in love with both the sketch and the color combo--and both were a bit out of my comfort zone, so I really enjoyed combining them:

The inside:

 

Aren't MFT's washi tape dies and patterns SO much fun?  I can't wait to use them again! 

***I want to say thank you to the gang at Merry Mondays for choosing my card (here) as an honorable mention for last week's challenge!  What a welcome!  They sure know how to get me to come back and participate again, LOL!


Recipe
Stamps:  MFT--Washi Tape Patterns, Distressed Diamonds, Read All About It
Paper:  PTI--S.S. White, Simply Chartreuse; stash
Ink:  PTI--Smokey Shadow; Watermark
Embossing Powder:  Filigree--Clear; Stamp Diego--Ultra Detail White
Dies:  MFT--Washi Tape; Spellbinders--Classic Circles
Twine:  The Twinery
Clear Button:  Foof-a-La
Doily:  Stash
Distresser:  Heidi Swapp
Punch:  ek success

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #100

I'm back today with a card for another new-to-me challenge.  Merry Monday is a challenge blog that calls for a Christmas card every week.  What a great idea!  I would love to enter this year's Christmas season ahead of the game for once!  So, I thought I'd try to play along at least once a month.  I absolutely loved the colors for this week's 100th challenge and enjoyed making my first Christmas card of 2014!

I could seriously decorate my whole house in these colors for Christmas!  It's hard to tell, but the white "snow" is fun flock--looks cool IRL!  And here's the inside:

 

Kind of boring, I see now, but I plan to add an inside sentiment when I know who this card is for.  Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!

Recipe
Stamps:  PTI--Happiest of Holidays
Paper:  PTI--S.S. White, Hibiscus Burst, Classic Kraft; DCWV; stash
Ink:  PTI--Raspberry Fizz
Embossing Powder:  Filigree--Clear
Dies:  PTI--Trendy Tree Tops, In the Meadow
Fun Flock:  Stampendous--Cotton Ball White
Border Punch:  Martha Stewart
Corner Rounder:  WRMK