Wednesday, March 21, 2018

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.  😊

Friday, March 9, 2018

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!

Sunday, March 4, 2018

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.) 

Thursday, February 22, 2018

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!





Tuesday, March 25, 2014

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!



Monday, March 24, 2014

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

Saturday, March 22, 2014

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