Celebrate The Everyday

Good Morning!  Another foot of snow....oh joy!  BUT, it does make perfect crafting weather!  There's always and upswing!

I made this fantastic little tag for the Challenge over at Papertrey Ink, Create Along With Us!  As you probably know they have been celebrating 9 years and have many Challenges to play along in, this happens to be #4.....I have managed to play along with them all so far.  So, I guess it could keep snowing! 

I was inspired by Danielle's little tag.

 

LOVE the sentiment on Danielle's Tag!

 

 

I used the Papertrey Ink stamp sets, City Scene (and dies) and Pretty Petals.  I first used the 'road' stamp and made a plaid background on the base of my tag, using ink in Dove Grey and Tuxedo Black.  That little road comes in quite handy, I have used it for other types of stamping too, not just roads. lol  Then I cut the buildings and trees using the dies and stamped them all up.  It was kind of fun creating my 'little neighborhood', especially without snow!

 

 

Let's celebrate the everyday!

 

Thanks for coming by.....careful on the walkway!

 

Enjoy~~



Papertrey Ink October 2015 Blog Hop

Hello!

Today I am participating in the Papertrey Ink 2015 Blog Hop.

 

Here is this month's inspirational photo:

 

 

 

 

I was totally inspired by the natural shipping tags....shocker, I know!  I decided to make my own Christmas Sprigs using several stamps from Daydreamer.

 



 

 

I masked off the flower stem and stamped my 'branch' and then added lots of the leaves to create the sprig, followed by the holly berries.  Inks used; Garden Green and Real Red.



 

Added little brown tabs of card stock and punched holes using my Crop-O-Dile and then added some plain white string.  Sentiments from the City Scene set, stamped in Timber Brown ink.  I also added white hi-lights to each holly berry using a Sakura White Glaze Pen.

 

I will also be entering these into the Challenge at Mod Squad Blog, Flip Flop, hosted by my BFF Judy Woodland.

 

I adore making tags!!!

 

Thanks so much for hopping by!

 

Enjoy~~  

 



Autumn Trees

Hello! 

I have been getting up super early, working, and then I have time to play!  Life is good!  (knock on wood!)

Today's card will be entered into the following Challenges;

Papertrey Ink, Creating With Stripes
Mod Squad Get Your Fall On (hosted by my BFF Barb Campbell )
Stamping Sensations Colours Of Autumn
Penny Black Warm Autumn Colours
Simon Says Monday Autumn Is In The Air

 

I used the Papertrey Ink stamp sets, City Scene and Through The Trees.  I created my stripes using the 'road' stamp from City Scene, Mother Of Necessity and all!  ;)  Stamping one way then the other to add a bit of interest.  The inks used for the stripes are; Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie, and So Saffron, sentiment stamped in Timber Brown.  I hate to admit it, but I think in 7th grade I had a Velour shirt in these colors lol.....oh the 70's!

 

I stamped the trees onto 2 pieces of card stock, letting the sides over stamp a bit.  Kind of like the Triple Stamping Technique seen here:  Video.  Remember when Judy shared that little gem with us all.....really cool!  The trees were dabbed in several different inks to achieve the look of a New England Fall.  Still not sure if Mother Nature will cooperate and show us the Fall Foliage, it has been very dry here, so they may just crunch all up and turn brown.  I sure hope not though! 

 

That's it for now. Thanks for popping in!

 

Enjoy~~



Be Happy In Pink And Green

Good afternoon!

Today's card will be entered into the Challenges at PTI, Stamping And Mixing Patterns and Simon Says Monday, One Stamp, Many Ways.

I found this photo on Pinterest as my inspiration.



 

I used several stamp sets from Papertrey Ink, City Scene, Happy Hexagons, Pretty Petals, and Uncorked.  I made 3 different small panels of Designer Paper using inks in Melon Mambo, Soft Sky, Tempting Turquoise and Wild Wasabi.  

 

I also used an MFT Mini Tab die and an EK Success (3 layer) Butterfly Punch.  Pink and green ribbons, eyelets, Vellum and a few rhinestones for accents.

 

So fun to make your own Designer Paper. 



Two Hearts Become One

Good Morning!  I look at the calendar and it says Spring arrives tomorrow.....I step outside and Mother Nature says, No Way.....It's Still Winter!  C'mon!!!

Today I have a little wedding card to share with you, I will probably use it as a gift tag even though it does measure 4" x 4".  This will be entered into the Challenge at PTI, Confetti Cluster Stamping.  It's a fun little technique, here's Lizzie Jones'  VIDEO to show you how!

I used many little stamps from a few of Papertrey Ink sets which include, City Scene, Happy Hexagons, Love And Marriage and Polka Dot Parade #9.   I used many Stampin' Up! inks; Blushing Bride, Daffodil Delight, Pink Pirouette,  Pool Party, So Saffron, Soft Sky and Wild Wasabi.

The only thing I did differently than the video was to cut my shape out from copy paper, using a Spellbinders Heart die.  Then I simply used the negative portion to 'mask' my stamping space out.  Seemed silly to trace the image when I already had what I needed.  Just a little shortcut! 

 

Here are the images I used: 



City Scene 'dots', Happy Hexagons flower, Love And Marriage Hearts and Polka Dot Parade # 9 star.

This is really a FUN way to create an image, the possibilities are endless!  My dear friend Barbara was so clever to create this beauty because she's smart like that!!!

Thanks so much for stopping in, I really do appreciate you doing so!

Enjoy~~

Confetti Garland

Oh what FUN this was to make! 

My card will be entered into the Challenge at Papertrey Ink, Confetti Garland.

 

To make my garland I used 2 different dies, the square is from Uncorked and the sun/star burst is from City Scene, both from PTI.  I chose this fabulous new paper I picked up for a song....half price at $3.49, from DCWV, Coral Couture.  It is full of gorgeous hues and prints! After cutting out my shapes and poking holes in them, I found some coordinating large sequins, and then strung them all on a little bit of gold cording.  I also affixed them to the card base as Betsy did in her wonderful VIDEO, using two brads.  I hand cut three flag banners in pretty prints and then stamped Celebrate from the Uncorked stamp set. 

 

A simple card to make....a FUN card to make! 

 

 

Weather Update:

 

As of right now we still have power and heat, yay!  There are drifts of snow on my back deck of 3 feet, while in the side yard only looks like a foot and a half.....that's all.  lol  Winds are howling  and snow is swirling, could keep up all day and into night.   Spoke to my Mom who lives in town and she is having her meals delivered but was concerned about getting to her exercise class at 11.  hahaha  All is well.....knock on wood!

 

Thanks for stopping by.....think I will just craft through the storm.....perfect!

 

Enjoy~~





City Sidewalks, Busy Sidewalks.....

Good Morning!

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us it's a straight out race to Christmas Eve.  Fa La La La La!

Today's card will be entered into the Challenges at PTI, Glittered Frames, Curtain Call, Clearly Christmas, Simon Says Monday, Holiday Cards and Simon Says Wednesday, Christmas/Holidays.

 

This card uses the PTI stamp and die sets, City Scene.....the more I use it the more I love it!  I first die cut the buildings and trees out and then stamped the images on them, the buildings are a 2 step stamp process, sometimes I actually can line the lights up perfectly......sometimes not, here they are close enough.  I also die cut a layer from Vellum for the buildings to give them a frosty snowy glow.  Then I positioned the city where I thought it would look best and then made my glittery snowy frame.  It really has a wonderful frosty feel to it.  I also stamped a bunch of falling snow and then added more glitter to the sky background.  The edges of the trees also have a soft bit of snow.  The Designer Paper is by Echo Park, Holly Jolly Christmas. I used Memento Pear Tart and Stazon Teal Blue Inks.

 

......Dressed In Holiday Style......

 

May you be singing that for the rest of your day!

 

Merry Merry!

 



 

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all enjoy your family and friends and a fabulous feast!

Today's card has nothing to do with the Holiday, well not this one anyways.  I have moved on to Valentine's Day and am happy to do so!

This card will be entered into the Mod Squad Challenge, Timed Challenge, One Layer Card and the Papertrey Ink Challenge, Stamping A Plaid Background.

 

Now you know I LOVE my layers, but I must say I really LOVE this Love Card!  The plaid background was fun to create.  Once again I did not have the correct types of stamps so I used another road stamp from PTI's City Scene set.  Worked like a charm!  I used Memento Inks in; Angel Pink, Lilac Posies and Pear Tart and a Colorbox Ink in Moss Green.  The word Love is a One Liner also from PTI (thanks again Barbara!) and I colored it a deeper pink to match the card.  I added a bit of thin pink Washi Tape to make a border for the plaid background, and then just 'randomly' tossed a few pink sequins all around.

 

My time was 12:14.....but worth it!!!  Heck I have spent 2 days on a card before!  True Story!  ;)

 

It's nice and bright and happy!  Love it!

 

Thanks for coming by!

 

Enjoy~~



JOY

Back Again! 

This card will be entered into the PTI Challenge, Stamping Ombre Backgrounds.



Again, not having the correct style stamp I improvised by using one of the 'road' stamps from a City Scene.....now you can see it right?  lol  I used Colorbox inks, Lemon Grass and Moss Green, Memento Ink, Pear Tart and 2 Stampin' Up! inks, Garden Green and Always Artichoke to create my ombre background.  The JOY is a One Liner Die Cut, 2 layered together, I colored the top one a deeper red using a Copic Marker.  Added a diagonal criss cross of red ribbon, Spellbinders die; Lacy Square, Copic colored Adhesive Pearls and a bit of Sakura Red Glitter Pen to hi-light the berries on the Designer Paper.

A perfect little card to help spread some Christmas Joy!

Thanks so much for coming by, I appreciate you doing so!

Enjoy~~

Peaceful City Scene

Hello again!

Today's card will be entered into the Challenge over at PTI, Gold Dipped Die Cuts.

 

Loved working with this stamp and die set, City Scene.  I think I am starting to get the hang of it.  Each building is stamped twice onto the die cut, they are clear stamps so this makes it quite easy to do.  Mine are not perfect, yet I still like their look. 

 

 

 I also took the small snow/star stamp and added itty bitty snowflakes falling quietly on the city.  I also added some Sakura Clear Star Glitter Pen to the snow to make it sparkle and glisten.  

 



 

The sentiment is a One-Liner Die Cut, which is the die I chose to dip in gold embossing powder and heat.  Looks really awesome, totally hi-lights the word.  I hope to remember to use this technique more when making Christmas cards.  A couple of pieces of matching thin green ribbon.  The base is all popped up for dimension. 

 

Thanks for popping in!

 

Enjoy~~





Celebrations & Confetti

Hello My Friends!

Today's card will be entered into the Make It Monday Challenge over at PTI and I used the sketch from My Favorite Things. 

 

 

Using the dies from the Lovely Layers #4 and City Scene, I was able to get several different shapes to make my confetti.  Small and large flower, star burst and a sliver of moon.  I used yellow, melon, and pink card stock for the confetti pieces.  After running dies through my Cuttle Bug a bazillion times, I tossed all the pieces into a vellum envelope and adhered that to my dotty designer paper and then to my card base.  I stamped the sentiment from Ruby Reprise on pink card stock and then layered it with some vellum that has a little confetti pattern on it.  Toss in a bunch of pink rhinestones and wha la!

 

Hope you had an awesome day!

 

Enjoy~~



Window Screens & City Scenes

Good Morning!  Well were lucky to have 6 inches of additional snow yesterday morning.  Hmmmm, what's wrong with that sentence?  I guess the lucky part was how light and fluffy and sparkly it all was.  Like glitter sparkly!  lol

I made a card for the latest challenge at Papertrey Ink, #150 Window Screen Cards.  A really fun and made me think kind of challenge.  Instead of using another die cut as the 'screen' I chose vellum so at least you could still (kind of) see the scene through the window.  It's a fun technique and even if you don't try it, you really should watch the video as Melissa Phillips creates the most beautiful card!

And here is mine:

 

I used the City Scene stamp and die sets available from Papertrey Ink as well as the Tag-Its #2 stamp set for the sentiment.  I will admit I do have to practice a bit more in the 2 step stamping, but all in all I do like how the buildings came out.  I have looked at their gallery and the DT has made some beautiful cards using these sets.

 

The window and frame were made by using the Spellbinders Lacy Squares die, I just cut out the center portion to create the window.  Popped that up on 3D foam squares and placed my buildings behind it.  Added the tree line and layered that with designer paper, a little Bakers Twine and some lace complete my window scene.

 

 

 

A really FUN technique you should give it a try, it will work with so many different stamp sets for any type of occasion!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by, later this morning I will be back on the road!  See you in a few!

 

 

Enjoy~~