Flowery Thanks

Here's what I have for you today! I made a few other things this weekend but then didn't get any pictures taken. This is made with some stone cardstock from PTI. I stamped on the plaid background with my all time favorite stamp from Waltzingmouse, Off Beat Backgrounds. Next I stamped some flowers from PTI Beautiful Blooms 2 in enchanted evening on PTI Linen Vellum. Then I cut them out... funny thing is I own the dies and forgot to use them, sheesh! I adhered the flowers to some Hawaiian shores cardstock and then adhered the squares to a bigger piece of enchanted evening. Finished the whole thing off with some buttons and a bow. The sentiment is from Mixed messages. Thanks for stopping in!

Sweet Box

No stamping here! Can you believe it? I saw this cute little box on someone else's blog and for the life of me cant find it again. I will look some more today after work and try to hook you up with the original. Its really cute, made out of one sheet of cardstock. I used some old three bugs in a rug patterned papers and die cuts. The cardstock is PTI scarlet jewel. The brad is from Making Memories and the bow is from American Crafts. I used a BG magnet to keep it closed.

New Post Over at Waltzingmouse Makers

I forgot to stop in and say its my turn over at the Waltizingmouse Makers blog today... stop over and check it out!

One Last Flower Card

Its pretty much like the others but done in Spring Rain and Spring Moss. Same stamps, same cute little flowers... and I still have more left over!

More Flowers

Hi all! A quickie post today. Here is another card featuring MakingMemories clear blooms and PTI Everyday button bits. The polka dots are from Waltzingmouse Offbeat Backgrounds. Colors are PTI spring moss and melon berry. I am jetting off to work! Thanks for stopping in.

More Rick Rack

How do you spell Rick Rack anyway? is it just C or is it CK? Is it a compound word? Hmmmm... well in any case I love the rickrack die from PTI. So many fun things you can do with it. Todays card is made with Hawaiian shores cardstock. I stamped it in versamark with PTI's Dot Spot. Next I added a layer of Sweet Blush. I stamped the two birdies from PTI's Everyday button bits. I filled them in with lovely Hawaiian shores buttons. I added another little dot spot and a sentiment in HS ink. A little button sets it off. Next some rickrack in Hibiscus Burst and Hawaiian Shores. Sorry for the lighting on the picture, its been so gray and cloudy here, hard to get a good pic.

Not My Normal Style

Hey there! I have something a little different today. I went a little crazy with the distress ink. LOL! Not my usual style, but I kinda like it. I started with some Orange Zest cardstock. I inked up some Technique Tuesday faux stitching stamps and made the border (its crooked... I should have penciled it in first.) Then I made the yellow mat, stamped on the sentiment in dark chocolate. Then I inked both like crazy with distress ink in brown corduroy. Next I got a scrap of cream and stamped on the birdhouses. I colored them with my copics and then stamped on the bird in hawaiian shores. Finally I used dark chocolate and chai ink all over it. I glued everything down and added some orange zest buttons. Thats it for today!

Happy News!

The Ms. Paperlicious asked me to be a contributer to the Waltzingmouse Makers blog. I am so excited! I will be posting my Waltzingmouse creations there on Sundays. You can see my first post here. I am posting a little snippet here... head on over and check out the entire thing.

Happy Birthday Flower

Hi there! Its 6:45 am and I need to pack lunches and head to work, so this will be quick. Today's card is a summer sunrise base with a lemon tart mat. Both have been rubbed with Chai ink. Next is a kraft panel with Bitty Box (poppy) rick rack. I tied on poppy stitched ribbon. I stamped the sentiment (fillable frame 1) with pure poppy. The summer sunrise flower is from Beautiful Bloomss 2 and cut out with the coordinating die. Pure poppy button in the middle. Thanks for coming by!

I Love a Bargain

Hi there! I love to bargain shop. One of my favorite haunts is BigLots. I love it because you never know what you are going to find. Somedays there is nothing but other times you hit the jackpot! On one of my recent visits I found these great little clear flowers from Making Memories. They are part of the Garden Party collection. They are self adhesive and I scored 56 of them for a dollar! Yes, a buck. Regular price $3.99... so there a few seasons old, I don't care- they're awesome! Anyhow on to the rest of the card. I started with PTI plum pudding cardstock. I stamped it with versamark using Waltzingmouse stamps Off Beat Backgrounds; polka dot stamp. Next I cut a spring moss mat from a scrap. I stamped it with a sentiment, ground, and flower stems from Everyday Button Bits (PTI). I added my clear flowers, dew drops, and plum pudding buttons. Then I added some plum pudding swiss dot ribbon. I have a couple more cards following this same theme that I will put up later this week. Thanks for stopping in!

Hello Chickadee and Happy Birthday Mom!

Its my mom's birthday today so I just have to do a little shout out, "Happy Birthday Mom! I love you!" Ok...on to the card. I got a lot of crafting done this past week so hopefully the blog won't be bare. Today's card is on Melonberry paper. I used the polka dot stamp from Waltzingmouse stamps. I stamped in watermark ink. The birds are from PTI's Everyday Button Bits. They are stamped in palette noir. White squigglies were cut with my rickrack die. I love that die! The same die was used to trim the Hawaiian shores cardstock. Well thats all for me, I am back to work today... just 2.5 months until summer break- this year has flown by!

Three Challenges in One!

I have continued to fall behind in my attempt to get all my PTI princess challenges done; mostly because I am just not very good at challenges. Anyway today I am trying to do challenge #4 (scoring- read about it here), challenge #5 CASEing (read about it here), challenge #6 all neutrals- no color (read about it here). Here's what I came up with. I am not completely happy with it, but it will do.

This cute card was made by Diane. I am CASEing her. She makes beautiful cards, be sure you check out her blog. I decided to really focus on the scoring. I love the way she set off her focal point by those scored lines. In my card below you can see I scored around my focal point as well. I wish I had done a double score like hers though. The scoring also satisfied challege 4...so yay! Finally, Challenge 6; using only neutrals. Boy this one was tough for me! I love color! I went with basic black and white. The base is made with PTI true black. I stamped it with Waltzingmouse Stamps polka dot stamp from Off Beat Backgrounds. I used watermark ink. I scored out the box for my focal point and then outlined my score with stickles, black stickles. (Yes, I own nearly every color). I stamped the sentiment in white and set it off with two black rhinestones. The big flower is made by MakingMemories. Its from their Garden Party Line. I got a whole bunch of them at BigLots for a buck awhile back. I love a good deal. They are self adhesive too which is cool. I added a black rhinestone to the middle. Photographing this card was a nightmare, I am not a photographer!! Anyway it is what it is. I have some better eyecandy coming tomorrow. Until then, thanks for stopping in!

Beautiful Blooms Card Set

Hi! Happy Saturday to you! I have a long post today, tons of pictures! I hope you make it to the bottom, LOL! This is a card set I put together for my mom. My mom loves my cards, thats the best thing about Moms- they always love what you do. Anyway my mom has birthday coming up really quick so I have been working on this little set for her. I was first inspired by this card by Debbie Olson. I really loved how she layered the stamps from Beautiful Blooms 2 by Papertrey Ink. I did the blue one first, sort of following Debbie's color scheme but leaving out the green. I liked it so much I thought a rainbow of colors would be awesome. It took awhile to do, especially with all the stamp cleaning in between!
Here is the orange schemed card. I used PTI's orange zest, summer sunrise, and lemon tart. The floral panel is mounted on an orange zest base. I added some coordinating grosgrain. The big flower embellie is cut with the PTI dies and held together with foam tape. I added a lemon tart button and some PTI cream twine. I outlined the edge with coordinating copic marker.
The Pink version is exactly the same except I used raspberry fizz, hibiscus burst, and sweet blush. The color looks a little off on my monitor... its not purpleish.
The purple version uses scarlet jewel, plum pudding, and Dew Drops pearlescent purple. Scarlet jewel ribbon and plum pudding button.
The blue version that started it all uses Spring Rain, aqua mist, and Hawaiian shores. Hawaiian shores ribbon and aqua mist button.
I packaged it up in this timeless template designed by Lauren Meader for PTI. I think its called keeping tabs. It uses spring rain, spring moss, Hawaiian shores, and aqua mist.
And here they are all together with their coordinating envelopes. I used the same color scheme on the envies. I also used the Fillable Frame 1 to stamp the place to put the address. The envies are my favorite part I think. Did you make it to the bottom! Yay, for getting all the way here. As always thanks for stopping by!

Daffodil Thank You

Hi there! Today I have a little (4x4) Thank you card for you. I started by cropping a piece of Kraft to make a 4x4 card. I stamped the lower half with Tin Types in Dark Chocolate ink. I stamped the daffodil in chocolate on white. I colored it with my copics and then cut it out. I used a sentiment from Delightful Dahlias. I finished it off by rubbing all the edges with my Chai tea ink. All supplies from Papertrey Ink.

Beautiful Blooms Cascade

Hi there! I have been playing with my new set, PTI Beautiful Blooms 2. So many fun flowers! I would definitely recommend this one. I started this card by combining two stamps from PTI Tin Type. I really like how that came out, a very interesting background. Its stamped in Dark Chocolate on Kraft. Next I cut a piece of PTI Bitty Boxes patterened paper with my ricrac die. I used both pieces here. I cut a bunch of flowers out of cream cardstock with my Beautiful Blooms Dies and then inked them up with the coordinating stamps. I used Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, and Orange Zest inks. I layered on some coordinating buttons and then stuck them all down with glue dots and pop dots. Finally I stamped the sentiment (from Delightful Dahlias) in cream. I am very pleased with this one, although its going to have to be mailed in bubble mailer.

Dahlias x 3

Hi! Happy Wednesday! Its still chilly here in Northern California. I was hoping for a warm spring break, but I don't think I am going to get it. Today I have for you three dahlias mounted on True Black card stock. I used some primas for the leaves and I tied on a green ribbon from Michaels. Aside from coloring the dahlias this one went together really fast. There is also some scoring around the ribbon so I could use this for the PTI Princess challenge number 4. I am so behind on my challenges!

Daffodils

Hi! Thanks for stopping in! Today I have a new card featuring new PTI products. I just got a delivery yesterday! Nothing makes me happy like new stamps! The base of this card is Hawaiian Shores cardstock. Its such a pretty, happy color. The lighter aqua is Aqua mist stamped with Hawaiian shores ink using PTI polkadot basics. The daffodil is from the new Year of the Flowers: Daffodil set. I stamped it in dark chocolate and colored it with my copics. The easiest flower I have ever colored, seriously. The one was my very first attempt. Fairly easy to cut out too. The sentiment is from Butterfly dreams. Thanks for taking the time to come by!

Dahlias

Hey there! I am back! Today I have for you a card using my newest PTI acquisition, Delightful Dahlias. Have you looked at Dahlia pictures on the net? These flowers come in every color combination imaginable! Perfect for copic coloring! There are some beautiful varigated Dahlias out there too, which inspired todays card. The Dahlias are stamped in black and colored with copics. Same for the leaves. The card base is stamped with Pure Poppy using PTI's Tin Type. I then layered on three shades of PTI twill (poppy, summer sunrise, and orange zest). The sentiment is stamped in poppy.
Here's a coloring close up. These are so much fun to do, but I would say there is a bit of learning curve. My first three tries turned out hideous. Like in the trash, hideous.
Here are the copics I used, oops ones missing! Its YR04. Sorry about that! Happy Sunday! Thanks for stopping by!

An Update

So sorry the blog has been blank all week. I haven't had time to make a single pretty thing. I have made several ugly Dahlias-- but thats another story! I have been sitting at my pretty desk, but little is being made... probably because I have only been able to sit for like 5 minutes at a time. Things are very busy here! Both the kids are playing sports right now, so lots of practices. Both of our mother's are coming to visit in the next week so lots of cleaning going on! Can't have my mother knowing I am living in filth! Throw in work and PTA and you have a busy girl. I am hoping to have some cards up over the weekend. Thanks for stopping by! I love seeing that I have readers, makes me smile :)

New Crafty Table

I am so excited! I got a new craft table for my stuff! My crafting area is in my living room... boy do I wish I had a room of my own. I got this desk at pier one. Its counter top height, so I am going to be in the market for a stool soon. I love the color and the wood look to the top.
But the best part are these cubbies! Cubbies for all my goods! The shelves are adjustable and quite roomie! Lots of room for so much stuff!
And the other side. More cubbies, more stuff. Not sure if this is the final arrangement. My living room is a bit of a mess right now. We are in the process of looking for some new sofas or chairs. The old ones left on the last dump day. They were so mangled we couldnt even sell them.

Pink Dot Spot Birthday

More of the same as the last few. This is PTI tin type and dot spot on Sweet Blush cardstock. I stamped with Hibiscus ink and added some raspberry fizz cs and raspberry fizz button. I colored the twine with my copics. The envelope uses tin type and Waltzingmouse stamps Vintage Labels.

Waltzing Mouse St. Paddy's Day Blog Hop!

Hi there! Happy St. Patrick's Day! Claire over at Waltzingmouse stamps is hosting a St. Patrick's Day Blog hop. You can find all the details here. She is also giving away some gorgeous digi stamps. I am not a fan of digi but they are gorgeous! Definitely worth the download. I have some lovely Waltzingmouse stamps so I chose to use those instead. I have two shots of my card. I like the lighting in the first one, but the second shows the card all the way closed. Anyway- same card, two pics.
The paper and ribbon is from PTI. The ink is by Palette. The label stamp and the lovely shamrock are by Waltzingmouse stamps (two different sets). The interior stamp is also by Waltzingmouse. The sentiment is from Studio G- I have had it for years! The small dotty circle is from PTI's Dot Spot. I don't normally do St. Patty's day but I thought I would give it a whirl this time. Thanks so much for stopping in!

More Pink!

Hi there! I have been making pink cards all weekend! Isn't it funny how you get on a roll with something! This one has a base of PTI sweet blush. I used hibiscus ink. The stamp sets used are Tin Type and Dot Spot (PTI) Sentiment from Waltzingmouse. The button is from the PTI sweet blush. The twine is colored with my copics, its also from PTI. More Michaels ribbon.
Heres a little close up of the flower. I have since made several more of these, they make me happy! Well I am off to work today... we just started life science. Hard to believe its our last unit of the school year. Only 12 weeks remain. Thanks for stopping in!

A Pink Hello

Hello! Happy Monday to you! Today I have a sweet little card I made with PTI's Background Basics: Tin Types. It looks hard to line up but its not! Its super easy. The white scallop was cut with their large scallop die. I used a circle from Borders and Corners Circles on each scallop. The tiny hello is from the original mixed messages. That ribbon is one I picked up at Michaels ages ago. Thanks for stopping in!

Hello Friend

Hi and Happy Sunday! Its a gorgeous day here in Northern California. I am about to go out and pull some weeds... they are choking my rose bush. Note thats rose bush- singular. I am not good at keeping things alive. I have one rose bush. Its a miniature and I am very proud to say I have kept it alive for the better part of two years. My how quickly I digress... anyway I have some flowers for you today. They are from Floral Frenzy by PTI. I stamped them in orange zest and aquamist. I used my white gel pen for some pop. The leaves are spring moss ink. They are from PTI's Turning a New Leaf. Well I have to go get to gardening! Thanks for stopping by!

Winners!!!

Hello and thank you all for playing my birthday game! I had my kids pick the winners this morning! Winner of the Polka Dot Basics stamp set is Paulina!!! Congratulations Paulina, please email me your contact info at DerbyLea at mac dot com. The runner up prize goes to Danielle! Congratulations Danielle, please email me your contact information at DerbyLea at mac dot com. Thank you once again for playing! You guys are the best! Here is a little crafty goodness for you today.

Card Deets: All stamps by Waltzingmouse stamps
Paper: PTI aquamist, white
Ink: aquamist (PTI)
Other: PTI ribbon, copics, ek success punch

Happy Birthday to Me!

Edit: Thanks for all the birthday wishes! Comments are now closed.
Hey its my birthday but you get the presents!!! I am having a little giveaway and all you need to do is leave me a comment. The big prize is PTI's Polka Dot Basics. I will ship it anywhere so feel free to play no matter where you live! Now if you already own PDB, I have a little gifty of rub ons, stickers, some cute little buttons, and a few other surprises... that will be the runner up prize. So when you leave the comment just say PDB (polka dot basics) or RU (runner up) or both! That way when I draw names/numbers I will know what you want/need. Clear as mud? LOL!
Anyway I am the ripe old age of 37 today. Feeling a little old but I am ok with it. I got lots of kiddos to keep me young (two at home, loads at school). Its a good life!

Enchanted Evening Dot Spot

Rushing off to work this morning! Today I have for you Dot Spot by PTI. Stamped in Terracotta tile and Enchanted Evening. Terracotta satin ribbon and enchanted evening button. I added the sentiment from fillable frames and some rhinestones. Thats all I got today! Thanks for coming by. Comeback tomorrow because I am going to do a giveaway for my birthday! A lovely set of PTI stamps, polka dot basics to be exact! Spread the word!

More Dot Spot

Hello there and happy Monday! I generally like Mondays, as I don't start my work week until Tuesday. Today I have for you a card I made over the weekend using dot spot from PTI. I stamped some spots in aqua and others in hibiscus. I stamped the sentiment (Fillable frames) in hibiscus as well. I added a hibiscus scallop and an aqua mist bow. All done! Super simple to make and hardly any time at all! Thanks for stopping by!

Another Violet

Hey there! Happy Saturday! I have another Violet for you today. I will admit I have been practicing my coloring on these guys, they are so challenging! I stamped this violet on PTI white in dark chocolate and then went to town with my copics. I did the same with the leaves. Next I cut them all out. For the base I used PTI Enchanted Evening. I stamped it with versa mark. I used my scallop die on some PTI linen vellum. I then stamped with the sentiment from violets in Enchanted Evening. I added a little row of pearls to set it off.
Here is a close up of the flower. I really like this one. It took quite a while to color it, lots of layers of color here, even on the leaves. Hope you like it! Thanks for stopping in.

Dot Spot Wish

Variation on the previous blue card. The only thing I dont like is my g drops below the line and then you cant see it well on the white. I would do that a big differently. I always freak out when I write on my cards. I like my handwriting but I just fear messing up. Anyway sometimes handwriting is fun. Cardstock here is Raspberry fizz, with raspberry fizz ink and white gel pen.

Dot Spot Hello

Spring Rain cardstock and ink, dot spot stamp, blue rhinestones, and white gel pen. Simple and easy to do... except I kept getting the white squares inky... I threw out at least 5 of them! LOL! Well I had a long day and I am off to bed, thanks for coming by!

Hello Violet

Good morning! Today I have for you an orange violet, LOL. I guess its a pansy. Whatever it is I like it in this orange color scheme. The large flower really lends its self to creating interesting backgrounds. I stamped the large flower in orange zest on Kraft. Next I stamped the smaller flower on white with dark chocolate. I colored it up with my copic markers. I stamped the frame in Orange zest and added the sentiment in orange as well. A little swiss dot orange zest ribbon finishes things off. All supplies PTI.
Close up of the flower, now you can see the yellow stickles in the middle. Thanks for stopping by! Have a fabulous Tuesday!

Compose a Card with Becky

Trying out a new challenge today. It's Compose a Card with Becky. These kinds of challenges are harder for me because I never start with a sketch or predetermined mats, etc. Almost like working backwards for me. Anyway you can view all the details here. Basically it was the colors of enchanted evening and soft stone, enchanted evening as the base and stone as the mat. You needed to use satin ribbon and white embossing powder as well. Couple of things... I dont own any PTI soft stone paper (I KNOW! Shocking!) so I had to use some paper from my stash (not as good). Also I dont own Enchanted Evening Satin so I used the EE Bitty Dots satin, it was as close as I could get. The stamp set is Dot Spot and fillable frame (sentiment). You were suppose to use a button... I was going to but the pearl looked way better so there it is.... sorry, I have never been much for following the rules.