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.

Happy Birthday to Ewe

Hello friends! Can I first just say how nice you all are? I just love reading your sweet comments, they make my day... really! I have been a bad blog commenter lately, just too much going on. But I am going to take some time this weekend and get around to commenting. I still cant get over how much great stuff is out there. Anyway on to today's card. The background was stamped in aquamist with PTI's tin type background stamp. LOVE those, so easy to line up. The aquamist scallop was cut with PTI's scallop die. All other images are from Waltzingmouse stamps. I love the little lamb, that one is a part of the Lil Buddies' set. The circle is from Vintage circles. I think that sentiments are both from Lil' Buddies but I am not positive. I colored the lamb with my trusty copics, stuck it all down, and called it good! Thanks for coming by to say hi today.

Butterfly Thank You

Happy Saturday! Today I have for you a card made with PTI's new Butterfly Dreams. I used the new scallop dies to cut out three pink scallops (fizz, hibiscus, sweet blush) and the butterfly die to cut out the butterflies. I colored the butterflies with my copics. I stamped the sentiment in fresh snow. A few little rhinestones for some glitter. I have to go to professional development all day. I hope your Saturday is better than mine!

PTI Blog Hop

Hi all! Its the PTI blog hop! You can find all the details here. The challenge was to post something that PTI designer made that you were inspired by. Wow! I am inspired by them everyday... hard to narrow it down. I picked these lovely butterfly doodads made by Michelle Wooderson. You can see her blog here.
Dont you just love her take on Niki Estes beautiful butterfly stamps? So for my challenge I made a sheet of butterfly doodads.

Some close ups below:



Supplies: PP by MM (its old!), dew drops purple ink. All other supplies by PTI. Colors: new leaf, white and craft. Stamps: butterfly dreams and tin type

Feeling Crummy?

I love this sentiment! So cute! This whole card uses stamps from Waltzingmouse Stamps. The chicky and the sentiment are from Lil buddies. The circle and polka dot are from Vintage Circles. The grid pattern and stitching are from Off Beat Backgrounds. I used PTI spring rain and dark chocolate ink. I colored the chicky with copics. The paper is from PTI. Its pouring down rain here and I can't stop sneezing so this is the perfect card for today! Thanks for coming by!

Violet Thanks

Hello there! Happy Tuesday! Today I have a card for you chock full of my new PTI goodies. First up the Violet from Year of the Flowers: Violets. I thought this flower would be easy to color. I was wrong. Not easy. In Bloom and Friends til the end are so much easier. I stamped the leaves on pp from MM. The striped paper is also from MM (I bought it ages ago, I am sure its not around anymore). I made the scallop with my new PTI scallop die... this is the large scallop. I added some new leaf ribbon which looks avocado like in the pic but in real life is a much truer green. The sentiment is from YOF: Violets. The little frame is from Fillable Frames. I have the die to cut it out, but this one I did by hand. The ink is from dew drops, the name is escaping me at the moment. The base of the card is PTI New Leaf. Thanks for stopping in!

First Ever Waltzingmouse Customer Blog Hop

Welcome to Waltzingmouse Stamp's First Ever Customer Blog Hop. If you just wandered in and would like to start at the beginning go here. Have you heard of Waltzingmouse? I have been raving about them for awhile now. They are a small company located in Ireland. Owner/Designer Claire Brennan is amazing and very sweet. I have ordered from WM many times and have never had a problem. Today's hop's theme is Spring. I have the perfect stamps for that! I just received this set, Spring Baskets with my last order and its WONDERFUL! I also used two other sets here: Lil Buddies and Off Beat Backgrounds.
The flowers, sentiment, and basket are from Spring Baskets. The bunny is from Lil Buddies. The plaid was made from the plaid stamp in Off Beat Backgrounds. I used ink from PTI, raspberry fizz, dark chocolate, and fresh snow. The ribbon and pink paper are also from PTI. The bunny and basket were colored with my copics. Thanks for hopping in! Your next stop is at Stephanie's blog here.