WMS Doily

I love this doily! Its from the new WMS doily set, as is the cute little border. That big doily is actually two stamps. One for the big doily and another doily inside the first. LOVE! I stamped everything in dark chocolate and then added some Chai Tea ink to soften it up a bit. Kraft base, dark chocolate ribbon finish things off. Thanks for stopping by!

Thank You Doily Card

Good Morning! Its Monday! I have a sick little boy to take care of so I will make this quick. The big doily is from Waltzingmouse stamps. I mixed to stamps together. The outer rim really doesn't go with this doily but I think I made it work. The sentiment is from WMS Say It Loud. Its stamped on vellum. I have some American Crafts ribbon and a PTI button. Thanks for stopping in today!

Happy Birthday Merry!

This card is for my friend Merry, who is celebrating her birthday today! Even though we have not met in real life Merry and I share a common obsession with stamping. She is a wonderful lady, thoughtful and kind and crafty too! Happy Birthday my friend!

Happy Birthday Waltzingmouse!

Long time, no write! More about that in a minute but first I have to say, Happy Birthday Waltzingmouse Stamps! WMS is now two years old! Have you shopped at WMS? Don't be frightened that they are over seas. Claire will take care of you. WMS has the best customer service and some of the fastest shipping times around. Everything she has sent me has always been top notch. You cant go wrong there! Also her stamp sets are jam packed with goodness- so much bang for your buck (or pound as the case may be).
Because it is Saturday WMS sketch challenge also has a new sketch up. You can check it out here. You can win a free set! Here is my entry:
I have three different sets on this card. I started with the sweet little doily from the dainty doilies 2 set. I stamped it in white. Next I took another small doily from the Dainty Doilies set and stamped it in a variety of colors on top of the white doily. Next I took the small cupcake from the frame It set and stamped it twelve times. I colored them with copics and cut them out. I used pop dots to adhere them to the card. The icing is colored with sakura clear sparkle gel pen. Finally I used the large cupcake from Frame It to make the tag. I colored it and added some stickles. The sentiment is from the Say It Loud set. The ribbon is from Martha Stewart.
And a little close up of the ribbon and tag. Look at all that sparkly goodness! LOVE!
**** Randomness to Follow*****
So if you stop in often you may have noticed a complete lack of posts for the past ten or so days. I try really hard not to do that but we had a big happening at school that I was in charge of. I run the school's PTO (like a PTA but not affiliated with Nat'l PTA) and our biggest fundraiser of the year is an ice cream social. We have ice cream sundaes, cotton candy, popcorn, face painting, bounce houses, DJ, etc... And yours truly gets to coordinate it all and also go after people who are willing to donate their time or bounce house. It takes every waking moment pretty much to take care of that. We also have a huge basket raffle. I donated one. I thought you might like to see it.
Thats all candy! Aren't you glad your kid did not win it? LOL! Hopefully I will be back with regular posts this week! Thanks, as always, for visiting!

Ad Sense Card Collection

Hello there! Well its been a busy week here! All work and no play! Sorry for the lack of posts, I like to update regularly but sometimes I got nothing! I haven't crafted all week. I made these a few weeks ago.
This uses a newer PTI set called Ad Sense and Simple Circles. The Ad Sense is a really unique set. I love the vintage advertising look- so cute and unique.
Same basic layout on both cards. I wanted to make a little set for someone. Who? I am not sure. These are still in my possession but I will be giving them away soon. Thanks for stopping by today!

Waltzingmouse is Turning 2!!!

... and you could win a really big present! Go check out all the details here!
I made this really cute tea cup with Claire's amazing Tea Cup Template. ( There is no way I could ever think that one up on my own!) You can buy it here.I used the gorgeous Festive Foliage stamp set to make my cup. I love that set. Everything looks better with pretty pinecones! I actually used white cardstock but got it all inky with some PTI chai tea ink. The ink for the images is Palette new leaf and memento jumbo java. The liner is some old green patterned paper. I have no idea of manufacturer.
One more view of the tea cup. This template is easier than it looks but I am not going to swear its easy, LOL! I am a little challenged when it comes the fussy cutting and that handle was hard! But it was fun and I do look forward to making another.

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 46

Good Afternoon! Happy Mother's Day! Today I have a card based on the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge (#46). You can get all the details here.
I used two sets here: Vintage Circles and Lil' Buddies... oh and the teeny bee is from Spring Baskets. So I guess that is three sets. The little flower is from the Vintage Circle set. I think it looks awesome with those bees. Both of the circles are from the Vintage Circle set also. They are one stamp but I preformed surgery on them and now they are two. I dont do well selectively inking stuff. LOL.
The last picture is a close up in an attempt to show you the sparkle from my spica pens. Sorry photography is not my talent. Have a good day!

More Circles

Good Morning! I have a couple more cards for you today featuring simple circles. The first uses the circles with the new big sentiments.
The second uses the circles with the Tag its set. I think it is set 3? Sorry early in the morning and I am not feeling terribly motivated. Thanks for stopping in!

A Little More Waltzingmouse

Good Morning! Happy Monday to you! I have another WMS card for you today. I used the Teeny Trees set. Yes, every stamp on here- all from the same awesome set! All I added was a little bling and ribbon and we were good to go. The cardstock is white and sweet blush from PTI. The ribbon is also PTI. The inks are from dew drops, palette, colorbox, and PTI. If you ever have questions on color just send me a comment. Thanks for stopping in and have a great day!

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 45

Good Afternoon! Are you enjoying your Sunday? Did you know its Waltzingmouse Stamps release day? You should run right over and check out all the great stamps Claire has to offer this month. I ended up getting both Doily sets and Say It Loud. I can't wait for my royal mail!
Today I have a card for the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #45. You can find the details here.

For this card I used some Soft Stone Cardstock. I stamped it with one of the backgrounds from the PicNic Patterns set (WMS) The flowers are also from that set. The sentiment is from Teeny Trees. I used some buttons and ribbon on the side. Some really old Heidi Swap bling and some cardstock punched with an EK success punch.

A close up of the shiny things! LOL! Thanks for stopping in!

Make It Monday: Hand Drawn Frames

Hi there! Yes, can you believe it? Another on time entry for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday challenge. You can find all the details and the video here.

This first card is my favorite. It was my second attempt. I used Turning a New Leaf, Beautiful Blooms 2, and Floral Fusion.

This is my second favorite. It uses Butterfly Dreams and a sentiment from one of the many fillable frames.

This was my first attempt and while I like enough to give to someone, I dont care for the weird ink effect on the leaves. I wish they were more solid looking. I actually find drawing frames fairly easy but its not something I do a whole lot of.

Shady Tree Wednesday

I have this up over at the Shady Tree Blog today

Friendship and Other Stuff

Friendship card made with my new Ad Sense set. I really like these stamps, very unique. Of course you will notice my circles. I really like those too. LOL. I've still got 4 more pictures of different cards with those circles.

Other stuff. This guy and his two brothers occasionally visit our backyard. I know raccoons are suppose to be evil, but they are so freaking cute. Whenever they come, late at night, my hubby is usually up so a few days later I find pictures on my camera.

More Circles

Hi there! Happy Easter! I've got more circles for you today. I used a Hawaiian shores base and cut the arch out using the Sending You die. On the inside of the card I glued my little froggy, lily pad and sun (all from PTI boy basics frog and simple circles) Frog and lily pad got the copic treatment. I've got a simple circles die cut border, some hawaiian shores ribbon, and some American Crafts green ribbon. The sentiment is from one of the fillable frame sets. Thanks for stopping in today!

Window Flowers

Good Morning! Happy Easter weekend! Will you be visited by the easter bunny? Church on the agenda for tomorrow? I have a nice springy card for you today. I die cut the little windows using PTI's new alphablocks die. So quick and easy for those perfectly cut little squares. I stamped the inside with the flowers from Tag Its 3. Love those flowers. The sentiment and little bee are from the same set. Lots of things you can make with this little set. Its well thought out. I tied on some purple ribbon and called it good. Thanks for stopping in. I should be back with something new on Monday!

The Circle Die (yes, again!)

You are going to love this! I took PTI's new circle die, I punched out some cute pp by My Minds Eye and I cut it in half lengthwise. Which makes two awesome scallops! Check it out!
Oh yeah! Isn't that awesome??? Other stuff of note, new tag its stamp set. Melon berry card, aquamist ribbon and card. Lots of different inks, palette, colorbox, and dewdrops.

And a close up. Look at those yummy scallops! So so awesome!

Make It Monday: Frog with Circles

Well could it be a Make It Monday card that is actually posted by the deadline? I can't believe it myself. This week's challenge was to emboss with PTI dies. I just got the simple circle die in the mail yesterday! I embossed it on this lovely kraft card and then stamped the circles with a coordinating Simple circle stamp set. I die cut an arch with some hawaiian shores cardstock and also die cut the frog and lily pad. The frog and lily pad got the copic treatment. The sentiment is from Sending You. All supplies are PTI except for the buttons, those are from Doodlebug.

More Roses

Hi there! Here are the last two rose cards. Same basic construction as was described yesterday. Roses are done with copic on colored cardstock. I used lavender moon on the first card and lemon tart on the second. Thanks for stopping in!

Roses

So way back when, like 3 weeks ago, PTI showcased coloring on colored paper for their Make It Monday series. I made these. Then I never took a picture. Thats how my life has been going lately. Anyway I love the way they turned out, and I have a few more to show you tomorrow.For this first card I used a Kraft base. I stamped on polka dots using versamark ink. Next I stamped my rose on Blueberry sky cardstock. I added details with my copic markers. I stamped the leaves on Spring moss and again went back with copics. I cut a piece of vellum and punched it with my fiskars punch. I stamped on the sentiment in Enchanted evening ink. A little ribbon finishes off the card. Most supplies are by Papertrey Ink.
This card is very similar. Main difference is the colors and the orientation. I used orange zest and summer sunrise.

Have You Read This Book?

Have you read this book? It's amazing. I have been following this blog, since Maddy was a tiny baby. I don't know Matt. I was linked to his blog through a friend of mine who was going through some tough grief herself. Once I started reading I was hooked. Even if you don't follow Matt's blog I think you will like the book. It's well written, heartfelt, hopeful and amazing. I finished it in two days, and I already knew how the story went. Check it out, you won't be sorry.
(For the Record- I don't know Matt, I don't receive anything for recommending his book- it's just a really great read.)