PTI Blog Hop- Monograms

Hello friends!  What a shocker this is- finding myself ready for a blog hop on time!  This month the challenge at Papertrey Ink is to create something with a monogram.  I made a little note card with my initials.

I started by cutting out the white panel.  I found center and then stamped my initials with PTI's outline alphabet.  I colored the letters with my copic markers using a lighter green for the top.  I stamped the flowers from Mini Blooms with melon berry, summer sunrise, and new leaf ink and then wrapped a piece of melon berry ribbon around the bottom.  The whole thing is mounted on a New Leaf card base.  Thanks for stopping by today.

Mini Blooms Tags and Card

Hello my friends!  It has been awhile.  I just haven't been feeling the blogging bug lately.  I've been creating plenty but when the card is done I haven't been photographing or uploading.  I keep thinking the want will come back eventually and hopefully I will get back on some type of schedule.  I had thought about scheduling it out but then this isn't my job- I have one of those and as much as I love it its still work.  I certainly don't want my hobby to be work too.  So there you have it.  Anyway today I do have a little something for you.  Its taken with my iphone so the pictures are not edited.  I am all about easy lately. 

Tags are up first.  These are made with the new PTI set Mini Blooms.  I love this set already.  I have only had it in my possession for a few days but I love it.  The tags are also PTI- the Tremendous tags.  I stamped using Melon berry, summer sunrise, and new leaf ink.  I used the mini bloom dies to make the pop ups.

Here we have the matching card.  I actually made the tags first and then was inspired by the colors.  I stamped the large corner leaf/flower image in green and then added colored flowers using the die cuts.  I added the melon berry ribbon (right over where I smudged- LOL) and called it a day.  Thanks for coming by- I appreciate you coming back to read here even when the posts are sporadic!

Another Flip Flop Card

Hi Friends!  Running late to work so this is a post and run!  Similar everything to the card below this one.  Same sets, same materials- new colors.

Relax

Hi there friends!  I am being forced to relax today after messing up my foot on the stairs last night.  I think my cats were conspiring to kill me.  Anyway my foot is a mess and I can't walk- which is never a good thing.  Sigh.  Yesterday I took some card pictures with my iphone because I just get lazier everyday.  So here is an unedited iphone pic of a card I made the other day.  I was using the flip flop set from PTI.  The little bits on the side are from doodlebug and echo park.  All other stuff is from PTI, including the inks in Hawaiian shores and New Leaf.  Thanks for stopping by to see me today!

Make It Monday #99

Hello friends!  Today I have a card for you from PTI's Make It Monday Challenge.  You can find the details of the challenge here.  The idea today was to use rainbows and repeats.  I chose to use color scheme #6- Summer Sunrise, Limeaid Ice, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Raspberry Fizz.

I chose to use Little Birdie and Little Birdie Additions for my card.  I also used a sentiment and music notes from Birds of a Feather.  The squiggly line is from Little Birdie.  I just love a clean and simple challenge!  Thanks for stopping by!

Natural Beauties Birthday Card

Good Morning blog friends! I have another birthday card for you today.  Hopefully I will get this one out on time!  Mostly PTI product again today.

The card base is PTI white.  I used aqua mist, hawaiian shores, new leaf inks to stamp the focal point.  The stamps are from Natural Beauties set.  Not sure about the sentiment, but I do know its PTI.  After stamping I added the bling from Queen and Co.  Then I thought the left side needed something so I added some score tape and glitter.  Still not sure that was the right decision but whats done is done and I do like the super glitter effect in real life- its not so evident in the photo.
As always thanks for stopping by!  Hoping to get in some crafting and photography today so I have blog fodder for next week.  Will it actually happen?  Who knows!

Birthday Wishes

Hi y'all!  Happy Friday!  Its my last day of vacation!  I need like two more weeks but I dont think I will be getting them! LOL!  Anyway I made this card for a very good friend of mine.  Believe it or not I met her on the internet way back in 2000 when I was pregnant with my first child.  We met on an AOL message board!  She is amazing and someone I admire greatly. 

I made this card using all PTI product.  The cardstock is Kraft.  I stamped it with my Fancy Flourish stamps in fresh snow ink.  I also inked up the sides with fresh snow.  I added the small dots with my gel pen.  The sentiment was stamped in versamark and embossed with white filagree embossing powder.  The flowers from Natural Beauties were stamped on white cardstock using hawaiian shores, aqua mist, sweet blush, hibiscus, lavendar moon, new leaf, and rose inks.  The bling is from Queen & Co.

Thanks for stopping in today!

MIM #98 Chalkboard Technique

Hello friends!  Happy New Year to you all!  I hope 2013 is treating you right!  So far so good here- I am still on Winter Break from work and enjoying the last little bit of free time.  This week I decided to participate in PTI's Make it Monday (MIM).  This week they were teaching the chalkboard technique.  You can see all the details here.

 

 Here is my entry. This is the first time I have attempted the chalk board technique.  I used PTI's Hello Sunshine stamp set.  The flourishes are from the Mat Stack Collection.  I used Summer Sunrise and Fresh Snow inks as well as white embossing powder.  I also used colored pencils.  Cardstock is white and true black.

One Card 4 Ways

Hello!  Happy New Year's Eve!  Its the last post of 2012!  I had a little crafty time the other day and I ended up using the same image 4 ways.  I snapped some photos and thats what I have for you this evening.  For all versions I am using PTI cardstock in white and blueberry sky.  I am using versamark ink, white embossing powder, blueberry sky ink, and pure poppy ink.  The image is from PTI Through the Trees.  The tag is from hero arts.  The sentiment is from PTI Through the Trees.

 

Version One:  For version one I matted the image on white card and rounded the corners.  I adhered the tag to the bottom of the image.  I wrapped the twine (Crate and Barrel) around the card several times and tied a bow.  I added red stickles to the bird.  I used red bling on the flowers (hard to see the red in these pics- sorry I am no photographer).

  

Version Two:  I broke the rule of three by only having one red thing (the bird).  I covered the bird in stickles.  I added blue bling at the bottom.

  

Version Three:  I used my snowflake CB folder on the base.  I added blueberry sky grosgrain ribbon and red buttons.  I covered the bird in stickles.

  

 Version Four:  I think this may be my favorite.  I used swiss dot CB folder on the base.  I rounded the base corners and also the blue corners.  I covered the bird in stickles and added stickles to the flower centers.  I used saddle stitch pure poppy ribbon.

Well what do you think?  Which is your favorite?  I have to say since I did all the stamping first and embossed all at once these came together very quickly.  Might make a nice giftset.  All you would need is a little box or something.  Thanks as always for stopping by!  I hope 2013 is good to you!

Thanks a Million

Hello out there???  Sorry I have left you hanging for like ever!  December got the best of me this year!  I have made so much stuff and took pictures of none of it!  I was making it and sending it out the door!  Things were a total whirlwind.  But anyway I am back with a sad iphone pic!  Not even a nice edited picture for you but hey its the thought that counts.  Anyway a clean and simple one color card that I made with some new stamps I got.  The tag is from hero arts and it came with a matching die.  Love it!  The die has the middle popped out so its so easy to line up.  The stamps are cling- not my favorite but still they work fine.  Everything else is from PTI and the color is scarlet jewel.  That is the original (1st version) ink.  I love it.  If you are still out there reading I am hoping to get back to blogging soon.  Thanks for hanging in there with me!

As Promised... More Tags!

Hi friends!  I have more tag pictures for you as promised!

This one uses WMS wreath and sentiment.  Some bakers twine and dinky jingle bells.

This one is also WMS- colored with color pencils.  I also added some of the most dinky adorable jingle bells ever.

This one is a combo of two different PTI sets.  Clearly I am a fan of stickles glitter glue.

Thanks for all your nice comments yesterday!  I am like Pavlov's dog when the email bell rings!  Thanks for being sweet.  I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Christmas Tags!

I am a very happy girl!  Why do you ask?  Because it is not even Thanksgiving and I have 95% of my Christmas shopping done and 75% of it wrapped and ready to go!  This is the earliest ever!  All the tags you see today are not staged... they are on actual gifts ready to leave my house!!!  And now you know why I am so happy today!

This tag features stamps from Lawn Fawn.  The set is Sweet Christmas.

This tag is a mash up with PTI (holly), WMS (no peeking), and TCP (penguin).  I love this tag!

This one is all WMS!  I hand drew the face because I wanted him to wink.  The ribbon looks a bit orange- I assure you it is red.  Thanks for coming by!  I will have some more tags for you tomorrow!

More Bright Season

Hello there friends!  More Bright Season from Waltzingmouse stamps today.  I love this set!  Its unique and fun.  Can be dressed up or dressed down... For this card I used PTI kraft and cream cardstock.  Memento black ink, pure poppy and new leaf from PTI.  This was the first thing I had stamped with this set and the only thing I would do different is mask the top bit of lantern so you cant see the yellow rays.  Ah well, live and learn.

I cut this out the old fashion way but Claire does have cut files if you have an electronic cutter.  I am still living in the dark ages.  Maybe someday!  The sentiment is from Compact sentiments which is a great little set that I use all the time.  Thanks for stopping in!

Bright Season- WMS

Hello friends!  I have a new WMS card for you today.  I just ordered this adorable lantern from the Bright Season set.  I think this is one of the cutest little Christmas sets I have seen.  Of course as a lantern I am sure it could be used at other seasons as well.  I pared it with stamps from the Night Before Christmas set. 
I started with a kraft base and I stamped the poem on it in dark chocolate ink.  Next I went a little wild with some distress inks, mist, and gold dust.  After I had the background the way I wanted I stamped the lantern on cream cardstock.  I added the candle and flame inside.  Then I fussy cut the lantern (if you have a cameo Claire has cut files- I live in the dark ages).  I stamped the berries and greenery and then fussy cut them as well.  I made the banner from some scrap card and stamped it in black.  I finished everything off with some gold and red stickles.
 
A close up of the stickle goodness.  I love this set.  I also love glitter glue.  I probably need help.  Thanks for stopping in!

Happy Halloween

Its Halloween!  And like Target, Kohls, and Walmart I have already moved on!  I have moved on so far that I am done with Christmas and on to Valentine's day!   Hehe!  Not really my Christmas cards are barely even started.  I made nothing for Halloween this year.  My kid is off track and the other one is in jr. high.   Not even a token offering for the teachers at school.  Ah well.  Here's a love card for you though.  Just patterned paper circles, bling, and a WMS sentiment.  Hope you like!

Mitten Love

Hi there friends!  I have a Christmas card or Holiday card for you today.  I used stamps from The Cat's Pajamas.  Stamped in momento black and colored with copic marker.  I embossed using spellbinders rectangles.  Added some stickles in diamond and called it done. 

I hope all of you on the East Coast are staying safe and dry.  Its a beautiful day here in California.  Supposed to get up to 79 today.  My son is off track (year round school) so today (I have Mondays off) we will be having a little mommy and son time.  Going to finally go get some Halloween pumpkins, see if we can find our Halloween lights, look for some little stuffed pets he collects at the store, and then it will be time to pick up my jr. higher from school.    After that its off and running for the rest of the week.  Thanks for stopping by!

Sunflowers on Red

Good Morning friends!  Its another of those Papercrafts rejects.  I love this card.  I thought they would love it too- wrong!  Ah well.  Anyway here it is.  Papertrey Ink's supersized Autumn Abundance.  It has another name- something like sunflowers.... again too lazy to go look. Dark chocolate ink, copic coloring, patterned paper from some little company whose name escapes me but its not one of the big dogs.  Anyway there you have it- completely useless information!   Thanks for stopping in.  Those of you who left me comments yesterday- thank you they made my day.  I still don't know what I am doing with the blog- I have learned not make rash decisions- but I thank you for reading it, or at least looking at the pictures.  :)

Hello Birds

Have a little card for you today featuring Hero Arts stamps (sorry no clue of the set- too lazy to go look).  The Hello sentiment is from PTI Fillable frames.  Assorted patterned paper from stash.  White gel pen, black copic liner.  Thats about it!  Thanks for stopping in.  I know the updates have been sporadic.  I am toying with the idea of no longer blogging.  I hate that I can't keep it up like I used to but I have so much going on this always goes to the back burner.  Anyway... until next time.

Notebook Gift Ensemble

Card I made for my principal for Boss's Day.  I used PTI's Frame It and Acorn Abundance.  Inks are Limeade, Canyon Clay, Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate (old version), Kraft
 
Gift Set Wrapped in a glassine bag.  I added a tag and some twine to finish it off.  A little bling on the tag as well.
 
Close up of notebook
 
Interior Notebook
 
Notebook and tag detail.  I love the little stamp on the back.  That is from a Hero Arts set that I picked up on clearance at my LSS.  I have used it many times in the last few days!  Thanks for stopping in today!

Cute Little Rejects

Yeah, rejected again.  Paper Crafts better be careful or I might develop a complex!  LOL.  Today I have some adorable Lawn Fawn rejects.  I personally love them and will be putting them on my mantle this year. 

 

I used Lawn Fawn's Sweet Christmas set to whip up these little gingerbread houses and gingerbread men.  Everyone got the 3D treatment.  I made my own little template for the house.  It took a lot of futzing around but it was worth it.  The faces of the house, gingers, and tree are all colored with copics.

  

Mama and baby Ginger

 

Thanks for stopping in today! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!