Flowers

So for me it's usually all about the paper! This time I tried to get away from that and just focus on the stamping. I got the idea for this card from Nichole Heady's blog for PTI although I don't remember the exact designer that did it- oops! I used all 4 flower fusion sets for this one and also used the Labels Basics stamp/die and the sentiment is from the new YOF stamp set. The embossing folder is from Cuttlebug. Happy short week everyone!

CAS-ual Fridays CFC #4- Graduation

Perfect timing for this challenge! This week's CAS-ual Friday's challenge- click here- is a graduation card. We're going to Erik's cousin's graduation party this weekend and I needed to make him a card! He's graduating from Suffolk University and their colors are Blue and Yellow so of course had to make that the color scheme! I do always struggle with cards for guys because I feel limited to the embellishments I can add but here it is!

Papertrey May Blog Hop Challenge

I made this card for the May Blog Hop Challenge from Papertrey Ink- click here. I made this card starting off with Ocean Tides card stock and printed paper from Cosmo Cricket. The flower banner is made using PTI Vintage cream paper, tiny tags die, and the letters are from My Favorite Things. The whole banner is held together with poppy colored baker's twine. The little felt flowers are made with Ocean Tides, Pure Poppy, and Vintage Cream cut from the Flower Fusion #2 die. I cut one petal out of each one and then hot glued the ends together to give it a three dimensional look. I then added a little pearl to the middle of each one. Thanks so much for looking and happy hopping!

Just Us Girls #85- Rainbow colors

This week's Just Us Girls challenge- click here- is to use rainbow colors! How fun! I made a pretty simple card for this one but of course had to add a little sparkle! I hope we get some sunshine and rainbows here in New England soon, it's been like living in Forks the past couple weeks! (Twilight joke if you don't get it!).

A bunch a cards! SHARON DON'T PEAK!!!!!

 As you can tell, I just got my PTI order in today!!! It just so happens I was home today because my ear has been driving me CRAZY! It's been ringing for almost three straight days! The package delivery was a welcomed surprise, I wasn't expecting it until tomorrow so what a great day to get it! This first one is using the Whale die, stamp and sentiment along with a PTI cloud die and a Die-namics wave die. I just LOVE this little guy and can't wait to make 1000 more cards with him (or her)!

 On this one I used the new Wonderful Words die and words additions. I also just got this edger die so had to through that on too! I didn't use any adhesive to attach this, I just stitched each end on with embroidery floss.

 With the left over negative space of the last card I used it to create this card. Why waste something so cute right?! This one is pretty simple, but I have to say I'm IN LOVE with this paper!

For this last card, I saw a similar flower made on October Afternoon's blog and thought I'd give it a shot. It's four circles with the edges folded in to show the backside of the paper all adhered on a fifth circle with adhesive on it. I then messy stitched it and added a brad to the middle. The stamp and border die are from PTI. This card is for my friend Sharon's birthday, she lives in Australia and time is ticking quickly, I gotta get this off to her!

Thanks for looking and hopefully this ear thing goes away soon! 

Make It Monday #16- Sympathy Cards

Today's Make It Monday #16 on Nichole Heady's blog- click here- is for sympathy cards. I've actually NEVER made a sympathy card before and I just got this new sentiment from Papertrey Ink that I thought would be great. I used clear embossing powder along with the YOF stamp below and with the sentiment up top. I happen to have matching Stickles so I added that as well to give a little sparkle but still keep it monochromatic looking. Hopefully I won't be needing this card any time soon but it was fun to make!

two quick cards on a lazy sunday...

 For this first card I was practicing my copic coloring on this hydrangea stamp but didn't want the effort to go to waste so I decided to make a quick card with it, not crazy though! I added some stickles because I'm obsessed with it for right now and some stitching around the edge. As you can see there's a small mess up in the stitching but I don't mind it, kind of adds a more special feel I think because it shows that it's hand made and not perfect.

For this second one, I kind of whipped it together because Erik and I are going to see his grandparents tonight and his grandma has Shingles right now. I was playing with this stamp set I just got from the Right At Home Scrapbooking yard sale (a PTI stamp set for $1- when will you EVER find that!) and Erik walked in and was like- hey why don't you make Nanny a get well card. And so there we have it, my playing becomes a card!

Happily Ever Challenged #17 and Mojo Monday #191

So combined two challenges this week to make this card. Mostly it was for the Happily Ever Challenged #17- click here. I love this one because it's for a great cause- Operation Write Home and I will be sending this card to them. They in turn send cards to our armed forces oversees to write home with. What a great idea right?! So I thought this card would be great because it could be to pretty much anyone- spouse, child, friend, etc. The only real "rule" for this one is to use red, white, blue, and yellow. Thanks for getting the word out there about this Ted!
The second challenge is Mojo Monday #191- click here. I used their layout to create the card. It's been awhile since I've done a Mojo Monday challenge so I felt like my time was up to get on it!

Twisted Card #59

This is for the Twisted Sketches #59 challenge for the week: click here. I love what the designers did with this sketch and I was hoping to dig out some rhinestone bling for this one but must have ran out so I made due with this felt leaf branch. I did heat embossing for the sentiment and used a PTI stamp to frame it.

Happy birthday girl

I've been trying to practice more Copics coloring because I have two classes tomorrow at Right at Home Scrapbooking and I don't want to embarrass myself haha! I did decide to paper piece the dress however because for some reason I kept making the ink bleed outside the lines when practicing so it's kind of a cop-out but at least it's cute! I through some stickles on there for some extra bling too.

Clean and Simple FTL #141

I made this card for this week's Clean and Simple #141 challenge: Click here. I have been lusting over this paper for a while but haven't quite figured out what to do with it. Luckily today's sketch finally inspired me to cut into it! I've also been forgetting about my embossing folders so vowed today to finally get some use out of them too!

Butterflies- You Made My Day

So from my last post I told you- you'd being seeing more of this paper line! Here it is. It's my first card for the June monthly card class at Right At Home Scrapbooking. The cute green border down the side actually comes on the bottom of the paper which is awesome! The yellow embroidery thread is part of the kit as well. The button, sentiment, and the butterfly and double ended banner dies are from Papertrey Ink.

Make and Take

I took a card class with Jess and Nicole on Sunday at Right At Home Scrapbooking and we made this cute card as part of the class! I totally screwed up the punch on part of it but luckily the buttons covered most of it! I totally love this paper and it's in the set for next months card class too so you'll be seeing more of it!

HB to Erik!

Erik's huge Volcano drink!

Happy birthday to my husband today! I made him this card yesterday and tonight we went out for dinner at a Hibachi restaurant and then did a little shopping! This may not seem like a big deal to most of you but if you knew Erik you would know that he NEVER goes shopping for himself. All his clothes have been given to him as a gift so that fact that he WANTED to go shopping was a shock. Of course I had to go along with it!

Can't Live Without Your Laugh

Ok, I almost did something really embarrassing! When I first made this card, I made the sentiment say "I can't Live Without You're Laugh" and it wasn't until I was making the blog posting that I realized it should be "Your" instead of "You're". Wow, grammar is not my thing today I guess! Luckily I was able to slide another piece of paper over it to cover up the original sentiment. Thank god for 3D squares on this one, otherwise I would have had to remake the whole thing! Anyway, I made this for the Twisted Card Sketch #58 layout for this week: Twisted Cards #58 The banner die is by Die-namics and the lettering and most of the paper is from October Afternoon. The stamped sentiment is from a Pure Innocence set. Have a good day!

A couple more mother's day cards!

 The first card is for my mother-in-law. I'm soo in love with the whole new line from The Girls' Paperie and this rose paper is one of my faves. Paired with the butterflies, crocheted lace ribbon and Hybiscus Burst paper from PTI this card just sings to me!

This second card is for my grandma who I'll be seeing on Sunday. She loves flowers so I thought the Tulips and jar from PTI would be the perfect thing for her. I also added some stickles to it to add a little bling and some fun printed paper from Bo Bunny and Cosmo Cricket to tie it all together.

Mothers Day Gift- personalized stationary

Above is the outside of the box with the packaging complete and below are the cards themselves...

My husband Erik wanted me to make something for his mom for Mother's Day instead of buying something at the store. Of course I jumped all over that request, hey a good excuse to buy some more "necessities" for this project! I think they came out pretty cute, my only complaint is that some of the font is hard to read at certain angles. Hope she likes them!!