Another Mom Card

Catching up on some blog posts- here's another Mother's Day card. I liked trying out a new technique from Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday series. This technique is called: Embossing with Dies.  I loved how simple and fun this technique turned out to be.

I used the PTI color scheme of White, Harvest Gold, New Leaf and Raspberry Fizz on this card. The stamp sets are: Flower Fusion #3, Mat Stack 4 Collection, and the Vineyard Impression plate was used with the Mat Stack 4 die as the embossed area.

Try out this fun technique today! Thanks for stopping by!

Better than Mom

Hi everyone- wow, I have not posted in a while! Between being AWAY on vacation for the kids' spring break and fighting allergies since we returned, I have been pretty beat. I hope you all are heathly and feeling great!  It's with a heavy heart that I write this post.  My dear friend, Patti, is closing her store, Paper Maniac. It has been a great pleasure to have the opportunity to design for her over the years.  

She is offering 30% off all merchandise, use the discount code GOODBYE at checkout. 

So, please visit www.papermaniac.com today!!

Hope you have a great day! Thanks for visiting.

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI: Chevron Stripes.  Verve: Love Deepens.
Paper: White CS
Ink: Memento: Angel Pink, London Fog and Plum.
Accessories: Websters Pages Stick Pin, Plum ribbon, Spellbinders Label 18 die.

Paper Maniac- May Sale

Have you checked out this awesome Paper Maniac sale yet??  Hurry, its ending on the 15th!! Lots of new items in the store now too.

www.papermaniac.com

Have a great night!!

Welcome Little One

Here is a sweet baby girl card that I made for a friend at work, who just welcomed his 1st grandchild. I LOVE making baby cards, and this is the first one I have made in a while. I used a Kraft card base with Echo Park: Springtime papers.  I stamped the image and sentiment (from Taylored Expressions: Hangin' Out stamp set) onto a vanilla Spellbinders: Lattice Rectangle die cut. I colored the image with Copic markers and added glittery accents with Stickles on the flowers.  I then cut felt flowers using the PTI flower fusion dies, and added rhinestones to the centers. 

Thanks for stopping by!!

Papertrey Ink April Blog Hop Challenge

Hey everyone, its the 25th, and that means its the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop Challenge!  This month's challenge gets you creating for the men in your life:

The Challenge:

This month's blog hop is dedicated to all the boys and men in our lives! Now's your chance to create Father's Day projects, boy birthday cards and more to build up your stash! Focus on masculine color schemes, fresh pattern combinations, understated embellishments and unique uses of images you may already have in your stash!

Here's my card for the challenge, its a sweet little boy birthday card.  I just love this little turtle from the Tiny Treats: Birthday stamp set.  (I secretly hope that PTI turns this turtle into it's own Boy Basics stamp set!!) I used PTI white cardstock as the card base.  The squares are punched from Basic Grey Hello Luscious pattern papers.  The turtle is stamped onto a Spellbinders: Lattice Rectangles die cut, and I sponged the edges with Memento: Pear Tart ink. I colored the turtle with Copic markers, and then used glossy accents on its shell, to make it shiny.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day and enjoy the hop!!

Hi There

Hi There, Paper Maniacs! Here's a fun card made using the new Basic Grey- Hello Luscious papers, along with Websters Pages Spring Market papers and Hero Arts stamps. I stamped the large house stamp onto the Spring Market papers two times: once on the cream colored sheet and once on the red polka dotted sheet. I cut the roof off the red sheet and adhered it to the house. I colored all the accents on the house with Copic markers. The Hello Luscious paper is the hills- I liked how this pattern resembled rolling hills, so I cut out a strip, rounding the hills, and adhered to the bottom of the white card base. Then, I adhered the house. I then stippled blue ink around all the leftover white space, to resemble the sky. The potted plant images also come from the Hero Arts stamp set. Thanks for stopping by today. There is just a few more days left of the amazing April sale, so be sure to check it out.

I wish all of you a wonderful holiday weekend.

A Happy Hello

Here is a super-simple CAS card for you today.  Its a Kraft card base, and I stamped the big flowers from the PTI stamp set, Sending You, right onto the card.   I love these flower stamps from this set.  Its fun to make 2-toned flowers and scatter them all over the card. I colored clear gems with coordinating Copic markers and placed them in the center of the flowers. I stamped the angled label from Label Basics and then placed the sentiment, also from the Sending You stamp set.  

Have a wonderful day! 

Celebrate Today

I am loving the Circa 1934 papers from Cosmo Cricket.  I have had them in my stash for a while, but havent used them until now.  They are so vintag-y and sweet. Here, I used them paired with Kraft cardstock and a Pure Poppy doily die cut.  I punched 6 squares again, and arranged them into a rectangle (this is an easy way to add some dimension to a rather simple card, and also anchors your focal elements.) I scalloped the edge of the pattern paper layer on this card. The yellow lace is from Websters Pages. The doily die cut is from PTI (doily details die collection) and the circle frame and sentiment are from Tag Its 2.   

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a great day! 

Big Birthday Wishes

 Here is a quick and easy birthday card, that does not take alot of time to put together. I simply punched out 6 squares of Circa 1934 (Cosmo Cricket) papers and arranged them as a rectangle on the card front.  I then die cut a doily image (PTI- doily details dies) as the focal point for the card.  I layered a circle, stamped with Tag Its 1 and a sentiment from Birthday Bash Sentiments, and ran a length of  red Websters Pages ribbon underneath. I used the red pearls on the top and bottom to "anchor" the elements to the card.   

Hope you have a great day.

Bright Floral Wishes

I had fun making this bright, colorful card.  The Sending You stamp set from PTI, ROCKS!! It has multiple floral images that you can layer with different colors to make awesome flower backgrounds for your cards. The flowers could also serve as focal images too. The sentiment also comes from the Sending You stamp set.  The Label and Frame is from the Label Basics set, and I used the matching die to cut the frame. I used pink bakers twine on the label and stickles (glitter glue) to accent the flower centers.

Have a wonderful day!!

Sending Love

Hello Paper Maniacs!! Hopefully, by now, you are all experiencing some nice spring weather. It appears the weather will be breaking here in NJ, real soon. Yesterday it was yucky and rainy, so here is a card that fit the day. I used Echo Park Springtime paper and and adorable Stampavie stamp (Under My Umbrella). The trim is from Websters Pages. I colored the image with Copic Markers.

Please stop by the storefront this week, Patti is having another amazing sale. You won't want to miss this one!!

Have a wonderful day. :-)

Floral Fusion

Here's a fun card I made using the Flower Fusion 2 stamp set and matching die from PTI.  I pulled out a bunch of different PTI felt colors and cut the flowers using the Flower Fusion 2 die and adhered them to the Kraft cardstock.  The frame is from the Fillable Frames Additions 1 set, the sentiment comes from Flower Fusion 1 and the cute little butterfly is from the Tag Its 2 set. The flower centers are from the Flower Fusion 2 stamp set as well. 

Hope  you have a great day!!

A Rainbow of Wishes

Anyone who knows me, knows that I absolutely LOVE rainbows and anything having to do with rainbows.  They hold a special place in my heart, especially on the rare occasion when I can actually see one. I always think of my dad when I see one, like a sign that he is still right here. Rainbows=Happiness.

I had so much fun making the rainbow for this card.  I used PTI's new Ribbon Tails stamp set and different colors of Memento inks on white cardstock.  Then I just tied coordinating bakers twine around the rows.  The sentiments come from the Sending You and Fillable Frames 1 stamp sets from PTI.

Have a HAPPY day.

Papertrey Ink March Blog Hop Challenge- Blooming Flowers

Hello- It's the 25th, and do you know what that means??? It's time for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop Challenge.  This months challenge is:

Use Embroidery Floss

For the March Blog Hop we are challenging you to use embroidery floss in a fun and inventive way on your project. This could include stitching, wrapping it around and tying it like ribbon, braiding, accenting tags, embroidered patterns or anything else you can dream up! We look forward to seeing your creations!

Here is my card:

Friends- I needed another dose of spring card. We have had 2 snowstorms this week, 1 snow day and delayed openings yesterday at the schools, and Im just sick of winter to say the least.  I thought winter had left when we had some awesome 60 and 70 degree temperatures last week. Sighhhhhhh. Guess winter is still holding on a little bit longer. Making this card cheered me up.  Look at all those blooming flowers!! I cannot wait until we have some flowers sprouting up, grass growing and birds singing their songs.

I used the new Flower Fusion sets 1 and 2 by PTI, and the tiny grass stamp from the Love Lives Here stamp set.  Stamped the images right onto the white cardstock and embellished with buttons and rhinestones. Fun. Easy. Springy. (I used bakers twine as my embroidery floss, I embellished the buttons with it- hope thats ok PTI peeps. I love using embroidery floss and bakers twine on the button holes.)

Have a Wonderful Day!!