... from Paper Temptress!

Here's a close up...

The paper roses were made with raspberry fizz card stock following THIS TUTORIAL. If you search for "spiral paper rose", many tutorials will pop up, including a few videos. You can make your roses as large or as small as you wish - just draw your spiral larger for a larger flower. It literally took me 5 minutes to make 3. Easy, peasy - gotta love it!

Have a great evening and thanks so much for stopping by!!!

TTFN,
 
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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated): 
Stamps: Big and Bold Wishes, Turning a New Leaf
Ink: Sweet blush, Lady bug (Memento)
Paper: Sweet blush, Pure poppy, vintage cream, ripe avocado, raspberry fizz
Other: Ripe avocado button, in bloom impression plate (PTI), linen impression plate (PTI), seam binding, Tutti Fruiti glimmer mist, twine, sewing machine, nesties, EK Success bracket embossing border punch

If you're looking for my JUGS post, click HERE or scroll down... way down :)


If you're looking for my Pile It On post, click HERE or scroll down.

Howdy!

I love clean and simple cards and make them occasionally. But I really don't do one layer cards that often at all - so here's one I attempted for the latest Play Date Cafe Color Challenge.

This card also qualifies for the Simply Saturday Challenge too - the challenge is to create a simple layout with a repeated image.

This stamp set is a new one (I got it in the mail on Thurs and ordered it the previous Mon - how fast is that?!?!) from Wplus9 Design Studio and I am IN LOVE!!! I really wanted a versatile, interchangeable, whimsical tree set and this Funky Foliage set is AWESOME!!! I can't wait to use it more. Check out their site - great stamp sets, great prices and super fast shipping. So I stamped the trees in orange, hawaiian shores and lady bug then added the tree trunks. The outer border was drawn with a chocolate spica pen.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

TTFN,
 
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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated):
Stamps: Funky Foliage (WPlus9 Design), Fillable frames #5 (sentiment)
Ink: Hawaiian shores, Orange zest, red (colorbox), dark chocolate
Paper: White
Other: Spica pen (chocolate)

If you are looking for my JUGS post, click HERE or scroll down... ;)


Happy Sunday all! Time to Pile It On again!


This week, the challenge at Pile It On is ...

TTFN,
 
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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated): 
Stamps: Peaceful Poinsettia
Ink: Versamark, Dark Chocolate, Gold (Colorbox pigment ink)
Paper: Dark chocolate, Glossy Paper from Paper Temptress, Vintage cream, gold metallic (DCWV)
Other: Gold ribbon from Paper Temptress, EK Success Embossed Scallop border punch, Damask CB EF, Sentiment dimensional sticker (Anna Griffin), gold embossing powder (Filgaree)

Hi all!!!  

Time for a new Just Us Girls template challenge!

Our hostess this week, Maria, is challenging all of us to make an apron card. Don't know how to make an apron card?... No problem! Maria has posted a link to a tutorial, located HERE.

These little cards are so cute and perfect for summer BBQ party invitations or birthday cards for those BBQing folks in your life.

Here's a close up view...


I actually stamped a white argyle pattern on the red felt to represent a dish towel, but the pigment ink didn't like the felt a whole lot :(  The little BBQ tools were cut using my Cricut (I've been going crazy on that thing!) from silver card stock. Another freebie .svg file for all you Sure Cuts A Lot users -- HERE. This site is a tremendous source of .svg files. The "You're invited" part slips out of the pocket but I forgot to get a picture of that. Perhaps I'll add one this weekend...

If you already haven't, see the JUGS site for all the challenge deets. Don't forget to swing by the blogs of the other JUGS DT gals and show them a little love :) Their links are posted on the side bar of my blog. Thanks so much for playing along with Just Us Girls - we love seeing your creations and always appreciate your support! Thanks to all that participated in Alicia's color challenge last week- talk about stunning creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

TTFN,
 
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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated):
Stamps: Friendship Jar (sentiments), A Little Argyle
Ink: Ocean tides, white (Colorbox), Lady Bug (Memento), Vintage duo Chai (distress edges)
Paper: Rustic cream, pure poppy, silver metallic card stock (DCWV)
Other: Friendship jar label die, red felt (Hobby Lobby), Cricut, rustic twine, copics (BG78), sewing machine, eyelets, scalloped rectangle long nestie

And the inside...

Howdy folks!

The most recent challenge over at the Play Date Cafe is another color splash! YAY! I *heart* the color splash challenges - just love those punches of color on an otherwise monochromatic card. This week, the color to be highlighted is blue.



I need to make a few sympathy cards - not too many in my stash. It's hard to tell from the picture, but the soft stone card stock behind the image is textured with an impression plate (linen) from PTI. It adds such a lovely, subtle texture. The ribbon is seam binding colored with a copic marker (B02) - are these markers not the most fantastic things?!?! I really don't know what I'd do without them... there must be some sort of support group for this problem.... :) But seriously, I L-O-V-E them.

Hope you are all having a fabulous start to the week! Thanks so much for stopping by!

TTFN,
 
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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated):
Stamps: Through the Trees
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Cyan (Colorbox pigment)
Paper: True black, soft stone
Other: Seam binding, B02 copic marker, dimensionals, Fiskars border punch, linen texture plate (PTI)

To all the Dads out there - Have a very happy, happy day!


This is a picture of my dad (right) and my dad-in-law in Dec 2008. They had helped us put up some fencing (plus build the gate you see here) for our dogs and we had to take a picture to commemorate completion of the project. They even posted a little sign (seen between them) that read - "Merry Christmas from "the dads"" and instead of just posing shaking hands, they decided to shake the drill :) Too funny! Two years later, the gate and fence are holding strong and looking great - they do good work. I just may have to hire them again :D

Tracy and I consider ourselves so very lucky to have such wonderful, loving, knowledgeable, and doting parents. We are not, shall we say, "wise" in the ways of home improvement, so their experience and knowledge are a definite blessing :) We know how completely fortunate we are to have parents that are so involved in our lives, are so very proud and love us unconditionally. So, thanks for everything - especially all the little things - you've done throughout our lives to make us the people we are today.


This is a card I made for my dad (hopefully he's received it by now, 'cause he reads my blog :)). I'm a daddy's girl, no doubt about it. I grew up following my father everywhere, doing everything he did. He passed on a curiosity for the world around me (he's a retired biology teacher), always pointing out a flower, bug, constellation in the night sky... you name it. Always followed by a description or explanation of some sort. To this day, I still look inquisitively around me and often think of my dad. Even though were far apart right now, I hope he realizes the influence he still has in my life :)
See, I told you I was lucky!

Happy Father's Day to our dads! We love you!!!!

The card applies for the following challenges;
Cupcake Craft Challenges - for the boys
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - one for the boys
CAS-tastic Challenges - father's day card
Crafty Cardmakers - cards for men
A Crafty Little Place - one for the boys
Cards for Men - Father's Day

Thanks for stopping by!!!

TTFN,
 

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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated): 
Stamps:  Through the trees, Pond life (sentiment)
Ink: Ripe avocado, spring moss, dark chocolate, terra cotta tile
Paper: Dark chocolate, terra cotta tile, white
Other: Rustic twine, brads, copic markers

*** ADDENDUM: I'm such a forgetful person lately - Argh!!!! I forgot to post the fact that I used Mercy's Tuesday sketch for this card. DUH! I'm to late to enter for the favs but I did love the sketch and thought it was perfect for what I had in mind. The sketch itself is posted below my card. Silly me... ***

Hi ya!

Had a nice relaxing Saturday - slept in a little, went to the gym, surfed the web, cleaned a little, then shopped at the local scrapbook superstore :)

I had the opportunity to play a little in my craft room this evening and came up with this little number for the latest ColourQ challenge.



I made the poppy using the nesties poppy dies. Once I had them cut from the pure poppy cardstock (PTI) cut each of the petals close to the center, overlapped and fixed in place with glue. I then used a piece of black felt, also cut with the poppy die, and a yellow brad to finish off the center. The poppy was dry embossed with the linen impression plate from PTI for a little texture.

It also qualifies for;
Crazy for Challenges - paper flowers
A Spoon Full of Sugar - sunshiny colors
Crafty Anne's Challenge - embossing
Lord Have Mercy - Tuesday sketch



Also, Annabelle Stamps has a new stamp release happening soon. They're offering a chance to win a free stamp set over at there blog -> HERE. Check it out!!!

Have a great weekend. Thanks so much for stopping by!

TTFN,
 
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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated): 
Stamps: Turning a New Leaf, Year of Flowers: Violets (sentiment)
Ink: Versamark, Ripe Avocado, white (Colorbox pigment ink)
Paper: Ripe Avocado, Melon Berry, Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, White
Other: Picnic Plaid impression plate, Linen impression plate, True black felt, Apron lace border punch (Fiskars), EF Stylized flowers (Cuttlebug), yellow brad from stash

Other: sewing machine, sweet blush buttons, dark chocolate ribbon, nesties

Sorry folks, I'm a bit late with this one. Loads to do this past week and out all day yesterday didn't leave much time for card making :( 

This week's PIO challenge is Summer Showers. Interpret it anyway you'd like :) 
This week's sponsor is Simon Says Stamp!

Simon Says Stamps has a huge selection of rubber Stamps, scrapbooking and paper crafting supplies. Also visit the Simon Says Stamp blog and they're now on Paper Crafts Planet HERE. 
The winners of these week's challenge will receive $20 of products from their store!!! How great is that?!?! You just gotta play along!

****ADDENDUM**** 
The winner of my blog candy is ....

I'll be in touch shortly (but in case you see this before I can contact you, just email me an address to which to ship your candy :) My email address can be found on the right hand side of my blog. Thanks so much to all who participated!
Hello all!

Happy Saturday! We're off to spend the day with friends - I'm so excited:)

Are you ready to get digital?! Pam is our lovely hostess over at Just Us Girls this week and is challenging us to go digital! Digis can be so fun and versatile - you can make them any size and change colors in photo editing software. Don't have any digis? Lauren has a a freebie digi stamp and papers for you to try! See the JUGS site for the links :)

Lauren Meader from My Time Made Easy has generously provided the JUGS DT with a digital set to use :)  She is also giving a free digital stamp set AND digital paper package to one lucky participant!!! So make sure you head on over to the JUGS site and check out the details of the challenge.

I went digital with this project...


I made a gift set containing shower gel and body lotion (lavender scented). The tote is a template from Suzanne Dean - it's a download under tote/gift bag pdf HERE. It was SUPER easy to put together! The label on the tote and the circular sentiment and flower on the card are from the digital set I chose, Take Time for Petal Perfection from My Time Made Easy. I added color and combined the images in Photoshop - it was pretty easy. For any one unfamiliar with Photoshop and wishing to know how to use it to edit digis, Kristina Werner has an excellent video tutorial on her site (the tutorial is on making a digital card template but the same principles apply). The next two photos show the digital label and sentiment in detail...



The label was plain to start and I added the butterflies, sentiments and flowers separately so you can appreciate how customizable these sets are.

This final photo shows the side of the tote...


Pam has a great step-wise take on her project illustrating how she altered the image for her JUGS project with Photoshop - take a look HERE.

Sadly, we are bidding a fond farewell to the wonderful Mona as she steps down as a JUGS DT member :( :( :(.  This amazingly talented gal is pursuing other paper crafting opportunities and as much as we'd like to do it all sometimes, it just is not possible... Best wishes in your future endeavors, Mona!!!  We will surely miss you and your fabulous creations. Please take a moment and stop by her blog to wish her luck! I know I'll be checking in to see the all your gorgeous eye candy, my wonderful friend!

I didn't have time to select the blog candy winner today so I'll do it tomorrow evening - stay tuned!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!! Hope you enjoy!

TTFN,
 
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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated): 
Stamps: Take Time for Petal Perfection Digital Set (My Time Made Easy)
Ink: Plum pudding (to highlight the dry embossing)
Paper: Plum pudding, spring rain, white (georgia pacific), Wisteria DP (Basic Grey)
Other: nesties, spring rain ribbon, vintage cream buttons, damask Cuttlebug embossing folder, sewing machine, EK Success Scalloped border punch