Happy Birthday my friend

 

Welcome to another 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday... I love taking a sketch and making it as simple as possible, am I the only one who looks at all this fabulous white and gets giddy?   I die cut the butterflies out of some left over faux letterpressed scraps and added a see through window with some vellum.  Next challenge would be to actually mail this card to my friend, in time...    Come join the 365 Cards DT and play along.

Dana, Wendi, Rose, Jenny and Annie.

Materials: PTI Happy Trails, Waltzingmouse Stamps Say It Loud, Spellbinders large scallop circle die, PTI Happy Trails die, PTI white card stock, PTI All Booked Up impression plate, Versafine black ink, vellum

Nothing Says Thank You...

Welcome to another 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday.  This week I've turned the sketch into a wine label (no real surprise there!).  I'm thinking I'm going to get some use out of this My Favorite Things sentiment, isn't it perfect???

Go check out what the other DT gals have created... and play along with us.

Dana, Wendi, Rose, Jenny and Annie.

Materials: My Favorite Things sentiment and die, PTI edgers die, PTI Limitless Layers die, EK Success circle punch, Fiskars corner round punch, PTI white card stock, PTI kraft ribbon, Pink Paiselee patterned paper, vellum, Versafine black ink, Stampendous clear embossing powder

Coffee Crate and a giveaway

I have a special project to share with you today.  I'm a guest on the SRM Stickers blog with these fun coffee goodies.  I put together this coffee crate for a giveaway for Carolines Coffee Roasters, a local coffee roasters, they're celebrating their 30th birthday and giving away coffee all month long.  I've made 3 little tags, a bookmark and a greeting card.  And the fun thing, you can win this entire crate.  Carolines Coffee Roasters is giving away the chance to win, check out their Facebook page and look for the photo of this giveaway and post a comment (or click here).  Crate, crafty goodies, coffee and postage included.  Winner will be drawn on Wednesday, April 18th.

Materials: Tags: SRM Stickers, PTI Warm Happiness and Warm Happiness Too stamp and die, Verve Better with You flourish and coffee rings, PTI Tag It Sale die, PTI Double sided banner die, vellum, Hero Arts Earth Designer patterened paper, PTI kraft card stock, Versafine black ink, Tattered Angels black mist


Card: SRM Stickers, PTI Warm Happiness Too stamp and die, Lifestyle Letterpress flourish, Hero Arts Earth Designer patterened paper, PTI kraft card stock, back card stock, water color paper. Versafine black ink, Lifestyle Letterpress black ink


Bookmark: SRM stickers, PTI Warm Happiness Too stamp and die, Lifestyle Lettess flourish, PTI bookmark die, Hero Arts Earth Designer patterened paper, water color paper, vellum, May Arts natural string, Versafine black ink

Book Cards

Welcome to another 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday, I'm honored to say that this week I contributed the sketch for the challenge.  I had a few book themed cards to make for a commission, so I used the sketch a few extra times while trying to finish up the order.  I also used this week's CAS-ual Fridays "Opposites Attact" colors and Lily Pad Cards "Flower Challenge."  Go and hop along and see how the rest of the 365 Cards gal and put the sketch to work, Dana, Wendi, Rose, Jenny and Annie.

I used the Embellish challenge colors for this one.  And check back on my blog tomorrow, I've got something fun to share, with a giveaway :)

Mateirals: Hero Arts Retro Tullips, PTI Mat Stack 4 sentiment, PTI Mat Stack 3 dies, PTI double sided banner die, PTI kraft, cream and simply chartreuse card stock, vellum, Versafine black ink, Tim Holtz distress ink festive berries and shabby shutters

Book cards: PTI All Booked Up, PTI Mat Stack 4 sentiment, PTI Mat Stack 3 dies, PTI double sided banner die, Coredinations card stock, PTI kraft card stock, PTI All Booked Up impression plate, water color pencils, glitter pen, Versafine black ink, vellum, Fiskars chevron border punch, EK Success 1 3/4th inch circle punch

Happy Birthday boy reading cards

Happy Saturday!  I finally sorted my book themed card order today (beware there's a few more coming on my blog tomorrow).  But today I've got two to share, love taking the same pieces and making slightly different cards.  I've used the faux embossing technique with the PTI impression plate (click here for my tutorial on it).

For this card I used the woodgrain embossing folder for the Mat Stack 3 die so I could play along with the A Passion For Papertrey gals.

And this one I've used the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge.

Materials: Top Card: Waltzingmouse Stamps Frame It sentiment, PTI All Booked Up, PTI All Booked Up Impression plate, PTI Mat Stack 3 die, Tim Holtz woodgrain embossing folder, Tattered Angels black mist, Versafine black ink,  PTI Double Sided banner die, EK Success 1 3/4th inch cirlce punch, May Arts ribbon, Tim Holtz distress stain antique linen, PTI kraft card stock, water color paper

Bottom Card: Waltzingmouse Stamps Frame It sentiment, PTI All Booked Up, PTI All Booked Up Impression plate, PTI Mat Stack 1 die, Tim Holtz woodgrain embossing folder, Versafine black ink,  PTI Double Sided banner die, EK Success 1 3/4th inch cirlce punch, PTI 1 3/4th inch Limitless Layers die, May Arts natural string, Tim Holtz distress stain antique linen, PTI kraft card stock, water color paper, black card stock, vellum

life. laugh. love

Today's card was inspired by the current Retro Sketches and using some of the Artful Delight March kit.  I had one of those days yesterday and I think this motto is perfect for my outlook on today.  Plus I'm still shy a few book themed cards and my deadline is vastly approaching.

And this attempt #1 for my birthday card commission, don't think this meets what she's looking for, but that's what I was inspired to make.  

Materials: PTI All Booked Up, PTI Mat Stack 4 sentiment, My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart, doily, PTI kraft, rustic cream and dark chocolate card stock, PTI double sided banner, PTI 1 3/4th inch limitless layers die, EK Success 1 3/4th inch circle punch, Studio Calico butterfly stickers, Recollections Rhinestones, Tim Holtz vintage photo ink

Birthday Card: WPlus9 A Pocket Full, PTI Vintage Picnic, PTI Fillable Frames #4, PTI kraft card stock, water color pencils, Versfine black ink, Martha Stewart score pal

Tuesday's Projects

Good morning... do any of you crafty friends have projects you need to do and then sit down and make a bunch of non-related items?  Today's projects fall into that catagory, I'm suppose to be making a 50th birthday card and a dozen book themed cards, funny how none of these projects have anything to do with those commissions.

This any occasion card uses this week's Play Date Cafe colors and the current Make It Monday challenge (use leaf dies to make a flower).  This card is out of my normal box, a) no stamping, b) lots of patterend paper and b) a non-white or kraft card base.  Who knew!

My blog pal Lynn is the guest over at Retro Sketches and I sat down in my messy room with her card for the challenge (which you can spy on my desk-- thanks Lynn for sending it to me) and somehow, despite having all the pieces for a CASEd card, I made a coffee card.  Does that happen to you guys?  Many thanks to Maureen for the blog candy with the fun Verve Better With You set.  And don't you love how my mess is taking over the entire room, ha ha!!!  (And I'm going to add this to the fun WOYWD fun, haven't played along in a long time... not that I've ever been clean, and yes, I'm slightly cheating since I took these photos Tuesday morning, but....).  And one more challenge, there's a new blog called "A Blog Named Hero" and their challenge is to use one of your favorite Hero Arts stamps, seriously if anyone needs any enabling to buy the Classic Fabric background-- do it!  It's great, so versatile and useful.

 

Waltzingmouse Sketch challenge this week was the perfect sketch to test out my new Die-namics "Let's Toast" set.   I love the bright party scene in this month's Jay Gee's Nook challenge, while I'm switched ballons for banners, I'm sure my wine label and bottle of wine will be well received at this party.  There are more fun goodies in the MFT set that I'm sure will get some love in my crafty room, maybe after I finish the other cards?  Thanks for looking...  

Materials: Flower Card, PTI Rosie Posie dies, My Mind's Eye Six by Six patterned paper, PTI simply chartreuse card stock, vellum, PTI linen impression plate, Tim Holtz Distress stain antique linen, October Afternoon Farmhouse buttons

Coffee card: Verve Better With You, Lifestyle Letterpress flourish, Hero Arts classic fabric background cling, white and black card stock, vellum, blue patterend paper from stash, water color pencil, Stampendous clear embossing powder, Versafine black ink, Letterpress black ink, PTI kraft ink, PTI 1 3/4th inch limitless layers dies

Birthday Wine Label: Waltzingmouse Stamps Frame It sentiment, Paper Smooches chevron stamp, Lily Bee design banner stickers, PTI Tag It sale die, Twine, PTI kraft card stock, vellum, My Favorite Things die-namics wine label and wine glass die, water color pencils, PTI kraft ink, Versafine black ink, Stampendous clear embossing powder, Tatttered Angels black mist

hello sunshine!

My day starts with coffee, so I thought this SRM sticker sentiment worked well with Hero Arts April sketch and theme "Sunshine and Showers."  Happy Monday!  Today's 365 Cards challenge is about everyday, and since I'm an everyday coffee kinda gir. And for those of you click happy bloggy pals, I'm hosting a contest on my work blog and there's still a few more days to vote-- if you any of you would like to play along click here and pick one of the 8 businesses on the post, someone is going to win a free professional photo shoot and web design!

And a special shout out to my friend Georgette who recently took some new headshots for me, click here to see more of the photos.
Materials: Hero Arts Have a Donut, Hero Arts Leaf background cling, Hero Arts Earth Designer patterned paper, SRM stickers, recycled coffee holder, Spellbinders Nestabilities dies, Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder, Tim Holtz distress ink vintage photo, Tim Holtz distress stain antique linen, PTI cream card stock

you're tea-rrific

Welcome to another 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday.  This week we have Robyn's Fetish as the sponsor.  Thanks to Maureen's blog candy I had some fun die cuts to play with my tea cups.  Go check out the rest of the DT and see what they've created....

Dana, Wendi, Rose, Jenny and Annie

Materials: Robyn's Fetish tea cups, The Greeting Farm sentiment, Die cuts from Maureen, PTI linen impression plate, PTI kraft card stock, vellum, Twinery cappuccino twine, DeNami twine, water color pencils, glossy accents, Versafine black ink, Tim Holtz distress stain antique linen

Best Ever Birthday and some news

It's not my birthday... but I do have a fun wine label to share.  I've used this month's Artful Delight sketch, taking the layout and creating something outside the box is an extra fun challenge.  Leeanne's goodies offer so many options, I made the label almost exclusively out of the April card kit.  And my exciting news is that I'm going to be joining the Artful Delight Design Team!  Look for my fun crafty creations on Wednesdays starting in June.  In the mean time though you can go leave some love for the other new DT.  

• Missy
• Karen
• Marcia

 

Materials: Paper Smooches Cut Loose, Hero Arts Clings sentiment, Pink Paislee Indigo Bleu patterned paper, PTI kraft card stock, vellum, Versafine black ink, American Crafts denim ribbon, twine, SRM sticker, My Mind's Eye rhinestones, Studio Calico rub-on, PTI circle die,  PTI double sided banner die, EK Success 1 3/4th inch circle punch, Fiskars corner rounder, 

Congrats, thanks and wedding photos

This week's Waltzingmouse Sketch challenge is a one layer card.  

My friend Jen has a guest challenge up at Club CK, so I had to play along to show my blogging pal support.  Plus, since I have left over May Arts ribbon from the wedding, I figured that'd be a good way to use some of it up.  I really wanted to take a photo of the pine cones hanging off the chairs at the ceremony with this May Arts ribbon, but my bridesmaid duties prevented me from getting the photo opp, so sorry ladies-- it looked great.  And I also used the new challenge over at Do More With Less, "Rock and Roll", fun to try to spruce up the trees with several different ink colors.  I then spritzed the whole sheet in perfect pearls because the wedding had a total blizzard, so I thought my sister would like the shimmery effect.  (She liked this card, but really wants a fat stack of one layer cards that wont require extra postage... but that's not what I was inspired to do this morning).

But since a number of you have been sending your morale support for my crafty agendas for the wedding, here are a few fun photos.  Can you figure out which feet are mine in the snowy boot photo?

And because the fabulous Jen made us beautiful flowers for the wedding I had to share a couple of photos of them in action.

And one last crafty project for the day.  Mr. Ben was so excited that Emily included a little goodie for him from my Do More With Less challenge win, that he wanted to play along with Michelle's Neon challenge at Do More With Less.

Materials: Waltzingmouse Big Blooms, PTI Think Big Favorites, My Mind's Eye rhinestones, Martha Stewart score pad, Versafine black ink, water color pencils, PTI cream card stock

Many Thanks: Waltzingmouse Stamps Frame It, Tim Holtz woodgrain embossing folder, PTI kraft and cream card stock, May Arts and PTI ribbon, Versafine black ink, Tim Holtz woodgrain embossing folder, Perfect Pearls, Stazon Cactus ink, PTI simply chartreuse ink, Tim Holtz distress ink shabby shutters

Congratulations

Welcome to another 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday.  We're celebrating my sister's wedding this weekend and I made this card for a friend to give to the bride & groom.  (You'd think I'd of made a card for me to give them, but somehow that didn't actually happen!)  Hop along to the rest of the 365 Cards DT projects and see if you're inspired to play along.

Dana, Wendi, Rose, Jenny and Annie

Materials: Custom skier stamp,  The Craft's Meow Vintage Snowflake, SRM sticker sentiment, PTI Tag It Sale die, My Favorites Things scallop die, Nestabilities scallop circle die, PTI snowflake impression plate, PTI white card stock, black card stock, vellum, Twinery charcoal twine