Boo!

Halloween is my favorite holiday and when I saw the CAS-ual Fridays challenge this week (a card made using stickers), I knew I would make my card a Halloween one.  I love stickers almost as much as I love Halloween, and with both the card making and scrapbooking industry trends have moved away from using them, I still try and squeeze a few in now and again. This card was so quick and easy to make that I think I will be pulling out a few more stickers from my stash.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients...
Paper: Club Scrap - Wheel & Sprocket
Stickers: Creative Memories
Alphabet Stickers: Creative Memories
Foam Tape: 3M

My Craft Room

I have to say I really LOVE my crafting space! It is my favorite room in the house and always makes me smile when I walk in...I am very blessed to have a room all to myself for my crafts, but occasionally make space for my husband while he is working on the crossword puzzles.

I am a major Disney/Mickey Mouse and I Love Lucy fan and as soon as you walk in you can figure that out. Most of the room, say 90% is Disney and rest is my Lucy corner. My husband was sweet enough to help me paint or should I say set up the laser level for the Mickey stripes (they had to be as perfect as I could get). My mom helped me decorate the walls, knowing just where to place everything. I do add new things and put old ones away at times. I have so much Disney/Mickey Mouse stuff, I just don't have enough room to display all of it and my craft supplies.

I Love Lucy corner...love the Barbie dolls!

My desk is from Ikea, it's large enough for me to really spread out and since I'm the only using the room, I can just leave what ever I am working on out.

The white folding table is my cutting table.  I do a fair amount of sewing and both sides fold up and give me a very large space.  It also doubles as a space of extra supplies while working on projects.

Before I started making cards and found PTI, I scrapbooked and one of the book cases is filled wtih albums of our family from when I got married to Ashleigh graduating high school.  Seems like the older they get the less pictures are taken (I think that is because they are doing more with their friends rather than family). The second book case is filled with stamps, paper, Cricut, paper trimmers and all kinds of supplies for being creative.

Last photo...this is the door to my favorite spot in the house.  I made the Christmas wreath from McDonalds Happy Meal toys when Disneyland was celebrating it's 50th Anniversary.  Behind the door are all of my edge punches, love that they are all in one spot.

Thanks for taking a peek into where play whenever I get the extra time!

One more card...

I have another entry to CAS-ual Fridays Embossing challenge this time using snowflakes as my theme. I haven't used embossing powder in awhile and forgot how much fun it is to use. Hope you enjoy the card.

Supplies Used
Solid and Printed Paper: Creavite Memories
Ink: VersaMark
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug - Snowflakes
Stamps: PTI - 2008 Holiday Tag Collection and Signature Christmas
Embossing Powder: Stampendous - White

                                    

Back to School...

It's that time of the year again, back to school and back to work. I won't complain too much with having most of the summer off (taught summer school the month of July, but no stress, just lots of fun).  I love making goodies and treats for my coworkers, so here's a card that I made to hand out to a few of my favorite buddies.  I cased this card from one of the PTI blogs, but for the life of me can't remember who so that I can give them credit. What I love most about this card is the use of the VersaMark ink with the alphabet background stamp.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used - All PTI unless otherwise stated
Solid Paper: Kraft, White, New Leaf and True Black
Ink: VersaMark, VersaFine-Onyx Black, SU-Real Red and SU-Green Galore
Ribbon: Saddle Stitch-Pure Poppy
Die: Spiral Notebook Page, Circle Punch
Stamps: School Time and It's Offical

Sympathy Card

I made this card for a very dear friend who's dog, Adios passed away.  I did not have anything pet related stamp or paper wise, so I went with something sweet and simple. I used the vine die that my forum friend Joyce was sweet enough to cut for me since I don't own that die yet.  Not sure what color paper she used to cut the die out with but it was close enough to PTI Lemon Tart that you really don't notice the slight difference. Thank you for taking a peek.

Supplies Used - All PTI unless otherwise stated
Solid Paper: Lemon Tart and Berry Sorbet
Printed Paper: Cosmo Cricket - Pixie-licious
Ink: VersaFine - Onyx Black
Felt: Harvest Gold
Die: Leafy Vine Border and Beautiful Blooms II #3
Button: Fine Linen
Stamps: Simple Sentiments

CAS-ual Fridays Embossing Challenge

This is my second card challenge with CAS-ual Friday.  It is always nice to be inspired to try something different.  I have several embossing mats from Cuttlebug and I finally got tempted to pull them out and give them a try and I love the way my card turned out...kind of fairy tale looking. Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used
Paper: SU White
Printed Paper: KI Memories
Bling: Kaiser Rhinestones
Die: PTI Limitless Layers
Embossing Mat: Cuttlebug Swirls

                                    

4 of a Kind - Cupcake Card Challenge

I was invited to join 3 incredibly talented ladies, Cathy, Joyce and Renee to showcase cards that we make, all of us using the same supplies but with different finished products.  I am so excited and honored to be a part of this group and have been looking forward to posting my card for several weeks. Please check out their blogs to see what they have created and leave a comment on each one.  Cathy will choose a winner at random for a PTI Gift Certificate. Here is my card ...

Happy Monday!

I did not get any cards made this weekend to share, but I do have some pictures from my weekend in San Francisco's Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park.  Ashleigh and I had an awesome time, 3 days of incredible music, yummy food and after Friday, fabulous weather.  We got to see Muse, Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Foster the People, the Joy Formidable and so many more.  There were over 80,000 people attending, Sunday night's concert for Arcade Fire had over 40,000 singing and dancing along.  Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Wedding Wishes

One more card for the night...this one is an elegant wedding card using lots of bling, gotta love the sparkle!  I love using black for wedding cards and the printed paper I think is just perfect. 

Supplies Used
Solid Paper: Stampin Up
Printed Paper: PTI - Black and White Basics
Stamps: PTI - Congrats All Ways
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Rhinestones: Kaiser
Bling: Prima
Ribbon: Britex Fabrics - Black Velvet

a few new cards to share....

Had a crazy week and finally got motivated to get a few cards made.  The first set is for a gift, a thank you, birthday and thinking of you card using the Mehndi Medallion set with sentiments from Botanical Silouettes. I cased the cards from Sara on the PTI forum, her designs were so inspiring.  Hope you like them.

Supplies Used
Stamps: Mehndi Medallion and Botanical Silouettes
Paper: Stampin Up
Bling: Rhinstones - Kaiser
Ink: Distress - faded jeans, shabby shutters, dusty concord and Versafine Onyx Black

Thinking of You

One more card for the night...one of my PTI forum friends father had a stroke and I wanted to send her a card to let her know that I am thinking of her family at this time. The stamp set I used was a special edition from PTI, Iconic Images.  I wasn't completely sold on the set when I first saw it but it is perfect for this card so now I'm happy that I have it. 

Supplies Used - All PTI unless other wise noted
Paper: Rustic White, Ripe Avocado, Lemon Tart
Bakers Twine: Chocolate
Ink: Versa Fine - Vintage Sepia, Distress Ink - peeled paint, Memento - Dandelion, Versa Mark
Stamps: Iconic Images

6 Scoops...

Today I made another card using the "Sweet As Can Be" set from PTI, it is very addicting. I case'd this card from Joyce (PTI forum) who case'd it from Katie who used it as her entry for the last CAS-ual Friday Blog Challenge.  It is just way too cute to pass up so I made 5 of them today.  I love the look of the ice cream scoops and button on top for the cherry. Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used - All PTI unless other wise noted
Solid Paper: Club Scrap - Fizz Kit
Printed Paper: 2008 Bitty Dot Basics
Ribbon: Michaels
Button: Pure Poppy
Twine: Pure Poppy
Stamps: Sweet As Can Be
Ink: Versa Fine Vintage Sepia and Distress Spun Sugar

Last card of the night...

Both my sister and I fell in love with this card that won the last challenge on CAS-ual Fridays blog made by Laura Bassen, so I decided to Case it and give a color base for the actual card.  It was a very quick and easy card to make and Laura did such a beautiful job. Congratulations on winning the Long and Short of It Challenge.

Supplies Used
Paper: Club Scrap - Paisley Kit
Image: Two Peas - Hero Arts Digital
Ink: Versa Fine Onyx Black
Ribbon: Michaels
Stamps: Beautiful Blessings - PTI

Triple Decker Cone

Just got this stamp set from PTI and have been dying to get it a try.  Had a bit of trouble lining up the stamp to the actual scoop, but looks ok to start with.  I think it almost look good enough to eat! Thanks for taking a peek.

Supplies Used
Paper: Raspberry Fizz and White - PTI
Printed Paper: Funky Town - PTI
Ink: Versa Fine Onyx Black and Versa Mark
Button: Raspberry Fizz - PTI
Stamps: Sweet As Can Be - PTI
Dies: Sweet As Can Be - PTI

First Card Challenge...

I am so excited to participate in the challenge from CAS-ual Fridays blog.  I have followed their blog for some time and now that I have a blog I can play along.  Hope you like the card.

Supplies Used
Paper: Ripe Avocado and White - PTI
Ink: Peeled Paint - Distress Ink
Glitter: Golden Beryl - Martha Stewart
Ribbon: Michaels
Glue Dots
Stamps: Thanks 2 You - The Stamps of Life

Happy Birthday

I made this card for a very sweet friend who is celebrating her birthday this Saturday.  I was working on the "Have a Wonderful Day" card using Aqua Mist paper and had a piece of 12x12 printed paper from Sassafras Lass and love how the colors seemed to go so well together.  So here it is...thanks for looking!

Supplies Used
Paper: PTI Auqa Mist
Printed Paper: Sassafras Lass
Ink: Pure Poppy SU
Ribbon and Flower: Michaels

"Have a wonderful day" card...

I made this card for my PTI pen pal.  I have only used this set a few times but love how clean and simple it looks.  I had a blast at my first go round with glitter, makes such a big mess but well worth it.

Supplies Used

Stamps:  PTI Flower Fusion #1

Paper:  PTI Aqua Mist

Buttons:  PTI Aqua Mist

Glitter: Martha Stewart, feldspar, yellow barite and golden beryl

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Versa Magic Aquatic and Memento Dandelion

Welcome to my Blog

I've been wanting to do this blog for a while after being inspired by my sister, she is so talented with digital "sutff".  Hope you enjoy what I do here...cupcakes, cards and maybe a few sewing projects too.