Make It Monday #33 Frosted Images

This weeks topic is "frosted images" and I thought and thought about what images and colors to use and then it hit...Halloween. What better than to have a witch flying across the foggy sky on Halloween night and it only took me two attempts to get it right!  This is my first time doing the MIM and making frosted images and I have to say both process were fun and I plan to do it again.

Ingredients - all PTI
Stamps: Spooky Sweets
Buttons: Autumn Mix
Printed Paper: Hocus Pocus
Ink: VersaFine - Onyx Black and SU - White Pigment

Two More Birthdays!

It has been nice having a good chunk of the day to be creative.  I have all of my supplies spread out everywhere and my desk really looks more like a big mess rather than a place to make cards.  I made two more birthday cards today, one is a bit more retro using PTI's Ad Sense stamps and dies and the second using the By the Numbers dies.   I love the My Minds Eye paper pad, most of the papers already have a retro feel to them and they pair very well with the Ad Sense stamps.  Thanks again for taking a peek!

The first card it also one for the Card Patterns Sketch #133...I made the card but did not realize that I could use it for this callenge until one of my PTI forum friends pointed it out...too much fun. I love making cards for challenges, makes me think outside the box a bit more.

Ingredients for Retro Birthday
Solids Paper: PTI - New Leaf
Printed Paper: My Minds Eye - lime twist
Stamps: PTI - Ad Sense
Dies: PTI - Ad Sense
Ink: VersaFine - Onyx Black


Ingredients for 13th Birthday
Solid Paper: PTI New Leaf
Buttons: PTI
Die: PTI - By the Numbers
Printed Paper: My Minds Eye - lime twist
Stamps: Big Birthday Wishes
Ink: VersaFine - Onyx Black

Happy Birthday...CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #20

Today's card is for another CAS-ual Fridays Challenge and this week's challenge is mini cards, no bigger than 4in by 4 in, so that is just what I did.  I have had the By the Numbers dies from PTI for months and have never pulled them out to play with so when I saw this weeks challenge I thought they would be just perfect for a "mini" birthday card. The printed paper is from My Minds Eye, lime twist 6x6 pad. I loved the designs in the set, but the trains were just too cute and knew they would make a great children's birthday card.  I loved the way the card turned out that I had to make a "big"one as well.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Dies: PTI By the Numbers
Printed Paper: My Minds Eye - lime twist
Solid Paper: PTI - Summer Sunrise
Stamps: Big Birthday Wishes
Ink: VersaFine - Onyx Black

4 of a Kind...Take Two

Edit...Terri is the winner of the PTI blog candy! Thanks so much for the sweet comments.
Please send me your email address so I can send you your prize.



Welcome back to the second round of 4 of a Kind! This is my month to host and I have been so excited to do this post.  I thought for a long while about what I would be doing, went through all of my stamps, dies, paper, and embellishments and still was at a loss, and then it hit me...a sewing theme.  I have been sewing since 7th grade (so for about 40+ years), so why not a card using elements of sewing.  Buttons, button cards, thread, dress forms and patterned paper just to start with.  I spent an entire day cutting and stamping and figuring out how to mail everything out so that nothing was lost or bent.  Before I started cutting and packaging I wanted to get a picture of all the ingredients.

 Here is picture of the little goodie bags I sent the rest of the ladies...too cute!

This is a picture of my finished card...I did a little bit of sewing on my card to go along with the theme.  I used 7 of my ingredients on the card and added some seam binding too.  I really had a blast making this card and hope that you will enjoy hopping over to each of the other blogs and leaving kind words.

Card Ingredients...All PTI
Stamps: Button Boutique
Dies: Dress Form, Double Ended Banner and Button Card
Printed Paper: Pacific Vineyard
Solid Paper: Rustic White and Ripe Avocado
Seam Binding: Coats & Clark
Ink: Distress Ink - peeled paint
Bakers Twine: Chocolate
Buttons: Ripe Avocado, Royal Velvet and Fine Linen
Impression Plate: Damask Designs

So now for the fun part of this challenge...below are the links to my PTI forum friends who will be making cards all using the same ingredients. 

I will be offering some blog candy in honor of this months challenge...a $10.00 PTI Gift Certificate and all you need to do to win is:

1. Become a Follower of all FOUR Blogs if you aren't already.

2. Leave a comment on all four blogs telling us what you think of the cards we made and how it may inspire you.

I will randomly choose a winner on Wednesday, September 21st, so be sure to check back to see if you are the lucky winner!

Cathy Weber - Empty Nest Crafter

Joyce Mehrberg - Cards-by-the-Sea

Renee Lynch - It's A Patchwrok Life

Thanks for taking a peek at all of our cards.

Love this time of year!

We are getting a bit cooler weather and even had a thunder and lightening show last night...this time of year is my favorite.  You can almost smell it in the air and I am really looking forward to much cooler days, fires in the fireplace and pulling out all of my fall clothes, especailly the Halloween t-shirts from Target to layer with long sleeve t's.  I even went as far as lighting a mulled cider candle and baking an apple pie. The pie is actually a birthday gift for one of my daughters friends, so we will not be cutting into it tonight, maybe I should have made two to them...

To keep with the fall theme today, I made a few Halloween treat holders for a PTI forum friend and some of my co-workers too.  The tall orange package with the band holds a Hershey bar and the stripe package is holding a Reeses PeanutButter Cup.  They were so fun and easy to put together that by the end of the day I had made a dozen of each.

Ingredients
Solid Paper: SU
Printed Paper: Creative Memories
Stickers: Creative Memories
Ribbon: Michaels
Stamps: Close to my Heart - Creepy Cobwebs and Michaels Recollections - Halloween
Dies: PTI Limitless Layers
Crimper: Fiskars

Tea for Three

Happy Sunday!
I have been busy making cards today and was inspired by a card made by Lynn from The Queen's Scene Blog (she is an incredibly talented lady and I could not help casing one of  her cards).  After seeing what she did I decided to use the same stamped image and make three different cards.  I love the yellow on the cards, it's so bright and cheerful, can't help but smile when I look at them. Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients...
Solid Paper: Stampin Up
Printed Paper: DCWV - Lemon Flower and PTI - 2008 Bitty Dots
Paper Flowers: Prima Flowers - Fairytale Roses Buttercup
Buttons: PTI - Harvest Mix
Ribbon: Britex Fabrics Velvet Ribbon
Stamps: PTI - Tea For Two and Tea For Two Additions
Ink: VersaFine - Onyx Black and Memento - Dandelion
Bling: Kaiser Rhinestones
Dies: PTI - Tea Pot
Foam Tape: 3M

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Here is another card for CAS-ual Fridays weekly challenge.  This weeks the theme is What's Black and White and Read all over?  Part of the challenge is that the card needs to a representaion of a book as well, but other than a song title, Oh Christmas Tree, can't find a book, so I am hoping that this will work too (I'm sure the song is in a book). As soon as I saw the theme I knew exactly what I wanted to make.  I have had this Christmas Tree stamp for about a year and just love it! I stamp it in black and then add some colored bling, ribbon, or paper flowers.  Since CAS-ual Fridays always wants clean and simple cards, that's what I did, sweet, simple and fast to make. 
I'm also doing this weeks Play Date Cafe Challenge, it incorpoates the same color scheme, one of my favorites, Black, White and Red, reminds me of Twilight and Disney! 
Thanks for taking a peek!

   


Ingredients...
Solid Paper: Stampin Up
Bling: doodlebug jewels - ladybug
Stamps: Penny Black - Starlit and PTI - Signature Christmas
Ink: VersaFine - Onyx Black