The 12 Kits of Christmas - February Challenge



This month was Cathy from Empty Nest Crafter's month to host our challnege.  Each month there are 12 of us who recieve the same kit in the mail with all of the most wondeful supplies you can even imagine.  Cathy really out did herself this month with this adorable little polar bear, in fact, my daughter Ashleigh said this was her favorite winter card I have ever made (she loves the little polar bears)!  Here is a picture of the fabulous kit....

Cathy's fabulous kit!

This is the card that is Ashleigh's favorite...I think it is just too cute.

After taking a look at these cards be sure to visit the other 11 blogs and leave some sweet comments too. 

Renee - It's A Patchwork Life

Joyce - Cards-by-the-Sea

Cathy - Empy Nest Crafter

Christina - Sea Glass and Sentiments

Jessica - The Paper Parade

Marybeth - Marybeth's Time for Paper

Sharron - On Papillon Wings

Suzanne - The Card Yard

Jeanne - A Kept Life

Amy - Stamp-in-Pardise

Kara - K and R Designs

Thank you so much for taking a peek!

PTI February 2012 Blog Hop - Interactive Cards



It's that time again...but this month is a bit different, the challenge is to make an interactive card and I have to say this is one of the most fun cards I have made in awhile.  If you have not checked out all of the new Movers & Shakers dies and stamp set at PTI, you have to and you will also be over the moon with these new wonderful goodies. I was so happy when my order arrived in time for me to play along this month and to use my new zipper dies, just so much fun and I can't wait to give away some of these fabulous cards. The first card photo is "zipped" and the second one is "unzipped".  Thanks for taking a peek!

Zipped - Happiness...

Unzipped - is blue skies & sunny days with you.

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White

Printed Paper: Echo Park - Summer Days

Dies: PTI - Clouds and Zipper

Bakers Twine: Unknown Source

Stamps: PTI - Movers & Shakers Sentiments

Ink: VersaFine - Black

Mini Blog Hop - Garden Variety and Year of Flowers

I always feel so honored when I am asked to participate in a Blog Hop, thank you Joyce from
Cards-by-the-Sea for inviting me. I really wanted to join in the fun but did not own either of the PTI stamp sets that are being used, so Joyce was sweet enough to stamp off some images of both sets for me to use.  I ended up only getting one card made but I am very happy with how it turned out. Both of these sets are ones that really need to be colored and that is just something I don't do...because I am not good at it. Be sure to check out all of the creations in our Mini Blog Hop, this is a very talented group of ladies. Thanks for taking a peek!

Joyce - Cards-by-the-Sea

Renee - It's A Patchwork Life

Marybeth - Marybeth's Time for Paper

Jen - Only Love is Real, Papercrafts!

Gayatri - Handmade by G3

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise and Spring Moss

Printed Paper: PTI -

Stamped Images: PTI - Garden Variety

Ribbon: PTI - Orange Zest

Bakers Twine: Unknown Source

Punch: SU - Scallop Edge

Make a Wish

Last post for the night....I purchased this set from Flourishes during one of their holiday sales and it has been sitting around collecting dust and begging to be inked.  Who does not like the look of silhouettes? Flourishes has so many beautiful stamps sets that have silhouette images and this set, Kids Play is one of my favorites.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - Pure Poppy and White
Printed Paper: Beautiful Blooms
Stamps: Flourishes - Kids Play
Ribbon: PTI - Pure Poppy
Dies: PTI - Tiny Tags and Spellbinders - Scallop Squares
Ink: VersaFine - Black
Baker's Twine: Pure Poppy

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #85

Another card for the day (I am hoping to get several more made before the day is over too), this one is for this week's Waltzingmouse sketch challenge and this is one of those cards that pretty much made itself.  I know there is not much to it but I know I wanted to use these little butterflies...they have been sitting on my craft desk for quite some time and when I saw the sketch for this week's challenge I knew just what I would make.  It is very sweet and simple and I needed a belated birthday too, so it all just seemed to fall into place. 

Ingredients

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Eat Cake

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White and Berry Sorbet

Butterflies: Jenni Bowlin



Leftovers...

I spent some time today cleaning off my craft desk (it was pretty messy) and I still had all of my supplies from the 4 of a Kind kits I put together this month.  So rather than just put everything away I decided to make a few more cards.  I always pin the cards that the other 3 from our group makes so I used their cards for inspiration today...did not have to do much thinking at all. 

The first card I made is for my daughter, Ashleigh...she turns 20 this coming Friday.  I case'd Cathy from Empty Nest Crafter for her card, but mine is just a bit smaller but the same design.  I really love having the numbers for their age on the side of the card, such a smart way to do it.

The other three cards are just birthday cards to add to my stash, you can never have too many birthday cards.  Thank you Cathy, Joyce and Renee for all of your wonderful inspiration!  Thank you for taking a peek!

Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Party - Spring - February 2012

Wow, this month is just flying by and it is already the 17th, time to post my card for the Waltzingmouse Blog Party. The theme this month is Spring...Looking Forward to Spring and I am really looking forward to having a bit warmer weather, seeing all the blooms on the trees and most of all baseball season to start! My card this month uses the Afternoon Tea set (one of my favorite sets that WMS makes) and the Quatrefoil die from PTI, the perfect combination.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Aqua Mist, White and Melon Berry

Stamps: WMS - Afternoon Tea

Ribbon: Michael's

Felt: PTI - Aqua Mist and Melon Berry

Dies: PTI - Beautiful Blooms #2 and Quatrefoil

Ink: PTI - Aqua Mist and VersaFine - Black



Happy Birthday Cathy Blog Hop

Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Cathy, happy birthday to you!
I hope you enjoy all of the birthday cards that all of us have on our blogs wishing you a fabulous day.  This was so much fun to for Cathy and I am looking forward to seeing all of the beautiful and creative birthday cards you receive. 

Here is a list of all the other wonderful ladies who are sending birthday wishes to Cathy...

Joyce - Cards-by-the-Sea
Renee - It's a Patchwork Life
Kim - You are here!
Marybeth - Marybeth's Time for Paper
Jeanne - A Kept Life
Sharron - On Papillon Wings
Jessica - The Paper Parade
Kara - K and R Designs

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - Kraft, Aqua Mist, White and Royal Velvet
Stamps: PTI - Tea for Two and Tea for Two additions
Ink: PTI - Kraft, Aqua Mist and Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Dusty Concord
Dies: Tea for Two and Medium Scallop Border
Twine: Unknown source
Bling: SU

4 of a Kind - Happy Birthday

Can you believe February is already here? It seems like we just were celebrating the holidays...oh well, I think the older I get the faster time seems to fly by. Well, it is time for our 4 of a Kind Challenge and this is my month to send out the kits.  Each month one of us is host and put kits together, send out and make at least one card using at least 4 of the elements.

It took a bit to come up with the theme but then I realized I know so many people with birthdays this month that Happy Birthday was the perfect idea! I started looking for printed paper and came across the wonderful little 6x6 pad of paper from "simple stories" called Happy Day and fell in love with the colors and knew right then this would work.  Went online and ordered solid card stock and the By the Numbers impression plate from PTI...I was so worried they would not arrive in time but they and I got right to work, put my kits together and wrapped them up to look like birthday presents...too much fun! They were complete with balloons and candles, can't have a party without those.

I was so excited about the kits that I forgot to take pictures for this post, so Joyce was just too sweet and sent a couple my way but unfortunately I deleted them...sorry about that.

So here are my cards, I was able to get 3 made.  I was planning to try for at least one more but with so many other card challenges going on it did not happen...Thanks for taking a peek.

 This was the first card I made

Had to figure out a way to incorporate the candle

Be sure to check out the card that the rest of the creative group made too.
Joyce   Cards-by-the-Sea
Cathy   Empty Nest Crafter
Renee   It's a Patchwork Life

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Dark Chocolate, Rustic White, Simply Chartreuse, Burgundy - Unknown Source

Printed Paper: simple stories - Happy Day

Dies: Bloom Builders, By The Numbers, Limitless Layers, Double Ended Banners, Mat Stack 1, Tiny Tags, Block Alphabet Upper Case and Button Boutique

Buttons: PTI - Simply Chartreuse

Baker's Twine: PTI - Dark Chocolate

Ribbon: PTI - Kraft

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #84 - by Jen Cuthbertson



It has been a while since I have made a card for the Waltzingmouse weekly challenge, but this sketch is so nice I could not pass up the chance to make another card.  I know I have said this before, but I only have a few WM stamp sets, so my cards are a bit limited in theme but there are so many stamps that come in each set and that makes it easy to change up your cards a bit. Here is the sketch...

and then my take on it...thanks for taking a peek!

 

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - Ivory, Dark Chocolate and Melon Berry
Bakers Twine: PTI - Dark Chocolate
Buttons: PTI - Melon Berry
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Afternoon Tea
Charm: eBay
Ink: VersaFine - Vintage Sepia

PTI Anniversary...Day 7



Today's contest is in honor of Valentine's Day and Melissa Bickford's new stamp series called Heart-2-Heart and the first set is just so much fun. I love both coffee and tea and this new set is just so perfect for those how love either one.  The adorable to go cup with the cozy around it is just so sweet, can't wait to get this set in my hot little hands! So our card challenge for the day is to create a card using hearts in any way you can imagine. 

Here is a card by Nichole Heady using parts of the new set, too cute, right!

Here is my take on the challenge...thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White and Raspberry Fizz

Ribbon: PTI- Pure Poppy

Printed Paper: Simple Valentine

Stamps: Verve - 100 Hearts

Ink: SU- Real Red

Impression Plate: Cuttlebug - Swiss Dot

Waltzingmouse Christmas Card Challenge - February 2012

Well it is that time again...time for the Waltzingmouse Christmas Card Challenge and I have to say this card pretty much just made it's self, love when that happens.  For this month there are two different color schemes, one traditional and the other a bit more modern.  I just couldn't do the modern one, just not me.  To me Christmas is the traditional colors of red and green...They both are nice but red and green are my choice.

Here is my take on the WMCCC, thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Pure Poppy and White

Printed Paper: PTI - Candy Cane Prints

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Santa's Coming to Town

Jingle Bells: Michael's

Seam Binding: Renee Lynch

Ink: SU - Real Red

Bakers Twine: PTI - Pure Poppy

PTI Anniversary...Day 6



Today's contest is to make a card using one of PTI's new card sketches.  I choose the first of the five sketches and put together another card using the Simply Jane stamp set.  I really love the look of aqua mist and Lemon Tart together, just so soft and sweet.  Here is the sketch that I choose to use...

And here is the card that I made using this sketch as inspiration...thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White, Aqua Mist and Lemon Tart

Stamps: PTI - Simply Jane and Rosie Posie

Dies: PTI - Half & Half, Mat Stack 1 and Mat Stack 1 Layerz

Impression Plate: PTI - Damask

Ink: PTI - Aqua Mist, VersaFine - Black and Memento - Thatched Straw

PTI Anniversary...Day 5

Today is day 5 and the contest for today is to take an inspiration piece from one of the design teams pins on Pinterest...I don;t know about you, but I love pinning! I have to admit I spend way too much time both pinning and search other's boards.  There are just so many wonderful pieces of inspiration that it is hard to break away from the computer screen.  Here is what I choose for my inspiration piece...it is from Nichole Heady and she uses the new Simply Jane stamp set...

 Here is my take on her card...thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Canyon Clay, Rustic White and Dark Chocolate

Printed Paper: PTI - Simply Jane

Stamps: PTI - Simply Jane

Ribbon: PTI - Canyon Clay

Button: PTI - Canyon Clay

Bakers Twine: Dark Chocolate

PTI Anniversary...Day 4

Today's card was to be inspired by one of the design teams color combinations...and while they all are great colors, I had to go with one that I had paper to make a card for.  I was a bit short on time today too so I was trying to think of something that would really just make itself, so I used one of the design team images from day 2 of the anniversary festivities. 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - Berry Sorbet, Ripe Avocado and Raspberry Fizz and White
Buttons: PTI Berry Sorbet
Die: Spellbinders - Scallop Squares

PTI Anniversary...Day 2



There are 10 great design team images on the free download, so rather than make just one card to enter into today's contest, why not two!

So for this card I was inspired by my friend Renee from It's a Patchwork Life and just fell in "love" with her version and decided to case it, but change it up a bit.  What I loved most about her card was that postmark across the image.  I knew that I had to have one in my stamp stash that my sister gave me (I think I must have a stamp for everything between what I got from her and Paula).  So now I needed a sentiment to go with it and remembered that I had the perfect stamp, this one from Paula...thanks you two to helping out with this card, could not have made it without you!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI White and Summer Sunrise
Stamps: Robyn and Paula
Die: Spellbinders Scallop Square
Ink: VersaFine - Black

PTI Anniversary...Day 2



Another day of fun cards to make...today there was a wonderful sheet of images created by the design team and the challenge was to select one and make a card with it.  I choose the cassette tape, boy do these bring back lots of memories! My daughter and I love going to rock concerts so I thought this would make the perfect card.

Thanks Erin for this wonderful image and it really was so much fun to create a card around it...I love her style, so clean and crisp.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Pure Poppy and white

Ink: VersaFine - Black and SU Real Red

Stamps: PTI Grunge Me and Rock On

Casing Joyce

Hope everyone is having a great weekend...I have had a blast, spent Saturday at AT&T Park for the San Francisco Giant's FanFest, it felt so good to be back at the ball park.  It was a beautiful day, the garlic fries were perfect and what better place to be than with the San Francisco Giants!

I have also had a good chunk of free time and have been busy making cards, lots of cards.  Last week I saw this card on Joyce's blog, Cards-by-the-Sea and just fell in love with it and was doing the happy dance because I had just about all of the supplies! Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - Black, White, Pure Poppy and Kraft
Stamps: PTI - Grunge Me and Rock On
Punch: SU
Ink: SU - Real Red, VersaFine - Black and PTI - Kraft

PTI 5 year anniversary...day 1

Happy Anniversary PTI! They have so many fun daily challenges and sneak peeks to celebrate 5 years of amazing products, design team inspiration and ideas!

For today's challenge we were asked to make a card that was inspired by on of the design team members. Michelle Wooderson always inspires me...her cards seem to just make themselves and always look so quick and easy to put together.  Her list of favorites are pretty close to mine and I just love her style.

Here is my inspiration idea...

Here is my card and thank you for taking a peek!

Ingredients - All PTI (other than flowers)

Solid Card Stock: White, Orange Zest, Lemon Tart and New Leaf

Printed Paper: Polka Dot Parade

Ribbon: Orange Zest - Satin

Buttons: Orange Zest, New Leaf and Harvest Gold

Dies: Tiny Tags, Filigree Border and Button Boutique

Stamps: Button Boutique

Flowers: Creative Memories