A few more cards for today...

Two more cards for today...the first one is for this weeks Merry Monday #55, Tic Tac Toe and I took to the bottom row. It was a quick and easy card to make and I just love the way it turned out.  I think this is the cutest Santa stamp I have ever seen, it was a gift from one of my blog friends, Cathy from Empty Nest Crafter. He is just so jolly looking. 

My second card is for this weeks Retro Sketch #57. It has been a few weeks since I have played along and I forgot how fun it is to take their sketch and turn it into my own.  I am thinking a bit ahead and made my card for Father's Day, my husband loves to fish more than just about anything else so I thought this would be just perfect for him. I used a stamp that is from a stamp class my sister I took what seems like a 100 years ago. She bought the stamp and then passed it down to me, it works great with all of these lures. 

Ingredients - all PTI unless listed

Santa

Solid Card Stock: White

Ink: Fine Linen and SU - Real Red

Stamps: Santa Stationary and Serendipity - Santa

Bling: Doodlebug

Fish More

Solid Card Stock: White and Spring Rain

Stamps: WP9 - Fish More and A Muse Artstamps -Lots of Circles (thanks Robyn)

Dies: WP9 - Fish More

Ink: Spring Rain, Orange Zest, New Leaf, Lemon Tart and Harvest Gold, SU - Real Red and VersaFine - Black

Twine: Stash

Fishing doo dad: my husbands tackle box

CASology and Dynamic Duo's Challenge

  

        

So happy to have a quiet Saturday today...nothing but my dolly domestic chores, making homemade waffles for my family's breakfast and now I have chocolate chip cookies in the oven, they smell so yummy! And lots of time to be crafty too! So far I have one card made and it is for CASology, their cue card this week is Hope and my second challenge is for Dynamic Duo's, deep pink and any other color. I hope to get many more completed today along with some Easter goodies for my family tomorrow.  Thank you so much for taking time to stop by to peek at my card...have a wonderful day!        

Ingredients - all PTI unless listed

Solid Card Stock: White

Stamps: My Favorite Things - Pretty Poppies and a muse - fight like a girl

Dies: My Favorite Things - Pretty Poppies and Iil Inkers - Stitched Rectangles

Ink: Hibiscus Burst and Spring Moss, VersaFine - Black

Pearls: SU

  

The 12 Kits of Holidays - Spring/Easter Edition

Here we are again at the end of another month and that means there will be lots of amazing cards from our 12 Kits group. This month's hostess is Tracey from In My Creative Opinion and she sent out an amazing kit of the most beautiful spring paper, it was really really hard to cut into, I will be honest.  But once I made that dreaded first cut the rest seemed to follow. My cards are made from a online card class called Pattern Play, I missed most of it because of other obligations so now I had the time to sit and watch the video's to see what I missed out on, so many wonderful ideas and I am so happy they were all there to help get my cards completed.  I hate waiting until the last minute to get anything done but I had no choice this month.  The butterfly paper was my favorite and I used every piece of it, nothing left over...in fact I was packing up all of my leftover supplies and I had one small piece of the butterflies and then it hit me, another idea and that is my first card with the window. I love it when those ideas just seem to come out of no where. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and peek at my cards...have a fabulous day!

This month's kit photo courtesy of Kara

Tracey (this month's hostess)

Sharron

Marybeth

Jeanne

Christina

Amy

Kim (that's me)

Kara

Kelly

Jessica

Joyce

Renee

This week's challenge at Simon Says Stamp is anything goes so I will be posting all of these cards there.

ColourQ #182

This weeks color combination at ColourQ is so beautiful and reminds of me of summer for some reason, so warm and fresh. Each one of the colors is so soft and sweet and go so well together. I needed to make a bunch of thank you cards for all of the school parents and volunteers who helped out at our annual auction and wanted something that I could make several of that would be quick and easy to make but still look nice. I don't think it will take too much time to make a dozen of them and maybe I will change up the color combination or keep it simple and have them all the same.  Thank you so much for stopping by to take a peek at my card....have a wonderful day!

Ingredients - all PTI unless listed

Solid Card Stock: White and Aqua Mist

Ribbon: Winter Wisteria

Buttons: Simply Chartreuese, Aqua Mist and Winter Wisteria

Ink: Ripe Avocado

Stamp: A Big Thank You

Papertrey Ink March 2013 Blog Hop

It has been some time since I have even had time to make a card, so it was fun to actually sit down at my craft desk and be creative.  Last week I subbed every day and Saturday was our annual school auction and I was this years chairperson. So happy to say that it was a huge success and that it is over and my life can return to normal.
This month's theme for Papertrey Ink's Blog Hop is sequins. I have some coming in the mail but they have not arrived so I had to find something to use in place of them. I decided to use pinks for my card so that I would be able to use it for more than one challenge...this weeks colors for Dynamic Duos are two shades of pink.

This card is a thank you for all of you wonderful blog friends that attended my birthday blog hop, all of your cards were so sweet! Thank you Joyce from Cards-by-the-Sea for taking the time to organize my surprise party, you are the best! I have also been behind on leaving blog comments and I am so sorry to all of  those that I visit on a regular basis but now I am back on track. Thank you so much for taking time to stop by and take a peek at my card...have a fabulous day!

Ingredients - all PTI unless noted

Solid Card Stock: White

Ink: Sweet Blush and Hibiscus Burst and VersaFine - Black

Stamps: Frilly Flowers and Think Big Favorites #2

Waltzingmouse Blog Party March 17th - Luck

Happy St. Patrick's Day! It in only fitting that this month's blog party at Waltzingmouse is on this fabulously fun holiday.  And the theme is is Luck, just perfect but I will admit that it is not the easiest theme to make a card for.  I had an idea but then my new stamps from WM arrived and I was able to use the new Folk Art Medallion set, you can see it here. I happen to have this little set from PTI, Luck of the Irish and there you have it, a new card for a sweet friend.  Be sure to head over to the party and check out all of the wonderful cards that will be there and if you post a card you will have the chance to win a free set, so it is worth the time.  Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and peek at my card...have a festive and fun St. Patrick's Day!

Lucky to Count you as a Friend

Ingredients - all PTI unless otherwise listed

Solid Card Stock: White and New Leaf

Ink: New Leaf and VersaFine - Black

Bling: stash

Stamps: WM - Folk Art Medallions and Luck of the Irish

ColourQ #180

This week's color selection at ColourQ is so perfect for St. Patrick's Day, one of my families favorite holidays. I love the color green, and this card really showcases two beautiful shades. I made my card for one of my girlfriends, I am so blessed to not only have her for a friend, but as a coworker too. To make a long story short, I am our schools auction chairperson and we have been battling with our principal over caterers and it turned into one big mess! She was there to support me during our emergency meeting last night and I will be forever grateful to her for all she has done.  So here is my card...thank you all so much for taking the time to stop by to peek at my card, have a wonderful day!

Ingredients - all PTI unless otherwise listed

Solid Card Stock: White, Black, Smokey Shadow, New Leaf and Limeade Ice

Dies: Lil Inkers - Polaroid and Rainbow 

Stamps: Luck of the Irish

Clouds: Thank you Joyce for sharing

CASology - #35 Extraterrestrial

This weeks cue card for CASology is Extraterrestrial, such a fun cue card.  I knew instantly what I would do with this. Years and years ago I purchased these sweet little alien dies from Quikutz but never used them, they were just too cute to pass up. I was so excited to pull them out to play with, the little aliens are just so adorable and the space ship decked out with silver makes for the perfect birthday card.  Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and peek at my card....I wish you all a wonderful day!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White, Black, Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf, Orange Zest. Yellow and Silver from Stash

Dies: Quikutz - Aliens and Lil Inkers - Polaroid Frame

Seize the Birthday #7

This is my first time playing along with Seize the Birthday challenge, each week there is a new sketch and it also switches off each week from masculine or feminine cards and this week it is feminine.  I am using two new stamps, the Watercolor Wonder from PTI and Graphic Greeting Birthday from Taylored Expressions. I love the look of subway type sentiments and Taylored Expressions have a few to choose from.  I thought the two sets would work well together and I think that they did.  Thank you so much for stopping by to take a peek at my card...have a wonderful day!

Ingredients - all PTI unless listed

Solid Card Stock: White and Sweet Blush

Stamps: Watercolor Wonder, Heart-2-Heart #5 and Taylored Expressions - Graphic Greeting Birthday

Ink: Spring Moss, Spring Rain, Sweet blush and Lemon Tart, VersaFine - Black

Patterned Paper: Sweet Blush

Muse #7 and Moxie Fab Washi Tape Challenges

Happy Wednesday to everyone! This week is zooming by and before you know we will lose a precious hour of crafting time this weekend...I think all of us papercrafters should protest or change that law, even figure out how to add a few extra hours where we would like them, just a thought. Thank you for listening to my rant...now on to my cards.  I have two cards today for 4 challenges. My first card is for this week's Muse challenge and also fits in with this week's Simon Says Stamp - A Bit O'Green and Dynamic Duo's too.  I tried something new and used white pigment ink (not sure I will do that again) but have to say that I love the way my card turned out. The flowers look so pretty with the white ink on the ripe avocado card stock.

Ingredients - all PTI unless listed

Solid Card Stock: White, Ripe Avocado and Harvest Gold

Dies: Loop de Loop and Lil Inkers - Stitched Rectangles

Ribbon: Ripe Avocado

Stamps: Stylish Sentiments - Birthday

Ink: VersaFine - Black and Craftsmart - White

This card is for this week's Moxie Fab World Challenge, using Washi Tape, this stuff is so much fun and the Disney themed stuff is my new favorite! I used the Washi Tape to make a set of flags to hang over the birthday balloons to make the card a bit more festive.  Thank you so much for stopping by to take a peek at my card....have a wonderful day!

Ingredients - all PTI unless listed

Solid Card Stock: Black and White

Stamps: Heart-2-Heart #2

Ink: VersaFine - Black

Bakers Twine: Stash

Mickey Mouse Heads: Stash

CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #17

This is a new challenge for me and I love the simplicity of the sketches at CAS(E) this Sketch, I am so happy that I had the time to play along.  I love polka dots and decided that would be the theme of my card and a few bright colors too. I pulled out one of the new PTI sets, a new series for them called Polka Dot Parade. The first set features a sweet little bunny just in time for Easter, it is just too cute! Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by to peek at my card....have a wonderful day!

Ingredients - All PTI unless listed

Solid Card Stock: White

Patterned Paper: Limeade Ice, Royal Velvet and Hawaiian Shores

Embossing Folder: Lifestyle Crafts - Polka Dots

Ink: Hibiscus Burst and VersaFine - Black

Stamps: Polka Dot Parade #1

Dies: Polka Dot Parade #1

Merry Monday #51 and Retro Sketches #53

I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend...today I have two cards for three different challenges. My first card is a Disney themed one for Retro Sketches. My daughter and sister will be heading to Southern California for spring break soon and they will be staying with some sweet friends of ours while on their trip. They plan to spend a day in Disneyland with them and I thought this would be the perfect thank you card to use to thank them for letting stay at their home.

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White

Washi Tape: Queen and Co.

Stamps: PTI - Think Big Favorites #

Dies: PTI - Mat Stack 4 and Mat Stack 4 Layerz

Mickey Heads and Paper: My Stash

Ink: VersaFine - Black

My second card is for Merry Monday...this is a challenge blog for Christmas cards and this is my first time playing along. This week's theme is tic tac toe, you can play in any direction. I choose the left side going down for my card. This was another quick and easy card to make and I have one more card to add to my collection so when Christmas is here again I will be ready to go.  Both cards will be entered in this weeks Simon Says Stamps challenge, Anything Goes too. Thank you so much for taking time to stop by to peek at my card....have a wonderful day!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White

Patterned Paper: My Minds Eye - Dots and Stripes

Ink: VersaFine - Black

Die: WP9 - Snowflake

Stamps: PTI - Photo Finishers

Ribbon: My Stash

Punch: SU - Scalloped Edge