One more card for the day......

I know...I know, this is my 3rd post in one day. So many cards, so little time, right. I have one more card to share today and it is for the current challenge over at Serendipity, the theme is flowers. I have to say that their flower set, Sun Garden has to be the cutest flower stamp ever made. It is so sweet, whimsical and fun. I stamped the flowers in SU's Primrose Petals and then in VersaMark and tossed on some clear embossing powder.

It has been a very long week for me...a medical emergency on Tuesday (I will not bore you with all the gory details) and home from work most of the week and lots of down time to be crafty too. And today was a total pamper day thanks to my sweet sister. She treated me and our mom to a mani/pedi and a yummy lunch after. This had to be the nicest salon and best service ever, so nice to be treated like royalty after what I would call a pretty crappy week. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Don't you just love the socks and heated blankets???

So fun being pampered!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White and SU - Primrose Petals

Patterned Paper: PTI - Bitty Dots-Spring Rain

Stamps: Serendipity - Sun Garden

Ink: SU - Primrose Petals

Enamel Dots: MME

Retro Sketches #117

Happy Saturday! This is my last week as the Retro Sketches Headliner (so please play along with Sketch #117) and I have had a blast...Arielle, thank you and your team for making me feel welcome and at home. This month just few by and I have so honored to be part of your team, thank you from the bottom of my heart! Once again I decided to make my card using the ColourQ colors for challenge #243, they are so yummy this week. I have fallen in love with the new PTI butterfly dies, so much beautiful detail and I love that you can layer them too. Thank you so much for stopping by and thank you again to all the wonderful ladies at Retro Sketches....you are amazing!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White and SU - Bermuda Bay

Ribbon: PTI - Orange Zest

Dies: PTI - Life Is Beautiful

Stamps: PTI - Asian Fusion

Ink: VersaFine - Black

Enamel Dots: MME

Patterned Paper: PTI - Winter Wisteria

WashiTape: Queen & CO.

The 12 Kits of Occasions - May Edition

Photo courtesy of Kara

It's May 31st...I swear this month has zipped by! It is almost the end of the school year and summer is right around the corner and it is time for our 12 kits post! This month's hostess with the mostess is Joyce from Cards-by-the-Sea and what a fabulous kit. I don't own much in the way of nautical so this was so much fun to play with (one of my favorite things about this group, getting to work with stamps and goodies you don't have and all the left overs). The colors were fun too and perfect for this time of year, lots of red, white and blue. Be sure to head over to our 12 kits blog here and see all the fabulous and manly cards made. We also have 2 guests this month, Sherrie from A Little Bit of Everything Me and Lindsay from Occasionally Crafting, both amazing card makers. Thank you so much for stopping by and enjoy your weekend!

Two cards for Sunday and more....

Today is Sunday, May 25th and that means it is time again for the PTI Blog Hop and oh my...this month's theme is just beautiful. I love these colors! Aqua and Melon, so pretty together. I pulled out some NBUS to play with today...the butterflies, aren't they just gorgeous? I am not a butterfly person at all but I have to say that I love theses, so sweet and delicate. I made my background using Circle and Scribbles, another fabulous stamp set! 

My second card is for this week's challenges at Colourq # 242, CASology #96, cue card - Flowers, Inkspirational #57 - Bloom and One-Layer Simplicity #5 - Fabulous Flowers. I had so much fun making this card...I love the bright and vibrant colors this week and it was fun to turn Circles and Scribbles into sweet posies. 

Yesterday I got to play with Darnell from djkardkreations and Harriet from Ally Cat Cards...we met for a craft session and lunch. I showed them how to make the PTI coin purses and how my, what a fun day we had. A few times I was laughing so hard I was in tears. These two ladies are so sweet and so much fun. Here are a few photos from our day. Thank you so much for stopping by...have a wonderful rest of your weekend!

Retro Sketches #116

Happy Memorial Day weekend...hope you all have a fun and safe holiday and enjoy the extra time with your families. My card was inspired by this holiday, red, white and blue always make for a fabulous card. When I saw this week's sketch for Retro Sketches #116, I knew I did not want to make a circle and I also wanted to use some of my supplies that have not seen any love. I pulled out my stitched star dies from Lil Inkers but they were just a bit too small so I put Lucy to work, she always seems to pull me out of card making issues with just the right help. And it only took 2 tries to get my star the right size. 

I made my card for one of my co-workers...she decided today to take another job for the next school year to teach in Nebraska and so many are giving her such a difficult time about her decision so I thought this sentiment was perfect for her. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your holiday weekend!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White and Pure Poppy and SU - Night of Navy

Stamps: PTI - Simple Stars

Dies: PTI - Double Ended Banners and Lil Inkers - Stitched Stars

Ink: SU - Real Red

Sequins: my stash

Two more cards for Sunday....

I really have 6 cards to share but I only made 2 of them. First the 2 cards I made...the first one is from this week's Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday #164. I went through all my stamps looking for images that would work and I thought this graduation cap would be just perfect...I am also entering this card in the current challenge at Colour Me #20.

My second card is for ColourQ, challenge #241. I made 2 cards last night and unfortunately they both hit the trash, hate when that happens...I love these colors but could not get them to work for me to save my life. So today I pulled out my newest die, these beautiful butterflies from SSS, so fun to play with and I have a card to share. 

My next four cards were made by Cathy from Empty Nest Crafter. They are from my families husband kit. There are 4 of us who made cards for one another's hubby and children so we would be able to received cards for our special occasions, like Mother's Day, anniversary and birthday. 

It is such a treat to receive such beautiful cards on those special days...thank you again Cathy!

Ingredients

Congrats

Solid Card Stock: SU - Night of Navy and PTI - White

Stamps: PTI - For the Graduate and Congrats All Ways

Ink: SU - Night of Navy and Crushed Curry

Enamel Dots: MME

Make a Wish

Solid Card Stock: SU - Tempting Turquoise, Michaels' - Gold and PTI - White and Spring Rain

Stamps: Mama Elephant - Make a Wish

Ink: SU - Chocolate Chip

Die: SSS - Butterflies

Retro Sketches #115

I know I am a day late with my post...and how could I have forgotten to make a card with this??? It was my card that the sketch was done for...such a dope! Really, how cool is it to have a sketch made from your card? I felt so bad when my sweet friend Joyce asked what was up. It had been a crazy week, with the heat, allergies and just not feeling good, I have not spent much time in my craft room. So I finally have my card ready to go and Arielle from Retro Sketches could not be sweeter and more understanding. You have plenty of time to play along with Retro Sketches challenge #115 and I can't wait to see all your fabulous creations! You can see my first card that this was patterned after here. Thank you so much for stopping by...enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: SU - Calypso Coral and PTI - White

Patterned Paper: American Crafts - Color Crush

Dies: Lil Inkers - Stitched Circles

Enamel Dots: MME

Stamps: PTI -Sentiment Signs

Ink: SU - Calypso Coral and VersaFine - Black

Surprise! Happy Birthday Sandie....

Happy Birthday Sandie!

Sandie...wishing you a wonderful birthday, hope your day is filled with lots of fun and surprises. You can see all of Sandie's incredible creation on her blog, London Days, there is so much to see and be inspired by. Nonni from Korttikarkuri - Runaway Cards and Lynn from The Mango Boys and Me were sweet enough to organize your soiree and invite me to your party. Timing was just perfect too, I was able to play with my new Shaker and Sprinkles set from PTI and the first card is for you. Wishing you a wonderful day! Be sure to head over to Nonni's blog here and see all the beautiful cards. Thank you so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your week!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White, Orange Zest and Hawaiian Shores

The rest of my card: PTI - Shaker and Sprinkles Kit

CASology #95 - Splash

Happy Tuesday! Just a real quick post for today, one card for this week's CASology challenge #95 and the cue card is splash.  I bought this set on the PTI forum for next to nothing (I love great deals) and this is my first time showing it some love. For those of you how are older, you may remember the song "she wore an itsy bitsy, teeny weeny, yellow polka dot bikini", so I had to stamp mine in yellow, so much fun! Thank you so much for stopping by and enjoy your day! 

Ingredinets

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White

Stamps: PTI - A Day At The Beach

Ink: VersaFine - Black and MFT - Lemon Drop

Dies: Lil Inkers - Stitched Rectangles

Enamel Dots: Basic Gray

Four cards for Sunday....

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mom's out there...hoping you are being spoiled and pampered! I will keep this short...I have 4 cards to share but really 2 are envelope wraps for this week's Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday #163 - Envelope Wraps and the first one is also for this week's Colourq #240. At first I was a bit stumped and then it hit me and they are just so much fun to make! You have to give this a try. My second 2 cards are for the current challenge at Fusion Card Challenge...gotta love the black, white and yellow theme, so fun! Thank you so much for stopping by and have a fabulous week!

I added some embossed some snowflakes but they are a bit hard to see, sorry. 

Ingredients

North Pole

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White and Pure Poppy and Michael's Silver

Die: PTI - Wine Bottle

Ink: VersaFine - Black and SU - Real Red

Stamps: Santa Stationary

Wish Big

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White

Die: PTI- Wine Bottle

Stamps: PTI - Birthday Style, Wish big, Background Basics - Birthday Fun and Birthday Bash Sentiments

Ink: SU Strawberry Slush and Pear Pizzazz and PTI - Aqua Mist and Sweet Blush

Thank You

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Black and White and MFT - Lemon Drop

Patterned Paper: Pebbles - Walnut Grove

Dies: PTI - Wonderful Words - Thank You

Ribbon and Button: MTF - Lemon Drop

Stamps: PTI - Guide Lines Two

Ink: VersaFine - Black and MFT - Lemon Drop

Bee

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Black and White

Stamps: Stamps of Life - Bee4me

Dies: PTI - Hexagon Coverplate

Ink: VersaFine - Black and Distress - Mustard Seed

Flowers: my stash