ATSM #353 - Holiday

Hello...popping in today with my card for the new challenge at ATSM #353 - Holiday. I choose Valentine's Day as my holiday. While cleaning my desk I came across these sweet Love Potion #9 stamps from Papertrey Ink. My sweet friend Joyce stamped and die cut these out for new several years ago, it was fun to find them hiding and make a card with them. I hope you will play along with us, can't wait to see what holiday you are inspired by!

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your day!

The Card Concept #86 - Old Fashioned Love

Happy Wednesday...popping in with my card for the new challenge at The Card Concept #86 and just in time for Valentine's Day next week. I love using these sweet roses from Micheal's and added them to this wonderful heart from PTI, Shakers and Sprinkles, and added a few pearls too! I hope you will find some time to play along with us, can't wait to see your sweet creations! Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your day!

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #393

Good Morning...welcome to this weeks Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #393, don't you just love the bright and festive colors? They were so much fun to play with. I love all that wonderful glitter. I hope you will find the time to play along with us this week.

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by....enjoy your day!

This week's sponsor is Crafty Sentiments Designs

PTI - Make It Monday - Matchbook Valentines

Happy Friday...a quick post for this week's Make It Monday with PTI. I love this idea of matchbook Valentines, so fun and so clever. I was trying to figure out a quick way to make little Valentine's Day treats for my students this year and this is so perfect! To make it quick I pulled out PTI's February Monthly Moments journal cards, cut them in half that there you have it and no stamping either. I taped a sweet treat inside and I am finished! I will mass produce the rest later but I am just happy to have the idea. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your weekend!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Autumn Rose 

Patterned Paper: PTI - Monthly Moments - February

Twine: My Stash

Muse #102

Good Evening...a real quick post tonight with my Muse card. The idea popped into my head and I had to get my card made before I was too tired to finish. I fell in love with Julie B. inspiration card and her sweet cuddly bears, I had to play along. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your weekend!

Ingredient

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

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Winter Penguin and a muse - My Heart Flips

Dies: Lawn Fawn - Winter Penguin and Impression Obsession - Heart

Ink: SU - Real Red and VersaFine - Black

The 12 Kits of Occasions - January 2014 Edition

Can you believe it is the end of the month??? We are already 1/12 of the way through 2014, time really does fly while you are being creative.  This month's kit is brought to you by Sharron from On Papillon Wings and what an amazing kit it is...so many wonderful goodies packed in to an envelope, I know mine was ready to explode once I started to open it up, so many wonderful and new treats to play with.  We also have a guest designer with us this month, she won our little contest last month, her name is Michelle from Pretty Periwinkles. Please give her a warm welcome, we are all so excited to have her join us this month. Another change this month is that Jeanne from A Kept Life is back with our team. Amy from Stamp-n-Paradise needed to step down. Welcome back Jeanne and Amy, I wish you all the best, you will be missed!  For a complete list of supplies and to see all of our team's creations, be sure to head over to our 12 kits blog, The 12 Kits of Occasions, there is so much to see, so grab a cup of coffee or tea and be inspired!  Thank you so much for taking time to stop by to peek at my cards...have a wonderful weekend!

 I am entering this card in the current Retro Sketches Challenge #99

 This card is a case of Laurie's card from Soapbox Creations, you can see her card here.

Be sure to check back again next month, Renee from It's A Patchwork Life will be our hostess with the mostess and we will be having another guest designer joining us. 

Retro Sketches #95

Hello....just a quick post for today.  My card is for the current challenge over at Retro Sketches. Since Valentine's Day is right around the corner I thought that would be the perfect card to make.  Thank you so much for taking time to stop by to peek at my card....Happy New Year!

Ingredients 

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Raspberry Fizz, White and Pure Poppy

Stamps: PTI - Heart Prints

Dies: Lil Inkers - Stitched Hearts

Sequins: Neat & Tangled

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge - Picture Perfect

Happy Friday...it has been so nice to have some time to be crafty and get few cards made. For this weeks Paper Smooches challenge we are given a photo for inspiration, so much white and a little soft blue.  I love the clean look of the photo and tried to capture that in my card. I wanted to keep it clean and simple but a bit romantic for a Valentine's Day card for my sweetie. I am so happy with how all the hearts look going up the side and all the blue peeking in.  Be sure to head over to Paper Smooches and see the samples that the design team made, they are amazing! Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek at my card!

Inspiration Photo

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White and Spring Rain

Stamps: Paper Smooches - We Connect

Dies: PTI - Heart Prints

Ink: PTI - Spring Rain

Bling: Stash

Serendipity Blog Challenge #1

I was very excited to join in this challenge...it is a new one hosted by Serendipity Stamps...their stamps and dies are just amazing! So much incredible detail.  You have to head over to their site to take a peek! I have one heart die that Jeanne from A Kept Life sent me, so much beautiful detail, but I could not get this die to cut to save my life! Cathy from Empty Nest Crafter was just so sweet to cut me a bunch so I could make a card, the challenge was to make a "honeycomb" project, I have never made anything like this before but I have to say that I love the way it turned out. I am going to give my heart die another go round on my big shot and see if I can figure this thing out.  I got up early this morning and started playing with these beautiful lacy hearts and then thought I did not have a sentiment to go with them...should I make this a wedding card or Valentine's Day card, then I remembered the first set of clear stamps I purchased called 100 Hearts and knew I would find the perfect one. Thank you so much for stopping by and taking a peek!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White and Pure Poppy

Patterned Paper: Simple Valentine

Die: Serendipity - Heart Scroll Die

Stamps: Verve - 100 Hearts

Papertrey Ink Make It Monday #69 - Take 2

It's such a beautiful day today, hope everyone else is having fabulous weather.  Here is my second take on PTI's MIM sketch challenge this week. I seem to be doing holiday cards...this one is for Valentine's Day. There are six different sketches to choose from and I'm going to try and make a card for each one, or at least that is my plan...I will have to see how my day goes though.  You still have time to create your own card for this week's challenge, so give it a try.  Here is my Valentine's Day card, thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White and Raspberry Fizz

Patterned Paper: PTI - Simple Valentine

Ink: SU - Real Red

Dies: PTI - Heart Prints

Stamps: PTI - Think Big Favorites

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

Make It Monday #50 Shaker Card

I haven't made a shaker card or embellishment in so long...this really brought back some fun memories for me.  Several years ago when I was scarpbooking and this was the new trend, my friends and I would try and come up with some pretty wild ideas for shaker boxes and what a mess did they make! Glitter, sparkles and confetti everywhere but it was fun...so night before last I could not sleep so I was up at 3:30am and working on my card and this is what I ended up making. So instead of using glitter or confetti I oped for buttons and I am very happy with the way it turned out.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - Pure Poppy and White
Printed Paper: PTI - Simple Valentine
Dies: PTI - Filigree Border, Doilies, Heart and Spiral Notebook
Stamps: PTI - Love and Marriage and Think Big Favorites #11
Embossing Powder
Buttons: PTI - Pure Poppy and Hibiscus Burst
Rose: Prima

Love it the Best Gift - CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #36

It seems as if it has been forever since I posted a card to my blog... Today's card was inspired by CAS-ual Friday's weekly challenge and Ted from the PTI forum. Ted posted the most beautiful Valentine's Day card on his blog and linked it the the forum and I just fell in love with it, so this is my version and it goes with the Penguin Suit theme for the challenge.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI White
Printed Paper: PTI - Black and White Basics
Dies" PTI - Heart Dies
Ribbon: PTI - Black
Stamps: A Muse and Verve - Hundred Hearts

Clean & Simple Day 6 - Simple Embellishments

It was so nice to have the day off today and be able to get a few cards made.  This one was very different from anything I have done before...and I really love the end results. The flower is made from 6 one inch circle punches and then fold two sides just a bit. I don't have any large back round stamps so I just used what I had and turned the PTI set Background Basics - Sheet Music into one. I added the three little red hearts on the front so it would look more like a Valentine's Day card.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - White and Rustic White
Ink: SU - Real Red
Bakers Twine: PTI - Pure Poppy
Printed Paper: Echo Park - Yours Truly
Stamps: PTI - Background Basics - Sheet Music, WPlus9 - Love You More and Avocado Arts - Hello Friend

My Valentine - CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #33

It has been several weeks since I have participated in a CAS-ual Friday challenge so I was excited to make this card tonight. One of my resolutions for the new year is to participate in more card challenges and this is my second one so far this year! Thanks for taking a peek...

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - Kraft and White
Printed Paper: PTI - Simple Valentine
Bakers Twine: PTI - Pure Poppy
Clothes Pins: Unknown Source
Button: PTI - Hibiscus Burst
Stamps: Avocado Arts - Hello Friend and WPlus9 - Love You More
Ink: VersaFine Black and SU Real Red
Markers: Zig

Be Mine Forever

One last card for the day and it's another Valentine's Day card.  I have had so much fun playing with these stamps and this card reminds me of my sister, she loves just about all hearts and has a big heart herself.  I cased this card from Kara, a PTI forum member who does incredible work. I did change it up a bit but I really like the way it turned out.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Solid Card Stock: PTI White and Raspberry Fizz
Printed Paper: PTI Simple Valentine
Dies: PTI Mat Stack 1, Heart Border, Double Ended Banner and Wonderful Words
Stamps: WPlus9 Love You More
Ink: SU Real Red

Hugs & Kisses

Here is another Valentine's Day card using both PTI's Think Big Favorites #11 and WPlus9's Love You More sets.  I actually cased this card from Joyce at Cards-by-the-Sea. I think my favorite thing about this card is the embossed lines above and below the stamped images. Such a fun and quick card to make, providing you pay attention to what you are doing.  This one took me 4 trys to get it right!
Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI White
Ink: SU Real Red and Regal Rose
Stamps: PTI Think Big Favorites #11 and WPlus9 Love You More
Bling: Martha Stewart

Love...

Here is one more card using the new Love You More set from WPlus9 and Holiday Lights from PTI.  This was a quick and easy card to make.  When PTI came out with Holiday Lights, you can use the string of lights for just about any holiday, not just Christmas. Use pastel for Easter, orange for Halloween, the possibilities are endless! Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI Pure Poppy and White
Printed Paper: PTI Simple Valentine
Ink: SU Real Red
Dies: Spellbinders Squares
Bling: Martha Stewart
Stamps: PTI Holiday Lights and WPlus9 Love You More