retrosketches #9

This is my first time playing with retrosketches.  I am in love with all of their sketches, even though they say retro, they just seem so fresh and clean, love that look.  I was playing with my cricut this afternoon and cut out a bunch of Mickey Mouse heads just for fun, really had no clue what I was going to do with them but you can never have too many Mickey heads, right? I can't believe how quickly with card went together too, just so much fun and festive too.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Inspiration Sketch

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI Black and White

Stamps: PTI - Heart-2-Heart #2 and Think Big Favorite #13

Bling: BoBunny

Ribbon, Printed Paper and Balloon Paper - Scrap Bin

Cricut Cartridge: Mickey and Friends

With Heartfelt Thanks

Today I was just overwhelmed by the friendship from wonderful group of talented and creative ladies in Blog world.  Although I have not met any of these fabulous woman yet, I am just in awe of the time they put into making my birthday a special one.  Thank you so much Joyce Cards-by-the-Sea, for being the ring leader, you are just so sweet and I am really looking forward to July Stamp-A-Faire when I can finally meet you.  So I made this card for you to say thank you to all of you, Joyce, Cathy, Jeanne, Jessica, Marybeth, Kara, Renee, Laurie Beth, Lee Anne, Sharron, Michelle, and Katie. You are all just so sweet!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White

Printed Paper: PTI - Raspberry Fizz Patterned Paper

Stamps: PTI - Script Sentiments, Flower Fusion #7,8,9 and 12

Ink: PTI - Raspberry Fizz, Spring Moss and Simply Chartreuse and VersaFine - Black

Bling: Kaiser

Dies:  Memory Box - Window Box

Magical Moments - Mini Blog Hop

I have been so excited about doing this mini blog hop since I bought the stamp set from WPlus9 on  their Black Friday sale...just too good of a deal to pass up.  I shared my choice of sets with Joyce from Cards-by-the-Sea and she purchased the set as well.  We started chatting about doing a mini blog hop and found another PTI forum member from Australia, Gayatri from Handmade by G3. So the card making began...I tried to use the major stamps but fell in love the the peacock and the floral border square and seemed to only come up ideas for these stamps.  I'm guessing that after the holidays my brain was just not what it should be, but none the less I did get 4 cards made and very happy with the way they all turned out. So be sure to check out both Joyce and Gayatri's blogs for their beautiful creations too.

Joyce M. - Cards-by-the-Sea

Gayatri - Handmade by G3

WPlus9 - Magical Moments Stamps

Fall Peacock

Magical Day

Beautiful Thing

Hugs & Kisses (this card was already posted to my blog)

Ingredients

Fall Peacock

Solid Card Stock: PTI Canyon Clay, Ivory and Black

Printed Paper: Making Memory's - Halloween

Bling: SU and unknown source

Ink: PTI - Canyon Clay

Dies: Spellbinders - Floral Doily

Magical Day

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist and Rustic White

Dies: PTI - Filigree Border and Photo Finisher

Ink: PTI - Aqua Mist and Versa Fine - Black

Pearls: SU

Beautiful Thing

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White

Ink: PTI -Spring Moss and VersaColor - Amethyst

Bling: SU

Hugs & Kisses

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White

Bling: Martha Stewart

Ink: SU - Real Red and Regal Rose

Papertrey Ink "Make It Monday" #47 2011 A la Carte

I have had so much being off work for the holiday break and it has given me the chance to make lots of cards and do more challenges.  This card is for PTI's Make It Monday and this weeks challenge is to any of the weekly challenges they had for 2011.  I love glitter so it was an easy decision for me to make.  I even was able to ink up the new Love & Marriage stamp set.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI Black and White
Dies: PTI - Cover Plate: Quatrefoil
Bling: Martha Stewart
Printed Paper: Black and White Basics
Stamps: PTI - Love & Marriage and Verve - Hundred Hearts
Ink: VersaFine - Black and SU - Real Red
Glitter: Martha Stewart

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

I love You More....

I have been really wanting to play with this new set from WPlus9 since I received it and now that I am off for Christmas break I got a chance to play around with it. It is just a great set with so many wonderful stamps.  While cleaning my craft room this week I came across this fun Valentine's Day paper from PTI.  This was the very first thing I ever ordered from PTI and I have been hooked since.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI Pure Poppy and White
Printed Paper: PTI Simple Valentine
Stamps: WPlus9 Love You More
Ink: SU Real Red
Bling: SU

ColourQ Challenge #115

When I saw the color combination for this week's challenge, I just fell in love them them.  They just scream Christmas to me! Only a week to go to finish up last minute gifts and shopping and since I am finished with all of mine, I finally had the chance to sit down and make a card for this challenge.  I have really missed sitting at my craft desk making cards...Thank you so much for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: Unknown Source
Printed Paper: Echo Park - Holly Jolly Christmas
Roses: BoBunny
Bling: Prima
Stamps: PTI - Christmas Labels
Die: PTI - Wonderful Words Holiday Die Collection
Ink: SU - Real Red

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #74 & CAS-ual Fridays #29

I am pretty new to WMS but have fallen head over heels in love with them.  This will be my fourth card made for one of their challenges, this one is a sketch challenge.  I only own two WM stamp sets, one Christmas and the other is a background set.  Both are just beautiful but really limit the cards I can make for these challenges.  Good thing it is Christmas season, so I am safe for a little while. 
My favorite stamp from Santa's Coming to Town is the Santa cameo and I have used it every chance I could. I also love glitter and made my own red sparkle letters using Quikutz dies and then ran them through my little Xyron, sprinkled them with glitter and there you have it! It makes a bit of a mess but well worth it in my opinion.  So here is my Santa card...thanks for taking a peek!

This card is serving two different challenges, Waltzingmouse and CAS-ual Fridays.  I love it when I am able to get one card made for two challenges, such a fun bonus.

Ingredients
Card Stock: PTI - Pure Poppy and Fresh Snow
Printed Paper: PTI - Candy Cane Prints
Ink: VeraFine - Onyx Black
Dies: PTI - Doilies and Quikutz - Chocolate ABC's
Glitter: Martha Stewart
Bling: Martha Stewart

Cards that Care

I decided to make some Christmas cards to donate to Cards that Care and wanted to make something that would be fairly quick and easy to assemble. These cards will go to the elderly who are in nursing homes.  I cased my own card, one I made to Halloween that I used Waltzingmouse stamps for.  I love the idea of the cameo and this one of Santa is just too sweet.  Thank you for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Santa's Coming to Town and Off Beat Backgrounds
Ink: VersaFine - Onyx Black
Buttons: PTI
Card Stock: CM - Red
Printed Paper: Christmas Prints
Bling: unknown source
Ribbon: PTI - Fresh Snow

First Waltzing Mouse Challenge

I am so excited to finally own a set of stamps from Waltzing Mouse and get to participate in one of their challenges.  Their designs are so elegant and beautiful, it made it so easy to put the card together.  I was lucky enough to have the Hocus Pocus set on loan from Cathy Weber - The Empty Nest Crafter.  She is just too sweet! I did purchase one set and that one is Off Beat Backgrounds.  I know Halloween has already past, but now I will be ahead of the game next year.  I love the witch's silhouette, and that nose is just too cute! Just the way I would picture a witch in real life.  Thank you so much for taking a peek at my very first Waltzing Mouse card!

Ingredients
Stamps: WM - Off Beat Backgrounds and Hocus Pocus
Card Stock: PTI Fresh Snow, Orange Zest and True Black
Printed Paper: PTI - Halloween Prints
Dies: Spellbinders Scalloped Squares
Ribbon: PTI - True Black
Bling: Kaiser
Ink: VersaFine - Onyx Black
Buttons: PTI - Orange Zest and True Black

Another Christmas Card

It has been a busy week and now that Saturday is here I have a littel bit of time to put a few cards together and post to my blog.  I cased this card from No Time To Stamp, Sharon is very creative and I just fell in love with the tree stamp with all of the blue bling floating through the air.  I don't usually buy wood mounted stamps but as you can see, this one was just too beautiful to pass up.  Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - Black and White, CM - Light Blue
Stamps: Penny Black - Snow Dust and PTI - Stylish Sentiments - Holiday
Ribbon: PTI - Fresh Snow
Bling: Kaiser
Brad: MM

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #23 & a Hop

The card I made for this challenge was inspired by my friend Joyce from Cards-by-the-Sea.  She purchased this really cool pinwheel die and was sweet enought to send me enough to make 2 pinwheels, one large and one small. Once I got the hang of it, they were very easy to make.  To top off this fun little surprise, she packaged it in this fabulous seed packet! This really made putting this card together very easy...I just added the pink card stock and a little bling.  Thanks for taking a peek.

Ingredients
Card Stock: PTI - White and Raspberry Fizz
Seed packet & Pinwheel: Joyce
Brad: unkown
Bling: Hero Arts

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

CAS-ual Fridays Embossing Challenge

This is my second card challenge with CAS-ual Friday.  It is always nice to be inspired to try something different.  I have several embossing mats from Cuttlebug and I finally got tempted to pull them out and give them a try and I love the way my card turned out...kind of fairy tale looking. Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used
Paper: SU White
Printed Paper: KI Memories
Bling: Kaiser Rhinestones
Die: PTI Limitless Layers
Embossing Mat: Cuttlebug Swirls