CASology #54 - Gold and a Few New Sweaters

Happy Friday! My first card is for this week's CASology challenge and this week's cue card is Gold.  I always try and make my card to reflect the first thing that pops into my head once I see that cue card and this week is no exception. I know some of you will laugh but the first thing I thought of was the Golden Egg in Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.  Veruca Salt was quite the little brat, wanting all the geese that laid the Golden Eggs. I have seen this movie about 100 or so times, the children at school love it, even if it is a bit old in their minds. So I pulled out my A Good Egg stamp set from Waltzingmouse and here you go!

My next 3 cards are just for fun! Remember back when that was why we made cards, before all the challenges started popping up.  Don't get me wrong I love making cards for as many challenges as I can, it forces me to do techniques I may not know and use stamps and supplies that have been sitting around collecting dust.  But these cards are just for fun and thanks to Joyce from Cards-by-the-Sea, for letting me borrow her PTI Shape Up Sweater die and I just fell in love with it.  I actually made 7 sweater cards but I will not bore you with photo's of all of them.  Thank you again for stopping by to peek at my cards....have a fabulous weekend!

Ingredients - All Papertrey Ink unless listed

Gold

Solid Card Stock: White and Gold from Damask Love

Stamps: WM - A Good Egg

Embossing Powder: Ranger - Queen's Gold
Sweaters
Solid Card Stock: White, Hibiscus Burst
Patterned Paper: Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst and Christmas Prints
Buttons: Sweet Blush
Dies: Shape Up Sweater
Stamps: Christmas Labels and Balloon Bash and Avery Elle - Link It Up
Sweater Doo Dads: My Stash
Pearls: SU
Ink: SU - Real Red and VersaFine - Black
Impression: Aida

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

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #52 Feathered Friends

I have not played along with a CAS-ual Friday challenge for some time so since I had some Mother's Day crafting time I thought I would try and get several challenge cards completed today.  I bought Birds of a Feather from another PTI forum friend and have not pulled it out to play with yet so I figured today was the day.  My favorite bird in this set is the crow, it just screams Halloween to me.  So I had the bird but then I needed a branch and I knew I did not have any stamps or dies to create one so then I remembered I had the Cricut cartridge, Winter Frolic with some tree type things and it worked out just perfect. Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White and Black

Printed Paper: PTI - Halloween Prints

Buttons: PTI - Orange Zest

Bakers Twine: not sure

Stamps: PTI - Birds of a Feather

Ribbon: PTI - Black

Cricut Cartridge: Winter Frolic

Ink: VersaFine - Black

PTI March 2012 - Blog Hop

 

March is here and so is spring...what a fabulous inspiration photo for this month's Blog Hop, it just screams Spring and Easter to me.  Yellow and blue are a great color combination for a spring card and I decided to make my card an Easter card.  It was fun to play with some new toys and my card the colors are just a bit softer but the same idea.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Inspiration Photo 

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White, Spring Rain and Lemon Tart

Ribbon: Michaels'

Dies: PTI - Christmas Label and Memory Box - Piestra Tile

Ink: PTI - Spring Rain and VersaFine - Black

Buttons: PTI - Spring Rain

Stamps: PTI - Sweet Spring

Flower Fusion Birthday

I have just about every set of the Flower Fusion series but have to admit have only used them once or twice.  I decided to put them all out and dust them off and put them to good use.  I saw this idea on Pinterest and fell in love with it.  I knew I had all of the supplies so it would a quick and easy card.  Renee from It's A Patchwork Life was sweet enough to share the window box die with me, in fact she sent me a baggie filled with those and the adorable windows too! She truly is a sweetheart!  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - White
Die: Renee - Memory Box Dies
Stamps: PTI - Flower Fusion # 2,5,9 and 12
Ink: PTI - Raspberry Fizz, Spring Moss, Simply Chartreuse and Memento - Cantaloupe and Tangelo, and VersaFine - Black
Buttons: PTI - Raspberry Fizz, Orange Zest and Harverst Gold



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 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 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

January 2012 Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

Usually there is a inspiration photo for each month's Blog Hop challenge but this month the inspiration was to go back and find your favorite project and use that as inspiration for a new version of the card.  My favorite project/card from last year was one I made for a monthly challenge I do with some other PTI forum friends called "4 of a Kind".  Each month one of us is the host and sends out kits and we all make at least one card using 4 of the elements. So here is my favorite card from 2011...

Here is my take on a new and inspired version of it...on this card I am using a homemade button made by my friend Joyce from Cards-by-the-Sea...she is so talented and creative. I changed up the color scheme too to make it more of a spring time card and the soft pink button that Joyce made are just perfect for it.

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - White, Spring Moss and Sweet blush
Printed Paper: PTI Polka Dot Parade
Stamps: PTI - Button Boutique and Beyond Basic Borders
Ink: SU - Regal Rose and VersaFine - Black
Doily: Michael's

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

Clean & Simple Day 1

My friend Joyce from Cards-by-the-Sea told me about this online class-Clean & Simple Card Making, so we decided to take it together.  Today is the first day and this here is my card...clean and simple Halloween.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - Orange Zest and Black
Stamps: Tim Holtz - Trick-or-Treat and PTI - Been Boo'd
Spider Die: Cricut - October 31
Buttons: Joann's
Embossing Powder: Stamp Stuff - Detail Black
Ink: VersaFine - Black and VersaMark

Happy Birthday

I finished two more cards last night but it was just way too dark to get good pictures of either of them.  I case'd both cards, Happy Birthday from LimeDoodle and Make it Count from Maile Belles and just changed them up a bit.  Both were quick, simple and fun to make and added a couple more cards to my birthday card stash.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients

Happy Birthday
Solid Card Stock: PTI - White and Hawaiian Shores
Stamps: PTI Birthday by the Numbers
Ink: PTI - Hawaiian Shores and Aqua Mist, VersaFine - Black, Memento - Cantaloupe and SU - Real Red

Make it Count
Solid Card Stock: PTI White and Royal Velvet
Ink: Distress -Dusty Concord, PTI - Aqua Mist and Spring Moss and VersaFine - Black
Buttons: PTI
Stamps: CTMH - Make it Count (thank you Miss Paula)

CR84FN Challenge #45 Medium Blue, Yellow and Orange

What a bunch of fun colors! I am usually not a big fan of blue but love the orange and yellow do I instantly knew what I wanted to do for this card.  I love the look of bright and cheery too. One of my favorite PTI stamp sets is Button Boutique and I just don't use it as often as I should, it has so many possibilities.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: Creative Memories
Printed Paper: Yellow Polka Dot - Echo Park Summer Days and Blue Paper - Unknown Source
Dies: PTI Button Boutique , Beautiful Blooms #3, Pinking Edge and Photo Finisher
Buttons: PTI - Orange Zest
Stamps: PTI - Button Boutique and Tea For Two Additions

Rosie Posie colourQ Challenge #117

I have had this lime green card base forever (another goodie from my sister) and when I saw this weeks colourQ challenge knew I could finally put it to good use.  I love the new Rosie Posie set from PTI and thought it was a good match for the Bible verse I added.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Card Base: My Sweet Sister
Ink: SU -Certainly Celery and VersaFine - Black
Solid Card Stock: PTI
Stamps: PTI -Beautiful Blessings and Rosie Posie

4 of a Kind Challenge - Take 4

It's that time again for the 4 of a Kind Challenge! This month's kit was so festive and so much fun and I got to use some new stamps too.  Renee from It's A Patchwork Life sent out the kits and since she is a Mischief Maker for Waltzingmouse stamps she sent enough supplies to create lot os mischeif on my craft desk. There were enough supplies to make several cards but I am only posting one for this challenge and will post the second one fr the my Blog Waltz with WMS a few days later. 
Renee has a very cool prize for one lucky person who leaves a comment.  The prize is a set of Waltzingmouse Stamps! So please check out the other three blogs and leave comments and one of you will be choosen at random.

Renee - It's A Patchwork Life

Joyce - Cards-by-the-Sea

Cathy - Empty Nest Crafter

This is a picture of the wonderful kit Renee sent...

and this is my take on the kit...

I fell in love with the mittens the second I saw them in the kit and knew they had to be the centerpiece of my card.  The snowflakes are the cutest buttons you have ever seen and then I added the little red pearls on top to brighten them up.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients

Card Stock: PTI Ocean Tides, Pure Poppy and Fresh Snow

Stamps: Waltzmouse

Buttons: PTI - Ocean Tides and Pure Poppy

Pearls & Snowflakes: Unknown Source

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

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #27 Over the Edge

I have been dying to use my Shape-up Snowman dies and stamps since I got them last month, so here is my card for the Over the Edge challenge.  It was so much fun to make once I got into it.  At first I just had the snowman on the card...it still needed something, just not sure what it was.  So my little snowman sat on my desk over night while I thought what could I do to bring him to life. So today he got a little sparkle around the edges (it is a bit hard to see it, but it is there) and some snowflakes as well to finish him off.  Hope you like him as much as I do...thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Card Stock: PTI - Ocean Tides and Fresh Snow
Buttons: PTI - Ocean Tides
Felt: PTI - Ocean Tides and Pure Poppy
Ink: VersaFine - Onyx Black and SU - White
Stamps: In the Meadow, Shape up Snowman Accessories and Christmas Labels
Dies: Snowman Shape UP set
Glitter: Martha Stewart - Crystal Fine

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