i really miss you...

Hello friends!  Here with a card that I made for the current Dynamic Duos color challenge:  black and green with a dessert option of a plant theme... I think I have that covered, lol!

For my card I used the Penny Black stamp "kisses in the sun", as well as a sentiment from the Penny Black set "eloquence".  The image was stamped in Pear Pizzazz ink on Rustic White card stock and trimmed to a 4" x 4" square.  The butterfly portion of the image was stamped again on Rustic White using black ink, trimmed out and then painted with Black Diamond stickles.  Once the stickles dried the butterfly was attached to the square panel with a foam dimensional, the sentiment was stamped in black ink and then a dollop of Black Diamond stickles was added to the body.  The entire piece was then matted with black cardstock and adhered to a Pear Pizzazz card base.  A few black sequins.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Rustic White and black; SU! Pear Pizzazz; Stamps: Penny Black; Ink: SU! Pear Pizzazz & Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Black Diamond Stickles; Ellen Hutson black sequins

CCC #49...

Hello friends.... Happy Tuesday!!!  Time for a brand new CASology challenge!!   Wow... there were so many beautiful cards in the gallery last week!  Seems yellow is a color crafters like to use!!  This week our cue word is "fish".   It is going to fun to see what "fishy" ideas everyone comes up with.  All the details can be found here.

Now... I know that a whale isn't technically a fish, it is actually a mammal, but when I was fishing around (hee hee... just had to do that!!) for what I was going to make I remembered that I had a cute little mini set from PTI with the whale in it and I also had a matching die so I decided to go with that idea.  I also decided that I wanted to use some washi tape on my project.  As I was rummaging through my rolls of washi I came across this fun roll with aqua and red hearts... perfect!!  I die cut the whale and then stamped it using SU!'s Pool Party ink.  A strip of washi tape was laid down, the little whale popped up on top and then the sentiment was stamped using red ink.  

Thanks for stopping by... I cannot wait to see what "fish" related ideas all you super talented papercrafters come up with for this challenge!! In the meantime make sure you check out the cards from the rest of the design team: Melissa, Tracey, Jen, Ardyth, Judy, Maureen, and Meghan.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  PTI Whale Wishes; Inks:  Stampin Up! Real Red and Pool Party; Washi tape:  Impress Rubber Stamps

A Jillian Vance Guest Designer!!

{For my Penny Black Stamp Squad post click here or scroll down}

Hello friends!!  I'm super excited today because I'm guest designing over at the A Jillian Vance Design blog!   I have a little project I made using the super cute AJVD set Doodle Birthday.  This set has lots of fun images and was designed by my in real life (and fellow blogger), Lisa Lara!   Lisa has lots of fun sets that she has designed for AJVD so make sure you check them out, as well as all the new stamps and dies that were just released by AJVD!

For my card today I started with a piece of floral paper from the American Crafts Dear Lizzie 5th & Frolic 6x6 pad.   I then stamped the underwear image on different pieces of patterned paper that coordinated with the floral piece and trimmed them out.  The banner sentiment was stamped and trimmed out, as well.  I adhered the banner to the white cardstock piece using foam dimensionals and then attached the underwear so they "hang" from the banner.  I layered my floral paper and the banner piece as shown and then stamped the coordinating sentiment on the floral paper to finish off the card. 

Thanks for stopping by and thanks to A Jillian Vance Design for letting me be a guest designer on their blog today! 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Patterned Paper:  American Crafts Dear Lizzie 5th & Frolic; Stamps:  A Jillian Vance Design Doodle Birthday; Ink: Memento Pear Tart & Tuxedo Black

life is a journey...

{For my Penny Black Stamp Squad Blog Hop post click here or scroll down}

Hello friends!!   Hope all is well in your part of the world!  Have a little card that I made for a couple of challenges, Less is More:  Hexagons and CAS(E) This Sketch.  I received a slight knuckle rapping from Chrissie for last week's LIM card.  My transgression?  I used paper piecing!  I have to admit I was a bit surprised that she took me to task (in a nice way!) for the paper piecing because it is pretty much flush with the card base and in my estimation does not necessarily constitute a second layer.  But to each his own, lol!!  

For my card today I decided to use my distress ink and a honeycomb background stamp from Our Daily Bread Designs.  I inked up the background with Wild Honey distress ink, laid the cardstock on top and then pressed lightly.  The piece was then trimmed down and the edges distressed a bit.  I punched out the circle, stamped the sentiment (from PTI's YOF: Gladiolus) in black and tied the twine around the piece.  Once that was done I adhered the piece to the card front using foam dimensionals.  The punched out piece was then adhered flush with the card base.  A little bee from a  old Cornish Heritage Farms set was stamped using Scattered Straw distress ink, trimmed out and adhered with a pop dot.  Some Diamond stickles was applied to the wings and I was done.  A very faithful interpretation of the CTS sketch, don't you think? 

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplied:  PTI Rustic White cardstock; Ink:  Ranger Wild Honey and Scattered Straw distress inks; Memento Tuxedo Black; SU! 1 3/4" circle punch; May Arts twine; Diamond Stickles; Stamps:  PTI, ODBD & CHF

Penny Black Stamp Squad Blog Hop!

 

Hello friends!!  Happy Saturday!  Now that all of the members of the Penny Black Stamp Squad have been revealed we are celebrating with the first ever Penny Black Stamp Squad blog hop!! Woo hoo!!! Not only are we hopping, we're giving away stamps, too!!  Leave a comment on each blog, including the Penny Black blog, for a chance to win a selection of Penny Black stamps.   You should have arrived here from the blog of  my uber talented Stamp Squad teamie Penny Ward.  However, if this is your first stop you may want to head over to the Penny Black blog where you can find the complete hop list and start from the beginning. 

For my card today I used the following Penny Black stamps:  eloquence (30-162), blooming garden (30-155) & fleur de lys (40-204).  When I first saw the blooming garden set I knew I wanted to use one of the images along with my distress inks.  I lightly inked up the fleur de lys background stamp with Old Paper distress ink, place the cardstock on top and just lightly pressed the cardstock onto the stamp.  I then inked up the edges with additional Old Paper distress ink and then roughed up the edges a bit with my thumbnail.   The poppy image from blooming garden was stamped on the main piece using Forest Moss distress ink and then again on white cardstock using watermark ink.  Clear embossing powder was applied and the image was heat set.  I then applied Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick distress inks to the flowers.   The flowers and pods were trimmed out and adhered to the main piece using pop dots.  The sentiment was stamped using Tuxedo Black ink and a few sequins were applied to finish off the card.

Thanks for stopping by... don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win some yummy Penny Black stamps!  And now off you go to the Penny Black blog!! 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  Penny Black; Inks:  Ranger Old Paper, Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick distress inks, Memento Tuxedo Black and VersaMark watermark ink; vintage sequins

loving father...

Hello friends!!  The weekend is almost here!   It is the last week of school for both my boys and the last few days have been crazy running from one thing to another!   I haven't had much time to make anything, but got some time this morning to make this little card.   On Sunday I found out that my CASology #47 card (little yellow bike) was picked as a top 3 winner for the Catered Crop Mellow Yellow challenge.   That meant that I had the opportunity to be a guest designer for the new Catered Crop "For the Boys" Quickfire Challenge!!   After I said "yes" to guest designing I then thought "yikes... what am I going to make?"  I don't have a ton of guy stamps.  But I do have this fabulous new set from Verve called Strong Anchor (and the matching dies!)... just the ticket!

The layout for the card is based on the newly re-launched Sketch For You To Try.   SFYTT is now sponsored by Reverse Confetti Stamps.  If you haven't checked out their stamps yet, you really should cuz they are super cute!  Hoping to add more RC stamps to my collection soon!  Anywhoo... I used some papers from the My Mind's Eye Kate & Co. 6x6 pad and several different SU! inks.   The cue little anchors were die cut using my Verve nautical dies and stamped using the coordinating anchor image from Strong Anchor.  I finished off the interior of the card with a die cut flag and the sentiment "You are my strong anchor". 

Thanks for stopping by... and make sure you check out the Catered Crop For the Boys challenge.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Night of Navy; Bazzill light blue; Stamps:  Verve Strong Anchor; Dies:  Verve Nautical Dies, My Favorite Things Fishtail Flag Stax dies; Inks:  SU! Baja Breeze, So Saffron & Night of Navy

CCC #48... miss you in yellow

{For my Penny Black Stamp Squad announcement click here or scrolled down}

Hello friends!!  Its Tuesday and that means time for a brand new CASology challenge!  After I finished my card for last week's challenge "wheel" I checked out what this week's cue word would be I laughed when I saw it was the word yellow!  So... here I am back with another CASology card done in yellow!   All the details can be found here.  This week our guest designer in the very talented Jessi!!

 

For my card this week I decided to combine it with the current sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch.  I resisted the idea to use a feather and instead used a very pretty MFT stamp set called Pretty Poppies.   The inks I used this time are Ranger Distress inks in Squeezed Lemonade and Mowed Grass.  I kinda like the mottled look that distress ink provides when stamping solid images.  I did a little bit of masking on this card, as well.  The ribbon is PTI's Lemon Tart and I like the fact that it isn't exactly the same shade as the Squeezed Lemonade ink.  Things don't always have to be "matchy, matchy" ya know?   The other finishing details are a small tag stamped with the sentiment and attached to the ribbon using a little yellow safety pin.

Thanks for stopping by... I cannot wait to see what "yellow" related ideas all you super talented papercrafters come up with for this challenge!! In the meantime make sure you check out the cards from the rest of the design team: Melissa, Tracey, Jen, Ardyth, Judy, Maureen, and Meghan and our guest designer, Jessi!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  My Favorite Things; Inks:  Range; Ribbon:  PTI; safety pin: unknown

I Have Big News....

 

Hello friends!!  I have big news that I have been sitting on for a long time and now I finally get to "spill the beans" and share it with you!   A few months ago a dream came true for me when I was asked to design for Penny Black stamps as part of their first ever "Stamp Squad"!  Today is my day to be introduced on the Penny Black blog and below is a sneak peak of the card that you can see when you click over to the PB blog.  I have long dreamed of designing for Penny Black and when I was asked I jumped at the chance.  In the coming months I will be sharing lots of projects using fabulous Penny Black stamps!!   And to celebrate this big news I'm having a little giveaway.  Just leave me a comment on this post and I will pick two people who will receive a copy of the Summer 2013 CardMaker magazine, as well as a few other goodies.

Thanks for stopping by and sharing in my exciting news!!