merry & bright...

Hello friends!!  Have a little card to share with you.  Our weather here in Western Washington has been really bad and that means lots of time inside to do some crafting.  But I have been experiencing a wee problem... no mojo!  Finally got some by making a card using some brand new Penny Black stamps and the current Sketchbook Saturday sketch. 

Penny Black has some of the most beautiful poinsettia stamps and they have done it again with a new one called "warm wishes".  The moment I saw that stamp I had to have it.. and now I do!!  YAY!!  I started my card by stamping the image on some patterned paper from Stampin Up! called Winter Frost using watermark ink.  I applied silver embossing powder, heat set the image and then trimmed it out.   Some glue was applied to the center of the flower and I poured on some light blue glitter.  The banner (from the Penny Black set "Christmas banners") was stamped on pale aqua cardstock using watermark ink, silver embossing powder applied, heat set and then trimmed out.  Additional papers from the "Winter Frost" pad were cut and layered per the sketch and the flower added to finish things off. 

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Pool Party; PP:  SU! Winter Frost; Stamps:  Penny Black; Ink:  VersaMark Watermark ink; Embossing powder:  Ranger Ultra Fine Silver; Glitter:  Stampin Up!; Fiskars corner rounder

halloween...

Hello friends!!    Have a little card to share that I made for a couple of challenges.   The new ColourQ challenge is to use black, white and one other color.  I picked orange since Halloween is coming and  paired it up with the current sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch and made this:

On Thursday I got the chance to shop at my favorite stamp store, Impress Rubber Stamps, with my friend Cindy and picked up a few things like the washi tape I used on my card.   I paired that tape up with some orange striped tape and this great Halloween sentiment from the Waltzingmouse Cicely at Halloween set.  In order to use the sentiment I had to turn the sketch on it's side.   I finished this simple card off with some orange and black sequins.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Washi Tape:  Impress Rubber Stamps; Stamps:  Waltzingmouse; Ink:  Stampin Up! Pumpkin Pie; Sequins:  Ellen Hutson (black) & vintage orange

a quick note...

Hello friends!!  Just wanted to pop in and let you know that I have a technique post up over at the CardMaker blog.  I hope you will check it out!   Thanks for stopping by...

hello...

Hi friends... I'm back with a little card to share that I made using some absolutely yummy new Prima products.  The CardMaker blog design team is having a little product spotlight feature with the Prima design team today.  Click over to the CardMaker blog to check out what my team mates made.

I was fortunate to receive products from the new Prima line "Anna Marie".  Like all Prima products the papers and embellishments are just gorgeous!!   The design of my card is based on the current Sketchbook Saturday sketch.  One of the goodies I received were these gorgeous resin butterflies and I just had to use one on my project.  Obviously I followed the sketch to a "T", lol!!!  With that butterfly the focus of my card I kept everything else fairly simple.  A fun little pleated treatment was created for the bottom of my card.   I finished off the card by adding a few brads and Sugar Dots from the "Anna Marie" line, as well.  

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Pool Party; All other supplies:  Prima Marketing

PTI September Blog Hop...

Hello friends... it is a wet, wet day here in my corner of the Pacific NW!  Another day to stay inside and craft... hopefully I will get the chance!!!   Last month I wasn't able to play along with PTI's monthly blog hop so was determined to participate this month.  Managed to make a clean and simple little card last night. 

This month's challenge is to make a project with a wreath on it.  I don't have any PTI wreath stamps, but I did have an idea that came together rather nicely once I got to work.   The twiggy wreath is a Memory Box die that I cut twice from PTI's kraft cardstock and then layered together.  The flowers are from the PTI set Bigger Blooms.  Since it is now fall I went with a fall color scheme of pumpkin orange, rust, soft yellow, olive green and light green.   After die cutting and stamping all the flowers and leaves I created some texture on the background cardstock using my trusty piece of burlap and my Big Shot.  And then roughed up the edges a bit for a more rustic feel.  The wreath was layered on top and then the flowers arranged.  I finished off my simple card by stamping the sentiment inside the wreath using Rich Cocoa ink. 

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft and Rustic White; Bazzill dark brown; Stamps:  Bigger Blooms; Dies:  PTI Bigger Blooms, Memory Box bramble wreath die; Inks:  Stampin Up! So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie, Real Rust, Old Olive, Memento Rich Cocoa; Black Diamond Stickles

CCC #63... give thanks

Hello friends!!  Happy Tuesday to you... hope your week is going well!!  And since it is Tuesday that means it is time for a brand new cue word!!   Loved all the fun arrow inspired projects that filled the gallery.   With fall now here our cue word is "autumn".   I know there will be tons of fabulous autumnal projects this week!  Our special guest designer is super talented LeAnne!!   All the challenge details can be found here.

The layout for my card is based on the current sketch from CTS.  Instead of going with a rectangular shape shown in the sketch I decided to die cut a leaf from burlap.  After die cutting the leaf I crumpled it up a bit to give it more dimension.  To give my card a bit more of a rustic feel I embossed the rustic white cardstock piece using my woodgrain embossing folder.  The sentiment, from the Reverse Confetti set "Forever Fall" was stamped using Rich Cocoa ink and die cut using a MFT Fishtail Flag Stax die.   A bow was made using a piece of red twine and then adhered to a tiny clothes pin.  The clothes pin was attached to the banner and then the banner and leaf were adhered to the embossed piece and mounted on a kraft card base.   Since I used Reverse Confetti stamps for my card I'm going to link this up to this week's RC Fetti' Find list.

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

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Kraft & Rustic White; Stamps:  Reverse Confetti; Dies:  SU! leaf die; MFT Fishtail Flag Stax die; Ink:  Rich Cocoa; Burlap:  PTI; Twine & Clothes Pin:  Funky Junkie