"We do not remember days, we remember moments." Cesare Pavese

Sunday, September 30, 2018

cards for sketches...



Hey there!  Hope you had a great weekend!  I managed to make a couple of cards.  First up is a card that I made using this week's MFT sketch.  I used the super cute MFT stamp set called Hello Little One.  My niece is having a little boy in November and so I actually made the card for her baby shower.  Happy to say that she loved it!  I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored them with Copic markers.  I then added depth to each image with Prismacolor pencils.  Once that was done I die cut everything with the matching dies.  Some MFT Smooth White cardstock was cut per the sketch and then I partially embossed it with a star embossing folder.  The die cuts were adhered to the panel.  I die cut the banner and then stamped it with the sentiment.   Adhered the banner and then adhered the panel to a light gray cardstock base.   I'm also going to add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes. 

The second card is for the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  I made this one for my great niece, Kaia.  I recently bought a pack of Lawn Fawn glitter cardstock and used it to make this all die cut card.   In August I joined the Spellbinders Small Die Kit club and the kit for September is all about Halloween.  The cute little ghost is one of the dies.  I die cut it three times from some white glitter cardstock from Stampin Up!  The purple and black glitter cardstock is from Lawn Fawn.  I die cut all the ghosts and then adhered them to the strips of purple glitter cardstock.  A strip of black glitter cardstock was adhered to the white cardstock base and then I adhered the ghost panels.  The sentiment was die cut from the black glitter cardstock and plain black cardstock two more times.  All three were adhered together and then the words adhered to the card base.   Super sparkly for sure!  I hope little Kaia likes it!

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  white, black, light gray, purple glitter, black glitter and white glitter; Stamps:  MFT; Dies:  MFT and Spellbinders; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne

Saturday, September 29, 2018

National Coffee Day Blog Hop!


Hey everyone!!  As many of you know today is National Coffee Day and the gals over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog are having another big blog hop to celebrate.  Precious Remembrance Shop is a super sponsor and so is A Jillian Vance design.  There are great prizes from both companies!   Please head over to the PRS blog and the AJVD blog for all the details on how to win each prize.  I made two cards to share.  First up is a PRS card I made using the super fun Coffee Love stamp set from Precious Remembrance Shop along with an image from another fabulous PRS set called New Day.  I stamped the coffee cup from Coffee Love on two coordinating papers from a My Mind's Eye paper pad.   The full cup was trimmed out from one and then pieces of the other were trimmed out and adhered to the cup as you see.  I then stamped the sentiment in the center of the cup.  I trimmed down another coordinating piece of paper and cut it on the diagonal.  The pieces were adhered to a light green cardstock base.  I stamped the image from the New Day that looks like a coffee stain in pink ink and then adhered the coffee cup.   Precious Remembrance Shop has a discount offer going on right now so I hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to save on some fantastic PRS sets through October 8th.  Going to add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes.


As I indicated above A Jillian Vance Design is also a part of this hop.  I created a clean and simple design using thee AJVD sets Brew-tiful and But First Coffee.  I stamped the coffee cup ring image from But First Coffee in two different inks (kraft and taupe) on off white cardstock.  The coffee bean image was stamped in a really dark brown.  I stamped the sentiment (from Brew-tiful) using a light brown ink and then die cut the word coffee (from the Coffee, Tea & Me die set) from brown glitter cardstock and some scrap cardstock.  All the die cuts were adhered together and then adhered to the card to complete the sentiment.  I'm adding this to the CAS(E) this Sketch link up as I used their sketch for the layout.  Make sure that you head over to the AJVD blog to see my card along with projects from other AJVD design team members and to leave a comment for a chance to win a $100 prize pack!



Have a wonderful day and enjoy the hop!

Supplies:  PRS Card: Cardstock:  light green; Patterned paper:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  Precious Remembrance Shop; Inks:  Stampin Up! and VersaFine CLAIR

AJVD Card:  Cardstock:  Rustic white, dark brown; Stamps:  A Jillian Vance Design; Dies:  A Jillian Vance Design; Inks:  Stampin Up!

Friday, September 28, 2018

inspire me friday with precious remembrance shop

Happy Friday everyone!  I'm popping in to let you know that I have a project up on the Precious Remembrance Shop blog today.  Here is a little peek of my project:


I hope you will head over to the PRS blog to see my full project and to let me know what you think.  Have a wonderful day!

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

happy wednesday!

Hey there!!  It's Wednesday and that means I have a post up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog.  Here is a little peek of my project:


I hope you will head over to the AJVD blog to see the full project and to let me know what you think!  Have a wonderful day!

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

september pti blog hop...

Hey there!  Feels like ages since I last posted, but it has only been a week, lol!  It is the 25th of September and that means it is time for PTI's monthly blog hop.  With fall now here the inspiration for this month's hop is a beautifully appointed fall table.  I decided to draw my inspiration from all the beautiful fall colors.  I have had PTI's Text and Texture: Roses for a long time and sadly had not used it so I decided to get it out to use to make my card.   I cut a piece of Harvest Gold and then stamped the roses images using a mustard yellow ink and a pumpkin orange ink.  I then die cut the image with a rectangle die.  Using the smallest die in the PTI Double Ups die set I die cut a piece of Harvest Gold and stamped the words Harvest and Blessings from the Color Pop: Autumn set in VersaFine CLAIR Acorn ink.  The word Bountiful (from the Color Pop: Autumn die set) was die cut from Ripe Avocado paper three times and adhered together.   Additional Ripe Avocado was die cut with a larger rectangle die as a mat for the stamped piece.  I layered up everything and then added a few sequins in rust and yellow to finish up the card.   With the addition of the sequins I'm going to add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge and I will be adding this to the Time Out challenge as the colors I used for my card are similar to those found in their inspiration photo.



Hope you have a wonderful day and happy hopping!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Harvest Gold, Ripe Avocado, Rustic White; Stamps:  PaperTrey Ink; Dies:  PaperTrey Ink and A Jillian Vance Design; Inks:  Stampin Up! and VersaFine CLAIR; Sequins:  Simon Says Stamp

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

sharing over at a jillian vance design...

Hello and happy Wednesday everyone!  I have a post up on the AJVD blog today and here is a little peek of my card:


I hope you will head over to the AJVD blog to see the full card and to let me know what you think!  Have a wonderful day!