Avery Elle May Challenge

Hello! Just popping in really quickly to post a card I made for this months Avery Elle Challenge:

Here is the challenge inspiration photo:

I loved all the beautiful blues, and the pillows inspired the squares of pattern paper and the stamped image.

I used pattern paper from Crate Paper's 6x6 The Pier paper pad, and stamped the frame and sentiment with Avery Elle stamps and some MFT ink and Stampin' Up ink.

Added a sprinkle of sequins, also from Avery Elle, some distress ink, and a bit of Jute Twine. 

Hope you are having a fun holiday weekend! We got to go hiking this morning at a local lake, had a lunch barbecue with some friends, and bought some hanging baskets for our front porch! They smell SOOO good! Now I need a porch swing so I can enjoy them more! :-)

You're the Sweetest - FWF

Good morning! Happy Friday and Friends with Flair! I made a very clean and simple card to share this morning - still something I am working on - but I love how this one came out:

I did this for the 10 Minute Craft Dash Challenge - here are the colors:

Here is how much time I had left (finally remember to take a picture this time!):

I used my brand new May 2013 Unity KOTM for all the images - stamped the border and sentiment with MFT inks, and added sequins to the centers of the border.

Stamped the lemonade pitcher with Memento ink, colored it with Copics, and added a bit of stickles to the pitcher for some sparkle. 

A perfect, flat (except for the sequins!), and mail-able card! YAY!

Hello Sweet Friend - Moxie Fab TT

Good Afternoon! I had a few minutes early this morning and wanted to play along with this weeks Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger - so I put this together:

I mean seriously! Isn't this BEAUTIFUL?!?!?!? I saw it and knew just which stamp I wanted to use:

The stamped image is an older Unity Stamp of the Week called Precious Things that I won a while back. I colored it with Tim Holtz distress markers, then stamped it onto some Bazzil Cardstock. Next, I had some Prima pattern paper that I pulled out, then stamped the Tea Time Pattern Background in soft gray over the top. This is one of my favorite background stamps EVER! LOVE how big it is!

I used Lil' Inker's stitched rectangle dies to add the stitching on the cardbase, then tucked in a feather, added some enamel dots, and finished off with some jute twine and a sentiment from the April KOTM.

Thanks for stopping by today! Almost Friday! YAY!!!

May All Your Wishes...

Good morning! This is a card I have had in my stash for quite a while now - actually a publication reject! Sooo...I thought I would share it here today! It would work well for several occasions - I made it as a birthday card, but I also can see that it would work great for a graduation card, mother's day, congratulations, or ?

Can you think of any other occasions? 

Super simple card - I started with a kraft paper cardbase, and sprayed on some white Mister Huey's spray mist. After that dried, I inked the edges with some distress ink.

I cut the silhouette out with my Silhouette Cameo, and a file from the Silhouette store, and added the pearls before attaching to my card with foam adhesive.

Finished off by hand trimming a banner, and stamping the sentiment from a My Favorite Things stamp set, then attaching it with foam adhesive. 

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great day!!!

Stitched Hi - and exciting news!!!

Good morning! I had planned on posting this card for the current Paper Smooches SPARKS Cool Shades color challenge today anyway - but now I have the added excitement of sharing that I made the new SPARKS Design Team!!! I just found out late yesterday afternoon, and I'm still over-the-moon excited and pinching myself! You can read the announcement HERE if you're interested! Anyway, here is my card I made for the current challenge:

Here is the color combo:

I had been dying to try a technique that I have tried before with other clear stamps, but not yet with my Paper Smooches, and I needed a nice symmetric image for it. So I pulled out "Needle Little Love" and gave it a try. I selected the heart, then attached it backwards to my clear stamp block - so the back was facing out. I inked up and stamped it four times with MFT kraft ink, then cleaned it well, removed it, and stamped the correct side over the heart with two different colors of MFT ink. The end result is that it makes a perfect shadow effect for the stitched heart.

After that, I stamped my sentiment, stamped the stitching around the edges from the same set, then added a bit of bling to the hearts. I debossed that panel with my PTI Linen Impression Plate, inked the edges with distress ink, then distressed the edges with my Tim Holtz distress tool. Tied some jute twine around and added a MFT button.

Finished off with some pattern paper from Basic Grey's Mint Julep 6x6 paper pad, also with the edges distressed, and mounted everything on a card base made with Avery Elle Kraft Cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by today! I will see you again soon!!!

Sweet Stash - Love across the miles

Hello again! One more for me today! I managed to make it a ways down my list of challenges today, and one of them ends tonight - so I am posting this now! Here is the card:

And here are the challenges! First up, the new challenge over at Sweet Stamp Shop - Use Your Stash:

Then there's the CAS-UAL Fridays challenge - stamp on design paper:

And finally, I used this photo inspiration from the Inspired By challenge:

Before I get to the card, here is my stash that I pulled from! I have a lot (and I mean a LOT!) of 6x6 paper pads. I'm kind of addicted...and easily distracted by the newest and latest and greatest. I guess that's better than how I used to be - I would hoard the new stuff for the "perfect" project, and by the time I got around to using it, it wasn't new anymore! Now I use it as soon as it enters the door! But then the old can easily get a bit neglected:

I pulled out an older MME paper pad, trimmed and stamped the map and sentiment (using PTI ink) on my pattern paper.

Trimmed it down, attached it at an angle on my background pattern paper, then attached it with some Glitz Designs chevron washi tape (I got that idea from the pillow in the inspiration photo) 

Added some enamel dots and some veneer hearts (again, the ladder in the picture inspired that).

That's it! Super simple and easy! I kind of like the fun textures on this one!

Cutie Pie Glasses

Just popping in to quickly share a card I managed to squeeze in making this morning! Sweet Stamp Shop posted on their Facebook page a giveaway - you just had to post a brand new never seen card using their stamps to the Facebook page before noon to have a chance to win. So...this is what I whipped out:

Used my Lil' Inker's stitched rectangle dies to add the stitching to the cardbase, as well as for the center panel. Stamped the glasses from a Sweet Stamp Shop set three times using some new Versamagic Ink I picked up yesterday at Joann's (which is 2 hours away!!!)

 Pattern Paper is from Basic Grey, sentiment stamped with MFT ink. Tucked in a doily, added the sequins, added a bit of washi, and that's it! I tried REALLY hard to keep it flat and mail-able...not sure if the sequins count, but it's close!

Hope your day is going well!