On the PPP blog

Good morning! Just sharing a quick peek of a card I have posted over on the Pretty Pink Posh blog this morning! You can pop over there to see all the details if you're interested! :-)

Have a wonderful day!!! :-)

Baby Shower Elephant Invitations

Good morning! Dropping by real quick to share some baby shower invitations I made recently for my sis-in-law's baby shower. Fairly simple, but I'm pretty happy with how they came out!

I used Wplus9's Sunshine Layer Dies for the white panels, some Avery Elle pattern paper to die cut the elephants using a MME die, carefully added some Glossy Accents over the ear. I die cut it again out of fun foam, so It had some extra dimension, then added a bow using the clever Twine and Bows die from Pretty Pink Posh. Finished off with a sentiment that I printed off the computer on vellum and folded around the front panel. You can see the dimension on the elephant a little better in this photo: 

Thanks so much for dropping by today! Have a wonderful day!!!

Whoooo we have in life...

Good morning! Dropping this morning to share a card I made a bit ago for Unity Stamp Company and hadn't gotten around to posting - using my new favorite owl stamp! Seriously can't get over the cuteness!!! I also have a Quick Tip video for this one, showing how I tore and attached the vellum on this card:

Here is the video:

And here is that little owl - Going to be OWL-Right:

I watercolored him with Gansai Tambai watercolors on a panel cut with an Avery Elle die. Pattern paper is also by Avery Elle. Jute twine is the finishing touch!

I'm also linking this up with the new Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes:

Thanks for stopping by - have a wonderful day!

Simple Thank You's

Good morning! Just dropping by with a trio of catch up cards from last year. I set out at one point to make some very simple, one layer, and easy to reproduce thank you cards - although I never ended up making more than the 3 of them (at least yet!) - it was a fun challenge. I used floral stamps from Unity, sentiments from Paper Smooches, and two shades of Hero Arts ink.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Vintage Storybook Wish Big

Good morning! For quite a while now, I have had this card pictured in my head, and the other evening, I finally sat down to see if I could get it to work the way I was imagining in my head! I have loved these adorable stamps from Avery Elle and wanted to use some masking to put some of them together on a card, and give it a vintage storybook feel. I LOVE how it came out, although I don't love the pictures of it! I had the hardest time getting a good picture for some reason! Don't know if it was just too gray and cloudy a day, or the soft colors of it, or what! Anyway, here it is:

I also thought this would be a good reminder that there are only a few days left to play along with the fun challenge at AEI{heart}U Challenge - Masking:

I used both Storybook and More Stories, stamping the bunny first, masking it off with Post It paper, then stamping the other critters. I colored it in to mimic a vintage storybook feel, and added Wink of Stella to the colored portions - you can almost see it in the pictures! The center panel was cut on the top and bottom using Finished Frames ELLE-ments Dies, and I applied Antique Linen distress ink to the edges to finish off the vintage feel. I fussy cut the banner after stamping my sentiment, and added some jute twine. Pattern paper is (appropriately) from Crate Paper's Open Book 6x6 paper pad, and I mounted it on a soft gray card base.

Thanks for dropping by today! If you haven't already played along with the challenge at  AEI{heart}U, I hope you will! Can't wait to see what you make! :-)

Cutest Baby in the World

Good morning! Stopping by with a baby card using my Altenew stamps and some distress watercoloring:

Making this as another entry into this weeks Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - All Creatures Great and Small:

I also made this to play along with Altenew's February Challenge:

I liked the pops of gold and mauve, as well as the main layout with the off white, soft blue, and white colors - not to mention the cluster up at the left corner! So, I used the giraffe from Geometric Menagerie and heat embossed in gold on watercolor paper, then colored with a water brush and distress inks and sewed onto my blue cardstock panel.. Stamped my sentiment using Sentiments and Quotes, then folded up a tiny piece of doily and attached with a tiny Tim Holtz paper clip and a loop of gold thread tucked in. Added a sprinkling of gold Pretty Pink Posh sequins, and mounted the entire thing on a card base made with Avery Elle Woodgrain cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!!!

Waving Hi - Triangles and Boats

Good morning! Dropping in with a fun card for a challenge - this uses two trends I have really enjoyed, combined on one card: Nautical, and Triangles!

I made this for the current Little Tangles Challenge - Saying Hello:

I used a new Neat and Tangled die that I hadn't had a chance to use yet - Tiny Triangles, and one of my favorite Neat and Tangled stamp sets - Sailmates for this card. I die cut the triangle background from some MFT cardstock, backed it with some soft blue cardstock, then die cut it again with gold glitter cardstock and glued the gold triangles into a few of the spaces. Heat embossed the boat on vellum and fussy cut out before adhering over a bundle of gold thread, then heat embossed the sentiment on a strip of trimmed black cardstock which I adhered with foam adhesive. Matted my front panel with black and white, then mounted with foam adhesive on my kraft card base that I used a Lil' Inker's die on.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!

AEI{HEART}U Challenge - Inlaid Die Cutting

Good morning! It's time for a new AEIHeartU Challenge, and this month the theme is a fun technique called "Inlaid Die Cutting":

I love this technique, because it is a fun way to have lots of layers of paper, and still have a completely flat and mailable card! 

For my card I started with the Pinked ELLE-ments Dies and cut an angled panel out of gray and cream cardstock, then Simply Said Hello Word Die out of the cream, as well as red and blue cardstock, then fitted them together on my card front.

Finally, I stamped the word "gorgeous" using Simply Said Hello, then added bit of sparkle with some shine mist spritzed over the top. This last photo shows really well how perfectly flat my card is:

Thanks for stopping by today - I hope you'll join us and play along!

Make a Wish

Good morning! Stopping by with a card I made recently for my little niece's first birthday!

I also made this for the current Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - We're Seeing Stars:

I used the darling Storybook Stamp set from Avery Elle, as well as the sweet star from Finished Frames ELLE-ments dies. The scallop frame is from Mama Elephant. I used some pattern paper from American Crafts, and a torn strip of vellum on the bottom - I thought it kind of looked like snow! Heat embossed my sentiment on the vellum, and added some jute twine to finish it off.

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

10th Birthday Shaker Card for my Daughter

Good morning! I'm up on the My Craft Spot Blog finally sharing a very special birthday card - this is the card I made for my youngest daughter's 10th birthday!!! Her birthday was in September, and she ended up getting it late, since we had to make a last minute trip home for a family emergency just a little over a week before her birthday. So...I wanted to make it super special for her!

I used one of my favorite birthday sentiment sets for this card - Birthday Wishes:

I also used Fancy Edges Metal Dies for the sweet scallop border:

I used some fun October Afternoon papers to build my card - made the inside of the shaker perfect! I filled it with lots of sequins, then added a few extra on the outside for embellishments.

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

AEIHeartU Challenge - Holiday

Hi there! Big old oops here - we have been traveling the past week, hunting for a house in Washington where we are moving to in just a few short weeks. I'm happy to say we were successful, but we were supposed to be home last night, and delayed one day - and just my luck that this didn't auto-post! So...sorry it is a bit late!

I'm so excited to finally be joining in with the rest of the AEIHeartU Challenge team for this month's challenge. Sadly, our family emergency prevented me from joining last month. This month, the theme is "Holidays": 

I LOVE songs, and this sentiment makes me start singing Silent Night right away!

I started off with the darling fox from the brand new More Stories stamp set - stamping and coloring with Copics, then fussy cutting out. I added a bow from another new item - Finished Frames ELLE-ments dies. I also added some Wink of Stella to make my little fox sparkle really good! I stamped several of the snowflakes from one other new set called Noel (can you tell I love combining different stamp sets?). I made some "snow" for my fox to sit on by tearing one edge of a piece of Sea Glass cardstock, then coating it well with Stickles. I stamped my sentiment over the snowflakes from Let it Snow, then added Stickles to the snowflakes as well. Attached the fox with foam adhesive, then attached the entire front panel with foam adhesive to a cardbase made from Maple Woodgrain cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by today (and SOOOO sorry I was late!) - I hope you'll join us and play along! 

The rules have just changed, and now TWO winners are selected to win a $25 gift certificate...WOW! What a great prize! Go link up your holiday cards - can't wait to see what you make!!!

Eyelet Outlet October Cards

I was up on the Eyelet Outlet blog several days ago sharing a couple of cards using some of the adorable recently released brads from Eyelet Outlet, as well as some of the Heart Swirl Bling. Thought I would also share them here!

First up - these adorable Fawn Brads were love at first sight! I just adore the fact that they come facing both directions, and just had to make a card with them "kissing" each other! 

Supplies: 

Eyelet Outlet Fawn Brads

Winnie and Walter A Tree For All Seasons

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

My Favorite Things Dye Ink

May Arts Jute Twine

Next up, I used some the lovely Heart Swirls Bling - these are being sold in bulk packs, and make a great base for a simple and elegant card.

Supplies:

Heart Swirls Bling

Glitter Washi Tape

Winnie and Walter A Tree For All Seasons

Watermark Ink

Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder

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

Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Release - Day 1

Good morning! I'm super excited this month to be guest designing for Newton's Nook Designs - and this week I have the privilege of joining in with the new release! I am in love with all the darling images - and have been super impressed with the great quality. They stamp crisp and perfect every time!

For today's card, I got to play with the new set called Winston's Home for Christmas:

I used the small present to stamp in kraft ink on my kraft card base - gives a subtle pattern paper effect! Then I layered together a couple of journaling cards, stamped the adorable image and sentiment with MFT inks, and added some random machine stitching to hold them all in place. LOVE that this is a flat one layer and easy to mail card - and would be super easy to mass produce as well!

Here is the entire stamp set - SOOOO cute!

Would you like to win “Winston’s Home for Christmas”?

This set will be given away to one lucky winner!

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! One winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs listed below. Make sure to check out each  blog and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog will be chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Friday, October 17 at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be posted on the NND blog on Saturday, October 18th. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs

Taheerah Atchia

Lydia Brooke

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Shellye McDaniel

Jess Moyer

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Tessa Wise

Heather Hoffman (Guest Designer)

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!

Sailing By Hello

Hello! We have been spending most of the weekend painting - and I was so excited to finally get my office put back together today! It was a mess! I was itching for a few minutes to craft as well - so in between moving and re-setting stuff up, I managed to sneak in a few moments to put this together:

I saw a fun challenge over at Butterfly Reflections, Ink - to make a project incorporating your favorite season. I have to admit, I love ALL seasons - and I really am starting to get excited for fall, although I still feel a little mentally stuck in summer. Since I had the goodies from my very first Butterfly Reflections order in hand just waiting to get played with (ENABLER ALERT: Vanessa is running a sale - 20% off through tomorrow for the holiday weekend!) - I decided to make a summer project! (I wasn't sure if I was supposed to follow the colors - but I was inspired by the ocean photo in the center, so hopefully this is okay!)

 I started off by cutting a window in some white cardstock with my Lil' Inker's stitched oval die, then adding some "waves" with my brand new Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders 1 Dies. I added some pattern paper from the Ahoy There 6x6 paper pad by Echo Park. I stamped the darling sailboat from Lawn Fawn's Float My Boat stamp set on vellum, heat embossed in white, and fussy cut it out, then attached it between the waves. Die cut Lawn Fawn's Scripty Hello from white cardstock and added it, covering it with Glossy Accents to help it stand out a bit. Attached the front panel with foam adhesive, then added some distress ink around the edges to soften them a bit, before adding white stitch lines with a gel pen - they are hard to see in the photo, but kind of fun in real life!

Also linking this up with this weeks Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes:

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great evening!!!

Wishing you a...Merry Christmas

Good morning! Yes...I did just post that! I know it seems a little crazy to think of that - but I was inspired by the challenge over on the Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Blog for the Holiday Cards & More Linky party. This is the amazing issue...and I am oh-so-excited to have SEVEN projects published in it's pages!  

This is actually a card I submitted WAY back last spring for Stamping Royalty. I ended up winning in a different category - but for one reason or another, I never got around to sharing this card. I was making this about the same time I was submitting Christmas cards for Holiday Cards and More, so it seemed fitting to share it now! :-)

I actually put a LOT into this card! I worked hard to build it just how I was picturing it in my head - and was super happy with how it came out! I started off by using a strip of washi tape to mask off the top of my card. I used the branch stamp from Neat and Tangled's Simple Christmas stamp set to build the greenery - stamping first with watermark ink and embossing with green embossing powder, then stamping over in the darker green ink. The bow and pine cone were from the same set, stamped and heat embossed on kraft, then fussy cut out.

I built the sentiment using My Craft Spot's Joy Filled Christmas stamp set. I had to cut a bit of one of the sentiments apart to make it say what I wanted it to - and heat embossed that as well. I added a bit of gold thread, then attached the pine cone and bow over the top with foam adhesive, and matted it in white then red cardstock. Added some strips of gold washi tape to my card base, attached the front panel with foam adhesive, then finished off with a couple of enamel dots.

I am linking this up with this weeks Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes:

Also linking this up with this weeks Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.

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