Framed Florets Celebrate

I needed a birthday card for a friend and I had just received Framed Florets and wanted to use it. I also had a negative piece of pink foil on my desk so I put the two together for this card.  

It's difficult to see in the picture the frame is cut from shimmer white cardstock.  

The foliage is cut from silver, vellum and Polished Pink.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Framed Florets (SU)

Paper: White, Shimmer White, Hibiscus Burst, silver (pti), 20221-2023 In Color dsp polished pink (SU), vellum

Ink: Polished Pink (SU)

Dies: Framed Florets, Fabulous Frames (SU)

Other: Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder, silver cord trim (SU)

Glimmer Hot Foil Plate: Illustrated Floral & Solid (Spellbinders)

Hot Foil: Pink (Spellbinders)

Hand-Penned Birthday

This card is for a young woman new to our church. 

I recently ordered Mint Macaron ink but apparently did not order the cardstock. It turns out that PTI Mint Julep is a pretty good match. This card is quite a mix & match of sets and took me a long to get to figure out. It is busier than I usually do but I am going to go with it.

I am using the piece of Pale Papaya sheer vellum that I cut from my previous post's card. It's getting late in the day so I didn't have enough light to capture the simmer very well.

Thanks for stoppimg by!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Pansy Patch (sentiment - SU)

Paper: White, Blushing Bride, Garden Green, Hand-Penned dsp, Pale Papaya Shimmer Vellum (SU); Mint Julep (PTI)

Ink: Mint Macaron (SU)

Dies: Scalloped Contours; Penned Flowers (SU); Shape Shifters: Oval 2 (PTI); Hemstitch Rectangles (Spellbinders)

Other: Foam tape

Masculine Birthday Card

 I have quite a few birthdays coming up where I need a masculine card. Those are always hard for me. I looked through my stamps and found a really old set called Classic Convertibles. Seemed like a good choice for a guy card.

The only tricky thing about this card was the piercing. I cut a piece of Very Vanilla to 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" and then used the largest Nesting Basics: Pierced Rectangles die by PTI. Next I stamped the car close to the left edge. I carefully placed the die back into the piercing holes but moved it so that the right side had the same width as the left side and put it through my Big Shot only far enough to pierce the right edge where I wanted it. Then I pulled it back out and cut off the right side just past the new pierced edge. Did that make sense?

I dug through my hoarded stash and found some very, very old Hodgepodge Hardware by SU. It seemed like a good masculine accessory to use.  Do you all hoard your stuff like me? I need to just use it!!!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Classic Convertibles (SU)

Paper: Very Vanilla, Cinnamon Cider, Cajun Craze (SU)

Ink: Cinnamon Cider, Cajun Craze marker (SU)

Dies: Nesting Basics: Pierced Rectangles (pti)

Other: Tasteful Textile embossing folder, Linen Thread, Hodgepodge Hardware Antique Brass (SU), foam tape, glue dot

Quick Birthday Card

 I needed a fast birthday card so I cased this cute card for my brother's birthday.  I didn't have the cupcake stamp set so I used Birthdays Take the Cake instead.

I die cut the words from each of the colored papers and also one time from white. I backed the colored letters in white for a tiny bit of elevation and then used the negative space in the white sheet to place the words on the pattern paper. I colored the cake with the alcohol markers.

You can see the shine in the gold letters better in this photo.

This card came together really quickly since the sentiment is all one die. 

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Birthdays Take the Cake (mft)

Paper: White, Aqua Mist, Tropical Teal (pti), gold (not sure what this is), Party Plaid Paper Pad  (mft)

Dies: Big Birthday Wishes Die-namics, Birthdays Take the Cake (mft)

Other: Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend markers

Piece of Cake For a Friend

Here is a birthday card I made for a friend at church.

I just got some Tim Holtz distress oxide glazes and I wanted to try them out. I die cut the cake and then tapped Versamark all over. Then I sprinkled Fossilized Amber glaze all over and heat set it. So the cake is really shiny but you can't see that in the picture.

I ink blended some Antique Linen distress oxide ink all around the perimeter of the circle and the cake is popped up on foam tape. I used 2 colors of yellow Zig markers to color the flame on the candle.

Thanks for stopping by to look at my card :-)

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Birthday Greetings (mft)

Paper: White, pink (pti), Petite Gingham paper pad, Positively Preppy paper pad (mft)

Ink: Black, Antique Linen Distress Oxide, Veramark

Dies: Piece of Cake die-namics, Inside & Out Stitched Circles (mft); Scallop Stackers: Large (pti)

Other: Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Glaze (Tim Holtz), Blending brush, foam tape, Zig markers

 

Wish Big

A friend's birthday was last Sunday. I don't have much time for card making these days so I CASE'd this card using some of my new stuff from PTI.  Here is my version. It was a quick photo because I needed to head out the door.





I added a bit of sparkle to the candles and the cake with the Stardust Gelly Roll pen and then added few sequins to finish off the card.

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Invitation Basics (pti)

Paper: White (pti), Basic Black, Melon Mambo (SU)

Ink: New Leaf, Raspberry Fizz, Lovely Lady, Bright Buttercup, Aqua Mist (pti)

Other: Big Basics: Wish Big die (pti), Cherry on Top Designer Washi Tape yellow (SU), sequins, Stardust Gelly Roll pen on candles & cake

Masculine Birthday

My son-in-law's birthday is today and I made him a King of the Grill card.

Hope he likes his burger :-)

Thanks for stopping by today!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: King of the Grill (PTI)

Paper: White, Ombre Stripes pattern paper (PTI)

Ink: Fine Linen, Amethyst Allure, Green Parakeet, Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate

Other: Twine, dimensionals, scissors

Happy Birthday DD!

My birthday and my daughter's are 3 days apart. We usually get to celebrate together but last fall she went back to grad school to get her doctorate. Since she is now several thousand miles away I won't be there but she is able to visit with my younger daughter who is also several thousand miles away. What's with that?!!  Anyway, her first celebration was Saturday and her real birthday is today so she gets two cards :-)

I'm using some of the new stuff that I just received from Papertrey.

It took some trial and error with this card but the black strip is cut 9/16". That works pretty well. This card is a case of the one by Lizzie Jones which is quite appropriate since my daughter's name is also Liz.

Happy Birthday Liz!!!

SUPPLIES:

Card #1: (inspiration)

Stamps: A Slice of Life (SU), Ombre Sentiments: Birthday (PTI)
Paper: White Fine Linen (PTI)
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Classic Kraft, Fine Linen (candles)- (PTI)
Markers: Creamy Caramel, Coastal Cabana, Barely Banana, Bermuda Bay, Summer Sun (SU)

Card #2:

Stamps: Splits: Celebrate (PTI)
Paper: White, Bitty Star Basics in Sweet Blush (PTI), Basic Black (SU)
Ink: Blush Blossom marker (SU), Versamark
Other: Gold embossing powder,  dimensionals

Papertrey Ink March Blog Hop

Today is Papertrey's monthly blog hop. It's also my birthday and I wanted to have some fun in my craft room.  So I made a birthday card for this month's Papertrey Blog Hop :-)  Here are some of the inspiration photos.

        

Embroidered Blooms seemed like an obvious choice of sets to use - I suppose everyone else thinks so too :-)

There is Glossy Accents on the flower centers. I never seem to learn my lesson about being patient and waiting for it to dry. I always manage to put my hand in it so there is a smudge spot but I'm not going to tell you where. 

Have a great day. I plan on eating lots of Costco chocolate cake later today and playing Dominion with family and friends!  

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Embroidered Blooms (PTI)

Paper: White (PTI)

Ink: Enchanted Evening, Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy (PTI), Versafine Onyx Black

Other: Linen/Canvas Impression Plate (PTI), dimensionals, sequins (Avery Elle)

90th Birthday

My husband's uncle is turning 90 today.  We went to a family birthday party on Saturday and this is the card that I made for him.

I stamped the cable car in Ripe Avocado and the accent color is Hawaiian Shores. The birthday sentiments are Dark Chocolate.

The cable car number is 90 for his age. There is also acetate in the windows but you can't see that in the photo.

Thanks for stopping by today! Happy Ides of March!!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Cable Gram (PTI)

Paper: White (PTI)

Ink: Ripe Avocado, Hawaiian Shores, Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Smokey Shadow

Other: Cable Gram die, dimensionals, acetate

Happy 3rd Birthday!

My grandson just celebrated his 3rd birthday. He loves construction so that was the theme of his party and I went with that on his card as well.

First, I stamped the road using two different stamps from Super Stripes.  The truck was all one stamp so I masked off the top part and stamped the wheels in black on the road. I stamped the orange truck on a separate piece of paper and fussy cut just the top portion. It's popped up on dimensionals. There are silver brads in the wheels.




I die cut the number 3 and slipped it under the truck.  I stamped the alphabet in yellow on adhesive backed paper and cut out the letters that I needed for the name Titus. I didn't want them in a straight line so they are just slightly off kilter and the sentiment is underneath.




And lastly a pic of the cake my daughter made for him. It was adorable with cone candles, real toy diggers and Oreo crumb "dirt".

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: I Dig You (SU), Phrase Play #11, Type Strips, Super Stripes (PTI)

Paper: White (PTI)

Ink: Only Orange (SU), yellow

Other: By the Numbers die, white adhesive backed paper (PTI), silver brads, scissors

Card Concept Challenge #49

Time has sped by and it's time for another Card Concept Challenge. We have some beautiful colors for you this time.

 I'm traveling to visit my grandson for his 3rd birthday (Happy Birthday Titus!) and I brought along very minimal supplies with me but that's ok for my Clean & Simple style card. I thought some birthday streamers would be appropriate.  I don't have exact matches on the colors but tried to get close.

I received some Perfect Pearls for Christmas and wanted to try them out. They do add pretty shine but I think a solid image would have worked better.  I stamped the streamer in color, overstepped with Versamark and then added the Perfect Pearls. Because the Versamark did not stamp exactly on top of the image and because the streamer is not a solid image, it muddied the image.  The color is not as bright as I would like but the shine is pretty. It will take me some time to figure out the best way to use the pearls.

I hope that you will check out the rest of the Design Team's cards and make a beautiful creation for this challenge.

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Hooray (PTI); Handwritten Notes (Avery Elle)

Paper: White (PTI), Basic Black (SU)

Ink: Berry Sorbet, Hibiscus Burst, Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise (PTI), Versafine Onyx Black

Other: Perfect Pearls, Versamark, dimensionals

Tools: Paintbrush

Card Concept Challenge #47

Hi everyone! How are you doing?  We had so many wonderful cards entered in the last challenge and today we have another fantastic challenge for you at The Card Concept.  The inspiration photo has some lovely neutral colors and a lovely cake to inspire you. So let's get to my card which is in the Clean & Simple style.

I pulled out a really old SU set called Event Full because I thought this stamp was kinda fun. I've been playing with foil lately and wanted to try adding some to this card. I thought the bronze and silver foil would work well for the colors in the challenge. I used Score Tape to apply the foil. The bronze worked well but the silver just did not want to come off. I rubbed and rubbed and pretty much had to pull the stuff off with my fingers. Anyway, that's why the silver may look at bit roughed up.






Finally I spritzed on some bronze with a metallic Sharpie, added a few sequins and popped the top layer up on dimensionals. I also used the bronze Sharpie to fill in the wheels.





I'm looking forward to seeing what you all come up with. Have fun and check out the rest of the Design Team!!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Event Full (SU)

Paper: Very Vanilla (SU)

Ink: Close to Cocoa (SU)

Other: Spritzer (SU), Bronze Sharpie, Transfer foil by Ranger (Basics & Vintage), sequins (Avery Elle), dimensionals, Score Tape 1/8"

Seize the Birthday Challenge

My brother's birthday is this week and a serious card just wouldn't cut it.  I used an old SU set that I've had for eons but it seemed perfect because my brother and his wife like to cruise.

I embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder and watercolored the ship.  Here's the inside...

 I'm submitting this card to the Seize the Birthday Challenge. No extra toppings this time.

Have a great weekend everyone!!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Words By Wilson (SU)

Paper: White (pti), Night of Navy (SU)

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Brocade Blue, Night of Navy (SU); Markers-Real Red, Yoyo Yellow, Garden Green (SU); Copic No. 0 and Micron Pigma black

Other: Versamark pad, white embossing powder (Hero Arts)

Papertrey September Blog Hop Challenge

Hi! Today is Papertrey's Blog Hop. The inspiration photo is below.

I picked up on the theme of the autumn leaves for my card.

I stamped the sentiment on Kraft cardstock and then ran it through my Big Shot with the Linen Impression plate.

I watercolored orange, yellow, red and green onto watercolor paper and then die cut the leaves. I stamped the leaf veins in Classic Kraft and then spritzed with Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine.  You can see the sparkly shine in the photo above.

I attached the leaves with a single Glue Dot so that they would keep the slight curl and loose look. Next came the twine and a few sequins to finish it off.

I think this card will go to my SIL whose birthday is coming up in October. Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have fun at the hop!


SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Leaf Prints, Side By Side Sentiments (PTI)
Paper: White, Autumn Chicken Scratch Pattern Pack (PTI), Kraft, SU, watercolor paper
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Classic Kraft (PTI)
Other: Leaf Prints die, Linen Impression Plate (PTI), twine (May Arts), Gold Color Shine (Heidi Swapp), sequins (Avery Elle), Glue Dots, dimensionals, watercolors (Simply Art)

I'm Back with Freshly Made Sketches #200 and Seize the Birthday

Hi All!  It's been such a busy summer with my daughter moving from Vancouver, WA to Columbus, OH to go back to school for her PhD in Music Education.  I'm so  proud of her! We also had a 2 week vacation with all our family which was wonderful.  We went to Glacier National Park and arrived there the day that the fire broke out.  We were not able to go everywhere we had hoped because of the fire but still had a wonderful time.

Now my fingers are getting itchy to get back to stamping and what better way than with Freshly Made Sketches 200th sketch!  I think that my card also will fit in with the Seize the Birthday challenge. Balloons fly. Right?

I've had this set for a while and just never got around to using it. That little balloon animal is just so cute!  Here's a close up of the little guy. He's popped up on dimensionals.

This card is just the way I like it. Clean & Simple. Lots of white space.

Have a great day and happy stamping!

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: Party Animal (Avery Elle)
Paper: White, Comic Strip Pattern Pack (PTI)
Ink: Enchanted Evening, Harvest Gold (PTI), Versafine Onyx Black
Other: Party Animal die (Avery Elle)

Paper Sweeties Blog Hop & Challenge #34

Paper Sweeties is turning 3 and they are having a party all during the month of August starting with a blog hop today.

The cupcakes in the inspiration photo (see below) grabbed my attention as did the soft, pretty colors.  I stamped the tops and bottoms of the cupcakes and then punched them out with the coordinating punch.

 I added some silver embossed sprinkles to the frosting.

Next I punched out a tag, stamped the sentiment and assembled the cupcakes. Lastly I tied on the Baker's twine.

Happy 3rd birthday Paper Sweeties!

Thanks for stopping by!


Here's the inspiration photo:

SUPPLIES: 

Stamps: Create a Cupcake (SU), Label Love (Altenew), Happy New Year (PTI)

Paper: White (PTI)

Ink: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Pool Party (SU); Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow (PTI)

Other: Create a Cupcake punch, Pool Party Baker's twine (SU), Monthly Moments Journal Card 6 (PTI), dimensionals

PTI March 2015 Blog Hop

Today is my birthday and what better day to spend in my craft room making cards. Today is also PTI's March Blog Hop and here is my card for the challenge (see the photo below).

I used my new Petite Pots set and just started playing with layout and colors. It was fun! Thanks for stopping by and sharing my birthday.


Here's the challenge photo:

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Petite Pots (PTI)
Paper: Kraft, Hawaiian Shores, Lemon Tart, Hawaiian Shores Bitty Dots DSP, White
Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold Dark Chocolate, Fine Linen, Simply Chartreuse
Other: Petite Pots die, Tipped Tops die, dimensionals

Bitty Bouquets Card Set

Good Morning! A friend at church is raising money for Relay For Life and asked if I would contribute some cards.  I created a set of 4 cards using PTI's new Bitty Bouquet set. I have started to save the plastic cases that my PTI stamp sets come in. They work perfectly to hold 4 cards & 4 envelopes.

This first card uses Wisteria Wonder & Bashful Blue ink (SU) for the flowers and Limeade Ice (PTI) ink for the leaves. The sentiment  is Keep It Simple: Get Well (PTI).

Card #2:
Harvest Gold and New Leaf ink (PTI). The sentiment is Handwritten Borders (SSS).

Card #3:
Pure Poppy and Ripe Avocado (PTI); Bashful Blue (SU). Sentiment is Keep It Simple: Birthday (PTI).

Card #4:
Berry Sorbet & Simply Chartreuse (PTI). Sentiment is Keep It Simple: Thank You (PTI)

Hope you like my simple set of note cards. Thanks for stopping by!