Nautical

Today I'm making a card using the new PTI set called Nautical. It arrived while I was out of town and I've been itching to play with it. I'm just sneaking into The Challenge #40 and also CASology #152 and colourQ #296.  Wow!

The colors of the waves are Soft Sky and Marina Mist. The boat is Night of Navy and Daffodil Delight. I popped it up on dimensionals. Well I'm about to be late for church so better get this posted.

Relax and enjoy your Sunday. Stay cool. We in the Pacific NW are really suffering a heat wave!!

The Challenges

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Ahoy (PTI)

Paper: White (PTI)

Ink: Soft Sky, Marina Mist,  Night of Navy and Daffodil Delight (SU)

Other: Ahoy die (PTI)

Edited 6/30: Yay!  My card got an honorable mention at CAS-ology.

           7/3:  Oh my! I was also a top pick at The Challenge. Happy Dance!!

          7/8: Wahoo!!! Also picked a s a ColourQ winner! And again I say WAHOO!

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop & ColourQ #294

This is my second post to the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop but it is actually the first card I made.  I wasn't entirely happy with it so I made another card which you can see in my first post today.  I like the other card much better.  I tried to channel my inner Maile Belles.  I don't think this quite hit the mark but it's not totally unfortunate :-)

ColourQ Challenge:

Have a great day!!


SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Southwestern Style, Heart-2-Heart #1 (PTI)
Paper: White (PTI)
Ink: So Saffron, Soft Suede (SU); Aqua Mist, Harvest Gold (PTI)
Other: Heart-2-Heart #1 die, dimensionals, aqua twine

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and cQc #294

Good Morning! Yesterday my daughter and I got to stamp while my husband kept our 2 yr old grandson occupied. Thanks honey!

Here is my card for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. I used the colors from this week's ColourQ challenge.

I used images from the new PTI set Southwestern Style and an older set called Heart-2-Heart #1. The little cups are popped up on dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by today!


ColourQ Challenge:

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Southwestern Style, Heart-2-Heart #1 (PTI)
Paper: White (PTI)
Ink: So Saffron, Soft Suede (SU); Aqua Mist (PTI)
Other: Heart-2-Heart #1 die, dimensionals

I'm Back with 3 Challenges - Amazing!

I've been itching to get back into card making but so much life has been happening. However, today I made it happen.

For such a simple card I managed to squeeze in 3 challenges. ColourQ #281, Retro Sketches #154 and CAS on Sunday #52 (Chevrons)

Thanks for stopping by! I hope to be back soon!!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Live, Love, Life; Keep It Simple: Get Well (PTI)

Paper: White, Hawaiian Shores Bitty Dots patterned paper (PTI)

Ink: Cool Caribbean, Wisteria Wonder (SU)

Other: Calypso Coral Baker's Twine, Certainly Celery button (SU), dimensional, glue dot

Scribbling a Thank You

I went looking for inspiration for a thank you card that I needed to make and found this week's Freshly Made Sketches and ColourQ challenges.

For the flower I inked up the back side of the Circle Scribble stamp in Pool Party and then spritzed it with water before stamping on Neenah Solar White. Then I stamped the scribble in Chocolate Chip and cut it out freehand.  It is popped up on dimensionals. The turquoise plaid is wash tape. I stamped So Stripey in Chocolate Chip and freehand cut the flag.  I originally stamped the sentiment directly on the card in Versamark and embossed with gold embossing powder but my powder was old and chunky, glittery and I really didn't like the look. So I restamped the sentiment in gold ink and turned it into a flag.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Circle Scribbles, Keep It Simple: Thank You (PTI), So 80's (WP9), So Stripey (Reverse Confetti)
Paper: Pool Party (SU), Neenah Solar White
Ink: Pool Party, Chocolate Chip (SU), Gold
Other: Avery Elle sequins, Baker's twine, button & dimensionals (SU), Glue Dots, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher


Edited 5/21: Yippee!! My card was chosen as one of the Freshly Made Sketches Princesses!

More Scribbles

These scribbles just make me happy.  I also got to use some yarn that my daughter gave me for Valentine's Day. It comes in these cute, little skeins.

The colors for this card came from this week's colourQ challenge #230.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day!


SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Circle Scribbles, Side by Side Sentiments (PTI)
Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White (SU)
Ink: Cool Caribbean, Summer Starfruit, Crumb Cake (SU), Versafine Onyx Black
Other: Enamel dots (Teresa Collins), sequins (Avery Elle), dimensionals (SU), yarn (Lion Brand)

Halloween Pocket for cQc #212

I'm late doing my Halloween cards but here's one that I made today and it fits this week's colourQ Challenge #212.

Everyone else is probably done with their Christmas cards but I have to get to Thanksgiving next and then Christmas :-)  But first I have to sell my house!  Not sure that I'll get all that done! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Here's the colourQ challenge:

Supplies:

Stamps: A Pocketful and A Pocketful: Halloween (WP9)

Paper: Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, Whisper White, ret Halloween dsp (SU)

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark

Accessories: Black hemp twine, white embossing powder (SU), A Pocketful die (WP9), dimensionals

Happy Anniversary to my DH Plus cQc #208

Today is our anniversary and this is the card that I gave to my husband. We are building a house on 10 acres and he just bought himself a tractor so that he and the land can become one :-)  I got the SU set "Harvest Blessings" with that in mind. When looking through my sets for a sentiment I thought PTI's "Pedal Pusher" was perfect.

Here you can see some of the layers. I normally would have added a smaller enamel dot but that one was sitting on my desk abandoned from a previous project. 

Here is the inside. I added the date with the new SU Remember This and That Rotary Stamp. I'm a bit disappointed in it. The 3 and 0 are pretty far apart. 

This card also works for this week's colourQ Challenge.  I added Crumb Cake.

That's it. Thanks for stopping by!



Supplies:
Stamps: Harvest Blessings, Remember This and That Rotary Stamp (SU), Pedal Pusher (PTI)
Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Basic Black (SU)
Ink: Crumb Cake, Basic Black
Accessories: Twine, black enamel dot, dimesionals
Tools: Linen & Canvas Impression Plate, Tag Sale #3 die (PTI), Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT)

More Ink Splash with CQC #203

Back with another Ink Splash card using the colors from this weeks ColourQ Challenge.  Aren't they fun colors?

The largest blue ink splash is done in Pacific Point and the smaller one is Island Indigo. The sentiment is Early Espresso.  I added a few candy dots and rhinestones then popped it up on dimensionals.  That's it.  Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Supplies:
Stamps: Ink Splash (Neat and Tangled), Thanks All Ways (PTI)
Paper: White, Island Indigo (SU)
Ink: Island Indigo, Pacific Point, Lucky Limeade, Early Espresso (SU)
Accessories: Candy Dots (SU), Silver rhinestones (Recollections)

1 Card - Many Challenges

Hi! Happy Saturday!  Here's a card I made yesterday that fits with several challenges.

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Flower Power, CASology: Bloom, colourQ #189 and CAS(E) this Sketch #28.   Can you believe that? 4 sketches!

  

 

I made this card because my daughter says I've doing too many geometric cards. This is for you Liz :-)

I first stamped the sentiment and then positioned it so I could see where to stamp the flowers. Then I ran the stamped flower panel through my Big Shot using the linen impression plate.  The sentiment panel is up on dimensionals.  That's about it.  This card will go into my stash for Operation Write Home.  If you haven't heard of it check it out!  Have a great weekend!

Supplies by Stampin'Up unless noted:
Stamps: Bloomin' Marvelous (SAB), Irresistibly Ikat (PTI)
Paper: Ruby Red, White 
Ink: Ruby Red, Calypso Coral, Certainly Celery, Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories/Tools: Framelits-Labels Collection, Linen and Canvas Impression Plate (PTI), dimensionals

2 Challenges

2 posts in one day. AMAZING!  This is for the Retro Sketches Challenge and also the colourQ Challenge.

 I just got the Quilt Prints stamp set and this is my first time using it.  It took me a few tries to get the hang of it and it's still not perfect. I'm a perfectionist and like things to be just right but I guess I have to let that go.  I tried stamping the quilt outline in Blush Blossom but just couldn't see it so stamped it in Smoky Shadow. A bit of a cheat for the color challenge but what can I say. I'll have to claim old eyes.  So after stamping the quilt print I trimmed it up and then tied some Baker's twine around it.  Then I ran some white paper through my Big Shot using the Fishtail Flag Stax twice to get the double ended flag. The sentiment is on dimensionals and the quilt panel is also on dimensionals. Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Quilt Prints (wplus9), Best Dad Ever (SU)
Paper: White
Ink: So Saffron, Calypso Coral, Sage Shadow, Blush Blossom, Smoky Shadow
Accessories: Calypso Coral Baker's twine, dimensionals (SU)
Tools: Fishtail Flag Stax die (MFT)

colourQ #186

Usually I have to ponder long & hard to come up with a card but this one just popped into my head. It's a really simple one layer card.  I guess that's why :-)  It uses the colors for this week's colourQ challenge.

Not much explanation needed with this one.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: Sketched Shapes, Think Big Favorites #24 (PTI)
Paper: Whisper White (SU)
Ink: Lucky Limeade, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Versafine Onyx Black

Sketched Shapes & cQc185

I got some new PTI toys yesterday and so had to play today.  Here's a card for the colourQ challenge.

I cased a card by Maile Belles.  The circles are stamped in Concord Crush, Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo.  I tried to find some enamel dots in a color close to Poppy Parade. The main panel is popped up on dimensionals. Thanks for looking!

Have you ever taken your pictures, posted to your blog and then when you look at the picture you wish  you had done something differently?  Well I think I wish I had made the smaller reddish enamel dot black.  In my mind that would look better.  Oh well. It is what it is.


SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Sketched Shapes and Stylish Sentiments: Birthday (PTI)
Paper: White
Ink: Concord Crush, Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Black (SU)
Accessories: Enamel dots (My Mind's Eye), dimensionals


Edited:  WAHOO!  I'm a colourQ courtier for this card!

Happy Birthday to Me

My birthday was last week and I got new stampin' stuff to play with. So that's what I did this afternoon.  I used the ColourQ and CAS(E) This Sketch challenges for inspiration.

   

I'm loving those little triangles in the Trifecta set by mamaelephant.  I stamped them 3 times and then added the sentiment in Always Artichoke.  I really wanted to use my new enamel dots and thought it might add a bit of interest so I added those next.  They are a bit hard to see but I didn't want them to distract too much. The triangle panel is popped up on dimensionals. The white background panel is embossed with the Linen Impression Plate by PTI but you probably have to look hard to see that in the picture. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Trifecta (mamaelephant), Mini Blooms (PTI)

Paper: Always Artichoke solid & Always Artichoke from a retired Pattern Pack, Sent With Love DSP, White (SU)

Ink: Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade & Always Artichoke (SU)

Accessories/Tools: Linen Impression Plate (PTI), Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT), Enamel dots (Teresa Collins), dimensionals

2 Challenges

I just got this Papertrey Ink set because my daughter had the cutest little baby boy 2-1/2 weeks ago.  I thought I would give it some ink for a couple challenges this week - Inkspirational sketch challenge and the ColourQ challenge.

The card is pretty straight forward. The rocket is popped up on dimensionals and then the Caribbean/MM layer under the rocket is also on dimensionals.  I just got the enamel dots and was so glad that I actually had some in the collection that matched Summer Starfruit. (I so do not like that color!)

Supplies:

Stamps: Boy Basics: Out of this World (PTI)

Paper: Midnight Muse, Cool Caribbean, Very Vanilla, Comfort Cafe DSP (Stampin'Up)

Ink: Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit (SU) (I used both the ink pads & markers)

Accessories: My Mind's Eye "Winter Wonderland" Enamel Dots, dimensionals

Tools: Rocket die (PTI), corner rounder