Fire Station Open House

My husband and I are visiting my daughter, SIL and 2 year old grandson for two whole weeks. She lives in Georgia and I live in Washington state.  It is is so special to get to be with them! Yesterday a local fire station had an open house so we all went over to see the fire trucks and visit with the firemen.  In honor of that visit I was inspired to make this card.

These stamps are so small I had a hard time seeing them but I think that I managed to get them lined up fairly well. I die cut the fire station and then stamped it in Smokey Shadow and Pure Poppy. Isn't it cute how the garage door pops open. Well I didn't get a pic of that but you can sort of see it.  Next I used one of the stamps from the Plaid Builder set as the road which gave me a base to stamp the rest of the images. The little fire truck came next then the flag pole. I glued down the station, tied on Baker's twine and stamped the sentiment. This panel is popped up to give it some dimension.

I hope that you like my little fire station card!  Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Petite Places: City Station; Petite Places: School (flag); Plaid Builder (PTI)

Paper: White (PTI)

Ink: Pure Poppy, Smokey Shadow (PTI)

Other: Baker's twine, dimensionals (Recollections), 2 way glue stick

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Masculine

Well now is the time to make Father's Day cards and so this week's challenge at Simon Says Stamp is to make a masculine card.

My card is super Clean and Simple.  I used the Tie Die from PTI to cut out 3 ties, popped them up on dimensionals and stamped a sentiment.  Voila! Done.

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

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Keep It Simple: Father (PTI)
Paper: White, Three Piece Suit Paper Collection (PTI)
Ink: Smokey Shadow (PTI)
Other: Tie Die (PTI), dimensionals (Recollections)

The Card Concept DT Call

I'm taking the plunge and entering a card in the Design Team Call for The Card Concept Challenge. I love the Clean and Simple style of design. My style varies from CAS to Layers to Graphic but I'm entering this into the Clean and Simple style category.  I love my white space! This challenge is such a great inspiration for the various styles of design and I'd love to be a part of the team!

I used Challenge 32 as my inspiration. The coral, green and aqua colors are such a beautiful color combination.

For this card I used a new set by Papertrey called Quilted: Summer. It makes these fun little pinwheels. I added some enamel dots in the centers to make them pop.

Thanks for stopping by and best of luck to all who enter the Design Team Challenge!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Quilted: Summer, Bitty Bouquets (PTI)
Paper: White (PTI)
Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Berry Sorbet, New Leaf, Smokey Shadow (PTI)
Other: Quilted: Summer dies (PTI), Traditional Tag Stax (MFT), Enamel dots (Recollections), foam tape for dimension, twine, 1/8" hole punch

Card Concept 36 Challenge

I'm still playing with new stuff from Papertrey. I used the Enclosed Star stamps and dies for the Card Concept challenge this week. Since I am at my daughter's visiting this week I am limited to the stamping supplies that I brought with me. We all take our stamps on vacation - right?

I was inspired by the green color and stripes with a pale yellow accent.  I love the clean stamping style and think this card would fall into the Clean & Layered category.

I die cut the star and then stamped then stamped it in New Leaf. Next I die cut the Super Star out of white and pounced Lemon Tart ink on it. The sentiment is popped up on dimensionals. The little stars have Gelly Roll Stardust ink on them to give them some shimmer.

Thanks for stopping by today!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Enclosed Star (pti)
Paper: White (pti)
Ink: New Leaf, Lemon Tart, Smokey Shadow (pti)
Other: Enclosed Star die, dimensionals, Stardust Gelly Roll pen


Edited 6/10:  My card was chosen as one of the winners! Yay!!

Fusion Challenge: Wedding Belles

I'm at my daughter's on vacation and got to play with some new Papertrey stamps last evening. I used the Fusion Challenge as my inspiration.  I wanted to use the colors as well as the sketch but the yellow/gold didn't go well on the pears so I changed that color to green. Here's my card:

My daughter says that the bowl is levitating. Oh well. What can I say. I missed :-)  All in all a pretty clean and simple card.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: A Second Helping of Sunshine, Background Basics: Super Gingham (PTI)
Paper: White (PTI)
Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Simply Chartreuse, Smokey Shadow

As You See It Challenge #088

I'm trying to get a start on my Father's Day cards. This is my first one and I had fun playing with a new set by PTI called Superhero. The layout for the card came from the As You See It Challenge.

I stamped the shield and then layered the star over it with a dimensional. All the papers are from the PTI Comic Strip Patterned Paper collection.

I stamped the dots background from the Superhero set in Harvest Gold behind the caped man to ground the bottom section together.

Hope you like my Super Dad card. Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Superhero (PTI)
Paper: Real Red (SU), White, Comic Strip Patterned Paper (PTI)
Ink: Enchanted Evening, Harvest Gold, Pure Poppy (PTI); Versafine Onyx Black
Other: Tiny Attacher, Fishtail Flag Stax die (MFT), dimensional

CMCC#70

Today I made a card for the the Colour Me Challenge which is to use monochromatic colors of Crisp Cantaloupe.

I stamped an array of butterflies in Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral and Sweet Blush.  I added a layer of vellum over the top and embossed the sentiment in silver. 

I had a really difficult time getting the vellum attached because it was warped. I need to work on that.  I thought I might need special vellum tape but my XL Runner Tape worked well and doesn't show through.

Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies, Greaceful Greetings (pti)

Paper: Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White (SU), vellum

Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral (SU), Sweet Blush  (pti)

Other: Versamark, Silver embossing powder

Edited 5/13:  My card was chosen as a Colour Connoisseur Honorable Mention. Wahoo!

Papertrey April Blog Hop Challenge

Good Morning! Today is Papertrey's monthly blog hop. Shaker cards are really big right now and when I saw the inspiration photo I thought Mother's Day and shaker.

I used my new Quickutz Nesting Squares Rounded dies to make the shaker frame. For the acetate window I used a sheet that a PTI stamp had come on. I keep all those clear sheets and figured I could finally use one. I found it to be a bit thick though. I used a metal shim and ran it through my Big Shot 3 times and it still didn't cut all the way through. I needed to use scissors to cut one side. Regular acetate sheets would be better. I stamped a few flowers in Sweet Blush on the backing piece of the shaker before assembling. The flower is stamped in  Hibiscus Burst and Ripe Avocado. (As an aside, I got the seed beads from Amazon and as far as I can tell they are exactly the same as what SSS is now selling for over twice the price.)

I used my Cover Plate: Stripes Horizontal to cut the black strips. I used the outer frame to help me position the strips. Then I stamped the sentiment and the card was done.


Here's the challenge photo:

Hope my mom likes this card!  Thanks for stopping by. Have a great Saturday!!


SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Bitty Bouquets, Keep It Simple: Mother (PTI)
Paper: Simply Chartreuse Bitty Dots DSP, White, Black (PTI)
Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Ripe Avocado, Sweet Blush (PTI); Versafine Onyx Black
Other: Bitty Bouquets die, Cover Plate: Stripes Horizontal, Double sided adhesive foam (PTI); Nesting Squares Rounded dies (Quickutz); Bead Box seed beads (Blue Moon)

Sprinkled With Love

This card is for my daughter and SIL for their 6th anniversary. Happy anniversary Vickie and Brian!

I followed Betsy Veldman's video on how to make the shaker.  I die cut the "Sprinkled" twice and glued it together to give it some depth and then glued it onto the heart.

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Make It Market Shaker & Sprinkles
Paper: Brocade Blue & Basic Black (SU), Tropical Teal, White & Aqua Mist Bitty Dots (PTI)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Other: Make It Market Shaker & Sprinkles Kit (PTI), Stitched Rectangles dies (SSS), sequins (Avery Elle)

Easter Cards After the Fact

These are the Easter cards I made this year. I couldn't post them until I knew that my family had received them and I was a bit slow getting them out. Oops. Sorry family!

My first card is a CASE of this card.  First I stamped the chevrons on a 5-1/4 x 4" panel. Then I used one of the In the Meadow dies to cut the arc at the bottom. It works as a nice substitute for one of the new Sentiment Splits dies by Papertrey. I played with angling the sentiment on my acrylic block until it fit the arc. Then I trimmed some off the top because the panel was now too big to fit on the card. 

The flower petals and leaves are two-step stamping with the new Brushed Blooms set. It looks like it is two colors for the petals and two colors for the leaves but overstamping like that produced a darker color for the second stamp. The Chevron panel and the flower are all popped up on Kool Tak Clear Foam Pads.

Stamps: Brushed Blooms, Wet Paint Holiday, Background Basics: Chevron Stripes (pti)

Paper: white

Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Simply Chartreuse, Lemon Tart, black

Other: Brushed Blooms die, In the Meadow die, Kool Tak Clear Foam Pads

My next card uses the PTI December 2014 freebie Pretty Petals Mini stamp set.

This card is pretty straight forward. The tag is popped up on dimensionals.

Stamps: Pretty Petals Mini (pti)

Paper: Simply Chartreuse, white, Dotted Vellum (pti)

Ink: Berry Sorbet, Simply Chartreuse, Dark Chocolate (pti)

Other: Monthly Moments Journal Card 6 die (pti), button & Bakers twine (SU), dimensionals

My last card is for my 2 year old grandson.

I stamped the bunny in Versamark and then embossed with white embossing powder. Then I watercolored over the bunny mostly in blue but with a little added pink and green around the edges. When it was dry I lightly rubbed a dry baby wipe ( I guess I don't use them fast enough) over the bunny to remove any ink on the embossed areas.  Lastly I tied some Bakers twine around the watercolored panel and added some dotted paper behind.  Done.

Stamps: Hippity Hoppity (pti)
Paper: White, Spring Rain bitty dots (pit), watercolor paper
Ink: Versamark
Other: Bakers twine (SU), watercolors, white embossing powder (Hero Arts)


Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all had a wonderful Easter!