Sunday, April 17, 2016

So cute...

Hi everyone, I'm back again with one card that works for two challenges this week.  MFT Sketch Challenge #276 and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Let's do the Polka.

What a great sketch this week and I'm having fun seeing everyone's interpretation of this sketch.  And I just love SSS challenge this week, using polka dots.  I really struggle using patterned paper, so I thought I should try this one just to challenge myself on how to use polka dot paper that is so cute no matter what color it is.

SU Barely Banana CS (retired)
Gina K Pure Luxury White CS
PB Holiday Trimmings paper pad (yup, the green is from a Christmas paper pad)
Simple Stories Snap Color Vibe paper pad
TH Tumbled Glass and a bit of Chipped Sapphire Glass inks
Tuxedo Black ink
MFT I'm Tweet On You stamp set
MFT I'm Tweet On You, Tree-mendous and Blueprints #20 dies
SSS Wavy Scallop Stitches dies
Copics - R02, Y13 & Y08



I didn't order Tree-mendous on release night, but did within a day or two after seeing so many adorable cards using these trees, I caved and purchased them.  I'm so glad I did.  The card is too cute!  IRL!

Thanks for stopping by, I love it when you do.  Have a great week!

Butterflies!


Hi everyone, we have had a beautiful sunny weekend and it's actually warm outside!  We are all just giddy about it.

This weekend, I made a card for "Create Along With Us".  I just loved this month's PTI release!  I'm a sucker for butterflies, so yes, I ordered the mini make it market kit, along with some other wonderful stamp sets.

Kay Miller is my new crush!  I just love how she makes the colors pop off the page and how bright and cherry all her cards are.  I can only imagine what they look like in real life.  Don't you just love her card she made with Color Pop Mini Kit?

 Here is my attempt at Kay's card.  Kay makes her cards look like they would be easy to duplicate, not the case at all! 


Gina K Pure Luxury White CS
TH watercolor paper
TH Distress inks - Cracked Pistachio & Mermaid Lagoon
SU inks - Pacific Point & Bashful Blue
PTI's Wet Paint Die Cuts
PTI's stamp sets - Beautiful Butterflies, Beautiful Butterflies Layers & Stylish Sentiments: Birthday
Spectrum Noir Glitter Pen

The second close up picture is to show off Spectrum Noir's Glitter pen.  It was the special "extra" from Catherine Pooler's last SOA kit.  I have to say I like it better than Wink of Stella.  I think it has more glitter and seems to flow better.

Thank you for stopping by, I always love it when you do.  I'm hoping to have another card or two up yet this week.  Enjoy your week.  I do have a busy one coming up at work.



Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Happy Birthday!

It's 3 posts in a row!  I think it might be a record for me.  Using the same card idea from yesterday, I wanted to post for Simon Says Wednesday Challenge almost at the last minute.  They are celebrating their 7th birthday!

Gina K. Pure White Luxury CS
SU  Black CS
Scraps of Yellow, Blue, Pink and Purple CS
MFT Tranquil Textures 6x6 paper pack
MFT I'm Tweet on You Stamp Set
SSS Happy Birthday die
SSS Mini Flowers and Leaves die
Spellbinder scalloped circle die
Tuxedo Black ink
Copics in lots of colors BV11, R83, G14, B34, G00, Y13, Y06, BV02, B12, YR18,YR16, B02, Y02, R81.












Thank you for stopping by, I love it when you do.  Enjoy the rest of your week!




Monday, April 11, 2016

MFT Sketch #275

I've never done a Sketch challenge before.  I've always been intimidated by them for some reason.  I've been following MFT blog for awhile now and thought I would give their sketch challenge a try.  So here's my first sketch challenge card for MFT Sketch #275.  I couldn't find anywhere if we are to use MFT products, exclusively.  If anyone can answer that question for me, I'd appreciate it.  And if I was suppose to, I'm sorry, not everything on this card is from MFT, just most of it :)



Gina K Pure Luxury CS
Purple CS (from a local craft store)
MFT Tranquil Textures 6x6 paper pack
MFT I'm Tweet on You Stamp Set
MFT Hello There die
Spellbinder scalloped circle die
Tuxedo Black ink
Copics in lots of colors BV11, R83, G14, B34, G00, Y13, Y06, BV02, B12, YR18,YR16, B02, Y02, R81.












Thank you for stopping by, I love it when you do.  Make your week a great one!

Saturday, April 9, 2016

How about some Turquoise?

Hi everyone, we woke up to about 3 to 4 inches of snow again.  But we are suppose to see 60 degrees next weekend.  I sure hope the weathermen are right!!

On this week's MIM #245, Ashley showed us the color isolation technique.  You still have time if you want to watch Ashley video here and post your card before 7am on Monday.  I'm also entering this card into CTD #387.  I'm hoping the turquoise is close enough to light aqua.  You have until 6pm on Monday to enter this week's Color Throwdown Challenge, too.



SU's Tempting Turquoise CS
SU Whisper White CS
SU's Smoky Slate ink
Tuxedo Black ink
MFT's Proper Pinstripes 6x6 paper pack
Copics - YG17, YG63, Y06, R29, YR68 and B04
PTI's Doodlie Dos
SSS Prayers die cut and stamp set
Sequins

I did think Smoky Slate was too dark, so I did off stamp it once before stamping on the card stock.  I also fussy cut my flower and leaves as I don't have the die cuts for this stamp set.  I think they will be on my next PTI order.  I really do not like to fussy cut...I blame it on being left handed. Not sure if that is a proper excuse, but it works for me :)


Thank you so much for stopping by, I love it when you do.  Have a great week.

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Just a few challenges...

Hi everyone,
After about 3 or 4 inches of snow yesterday, we are up to 50 degrees today...such crazy MI weather.  I enjoyed the falling snow from inside my warm house while making some cards.  Here is the card I made for Make It Monday Challenge #244, Color Throwdown #386 and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes".

I do love when I can make one card that works for more than one challenge.  I started out by watching Laurie Willison's video over at MIM on scoring, then checked out the colors this week on CTD...Lime, Teal and White and had to see what SSWC was this week, sweet as anything goes.   

PTI inks in Hawaiian Shores and Limeade
PTI Swoosh Dies and Wet Paint Dies
PTI Ombre Builder Stamp Set
Gina K Pure Luxury CS
ScorPal
DMC Floss
sequins

I really like Lime and Teal together and hadn't scored on a card in a long time.  I didn't have a card stock in either of these two colors, so I took the ink pad of Hawaiian Shores and covered a cut piece of white card stock with the ink and cut my dies out from it.  Thanks for the great challenges this week.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I love it when you do.  Have a great week!



Sunday, March 27, 2016

A little Happy for MIM #243

Happy Easter!!!  The sun is rising into a beautiful blue sky!  It looks a lot warmer than 36 degrees, though.

I spent yesterday making 2 Babkas (first time ever).  They turned out ahh..just okay.  And some cards, too. 

Here's the one I made for Make It Monday #243, Ink Blending over Heat Embossing.  I always love using this technique and seeing the end result when you sponge the ink over the white or clear heat embossing.

 Here's the panel I started out with...and the two cards I made from it below...













 
Gina K Pure Luxury White cs and Wild Lilac cs
PTI's Beautiful Blooms and White Paint Stamp Sets
SU's French Script
PTI's White Paint Dies
SSS Wavy Scallop Stitches
Versa Mark ink
White and Clear Embossing Powder
TH Distress Inks in Wilted Violet, Abandoned Coral, Cracked Pistachio and Mustard Seed


Gina K Pure Luxury White cs
SU's Watermelon Wonder cs
PTI's Beautiful Blooms
White and Clear Embossing Powders
Versa Mark ink
White and Clear Embossing Powder
TH Distress Inks in Wilted Violet, Abandoned Coral, Cracked Pistachio and Mustard Seed
SSS Thanks Scallop Boarder and Wavy Scallop Stitches




Thank you so much for stopping by today.  Have a wonderfully blessed Easter!

Saturday, March 19, 2016

PTI's Create Along With Us (March Release)

My inspiration for this month's "Create Along With Us" came from Kay Miller.  Kay, I love your style.  Kay impresses me with her bright and bold color choices and her water coloring skills.  I wish my cards would turn out as stunning as her's do!  She inspires me all the time!!!

Here's the card Kay made that inspired me this month.

Unfortunately I didn't have the ink colors she used, but have added them to my wishlist for my next PTI order, along with a few other things :)  It never ends!!

I added more splatter then Kay did and after uploading my picture I realized I forgot to add the sequins...oops!  I had to make my own striped paper.  I used one of the stripes from Simons Says Jumbo Stripes Stamp Set.  It only took a few minutes to make.  I'm going to have to remember this.  I can never find striped paper in the right color and this was a very easy fix. 

TH water color paper
SU Bermuda Bay ink
TH Distress Inks in Cracked Pistachio and Twisted Citron (I love both of those colors!!!)
PTI's Friendly Flowers stamp set and dies
PTI's Thanks (I cut off the "s") and You from Wet Paint Cut Dies I and II.
SSS Circle Loops die (cut 3 times)
SSS Jumbo Stripes

Thanks for stopping by, I love it when you do!  My week will be quite busy at church as Holy Week starts...so I may not have a chance to post.  In case I don't, may you all have a wonderfully blessed Easter! 


Sunday, March 13, 2016

MIM - You're on my mind...

Hi everyone,
Here's a card I made using Dawn's sponged stamping technique for PTI's Make It Monday #242.  You can watch her video here


SU's Melon Mambo cs
Gina K's Pure Luxury White cs
PTI's Sentiment Splits, Curve Horizontal Die
PTI's Beautiful Butterflies and Blooming Button Bits Stamp Sets
PTI's inks - Lavender Moon, Plum Pudding, Winter Wisteria, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Berry Sorbet, Blueberry Sky, Spring Rain & Aqua Mist.
HA's Unicorn White Pigment Ink
White Embossing Powder
White pearls




Such a fun technique to play with.  I really like how my card turned out and this is only the 2nd time I used this die.  I had to have them both, the horizontal and the vertical, and was on a waiting list forever.  I know I haven't used the vertical one at all.  I need to keep them where I'll see them and use them more often.

Thank you for stopping by, I love it when you do.  Have a great week.

Sunday, March 6, 2016

A Stencil Happy Birthday


Hi everyone,
I only had time to make one card today, but IRL how it turned out.  I love when ideas pop in my head and I give them a whirl and they actually work!

This card is for four challenges this week.  I love it when that happens.  First and foremost, the card originates from PTI's Make It Monday Challenge #241.  Ombre stencil blending with Betsy Veldman.  She used three colors with her sample, but I only used two and after I finished the card, and looked at Betsy's sample again, did I realize, I should not have filled up the whole page.  It's suppose to fade into white.  Oops!  Not very ombre.  The colors I chose are from this week's CTD #382, hot pink, teal, white and black.  This card also works for Darnell's NBUS Challenge #6 and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - add texture, which is the white and black embossing.  For Darnell's Challenge, the Tim Holtz stencil is my NBUS.  You might notice that there is some white embossing peeking out from under the black embossed butterflies.  I originally did them in white, but they were getting lost on the page, so I changed them to black.  IRL the white peeking out under the black.


Gina K's Pure White Luxury CS
SU's Black CS
PTI's Raspberry Fizz ink
Distress Ink in Peacock Feathers
VersaMark
Black VersaFine Ink
TH Lattice Work Stencil
PTI's Turning a New Leaf, Beautiful Blooms and Beautiful Butterflies Stamp Sets
White and Black embossing powder


I am going to be making up more of these cards to have on hand!

Thank you so much for stopping by and really love it when you do.