Play Date Cafe #136

The colours at Play Date Cafe this week are perfect for Papertrey's Happy Hydrangea set. The colours remind me of the hydrangeas blooming right now in my back yard.





I used Papertrey's Royal Velvet, Plum Pudding, and Hawaiian Shores inks and cardstock. I tried to add interest with the Martha Stewart border punch.

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ColourQ Challenge #141

Hello!

The colour challenge at ColourQ this week are a lovely blend of greens and blues, two of my favorite colors.



I thought this colour combination would be great for a fun card for my little nephew celebrating a special achievement at school -



Most of the supplies are from Papertrey Ink:Cardstock & Ink:Enchanted Evening,Spring Rain, and Simply Chartreuse. Stamps are from Just The Ticket. I used the PTI star die to cut the dark blue striped paper from Echo Park.

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Play Date Cafe #135 - Take 2

I challenged myself to make another card for this week's Play Date Cafe challenge that didn't use my beloved Mehndi Medallion set. Lol. Here's my take:



I die cut Fillable Frames #10 from the front panel of the card and stamped the sentiment on the inside. Butterflies are from PTI Beautiful Butterflies.



Here are Play Date Cafe's colors again:



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Play Date Cafe #135

Seems like I can't stay away from my Mehndi Medallion set....

Here's a card I made using the color combination from Play Date Cafe this week. I used Papertrey Ink's Canyon Clay, Hawaiian Shores, and Enchanted Evening along with the All About You set for the sentiment.





And thanks to the wonderful ladies at Play Date Cafe who selected my card last week for honorable mention. I love playing along at the Cafe because your colors and cards are always so inspiring!



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Happy Summer Card

I'm in a frenzy making end of the year teacher/thank you cards. Last year, I said I would do this all in advance but of course, it all escapes me until the week before I need them! Next year, I PROMISE to be ahead of the game. Someone hold me to this ok?!

Here's a card I made using the new PTI Flipping Out die. I didn't get the matching stamp set but it will definitely be in my cart the next time! I gathered some polka dotted scraps I had from my My Mind's Eye stash and use some polka dotted patterned paper from PTI in Aqua Mist. Polka dots in these colors just scream summer to me. Sentiment is from PTI Daily Designs Sentiments.



Playing along at CAS-ual Fridays this week where the challenge is to make a clean and simple card with polka dots -



Sketch Inspiration from this week's Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink -



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Take 2 - colourQ challenge #140

Hi friends,

I am crazy about the color combination at colourQ this week so I decided to use it again for an end of year teacher card. Such happy, fun, bright colors!





I used PTI Simply Chartreuse and Pure Poppy again with VersaMagic Aegean Blue to stamp the hexagon pattern (from PTI Rosie Posie set). Sentiment from PTI Think Big Favorites #15 and topped it of with some green twine from The Twinery.

And just wanted to say thanks for all your great comments. I love hearing from you and they really make my day!

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colourQ challenge #140

As usual the color combination for this week's colourQ challenge was gorgeous. Colors totally say summer to me so I wanted to make a card that was bright and happy.



To bring some texture to the background of PTI Pure Poppy cardstock, I embossed it using the new PTI Simple Stripes impression plate. Its a bit hard to see in the photo. I stamped flowers from PTI Flower Fusion #12 in Pure Poppy and VersaMagic Ocean Depth with Momento Summer Sky for the centers. I used the PTI double ended banner die in Simply Chartreuse with the Happy Birthday sentiment from Heart-2-Heart #2. Finished off with a bit of twine. Perfect for my friend's birthday this month.



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Freshly Made Sketches #38

It's my niece's first birthday party this weekend and I wanted to make a fabulous card for her. Just look at those cheeks!



Here's the card I made for her using some of my favorite papers from My Mind's Eye. I created the dimensional bow with half of the Papertrey Ink Loopsie Daisy die and die cut the '1' and tied some twine around it. Basic layout of the card was inspired by this week's challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.





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