A Little Bit of Everything Me: June 2013

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Play Date Cafe #188

The pretty pastel colors at Play Date Cafe inspired this feminine butterfly birthday card for my cousin this week.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Paper: Neenah White, PTI Sweet Blush
Stamps: PTI Beautiful Butterflies
Ink: PTI Winter Wisteria, Hibiscus Burst, & Sweet Blush, Stampin Up, Momento Tuxedo Black
Other: Fiskars Scallop Border Punch

Pretty In Pastel

Here's a card I made using the fabulous new PTI set Live, Love, Life. Pretty pastel colors inspired by the colors at Play Date Cafe and the arrows by the Hunger Games challenge at CAS-ual Fridays.

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies:
Paper: Neenah White
Stamps: PTI Live, Love, Life
Ink: Momento Rose Bud, PTI Sweet Blush, PTI Lavender Moon
Other: Hero Arts Sparkle Gems

CAS(E) This Sketch #34

Hello everyone! Hope you are having a fabulous weekend so far.

Here's a card I made for my nephew's 14th birthday (ok, its not until November but still on my to-do list!) inspired by this week's challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch.

I used some older (but still good) patterned paper in my stash. I popped up the 14 cut out from the pattern paper and heat embossed the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Paper: Memory Box, Bazzill Orange, & October Afternoon Road Trip
Stamps: PTI Birthday Basics
Other: Marvy Uchida circle punch, American Crafts Butter Embossing Powder

Thursday, June 27, 2013

ColourQ #195 - Take 2

LOVE these ColourQ colors this week so I made another card using this fabulous color combination.

This little medallion was buried in all the goodness of the new PTI Round Repeats set. So many great images in that set.

Have a good day! Thanks for taking a look.

Supplies:
Paper: Neenah White, PTI Smokey Shadow, Limeade Ice, and Winter Wisteria
Stamps: PTI Thanks All Ways, Round Repeats
Ink: PTI Limeade Ice, Aqua Mist, Smokey Shadow, & Winter Wisteria

ColourQ #195

Summer is in full swing now that my girls are out of school. Later bedtime and lots of summer sun means my crafting time will be much less. But I still hope to keep up with a few select favorite challenges - ColourQ being one of them!

Hope you can get some crafting time in this summer too. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Paper: Neenah White
Stamps: PTI Ruby Rose, Hero Arts Everyday Sentiments
Ink: PTI Smokey Shadow, Limeade Ice, Winter Wisteria, & Aqua Mist
Other: PTI Linen Embossing Plate

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Papertrey Ink June Blog Hop

Welcome to my little crafty blog! This month's challenge features GOLD which is really trendy right now.

For the challenge I made two cards. The first uses the new PTI set Round Repeats in gold on a black background. I think it makes for a really elegant card. Sentiment is from Inkadinkadoo.

The second card features the PTI Out to Sea set. I created a diagonal background of anchors using Momento Nautical Blue and Brilliance Gold inks. I added a strip of Enchanted striped patterned paper along the inside edge so its peeking out because of the smaller card front.

Thanks for stopping by! See you around the Blog Hop!

Monday, June 24, 2013

Summer Card Camp 2 Challenge

Summer card camp at onlinecardclass.com is starting soon and the gals there have started us off with two great challenges to get us warmed up.

The first challenge is a color challenge.

I used my new PTI Live Life Love set with Melon Berry, Soft Stone, & Hawaiian Shores inks. The matting and sentiment is in Smokey Shadow.

Got a couple of weeks before start of class so I might get a chance to make another card using this combo. Now to try the sketch challenge which is a little harder for me.....

Sign up for class and play along with me...

Thanks for stopping by!

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Make It Monday #121

This week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday challenge featured colored vellum flowers. I rarely use vellum anymore so this was a great challenge for me. The video featured large flowers which would be easy to color after embossing. I don't own any large flowers so I borrowed this Hero Arts flower stamp from my new local crafty friend Nelia. The flower is colored with PTI Winter Wisteria and I added a touch of Raspberry Fizz to the Winter Wisteria center for some variation. The sentiment and die is the PTI Half and Half set.

This card will be perfect for my cousin's birthday next weekend. She LOVES purple.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Card & A New Friend

Here's a card I made using the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch this week with inspiration from the CASology challenge 'FISH'.

I white embossed the pretty sea images (Hero Arts) onto a paint chip and also embossed the sentiment on the bottom from PTI Daily Design Sentiments. Card front has a touch of texture from the PTI linen impression plate.

I made this card with a new friend Nelia I met online (she's on the right in the pic). After seeing her work in many of the same challenges I play in and checking out her blog, we realized that we live in the same town. Small world right? I spent a fun evening this week at her place playing with her supplies. She suggested using the graduated colors on the paint chip.

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Round Repeats

Its a great day when a fun new stamp set arrives in the mail. Papertrey's new Round Repeats screams me and I couldn't wait to ink it up and start playing.

First card was inspired by the color scheme at Play Date Cafe -

Second card was inspired by the ColourQ challenge -

There's definitely LOTS of potential with this set. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Paper: PTI Ocean Tides, Neenah White
Stamps: PTI Round Repeats, Thanks All Ways
Ink: PTI Ocean Tides, Orange Zest, & Limeade Ice

Supplies:
Paper: PTI Pure Poppy, Neenah White
Stamps: PTI Round Repeats, Thanks All Ways
Ink: PTI Melon Berry, Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf, Pure Poppy

ColourQ #194

I made these two cards using a never inked PTI set With All My Heart. Thought I would have used this set more but I don't really make 'I love you' cards for my husband. Back in the day before I made my own cards, we used to buy Hallmark or greeting store cards. It was getting expensive to mark each occasion with these cards - can't believe some are over $5! So we started a little journal that we pass back and forth to each other when we want to mark each celebration or milestone. Its wonderful to read what we wrote to each other over the years.

Color inspiration is from ColourQ this week.

And BIG THANKS to you all who stop by here regularly and leave wonderful comments and kind words. I appreciate all of you!

Supplies:
Paper: Neenah White
Stamps: PTI With All My Heart
Ink: PTI Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf, and Melon Berry

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Happy Pinwheels

I decided to make another card using this week's ColourQ colors. Since the scheme was summery, I pulled out an old wooden stamp I have (wood, ahhhh! Long time no see!) of one of my favorite pinwheel images.

Layout inspiration is from the sketch at the Fusion challenge #11 (Jackie's hypothesis) this week.

Thanks for taking a look! Hope you are having a great weekend.

Supplies:
Paper: Memory Box, Neenah White, PTI Simply Chartreuse
Ink: Momento Teal Zeal, PTI Pure Poppy & Hawaiian Shores, Stampin Up Certainly Celery
Stamps: Savvy Stamps Pinwheel, PTI Birthday Basics

CAS(E) This Sketch #32

Hi!

For this week's CAS(E) This Sketch challenge, I made a birthday card with a little bit of sparkle. Been wanting to glitter up a line of Scor-Tape since I see this done so many times but was a little weary of how well the glitter would stick and stay on. I hate random glitter everywhere in the house. But surprisingly this technique worked out really well and I will be glittering things like this more often!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Tremendous Treats Birthday
Ink: Archival Black
Paper: Memory Box
Other: PTI Double Ended Banner Die, Copic Markers, Scor-Tape, Fine Glitter, Cuttlebug Swirls embossing folder

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

ColourQ #193

The gals at ColourQ this week have a great color combination. Its seriously screams summer and fun.

I made two cards for this challenge.

Here's my second card:

My first card was not really a success. Know how you have something in your head that you think is gonna be SO GREAT? And then you spend a half hour creating it and doesn't quite look right. The ink gets smeared. There's a random blot because of some extra ink on the block. UGH. Then you keep adding this hoping to make it look better (here, the stars) but it doesn't always work. So you go back to the drawing board hoping to redeem yourself and make yourself feel better. Hence, my first card above!

Has this ever happened to you?

Supplies for Thank You:
Stamps: PTI Tiny Triangles and Birthday Basics
Ink: Momento Teal Zeal, Stampin Up Certainly Celery, PTI Hawaiian Shores & Pure Poppy
Cardstock: Neenah White and PTI Hawaiian Shores

PTI Make It Monday #120 Overlapping Ombre

I LOVE the Make It Monday theme for this week. The ombre look is so trendy right now and relatively easy to recreate. Think I'm gonna have to try this technique again!

I think the hardest part about creating ombre is selecting the colors & shades to use. For my card I used PTI Raspberry Fizz, Hibiscus Burst, and Sweet Blush because with three little girls in my house, pink is always a good choice. And what little girl wouldn't like pink ice cream?

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Sweet As Can Be, Birthday Basics
Ink: PTI Raspberry Fizz, Hibiscus Burst, Sweet Blush, & Pure Poppy
Paper: Neenah White, PTI Kraft
Other: Lifestyle Crafts Dotted Embossing Folder and PTI Half and Half Dies

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Merci

Before I show you the thank you cards I made last week, just wanted to say THANKS to all of you who take the time to visit and comment. I really appreciate your sweet words and encouragement.

So here's a card I made using this week's CAS(E) This Sketch challenge. I don't have any feather stamps so I substituted a floral arrangement instead. The bottom panel is made up of layered heart borders.

I like the look of the raised panel over the card base, especially with the border on the bottom. I see this done all the time but have never really done it.

Next card is using the color story at Play Date Cafe this week.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Merci
Stamps: PTI Turning a New Lead, Mini Blooms, and Think Big Favorites
Ink: PTI Spring Moss, Harvest Gold, Berry Sorbet, & Melon Berry
Paper: PTI White, Harvest Gold, Melon Berry Patterned

Thank You
Stamps: PTI Happy Hexagon, Think Big Favorites
Ink: PTI Soft Stone, Enchanted Evening, & Autumn Rose
Paper: PTI Autumn Rose & White

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Make It Monday #119 Flagged Borders

Here's a card I made for the PTI Make It Monday challenge this week -

I've been wanting to see the Everyday Photo Finishers set so this was my perfect chance. I really love the mix of banners and how I was able to mix the different sizes. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Everyday Photo Finishers
Paper: Echo Park This & That Grateful, PTI Vintage Cream
Dies: PTI Photo Finishers, Tag Sale, Double Ended Banner and Get a Handle on It Banner

Freshly Made Sketches #89

Banners seem to be big in the crafting world this week. I just made several cards with banners so decided to try something else in place of the banners for the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches this week. I was inspired by the sneak peeks at Papertrey this week to use tickets for my birthday card.

Hope you like the change. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Just the Ticket
Ink: PTI Simply Chartreuse, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, & New Leaf
Paper: Cardbase - Target?, PTI Simply Chartreuse, Vintage Cream, & Aqua Mist
Other: PTI Ticket die, Twinery Twine

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

ColourQ #192 Take 2

Here's another card I made using the ColourQ challenge colors. I am really loving grey as the neutral for many of my projects lately. Move over, brown!

Thanks for visiting again!

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Thanks All Ways & Framed Out #2
Ink: Momento Grey Flannel, PTI Aqua Mist, Stampin Up Certainly Celery, Momento Teal Zeal
Paper: PTI White, Memory Box cardbase

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