ColourQ #230

I'm slowly working through my Papertrey February release goodies. Circle Scribbles has been put away, for now anyway! Now I'm sharing a card this morning that I made using my new PTI diagonal striped cover plate. Diagonals are a bit trendy and modern so I thought it would be perfect to pair with this week's ColourQ palette which is just that. Sentiment is from the new Building Blocks set.

Enjoy your day. Thanks for stopping by.

CASology # 84

This week's CASology cue is PAINT. I have mixed feelings about paint, actual paint I mean. I used to use it all the time on my scrapbook pages when I used foam stamps but haven't done that in years. But for my kids, I'm not a big fan, at least of the clean up anyway. I remember when my twins were young and I was the helper parent at their co-op preschool once a month, the art project of the day would ALWAYS be paint. It became their teacher's little joke because she knew how much I hated managing twelve 3 year olds with a paint project.

So when I saw the cue card I wanted to use the Papertrey Watercolor Wonder stamps which is a set of paintbrush strokes. Perfect for the kind of crafter that doesn't want to get too messy with paint! LOL.

I stamped a rainbow of brushstrokes along the bottom and inked up the sentiment in those same colors. Not sure how it was gonna turn out as there was some overlap but I figured it would be just like paint.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you are having a great week.

Circle Scribbles Card Set

I'm back again with a set of cards I made with Circle Scribbles. Circle Scribbles is easily my favorite new set to play with and I promise I will take a break from that set after this. I need to ink up my other new goodies!

This set started with this first card I made for the Papertrey Ink February Blog Hop which challenged us to use spring colors. For this card, I used PTI Lemon Tart, Spring Rain, Summer Sunrise, and Hibiscus Burst.

I loved the way it turned out so I made a similar card using the fabulous colors at ColourQ this week.

And to complete the set I made one last card with a different Spring color scheme - PTI Winter Wisteria, Limeade Ice, Hawaiian Shores, and Aqua Mist.

All sentiments are from the Keep It Simple Happy Birthday set. I have a feeling that this series will be very loved on my craft desk. I rounded the corners to soften the card and compliment the circles better.

Thanks for taking a look at my latest cards!

Papertrey Ink February 2014 Blog Hop

Its Blog Hop time at Papertrey Ink! The challenge this month is to create a spring themed project using either a fresh spring color palette or use spring imagery. I'm all for busting these winter blues so I was excited to play along this month!

For my card, I cut the Fabulous Frames die out of Aqua Mist patterned paper and used that to display my little spring scene - pink bloom growing in the warm sun against the picket fence. The card base is embossed with the linen impression plate.

I have a few more Springy cards to share so I'll be back with another post later hopefully. Hope you are enjoying the Blog Hop. I'm looking forward to channeling Spring to arrive when I hop around everyone's blogs! Thanks for stopping by.

Playing Around with Circle Scribbles

I'm having fun playing around with some new Papertrey goodies I got last week. I loved Circle Scribbles from the moment I saw it during release week and let me tell you, its as fun and playful as I knew it would be. I'm sharing this card that I made with Circle Scribbles and the triple threat colors at Dynamic Duos. I also used the Papertrey Tipped Top dies I got last week too. When I first cut out my papers, I didn't realize that they needed to be cut in a certain direction. It wasn't until I glued down the pink and stamped panels that I realized they were "supposed" to be flush along the left side of the card panel and not the right. But I think with the playful scribbled circles, it still looks cute on the other side.

Have a good week. Thanks for stopping by!

Dynamic Duos #91

Triple threat week at Dynamic Duos this week...I love the challenge of the extra color. For this card I used my favorite PTI Mums The Word flowers which come out of vellum die cut vases. Not sure why the the sentiment banner looks so neon pink in the photo but its really not in real life.

The design was inspired by CAS(E) This Sketch this week.

Weather is warm here today in NJ - we're up to 53 degrees so these mounds of snow are finally melting. Just in time to clear the way for the next snow storm on Tues! I'm happy that we have a little bit of a break from Old Man Winter for the weekend.
Hope you are enjoying yours! Thanks for stopping by!

CAS(E) This Sketch #65 & CCMC #8

I was so excited to get my February release package from Papertrey Ink and couldn't wait to play with the new Circle Scribbles set. My card uses the scribbles as trees with the tree trunks made from the road stamp from City Scene. Colors inspired by Colour Me challenge and design by CAS(E) This Sketch.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Dynamic Duos #90

As soon as I saw the color challenge at Dynamic Duos this week, I knew I wanted to make a scrapbook page instead of a card. The black and yellow were a perfect backdrop for photos I had related to a fun Harry Potter outing we had back in 2011.

I did also make a teacher appreciation card that featured yellow pencils but I can't seem to find it in the mess that has become my craft desk this month. PTI Anniversary challenges and the Layout A Day challenge have just thrown my desk into complete chaos. Good chaos mind you, but still a wreck! I'm hoping to find it soon so I can post it before the challenge closes.

Thanks so much for taking a peek!

Jump Again!

I have another JUMP card for CASology to share...this one with the same fun cheerleader but a different design card and background color. Thought I'd make another as it seems appropriate for Teacher Appreciation Week in May.

Thanks for looking!

Colorful Cards

With all the snow around, I thought I'd channel some brightness in my craft room so I have some colorful cards to share with you today. (Yes, sorry, I'm still complaining about all this snow. Its just too much!)

First card is for this week's ColourQ challenge:

I used an oldie but goodie stamp set - PTI Trendy Tree Tops - for the main images in the pretty colors. Sentiment is from the Mama Elephant Thank You set.

My second card is for the CASology challenge this week. Cue card is JUMP. I brought out an older wooden AMuse cheerleader and cheer sentiment stamps that I love. I stamped a grounding oval below her to show she is jumping. I embossed the card stock with dots to match the dots on the panel.

Hope you are having a great week! Thanks for stopping by.

Two Cards

Surprise, surprise....it's snowy again today. We got about 12 inches this morning and expecting more overnight. Can you tell I'm ready for this winter to be over already?

I have two cards to share with you today. The first is a card that I made for the fun Papertrey Anniversary challenge today. My daughter rolled the dice for me and here were my challenge parameters:

Colors: Enchanted Evening, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shore, and White
Technique: Inlaid Diecuts
Fiber: Bakers Twine
Embellishment: Buttons
Occasion: Friends
Sketch #2

So for this card, I pulled out my Military Hero set to make a card for Operation Write Home since the colors are very masculine.

I inlaid the Hawaiian Shores banner in the middle of some striped Aqua Mist card stock and then matted the panel on Enchanted Evening dotted paper. Since Operation Write Home cards should not be overly bulky, I swapped the required buttons for a white stamped polka dotted circle from the Bits and Buttons set and a smaller sketched circle from Sketched Shapes.

Second card is for CASology this week. Cue card is BOLD. My card features a bold glittered star on PTI silver shimmer paper.

Thanks for stopping by!

ColourQ #228

I'm having a great time playing along with the anniversary challenges at Papertrey Ink this past week. Can't believe I've been able to make so much time to create things and its been a blast. My craft space is a mess but WTH right?

Today's card is inspired by the PTI challenge to use stripes. I was dry embossing a panel of white cardstock using the Super Stripes embossing plate when the handle slipped and I stopped part way. I was going to run it through but when I looked at it, I liked how it was only partially embossed so I decided to use it that way. I wanted to use my photo finishers dies to separate the panel and scattered some images from the Mehndi Medallion sets. Took another photo closeup because the embossed stripes are hard to see in the photo.

Colors are inspired by the pretty palette at ColourQ this week.

Thanks for stopping by!

Teacher Cards

I have two cards to share today for the Papertrey 7th anniversary celebration - Day 6. The challenge to create a project using a large word as a focal point.

I decided to use the Wonderful Words Teacher die as my focal point word when I found this embossed script alphabet paper from Core'dinations. I sanded down the top of the alphabets so that the white core of the grey/khaki paper now shows through. I remember buying a bunch of this embossed card stock but never used it. Time to dig it out!

I pairs this paper with two different color combinations and stamped the rest of the sentiment on a banner. And adhering the Wonderful Words dies are much easier now that I learned the trick of running the card stock through my xyron before die cutting.

Yay, two cards for teacher appreciation week in May done!

Thanks for stopping by to look at my cards.

Polka Dot Parade #12

Haven't had a chance to play with the new Polka Dot Parade #12 set from last month's release so I thought it would be perfect for PTI Anniversary Day 7 challenge - word focal point. Have some birthday gifts that need a tag and card so perfectly timed!

First is a square card using the Wish as a focal point and one of the color schemes from PTI's earlier challenges.

Next is a tag using the same set. Can you tell I'm absolutely in love with this bitty dot patterned paper. And it goes so well with the whole Polka Dot Parade stamp series!

Thanks for taking a peek! Have a great week.

Pocket Scrapbook Cards

I'll be honest....I never even thought of creating my own cards for my Project Life album. Until today. Papertrey Ink is releasing their first set of products for pocket scrapbooking and are celebrating today with a challenge - create a 3x4 card that can be used on a card or in a pocket scrapbook.

People online always talk of making their own cards but I really never thought to do it until this challenge. I always thought it would be too hard or complicated. I'm pleased to say that it isn't. The 3x4 canvas is perfect and I like to keep things simple anyway. And now I feel like the possibilities are endless because I have so many Papertrey stamps that could work well on these little cards.

I'm sharing four pocket cards I made today that can easily fit in my monthly pocket scrapbook.

This first one is for a back to school page. I used the PTI Teach and Inspire set.

Next one uses some fun colors and the Live Life Love set.

This one is my favorite and perfect for the weather we are having here lately. I used the Wonderful Words:Snow set.

And the first one I made early this morning was a travel themed card using the PTI Destination set.

Hope you are having a great weekend and thanks for much for taking the time to stop by!

PTI Anniversary Take 4

OK, I think this may be my last card for the Day 1 challenge....at least for this week anyway!

Here's a card I made today using a PTI 8x8 bitty dot pad I got last week. LOVE the mix of colors and I am finding myself using them a lot this week. Might have to get another pad this month.

I used these sketch and color combos -

I love the boldness of these colors with the dotted paper. Such a great, happy color combo.

Thanks for taking a peek at my card!