DD#96 & CFC130

Yay, Spring has finally sort of sprung here, at least in my town anyway. Other parts of NJ not so far away got some snow. So weird. Hopefully April will bring some nice weather!

I've got two cards to share with you today. First is a card using Papertrey's Birds and Blooms set using this week's Dynamic Duos challenge colors - gumball green and a color of my choice. For this simple wreath, I thought orange would be a nice compliment. I stamped the wreath offset on the bottom and then dry embossed vertical stripes around the wreath. Added a layered sentiment banner on top and adhered the white panel on kraft cardstock.

As soon as I saw the CAS-ual Fridays challenge using ovals, I knew I wanted to try an inlaid diecut technique. I used a bunch of greens/blues that I thought would look nice layered together - tropical teal, new leaf, aqua mist, and hawaiian shores. Once they were all cut and laid in, I heat embossed the sentiment in white.

A couple more masculine cards for my stash.....

Have a great week. Thanks for taking a peek.

CMCC#13

Well, circle scribbles went away for a while but now they are back. I saw them used a couple of times lately and I thought they'd be perfect for the playful mix of colors at Colour Me this week. I paired it with the Happy One Liner die and a few colorful enamel dots which are my favorite embellishment lately.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Trio

Thanks for all your kind words about my Blog Hop card yesterday. I had fun playing with glossy accents since its a departure from my usual style. I had a blast looking at everyone's shiny creations - TONS of inspiring stuff out there!

Sharing three cards with you today. First card is for the CASology challenge. As soon as I saw the cue card LUCKY, I knew I wanted to use patterned paper from the Echo Park Well Played collection. I used my Tipped Topped dies to highlight the card themed paper. Sentiment is from AMuse. Tried to keep the design and colors simple.

I did struggle with this card a bit because I wasn't sure when I could really use a card like this. I try to make cards that I can really use or send to Operation Write Home. However, my eldest daughter thinks this card will be perfect to use when we have a friend who wins the lottery. LOL. As if this happens frequently! Anyone want to win the lotto and get this card in the mail?

Next card is a thank you card which uses the Triple Threat colors at Dynamic Duos this week.

I kept this card simple by building the elements around a Half & Half die cut in Autumn Rose. I dry embossed horizontal stripes on it and cut it in two so I could heat emboss the sentiment in the middle. I layered some Ruby Reprise flowers around the sentiment and added Aqua Mist patterned paper leaves.

Last card uses a masking technique I picked up in the Clean and Simple 3 class. I used my new Wet Paint set and Mini Blooms in the pretty colors at ColourQ this week.

Thanks for coming by to visit. Hope you are having a great week!

Papertrey March 2014 Blog Hop

So many ways to go with PTI's Blog Hop theme this month - High Gloss. Other than enamel dots, I don't usually add shiny elements to my cards.

I knew I wanted to use the new PTI color Tropical Teal but in a small dose since it is such a strong bold color. I also knew I wanted to include glossy in a smaller dose as well. So for this card, I die cut the thank you sentiment in tropical teal and applied glossy accents to it for a shiny look. It took a while to dry but it was nice and shiny afterward. I did the same thing to a few hexagons as well which I scattered around the aqua mist hexagon dry embossed card base. I added a few other hexagons in complimentary patterned paper from Pebbles and in summer sunrise to brighten the card a bit.

Thanks so much for taking time to stop by! I'm looking forward to seeing all the fun shiny creations on the Blog Hop too.

ColourQ #233

I already had the Hero Arts open and closed flower stamps on my desk so decided to make another card using the pretty colors at ColourQ again.

I layered the different flowers and embossed the sentiment from the new PTI Wet Paint set.

Thanks for taking a peek.

Card Concept #6

I made this card for this weeks's Card Concept challenge - create a birthday card - using the new PTI set A Few Pointers. I love the arrows and wanted to create simple lines with them. Colors inspired by ColourQ this week and the Card Concept inspiration photo.

Clean and Simple or Clean and Graphic? Not sure which category this card belongs to. Both I think, according to the Card Concept style descriptions. What do you think?

Thanks for taking the time to stop by! Have a great weekend.

CAS(E) This Sketch #69

I've been playing around with PTI's new Tropical Teal color. I love its brightness and have been playing around with color combinations that would look best with it. This card used the combination that was included in the PTI March recipe download - tropical teal, orange zest, simply chartreuse, and raspberry fizz. Design inspiration is this week's CAS(E) this Sketch challenge. Sentiment is from Reverse Confetti.

Thanks for taking a peek. Have a great weekend!

More Thanks

I have a couple more Thank You cards to share with you.

First card uses a Hero Arts cling flower stamp. I stamped it twice while masking the center of the card for the sentiment. I used a variety of inks on the stamp because I love that look. Hard to keep the inks from mixing on the pads though.
Color inspiration is from Colour Me this week. I added some clear stickler to some of the inner petals. Design inspired by CAS(E) This Sketch this week.

Next Thank You card is inspired by Laura Bassen's tutorial in Clean and Simple 3 class. I kept to her design except I changed the orientation. I'm not in love with the colors I used but I don't have a ton of Copic markers.

TGIF! Have a good one and thanks for stopping by!

Thank You Kindly

I'm sharing three Thank You cards I made today. I am dedicating these cards to YOU my online friends for all the lovely comments you leave on my blog. Being able to share my creations with you and reading your sweet and encouraging words makes me smile each and every day. You all are wonderful and inspire me with your amazing cards.

This first card uses the new PTI anniversary set, Bold Bouquet. Color scheme is inspired by the pretty colors at ColourQ.

I was also inspired to add a bit of dry embossing from the textural effects lesson in the Clean & Simple 3 class today. Just the two lines seems to add so much to the card.

My second thank you card is supposed to make you BLUSH! That's the cue word at CASology this week and as soon as I saw it I knew I wanted to use an old wooden AMuse bra stamp I had. I rarely use it because honestly, it does make me blush a little and doesn't seem appropriate for just anyone. KWIM?

And my final card uses the soft color palette at Colour Me this week which seemed perfect for the PTI Fine Feathery set. Again I added a few embossed lines for a touch of texture.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by! Hope you are having a great week.

Birthday Wishes

I've got two birthday cards to share with you today.

First one uses inlaid die cut technique I learned from the Clean and Simple 3 class this week. Card design inspired by this week's CAS(E) This Sketch challenge. This one was much easier to do than my last card with inlaid die cuts because the die cuts were larger so no little tiny pieces for me to search for! :)

Next card uses my favorite tipped top dies. Color scheme is inspired by Dynamic Duos challenge.

I embossed the sentiment from Ruby Rose in black.

Also linking both these cards to theSeize The Birthday challenge

CMCC #11

I love orange and blue together, especially perfect for masculine cards. Its a great color combo at Colour Me this week.

Here's a card I made for my nephew. Simple colors, simple design for a boy.

Orange is my daughter's favorite color so I think may make a card for her next. Thanks for stopping by!