CASology Electricity Take Two

So I felt like I couldn't leave it alone after my first attempt and had to make another card for CASology this week.

For this card I used chevron die cuts in a few colors. They remind me of what I would think an electrical current would look like if it took the form of pretty card stock. I kept them together in the middle preserving the white space of the card. Sentiment is from Hero Arts which I thought was funny since these were electrical currents and well, if you touched them, you'd get warm fuzzies. LOL.

Hope you are having a good day. Thanks for taking a peek!

ColourQ #239

I'm back sharing another card using my new PTI Simple Stars cover plate. This time instead of stamping through the cover plate, I backed the stars with card stock in this week's pretty ColourQ colors. I put one stamped star on each line for a little bit of variety. Sentiment is from PTI Bold Bouquet Anniversary set.

Love this sentiment because it can be used for so many different things. Plus the period at the end adds a nice touch of finality.

LOTS of rain here in NJ....hope its bright and sunny where you are! Thanks for stopping by!

CASology #93

I'm sharing a card I made for the CASology challenge this week as well as my approach for this challenge.

When the CASology challenge comes out on Tuesdays, I often only see the cue card word pop up on my blog reader app. I give myself time to think about the word before I look at the DT samples. The DT always makes such fabulous and varied takes on the cue card that I find myself wanting to create something like one of their creations instead of coming up with something on my own. So I make connections with the word and the stamps in my stash. Most of the time the inspiration comes quickly and I am excited to make my card. Sometimes I have ideas but don't have any stamps to make it happen. :(

So this week's cue word is ELECTRIC. So my first thoughts were light bulb (no stamps!), then appliances (no stamps!), and then Benjamin Franklin and kites (no stamps!). So I looked through my stash hoping to find something that worked.

So why the explanation of my thought process today? Well, when I finished my card, I realized that the connection to the cue word ELECTRIC was pretty far and doesn't make sense unless you understood how I got there. But I liked how the card turned out so wanted to share with you anyway!

I was looking for images of things that use electricity and found a never inked set from The Craft's Meow called Vintage Rides and wanted to use one of the vehicles in the set. So I stamped a moped driving off my card with a little banner above it. I added a little road from PTI City Scene.

Then I realized....mopeds don't run on electricity! DUH. Gas. What the heck was I thinking???
Guess I got caught up with this set that I overlooked that little detail. Oops. Maybe they'll run on electricity in the future?!

Thanks for stopping by to check out my card.

CMCC #17

I'm loving the fun colors at the Colour Me challenge this week that I had to make another card. This time I used the new Simple Stars cover plate to create a background of stars.

I think this cover plate has a lot of potential....can't wait to play around with it more.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Goodbye Dynamic Duos

I am so saddened to hear that one of my favorite challenge blogs is ending. Dynamic Duos has given me some AMAZING color combinations and fabulous DT inspiration over the past two years. I'm going to miss playing along with them every week.

For the final 'Triple Threat' challenge I created this card -

I combined the PTI Circle Scribbles set with the matching stars from the new Simple Stars set. Sentiment is from Wet Paint.

Hope you had a great weekend!

Not Supposed To Be What I'm Doing.....

So unfortunately there were a couple of deaths in my family this past week. My brother-in-law's brother died unexpectedly and my sister-in-law's mother passed after long illness. Not close relations to me but still an impact on my family. So when I found myself with time to make cards last night, I SHOULD have been making some sympathy cards. But I didn't. I just wasn't feeling it. Spring has finally sprung here and the sun was shining yesterday inspiring me to make happy cards.

First card I want to share uses my new PTI Random Stripe set which came in the mail while I was away. I thought the stripes would be perfect with the Colour Me:Playful challenge this week.

LOVE these colors of blue and green....might have to make a few more cards with these colors!
Random Stripes was much easier to line up than I thought too. Yay!

Next card is another for the CASology:Garden challenge. I used the PTI Reason to Smile set which never gets inked. I used Canyon Clay for the flowers and added a touch of clear stickler in the flower centers. Hard to see in the photos.

Also entering these into the Seize the Birthday:Anything Goes this week.

Think I'm gonna have to check my stash for sympathy cards....or maybe I'll get a burst of inspiration for this type of card this weekend.

Thanks for taking time to visit. Have a good weekend.

ColourQ #238

Well, I'm back from a short trip to visit my sister & family for the Easter holiday. After quickly unpacking and doing a few loads of laundry, I was able to spend a few hours crafting last night. YAY! Perfect end to a vacation.

Here's a card I made using the bright and happy colors at ColourQ this week. I also wanted to use flowers for the CASology:GARDEN challenge so I pulled out an old Flower Fusion set I haven't touched in a while. I love these colors and I thought the offset panels would look good against the kraft. Sentiment die and stamp from SSS Absolutely set.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Papertrey Ink April 2014 Blog Hop

Its the 25th again which means its PTI Blog Hop Day. Lots of amazing creations to see in blogland....

Challenge this month was to take inspiration from an embroidered pattern. So I went to Pintrest and browsed dozens of beautiful embroidered designs. In the end, I chose to create a card with flowers inspired by this striking pillow for sale on Etsy-

I used PTI Mums The Word and heat embossed them in three different colors which proved to be a little more difficult than I had expected. I used brown card stock for the first time in a while. I like the blues and white against the dark brown. KIS:Happy Birthday sentiment embossed in white as well.

I'm linking this to the CASology challenge GARDEN this week as well.

Also entering these into the Seize the Birthday:Anything Goes this week.

Now off to look at all the embroidered-inspired creations....
Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Few Quick Cards

Happy belated Easter to you! Just a few quick cards to share before the deadlines.

First card is for the CASology NOTE challenge using the fab ColourQ colors. I used the PTI School Time notebook stamp to anchor a few images on the bottom. Might make a set of these for one of our teachers with different color pencils.

Next card uses the Colour Me colors with the cut panel technique Maile Belles demonstrated this week on her blog. I stamped a few feathers and then cut the panel before adhering. Added a few of my favorite enamel dots for interest and sentiment from Keep It Simple Birthday on a banner which I adhered over the panels with foam tape.

On a short trip visiting family this week while kids on Spring Break so won't be blogging or crafting for a bit. Hope you had a great weekend! Will catch up on all your crafty goodness soon!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hello Sunshine

Two days ago, it was 70 degrees. In my excitement I turned over our closets removing our winter sweaters and replacing them with short sleeve shirts. I happily put away the snow boots, gloves, and hats because I was sure Spring was here!

And then this morning, this is what I saw out my window -

Yessiree, snow! A little bit of snow & frost but snow nonetheless!! 33 degrees this morning. Yikes! I actually had to use a scraper to get the ice off my windshield.

I am DYING for Spring to get here and STAY so I was inspired to make this card.

I used Snowflake flurries to mimic a pretty sun and the die cut word is from PTI's Phrase Play #3 along with the 'sunshine' from one of the Think Big sets.

Colors were inspired by Dynamic Duos again because they are so happy and will help me conjure Spring!

Thanks for popping by and hope Spring has finally sprung in your part of the world.

Dynamic Duos #98

I'm loving these pretty Spring colors at Dynamic Duos this week and having fun with some surprise goodies sent to me by Nichole Heady from PTI last week. Talk about Happy Mail!

My card uses the new Stars cover plate cut in half. My card design was inspired by one of the awesome PTI sketches provided on release day yesterday. Sentiment is from Keep It Simple:Birthday.

I added a few Doodlebug purple pearls to the hearts.

Thanks for checking it out. Hope you are having a good week!

CASology #90

So this week's CASology cue card is WET. Its funny how my brain connected the dots from this word to my stamp collection. I was looking at old photos of my girls to post on Facebook for Throwback Thursday when I came upon a picture of one of them in their onesies and I remembered how wet the front of their onesies used to be when they first started drinking from a cup on their own or when they were teething. So wet that I'd have to change their onesies so often because they'd get a rash for wearing a wet shirt. And then I remember that I had an old AMuse sentiment stamp that would go well with WET! Funny huh?

I diecut a onesie from Bitty Baby Blessings and adhered it on top of a few ink splatters. Never really get 'messy' like this, lol!

Color inspiration from ColourQ this week.

I stamped a sentiment inside continuing the color scheme there as well.

TGIF! Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.

Two Happy Cards

I think I have too much stuff. Wow, did I really say that?? Yikes!

Sometimes I feel like I have too much craft stuff when I look through things and see something that I don't even remember buying. Even worse is when I buy the same thing twice because I don't remember buying it the first time! My stuff is pretty organized, just think I might have too much. Or I should at least look through everything once in a while to remember or make a master inventory list or something like that.

Well, I rediscovered the Lil Inkers Mini Pinwheel die (& accompanying sentiment stamp set) in my stash this weekend and thought it would be perfect with some bright pink dotted paper scraps I found.  Super easy to make the pinwheel and I attached it to a spare lollipop/cakepop stick I had.

Nothing says summer and spring to me like fun pinwheels!

Fun color inspiration is this week's Dynamic Duos challenge.

Next card is inspired by this week's MUSE Challenge. Missed the deadline to post but wanted to share this card anyway.

Card is Jacquie Southas amazing card -

My birthday card uses the same colors and I used her embossed stars as the inspiration for my background. I used the Happy one liner die across the center.

Thanks for taking a peek! Have a great week!