Twas The Day Before....

Hello -

Weekend is here! I'm sharing a few cards I made last night before the madness of Papertrey's StampAFaire tomorrow. So excited for all the inspiration and fun PTI has planned.

First card is using this week's PTI Make It Monday technique Spritzed Stamps. I inked and spritzed the tree image from PTI Through The Trees in one corner of the watercolor paper panel. Sentiment is from KIS:Thinking of You. I added a tilted piece of Spring Moss underneath the stamped panel before adhering to Simply Chartreuse card base.

 I love how the water creates variations in color even though I only used Simply Chartreuse for the leaves.

Second card is inspired by the gorgeous color palette at ColourQ this week - Love the deep colors paired with gold. 

I masked off different sections along the frame and ink blended the challenge colors. Colors so vibrant in real life. Die cut THANKS from MFT. 

My last card was inspired by this week's fun sketch challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch:

I stamped the "arrow" image (don't know what else to call it) from PTI Teach & Inspire in Stormy Sea, Tropical Teal, Mint Julep, and Aqua Mist. I used my MISTI to stamp each color several times so each arrow's color was bold. Instead of a double ended banner like in the sketch, I used one of the Happy One-Liner dies in Stormy Sea on top of the row of arrows. I double mounted the stamped panel to highlight the gorgeous color palette. I contemplated stamping or heat embossing the word 'birthday' under the banner on top of the teal arrow but wasn't sure how it would stand out enough. Will probably add the 'birthday' before I send it out. 

That's all for now. Hope to be back tomorrow with more cards. Thanks for popping in! 

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CAS(E) This Sketch #173

Got another card for this week's CAS(E) This Sketch. Its similar in design to the other one I created for the challenge in my last post. This time I selected the colors....PTI Limeade Ice, Aqua Mist, and Harvest Gold on Tropical Teal background embossed with triangles.

Thanks for taking a peek. Have a great day!

Three on Thursday

Checking in finally with some non-DT cards. Been crazy these past couple of weeks with family, Mother's Day and my birthday. Both days within a week of each other so my kids are extra nice to me. Got a FitBit so I've been a little obsessed with getting my steps and workouts in. :)

First card was inspired by this week's ColourQ challenge. I used the Catherine Pooler's Enchanted Garden and the All About You sets from her last Stamp of Approval kit. I masked off a diagonal line and stamped a flower image in the challenge colors. I added two thin strips of matching cardstock and the die cut You. 

Second card was inspired by the One Layer Simplicity Fruit Smoothie Challenge. My stamp stash is limited to apples. I again masked off a section of the card and stamped a pattern of apples from PTI Back to School, added a stitched line from PTI Sew Simple Borders and the sentiment from Catherine Pooler All About You. Gonna use this card for my end of year thank you gift for one of my daughters' teacher. 

Last card was inspired by both this week's CAS(E) This Sketch and Inspired By All The Little Things challenges. Love the colors in the Inspired challenge. 

I embossed the front of a cardbase made from Simon Says Stamp Smoke cardstock (my favorite grey!) with a small triangle pattern embossing folder from Lifestyle Crafts. I cut out a few triangles from PTI Smokey Shadow, Orange Zest, Soft Stone, and October Afternoon patterned paper and arranged them in a cluster inspired by the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge. Added a die cut HAPPY and stamped birthday. 

So much fun creating...I'm due happy mail package from PTI and MFT soon so more to play with (not that I really need more!!). Thanks for popping in! Have a great day. 

Colour Me Birthday

Happy Saturday! Had a some time to make a card this morning for the Colour Me and CASology challenges this week. The color palette is very bright and varied and the only thing that kept popping in my head was flowers. The card design is inspired by one of the January PTI release sketches. The small flower is from Round Repeats and of course the sentiment is from Everyday Happiness which hasn't left my craft table in weeks! 

Have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by! 

Happy Cards

Sharing a few HAPPY cards with you today....

First card uses the gorgeous color combo at ColourQ this week. I used a border stamp from PTI Love & Marriage and stamped in Scarlet Jewel, Melon Berry, and Raspberry Fizz. I cut the scripty Happy one liner die out of grey Bazzill cardstock and add the Mother's Day from Year Round Happiness underneath in Scarlet Jewel.

Nothing says birthday to me like balloons so his card for the CASology challenge uses the simple Happy word die to go along with a trio of colorful balloons. 

I die cut the balloons from Balloon Bash in several fun colors and clear embossed the star pattern on top to give them balloons a shiny look. I inlaid them into the card for a 'one-layer' look.  And of course a few enamel dots to finish off this happy card....

Not sure if you can see the glossiness of the balloons but I thought a bit of shine would bump up the fun factor. 

I did opt not to use the word birthday even though it is meant to be a birthday card. The font/size of the birthday word stamps in the Everyday Happiness set didn't quite look right with the die cut happy.  I liked how the 'everything' is the same size as the die cut but still conveys birthday wishes. 

And on the STOVEFRONT....I made this Mediterranean Kale, Cannellini and Farro Stew in anticipation of the big monster snowstorm that was supposed to come the other day. Well, thankfully we only got 6 inches and the soup was delish!

I'm linking all the recipes I share so that you can give them a go too!

Thanks for stopping by! 

Colour Me....Striking! #33

Happy Wednesday! Time for a new Colour Me....! challenge. This week brings us two striking colors - blue and orange.

These colors happen to be my daughter's favorite colors so I made these two cards with her in mind. The second card is pretty generic so I can use it anytime. 

For this first card, I wanted to create a split panel with two kinds of paper separated by the Happy die cut inlaid on an angle. I embossed the birthday sentiment in white.  

Second card features the opposite - blue inlaid die cut into an orange panel. Instead of using two types of paper, I stamped the bottom half of the panel with the 'Everything' sentiment in versa mark and one in black to make it stand out.

I like them both, maybe the blue one better. Which one do you like? 

Come join me at Colour Me this week.  The Colour Me....! team has made some beautiful cards for your inspiration this week so head on over their blogs and check them out.

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

And our featured designer for August is....Stephanie Keats. 

Can't wait to see you what you create in the gallery! Thanks for taking time to stop by.