Happy Summer!

I was up late last night making some cards for end of year camp counselor gifts. I should have made them all the same but was inspired by some of the challenges going on.

First card is inspired by the colors at ColourQ this week. 

I stamped the wavy lines from Ombre Builders in the two different shades of blue to mimic the ocean. I die cut brown flip flops (Flippin Out) and stamped them in brown and added the green decorative flower with foam dots for some dimension. Sentiment from Flipping Out as well.

Next card is inspired by the One Layer Simplicity challenge - Shades of Summer.  The challenge offers several color palettes to choose from, all of them just gorgeous. If you've never checked out Design Seeds, its a must....you'll be so taken by the fabulous color combinations and amazing photographs. 

I chose to use Shades of Summer #3: 

I used created the same waves using three different shades of blue and added the same sentiment in the darkest blue. The sun is a pretty flower image from Friendly Flowers. 

Next card is inspired by the Moxie Fab World challenge which features this pretty clock with a triangle design on it. 

I started to create a background using several triangle shapes in my stamp stash but none of them quite captured the coolness of the clock. Then I found this wonderful hexagon shape made of triangles (from Sketched Shapes). I loved the range of colors in the inspiration photo so decided to create a border across the bottom in a range of colors. 

Sentiment from Keep It Simple:Thank You stamped in black so as not to compete with the rainbow. 

My final card for today features the creative card border using non-border dies technique for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday challenge. 

I used the popsicle dies from Summer Sweetness to create my border and stamped a simple thank you at the bottom. The rest of the card panel seemed a little plain so I scored it to create a striped background. Entering this into the CASology:Stripe challenge this week. 

After I stamped the popsicles in red and orange, I embossed them in clear to give them a wet glossy look just like popsicles. Love how they turned out. This detail pic not so great but hope you can see a bit of the shimmer. 

That's it for me for now! I actually have a few more cards to make but that might have to wait for another day! 

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

Love These Triangles!

I am loving this triangle trend going on and had to put my Papertrey Ink Tiny Triangle set to use once again!

My colors were inspired by the bonus colors this week at Summer Card Camp 2 and the design inspired by this week's CAS(E) Thie Sketch challenge #38

Also entering this card into the Trendy Triangle Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

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

Supplies:
Paper: Neenah White, PTI Hawaiian Shore
Ink: PTI Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist, & Pure Poppy
Stamps: PTI Think Big Favorites and Tiny Triangles

Moxie Fab Card Set Challenge

Here's a card set I made for a friend to use for the many birthday parties her kids get invited to. I've always wanted to make card sets as gifts but never get around to it. The Moxie Fab Card Set challenge was the perfect push I needed. Maybe now I can get started early on holiday gifts!

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies:
Paper:Memory Box, American Crafts My Girl
Stamps: Papertrey Ink Tiny Treats Birthday
Ink: Archival Ink Black, Copic markers
Other: PTI Double Ended Banner Die, Marvy Uchida Circle punch, Spellbinders Label One dies

Tuesday Trigger - Mantastic!

I was inspired by this Tuesday Trigger to make a Father's Day card for my husband. I love this color combination.

I used Papertrey Ink's Heart-2-Heart #3 set for the hearts stamped in Ranger Espresso, PTI Hawaiian Shores and Pure Poppy, and VersaMagic Aegean Blue. Sentiments from PTI, Cardstock is PTI Soft Stone.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you'll come back soon!

Moxie Fab Damask & Brocade Challenge

I celebrated my 40th birthday this weekend (along with Mother's Day) and need some fabulous thank you cards for some of my friends who gave me lovely gifts when we went out for margaritas one night to celebrate.

I made this card using some A Muse damask cardstock that I've been hoarding. I split it into pieces and heat embossed the PTI Think Big Favorites sentiment with American Crafts Zing Silver embossing powder.

For the second I did made the same card except I popped up alternating strips to give some dimension. Looks better in real life as I couldn't quite capture the dimension.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week.

A World of Gingham

Here's a bright and cheery card I made for the Gingham Challenge in the Moxie Fab World blog using the new Trendy Tree Tops stamp and die set from Papertrey Ink which is fast becoming a favorite along the all the gingham loveliness in the Lily Bee Double Dutch paper line. I used foam adhesive to bring dimension to the red gingham heart and the kraft gingham landscape.

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Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger

This week's Tuesday Trigger is full of inspiration - the crisp look of the white and blue and the gorgeous texture of the white on white. So when I opened my mail today and saw that I had gotten this Penny Black Background stampas one of my prizes for Jennifer McGuire's Cards That Care drive last December, I just knew I had to use it for this card. I embossed the background on the blue to mimic the clean look I got from the Trigger and added a few pretty embellishments.



Supplies:Cardstock:Memory Box,Die:Spellbinders Labels One,Butterfly:Jenni Bowlin,Ribbon:Michaels,Background Stamp:Penny Black,Sentiment:Papertrey Ink Mega Mixed Messages,Ink:Versamark,Momento Black,Embossing Powder:Zing American Crafts White

I really love how the embossed background turned out. This stamp is definitely going to get lots of use!

Thanks for taking a look! Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger - Home Sweet Home

This week's Moxie Fab Trigger inspired my card below. Love the colors of red, blue, and green with a hint of brown. The roof reminded me that I had some older A Muse dotted cardstock in my stash. And I embossed my banner with the Woodgrain impression plate I had yet to use.

And instead of using just plain old buttons, I also made some glittered buttons using the technique in this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday video .Glittered buttons are much easier to make that I had thought!



Supplies: Dotted Cardstock: A Muse, Cardstock: Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream, Ink: Papertrey Spring Moss, Ranger Adirondack Espresso, Stamps: Papertrey Ink Everyday Button Bits, Buttons: Papertrey Ink, Impression Plate: Papertrey Woodgrain, Dies: Papertrey Ink Wine Bottle Tag, Glitter: Deco Art, Twine: Twinery Caribbean.

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