MIM #231

This week's PTI Make It Monday challenge is Motif Building. I didn't have one of the folksy or Nordic style stamp sets that would have been better for this challenge but thought I could make due with some of the other sets I have. 

For these two cards I used Round Repeats as my base and built the motif around the center using little stamps from Simply Stationery. Colors inspired by some of the PTI monthly inspiration color schemes. 

The cards turned out OK even though I'm not completely thrilled with the results. Maybe need to play around more with other sets. This challenge completely put me out of my comfort zone. Guess that's the whole point of these challenge....stretch yourself and do something different. 

Thanks for popping by! 

What A Dress!

Oh my, do I love this gorgeous dress!! The colors and style are completely me. 

I was drawn to the colors and the symmetry of the embroidered pattern on the dress. Here's my take which ended up looking NOTHING like that dress! I used the challenge colors with Round Repeats to mimic the symmetry. 

Ok, that's it for everything I made last night. Hope to finish a couple more challenges before the deadline. Thanks for popping in! 

Finish Strong for OWH

Hello -

Sharing a couple of cards today. First uses the PTI Hooray set which I've never used for a fun birthday or congratulations card.  I stamped the streamers in the colors from this week's ColourQ challenge. I split the panel and added a few fun enamel dots.

Next card I'm sharing is for the new Pinterest Inspired challenge. This beautiful pattern was the inspiration for this month.

I was very inspired by the colors and the graphical florals so I decided to create my own graphic focal point using PTI Round Repeats. I split the panel horizontally again to create some interest. Sentiment is from the PTI Scripted collection. 

And just wanted to say goodbye to Operation Write Home which is winding down operations this year. Thanks for Sandy and everyone at OWH for their support of our troops and giving crafters an opportunity to help them as well. 

I sent in my last OWH package last month - 235 cards. It was a lot of work getting the cards ready - inserting white liners, stamping the backs of the cards with the OWH stamp, and prepping them with envelopes - but I made their final deadline! I was excited to send in one last package to help. 

My Thank You cards....

That's it for me today. Hope you are having a great weekend! Thanks for popping by!

Sunday Recap

Sharing a couple of projects I created today while catching up on some shows. It was 14 degrees outside today and WAY too cold to go anywhere. First up is a wine bottle tag inspired by the Tag You're It! inspiration from Donna Mikasa. 

I cut a wine bottle tag out of black card stock and layered a smaller white tag on top. On the white tag I stamped these colorful medallions (from Round Repeats) and layered a die cut sentiment (Wonderful Words Thank You cut in two) on top.

For the next project, I created a one layer card. Card design inspired by CAS(E) This Sketch challenge. I used my new Clear Scraps Spiral stencil on the bottom corner and blended Summer Sunrise ink starting dark in the corner and working my way out. I'm getting the hang of blending inks now and love the effect.  I added a hot air balloon from Up, Up, and Away and colored it with Copics. 

Entering this into this month's One-Layer Simplicity challenge. 

Hope you are enjoying the long weekend! Thanks for stopping by! 

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! 

PTI September Blog Hop

Its the 25th of the month and you know what that means....PTI Blog Hop! This month's inspiration photo highlights Autumn Rose which is an often neglected color in my stash. 

I created a small thank you card set in each of the challenge color palettes. All are square....my new favorite card size. 

First card uses the recipe of Enchanted Evening, Sweet Blush, and Autumn Rose. This was my favorite of the three color palettes. 

I stamped a background in the three colors using a pattern from Ombre Builders. Sentiment from Thank You Kindly. 

I layered the butterflies from Life is Beautiful and only adhered the top one in the middle while plumping up the wings a little. 

Second card uses the the palette of Autumn Rose, Smokey Shadow, and Soft Stone. I stamped the flowers from Mums The Word on Soft Stone dotted pattern paper.

Last card features the final palette of Smokey Shadow, Autumn Rose, and Ripe Avocado which I paired with one of the challenge sketches. 

I pulled out Round Repeats for this card, one of my favorite sets which I've forgotten about for a while. 

Finished the colorful medallion off with an dusty pink enamel dot. 

That's it for me. I can't wait to see what else everyone created for this month's challenge. Thanks for stopping by!