CAS(E) This Sketch & ColourQ

Wanted to post two cards before I get the kids off to school. This first card is for the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge which ends shortly.

I used PTI Brushed Off in Enchanted Evening, Blueberry Sky, and Spring Rain. 

Second card is for the ColourQ challenge this week. I heat embossed the large bloom, flower center and leaf from Winnie and Walter. I sponged PTI Winter Wisteria ink on the large bloom and Simply Chartreuse on the leaf. 

Gotta run! Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day! 

CAS(E) This Sketch #156

As you probably have heard, NJ got a LOT of snow this past weekend. We got about 25 inches here.
And you would think that I could have spent a good amount of time in my craft room. Unfortunately not. For our snow weekend, I ending up cooking and baking a lot, played games with the family, and tackled shoveling the snow in several phases. Fun stuff.

I did make a card this weekend inspired by this week's CAS(E) This Sketch challenge. I used the flowers from PTI All About You Additions. Sentiment from KIS:Birthday. Since the flower images are a little doodle-like, I only stamped color on the inside and was purposefully a little skewed when stamping the leaves multiple times.

Thanks for popping in! Hope you had a wonderful (& warm) weekend! 

Geometric Confetti Cuts

Hi! I got to playing around with a very cool die in my stash - Reverse Confetti's Geometric Confetti Cuts. Two fun color challenges this week drew me to its modern mosaic look.

For the ColourQ challenge, I die cut it in 4 different colors - PTI Vintage Jadeite, New Leaf, Limeade Ice, and Silver. Then I pieced together the mosaic using Press N Seal which was VERY helpful in keeping the finished mosaic together and adding adhesive. All the cool shades of green with the silver are a surprisingly fabulous combination! Sentiment is from Altenew Label Love which I heat embossed in silver, cut out, and adhered with foam tape. I absolutely LOVE how it turned out. 

So I used the die again but this time for the fun bright color combination at The Paper Players challenge this week. 

Same process with this card except I used Press and Seal underneath the die and paper when I cut it so all the pieces would stay together in place. This made creating the mosaic much easier since I didn't have to look through piles for the right piece. Sentiment for this card is again Label Love but embossed in gold. I tried black at first but it didn't look right. This I found after 8 unsuccessful embossing attempts to get a good, clean sentiment strip. For this card I used PTI Pure Poppy and Raspberry Fizz and the turquoise color is Bazzill card stock. 

Thinking I'll make a few more of these with the leftover pieces while I have them out. Otherwise I don't think I'll end up ever using them again if I "save" them in an envelope for later. 

Thanks for popping in and hope you have a wonderful and crafty weekend! 

Big Bloom

So got to playing around with the new Winnie & Walter - Simon Says Stamp collaboration set Big Bloom that I got during the SSS Stamptember celebration and can already see this will become one of my favorite sets. It goes so well with gold embossing powder.

First is a card which inspired by the Pinterest Inspired Challenge this month. Love this mix of colors.

For my card I heat embossed the big bloom on watercolor paper and used watercolor to paint in the petals. Sentiment from Mama Elephant heat embossed in gold as well.

My second card pairs the gold embossing with deep purple. Love how regal it looks. I used a different center for the big bloom. 

Also linking to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Thanksgiving challenge as well as the One Layer Simplicity Gratitude challenge. 

That's it for me. Thanks for stopping by! 

More Coffee!

I have another card using the MFT Clearly Sentimental About Coffee sentiment set but this time I paired it with PTI Drips and Dribbles. I love the look of the coffee rings which I stamped randomly on the card panel in PTI Fine Linen, Kraft, and Dark Chocolate around the masked diagonal sentiment strip. The coffee mug is from PTI Cup of Cheer. Colors inspired by this week's Colour Me....Monochromatic challenge. 

Love this sentiment...I say it all the time and believe it completely.

Hope you had a great weekend! Thanks for popping in! 

Lots of Color

I was in a very colorful mood yesterday when I made these two cards. First card is for the fun Colour Me....Playful! challenge this week.

I chose a sentiment from PTI Choose Joy and used PTI Building Blocks to support the sentiment's message. I matted the top panel in black before mounting on the green card stock to enhance the colorful stack.

Second card is another colorful one that I created for the CASology challenge. I embossed the Lil Inkers Stitched rectangle die on the front panel. Then I used the PTI heart border die with various brightly colored PTI card stock and arranged them in within the stitched rectangle. Sentiment is a simple one from Clearly Besotted stamps. 

I kept it clean and simple by keeping lots of white space around the colorful center. 

Enjoy your weekend and Halloween if you're celebrating today! Thanks for stopping by! 

Pearlized Blending

Hi! Sharing two cards I made this morning while waiting for the repair man to come...it's the first time I've been excited by the 4 hour window they gave me! 

I played along with the PTI Make It Monday challenge - Pearlized Blending. I love the effect of Perfect Pearls but always forget to use them. Thanks Lizzie for the reminder! 

For my card I masked off a strip on my white panel and heat embossed some PTI Beautiful Butterflies in white. Then I blended Tropical Teal ink along the bottom, Hawaiian Shores in the middle and Aqua Mist toward the top for an ombre look. The I rubbed the masked area directly with Versamark ink and applied Perfect Pearls over it. Next time though I will blend the ink darker because the pearls lighten the overall color a lot. 

Seriously these photos don't do this effect justice. The masked portion is simply gorgeous - shiny but not TOO shiny. Love this look! 

Second card is inspired by the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge this week.

I stamped the greeting from Wet Paint Holiday and added some holly and ivy from the new PTI Spruce and Sprigs. I added a strip of PTI Candy Prints patterned paper on the top and bottom of the panel before attaching to Pinefeather card stock. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Three for Thursday

Hi my friends...long time no post. Things have been crazy with my various volunteer roles I have this year so little time for crafting. Next year, I will adopt a "just say no" attitude in order to get some ME time back into my life!

DH was away last two days so had a chance to escape in my craft room for a few hours.

First card is for the One Layer Simplicity Challenge this month which features "Whatever The Weather". I used a Memory Box cloud stencil and white embossing paste to create the textured clouds on the light blue card panel. Sentiment is from the PTI Up, Up, and Away set.

Second card uses the largest Simon Says Stamp die. I created a folded die cut balloon, heat embossed stars on the balloon, added a simple sentiment banner and a touch of twine around the balloon end.
Colors inspired by the Colour Me....Subtle! challenge this week.

Last card uses a PTI set I've been dying to use since the summer. I created a focal cluster (PTI Make It Monday challenge this week) by stamping a swoosh from PTI Brushed off along the bottom white panel to ground the sentiment and image from PTI Fashion Sense. Love this model and the way the dress stamp isn't quite perfectly lined up. Colors inspired by ColourQ challenge.

That's it for me! Thanks for stopping by! Have a good weekend!

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!

Background of Wings

Background Check is the latest in the lineup of classes at Online Card Classes. Haven't had a chance to watch the videos this week but have been looking at the beautiful creations in the each day's lessons. Day 4's lesson was all about backgrounds using die cut techniques and reminded me of the tone-on-tone look that I love so I used it to make this card - 

I've had this card design for a sympathy card swirling around in my head for a while now. This week's CASology cue word is WINGS so I had one of my girls die cut two butterflies (love it when they want to help!) in Enchanted Evening which I adhered directly on Enchanted Evening card stock for the tone-on-tone look. Not a big fan of birds so butterfly wings are the only ones I got for this challenge. 

I was inspired by the colors at Colour Me (Hi Team Hayley!!) this week which I thought would be perfect for a subdued sympathy card. Love the little pop of color with the Berry Sorbet sentiment banner popped up with foam tape for some more subtle dimension. And the final classic touch were the pearls to finish off the color combination. Here's a closeup of the larger butterfly...lighting was a little wonky when I took the photo so  the color is a bit off from the original. 

 Thanks for checking in! Gorgeous weather this weekend. Went kayaking for the first time yesterday - fun stuff! Hope you are enjoying the weekend too!