Make It Monday #99

Hard to believe I haven't posted to this blog since August! I was in a creative rut. Between the lack of free time, school starting, and a bunch of personal things going on, I hadn't been able to create anything of significance worth blogging about. I just wasn't feeling inspired by anything.

I'm committed in 2013 to making the time to doing more things I love - crafting, reading, baking.

PTI's Make It Monday challenge Repeats & Rainbows this week was just the thing to get my mojo going. I love Nichole's color challenges and the repeated image was super simple. And bonus was that I showed the video to my girls and they got to help me make some cards too! They were thrilled because they have been dying to get a chance to join me in my craft room.

Here's the first card I made using the Rainbow Color Scheme No. 3. In hindsight, I should have picked a font from Thanks All Ways that wasn't slanted.

Second card for teacher appreciation week in May uses Rainbow Scheme No. 1:

My 9 yr old Sydney helped me with this birthday card for her aunt. She chose Scheme No. 6, the balloon stamp from the Heart to Heart set, and came up with the card design and bling.

Sierra chose the same Color Scheme but opted for the Flower Fusion series for this card for her teacher's birthday tomorrow.

Sabrina will be making a card with me tonight and I'll post it tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by! Check out this challenge - its a ton of fun.

Runway Inspired Challenge #17

I love Project Runway so I've always love looking at the Runway Inspired Challenge each week. Such a great challenge idea. This is a gorgeous dress and definitely inspired me to make a card. Here's a card I made using PTI Flower Fusion #7 with a bit of Simply Chartreuse striped paper to ground my flower focal panel.

Lots of thank you cards lately. I always seem to be sending them out. What about you? Are thank yous number one on your list too? Thanks for taking a peek!

colourQ challenge #150

Here's another thank you card I made because my thank you stash is almost out. I used the bright happy colors inspired by ColourQ this week. The graphic frame is from PTI's new Fabulous Frames set and stamped in Pure Poppy, Harvest Gold, Hawaiian Shores, and Simply Chartreuse.

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CAS-ual Fridays #65

I rarely make square cards but I love how they look. The CAS-ual Fridays challenge this week reminded me that I had a card base from DCVW in my stash that I could use.
I love the embossed polka dotted background so I added a simple focal point using my favorite Flipping Out set. I embossed the sentiment on the double ended banner.

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Play Date Cafe #144

I've been itching to use my new PTI Hello Sunshine set but haven't been inspired to make anything until I saw this week's Play Date Cafe challenge. LOVE these colors and think they are perfect for this stamp set. I used PTI's Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, and Harvest Gold.

I'm going to give this card to my youngest daughter who I secretly nicknamed 'my sunshine' because she always makes me laugh and smile, no matter how awful my mood. I think she's gonna love it.

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ColourQ #149

Summer just doesn't leave much for any 'ME' time, both from a time and energy perspective. I hadn't made a card in a couple of weeks but my parent's upcoming 41st anniversary coming up next week so whipped up this pretty card using PTI Happy Hexagon set and the pretty colors at ColourQ this week:

PTI's hexagon cheat sheet definitely helps to make a beautiful well-mixed pattern quickly. For my inks, I used PTI's New Leaf and Enchanted Evening, Brilliance Galaxy Gold, and Momento New Sprout. Ribbon is an old green and blue piece in my stash.

It was nice to get crafty again. Thanks for stopping by!

ColourQ Challenge #147

Another great colour challenge at ColourQ this week. I couldn't wait to make a card as soon as I saw them!

For this card, I used PTI's Hibiscus Burst, Enchanted Evening, Simply Chartreuse, and Ocean Tides inks with the rainbow graphic from the Up, Up, and Away set. I had intended to make stacked colors of the rainbow but it was too short to do anything like that. I added the hearts from Heart-2-Heart #3 with foam dots and of course my go-to banner die. I also grounded the panel on a bit of bitty dot Enchanted Evening patterned paper.

Thanks for taking a peek!

July 2012 PTI Blog Hop

Its Blog Hop time again! This month's photo inspiration and color combination completely screams summer.I had a little bit of trouble with this one because the colors are so many colors and I really wantes to use them all.

I used one of my flower fusion sets and stamped some of the flower and die cut the others. I finally also inked up the Turning a New Leaf set. I also used some of the new Melon Berry gingham patterned paper. Seems like I am usually drawn to the bit dot and striped so glad I could use this gingham in a different way.

The colors also inspired me to make a second card using my most-loved Double Ended Banner dies. I used the leafy patterns of Simply Chartreuse and Summer Sunrise along with the other colors and created a panel of banners. I embossed the sentiment from one of the Think Big Favorites in white.

Thanks for stopping by and see you around the Hop!