PTI Make it Monday #105 - Glitter Trim

Hi everyone,

I'm getting back into my craft room after an amazing two week vacation in the Philippines. This week's MIM Challenge isn't my normal cup of tea as I really hate working with glitter because its so messy. But I had to make a card for my cousin so I pulled out the only glitter I had on hand - purple - and pairs it up with PTI's Winter Wisteria, Smokey Shadow, and Soft Stone colors. i originally had a strip of glitter from end to end on the card but trimmed it to a banner peeking out one side because the glitter was a bit too much for me.

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Another Repeats and Rainbows card

Here's another card I made for PTI Make It Monday #99:

My daughter Sabrina helped me with this card for her grandmother's birthday card next week. She chose rainbow scheme #5 and the stamps and was giddy with excitement when she stamped her hearts and when I busted out the embossing powder for the sentiment.

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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!