His & Hers Day 4

Day 4 of class featured a really cool partial die cutting technique I had never tried before.







The technique was pretty easy after I cut the first star. I really love the three dimensional look. Fonts, selection of papers and rounded corners differentiated my hers card over the his card. The Hers colors were inspired by the color story at Play Date Cafe this week.



Thanks for looking!

Supplies for Happy Anniversary:
Paper: Memory Box Black, PTI White, Studio Calico Memoir, B/W Striped from my scraps
Stamps: PTI With All My Heart
Die: Spellbinders
Ink: PTI Scarlet Jewel, Momento Tuxedo Black
Bling: Keizercraft

Supplies for Happy Birthday:
Paper: Memory Box Brown, Recollections White, Scenic Route, Bazzill
Stamps: PTI Super Stars
Die: PTI Stars
Ink: PTI New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores, Adirondack Espresso

His & Hers Day 5

Here are two cards I made using some of the tips on Day 5 of His & Hers.







These cards use the same design, same supplies but different colors. I used two different sentiments from the same set, one more masculine looking than the other. I was going to try Amber's embossed embossing on the card but decided to keep it simple with just the dry embossed card front. I wanted to highlight the cute alphabet card so I put it on foam dots.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Memory box, PTI Lemon Tart
Ink: PTI Hawaiian Shores, Raspberry Fizz
Stamps: PTI Bitty Baby Blessings
Other: PTI Double Ended Banner Die, Lifestyle Crafts Embossing Folder, K&Co. Alphabet cards, foam squares

Fusion Card Challenge #4

Well I learned my lesson - always look at a challenge deadline before you start a challenge. It was my first time playing with the Fusion Card Challenge but missed the posting deadline. Ugh. I still love my card but would have liked others to get a chance to look at it as well.

The challenge is unique - use the sketch, the colors, or for a greater challenge both. I decided to



I used both the sketch and colors for my birthday card.



It was fun anyway, even though I didn't get to enter. Will definitely try to play along there again!

Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Paper: Memory Box cardbase, Echo Park Dots & Stripes (yellow), Pebbles Seen & Noted (orange, green, blue), PTI Enchanted Evening cardstock
Others: PTI Stars border die & Super Stars Die, Marvu Uchida Circle Punch
Stamp: PTI Birthday Basics
Ink: PTI Enchanted Evening

His & Hers Day 1

If you are looking for a fun, jam-packed with videos and TONS of inspiration, you must check out the great classes at onlinecardclasses.com. Every time I take a class there, I get really excited about creating, I always try out new things, and love the cards I come out with. Just remember to clear as much of your schedule as possible during class week because you'll be dying to get to your craft space.

This week's class is His & Hers to help with overcome the challenge of creating masculine cards for a variety of occasions. One of the techniques featured on Day 1 was masked borders. Here are my cards using Jennifer's technique.






I don't use many 'Thinking of You' cards so I changed the feminine one into birthday card. This one uses this week's pretty colors at ColourQ.





You probably also noticed that the feminine card has a strip of paper across for the sentiment. I had originally masked a clear portion along the white cardstock for the sentiment but realized that I didn't have a pen or marker that matched any of the colors I used to make the definitive line Jennifer uses in her technique. So instead, I improvised and added a slanted piece of matching cardstock.

Hope you like them. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
THINKING OF YOU:
Stamps: PTI Turning a New Leaf,Hero Arts Everyday Sentiments
Ink: PTI Enchanted Evening, Smokey Shadow and Soft Stone
Cardstock: PTI Soft Stone
MAKE A WISH:
Stamps: PTI Sketched Shapes and Think Big Favorites #13
Ink: PTI Winter Wisteria, Enchanted Evening, Sweet Blush, & Hawaiian Shores
Cardstock: PTI Winter Wisteria, Sweet Blush, & White

RetroSketches #61

I'm in the middle of my big 'THANK YOU' card making rush....school teachers, sunday school teachers....

Here's another Thank You card using the colors at Play Date Cafe this week and sketch from RetroSketches. I love the muted colors against the bright green. And I got to use the new pink jute from American Crafts. I scored big at TJ Maxx last weekend when I found a multipack of lots of colors for a great price. I think jute is a nice alternative to ribbon and twine.







Thanks again for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Flower Fusion, PTI Mega Mixed Messages
Paper: Green card base from my stash (Target?), PTI Select White and Sweet Blush, Lily Bee Handmade patterned paper
Ink: PTI Melon Berry and Sweet Blush, Adirondack Espresso
Other: American Crafts Jute, Keisercraft Rhinestones

Play Date Cafe #179

I'm playing along at Play Date Cafe this week with another springtime color palette:



My take uses PTI's Happy Hexagon set which I haven't used in a while. Touch of twine finishes it off.



Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Happy Hexagons, Heart to Heart#3
Ink: PTI New Leaf, Melon Berry, and Sweet Blush, Adirondack Espresso
Paper: Card base from my stash (Target?), PTI Kraft and Rustic Cream
Other: Twinery Twine, PTI Double Ended Banner Die

Beautiful Butterflies

Here's another card using the springy palette at ColourQ:





I die cut the butterflies out of the top Kraft layer and stamped the butterflies inside. Seemed easier in my head! Getting the butterfly stamp to line up with ink with the die cut proved to be more difficult that I thought. Plus this set always seems to give me trouble making a clean impression. Its not perfect but after three attempts at this design, I figure its pretty enough to post.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week.

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Beautiful Butterflies, Fillable Frame Sentiments
Ink: PTI Hibiscus Burst, Orange Zest, Simply Chartreuse
Dies: PTI Beautiful Butterflies
Paper: PTI Kraft, Select White

PTI Blog Hop Take 2!

No joke, I REALLY like this slanted orientation....as you can see from HERE, HERE, and HERE!

Teacher Appreciation Week is fast approaching so many of my cards are for those great people in my kid's lives. This card uses the great color scheme at ColourQ this week:





Thanks for taking a look and enjoy the Hop!

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Thanks All Ways
Ink: PTI Hibiscus Burst, Simply Chartreuse, Orange Zest
Cardstock: Memory Box Kraft, PTI Simply Chartreuse & White
Other: PTI Double Ended Banner Die