Play Date Cafe #181

Hello!

The colors at Play Date Cafe this week were a bit challenging for me, wasn't sure what type of card would be best with this pretty color scheme.



After pulling out MANY different sets (do I go graphic, floral??), I resorted to my tried and true sets - Mehndi Medallion and Mega Mehndi Medallion - for a simple birthday card.



I am always pleased with the results from these sets and I think this card can even be used for a man. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Paper: PTI Enchanted Evening, Melon Berry, and White
Stamps: PTI Mehndi Medallion and Mega Mendhi Medallion, Happy Hexagons
Ink: PTI Enchanted Evening, Melon Berry, and Stampin Up Blush Blossom
Other: PTI Double Ended Banner Die

CAS(E) This Sketch #26

This past Saturday was National Scrapbook Day. Sadly the day was so busy I didn't get to make any layouts but I did get to make a couple of cards for the Echo Park NSD celebration. Here's my card using the sketch from this week's CAS(E) this Sketch challenge:





Supplies:
Paper: Echo Park Everyday Eclectic patterned papers, Memory Box cardbase
Ink: PTI Hawaiian Shores
Stamps & Dies: PTI Flipping Out

Mother's Day

This week's colors at ColourQ are perfect for Mother's Day -





Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Paper: Memory Box cardbase, PTI Select White & Winter Wisteria Polka Dot
Stamps: PTI Happy Hydrangea, Fresh Alphabet
Ink: PTI Hawaiian Shores, Sweet Blush, Winter Wisteria, Enchanted Evening

PTI April Color Play

This month's Papertrey April Color Play has a fun bright palette of Berry Sorbet, Melon Berry, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold, and Limeade Ice. I had Happy Hexagons already out so decided to use that set for the five colors.



Thanks for stopping by!

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