Freshly Made Sketches #106

Its been a while since I played with the sketches at Freshly Made Sketches. Time is just not on my side lately - too many things going on. But this week's challenge brought to mind an item in my stash that I have been wanting to use again - Maya Road Doilies. So I made a simple thank you card with this sketch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Paper: PTI Enchanted Evening & Simply Chartreuse, Neenah White
Stamps: Think Big Favorties #4
Ink: PTI Enchanted Evening
Other: Maya Road Doily, My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste Enamel Dots

Another Might Oak card

I can't even tell you how easy it is to use PTI's Mighty Oak stamp set and coverplate to make a pretty card. I'm loving this set and its perfect for this time of year. This card I made uses a sentiment from the PTI Teach & Inpire set so I will save it for teacher appreciate week (yay, head start on next year!).

Supplies:
Paper: Memory Box Brown, Neenah White
Stamps: PTI Mighty Oak and Teach and Inspire
Ink: Color Box Creamy Brown, Adirondack Espresso, PTI Orange Zest & Terracotta Tile, Versamagic Pumpkin Spice

CASology Week 63

CASology's challenge this week is Autumn pairs perfectly with Papertrey's new set Mighty Oak. The cover plate and stamps make it the tree SO EASY to make.

For this card I embossed the tree trunk on a piece of kraft and then stamped the leaves on to the embossed leaves only. I left the tree trunk just embossed for a nice contrast.

Thanks for taking a peek! Hope you are having a great weekend.

Supplies:
Paper: Memory Box
Stamps: PTI Mighty Oak & Through The Trees
Ink: PTI Blueberry Sky, Terracotta Tile, Dark Chocolate, Simply Chartreuse
Other: PTI Mighty Oak coverplate

CAS(E) this Sketch #47

I've been playing around with the new PTI set Mighty Oak as you can see from my recent posts. For this week's CAS(E) this Sketch challenge, I decided to use just the leaves and a different fall color scheme (thank you Pintrest for all the great ideas!) for CASology's challenge: Autumn.

I'm not quite ready for fall but my card sure is! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Paper: PTI Terracotta Tile & Vintage Cream
Stamps: PTI Think Big Favorites #18 & Mighty Oak
Ink: PTI Blueberry Sky, Terracotta Tile, Dark Chocolate, & Simply Chartreuse
Other: PTI Linen impression plate

ColourQ #208

Here's a card I made using a sentiment from the Count My Rainbows set from Reverse Confetti. I embossed the numbers (PTI By The Numbers mat dies) onto the panel and put the sentiment on a banner in blue for a spot of color and adhered the whole thing to a black cardbase. I had trouble settling on my single color to use. So why blue? I am trying to build up my supply of masculine cards and had a bunch of PTI's Blueberry Sky in my stash.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Insider Redo Take 2

Here's another one of my favorite old cards that I decided to redo with an interesting inside.

I repeated the angled sentiment on the inside but with versamark for a softer look and one that could easily be written upon. I heat embossed one of the bottom THANKS in a complimentary color to the front. The lighting in my photo below makes it look a little bright but its not that bright in real life.

Hope you are enjoying this Insider class as much as I am. Thanks again for stopping by!

Insider Redo Take 1

One of the challenges of Day One of the Insider class at onlinecardclasses.com was to add interesting insides by extending the front of one of our older card creations.

This card was one I made for a ColourQ challenge a while ago.

I lined the card with a small polka dot pattern in the same soft stone color as on the front. The dots were much more interesting than just a plain panel and the dots small and light enough that writing on top won't be too distracting. I also extended the sentiment on the front by completing it on the inside and adding some of the same flowers and leaves as well.

I love the idea of embellishing the insides and think I should do it every time while my supplies are still out. Do you generally decorate the insides of the cards you create?

More to come. Thanks for stopping by!

Papertrey Ink September Blog Hop

Such a coincidence that Papertrey's Blog Hop theme this month is wreaths since I JUST got the anniversary Birds and Blooms set. Works out perfectly since I don't have any other wreaths in my stash. I was a little iffy when I first got this set since I'm not really a wreath kind of girl. So iffy that I didn't want to transfer it to its permanent case yet. But after making this card and liking how it turned out, I think I'm gonna keep this set after all. The set seems to have lots of potential.

Thanks for taking a look and enjoy the rest of the Blog Hop!

Supplies:
Paper: PTI Royal Velvet, Neenah White
Stamps: PTI Birds & Blooms,Clearly Besotted Little Sentiments
Ink: PTI Royal Velvet, Plum Pudding, and Hibiscus Burst
Other: Simon Says Stamp Tilted Banners, Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangles