Touch of Glitter

OK, I admit it, I don't like glitter. I always hated it when my girls came home with art projects with glitter on it. I hate when glitter is on the table, floor, and everywhere. I own glitter but I rarely use it. So I surprised myself when I used it for this thank you card.

I wanted to create a bountiful panel of pretty flowers (my favorite Mums The Word set) in red and pinks (ColourQ's challenge colors this week) and nestle the sentiment (Mama Elephant) within the flowers. Done. But the card needed a little something. So I decided to raise the panel higher instead of centering it and I adhered a strip of Scor-Tape and burnished some glitter on it. Kinda like the sparkle on the card. What do you think?

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ColourQ #227

Red and pink are in the air with Valentine's Day coming up next week. So when ColourQ's colors this week featured a lovely mix of red and pinks, I had to make another love themed card.

I stamped the letters in the various colors of PTI Raspberry Fizz, Sweet Blush, and Scarlet Jewel with the heart period in red.
Then I embossed the top of the heart around the letters and put the panel on Raspberry Fizz cardstock.

I already have a Valentine's card for my DH so I think I will donate this card to Operation Write Home.

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You and Me

Red and teal - two of my favorite colors to create with. Both of them together? Fun challenge at Dynamic Duos this week! So I was very excited to play with these two colors to create a clean and simple card that goes with the cue card at CASology this week - AND.

Hmm...once I saw the word AND, I immediately thought of the PTI Grand Ampersand set which has yet to be inked. And since Valentines Day is next week, of course a card for my husband was in order.

For this card I wanted the ampersand to be front and center so I diecut it in the middle of the white panel and put the words on either side. I added a small red heart as a sort of period to this simple sentiment. I backed the ampersand with a pretty piece of heart paper from Fancy Pants and matted the panel with several colors.

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Happy Cards

I'm so done with snow, the cold and school being canceled. So I'm back today with some happy cards I made to cheer me up when I see this outside my window this morning AGAIN (after being woken up at 5am to be notified about school)!

When I saw the Lizzy Jones's February Color Play palette the other day, I knew I just had to make a card with these colors. Such a happy and pretty combination.

My card design is inspired by the Clean & Simple Stamping challenge. I used a sentiment from PTI Half & Half and cut several of the Snowflake Flurries dies in Aqua Mist, Hibiscus Burst (with Raspberry Fizz stamped on it), and Sweet Blush. Topped them all of with an enamel dot.

My second happy card uses the Simon Says Stamp Absolutely die. I always forget I have it and each time I use it, I kick myself for not using it more often.

I cut the Absolutely panel using Pure Poppy patterned cardstock and stamped scattered circles from Sketched Shapes in red and teal to go along with the colors at Dynamic Duos this week. Love how these two bold colors look against the white.

Hope these cards bring you a bit of sunshine in this cold. And if its not cold where you are, please send your warmth our way!
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Reasons To Celebrate

I have a great reason to make a card this week - my niece Audrey is due into the world any day now. Yay! Here's a card I made to include with a package of cute clothes I'm sending to her.

My SIL sent me a picture of her room and the colors of her crib bedding inspired me to make this colorful card using the Happy Hexagons set. Her bedding matches exactly to the inks I used - PTI Hawaiian Shores, Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Hibiscus Burst, and Soft Stone. I used the stitched diagonals banner across to feature her name (love personalizing cards!) in the new PTI polka dot alphabet set. Kinda reminds me of a baby's patchwork quilt, no?

I'm linking this card to this week's Colour Me challenge which is Colour Me....Creative meaning anything goes, 5 colors, my choice. What could be more perfect than that?

Making that card inspired me to make another Celebration card. This time for my stash. Hopefully someone will have some to celebrate soon!

I wanted to make an elegant celebration card. I stamped the Celebrate sentiment and I used the champagne bubbles from PTI Propose A Toast as if the bubbles were coming out of the words. I scattered some rhinestones along the bubbles to add to the celebratory feel. Everything is done in various shades of purple for the CASology challenge because purple is a very elegant color to me.

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CASology Purple

So what's PURPLE mean to me? Well, its not a color I use often in my crafting, my clothing, or in my house. So I thought about purple in terms of the emotion or feeling it brings. For me, purple is regal and elegant so that's what I thought of when picking out my images for my card for this week's CASology challenge.

For this card, I used the pretty image from PTI Round Repeats and stamped it off the card in PTI Royal Velvet and Winter Wisteria ink. And I topped the center off with a purple toned pearl.

Thanks so much for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday Cards

Birthday cards are on my agenda this week. I'm checking in with three birthday cards today that I want to share.

First card is for my nephew who is turning 2 next week. The card doesn't scream little boy in design but I think the colors are boyish enough and the card is cute (just like he is!). Card design inspired by the CAS(E) this Sketch #61 challenge.

Next card is a bit more sophisticated using the colors of dark pink, black, and grey for the Dynamic Duos challenge.

I cut the chevron plate in hot pink dotted cardstock and placed it over the black for high contrast. Cluster of Ruby Rose flowers anchors the grey sentiment banner.

Last card is a bit more delicate in color. Color inspiration is from ColourQ this week which highlights kraft and several shades of pinks. The card design is inspired by the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches this week. I created a vase out of a frame image and stamped two of my favorite mums in two pinks. This Mums The Word set is one of my all-time favorite sets! And what's a card without some enamel dots to finish it off!

Hope you are warm wherever you are. Temperatures are freezing here in NJ and I'm counting the days until spring! Thanks for stopping by!

PTI Blog Hop Part 2 - Feathers in Pink

Hi! If you are looking for my Pre-LOAD Blog Hop post, scroll down below. Thanks!

So when my PTI package arrived this week I couldn't wait to play with the new Feather Finery set. I wanted to try that technique of embossing the feather in white and then watercolor over it. I see this done all over Pinterest and blogs so I had to try it and the feather is perfect.

So in honor of PTI's Blog Hop Pretty in Pink, I used various shades of pink and mounted the watercolor paper on Raspberry Fizz cardstock after I added a birthday sentiment.

But I had so much fun playing with the watercolors I couldn't stop there! I had to try it in different colors to make a set.

So here it is in blue....

purple....

and browns & greens....

This will make a nice little gift set or maybe I'll just keep them for myself.

Now I have to try this watercolor technique with other pretty images! Thanks for taking a peek.