ColourQ #243

I can't stop playing with Oopsie Daisy though I've only played with the stamps so far. Haven't yet touched the dies. Its a great set with lots of possibilities for color so I just had to use it with this week's ColourQ palette which screams happy and bright. It also uses purple which I have a lot of but never seem to use.

I stamped assorted sizes of the Daisy images and colored in the larger ones with the pretty ColourQ color. I love that this set has lots of individual petal designs.

Sentiment is from Wet Paint III.

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CASology #97

CASology's cue card this week is BEE.

I have to admit bees and I are not good friends so bee images are intentionally lacking in stamp stash. Let's just say that my house has also been home to bee hives hiding behind the siding which causes very confused bees to wander aimlessly around my house until they drop dead. Its not the flying bees that bothers me as we never really saw them. What freaked me out were the dozens of dead bees I'd find on the floor of my daughter's bedroom. Really gross.

ANYWAY, I did have a cute bee image from an older PTI set, All About You. To keep it simple, I stamped a block from Bitty Background Basics in the center in Memento Brilliance Yellow to ground my flying bee.

I'm loving these background blocks so I've been using them a lot lately. Hope you are having a great week. Thanks for visiting.

PTI May 2014 Blog Hop

Color challenges are my favorite so using the Aqua Mist-Melon Berry combo for this month's was very inspiring. I had all sorts of grand plans and ideas brewing but in the end time and life's circumstances got in the way this week so I only had time to make two cards yesterday.

I was very tempted to use the Life is Beautiful butterflies but I knew I'd be seeing a lot of them around the Hop today. I wanted to make two very different type of cards with this color combination.

First card uses the largest Delicate Details die. I randomly smeared Aqua Mist and Melon Berry inks on a white card stock panel which I then die cut. The Delicate Details die surprisingly cuts easily (I tend to be weary of intricate dies) if you run it through your machine with a couple of passes. Only a few pieces that I had to punch out thankfully.

I embossed the sentiment from Think Big Favorites in white on a banner of vellum which I draped across the center of the die cut. I love that the details of the die can still be seen through the vellum.

My second card has a more graphic feel.

I found three arrow dies still wired together (can't remember what set this is from!) so I die cut it three times on the card front. I paired these arrows with an inspirational sentiment from Building Blocks. I scattered a few enamel dots in charcoal and aqua mist to draw the eye down the sentiment.

Great weather here today! Looking forward to hanging out with friends later. DH is off from military duty today so we're blessed to spend the day with him today. May we all remember the fallen soldiers and their sacrifices which helped grant us the freedom to spend our days as we want to.

Looking forward to seeing everyone's creations on the Hop later. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great weekend!

CASology #96

What a great CUE word this week at CASology! Flowers are on my mind as I look out my window and see my beautiful bright pink azaleas and purple rhododendron in full bloom.

These flowers are from the new Oopsie Daisy PTI set. I'm excited to play with these more as there are so many design possibilities. Colors inspired by the fun bright palette at ColourQ this week.

Quick share today. Lots of fun stuff planned with friends this weekend. I'm a little behind with reading and commenting on blog posts this week...hopefully will get to them sometime this long weekend.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a good weekend too.

ColourQ #242

I have to admit that the bright colors at ColourQ scared me a bit...that is, until I got PTI Summer Sweetness in the house! Those colors were perfect for this fun set.

I stamped two rows of popsicles and masked a portion to stamp the sticks. I also added a few melting droplets next to each stamping twice without reinking.

I have lots of other ideas for this set and can't wait to play some more.

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CCMC #21

Spring is in the air and everyone has flowers and butterflies on the mind it seems.

Guess I had it on my mind too since I couldn't wait to play with the PTI Life is Beautiful butterflies. I don't have the stamp set yet but the dies are just wonderful.

I layered one of the intricate cut butterflies in Scarlet Jewel on top of a solid one cut out of Aqua Mist. The result is so pretty, almost looks like the butterfly has a shadow. I stamped an Aqua Mist square from Bitty Background Blocks in the corner to ground the butterfly and the sentiment is from Words of Comfort stamped in Dark Chocolate. Colors inspired by the pretty subtle palette at Colour Me this week.

I've been feeling a bit under the weather with the cold I caught from my girls but nothing made me happier than happy mail from PTI this week! Hope you are having a great week. Thanks for visiting!

Two For Saturday

Got a quiet weekend with the family planned this weekend. Its been a while since we've got a chance to just BE and not have to run to this and that, cook and entertain and be on the go. So before the weekend gets underway I wanted to share two cards.

First card is a small card using AMuse notecards I've been hoarding. Love that they are pre folded, smaller, and the inside is already white so I don't have to line the card stock. Inspiration came from this week's CASology challenge SPLASH. I used a fish image from Tiny Treats Valentines and added a circle from Sketched Shapes for the water.

Next card is for the ColourMe: Striking challenge which features a dark blue and a curry color. LOVE this color combination as it is good for both masculine and feminine cards. PTI released a new butterfly set this week with big open area wings which reminded me of this
old Hero Arts wooden butterfly stamp I have. I colored in some of the wing with dark yellow perfect pearls and added a glitter enamel dot. Die cut Hello is from PTI Phrase play. Sweet and simple I think.

Thanks for visiting and hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Make It Monday #164 & ColourQ #241

I haven't played along with Papertrey's Make It Monday challenge in a while but had to try this week's Clustered Stamp Sentiment technique.

I embossed the sentiment from Think Big favorites in clear on white card stock then stamped a variety of dots from the Bits & Buttons mini stamp set and Polka Dot Basics3. Colors were inspired by this week's ColourQ challenge.

This technique was fun and easy though for me the hardest part was mixing up the colors just right and making the dots that stem from the clustered sentiment appear random and floating.
Will have to try my hand at this technique again with different stamps and colors. The variety is endless!

Colors a little off in the pic....its very cloudy here in NJ and I'm using my phone to take the pics. Misplaced my little handy point and shoot. Ugh. Hoping it will turn up soon!

Thanks for visiting. Hope you are having a good day!