One Layer Papertrey Ink Harvest Berries All occasion cards

So, I have been super bad about using craft items recently!  I got this set from papertrey ink before christmas...in fact, I got another set at the same time and that one is the one I USED for my christmas cards.  Anyways.  I have been in love with their Januanry release but have promised myself to buy nothing till all stamp sets have been inked and used  a lot....or at least enough that I had gotten back their worth....  Not sure if that makes sense, but 8 cards here...I am gonna value them at 2.00 each.  Value total:  16.00  Stamp Set cost:  15.00  Yea!  I have gotten back the value of the stamps.  Plus, I like these cards so much that I will have to do a re-creation of them with a different sentiment.

I want to send these to my aunt who likes my cards, or give them to my mother (who loves green!), or give them in a tote bag (yet to be made) with envelopes to a friend to had our family over for dinner. 

It was nice to break it down....did some while dinner rolls were baking, some while chili was simmering and finished them off after the kids were in bed.  They are still drying now, but I am very happy about the results! 

Inks used are spanish olive versa magic for the dark leaves, and memento rich cocoa for the sentiment and the berries were stamped in the cocoa  then covered in the liquid pearls--ruby red.  The light solid ginko leaves were stamped in papertrey ink spring moss.  All stamps are from the Papertrey Ink Harvest Berries stamp set.  Ivory cardstock (some on SU, some papertrey)

Just so I remember to get up before the kids so they don't get into them before I do!

Entering the challenge contest at Truly Scrumptious for something forgotten....both the liquid pearls and the Papertry Stamps are both unused before now!

Flourishes Tag Birthday card

A nice little simple card for a almost tweener.  I decided on the tag design from the Flourishes Challenge.  Thanksfor the inspiration!  Magnolia stamp is from Flourishes.

I wish I could be  in the christmas spirit flourishes style...but alas, no christmas tags for me since I still don't own a christmas set from them!  Eventually I guess!...

flourishes double embossing challenge

I was moved....for the first time in months to make a few cards. The flourishes blog challenge was to double emboss and although I have seen this done, seen the tutorials before, I have never tried it and wanted to make a card for a friend who we visited this past weekend (after not seeing each other for a YEAR!!! Yep, we only live 3 hrs apart! How sad are we! Kids really get in the way of things sometimes!

Anyways, I made a flourishes card using only sentiments from cherries/peaches set of theirs. I am hoping to be the lucky one who wins....I would really love to get a new set from them partly for free! I don't have a christmas set from them and would really love a few of them. So cross your fingers for me!

I used a cuttlebug folder and a spellbinder label to double emboss (check out splitcoast for a tutorial...or a link from the flourishes blog post)

Although I didn't do much on the inside, I did emboss the sentiment in bronze (as I did on the sentiment on the outside) I thought the quote "true friends grow separtely without growing apart" is perfect for us because although we NEVER talk and rarely see each other...whenever we visit, it is just as if nothing had ever changed or is uncomfortable. Love that. I intend to make our visits much more frequent...especially since my 6 yr old really enjoyed her 3yr old!

I also made a christmas card with the same double emboss technique using papertrey ink stamp set called in the meadow. LOVE THIS SET! Will see many christmas card this year using this set!

Froggie Birthday-Masculine

I am trying really hard to make several boyish or masculine cards since I tend to only make girly ones. This froggie is a digi from all that scraps and I love him! fun, plus can be for girls or boys or men! Yea for versatile!

pale yellow green CS base is from Papertrey ink along with the tag die/stamp from tiny tags.

Froggie is colored with YG 17, 3, 1 copics along with the balloon too. print paper is from colorbok "english moss' that I just got from Joannes on Thursday.

That paper had been sitting with a few other items bought with birthday money on my desk....mocking me....waiting for me to play, but I couldn't get away till today to actually create something with my new stuff! Still haven't broken in my punches, but I will get to those very very soon!

No....the balloon is not like that. My printer went crazy...don't know what happened, but another printed normal, but I colored the frog so nice that I wasn't going to do it over again.

Pixie Cottage Challenge for birthday cards challenge

Halloween card

This card is for the Kraftin Kimmie Challenge of spooky cards...well, I don't have any of the halloween stamps, so I had to improvise. Since Drucilla here is a little crazed with her little Pins in her friend, I figured she would work out nicely for the halloween card. I never make halloween cards....so this brought me out of my comfort zone. I had the skull/crossbones paper from Hobby Lobby a long time ago....and had even had this stamp in mind when I bought it! The Orange cs is embossed with my cutting plate for my cuttlebug (yep, weird, but makes a nice texture without being overly strong) Distessed the edges of both cs. I used a spellbinder label die and the out of box technique.

The Layout is based on the Sketch on Sketch Saturday.

copics in YR's and C's

Negative Space Baby Boy Card

My Friend just had a baby boy on Tuesday morning and I needed a card! I used the challenge over at Charisma Cardz challenge for the use of negative space where at least 2/3rds of the card is to be blank. This ends up being perfect because in order to get my husband to sign it, the card did need to be nice and plain.

BG copics colored the Hippo from a TAC stamp set that starts with silly, but I can't remember the rest of the name. The sentiment and tag die comes from Papertrey Ink tiny tags. The Grey ribbon is SU taffeta from forever ago! I also entered this into the Blue Greens Challenge at the Copic creations challenge.

Cherries fresh from the farm Thank you card!

Challenges entered into: Flourishes Farm Fresh--Cute Card Thursday--circles--Wrap it in Ribbon at Pixie Cottage Challenge--

Flourishes Cherries and Peaches set provides the image, colored with copics Rs and YGs. Cut out with Spellbinders using the out of box techinque and Sponged with antique linen distress ink.

DCWV red textured cardstock for both, all distressed with timholtz vintage photo distress ink and the ribbon is from RABOM (ribbons and bows oh my.com)--dk brown satin.

Sentiment is from a Papertrey set (out on a limb? not sure off the top of my head...it was out on the desk and I need to find its home! )
Hope you like! thanks for looking!

Flourish CASE challenge

Challenge of the day...to CASE a flourishes designer or someone who is a friend or the such.

Here is the card I cased....Honestly, I really had a hard time finding one I wanted to case as I have become a more simple card maker and am not into too much stuff on my cards. They are lovely, but I have a hard time taking gorg cards and simplifing... I think it is the influence of my husband who prefers it that way....and since my 6yr old loves everything I make, is the the only adult critic I show things to on a frequent basis! :) I live to please! :)

Flourishes Peaches stamp set with SU cardstock and designer paper from a scrap kit....probably from long ago. Michaels cheap orange satin ribbon....twine that found on Amazon for cheap to make my order up to a 25$ to get my free shipping :) hehe... the tag is a sticker from the SU kit also. Copics were YG 03, 17, 67--YR 07, 04 and some other one or two.

Image cut out with Out of Box technique with spellbinder label and backed with the same die.

Bright and Beachy Birthday Card!

In about 2 weeks our families will be coming together to celebrate 8 birthdays for June and July....and I will need several girly cards and felt inspired to actually create!

My card features K and company patterned paper (summery set on clearance forever ago.)

Silver cord on the right hand side from SU.

The Mermaid from Kraftin Kimmie is colored in Copics and mounted on pumpkin SU cardstock.

3 random brown rhinestones from clearance somewhere.

Tag made from Papertrey Ink die with "wish big" stamped 4 times from the matching "Tiny Tags" Stamp Set.

The Happy Birthday sentiment at the top is from Papertrey Ink set "Its a Celebration"

I love this card. Bright and Cheery, sunny and Beachy and Fun and not too busy that my husband didn't like it!

Hot Hot Hot challenge at Papertake weekly challenge for hot colors (orange/yellow)

Beachy challenge from Totally Papercrafts Challenge--I added the sand so she would be beachin it under the sea....closest stamp I had for a beachy scene.

Kraftin Kimmie for Tag Challenge

Sketch from Saturday Challenge

My craftin Mojo just finally came back after my copic class at my local stamp store and have actually kept making things. I made several items after the monday class, then here today I made little mermaid and started several other items! Thanks for looking!

Papertrey Challenge: Make it Monday #21

Challenged to do a Polaroid 2step masking.

I did 2 because my first doesn't show the technique as well, but I still loved the card that I finished it and have a plan for the person I am going to send it to! Out on a Limb stamp set from PaperTrey Ink, along with the sentiment and die cut from there also. Tiny tags or something. Cuddlebug folder on the Brown SU cardstock embossing....looks like twigs. Both Inks for the Branches/Berries are Tim Holtz Distress Inks (vintage photo and lipstick stain) And finished off with twine I got from Amazon.com

HERE is the challenge and her sample, and video tutorial of how to do it!

Green Card is unknown cardstock, migh be SU, Kraft CS and Stamp set is Masculine Motifs from Papertrey Ink. The kids and I went on a nature hike and saw several blue dragon flies and lots of green leafs, so that is the inspiration for this card. I never have manly cards hanging around, so I am making the effort with this birthday card.

Thanks for looking!

Sympathy Cards

Just a few days ago, an old friend's grandparent died. I have been feeling for her since I lost my own sister in October. Alhough I don't think I have talked to her since High School, she is on facebook with me and I felt moved to make something to send to her. I don't know if I ca find her address, but at the least, I could send it to her parent's house and it would eventually make it her way.


Entering into the Saturday Challenge found here...for dry or heat embossing, of which, I have both!




This is the first completed card that I have made in over 2 months....or maybe more. Hard to tell. Life starts to blurr together when you have 3 kids @ 2, 4, and 6!






I was inspired by a blog from Papertrey Ink at this post. A jungle I did not have...so I used the background style like her with my copics, similar but not exact colors (my collection is large, but not "I have hundreds of followers of my blog" large!).

Top to bottom the colors of mine are BG 49, BG 10, YG03, YG17, BG15

I did use the Stampin Up Lovely as a Tree stamp set and the Papertrey Ink Out on a limb for the sentiment. I think it turned out as a nice clean and simple but stunning card. thank you Nichole Heady for your inspiration/case!

Now...off to google and see if I can find her address or send off an email to find it! :) Thanks for looking!

Up and Away Birthday!

I have been inspired by several challeges today....

• Cupcake Craft Challenge for Up in the Air and option green (have a little green)
• Double Dutch challenged for a creation (not into recipie cards, but bunny has a cupcake!)
• Crafts 4 eternity gave me the color palette of aqua, green, purple
• Sketch n stash gave me the design layout with their sketch
• Crazy Challenge challenged us to use brads or eyelets
• Creative inspirations challenged us to make an Easel Card (this is my first one!! had to look up the tutorial on splitcoaststampers.com so I could do it!!)
• And finally Paper Sundaes challenged us to keep it simple, and I think I did that very well!

The cardstock is Stampin Up, dewdrops are fakes from Michaels. Aqua paper and patterned paper I got from TAC years ago, called a little Whimsy. Perfect for the color challenge!! I used Copics to color in the Lili of the Valley stamp, which is my first time using him! So cute! (c03,05-bg000, 02, 05--yg01, 03, 17-v09, 06)

Black brads was from SU when I was a demo, which was before i was a mother! And my oldest is 5.5yrs old!!! Come to think of it, all my SU stuff is that old! I have only bought black, metallic and white cs and have never had to buy more color CS because I had bought so much as a demo!!

Sweet Windswept Spring Birthday

It has been a long time since I have been craftin and I almost didn't get to make anything today because I couldnt find my C pad for my cuttlebug!!!! Grrrr....but I found it under my nose and I got busy.






Today, I have been challenged by THE SUGAR BOWL to use a sketch, BELLS AND WHISTLES and MAGICAL MONDAYS to think spring, and KABOODLE DOODLES for a birthday card.





This card will be for my mother, whose birthday is in April and she loves green. Although I used brown, those greens/yellows just make it scream spring to me!

Sugar Nellie image Windswept stamped on Papertrey Ink CS colored in copics (YG00,01,03, 17 and E30, 33 35), cut out with a Spellbinder die

Distress inks anique linen around edges and image and sentient. Distress ink Walnut stain is the sentiment, from Gina K.

Cardstock is all from SU, cuttlebug embossed, sewn on, and faux Michaels dewdrops

Thanks for looking. Hoping that tonight I will make two others, either masculine or boyish or kinda neutral!

Kraftin Kimmie Lily Lemon Friendship card

Little Miss Lilly Lemon from Kraftin Kimmie is gracing the cover of this sweet friendship card. I chose the colors from the copic challenge blog and already had Lilly colored, so I added the purple and flew with it. Details of the card are as follows....

• patterned paper from DCWV Once Upon a Time stack
• cs from SU, purple cut with spellbinder nestie
• sentiment from Papertrey Ink "in celebration" set, and used corner rounders
• Image from Kraftin Kimmie colored in copics, cut out with a spellbinder nestie with out of box technique.
• Straight stitch and ribbon help to add a little umph. ribbon from Oriental trading company
• Antique linen distress inks from tim holtz
• bow easy used for bow.

Challenges entered into...

• Kraftin Kimmie for scallops
• Crafty Catz for friendship
• Copic Creations Challenge (colors opposite on color wheel)

Lili of the Valley Stamps AND a Clean and Simple Birthday

• Today I made 2 cards, one with my NEW Lili of the Valley Stamps from the UK and one with Papertrey Ink "In Celebration" stamp set.
  
• The first is this adorable little gal, whom is colored with copics (r20, 24, 27) and I used tip to tip technique since I didn't have the R22 color to blend well. I think it went rather nicely. I learned this at a 4 hr copic class from a certified copic gal Dionne (her blog here)
  
  
• CS is from SU, patterned paper is DCWV Whimsy stack, silver satin ribbon from Michaels, silver embossing, sewing machine, Spellbinders circle, big scallops and fancy tags. Sentiment is from Gina K along with the oval stamp around it. Embellished with faux dew drops from Michaels. Stickles on wings, wand and antaneas are "icicles". I love the end look. She is just so stinkin adorable!

Challenges entered:

• anything but a square--rectangles circles oval, but no square! at Cupcake craft challenge


• Show us a Circle at Lili of the Valley Challenge


• Papertake Weekly Challenge is anything goes with option of something old....well, those dew drops are over 2 yrs old....


• And...for the Pixie Cottage Challenge...something cute! If this card isn't cute...don't know what is!

• The Clean and Simple card is for my husband's birthday which is in 5 days and must be simple because he doesn't like a bunch of stuff. All stamping from the Papertrey Ink set mentioned above. Silver paper is from a package of shimmer paper from Michaels. Silver embossing, black ribbon from Michaels and that is about all for this one!

Challenges Entered into

• Gorjuss Challenge for black and....(one color--Mine is silver!)


• Charisma Cardz Challenge for black, white and one other color

MY GOAL for MARCH: Make 2 cards "not girly" for ever 1 that I make girly. I did make two of the CAS today, the other has a different sentiment and is going into the donated to Kindergarten gift basket for a raffle later this month.

I just find that I make what I love the most, but need to branch out into cards that other people might enjoy also. . . and I enjoy making them, but it is not my passion.

Lovely Charlotte Birthday card

I just recently got Charlotte from the Kraftin Kimmie birthday sale. I have always just loved her and now that my 18m baby girl is now starting to love on baby dolls, well, it is even more perfect!

I actually had her done and almost ready to put on the card for last week's challenge, but never could make it look quite right....so she just sat unfinished most of the week on my desk. So I decided to just hurry up, and make it into a challenge card for this week, which is a sketch...can view here.

Stripe paper from KandCompany stack from summer. Green and brown CS from SU. Green CS embossed with a cuttlebug folder. Brown cs cut with Nestie. Happy Birthday stamp from GIna K designs, and of course Charlotte has bee colored with copics.

She will also be put into the Kindergarten "keep in touch" basket that will be in the auction at the carnival at Alexandra's school.

Apple Thank you

A thank you card with the main image from Flourishes and entered into their challenge which was use 3 pattern papers. I colored the image with copics and since the apples and flowers were warm colors, I entered it into the Copic Creation Challenge also. I actually used 2, the brown diecut with a nestie and the tag that has the sentiment on it was a wood grain pattern. I created a patterned paper with cuttlebug and then distressed it. bright. I also used the diamond pattern or checks...which is the challenge over at Totally Gorjuss Challenge.

The green cs is from SU, the pattern papers from DCWV recycled pack. Sentiment is from Gina K designs. All the papers were distressed using Tim Holtz inks...walnut and main image with linen. The ABC challenge was to make old-fashioned and that is what I used the distressing inks for....plus I liked how it toned down the green, which was very bright. I think it was the green galore!

This card will be put in a basket for a "keep in touch" theme at my oldest child's kindergarten class. It will be in an auction at the carnival. Hope people like what I am doing!

Celebrate Sugar Bowl Style!!

Today I was able to get to the crafting area. So nice of those people to leave me all alone for just a LITTLE while. Not long, but long enough to make a card for a few challenges!

Image is Sugar Nellie colored with copics

Sentiment is a freebie from TAC-embossed in black.

Pattern paper is from DCWV old world mat stack.

CS is black SU and unknown white! :)

Ruffled black ribbon from RABOM

The layout is a sketch from the SugarBowl Challenge along with color inspiration

Embossing is the Challenge at the Pixie Cottage.

Stampin for the weekend challenged us to Monocromatic.

Happy Little Mermaid!

What a sweet little Mermaid! Arianna from Kraftin Kimmie was colored in copics and cut out with Nesties and out of box technique--YOUtube video here, Splitcoast Stampers tutorial here

I used the Sketch Saturday to inspire my layout.

Nestie Label in SU pink cs, pierced and edged in stickles.

Brown SU cs and DCWV glitter CS in aqua are both cut with scalloped edge punch & layered.

Pattern paper with swirls is from K&company stack.

White organdy ribbon from RABOM and pink grosgrain ribbon from SU many moons ago!

Tiny pearls in corners.

Challenges:

Paptertake weekly--glitz--glittery aqua paper, shimmer on the organdy ribbon, stickles on the nestie edges

sketch saturday--slightly modified-bow instead of sentiment

Truly scrumptious--swirlys and pearls--swirly patterned paper, swirly hair and tail, pearls in corners.

7 Kids College Fund: Square...nuff said

Lillth in love....

Made for Valentines day and several challenges, here is Lilth in love.

Kraftin Kimmie stamp colored with copics, peach paper unkown CS, patterned paper is an old DCWV stack...so old I don't know when and the stack fell apart a long while ago.

Because she is in love and a valentine.... I sponged distess ink in worn lipstick around her. What a nice rosey glow of love it made. I just got it yesterday, so I had to use it!!! I was very excited!

Her feet stick out just a tad from the circle nestie by using the out of the box technique found on splitcoast

The peach cardstock was lightly sponged with distress ink walnut stain. Helps it stand out more as the peach was too pale.

The chocolate chip CS from SU is sponged over a template of tim holtz's with a flourish. I used the walnut stain again. Very faint but adds some texture without being overwhelming. This might be for my darling Husband, and he doesn't like too much crazy stuff on cards. Whenever he watches as I browse on blog hops or whatnot, he often "scoffs" at the over embellished cards....and only seems to allow it at christmas. He is odd....I guess, or I am...who knows!

The "love" stamp is from TAC and was sponged with walnut and the circle is a faux brad was made by using the stencil's tag that had a hole to hang it on the hook at the self...and sponged again in walnut.

Entering in several challenges:

STAMPING FOR THE WEEKEND**Valentine**

CUPCAKE CHALLENGE**Seeing Red**

KRAFTIN KIMMIE CHALLENGE**Seeing Red**

SKETCH SATURDAY--**Sketch**