Waiting for Irene

I am here just waiting for Hurricane Irene to come and decided to share a card.  It helped to take my mind off of things.  I am really worried!  The worst is not suppose to hit us until early Sunday.

The scale of kite to tail did not look right to me when I first made the card.  Here is the card when I originally finished it. 

So I took the kite off the card and added the a slightly larger backing to it.  Let me know what you think.

Much better!  Have a great rest of the weekend and be safe everyone!

Supplies

Stamps: Up, Up & Away (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: Melon Mambo (Stampin' Up) Kraft (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Melon Mambo and Whisper White Craft (Stampin' Up), Versamark (Tsukineko)
Baker's Twine: Pink Sorbet (The Twinery)

PTI Make It Monday #27 - Custom Copic Striped Ribbon

I hope everyone is having a great week.  Here is my card for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday challenge. This week we made our own striped ribbon with Copic Markers. I really liked how the ribbon came out and will definitely try this again.

Have a great day!

Supplies:

Clear Stamps:  Wildflower Garden (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock:  Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink), White (Georgia Pacific)
Paper:  2008 Bitty Dot Basics (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Peeled Paint, Fired Brick Distressed Inks (Ranger)
Markers:  R22, R24, R29, YG93, YG95 (Copic)
Ribbon:  Fresh Snow Classic Grosgrain (Papertrey Ink)
Other: Perfect Pearls (Ranger)

PTI Make It Monday #26 - Decreasing Apertures

Hope every one's summer is going well.  I can't believe it is already August!  Where is the time going?  I decided to participate in Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday challenge this week.  Here is my card using the decreasing apertures technique:

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day!

Supplies:

Clear Stamps:  Fruit Fusion: Grapes (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: Lavender Moon, Plum Pudding (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: 2008 Bitty Dot Basics (Papertrey Ink)
Ink:  Old Olive (Stampin Up), Black (Memento), VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Markers: V91, V99 (Copics)
Dies: Mat Stack 3, 1 3/4 Limitless Layers Circle Collection, Fruit Fusion: Grapes (Papertrey Ink), Large Pinking Circles (Spellbinders)
Embossing Powder: White (Stampin Up)

Summer Card Class Week 4

I hope everyone is enjoying the summer.  It was in the 90's today here and should be up in the 100's by Friday.  Hope you enjoy my card for this week's class.

Have a great day!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Sage Shadow (Stampin' Up), White (Georgia Pacific)
Rubber Stamps: Delicate Doilies, Curly Cute (Stampin' Up)
Ink: Chipped Sapphire, Bundled Sage, Weathered Wood, Peeled Paint (Ranger) VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Embossing Powder: White (Stampin' Up)
Glimmer Mist: Dazzling Diamonds (Tattered Angels)
Rhinestones: Silver (Kaiser Craft)

Summer Card Class - Week 3

Hope you like this week's card.  Thanks for stopping by.

Have a great day!
Supplies:

Clear Stamp:  Inside & Out Birthday (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock:  Kraft, Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink), White (Georgia Pacific)
Die: Doily Details C (Papertrey Ink)
Embossing Folder:  Provocraft (Not sure of the name)
Embossing Powder: White (Stampin' Up)
Ribbon: Fresh Linen (Papertrey Ink)

Summer Card Camp - Week 2

Here is my first card for the second week's color challange.  Hope you like it...

Supplies:

Clear Stamp: Inside & Out: Birthday (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Poppy Parade (Stampin' Up)
Cardstock: Summer Sunrise, Kraft (Papertrey Ink); Orange (American Crafts)
Paper: Lauderdale (Basic Grey), In Color Paper Patterns Pack 2010-2011 (Stampin' Up)
Dies: Make a Wish, Double Ended Banners (Papertrey Ink)
Seam Binding: Moss Green (Hug Snug)
Button: Basic Grey

Baby Card

All day I kept on thinking it was Friday and it wasn't just me...everyone I work with thought the same thing.  The card I am sharing today utilizes the Baby Button Bits from Papertrey Ink. Many of my friends are expecting so it is good to keep a supply of baby cards on hand.

Have a great day!

Supplies

Cardstock: Kraft (Papertrey Ink) Pink (Stampin' Up)
Clear Stamps: Baby Button Bits (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Classic Brown (Stampin' Up)
Ribbon: New Leaf (Papertrey Ink)
Button: Pink (Basic Grey)
Die: Doily (Papertrey Ink)
Floss: DMC

Other: Colored Pencils

Happy Birthday to a Rockin' Friend!

My friend's birthday is coming up and I thought I would use this week's color combo from the Summer Card Class to make her card.  Hope you enjoy!

Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Boy Basics Rock On (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: Purple (American Crafts), White (Georgia Pacific)
Paper: 2008 Bitty Dot Basics (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Broken China Distressed Ink (Ranger), Tuxedo Black Momento (Tsukineko)
Markers: RV13, RV19 (Copic)
Die: Rickrack, Guitar (Papertrey Ink)

Hot Air Balloon Time

Here is another card using the same rickrack balloons I used in my previous post.

Here is a closer look at the bigger balloon.  The rick rack strips were glued down to a block of white cardstock and then the cardstock piece was run through my Cuttlebug with the balloon die.

Have a great day!

Supplies:

Clear Stamp: Everyday Button Bits (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Basic Brown (Stampin' Up)

Cardstock: White (Georgia Pacific)

Paper: 2008 Bitty Dot Basics

Dies: Clouds; Up, Up & Away; Double Ended Banners (Papertrey Ink)



Summer Card Camp 2011 - Week 1

Here is my first card for this week's color combo. Strips of rickrack were glued to a square of cardstock before I passed it through my cuttlebug with the balloon die. I really like how this came out and am thinking about other shapes to use on.  Maybe Easter Eggs...

Supplies:

Clear Stamp: Up, Up & Away (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Melon Mambo (Stampin' Up)

Cardstock: Spring Rain, Summer Sunrise, Raspberry Fizz (Papertrey Ink); Rich Razzleberry (Stampin' Up) White (Georgia Pacific)

Paper: 2008 Bitty Dot Basics

Dies: Rickrack Border; Clouds; Up, Up & Away (Papertrey Ink)

Embossing Folder: Swiss Dots

Birthday Gift Card

Here is a small gift card.  The card is 3 x 3 and would be perfect to attach to a little birthday gift.

Have a great day!
Supplies

Cardstock: Summer Sunshine (Papertrey Ink), Green Galore and Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up)
Clear Stamps: Paper Tray (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Classic Brown (Papertrey Ink)
Button: Blue (Basic Grey)
Twine: Maraschino (The Twinery)
Dies: Flower, Leaves (Papertrey Ink)

Summer Thinking of You

How is your summer going so far?  Today I decided to work on a little summer thinking of you card.  I am longing to go to the shore...maybe tomorrow.  It is a very simple card with only one layer.  Hope you like it.

Rubber Stamps: Shore Thing, Curly Cute (Stampin' Up)
Cardstock: White (Georgia Pacific)
Ink: Melon Mambo, Basic Brown (Stampin' Up)

Flip-flops

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Summer is here!  Time to take out your flip-flops if you haven't yet.  I took the flip-flops from the Stampin’ Up set Sunny Fun and colored in with their markers.  The “hello” is from Papertrey Ink’s Mega Mixed Messages set.

Have a great day!

Supplies

Cardstock: White (Papertrey Ink) Melon Mambo (Stampin' Up)
Rubber Stamps: Sunny Fun (Stampin' Up)

Clear Stamps: Mega Mixed Messages (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Melon Mambo (Stampin' Up) Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Punches: Ovals (Stampin’ Up)

Markes: Various Colors (Stampin’ Up)

Twine: Pink Sorbet (The Twinery)

Ice Cream Cone

There is nothing like an ice cream cone on a hot day. An ice cream shop near where I live sells 28 different flavors of soft serve! Yummy! My favorite flavor is Amaretto. Here is a nice cool ice cream card for this hot day.

Have a great day!

Supplies

Cardstock: White (Georgia Pacific), Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up)
Paper: Melon Mambo Striped (Stampin' Up)
Rubber Stamps: Sweet Scoops, Curly Cute (Stampin Up)
Ink: Versamark (Tsukineko)
Embossing Powder: Melon Mambo (Stampin' Up)
Dies: Doily Details C, Limitless Layers 1 3/4" (Papertrey Ink)
Seam Binding: Moss Green (Hug Snug)

Happy Father's Day

My very first post!  Yippee!

Hello there!  Father’s Day is on Sunday and I wanted to share the card I made for my dad. He is a philatelist (stamp collector) so I knew I had to use Papertrey Ink’s stamp set Post Marks. In addition, I used Papertrey Ink’s My Hero, My Dad for the sentiments on the front and inside of the card. Since my husband also collects stamps, he helped me design the card. My husband also wants to make sure everyone realizes that philatelists are hip and cool people. :)

Have a great day!

Supplies:

Clear Stamps: Post Marks and My Hero, My Dad (Papertrey Ink)

Cardstock: Basic Grey, Sahara Sand (Stampin' Up) White (Papertrey Ink)

Die: Postage (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Fired Brick, Broken China, Black Soot, Bundled Sage, Chipped Sapphire, Forest Moss (Ranger), Versamark (Tsukineko)