Happy Birthday - PTI Style!

Hi there! Have you seen what's new at Papertrey Ink?! Well, first of all, they are having a month long celebration of their 4th Anniversary - Congratulations! Each and every day they are celebrating and sharing some awesome features, ideas, freebie downloads...it's very exciting!

I was so inspired by their new Make It Monday Series that I had to play along! Each week, they will post a video and you can Make It too! Go check it out for yourself...HERE!

The first one shows a Sentiment Card...here are the details on mine. I combined all the Happy Birthday sentiments I could find from several PTI sets...Birthday Bash Sentiments, Delightful Dahlia, Tea for Two Additions and Floral Fusion (sorry, no link for that one!). I also used the tiny butterfly from the Places, Please stamp set! I added a bit of pink and green ribbon, a MFT die cut butterfly, a few pearls, a Sizzix flourish die cut and a sweet little beaded pin!

Challenges:
Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge - Sentiment Card
Just Us Girls #70 - Sketch
Curtain Call Act 68 - Colors: Melon, White, Green, Pink

Fall Harvest Apple Basket

Edit: This little basket won Honorable Mention at JustRite Friday Challenge 038, Top 3 at Really Reasonable Ribbon and Top 3 at the Fairy Fun Friday Challenge!




I hope you are having a great weekend. Before I make dinner I wanted to share a little project I have been working on today! It's a basket I made from a tutorial on The Pink Elephant challenge blog. The tutorial calls for using a brown paper bag, but I wanted mine to be a little sturdier, so I used decorative paper instead. It was really easy to put together and only uses one piece of paper!



The JustRite Friday Challenge this week is to make a Fall 3-D project and I thought this would be perfect for the occasion! I stamped my Autumn Blessings image and border with Memento Rich Cocoa on Neenah off white paper and colored it with copics. I really like this image and I had fun coloring it up too! I inked up the edges with Memento Bamboo Leaves and mounted it on some pumpkin colored paper cut with Spellbinders dies.

I added all the extras like a few Queen & Co. pearls on my image, some pumpkin ric rac, a shiny red organdy bow and some rustic leaves cut with my new Heartfelt Creations dies also made by Spellbinders. The handle has a brad attaching it to the basket on each side. I think I will use this on Thanksgiving as a side table decoration!

Challenges:
JustRite Friday Challenge 038 - Fall Holiday 3-D project
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #86 - Harvest Home
Color Throwdown #112 - Red, pumpkin, green
Really Reasonable Ribbon #9 - Fall plus ribbon
Simon Says Challenge - It's Autumn
Fairy Fun Friday #36 - Ric Rac
Curtain Call #50 - color inspiration

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget about my Follow Me blog candy...you can find it HERE...until October 17th!

Wishing You Bouquets of Joy!

*this is my second post today, so scroll down if you are looking for my Creative Inspirations post!

Good morning to everyone! It's Sunday and that means it's time for another Paper Sundaes Challenge...this week we are challenging you to use your Fall or Halloween colors and our fabulous sponsor is Simon Says Stamp! You could win a gift certificate to go shopping there, so head on over and check it out...you can find the challenge here! You'll want to check out the other Design Team members creations too - you're in for a treat!


As a matter of fact, you can find this adorable little Crafty Secrets stamp set at Simon Says Stamp...right here! It's called Bouquet of Joy and this sweet-faced little girl was so much fun to color...and what a bouquet! I used my copics to color these flowers in all the yummy Fall colors! Then I cut it out using my Spellbinders Standard Circles Large and Petite Scalloped Circles sets and mounted it to this perfect October Afternoon paper.

I just love the font they used for this sentiment too - it's so very vintage! It was cut out using my Spellbinders Fancy Tags and then attached to another piece of green cardstock cut with the same die. A little sparkle was added with some bling in the holes of this gorgeous coral colored lace! I finished it off with a couple of pearls and a matching satin ribbon!

I hope you'll join us this week over at Paper Sundaes!


Other Challenges:
Colour Q #50 - cherry, peach, pear, espresso, white
InStyle Stamps September Color Challenge - Fall is in the Air
Curtain Call Act 48 - poppy, razzleberry, white, green, peach
Gina K's Design Team Challenge - Fall Activity/Memory - flowers I get for my birthday in October are always in these colors!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to come back tomorrow for some very exciting news and some blog candy!

My Friend...

What a beautiful day today! I hope your day is going well...I just got home from work and wanted to share this beauty with you! I made this for my friend (obviously!) for her birthday!


I found this great 4x6 paper pad in a discount store somewhere and all the papers are neutral colors and are irridescent (see inset picture), embossed or textured in some way! I wanted to use the colors of the Curtain Call Color Challenge and I didn't really have the right "concord crush" so I took my sapphire blue ribbon and a couple different RV shades of copics and made it the right color!

For The Shabby Tea Room this week, the theme is old meets new...well, my new are these great Waltzing Mouse stamp sets which I just inked up for the first time. They match my old item which is the Spellbinders Nesties Labels 10. I tried something new too! I accidentally smudged my ink on the edge of the flowers and I really liked it...it softened the hard lines and made it sort of watercolor-like! So, then I grabbed a white pencil eraser and wet it ever so slightly every once in a while and smudged the rest of the lines... I'm curious to know what you think about this look!

I added a yummy silk bow, a couple of pearls and I thought it would be interesting to stamp my sentiment right onto the leaf! I'm really happy with how this turned out. I hope you like it too!

Challenges:
The Shabby Tea Room #25 - Old Meets New
Curtain Call Color Challenge - Act 45
Waltzing Mouse #12 - Sketch
The Pink Elephant #82 - Mostly White

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamps: Waltzing Mouse Roses in Bloom and Vintage Labels 10
Inks: Memento - Rich Cocoa, Pear Tart; ColorBox Blue Iris, Cerulean, Lime Pastel
Paper: Bazzill cardstock, Canson irridescent paper
Spellbinders: Labels 10
Other: Silk ribbon, Recollections pearls, Distressed Stickles Peeled Paint

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

thank you...sugar

Edit - this card was chosen as a Colour Q Courtier card for Colour Q #47!


I can't decide if this is retro or modern?...or a touch of both! But, what I do know is that it was so much fun to make...I am loving this paper from American Crafts and oh, how it takes you back to vintage kitchens with metal and colored table sets...colored appliances and fun, funky colors!

I started with the inspiration photo at Deb's Simple Treasures blog. She is giving away a copy of the Card Style Magazine she won since she already had one! Then I gathered up my sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You this week and the palette that also matches from Curtain Call Act 44 and I was ready to go!

I stamped the sugar bowl image on BoBunny double dot cardstock and cut it out with my craft knife. I knew I needed a tiny sentiment so I paired up the thank you with the sugar label and made a cutesy sentiment! I added this yummy white ruffly ribbon and some bright red pearls, a polka dot flower and I tied the tiny tag to the handle of the sugar bowl with embroidery floss!

I really hope you like it - I really did have fun with this one!

p.s. the yellow looks so orangy in this photo, but it's really yellow...I swear!

Challenges:
Simple Treasures - Card Style Magazine Giveaway - colors and theme!
2 Sketches 4 You - sketch!
Curtain Call Act 44 - turquoise, daffodil, poppy and white!
Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger - inspiration photo
Color Q #47 - poppy, mustard, turquoise, gray, white!

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamps: PTI Tea for Two Additions
Inks: ColorBox Chestnut Roan and Lipstick Red
Paper: AC Abode, Bazzill cardstock, BoBunny dbl. dot cardstock
Other: Spare Parts ribbon, Queen & Co. pearls, Prima and Making Memories flowers, embroidery floss and tiny tag from stash

Thanks for stopping by!

Every day moments...

I almost forgot that I won't be here to post this one before the challenge deadline, therefore, I have to post it tonight. So, just the details here...gotta go!

Challenges:
Taylored Expressions Sketch #124 - fabulous sketch!
Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger - An Exercise in Exotic
Curtain Call Act 43 - kiwi, turquoise, white and tangerine

My Crafty Recipe:
Paper: Fancy Pants Daily Grind, LYB Delightful, vellum
Inks: ColorBox blue lagoon, lime pastel and amber clay
Other: Fiskars scalloped edge punch, Prima flowers, Queen & Co. pearls

Have a great night and thanks for stopping by!

you brighten my day...

Good morning! I have a card to share before I go to work today.

This one is for a few challenges and I just love the fall colors people are starting to choose for color challenges these days (although I'm a pink girl at heart!) So, I decided to play for the first time at Curtain Call. I love Stacy's choices in color combinations and I finally made a card in time! I had so much fun with inking up edges and combining different elements on this one!

I have to leave, so I'll just give you the deets!

Challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations #71 - photo
Curtain Call Act 42 - green, peach, brown, vanilla
Crazy 4 Challenges #49 - cupcake!
Sketch For You to Try - sketch!

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamp: Lockhart floral cupcake, Hero Arts sentiment
Inks: Memento Rich Cocoa and tuxedo black
Paper: MAMBI Fashion District and glitter paper
Spellbinders: Classic Lace Border, Standard Circles Lg.
Copics: E11, E13, E57, G82, R22, YR000, YR02, W3
Other: Fiskars eyelet edge punch, K & Co. bling, pop dots, metal "delight" from stash

Thanks for stopping by!