Wingin' It

Twistin' #94

2012-02-18T14:15:00.000-05:00

Here is my card for this week's challenge over at Twisted Sketches. This week the twist was 'Red' and I made a card for a friend of mine that just got engaged. I just love aqua and red together so I couldn't resist using these 2 paper. Head over to the Twisted site and try it out for yourself!

CAS'in #38

2012-02-06T20:22:00.000-05:00

The challenge at CAS-ual Friday's this week was to use a movie to inspire a card. I'm in full on Valentine making mode and one of the first things I thought of was a box of conversation hearts that a friend gave to me that were Twilight movie themed. I love the Twilight books/movies and it just seemed to fit perfectly. I had this Friendship Jar filler set with conversation hearts and just think it's so darn cute. I copic colored the hearts and then filled the jar area with glossy accents and voila! AND just in case you didn't believe me I added a photo of the Twilight candy :)

Lovin'

2012-02-06T20:13:00.001-05:00

I wanted to share a couple more Valentine's Cards that I dropped off to Re:Discover last week. The tree card was my husband's idea. I was showing him some of the new paper I bought and as soon as he saw that sheet he asked me if I was going to make it look like initials carved into a tree. I hadn't even thought of that so I was super happy for the inspiration!

CAS'in #37 & Paper Smooches Sparks

2012-01-30T17:33:00.000-05:00

I created this card using the sketch from CAS-ual Friday's and the love stamp and inspiration are from Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge! I love that this isn't your typically color scheme for a Valentine's Day card. I just love this lightbulb stamp, it is so darn cute! I stamped it on some ivory cardstock and colored it with some Copics (using the inspiration colors of mainly yellow & pastels in mint/teal). After that I added some glossy accents to give it a little something extra and also so it would look like an actual light bulb. I also loved the stitching on the inspiration photo flowers so I added some border stitching with my sewing machine. I think this is just a fun and cute card!

Clean & Simple Stampin' (#175)

2012-01-30T07:31:00.000-05:00

I'm back with another Valentine's Day card! For this card I used the sketch from Clean and Simple Stamping. I used a spellbinders set to cut the circles, I used an old scrap of sprayed pink paper to punch out the hearts and I heat embossed the sentiment. I also broke out the sewing machine for this one too stitching both edges with pink thread. This card is available on my Etsy page and at Re:Discover!

Twistin' #90

2012-01-21T08:00:00.002-05:00

I'm baccccckkkkkk with my first new Twisted Sketches card of 2012! I made this card using all new paper & and a new Spellbinders set that I won from my Play Date Cafe's challenge win! The ice cream is heat embossed and I used Papertrey Ink's Love Songs set again, I love that song and I love that sentiment!
Head over to Twisted Sketches this weekend for a new sketch with the "New" twist. Can't wait to see what everyone submits!

CAS'in #36

2012-01-20T17:51:00.000-05:00

Here's another valentine's day card that I made using inspiration from the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge where this week the challenge was to design a card using black & white only, not a speck of any other colors were allowed. This was definitely a challenge for me because I wanted to splatter red on this but love how it came out. I stamped the 'xo's' in the background with a border stamp from Papertrey Ink's Love Songs set. After adding the scallops & twine, I heat embossed the sentiment on the scalloped circle and then popped it up on some foam squares. I then popped that cute white heart in the center and popped that up on a foam square as well.

Kraftin'

2012-01-18T18:36:00.000-05:00

I made this Valentine's Day card just for fun! I just love this sentiment from the Papertrey Ink's Love Songs set. I have been seeing kraft on kraft a lot lately on all of the crafting blogs and I just love it for it's clean and simple look. I posted this one in my Etsy shop and made a 2nd one to sell at re:Discover!

Pleatin'

2012-01-07T15:07:00.000-05:00

This is the first time I am playing along with the Papertrey Ink Make it Monday challenge over on Nichole Heady's blog, I can't believe I've never done this before! I watch the videos almost every week. This week you got to choose which technique you wanted to use - I chose pleated ribbon for this little Valentine's Day card. It's such a fun detail and really gives the card a little something extra. I used the Papertrey Ink set - Love Songs - for the valentines sentiment, I cut the heart out of felt on my Cuttlebug and threaded a button in the center with some bakers twine.

Clean & Simple Stampin' (#171)

2011-12-31T15:08:00.000-05:00

This card is for the current sketch challenge over at Clean & Simple Stamping. I had to make a birthday card for my talented, crafty friend Jess and needed some inspiration so this was the perfect sketch to get me going. I just went to my LSS over this past week and bought a bunch of Valentine paper & accessories so I just had to break into it a little for Jess's card. I'm a bit burnt out from making Christmas cards so I wanted to do something totally different and girly and pink. I got to use my new October Afternoon Sprinklers on this which makes me far too excited (I used the Sprinklers on the graph paper in the background)! I decided to stick with the sketch and use a square layout which I don't do very often. I'm going over to Jess's house tonight for a NYE party so I hope she doesn't see this post before I give her the card!

CAS'in #33

2011-12-30T10:45:00.000-05:00

This week's CAS-ual Friday challenge is to create a clean and simple project using kraft & twine so I am going to share one last Christmas card! I wanted to keep it simple so that it appeared masculine since I planned to give this card to my dad. I used a vintage book for the corner turn up and I distressed the edges with some scissors and then wrapped a whole buncha' twine around the whole thing.

Sidewalkin'

2011-12-30T09:38:00.000-05:00

Here is a birthday card that I made for my friend Lora using the new October Afternoon line - Sidewalks. I love this line, it's so fun! For this card, I just sewed the border around the edge of the flowered paper with my sewing machine and then layered it up on some kraft cardstock. After that I used my bloom builders and a brad to make the layered flower, added some twine and then added a banner & sentiment.

Sweetenin' up Christmas

2011-12-20T18:00:00.002-05:00

This card was made with the Papertrey Ink Friendship Jar & Holiday Fillers. I just love this set, it's so fun and it's easy to make it 2 dimensional. I made this one similar to the hydrangea cards I've posted in the past. I used several copic markers to color the candy canes & the jar and then added some red sparkle stickles to the canes & glossy accents to give it the jar look; after all of that dried I added the twine & tag and then layered it up with some colorful cardstock.
The candy shown in the photo was made by my neighbor, it is sooooo good. In addition to the yummy chocolate peppermint bark, he also made some chocolate with bacon in it. It is as awesome as it sounds. I've already eaten all of it!

Decoratin'

2011-12-19T18:00:00.000-05:00

One of my favorite blogs to read is Dawn McVey's; I just love her style and she always has great ideas! As I was reading her blog last week I saw how she decorated a pandora gift box and I thought it was just so clever that I had to try it myself. My sister-in-law asked for some Pandora charms for Christmas, so I just happened to have a Pandora gift box to decorate for her.

Twistin' for 6 more months!

2011-12-18T15:56:00.000-05:00

So I have been asked to stay on the Design Team over at Twisted Sketches for the next 6 months! I'm excited to be part of the Twisted team and can't want for the new sketches starting in January! Here is my take on the DT card sketch with the "number" twist. I made this card for my niece who just turned 9 years old. Head over to Twisted to check out the sketch and the rest of the DT's cards.

Craftin' Away

2011-12-18T15:40:00.001-05:00

For more Christmas card inspiration, I stumbled upon the Cardabilities Challenge site and loved this week's sketch! I used it to make a few cards for family members. I also thought it'd be fun to add one of our nutcrackers into the picture to make it a little more holiday themed.

This card also fits into the color challenge over at Just Us Girls. The color challenge this week was to make a card using red, olive & white/kraft which was easy because I've been making Christmas cards all day!

Playin' #111 & LIM'in #46

2011-12-18T15:33:00.000-05:00

I am in a full out Christmas card & tag making mood, which is good because I really haven't started until today (whoopsie!). For inspiration to get started, I went to the challenge blogs! I loved both the Play Date Cafe & Less Is More challenges this week so I decided to combine them into one card! The PDCC this week was to use black & white with a splash of teal/aqua and the LIM challenge this week was to incorporate music into your card. I used a music note stamp that I've had but haven't really used much and stamped a piece of plain white cardstock, trimmed the edges and then just layered it with black & aqua cardstock. After that I just stamped the "Merry Christmas" sentiment and added a folded ribbon which I assembled with some hot glue and then added an aqua stone brad.

Celebratin'

2011-12-11T11:09:00.000-05:00

One of my friends asked me to make an anniversary card for her to send to her brother & sister-in-law. I know that she loved a previous card that I made with my summer friendship jar stamps, so I recreated it with a Mr. & Mrs. sentiment.

At the same time, I had came up with another card that I had been wanting to make with the Mega Mehndi Medallions set that I have, I ended up loving how this came out. The center circle was a happy accident. I was using a piece of scrap from a previous mehndi stamp that didn't come out well and I turned it over and a portion of the mehndi medallion was on the circle and I decided that I really liked how that looked so I ran with it.

I have to apologize for my photo quality in the last few posts. I haven't been able to photograph in natural light lately due to my schedule.

Twistin' #87

2011-11-27T15:21:00.000-05:00

Here is my take on this week's Twisted Sketches challenge, where the twist this week was Glitter! Glitter is so fun and I had a great time making this fun Holiday card. Head over to Twisted to try the sketch out for yourself!

CAS'in #28

2011-11-13T15:31:00.000-05:00

One more challenge post for you today - CAS-ual Fridays challenge this week was to make a tag or a card with a tag on it. I bought a few new dies this past weekend and thought it was a perfect time to try them out. I used some double sided sticky paper for the snowflake. I cut a small square out of the sticky paper and adhered one side to some ivory cardstock. I then ran it through my Cuddlebug with the new snowflake die, and had to run it through about 15 times before it cut through. Once I finally got it cut through, I peeled the other side off and added the glitter. I love how it came out, it's so sparkly and pretty. After that I just used an ornament shaped die to create the tag and then heat embossed a 'to' & 'from' on the back.

LIM'in #41

2011-11-13T15:22:00.000-05:00

This week's challenge over at Less Is More is to create a one layer card using "Leaves" as the theme of the card. One layer cards can be so challenging because I keep wanting to add layers of paper! However, once I complete a one layer card, I always love how it looks because it's just so simple and clean looking. I love challenges like these because they push me to do something different. For this card, I just scored a border around the edge of my cardstock and then heat embossed a leaf with some gold embossing powder. After that was done, I just thought it would make a great Thanksgiving card for someone so I added the sentiment using a rich cocoa ink.

PDCC'in #107

2011-11-13T15:12:00.001-05:00

As soon as I saw this mustache paper in my local scrapbooking store, I knew I had to have it so I could make my dad a birthday card with it. My dad has had a mustache since his teen years so it just seemed so fitting. This week's challenge over at the Play Date Cafe was to create a card using black, white and a splash of orange. It was a fun card to make, I can't wait for him to see it at the end of the month.

Clean & Simple Stampin' (#165) & PDCC 106

2011-11-05T16:14:00.001-04:00

Here is one more challenge card to share with you all. I am submitting it for the Clean & Simple Stamping challenge and the Play Date Cafe Challenge this week. The C&S challenge was to use the provided sketch to create a C&S card, this isn't the simplest of cards but I love the sketch and wanted to submit it anyway. The Play Date Cafe Challenge was to use the colors gray, pink and yellow. I immediately thought of the Authentique paper pad I have because the whole pad is those 3 colors! I finally got to use my PTI bloom builders die on this card and then I just colored some rhinestones with my Copic Y38 marker.

LIM'in #40

2011-11-05T16:08:00.000-04:00

I'm back with some challenge cards! I have had zero time lately to participate in the online challenges, but today I managed to find 2 hours to make some cards for a few challenges. The first card is for Less is More and Cas-ual Fridays. The Less is More challenge was to use the colors red & orange and the Cas-ual Fridays challenge was over the edge, so something had to hang over the edge of the card. This was a quick, clean, simple card to make. Looking forward to doing more challenges on these blogs in the future!

Twistin' #83

2011-10-29T14:46:00.000-04:00

Here is my take on Twisted Sketch #83 - this week's twist was "Black" any how, any way! Go over to the Twisted Sketches website and try out the sketch for yourself!

Taggin' it

2011-10-26T22:12:00.000-04:00

These fun bottle tags are making their way over to re:Discover this week! I am in love with this die and I know I am going to use it a lot all year round. I feel like I'm always giving wine as gifts (who doesn't love that??), so instead of putting it in a bag I can make a fun, personalized tag for the recipient!

Twistin' #81

2011-10-23T20:21:00.000-04:00

Here is my take on Twisted Sketch #81, the twist for this sketch was "Love". I have been wanting to make a Christmas-y kind of card lately, especially since I need to get some Christmas stock over to re:Discover since Santa is going to be there next weekend! So I decided to use a "Peace, Love, Joy" stamp in the background of the snowman as my twist. I just picked this Tim Holtz Snowman die up from Michael's last week, I was super excited to put it to use! Check out the other designer's work over at Twisted Sketches and try it for yourself!

Twistin' #79

2011-10-23T20:11:00.000-04:00

Here is my take on Sketch #79 over at Twisted Sketches! The twist for this sketch was "felt". I used my PTI Cupcake die to cut out the felt for the top of the cupcake. I made this birthday card for my friend, Ashley. She is a fellow crafter so it felt special to create something a little different for her. I used some liquid pearls & rhinestones on top of the felt to make it look like fancy sprinkles. Check out the rest of the Design Team's work over at Twisted Sketches and try it out for yourself!

Twistin' #77

2011-10-23T20:00:00.001-04:00

I can't believe it has been over a month since my last blog update; the last 2 months have flown by! Mark and I have been traveling every weekend for what feels like forever and now that the weather is cooling down so are our schedules which leaves me with more time to craft on the weekends. I put in a PTI order last weekend for some holiday stamps & dies and I can't wait until it shows up this week so I can get to work on some Christmas stock for re:Discover. In the meantime, I am going to post the Twisted Sketches that I have done for the last few weeks. Head over to Twisted Sketches to check everyone's work out and submit your own take on the sketch!

This is my take on Sketch #77 - the twist was "plain". The twist worked out perfectly for this card since this was made for my father-in-law and I don't have a lot of masculine stamps. Keeping it simple ended up keeping me from making it look girly.

Pinnin' it

2011-09-14T20:08:00.000-04:00

I made this card for a wedding reception that Mark and I are going to this upcoming weekend. The bride & groom were married in Oregon a few weekends ago and they are coming to Maine to have a reception with friends & family located in New England, so we are taking the drive up to visit with my in-laws and to attend the wedding reception. The wedding colors were brown and coral so I wanted to incorporate that into this card. I used a flower die and felt to create the base of the embellishment and then just glued a pearl onto a button and added that. To top it all off I reallllyyyy wanted to use these new stick pins with the silhouette on them that I picked up at Right at Home, I thought it helped to tie in the bridal feel. One other fun detail on this card is that I used the mehndi medallion impression plate to jazz up the ivory paper that I stamped the sentiment on. Enjoy!

Twistin' #75

2011-09-07T20:35:00.000-04:00

I know I'm a little late posting this card, but I've been away for the long weekend and forgot to schedule my post! Anywho, I made this card for my dear friends, Lora & Dan, who just bought their first home together. I used this week's Twisted Sketch challenge of using ink with the sketch provided. I used Memento ink in Rich Cocoa to stamp the "Congratulations" sentiment, and used VersaMark & Embossing power to stamp the white "Congratulations" sentiment.
One of the fun things about this card are the buttons! They are from an old button factory in Connecticut, I picked up a string of them from re:Discover, what a great little find. The anchor one I already had and thought it was perfect to use since their new home is in Rhode Island (the Ocean State) and an anchor is on our state flag.

One more little secret about this card is that all the paper was pulled out of my scrap box! I love when that happens.

Twistin' #73

2011-08-20T08:00:00.000-04:00

Here is my take on this week's Twisted sketch. This week the twist was "handmade" and although the card is handmade, I thought I'd add some rolled flowers that I did by hand to the front of this card. My college roommate, Margaret, is getting married this Sunday and I knew I had to make her a fun, special card. Her wedding colors are pinks, greys and greens so I tried to incorporate all of that into my card. I also distressed the edges of the green paper in the background to make it look a little more vintage. I couldn't seem to stop adding rhinestones - and I justified it because it's a wedding so it needed some bling*
I'm really happy with how this one came out, hope you enjoy!

Copic Colorin'

2011-08-12T18:18:00.005-04:00

I just love summer and the flowers it brings! Hydrangeas are one of my favorite summer flowers, so when I found these vintage, aqua, ball jars at RE:discover the first thing I thought of was filling them with pretty flowers. I took this inspiration photo in my back yard with hydrangeas from a bush we have in the yard. I got really excited about it because I knew I had the Friendship Jar Summer Fillers from PTI that has a hydrangea stamp. Then I got even more excited because I knew I could use it as an excuse to practice my copic coloring, yay!

Here is the inspiration photo for the hydrangea card I made below.

Here is the card that I made:

I would definitely change a few things about this card next time around. For instance, I don't love the way the white around the edges looks, I got a little carried away with this one....But overall I'm happy with the coloring and I used glossy accents for the first time ever. I applied it over the jar so it would look more like glass. I also used some liquid pearls in the center of each flower.

This card took me so much longer than most of the other ones I've made, but I really loved making it and am planning to make some more! I dropped this card off to RE:discover so it is for sale there right now!

Twistin' it up!

2011-08-06T08:59:00.001-04:00

Hello Blog Friends! I have some more exciting news! I have been selected to be on the Design Team (DT) for Twisted Sketches!! I am so excited to be a part of this challenge site! The deets of my time with Twisted Sketches are that I make a card every other week based on the sketch provided to me. My card is then published with the rest of the team cards to use as inspiration for other card makers to submit a card for the challenge. So this week's twist was Edge, and I am allowed to interpret that any way I want. I decided to bring my ribbon banners to the edge of the paper and also use an edger die to make the scalloped edge for the card on the right side.

Here is my take on the sketch & twist:

Can't wait to see your submissions!!

LIM'in (#26)

2011-08-04T18:15:00.000-04:00

I figured I would give the Less is More blog challenge another try. This week's challenge was "Feeling Fruity" where you had to use fruit on your card or fruit colors. As soon as I read the challenge I knew I had to use my apple or pear sets that I got from PTI a few months ago. I have been wanting to use them on something but haven't yet so this was the perfect opportunity! Since this is a clean & simple site, you have to keep the embellishments & layers to a minimum and keep a lot of white space. I like this type of card making, it makes everything seem crisp and clean. This card didn't take me too much time to make. I used the rock & roll technique with the apple stamp to give it a little more depth and I couldn't resist using some sparkly fluff on the leaf. Oh, how I love sparkly fluff. After that I just stamped the coordinating sentiment and voila!

Bookmarkin'

2011-07-30T08:00:00.001-04:00

In addition to the cards that I am selling at re:Discover, I am also selling bookmarks! Here are a couple photos of one of my bookmarks that is currently in the store. I die-cut 2 different papers from Cosmo Cricket's Odds & Ends line and adhered them together so both sides of the bookmark would be different. I added an October Afternoon rub-on that reads "Here's the Story...". I just thought it was so perfect for a bookmark. After that I added a green silk ribbon and reinforcing to the hole at the top and voila! Any guesses on which book I used?? :)

Organizin'

2011-07-29T08:05:00.000-04:00

I took advantage of having the week off by organizing areas of my house that I have been neglecting for a while (basement & craft room). I couldn't wait to purge all of the old and to organize all of my supplies! I went out and bought a label maker, serious business. Here are some pics of my "new" craft supply closet. Next up, closet doors! I'll be spending tomorrow afternoon painting the doors so my hubs can hang them this weekend.

Thinkin' of You

2011-07-28T22:05:00.000-04:00

I made this card this morning and tried my hand at using felt for the first time. I'm totally hooked. I love how it adds a different texture to the card. It took a few times to get the vines in the back ground right, they are a bit difficult to get them perfectly straight. I cut them out using the new PTI vine border that I got at Stamp-A-Faire.

Stampin' in Cincinnati!

2011-07-26T17:23:00.002-04:00

Kendra and I just got back from Cincinnati, OH where we attended Papertrey Ink's Stamp-A-Faire retreat! It was soooooo much fun and totally amazing to meet all of our favorite designers. We made 2 card make & takes with each designer and had a chance to talk to each of them individually. Here are some photo highlights of the trip!

Me with our first round of Make & Takes

One of the make & takes - Heather Nichols table

Me & K

Michelle Wooderson

Lisa Johnson

Dawn McVey

Heather Nichols

Betsy Veldman

DT Members

Nichole Heady

Picklin'

2011-07-18T20:01:00.000-04:00

It really doesn't get much cuter than this. I have had this in my head for months and have been waiting on my garden to produce some delicious cucumbers and finally the day has arrived! I made these quick pickles yesterday and let them soak for 24 hours. I put them in a ball jar, cut a square of gingham fabric and just wrapped it with some hemp cord. I had to use my tiny tags die just so I could make a little 'pickles' tag. This is my first time making my own pickles and they came out pretty well for my first shot. I will tweak my recipe a little more next time. I used fresh garlic, dill and cucumbers all from my own garden and then added some apple cider vinegar, sugar, salt and pickling spices.

Excitin' News!!

2011-07-16T15:33:00.000-04:00

I have some super exciting news to share with you guys today! I had a meeting this morning with the owner of a new store that is opening here in Rhode Island on July 29th called re:Discover. I am happy to announce that they are going to be selling my cards, tags & bookmarks in their store! Check out their blog site and like them on Facebook! Their shop is located in a beautiful restored mill building in Harrisville, RI. I got a sneak peak at some of the treasures they have to offer. They have acquired some very talented artists! I can't for the store to open!!

Clean & Simple Stampin' (#148)

2011-07-15T18:03:00.001-04:00

I made another girly card for this week's C&S Challenge. I used some paper from pads that I've had and used a flower Sizzix die for the center flower. I'm so in love with these pink buttons, I had to restrain myself from gluing them all over the card.

Flyin' away

2011-07-13T20:40:00.001-04:00

This is a fun, pink, girly card which I don't make often enough! The butterfly is made out of wood (I didn't make it, I bought it). I saw my friend Kendra use these on a few cards and just thought they were so adorable! I'm also totally in love with this Sassafras paper, I want to wallpaper my craft room with it! I thought this would make a cute thank you card for a friend.

Sayin' Hi

2011-07-13T20:35:00.000-04:00

I'm pretty happy with how this one turned out, I used some new Crate Paper and a fun Hero Arts stamp set to create this vintage-y card. I just love old timey stamps, they make me so happy!

Another B'day

2011-07-11T18:00:00.002-04:00

So I know it's been a little while since my last post, but with the hot weather & holiday weekend I took some time to enjoy with family & friends. My sister, Alicia, turned 25 on Sunday and I made her this card with some of my 5 & Dime supplies. I've been holding out on using them and figured this was the perfect occasion. Alicia recently bought a bike and she rides it to her local library a lot so I thought this bicycle sticker was perfect for her - it actually resembles her bike a lot!

Mehndi'in

2011-06-24T08:14:00.001-04:00

I'm so in love with my Mehndi Medallions from PTI!! You can do so much with them and they really make such a lovely pattern. I used the rock and roll technique with the stamps. Enjoy!

JUG'in' #89

2011-06-20T20:50:00.002-04:00

I just love the Just Us Girls Challenges! It such a fun, positive blog and I love how the challenges change from week to week - I've done the layout and the technique challenges so far. This week's challenge is Color. I had to use 4 colors selected by the DT to create my card. The colors were Red, Kiwi, Aqua & Saffron. I think you can tell that I love my Garden Variety Stamp Set from PTI, I can't stop using it! Hope you like!

Twistin' #63

2011-06-19T18:53:00.001-04:00

Here is my take on last week's Twisted Sketch that Jess's design team worked on. I love having my friends on design teams, it really pushes me to try their weekly sketches. Happy Father's Day everyone!

Stampin' in Ohio!

2011-06-17T22:57:00.002-04:00

I'm soooo excited to announce that Kendra and I will be traveling to Ohio at the end of July to attend the Papertrey Ink Stamp-A-Faire!!! It's an all day event with make and takes from some of our crafting idols (Dawn McVey, Michelle Wooderson, Nichole Heady, Betsy Veldman)! I can't wait to learn new things and be inspired by these really talented designers! The really cool thing is that there were only 200 tickets available for this event and Kendra scored them for us as soon as they went on sale. The rumor online is that they sold out in 2 minutes!! I feel so lucky to be able to go and it's also a great excuse for a weekend girl's trip!!

JUG'in (Techniqin')

2011-06-16T19:44:00.001-04:00

Soo excited for this week's Just Us Girls Technique challenge! I love when challenges teach me something totally new! The technique was to make a woodgrain pattern. The background paper was actually a mustard yellow sheet of cardstock when I started and then I scored it with my scoring board and rubbed white & brown ink over the top of it - so cool! I plan to use this for most any masculine card I have to make in the future! I checked the JUG's blog tonight while eating dinner and enjoying an episode of 'Mob Wives' and realized it was due tonight by 9pm. I put it on pause and rushed to my craft room to get started! I'm really excited to give this card to my father-in-law this weekend, I'll probably make another one and change it up a bit for my own dad!! Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's out there!

Seedin'

2011-06-12T20:38:00.003-04:00

I have been dying to use my garden variety stamps & dies and finally got a chance to put a seed packet together. I did find this cute layout from the Papertrey Idea Gallery, I altered it slightly and think it is just adorable. After I made the seed packet I decided to make it into a small sweet card. This also fits into this week's CAS-ual Friday challenge. The challenge this week was to make a card using 3 items from their tic-tac-toe board, I chose buttons, flowers & twine.

LIM'in

2011-06-12T20:33:00.001-04:00

Here is my take on this week's Less Is More (LIM) challenge. The challenge was to make a one layer card, which is completely foreign to me! I was excited to use my Garden Variety stamp set from PTI since I haven't been able to use it yet. I Copic colored a few of the details on the frame and layered a few of the stamps for the center of the frame.

Clean & Simple Stampin' (#143)

2011-06-09T21:34:00.001-04:00

Here's another card for the Clean & Simple Challenge #143, it's a birthday card for my momma! I got to use my PTI Year of Flowers stamp set and I colored it with Copics. I'm totally obsessed with the font of the sentiment, it's my ab fave! Sorry for the bad photo!

Twistin'

2011-06-09T20:14:00.001-04:00

So this is an extra special challenge for me because my friends Jess & Kendra are both on design teams for the Twisted Sketches website. This is the first challenge that Kendra has designed a card for, so I just HAD to enter the challenge! Enjoy!

Whalin'

2011-06-07T20:49:00.001-04:00

Here is a cute, quick card I made for a baby shower. I used my new whale set from PTI, it's so darn cute I can't wait to use it a million more times!

JUG'in

2011-06-07T20:38:00.001-04:00

So my friend Kendra introduced me to another challenge site called Just Us Girls (a.k.a JUGs). I figured I would give this week's challenge a try. I had a birthday card to make for a co-worker and it also fits into this week's Less is More challenge of making a simple, clean card using monochromatic colors. This was a fun card to make, hope you enjoy!

Weddin'

2011-05-26T19:17:00.002-04:00

I made this card for my friends Susie & Paul for their wedding! I have to admit I don't love how this came out, but it'll have to do as the wedding is in 2 days! I dyed the ribbon with some Glimmer Mist but it's not quite the right yellow and that is what is bugging me. I also stamped the journal tag with the date of their wedding. We almost share an anniversary - Mark and I were married last year on 5/29 - I can't believe it's been a year already. So the reason I used this paper is because the inspiration for her wedding colors was Peacock Feathers so the main theme is royal blue and golden, so obviously when I saw these in the store I HAD to buy them so I could use it on her card.

I am also using this as the Clean & Simple challenge this week.

Supplies used:
Paper: PTI Cardstock; Cosmo Cricket Social Club Blue Eyes; Bella Blvd Mr. Boy Connect the Dots; Cosmo Cricket Ready Set Chip Social Club
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Lemon Zest
Journal Tag, Date Stamp, Tape gun, Circle punch, MFT border die, Cuttlebug, Rayon ribbon, Foam Tape, Scor Tape, Yellow Stickles

Practicin'

2011-05-19T19:32:00.002-04:00

I made this card so I could practice more of my Copic coloring. I just love the Pure Innocence stamps, I think they're so cute! I also used liquid pearls for the first time in the center of each of the flowers, which you can see in pic #2. I'm taking two more Copic classes this upcoming weekend and am hoping to pick up some more techniques to use in my cards.

Paper: PTI Cardstock; Kaiser Craft Nan's Favourite Collection
Stamps: MFT Pure Innocence - Out on a Limb
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Uniball Signo Broad White Pen
Copics: YG03, YG11, YG21, Y06, Y38, R20, E00, E11, E37, 0 Colorless Blender
Liquid pearls - Platinum Pearls; Foam Tape; Scissors; Tape Gun; Corner Rounder; Sew Easy with Evergreen Floss

Swappin'

2011-05-15T10:48:00.001-04:00

I finally finished my craft swap gift for Kendra, this was not an easy task! I felt a lot of pressure to make it extra special because Kendra is a fellow paper crafter. In the end, I was happy with the way it came out and hope that Kendra & Erik get to use it a lot!

Supplies:
Creative Imaginations White Box
Paper: Little Yellow Bicycle - Savor - Whisk Briskly; Fancy Pants - It's the Little Things - Headed South; October Afternoon - Fly A Kite - Front Porch; Good Day Sunshine; Cosmo Cricket Chipboard
Stamps: PTI Friendship Jar; Martha Stewart Alphabet Set; Unity Stamp Jillibean Soup - Chilled Strawberry Soup
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black & London Fog
Spellbinders Labels Two; Modge Podge; Twine; Foam Tape; PTI Tiny Tags Die

Mojoin' #190

2011-05-10T17:01:00.001-04:00

I was super excited to use one of my new Pure Innocence stamps and to practice my Copics coloring on this card. I used a lot of new fun techniques I have recently learned on this card. I used sandpaper on the background paper to reveal the light orange stars and used some Sparkly Fluff on the leaves of the flowers, it's very subtle but I think it brings them to life a little bit!

Supplies used:
Paper: PTI Cardstock; October Afternoon - Fly A Kite-Lemonade; Jillibean Soup - Soup Staples-Orange Sugar; Core'dinations - Whitewash Collections
Dies: PTI Tiny Tags
Stamps: PTI Tiny Tags; PTI Happy Birthday Sentiments; Pure Innocence - Crazy for Daisies
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black & Tangelo
Copics: V04, V12, YR02, YR20, G05, G17, Y06, E00, R20
Ribbon: PTI - Ripe Avocado
Misc.: Sparkly Fluff - Appletini Green; Scissors; Sandpaper; Hole punch; Tape gun; Scor Tape; Lime Green Pearls; My Mind's Eye Brad

Showerin'

2011-05-03T20:16:00.004-04:00

I know it's been a while since my last post, it's been a busy few weeks! I did manage to make a card for my dear friend Susie for her bridal shower. I got these new stamps & dies from PTI and I am totally obsessed with them. I can't wait to make a million more jar cards! When I stamped the jar it was totally unintentional that the center of the jar is blank, I was about to re-do it when I decided that I actually really liked it and decided stamping a sentiment in that space would be perfect. Hope you like!

Supplies used:
Paper: October Afternoon - Modern Homemaker Party Line & 5 & Dime; PTI Cardstock
Stamps: PTI Friendship Jar Die & Stamps; PTI Tiny Tags Stamps; Date Stamp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Memento London Fog
Blue Baker's Twine; Scissors; Hole Punch; Tape Gun; Foam Tape, Self Adhesive Pearls

Clean & Simple Stampin' (#137)

2011-04-26T19:08:00.002-04:00

Here is a card that I made using the C&S Layout #137, I used the opportunity to make a birthday card for my sister-in-law and also got to use some new paper that I thought she'd really like. I also used some distressing ink around the edges. I was pretty psyched to use the ticket on this one, I'm really into them right now and it was just begging to be stamped on!

Supplies used:
Paper: October Afternoon - 5 and Dime; Fancy Pants - It's the Little Things & Journal Tag; PTI Cardstock
Ink: Tim Holtz Distressing Ink - Tea Dye; Memento - Tuxedo Black
Stamps: Small Flower - Joann's; Sentiment - Stampin' Up
Foam Tape; Tape Gun; Ribbon; Scor Tape

Sketchin' (#83)

2011-04-17T15:46:00.002-04:00

I'm totally spoiling the surprise for Kendra, but her birthday card just happens to be my Get Sketchy challenge for this week so I'm posting it for all to see! When I saw the bird paper, I immediately thought "Kendra would love that!" so it went from there! I used a bunch of things I have been wanting to use so I'm excited about this one. The ribbon started out as white and I used the Glimmer Mist to dye it and to spray the circle tag in the background. I also used my Project Life date stamp to stamp her birthday on the other tag.

Supplies used:
Paper: Kraft Cardstock; Tree Paper (unknown); Creative Imaginations Corrugated Ivory; Cosmo Cricket - Everafter-Elements; It's the Little Things journal tags
Sentiment: October Afternoon Sticky Keys
Tim Holtz Trinket Pin; Rayon Ribbon
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Vanilla Breeze (on ribbon and circle tag)
Date Stamp; Foam Tape; Tape Gun; Corner punch; Memento - Tuxedo Black Ink

More B'day

2011-04-16T22:20:00.001-04:00

So after taking a few days off after the craft fair, I was excited to get back and make one of our favorite little girl's a birthday card for her 2nd birthday. This card was so fun to make because it was super girly and I got to use some new tools & supplies!

Supplies used:
Paper: Paper Source -Pink Sweet Cupcakes; Creative Imagination Corrugated White; PTI Cardstock - Raspberry Fizz; Pale Pink Cardstock; Hallmark Doily
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Stickles: Victorian Velvet
Stamps: PTI Cupcake Stamp Set
Dies: PTI Cupcake Collection
Copics R20 Blush
Button; Tape Gun; 3D Squares; Pink Bakers Twine; Glue Dots

B'day

2011-04-13T21:17:00.002-04:00

I made these 2 cards before the craft fair, I got the general layout from a blog that I am obsessed with. I want to make more of these and make a few changes and practice my messy stitch a bit more.

Sellin'

2011-04-13T20:54:00.003-04:00

Just wanted to share a photo of our table at the Newport Craft Fair! Kendra & I had a great time and learned a lot at the craft fair in Newport. We both sold 20+ cards and are looking forward to doing another show later in the year!

Clean & Simple Stampin' (#134)

2011-04-02T16:54:00.000-04:00

Here is my take on this week's Clean & Simple challenge:
I love their layouts!

Supplies used:
Paper: PTI Cardstock; My Mind's Eye Good Day Sunshine: Out & About
Stamp: PTI Cupcake Stamp set
Punches: McGill Flower; Fiskars Scalloped Square
Buttons; Orange Baker's Twine; 3D Foam Squares; Tape Gun

Sketchin' (#81)

2011-04-02T16:48:00.000-04:00

Here is my take on this week's Get Sketchy challenge:

Supplies used:
Paper: Three Bugs In A Rug - Bicycle; PTI Cardstock
Dies: Dienamics Border; Sizzix Circle
Stamps: Thanks sentiment (Joann's)
Ink: Memento Black
Pink Baker's Twine; Button; Tape Gun; Scor Tape

Lazy Saturday Craftin'

2011-04-02T16:43:00.003-04:00

Had a great lazy Saturday - slept late, finished a great book, made an omelette for me and the hubs, ordered some copics and crafted! Here are a few cards that I made today (they will be at the craft fair next weekend!):

Supplies used:
Card 1:
Paper: My Mind's Eye Good Day Sunshine Out & About & Fine and Dandy; Kraft Cardstock; Cardstock Border Strip by Bazzill
Stamps: Dienamics label stamp; PTI Banner stamps
Ink: VersaMark Watermark Pad; Memento Black
Sewing Machine; Thread
Tape Gun; 3D Squares; Scor Tape

Card 2:
Paper: Kraft Cardstock
Stamp: Anchor - Paper Source

Card 3:
Paper: Ivory Cardstock, PTI Black Cardstock Base
Stamps: Hero Arts Newspaper Stamp (Michael's); PTI - Banner Stamp; Hand stamp (Michael's); Thank you sentiment (Joann's)
Ink: Distress Ink - Tea Dye; Memento - Tuxedo Black
Tiny attacher; Grey twine; Tape Gun

Buncha' cards

2011-03-31T19:55:00.000-04:00

So I made a few more cards for the Craft Fair next weekend, I'm getting really excited for it! The first card below is a layout that I found on Clean & Simple Stamping's blog, I have found quite a few layouts on there that I want to try! It didn't take me too long and I love when I get to use my sewing machine....The second card, I used my new Unity Stamp that I got at Right at Home on Sunday, love this stamp and can't wait to use it some more. The third card is very simple; I saw the layout in a card magazine (yes, those exist) and I loved it so much I had to try it myself.

Supplies used:
Card 1 - Made this a while ago and I can't remember!
Card 2 - Paper - Cosmo Cricket - Garden Variety; Stamp - Unity -jillibean soup Strawberry; Ink - VersaMark Watermark & Perfect Pearls - Forever Red; Red Bakers Twine; Tape Gun; 3D Foam Squares;
Card 3 - Paper - PTI Cardstock; Stamps - Joann's; Buttons - Joann's; Assorted Twines; Glue Dots

Usin' Perfect Pearls

2011-03-28T21:45:00.000-04:00

This was a pretty simple card, I took a few ideas from other blogs and used a new technique that I haven't used yet on any of my cards. I just made the 3-D butterfly by punching out a few and gluing them together and bending them. The sentiment was stamped on with VersaMark and then I used Perfect Pearls for the first time to give it a shimmery look!

Supplies used:
Paper - PTI Cardstock - Berry Sorbet; Cosmo Cricket - Girl Friday:Saturday & Girl Friday: Monday
Punch- EK Success Butterfly
Stamp - Joann's
Ink - VersaMark Watermark; Perfect Pearls - Forever Red
Accents - Self Adhesive Red Pearls - AC Moore
Tape Gun, Paint Brush, Tweezers

Makin' Spring Cards

2011-03-28T21:25:00.000-04:00

So in honor of the new season, I took a Spring Cards class at RAH with Kendra & Jess. We had a great time and I learned a lot of new techniques that I am definitely going to bring to my cards, so I'm super psyched about that! The layouts for these cards were given to us at the start of the class and then we stamped, colored with Copics (drooling over these markers, wish they weren't so expensive!), sprayed some glimmer mists and used some Stickles! So the ribbons provided were white rayon ribbons and they are dyed with glimmer mists, which was way easier to use than I expected and it just opened up a whole new world for me. Enjoy!

Mojoin' #182

2011-03-20T16:35:00.000-04:00

Just finished Mojo Challenge #182, I really liked this sketch a lot and will probably use it again soon!

Sketchin' (#79)

2011-03-20T14:08:00.000-04:00

So thanks to Jess, I entered the Get Sketchy weekly challenge, here is what I came up with! I really like doing these weekly challenges because it helps me break out of my usual layout.

Stockin' up some more...

2011-03-19T15:13:00.000-04:00

Here are some more cards that I made for the craft fair...would love some feedback on what you guys think!

Stockin' up for the Craft Fair

2011-03-15T19:13:00.000-04:00

So the pressure is on...I'm a crafting maniac during any spare moment that I have to stock up for the craft fair we are doing on April 10th. Here are some pics of what I've gotten done so far...

Sellin'

2011-03-09T12:10:00.000-05:00

So Kendra and I signed up for a craft show! It'll be our very first one and I'm really excited to get crafting for it! Come check us out - We'll be at the Newport Arts & Crafts Show on Sunday April 10, 2001 from 10am - 4pm. The show is located at the Newport Elks Lodge, 141 Pelham Street Newport, RI.

Babyin'

2011-03-07T21:23:00.000-05:00

Sooo....it seems like everyone I know is having babies and I've been making a lot of baby cards lately, so when I found this chipboard set with the spice containers all I could think of was 'Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice' and couldn't wait to put it on a card!

Cookin'

2011-03-02T22:20:00.000-05:00

This card was made for Mojo Monday Challenge #180. I was really looking for a reason to use these papers, they are from October Afternoon, one of my favorite papers to buy & use! It took me forever to thread those 2 x's on the flag, but overall I am happy with how it came out.

Etsyin'

2011-03-02T20:20:00.000-05:00

So I started my own Etsy page to go along with me Blog, you should be able to see the gadget on the right side of the screen. If not, you can see it here !

That's it for now...I need to go work on the next Mojo challenge!

Nerdin'

2011-02-24T21:07:00.000-05:00

Okay, so I am pretty psyched about this one, it was a lot of fun! I did this one for Mojo Monday Challenge #179. I was SO excited about the papers I used, you should have seen me in AC Moore when I found the red Cosmo Cricket #2 Pencil Test Paper, I think my eyeballs popped completely out of their sockets, I couldn't wait to use it. I showed this to my hubs and he laughed and asked me who I would give this to? And I told him some lucky guy or gal is getting this for graduatin'.

Quiltin'

2011-02-21T19:32:00.000-05:00

I attempted the quilting of paper which was pretty fun and I'd like to do this a few more times. I used my new Spellbinders for this one! Woot woot! or maybe I should say Hoot Hoot! yessssss.

Craftin' on Prez Day

2011-02-21T19:27:00.002-05:00

I know you all have been DYING for an update (sarcasm). I was lazy all weekend but had the day off today and spent a solid 6 hours of the day craftin', loved every minute. I probably should have been doing laundry or vacuuming, but that can wait. I have an obsession with notebook & graph paper so I felt inspired to use those in today's cards.

Mojo-in'

2011-02-17T19:26:00.000-05:00

So the reason I started this blog was to participate in the weekly challenges that require a blog link to enter. I did this one from the Mojo Monday Challenge #178...I'm pretty happy with how it came out, but I always think I'm missing something!
A co-worker of mine just had surgery and I wanted to make her a 'get well' card so I thought this was a good way to do it. I'm pretty psyched to learn about these challenges because it is helping me think outside of my typical design aesthetic.

Punchin'

2011-02-17T17:37:00.002-05:00

I made this card with the mini punches I ordered from Jess's Stampin' Up party - I like how it came out, it took a while but I think it was definitely worth the effort. I like order, patterns and straight lines so this was easy for me. I can't wait to make more of these types of cards! I'm a little compulsive and spent a few hours in front of the TV on Monday night just punching these shapes out of every color paper I could find so that I would have them handy for upcoming projects.

Bloggin'

2011-02-17T12:11:00.000-05:00

So my friends Jess and Kendra convinced me (without trying too hard) to create my own blog. I didn't really have a desire to blog at first but then once I saw that I could enter crafting challenges and a blog link was required I decided to do it! It's way easier than I thought it would be. Sooo, I'll try to keep it updated, but I'm lazy when I'm home so we'll see.

P.S. Doesn't the word 'Bloggin'' sound dirty?