Lovin'

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!

Kraftin'

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!

Sidewalkin'

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

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!

Celebratin'

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.

Pinnin' it

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!

Copic Colorin'

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!

Thinkin' of You

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.

 

Flyin' away

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

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! 

Mehndi'in

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!

Whalin'

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!

Practicin'

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

Showerin'

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

More B'day

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

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.

Lazy Saturday Craftin'

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

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

Babyin'

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! 

Craftin' on Prez Day

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.