Hello, it's a new year! Just a Note for you

Hello, happy Monday to you! Just a quick post from me today as I'm going to take advantage of clear roads and get a few errands done. 

Over the weekend I cleaned up and organized the stamp studio, and stumbled across some never-been-used supplies which were perfect to put together for this easy card. I've listed them at the end of this post for you. 

The music notes were stamped on a white panel and added to a white card base, with the heart die cuts on top. I love how the musical notes are part of the large heart image. The red line, musical notes and the sentiment were stamped onto the card base. 

I'm playing along with the new layout at CAS(E) This Sketch!
I just love this card design. 

Also adding my link to the Simon Wednesday Challenge - Something New.

Thanks so much for visiting today, I love hearing from you!

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps:  SSS - Music 2 My Ears, MFT - Music Notes background

Ink:  Wplus9 - Sweet Gelato, Little Piggy

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Warm Winter Wishes for Make It Monday

There's nothing warm where I am right now. Like the northeastern US, we were blanketed with snow and cold temps this week. I'm nice and warm though in my flannel shirt with my cup of hot tea nearby. The cold is a good reason to stamp up a storm, and I've been doing that! Will have quite a few cards to post next week. 

Today's card is for the Make It Monday 2017 A la Carte which allows us to pick any challenge from the past year. 

I'm happy to play along and chose to make a watercolor wash background as shared by Laurie Schmidlin. 

I used Distress inks to watercolor the background for this winter birthday card using the In the Meadow stamp set. That was on my very first order from PTI and I just don't use it enough! I loved the sentiment and can't think of anything more appropriate for this card. I also blended inks on the tree and the sentiment tag, before embossing the greeting in gold. The two deer had sparkles added with WOS. 

I was inspired by this beautiful card sample of Laurie's. 

Thanks so very much for your visit! Hope your New Year is off to a good start, stay warm! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Playing along with challenges at:
CAS Watercolor (Birthday)  
Seize the Birthday

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Count the Stars

Hello and welcome to my blog!

I find it's always hard getting back into stamping after the rush of the holidays. With all the frenzy of Christmas card making and activities, followed by a few days of being out of the craft room, my mojo vanishes. 
I got back in my craft room saddle last night and cleaned up all the mess covering my tables! Now I'm ready to look forward and I have a card to post for you. 

I'm loving ink blending with my new Oxide inks and pulling out the Count the Stars set from MFT. Challenges help kickstart my creativity. I'm playing along with the MFT Sketch Challenge and the Star Power Challenge at Creative Construction with Blueprints.
Thanks so much for taking a look! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: Count the Stars MFT and dies

Paper: Whisper White, Silver Glitter

Inks: Distress Oxide Inks - Broken China, Peacock Blue, Faded Jeans

Accessories: Blueprints 24, SSS Stencil Falling Stars

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Fresh Bouquets and Butterflies

Hello everyone! 
I'm sure you've been as busy and can relate to the overfull days and hectic hours of the holiday preparations that have been going on around here. Craziness! 

I was challenged by Laurie's terrific Faux Stained Glass technique at Make It Monday and had to sneak in a few minutes to give this a try. 

A card with airy colors and the freshness of spring. Ahhh! I needed that break.  

I used the PTI Bitty Butterflies Cover Plate Die for the background. I colored the vellum using Distress Inks in Broken China and Shaded Lilac. For the focal point, I cut a butterfly from the PTI Butterflies Cover Plate Die, and trimmed out one of the butterflies with scissors. I cut it from white card stock and blended ink to color it. Afterwards I added droplets of the ink, splattered, and a few spritzes of Perfect Pearls added to water for texture and shine.

Wrapping a bit of tulle (with a teeny bit of glitter in it) behind the butterfly and adding sequins made me happy!
I used stamps from the Fresh Bouquet set.  
Hope this finds you thinking that, whatever is going on, "You've got this!" 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

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JOY at Christmas

How are your holiday preparations coming? I took some much needed time off from card making to spend time with shopping and a few other things but I'm happy to be back with a card to share today. 

I've had so much fun making my cards this year, pulling out all my old stamps and some new supplies too. 
Been thinking about my creative goals for 2018 and you know what? One thing for sure on my list is to make 3 or 4 Christmas cards a month all year long. The Merry Monday Christmas Challenge is on my sights right now, and inspired this card. 

I LOVE using alternative Christmas colors, so I couldn't resist playing along featuring my never-been-used Neighborhood Border Die from Tailored Expressions. The inside of the card reads, "Merry Christmas from our house to yours." 

I colored the trees and the word Joy with Copics, and added sparkle to the windows with my Wink of Stella pen. You know of course, that I had to add sequins too, right? Yep!
Thanks so much for your visit today. 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Holiday Wishes

Hello everyone! I'm getting my post up early since our weather is gorgeous and going to be warm today! I will be out in the boat this afternoon for sure. 

In my craft room I'm still humming along on the Christmas card theme. 

The Make It Monday Challenge hosted by Laurie at Papertrey Ink featured tips for using lots of layers. I got a bit carried away but had fun adding colors of ink and die cut layers. Have a look! 

I combined die cut images from Holiday Greens and Spruce and Sprigs. They were stamped multiple times using shades of Parakeet Green, New Leaf and Hawaiian Shores. I just love these colors! 

I cut an ornate square and a circle die from the Don't Forget to Write Basics Collection, and used those as bases for tucking in and layering my bouquet of holly and blooms.  The stamped and die cut sentiments are from the Christmas Cheer stamp set. 

This card will make it's way to someone special on my list, either delivered by hand or in a specially made envelope.

You are so special too, hope your day is wonderful! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used are PTI unless noted

Stamps: Holiday Greens, Christmas Cheer, Spruce & Sprigs

Paper: SU - whisper white, Crumb Cake; PTI - Hawaiian Shores

Inks: Hawaiian Shores, Green Parakeet, New Leaf, SU - Crumb Cake

Accessories: Sequins, Dies, sponges, MISTI

I'm also adding this to these challenges. 
Merry Monday who posted these fun colors!

Golden Christmas Wishes

Hello stamping friends! 
How is it going? Are you getting back to a more normal week?

I had time to stamp today and pulled out the Stag Trio Die from WPlus 9 to make an elegant card. If I had time to make four cards a day (who ever can do that?) I would never use all the Christmas sets that I have in the house. But I'm having fun trying!  

Clean and simple cards don't always come together quickly in the designing stages. It took me awhile to decide what color sequins to use and where to put them. 

This is a design I will love using again. I LOVE the stag dies!
Happy wishes to you, thanks so much for your visit today. 

Be yourself.

     Find delight in your craft.

          Make something beautiful! 

I was inspired by the fun layout at CAS(E) This Sketch. Also linking to The Merry Christmas Challenge.