Merry Christmas Kisses

I'm popping in for a quick post tonight with a card for two challenges that end soon. This cute pair of foxes from Neat and Tangled (Merry Kisses set) have been on the top of my craft table since Christmas just waiting to be colored. I got busy with my Copics while the Olympics were on coloring the foxes in warm browns and adding a red stripe to the scarf.

I placed them on a Distress ink blended background and using a falling snow stencil, I added Nuvo Embellishment Mousse in Mother of Pearl.

I'm playing along with the challenges at Cas(e) This Sketch  and Merry Monday #271 {stencils} I did turn the sketch on it's side. 

Thanks so much for your visit today! 

Thanks! Watercolored Peonies

Hello! Happy Valentine's Day! 
I got in some stamping time this afternoon and I'm making my last entries in honor of the challenges at Papertrey Ink for their 11th Anniversary celebration. 
The first card was made with the Peonies on Parade set. I embossed the flowers in white and colored them in using Real Color Zig markers in red, yellow, mid-green and mustard. 

This challenge was to use stripes! I blended ink using a stencil to add stripes to the card base. 

The second card is for the No Stamps challenge to use only dies for your project. I wanted to do something using dies in a different way. I began by using the die to dry emboss on a pastel card stock panel. Next I did cut the butterflies from a card stock scrap, and used it as a stencil, filling in the butterflies with a thin layer of Nuvo Mousse in Pearl. 

The soft shimmer and texture is so pretty! I blended ink to color the die cut sentiment and butterfly used for accents and coated them with a Wink of shimmer as well. 

That wraps it up for me today. I hope that you're having a good day, thank you so much for coming by! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Floral Heart Wreath Thanks

Hi everyone! 
The 11th Anniversary celebration at PTI is in full swing, and today's challenge asked us to use florals on our card. No problem there! 
I wanted to  use the Gathered Garden set for the first time, so I  had two tries that ended in the trash played around with it bit and decided to make a wreath. 

These stamps are easy to manipulate so you can bend the stems either way as you place them on the block. This makes coming up with a rounded shape so much easier. 
I'm keeping this quick so as to get on with my weekend activities. Hope yours is going well! Thanks so much for taking the time to swing by. 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

ETA: If you'd like to feast your eyes on gorgeous floral designs at the challenge, here's the LINK  I promise you won't be disappointed!

Supplies used:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Gathered Garden

Paper: Neenah Solar White, PTI - Berry Sorbet

INK:Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black, Papertrey Ink - Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, New Leaf, Green Parakeet, Berry Sorbet, Pale Peony, Winter Wisteria

Accessories: PTI - Fun Frames  and Notecard Dies

A Sketch to Celebrate with PTI

Hello everyone!
Here I am again finding myself in the middle of a week having done no crafting. How does that happen, I wonder?

Today I was given a boost to celebrate along with PTI and their fun Sketch Challenge in honor of their 11th Anniversary. 

I love a good sketch and got right to work, choosing this one from one of Melissa's cards. 

I used the same die and arranged the florals from the Fresh Bouquet stamp set and coordinating dies. This set has some really good sentiments and I used two of them on the banner. There is some light sponging on the white layer at the top left. 

It's rainy and cold today, but I have spring in my mind as you can see by the colors! It was hard to get a good photo, the Peach card stock layer is much brighter IRL. 

I'll list the main supplies below. Thanks for coming by to visit and for your delightful comments! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used are from Papertrey Ink unless noted otherwise

Stamps: Fresh Bouquet Stamps and Dies

Paper: Coastal Cabana, Peekaboo Peach (Stampin' Up!) 

Ink:  Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Vintage Jadeite; From WPlus9 - Old Gold

Accessories: Mix & Mat Flourish dies, white embossing powder, white gel pen, sequins

Brushed Birds Collage

Good morning crafty friends!

I have certainly been enjoying challenges and I'm jumping right in with a card to share for the Make It Monday challenge at PTI where Stephanie inspired us with her lovely card using different types of papers.  I went searching for my papers and combined a polka dotted page from last year's planner and a corrugated textured panel for the card base.

 I pulled out mulberry paper from my stash, and added a sentiment embossed on a piece cut from a shiny gold envelope. Adding a touch of gold embossing at the top of the panel and gold thread tied the elements together. Making this collage was so fun! I stamped the Brushed Bird in Aqua Mist and Blueberry Sky inks. 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today!

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Tile Letters Valentine

Hello, welcome back!
Every once in awhile it's time for a card that is just plain fun. We have friends that are so special! They invite us over often, love to get together at the spur of the moment, and enjoy playing games like we do. We get crazy laughing over games together and we always leave their home feeling cheered. 
This card is for them! 
I pondered the sketch at CAS(E) THIS for the week and thought I might skip it. But remembering this never-been-used Letter Tiles set (from Simon Says Stamp) got the wheels turning and this card is the result. 

I was so happy to dig out the chunky wooden heart from my stash to embellish. 

Hope you enjoy your day! Thanks so much for visiting my blog. 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

SNOW for Merry Monday

Hello!

I've had a busy crafting week and I wanted to be sure to get my card posted to add to the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge while there's still time.  I'm new to this challenge but it fits with my goal to spread Christmas card-making throughout the year. And the designers are top notch! 

This week's theme is: SNOW. Who doesn't love that?

I'm also seeking challenges that help me to integrate some of my old (or VERY old) supplies with the newer stuff. I need to spread some stamp love around and enjoy using what I have. Like this cute little Be Jolly snowman and die from Avery Elle.

I'm finding myself coming back to ink blending again and again. Today's card combines Blue Jeans and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Inks. 

Once I got started I had two made before I knew it.

Hope you're enjoying a lovely weekend and thanks so much for visiting today! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!