Quilt and Owl

Here are two more cards for this month's challenge. I needed to make a thank you for my mom to thank her for keeping us during our visit and hubby needed a thank you for a guy that helped him with some church stuff. Hubby wanted a VERY BASIC card. I was inspired to make this owl card when I saw a similar one by Lisa Johnson.

Quilter's Sampler 3/8

Floral Frenzy 2/8

Wise Owl 1/8

The July Challenge Goal has begun

Welcome to my July PTI challenge. My goal is to make 8 cards with each of the new July PTI releases before the August release at 12:01 AM on the 15th of Aug.

I already used one of the sets, FLORAL FRENZY, on my July Blog Hop card. Here is another card made using the same set. It is for a ATC swap that I am doing, that is why it is sized a bit smaller. I did make 10 of these but I am only counting it as one because I just assembly lined them.

The other two cards are made using the Quilter's Sampler set.

Quilter's Sampler 2/8

Floral Frenzy 2/8

Wise Owl 0/8

July PTI Blog Hop

Welcome to the July Blog Hop with PTI.

This month we were asked to use the beautiful Papertrey Ink linen Vellum. This vellum is thicker than most and has a wonderful texture.

I chose to dry emboss my vellum with a Cuttlebug Embossing folder. I really like the way this paper responds to "cuddling". With the Dark Chocolate PTI paper underneath the vellum, just enough of the dark shows through to soften the whiteness.

I then used the SU Ticket Punch in the corners and tied a double ribbon around the bottom. I really like the two color, two sizes of ribbon. I used Plum Pudding for the wider ribbon and Dark Chocolate for the thinner ribbon. I then used my Nestabilities to make the ovals then stamped the flower in the middle using the new Floral Frenzy stamp set. The "thank you" stamp is from the Mixed Messages stamp set. The little bling in the corners is from Target.

FINAL!

And here it is, my final project for the June release. DD needed a luggage tag for her new backpack so I decided to make one for her. All of the info is tied safely inside if needed but out of sight of anyone passing by.

I really like the new PTI Kraft Cardstock. Is is so nice and heavy making it perfect for this kind of project.

Well, it has been a great deal of fun crafting with you this month. Three more PTI sets will be released tonight so I'll probably be doing this all over again!

More Boards & Beams

Here are two more Boards & Beams. Only one more to go to complete my challenge, just in time to start July's release. I'm really enjoying using what I have purchased.

Guide Lines-10

Flower Garden-10

Birds of a Feather-11

Boards & Beams-9

I'll be back in a bit, after I feed the kids and run some errands.

One More Goal Met!

Okay, so I can't count! In my last post I said that I only had five cards to make to complete my goal. Well, in reality, I had 7 to make. I will need to make 3 cards using Boards & Beams by 11:01 PM tomorrow.



Here are my cards I did this afternoon:

These are all done from challenge sketches on SCS. The first box has 2 Boards & Beams cards and the the second box completes my Birds of a Feather card goal plus 1. I lost count as I was having too much fun with B of a F and over achieved.


10 Guide Lines
10 Flower Garden
7 Boards & Beams
11 Birds of a Feather

2 Birds and a Home

Here are two more Birds of a Feather cards and another Boards & Beams. I'm closing in on my goal. Only 5 more to go!

All three of these cards are PTI Challenge sketches. The first one is CMWC9, the second is CMWC6 and the bottom one is CMWC3.

My favorite one is the one with the pinks & black. I am really liking the look of the two ribbons tied together.



10 GuideLines
10 Flower Garden
5 Boards & Beams
8 Birds of a Feather

Off to see how many more I can do this afternoon.

Birds of a Feather Variety

Here are three more cards using Birds of a Feather. This set can have so many different looks. Not sure why I got stuck on the Lemon Tart and Summer Sunrise combo for two of these, but I do like it! ENJOY!!!

10 Guide Lines

10 Flower Garden

4 Boards & Beams

6 Birds of a Feather

3 More Guide Lines

Oh, this set is soooo much fun! I was even able to incorporate two more Birds of a Feather into these. I am really starting to like this Birds of a Feather set. At first I wasn't sure about it since it is so much different than "my style". But..... Now I'm excited to see what else I can make using it!

Goal Challenge:
10 Guide Lines
10 Flower Garden
4 Boards & Beams
3 Birds of a Feather.


3 1/2 more days to reach my goal. Hee Hee! I think the next thing should be to clean off my desk. I'm starting to have trouble finding things.

More "Goal" Cards

Two more cards to add to my collection. Only 6 more days to reach my goal. So far I can only purchase one new PTI set that is released on 12:01 AM on the 15th of July. This is MOTIVATION. Nichole is starting to release "Sneek Peeks" of the new sets and I really, really want to make this goal because I don't think I could choose which set to leave behind.



7 Guide Lines
10 Flower Garden
4 Boards & Beams
1 Birds of a Feather


I used Guide Lines on both of these cards and the bird & saying are from Birds of a Feather. Two sets on the same card works for me!

More Boards & Beams

The more I use this set the more I like it. It is sending me in ways that I haven't been prone to go before. This is a good thing. The first card is paper pieced with DP from Everyday Blessings and Father Knows Best from PTI. The second card is colored with Prang colored pencils. I flunked coloring in kindergarten for a reason.


5 Guidelines
10 Flower Garden
4 Boards & Beams
0 Birds of a Feather

First Goal Met

When you are only 3 cards away from one of your goals you just have to meet it! WooHoo!

5 Guide Lines

10 Flower Garden

2 Boards & Beams

0 Birds of a Feather

Back to Stampin'

Okay, so I kinda cheated at making my goal. I mass produced 6 cards using PTI Flower Garden. I needed several anniversary cards so this was the best way to make sure they all got finished.

Goal Update:

5 Guide Lines

7 Flower Garden

0 Birds of a Feather

2 Boards and Beams

I still have 9 more days to complete my challenge. Will I make it? What will I do if I don't? Hopefully I won't have to find out the answer to that last question.

Once again, thank you Amy Rysavy for your inspiration.

Switching Gears

It seems like lately my craft room has been all about stamping and scrapbooking. Well, I decided to get out the sewing machine and make my daughter a skirt. She is getting so tall, yes, at age 10 she is taller than me. I need to make her some skirts that cover everything that needs to be covered. I can tell I'm a little rusty at this sewing thing, but I had such a good time. Of course it helped that hubby was home keeping an eye on the troops.

Well, here is skirt #1. DD picked out the pattern and the fabric so of course she likes it. I'm rather pleased with the way it turned out, especially seeing how long it has been since I made her anything.

I'm ready to head back to the fabric store for more fabric. I wonder if she is?