PaperTrey Princess Challenge #3

Whew! Talk about cutting it close! Tomorrow we get a new challenge so I figured I'd better get my act together and get this one posted! Melissa posted this challenge . When I first bought the Chocolate Remix DP from PTI I had visions of coloring the butterflies all sorts of fun colors. Well, I never did, until today! I used the Copic Trio for Aqua Mist and colored the butterflies happy. The sentiment is from Giga Guide Lines and the butterfly is from Butterfly Kisses.

Thanks for looking and we will see you for challenge #4 from Pam.

Blog Hop February 2010 Inspiration

Welcome to the February 2010 Blog Hop! This month's challenge was to find a card that that one of the Design Team member created that really inspired you and put your twist on it.

I have been a long time fan of Betsy Veldman and when she joined the PTI team I was thrilled! Check out this card by Betsy and then you will understand why I liked it so much. It uses fun colors, lots of buttons and is just plain fun! Thank you, Betsy!!!

PaperTrey Princess Challenge #2

Last week Lee issued our second PaperTrey Princess Challenge . The challenge was to make a 3D project using a template that we have never used before. Well, we are talking pretty basic here! I was wondering what I was going to have my kindergarten students do with their valentines and this tote popped into my head. It is the "Around Town Tote" sold at PTI. I was really surprised by how large it really is. I need to keep it simple enough that my class could do most of it by themselves. I also couldn't get it too girly looking! I only have one girl in my class!

So, here is my finished project. I will find out tomorrow if 5 & 6 year olds can actually complete this. Sure hope so! I have everything printed plus one zillion hearts all cut. I am sooooooo thankful for my Cricut!!!

Thanks, Lee!!!

Happy Birthday Misti! and Niki's Color Scheme

Here is Niki's Favorite color scheme. Now, these colors I am used to working with! They include: Kraft, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, and New Leaf.

Now this card I would like to dedicate to my good friend, Stampin' Flybaby partner, and Dave Ramsey motivator, Misti! Misti, I hope you have a GREAT day with no snow!!! May God bless you for all you do to help others who struggle with the issues of life. Thanks for being my friend!!!

Happy Birthday Joyce! and Lisa's Color Scheme

This is Lisa's favorite color combo; Kraft, Spring Moss, True Black and Vintage Cream. Figured while I was at it, I would take this opportunity to wish my fellow PaperTrey Princess, Joyce a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Joyce celebrates her birthday tomorrow (Wednesday). I hope you have a WONDERFUL birthday, Joyce.

Nichole's Color Scheme

Another PTI challenge has been issued. Each design team member shared with us their favorite PTI color combo and we needed to make a card using those colors. This card uses Nichole's fav colors; Dark Chocolate, Terracotta Tile, Raspberry Fizz, and Scarlet Jewel. A little out of my comfort zone but.... It turned out ok, I think.

PTI Anniversary Day 8

WooHoo! We have a snow day today so I was able to work on the PTI Anniversay challenge for day 8. One of these days I just might actually win one of these!

Today's challenge is a paint by number challenge. Using the color chart for our PTI username, we needed to follow the sketch. At first I went "Oh, yuck" when I saw this color combo, but I think I actually like it now.

Thanks, Nichole, for giving us another chance to win some FAB PTI products!!!

Happy Birthday, Dan

I got so wrapped up in "Hopping" that I forgot about DS#3's birthday card. So, I whipped this up. I really like the look of Enchanted Evening and TerraCotta Tile together. I think this looks like a guy card with guy colors. Can't believe he will be 18 tomorrow. Good thing I'm not getting any older!

January Blog Hop- Inside and Out

It is time for the Papertrey Ink January Blog Hop. This month the challenge was to create a "Total Package" that includes a card, front & inside, and a decorated envelope.

I wanted to make a special Valentine's Day card for hubby this year so I bundled it all into my "hop" project. This was really a lot of fun! Not so sure hubby will like the pink and the bow, but.... I think the sentiment will win him over.


I'm trying to get up the courage to mail it to him at work. He works at a pretty large company so I'm sure it would be quite the event. I'll have to keep thinking about this one.....

All of the stamps are from PTI's Simple Valentine. The inks are Raspberry Fizz, Hibiscus, and Sweet Blush. The ribbon is Raspberry Fizz and the button is from the white and cream button collection at PTI.

The sentiment is from an online sentiment place. I found it once but now I can't find it again...

ETA: Here is where I found the sentiment http://www.squidoo.com/search/results?q=sentiments

PaperTrey Princess Challenge #1

I am so glad to be back with the PaperTrey Princesses! Anya posted our first challenge yesterday morning and my brain has been working on this card ever since.

I used Quilter's Sampler and Daily Designs Sentiments for this card. The background is stamped with Faux Ribbon with the new and improved Spring Rain Ink. The scissors and thread were colored with my WONDERFUL Copic Markers. I used Palette Noir as my black ink. It was fun to use actual stitching on this card, a straight stitch around the "pinked" layer and a zig-zag on the "Friendship tag". The blue spool of thread is lifted up with a large pop-dot, giving some added dimension.

I know exactly which friend will be receiving this card. Anya, thanks for this beautiful Inspiration Challenge!

Turning a Pink Leaf

Good evening. Hubby went to the kid's basketball game, so Jonny and I stayed home. J. was perfectly content to play "Flight Sim" and I was perfectly content to make a card.

I challenged myself to make a card using a set(s) that hadn't seen ink yet. There was no better place to start this adventure than the PTI gallery. I stumbled across this card from Geny Cassady. I loved the way the colors flowed and I had my brand new Turning a New Leaf stamp set. I wanted to try a different color combo, so I went with the pinks. I used Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, and Raspberry Fizz. The sentiment is from another "never before inked" set, Signature Greeting. The oval was cut using Nestabilities, the ribbon is Sweet Blush and the button is Raspberry Fizz. The inks are VersaMark Champagne Dazzle and Raspberry Fizz. Of course, all of these items can be found at PaperTrey Ink.

Thanks for letting me spend my Friday evening with you!

3 Cards

A friend of mine mentioned that she didn't think I was getting any "me time" because I hadn't posted any cards on my blog. The truth is, I have been making cards at the last minute and popping them in the mail right away before taking pictures. Here are three cards that haven't left yet. I hope you enjoy!!!

They all use PTI stamps and embellishments. The ideas for them were probably CASEd from someone however I can't remember who. So, if one of these cards looks like something you created, THANKS! My PTI stamping friends are truly my inspiration!!!

Enjoy!!! Who knows, maybe I'll post some more things soon....

New Blog Look

Well, since so many on the PTI forum have been talking about starting blogs and updating their look, I thought I would give it a try. Considering I am super blog challenged I am amazed I got this far....

BEST OF 2009

Thought I would do a little review of 2009 so I can remember how the year played out.

My 2009 goals were to lose 15 pounds and pay off the last two credit cards. Well, neither one of those happened so I will try again.

Favorites of 2009:

Favorite spiritual moment: The simple faith of my kindergarten students.

Favorite Book: Sarah Palin: Going Rogue

Favorite Movie: The Notebook

Favorite non-craft purchase: Bathroom 4 chamber soap dispenser

Favorite craft purchase: Cricut Expression

Favorite vacation: Puerto Rico

Favorite get-away: Canoe Bay Resort

Favorite remodeling project: New bathroom shower

Favorite laughable moment: "Does Jesus believe in Santa Claus?"

All in all it has been a great year! Our wonderful Lord has brought us all safely through it, only a few minor accidents. Steve is still employed and I have a wonderful job that I really enjoy.

Now it is time to look ahead to what the Lord has for us in 2010. I pray He will be able to find me faithful.

October Blog Hop

WooHoo! It is time for the October PTI Blog Hop. This month is all about sharing Christmas ideas. So, last minute I came up with these two cards. The ideas came from an old craft magazine but I tweaked them using a couple of my PTI stamp sets.

The first one uses the NEW Holiday Tree set with a sentiment from the NEW Tree Trimming Trio. Colors and inks are Ocean Tides, Black and Vintage Cream. The second card uses Pure Poppy CS with the New Rustic Snowflakes DP. The stamp is from the 2008 Holiday Tags set.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

I'm Back!

Wow! What a summer! I couldn't wait for school to be out so I could have some free time. Well, I think I've been even busier. lol!

I had a request for 2 cards for the girls from church that are heading off to college this week. I wanted to use my new Everyday Button Bits stamps from PTI and these seemed that they would work fabulously. I am so pleased with the way these turned out. I do need to order MORE PTI buttons though. The first card is made from the buttons in my stash and the second card is using the wonderful PTI butons. What a FUN assortment.

Enjoy!

PaperTrey Princess Challenge

I am so thankful for this challenge! I have been spending every free moment working on the cookbook I'm putting together for my home economics class. The girls turned in over 1000 recipes and now I'm working like crazy to get them all into cookbook form. I would really like to get it DONE before my kindergarten curriculm comes. It will be strange to shift gears from teaching highschool home ec. to teaching a classroom full of 5-6 year olds. I'm exceited about it though!

On to the challenge! We were shown a picure of this beautiful April Cornell placemat and napkin. The challenge was to make a card following the same colors and design.

I used Vintage Cream CS as my base and some of the layers. I also used Ripe Avocado and Spring Rain CS and ink. The stamp sets I used were Fancy Flourishes and Mega Mixed Messages. The ribbon is Ripe Avocado and the button is Spring Rain with the Cream Twine. The fold idea came from the Journal of Paper Engineering. (what a fun book!)

All items used are PTI except for the message layer and that was cut out using my Cuttlebug and Nestabilities.

Bring on the next challenge! I need to get my head out of the cookbook sometime!

Baby Shower and Graduation!

Ah, procrastinated again! DMIL (Dear Mother-in-Love) needs a card for a baby shower and I need a card for a graduation celebration.

I made these up this afternoon and now we need to leave in about 5 minutes. Nothing like waiting until the last minute.

Everything I used is PTI and Nestabilities. They were both inspired by cards I saw in CARDS.

Enjoy!!!

Weekend Fun!

What a wonderful weekend! I was able to make three more cards; one Father's Day, one Praying for you, and one Graduation.

The Father's Day card was designed from one I found in my Cards mag. as well as the Graduation one. The Praying for you idea was from the PTI gallery. As you can tell, I'm not very creative on my own. Thanks to others that are willing to share their ideas so that I can get headed in the right direction.

I finally used my clear cardstock on the grad card. I really like it, however, it is difficult to photograph.

ENJOY!

Stamp sets: Fresh Alphabet, Scattered Showers, Friends til the End, Wise Owl, and Around & About Sentiments.

Happy Father's Day with PTI

What a fun day! I got all of my "FLYing" done this morning so I could spend the afternoon making Father's Day cards for the church bookstore.

WOW! At first I was really bummed that I hadn't purchase "Men of Life" for my Father's Day cards but as you can see, I made out just fine.

I grabbed my newest issue of Cards Magazine (June 2009) and got inspired!!! My ideas came from Dawn McVey (Father's Day: Tea Leaves), Danielle Holsapple (Background Spot and Dots), Davinie Fiero (Owls), and Kandis Smith (Birds). Thanks, ladies!!! You all ROCK!!!

All of the backgrounds were stamped with PTI stamps except for the Tea Leaf paper, which is also from PTI.

Stamp sets used were:

Faux Ribbon, Background Basics: Spots and Dots, Father Knows Best, Fresh Alphabet, Pond Life, Around and About, Wise Owl, Polka Dot Basics, Heartfelt Basics, Mailbox Greetings, Background Basics: Text Style, Bird Watching, Mega Mixed Messages, Journaling Lines, and Trajan Monogram.

Just about all of the cardstock and inks are PTI except for the colors that PTI hasn't come out with yet, like SU! Creamy Caramel and SU! Ruby Red.

Buttons were from my stash and the twine is from PTI and I LOVE IT!!!

My FAVORITE is the way that the background on the bird card was made with Journaling Lines using Ocen Tides ink in one direction and Dark Chocolate for the other drection.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing these cards and maybe I can pass some of the inspiration on to you!

ENJOY!