2 Masculine Guidelines 2

Okay, you are probably sick of this set by now but I'm still loving it!  It makes it so easy to make great guy cards.  Here is one for a guy in our church and one for my big brother.  The first card also uses Mega Mixed Messages and the second one uses Father Knows Best and Birthday Blessings.

I hope they both enjoy them!  

PTI March Blog Hop

WooHoo!  Time for the March Blog Hop at Papertrey Ink! This month we were to make our background paper and then use it in our project.  I had such a hard time figuring out which was my fav, so you get to see my fav 4!  

Here are my four backgrounds.  I apologize for the shadows.  It has been raining here forever, or so it seems.  Hard to get a good pic with cloudy skies and no sunlight

And here are my four cards.  I really am enjoying using Guide Lines 2 from the March PTI release.  It makes creating backgrounds soooooo much fun!  I also used "Wishing You" with those beautiful tulips and "Mega Mixed Messages" so I can say just the right thing in just the right size.  

Thanks for stopping by!  

Easter & the Bookstore

Today I got an order for about 75 cards.  I should be able to make some progress on my using stamps challenges this way!

5 of the ordered cards are Easter cards so these are the first three.  Since they are for the church bookstore I figured I'd best not use bunny's or eggs.  Unfortunately, I don't have an Easter cross, so colors and Easter sayings will have to do for this year.  

I found the ideas for these cards in the SCS gallery so if I CASED your card, THANK YOU!  I have not much originality!  I used PTI stamp sets on all of these except for the Happy Easter  stamp that is from SU!  I am sooooo looking forward to receiving my Mega Mixed Messages stamps  from PTI so that I can have a larger version of the Easter Wishes.

Thanks for stopping by!  Come back again to see how I am doing on my order! 

PTI- Dawn's Color Combo Challenge

Final card for the PTI Anniversary Challenges.  Suppose I'll win with this one?

Dark Chocolate

Aqua Mist

Lemon Tart

PTI Friendship

Today's PTI challenge is to create a card for your bestest friend.   I sure hope she likes it!

PTI Sketch Challenge

Not my favorite card but I do like these colors together.  I used Faux Ribbon and Polka Dot Basics.

This card was made for a Papertrey Ink sketch Challenge.  Random winner receives LOTS of PTI ribbon!  SWEET!!!

Over the Rainbow with PTI

The challenge is to make a card or project using Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Ocen Tides, and Ripe Avocado.  I have so many Valentine's cards to make I decided to combine the two.  Enjoy!

I was inspired by a card in CARDS April '08.  Pardon the photography.  Not the best time of the day for pictures, plus picture taking isn't "my thing".

Time for another Blog Hop.  I haven't done one of these for a while, but it is good to be back.

For the January Blog Hop we were to make a birthday card.  I couldn't decide which one to do so you get to see both of them.  Our third son has a birthday tomorrow so the "Out of the Box" card is for him.  I got the idea from the Aug. 2008 Cards magazine.  I used Pure Poppy and Ocean Tides.  Thanks Niki for showing us how to use Faux Ribbon to make background papers.

Next is a card using "Out on a Limb, Revised".  This idea also came from a Cards Magazine.  I used Raspberry Fizz ink and ribbon on this card.  

Both of these cards go towards my challenge to make 5 cards using some of my PTI stamps that haven't seen ink in a while.

Here's the count so far:

Butterfly Kisses-0/5
Mailbox Greetings-1/5
Out of the Box-1/5
Out on a Limb-1/5
Silent Night-0/5
Teacher's Apple-0/5
Boxes Bags and Tags-5/5

Boxes, Bags & Tags

Here are the first five cards for my challenge.  These were all made using PTI stamp sets and most of them were CASED from the PTI gallery.  Thanks So Much was from Mary K., Get Well Tea from Julie Cameron, With Sympathy from Mary K, Baby was inspired by Niki E, and Special Birthday was actually my own idea.

I hope you enjoy looking at these. 

Time for another challenge.  I have several PTI sets that have seen very little ink.  I am challenging myself to use these sets to make 5 cards with each set.  

I will keep you posted on my progress! 

Butterfly Kisses-0/5
Mailbox Greetings-0/5
Out of the Box-0/5
Out on a Limb-0/5
Silent Night-0/5
Teacher's Apple-0/5
Boxes Bags and Tags-0/5

Cocoa and Recipes

Well, I think I am ready for the bookstore opening tomorrow.  It has been an intense week finishing up all these projects, but I've had fun!

This first project is more of Lauren Meader's templates except this time they have cocoa in them and they still use Pine's PTI stamps, Warm

Happiness.  

Then using Betsy Veldman's idea for a Holiday Recipe book, I made this:

Thanks, Betsy.  You can see Betsy's book here: http://forum.papertreyink.com/forum/gallery2.php?g2_itemId=34313   Also, you can purchase the recipe cards from PTI here: http://www.papertreyink.com/pb_recipecards.html

More Fun with PTI and FallCK!

While I'm uploading, I will add a few more items.  I am really enjoying my new PTI stamps!  These two cards were made using Made of Snow and Wise Owl.  Can you guess which one was made with which one? 

Then I made this card holder box with the Fall Craft Kit.  These kits are lots

 of fun!

PTI Template-A Cup of Tea

I am so loving the templates that Lauren Meader designed for PTI.  They are quick, easy and fun.  So many templates don't line up or look cheesy.  Not these!  I also used Pine's Warm Happiness stamps from PTI.  Fun stuff!  The recipe for the tea mix is on the back of the tag. 

It is good to be back!

It is that time again, Ink Pad Missions.

Here are the three cards that we will be making for the month of October. Of course, I don't have too many original ideas, so the second and third cards were cased. The second one was inspired by jmholmes25 in the PTI gallery and the third one was inspired by peanutbee on SCS. The first one I actually thought of all by myself.

Another thing that I have been working on is gifts for the girls in DD's class at school. I figured I would go broke quickly buying gifts for all of the birthday parties that Emily was invited to attend. So, this is what I will be making for all of the girls.

Hopefully I will be crafting a lot more now that the garden is starting to slow down.

A Good Day in the Stamp Room

It felt soooo good to get back to stampin' after a couple of weeks off to move the in-loves to MN.

The count is now up to:

Quilter's Sampler- 3/8
Floral Frenzy- 5/8

Wise Owl- 6/8

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.