Sweet!

There have been several contests on some fab blogs that I entered recently and I won two of them! Whoo hooo! Check out the blogs from theses two great crafters and add them to your Google Reader! :-)

Maria's Blog

Kandis' Blog

Thanks girls!

Quick Birthday Card

Here's a little birthday card I whipped up the other. I had planned to work it into the Mojo Monday sketch from last week, but I just didn't get it all together to make it happen. I used some BG Urban Prarie paper and brads. And then I stamped some flowers and a sentiment from PTI's Garden of Life set. I wish I had used the green & blue paper as the first layer (and that my camera had done a better job capturing the colors - but that is probably just operator error! hah), but I thought it was pretty cute. It's on its way to one of the SCS RAK group members for their birthday. Hope she likes it!

A new creation

Here's a little nursery wall hanging that I made for my friend's nursery. I'll have to admit, that it took me way too long to get to actually finish it. But I finally did and here's how it turned out. This was a custom request - she specifically chose the scripture and color scheme and the insects. I used the pattern from one of the Quilts & More magazines for the actual insects and the rest is all my design and pattern (including the appliqued letters). Here's a close up shot of the butterfly.
Well, that's about it for today. :-) Hope your week is off to a great start!

A few more Valentines ...

A few more quick Valentine's Day cards for you ...

The first one is from a monthly kit swap I have going on SCS. This is a simple card. The white base under the image is actually embossed paper - the photo doesn't really do it much justice.
The other two cards in the photo below are little ones I whipped up with Papertrey paper and stamps. (Ribbon is from my stash.) I used some leftover paper from the BFF card I made earlier this week and added some punched out hearts and sentiments from the Heart Prints stamp set and viola! They should be arriving at some friends' houses today! :-)



Happy Saturday everyone!

Dawn's Favorites Color Challenge

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Today is the last day of the PTI anniversary celebration - all the new goodies are released tonight at midnight.

Today, they introduced Dawn McVey's damask set and challenged us to create a card inspired by a color combo she has used in her sneak peeks this week. I decided to go with Aqua Mist/Dark Chocolate/Lemon Tart/White combo - since a lot of the others had colors that aren't available until tomorrow! :-)

I started with Aqua Mist and used a Damask image from an Inkadinkado set that I had. I am sure that I will love Dawn's versions more - sometimes I have trouble getting the Inkadinko stamps to stamp really clearly. Anyway, I made my pattern and then added a strip of Dark Chocolate, layered with a strip of Lemon Tart stamped w/ the little dots from PTI's Polka Dot Basics. Then I wrapped Dark Chocolate and Aqua Mist satin ribbons around the layers and tied them with a bit of hemp twine and a button from Basic Grey's Urban Prarie line. Finally, I added the "Fabsolutely Fabulous" sentiment from PTI's Mixed Messages set before adhering it all to a white card. Here's a close up of the button and ribbon.

What do you think?

Here's the details on the card:
Stamps: Damask image from Inkadinkado; PTI Polka Dot Basics, Mixed Messages
Paper & Ink from PTI: CS - White, Aqua Mist, Lemon Tart, Dark Chocolate; Ink - Aqua Mist, Dark Chocolate
Ribbon: PTI Satin in Lemon Tart, Aqua Mist
Other: Button from BG Urban Prairie; hemp twine




And I loved this color combo so much, I made another card with it too ...

For this one, I used an SU chipboard flower to create a pattern for my cardstock flower - I just traced it and cut it out. Then I stamped it with the Polka Dot Basics.

I used a chipboard circle as a base for the flower center - I added a ribbon ruffle around the circle and then popped a circle of Dark Chocolate CS onto the center. Then I layered that with a Lemon Tart center stamped with "merci" from the Mixed Messages set. And finished it off with a BG Urban Prairie button and a bit of hemp twine.

I stitched the Dark Chocolate CS strip onto the Aqua Mist square with my sewing machine and mounted the flower and then the whole card front onto a 4-1/4 square white card base. I really like how it turned out. I have been thinking about this ribbon ruffle for petals for a couple of days, so I am glad to have finally had a chance to work it out!

Well, off to get some sewing done before my dinner date with my mister! Have a great Saturday everyone!

Bee Mine!

Happy almost Friday everyone! I am so looking forward to tomorrow. This has been a long week! And Friday means relaxing on the couch with the mister and catching up on all our shows. (And knowing I get to sleep in the next morning!)

This is a little v-day card I made with an image I got in a Stampendous/MFT image swap on SCS. I wish I had gotten more of these bee-uties! :-) Aren't they cute?! I had fun coloring them with my Copics.

I added a little sentiment from PTI's Heart Prints and all the paper (except the heart paper) is from PTI. I can't remember what brand the patterned paper is, but I know my mom picked it up for me at Archivers. And the ribbon is also from PTI - love all their yummy products!

I hope everyone is having a great week so far and will get to enjoy a LOVEly weekend :-)

Best Friend Card Challenge

Today, Nicole's challenge was to make a card for your best friend. She's got a fun prize - 2 kits so you can make cards with your BFF! :-)

I really loved my ribbon skirt on yesterday's card, so I tried it again on today's card. I really love black, white, and hot pink so I decided to go with that color combo. I created the striped paper using the Faux Ribbon set - I stamped the black stripes and then went back with the Raspberry Fizz ink for the dotted stripes. Then I trimmed down my "designer paper" and added the ribbon skirt along one side. I mounted that on a piece of True Black cardstock and wrapped a piece of Raspberry Fizz twill around the "seam". I used the Fresh Alphabet set to make the "BFF" sentiment at the top. It was all easy peasy!





Supplies all by Papertrey Ink:
Cardstock: White, True Black
Ink: Black & Raspberry Fizz
Ribbon: Raspberry Fizz Twill & Swiss Dot
Stamps: Faux Ribbon, Fresh Alphabet