Birthday Cupcakes

Happy Monday! I hope all of your weeks are getting off to a great start! I know that a platter full of cupcakes would definitely make for a better start to the week for most people! LOL :-)

This little card is headed to a birthday girl! I make and send at least 2 cards a month to SCS birthday girls by way of the RAK Birthday Committee. It's fun and gets me to send some of the cards I make. I hope the recipients enjoy receiving them.

(click photo to enlarge)

This card was made with an image from the Unity August Kit of the Month. I think its super cute. I colored the cupcakes with pink and green Copic markers and added some sparkle to the cupcakes and ribbon with a Sakura glitter pen. The sentiment is from PTI's Cupcake Collection set. I don't know about you, but now that school is back in session I am really enjoying some clean and simple layouts lately and this one could be easily adapted to lots of different themes.

Well, that's all for now folks! Thanks for stopping by! :-)

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Unity August 09 KOTM; PTI Cupcake Collection
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; PTI Raspberry Fizz; Copics; Sakura Stardust Gelly Roll pen
Paper: PTI White, Raspberry Fizz
Accessories: PTI Raspberry Fizz twill
Other: Fiskars Upper Crest border punch

Pink Overload!

Hi! I hope you've all had a great weekend! I am a bit sad that it's over already ... I had more that I wanted to get accomplished, but it will be 5:30 AM before I know it, so I will keep this post short! LOL

My buddy Susan on SCS and I did some image swapping. She sent me some cute Sugar Nellies images in exchange for some On My Couch images. Well, she got her's to me before I got to stamping mine, so I made this little card to send back to her with the couch images. Hope she likes pink! :-)

(Click photo to enlarge)

Overall, the card is pretty simple. I colored the image with Copic markers and added some glitter with a Sakura glitter pen on her beaded necklace. A girl's gotta have bling, right? :-) I matted the image on Raspberry Fizz paper and added some Upper Crest punching and twill to give it a little something.

Well, that is about it for now - I've got to get to bed since that alarm will be early! I will be back tomorrow with a cute and simple Unity card. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Image: Sugar Nellies
Ink: Memento Black, Copic markers, Sakura Stardust glitter pen
Paper: PTI Raspberry Fizz, White, Hibiscus Burst
Accessories: PTI Raspberry Fizz twill
Other: Fiskars Upper Crest border punch

Follow Your Heart

Happy Friday friends! :-) I finally got a chance to play with a few of the August 09 Unity KOTM images. I had the heart stamped a few days ago and finally worked it, the tag, and the paper scraps together in this card. It's almost impossible to see, but I softened the Spring Moss paper by stamping a text background in Chamomile ink, which I also used to distress all the edges of the patterned papers and the tag. The layout is similar to this card from a few days ago. Well that is all for now! I hope you've all had a great week - as always, thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Unity August 09 KOTM; PTI Scattered Showers Additions, Text Style
Ink: Palette Noir; PTI Aqua Mist & Chamomile; Copic markers; Sakura glitter pen
Paper: PTI Lavender Moon, White card stock, Bitty Box paper (Spring Moss), Bitty Dot paper (Lavender Moon)
Accessories: twine; MS adhesive pearls (colored w/ Copic marker YG91); foam tape; sewing machine

Same but different

Hi and happy Thursday! I am soooo excited for Friday and the weekend. The first week of school has gone well so far, but I am exhausted! LOL

The other day I whipped up another version of this card with just different background paper, but I really like the Ocean Tides with the Kraft and Summer Sunrise. I think these cards would make a great gift set - they are really easy and quick to make. And I have some friends with birthdays coming up quick!
Anyway, I plan to work in some stamping time over the weekend and get back to some regular posting now that I am settling into a routine. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: PTI In Bloom
Ink: Palette Noir Black, Copic markers
Paper: PTI Kraft card stock; Bitty Box paper in Lemon Tart, Spring Moss, & Ocean Tides
Accessories: PTI Summer Sunrise grosgrain; foam tape; Fiskars Upper Crest border punch; corner rounder punch

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #15

Hiya! Just popping in to post my card for Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #15. I love the colors this week - Cream, Melon, Moss, and Medium Pink. I *finally* was able to make some time to stamp today - its been crazy since school started yesterday. Hopefully, I can get my head above water at work and get settled into a schedule that has room for stamping! :-)
Anyway, I used Dawn's new set, Scattered Showers Additions on this one. I started by stamping the tag image in Melon Berry but I purposely did not ink it well to give a more vintage feel. I trimmed this out and added some flowers and leaves in Hibiscus Burst & Spring Moss respectively. The sentiment is also from the set. A few extra details - I crumpled up the cream base under the tag and inked that and the Spring Moss Bitty Box layer with Chamomile ink, again to get a more vintage feel. I also added some sparkle to the flowers with a Sakura glitter pen and some Martha Stewart adhesive pearls.

Well, that is about it for now! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: PTI Scattered Showers Additions
Ink: PTI Chamomile, Hibiscus Burst, Spring Moss, Dark Chocolate, Melon Berry
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Spring Moss card stock; Bitty Box paper in Spring Moss
Accessories: PTI Hibiscus Burst satin ribbon; Sakura glitter pen; MS adhesive pearls; foam tape; twine; corner rounder punch

August PTI Blog Hop

Happy 25th PTI fans! I love the PTI blog hop because its so fun to see how everyone interprets the challenge and latest stamp sets. And I love how the PTI fans are so supportive of each other with sweet comments.

This month, the theme was all about Fall. (You can read about the Blog Hop here.) To me, fall is all about the leaves changing. In NC, we get some spectacular fall leaves - especially in the mountains of our state. If you can ever make it out to the Blue Ridge Parkway this time of year, I highly recommend it! This card is inspired by those fall leaves ...
I stamped some In Bloom leaves onto Bitty Box paper and then smooshed them into some Scarlet Jewel ink to get more of that changing leaves color feel. I cut them out and made a leaf bouquet. I stamped a sentiment from the Vintage Picnic Sentiments set and did a little masking to make it into two lines so it would fit where I wanted it to go.

Well, that is about it for now. I officially survived the first day of school today, which is a relief as I am teaching a different high school this year. I always feel better about a coming school year once I get over the hump of that first day! :-) But now I am exhausted, so I will be headed to bed very soon! LOL

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used (all PTI unless noted):
Stamps: In Bloom, Vintage Picnic Sentiments
Ink: PTI Scarlet Jewel, Palette Noir Black
Paper: Kraft card stock; Bitty Box paper (Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Spring Moss)
Accessories: foam tape; Fiskars Upper Crest punch; Summer Sunrise grosgrain ribbon

More In Bloom

Hey everyone! School starts tomorrow and those kids are coming through my door whether I am ready or not ... and right now, I'm not so I will keep this short! LOL

I am still enjoying this In Bloom stamp set from PTI. I stamped the flowers and leaves and Bitty Boxes paper again and added some Copics and glitter pen and some foam tape to give it a little extra something. Simple and pretty.Well, back to work for me! I did have time to make a blog hop card for tomorrow the other day so I will be back tomorrow evening with that! Wish me luck tomorrow :-)

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: PTI In Bloom
Ink: Palette Noir Black, Copic markers, Sakura glitter pen
Paper: PTI Kraft card stock; Bitty Box paper in Lemon Tart, Spring Moss, & Dark Chocolate
Accessories: PTI Summer Sunrise grosgrain; foam tape; Fiskars Upper Crest border punch; corner rounder punch