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Chic Butterfly

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When I first started this card it was for the Embellish Magazine color challenge (with stitching). I loved the soft colors and knew I would do a soft card. I don’t really need baby cards, so I wasn’t sure what to do. I found a Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger (dress) that was an adorable plaid dress with a giant butterfly on it. Then, another challenge (Caardvarks) was to use lace. Finally, I found a layout that I thought would work well – though at first it was very intimidating – from 2 Sketches 4 You (2s4y#48).

This card is not my typical style, but I’m so happy with how it turned out!

I figured a card so nice needed a nice inside too! Instead of lace (because I’m a stingy hoarder, lol) I used a border punch, but the rest mimics the outside pretty well I think.

Thanks for taking time to visit!

Happy Birthday
Stamps: Off Beat Backgrounds (Waltzing Mouse); Butterfly Dreams, Birthday Basics (PTI);
Ink: Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist (PTI); Desert Sand (CTMH);
Paper: Kraft, Sweet Blush, White (PTI);
Other: butterfly die, Aqua ribbon (PTI); lace; pearls (Kaiserkraft); embossing folder (CB); Label die (SU); thread (DMC); Eyelet Border punch (SU);

How Egg-citing

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So yesterday a new ResQ challenge was posted. Tayor issued an egg challenge (resq38). Now the past two days I’ve become obsessed with Molly so when I thought eggs, I thought OWL eggs! I love this set from Gina K and I even have a reason for making an egg card (bonus!).

To help me figure the card out, I found a great sketch over at 2 Sketches (sketch 48 bonus).

How egg-citing!
Stamps: Owl Always Love You (GinaK);
Ink: Noir (Palette); Browns, Celery/Garden, Cameo (SU Markers);
Paper: Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Prestwick DSP (SU);
Other: Enchanted Evening ribbon, New Leaf ribbon (PTI); Oval die (Spellbinders);

Night on the Town

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This card is for two challenges. The first, a theme challenge from Jen at SCS (cas59). The challenge was to create a card inspired by New York. When I think New York I think city. I have this stamp that I got for free years ago and have never inked it up. I thought this would be the perfect challenge to use it.

I thought about the card for a day or two. Then the Crazy 4 Challenges blog posted a sketch today that I thought would be perfect for my city card (c4c30).

The sentiment is just my hand writing (if it isn’t obvious seeing as it isn’t neat nor straight, lol).

Night Out
Stamps: Cityscape (Unknown);
Ink: Basic Black, Real Red (StampinUp markers);
Paper: Black, White (PTI);
Other: Black ribbon (PTI), Poppy button (PTI), Embossing Folder (CB), dimensionals;

Hawaiian Hello

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Tonight is PTI’s monthly blog hop. This month’s challenge is to use buttons. I don’t use a lot of buttons (they are hard to mail), so I spent the last week or so doing cards with buttons. Of course, then when it came time to do the card I had envisioned for tonight, it would *not* work. So, with a last minute complete change of direction, I bring you this card.

I love this new PTI color: Hawaiian Shores. It is an *awesome* shade of teal. And it goes with so many other colors. I knew I would use it somehow for the blog challenge. Using it as my base color, I added pops of color with the flowers.

The card layout is a sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping blog (ftl83). It was a perfect layout for using the new dies too 🙂

This was such a quick card to put together – the dies make cutting easy.

card
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Beautiful Blooms II, Fillable Frames #1 & #2;
Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Hibiscus Burst, Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise (PTI); Landscape (Palette);
Paper: Hawaiian Shores, White;
Other: buttons, dies, twine;

April Showers

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I love the rain. Probably because I like the green (grass & trees) that comes from a good rain. When I think spring, I think rain. So when I saw the latest challenge on the Passion for Papertrey blog, my mind immediately went to the Scattered Showers set.

I found a couple challenges to help me finish the card: a sketch from Karen Giron (sssc61), and a color scheme from the Color Chef (chef44). I’m so lucky my PTI order arrived today – I got my PTI Hawaiian Shores supplies!

Wishing You Sunshine
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Scattered Showers;
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores, Noir (Palette);
Paper: Black, White, Hawaiian Shores, Raspberry Fizz, B&W Basics DSP;
Other: label die (SU); dimensionals;

Drink the Rainbow

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ColorQ has a great challenge this week (cqc24). I love Razzleberry – it is my favorite current InColor. I first thought about flowers when I saw the color scheme, but I wanted to do something different. I decided to use the Cheers To You set. A good excuse for coloring too!

The card layout came from a cool sketch over at Just-Add-Ink (jai9).

Cheers to You
All supplies Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Cheers to You;
Ink: Noir (Palette); Apricot, Cameo, Baja, Razzleberry;
Paper: Baja, Razzleberry, Cameo, White, Baja Patterns DSP;
Other: Scallop Border punch; Rhinestones (MM);

Spring Tulips

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This card was created for Jean’s challenge on the Res-Q blog (resq37). The challenge was not only to use tulips, but she provided a color scheme as well. The layout for the card came from the Stamping 411 blog (ssc143).

I really love multi-colored tulips. When I saw the color combo, I knew I would ink up this image this way.

I had my card all ready, but thankfully not glued down yet, when I realized I hadn’t put any blue in it! Ack! After a couple failed ideas, I simply changed out the border.

I do believe this Perfect Details impression plate is one of my favorite! I guess I should try the other side one of these days 😉 When I embossed the card front, I ended up getting the design throughout the whole card. So without a sentiment on the front and an uneven writing surface inside, I knew I needed to decorate the inside of this card.

Happy Spring
All supplies Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Garden Whimsy, Spring Fling;
Ink: Regal Rose, Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery;
Paper: Regal Rose, Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery, Tempting Turquoise, White;
Other: Perfect Details impression plate, Apricot ribbon, Eyelet Scallop Border punch; pearl (Kaiser); Labels 4 die (Spellbinders);

Bug Me

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I made this card for the Dirty Dozen challenges on SCS (March 2010). The theme this month is All Creatures Great and Small so I wanted my card to use animals. I thought the Bugs & Kisses set would work well with the sketch.

I really think I’m going to buy me a little Janome sewing machine. I did this sewing by hand it and it took forever! I do love the texture sewing provides though, and sometimes it is worth the effort.

I had a hard time pulling this card together and while I don’t love it, I do think it is cute. I think I got a little too ambitious with all the colors. I wanted color for the sentiment, but everything was too overwhelming. I settled for a white tag with a little blue oval peeking out behind it.

Bug Me Anytime
All supplies Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Bugs & Kisses, Very Puny;
Ink: Brilliant Blue, Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie;
Paper: Brilliant Blue, Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie, White, Jersey Shore DSP;
Other: White Grosgrain ribbon, Large Oval punch, Curly Label punch; white thread (DMC);

Purple Poppy Seed

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I created this card for Lisa’s Poppy Seed Challenge (#2) which called for light moss, buttons, and polka dots. I’ve been pondering the challenge for a couple days and did a card the other day that almost met the challenge (I forgot about the buttons until it was too late!). When I sat down today this card just came right to me. It took all of 15 minutes – and most of that was choosing the buttons. 🙂

thank you
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Beyond Basic Borders;
Ink: Spring Moss, Plum Pudding;
Paper: White, Lavender Moon;
Other: Lavender ribbon & buttons; scallop border punch (SU);

Gifts of Spring

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Isn’t this pretty? I’m so happy with this card! I made this card using the sketch over at Sweet Stop (sss47).

I don’t have much in the way of Berry pattern paper, so I knew I would do stamping to create that portion of the card. Today over on the Maxie Fab World Blog, Cath discussed some recent trends. One trend is using vellum. I hardly ever think about that stuff, but since it was fresh in my mind I thought it would be the perfect way to tone down the Berry paper and get my texture.

Gifts of Spring
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Wishing You, Mailbox Greetings, Background Basics: Text;
Ink: Berry Sorbet, Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, White;
Paper: Berry Sorbet, Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, White, Vellum;
Other: dies (Spellbinders); dimensionals; Eyelet Scallop Border punch (SU);