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Little Girl Happiness

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I made this card for the RESQ challenge (resq02), which is an inspiration picture of an adorable tea set. I also used the latest mojo sketch (mojo80).

The tea set reminded me of a kids tea party, so I went with soft colors and the little girl image.

The ribbon knot is supposed to be a rose. Since the ribbon is so narrow the rose isn’t as blossomy as what I’ve done with wider ribbons. I found instructions for doing the ribbon rose on Kirsten’s blog you can see her video tutorial here.

Happiness Bloom
All supplies Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: And Everything Nice;
Ink: Noir (Palette), Pretty in Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery;
Paper: white (PTI), Barely Banana, Pretty in Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery, Loves Me DSP, Celery Prints DSP;
Other: scallop punch, turquoise ribbon, flowers (Prima), brads (Pink Hedgehog);

Easter Fairy

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I made this card for Jen’s March 28 SFYTT. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do at first, but when I looked through my stamp index and saw the Bella image, I knew I should use it to make the Easter cards for my girls. I wasn’t sure what I was going to put as the accent (the star in the sketch), but I knew I didn’t want a flower (I wanted a flower on the sentiment panel), so I ended up inking just a few chicks on an image from SU’s Best of Cluck set.

Easter Wishes
Stamps: Eva Bloom (Stamping Bella), Best of Cluck (SU), Mega Mixed Messages (PTI);
Ink: Noir (Palette), Lovely Lilac, Tempting Turquoise, Regal Rose, So Saffron, Certainly Celery (SU);
Paper: white (PTI), Flowers for You DSP, Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery (SU);
Other: flower (Prima), brad, oval nesties (Spellbinders);

Computer Glitch

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I made this card for my BIL. I don’t know many other techy people, so I definitely wanted to use this computer image. When I looked at the latest CAS challenge over at SCS (CAS08) and thought it would work perfectly.

The font for the binary lines isn’t very tech looking, but I thought it went with the whimsical lines of the computer. I was just glad that stamping all those was very easy!

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Stamps: Computer Quips (SU), Hopscotch (Purple Onion);
Ink: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss (SU), True Black (PTI);
Paper: White (PTI);
Other: dimensionals;

Sweet Mail

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This card uses the sketch from Karen’s Sweetest Thing blog (SSSC11).

The purpose of the card is to reconnect with someone – so I thought the mailboxes were a good choice. I wanted a fun cheery card, so I pulled out some older SU paper. Thankfully I had ribbon that worked! 😉 I do wish I had the rectangle or square nesties, I’m not completely satisfied with the focal mat, but it works well enough.

Thinking of You
Stamps: Mailbox Greetings (PTI);
Ink: Noir (Palette), watercolor crayons (SU);
Paper: Rose Red, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Petals & Paisleys DSP (SU), White (PTI);
Other: rose ribbon (SU), brads (Pink Hedgehog), dimensionals, scallop punch (SU);

Inspired Card

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I am hosting an inspiration challenge this week over on the PTI forum (CMWC49). You can play along too!

This is the piece I selected as my inspiration – a skirt I found in an Etsy store called GoodGracie. I loved the bright colors and fun patterns.

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I decided to use the bright colors and also the pattern from the blue fabric (the white paint effect). I don’t have any ric-rac, let alone ric-rac in a color that would go with this card, so I just made my own ruffle – which, without a sewing machine was accomplished with lots and lots of glue dots!

So, when I was packing for my move (which is temporary), my mom convinced me that if I only used my sewing machine for cards, I didn’t need to bring it with me. Ugh! Now I know that even that use is a good thing – I miss it!! The wavy sewing on this card was done by hand – yes, by hand. I would have liked to do another wavy line, but it is late and I needed to get this posted.

Just Because
Stamps: Floral Frenzy, Simple Little Things (PTI);
Ink: Lovely Lilac (SU), Summer Sunrise (PTI);
Paper: Turquoise patterns & Lovely Lilac (SU), White (PTI);
Other: satin ribbon (PTI), word window punch (SU), metal rim tag (MM), Dew Drop, hand sewing, white paint;

Fish Wishes

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This card is for the PTI Forum mid-week challenge (CMWC48), which was a sketch. The colors came from the OCCC blog. When I do a PTI challenge I like to use PTI stamps, but I challenged myself even more by doing a card I could send out this week for a male birthday coming up. Lots of restrictions!

I really only have one set that is sorta masculine – Pond Life. So I browsed the gallery until I found this card by Julie Cameron – I immediately knew the fish scene would be perfect! I like how this card turned out, though I didn’t follow the sketch strictly. I love using white as a mat to lighten up the darker colors.

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I even did the inside (it has been a few cards since I did an inside, hee hee).

Birthday Fishes
Stamps: Pond Life & Pond Life Sentiments (PTI);
Ink: More Mustard & Not Quite Navy (SU);
Paper: White (PTI), More Mustard, Mustard Patterns, NQN Patterns, Bashful Blue (SU);
Other: word window punch (SU), brads (Pink Hedgehog);

Hoot of a Day

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There are a few birthdays coming up for which I need masculine cards. When I saw the new color combo over on Dawn’s blog, I knew it would work perfectly.

I’m not sure I’m all that happy with the final product, but I really couldn’t think of anything else to do that didn’t make it go overboard.

Hoot of a Day
Stamps: Wise Owl & Bellies (PTI), Out on a Limb (PTI);
Ink: Burnt Umber (Palette), Certainly Celery (SU), Taken with Teal (SU);
Paper: Taken with Teal, Certainly Celery, Celery Prints, Choco Chip (SU); White, Chocolate Remix DSP (PTI);
Other: spiral punch (SU), circle cutter (Coluzzle);

Fabulous Friend

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This week’s Weekend Sketch (WSC74) was designed by Charmaine. It is a perfect sketch to highlight those big sentiments (which I don’t have, lol) and pattern paper. I have a ton of pattern paper, but I had a color scheme in mind that I couldn’t let go of 🙂 The colors come from an outfit I bought my kiddo recently. I’m sure I’ll do another card for it as there are plenty of things about the fabric from which to be inspired.

I used all the colors to make the floral panel. Knowing that I was going to put some Summer Sunrise accent in the top left, I made sure I used all the pink inks in that corner. The sentiment panel was fun to put together. I ended up using a few different sets to get all the pieces on there – I like how it turned out!

Fabulous Frind
Stamps: Flower Factory (SU), Friends til the End & Border-Rectangle (PTI), Flourishes (Tech Tues);
Ink: Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Melon Berry, Summer Sunrise, Spring Moss (all PTI);
Paper: Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Melon Berry, Summer Sunrise, White (all PTI);
Other: Sunrise ribbon (PTI), brads, Oval Nesties (Spellbinders), tiny flower (Prima);

Scavenger RESQ

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Denise (resqbarbie at SCS) has started a new Blog for challenges. The first one (resq01) was posted a couple days ago. The challenge is like a scavenger hunt – very cool! I chose this card in Michelle’s (eliotstamps) gallery for the colors; then this card in Denise’s (resqbarbie) gallery for the layout; this card by JoAnn (sarahzoe) for the image; and finally this card by Jean (naturecoastcrafter) for the background paper treatment.

I love how my card turned out – I doubt it is something I would have pulled together otherwise. Very fun challenge Denise and crew – thank you!

Wonderful
All supplies Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Garden Silhouettes, Warm Words;
Ink: Kiwi Kiss;
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, White, Baja Patterns;
Other: Kiwi ribbon, white grosgrain, flowers (Prima), brads, label die (Spellbinders);

Bee-utiful Background

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Today is PTI’s monthly blog hop. I’m sure I’m coming late to the party, but, I loved the challenge and needed to get this idea on paper! To view more of the blog hop entries, stop by the PTI forum. This month’s hop challenge is to create backgrounds – either using stamps made for creating backgrounds, or re-purposing other stamps.

I chose to use the Honey Bees set from PTI for my card. I used the honeycomb stamp to create my flower background. It isn’t much of a stretch, but I like how this turned out. I used a Mojo sketch (mojo78) for the layout.

Bee Happy
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Honey Bees;
Ink: Lavendar Moon, Lemon Twist, Melon Berry, Spring Moss;
Paper: Plum Pudding, White, Lemon Twist, Guidelines pattern;
Other: Lavendar twill ribbon, dimensionals;