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Lattice Play

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I created this card for the For Your Information challenge (fyi21).

I woke up with mojo today! I actually die cut the lattice last night, but it was bedtime, and I didn’t really know what I was going to do – only that the shape of the lattice reminded me of the shape of the alcoves in the inspiration picture.

So this morning I woke up and it all came together for me. Once I got the lattice die cut back into the kraft layer, I decided to add the four white diamond die-cuts (to mimic the bright light coming in from the far back window in the photo). As a final touch I added the rhinestones (to mimic the light refractions).

And since I love this card so much, I’m submitting it for the Moxie Fab die cut challenge

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
Stamps: Fillable Frames #11, Inside-Out: Birthday (PTI);
Colors: Enchanted Evening, Fine Linen, Kraft, White (PTI);
Other: Lattice die (SU); Rhinestones (Hero Arts); Fillable Frame #11 die (PTI);

Clean & Simple Class – Day 2

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Day 2 was all about totally flat cards. One concept presented was using masking to make it seem like there were layers. Honestly, I just felt to lazy to try that. The other concept was a good layout balanced by heaviness of the images.

My first card attempted that. I used both the solid and outlined images to differ the weight.

While this is a mistletoe image, I made sure my colors and sentiment allowed that the card could be a Valentine or a Christmas card.


his next card attempts the weighted layout by varying the color. I also trimmed the card square because my images were small. I used a lighter color at the top and a darker one on the left. The sentiment feels like a good anchor to me (love the vertical flow of the sentiment).

Hopefully I can get caught up this weekend!

Thanks for taking a peek!

love & kisses
Stamps: Festive Foliage, Say it Loud (WMS);
Colors: White (PTI); Limeade, Regal Rose (SU);
Always Dreamed
Stamps: Seashells by the Seashore (CTMH); Daydreams (PTI);
Colors: Kraft (PTI); Black (Memento);
Other: colored pencils (Prismacolor);

Hoppy Snapshot

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I got into Copic markers after Unfrogettable retired, but I still don’t know why it took me so long to put these two favorites together! I love this little froggie – he makes me smile every time!

This is a very simple card. I wanted a Polariod look, so I used a square die to cut a window from a piece of white cardstock. I stamped my image onto light yellow cardstock and colored with green Copics. The marker didn’t blend as well as on white cardstock, but it worked well enough.

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hoppy birthday
Stamps: Unfrogettable (SU);
Colors: Kraft, White, Lemon Tart (PTI); Black (Memento);
Other: markers (Copic), Square die (Spellbinders), white colored pencil;

You’re the Bird

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I created this card for the latest Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge (rainbow text poster).

I love rainbows, so I knew I would definitely use that from the inspiration photo. The poster included text to encourage a person, so I used that concept when picking my image and sentiment.

I stamped the body and feathers onto white paper and colored them. Then I cut them out and arranged them as I wanted. As a finishing touch I added colored bling to the feather centers.

The inspiration photo included sub text in grey, so my sentiment is stamped onto grey paper. Finally the card base is embossed with a wood grain pattern.

Thanks for taking a peek!

You’re Special
Stamps: My Peeps, Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches);
Colors: Kraft, White, Soft Stone, Lemon Tart (PTI); Black (Memento);
Other: Wood grain impression plate (PTI); markers (Copics); Rhinestones (Hero Arts);

Santa Flying By

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I am a guest designer for this week’s Clean & Simple challenge at SCS (cas150). The challenge was “windows”. There is a lot of interpretation that could be done for that (and I’ll probably be making another card later today), but this card is what first came to mind.

I used a die from PTI to create the window. Since this should be Clean & Simple, I kept the interior design down to a minimum – no drapes, just white wood paneling. I added a tiny touch of color with a red rhinestone in the sentiment.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Merry Christmas
Stamps: Sensational Scenery, Wandering Words (SU); Signature Holiday Greetings (PTI);
Colors: Baja (SU); Pinefeather, Black, White (PTI);
Other: Alpha Block die, Wood impression plate (PTI); Label die (Spellbinders); Rhinestones (HeroArts);

Worlds Apart

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I created this card for mom’s stamp camp last month. My assignment was to use Zoo Review. Since the theme for that camp was the winter holidays, I decided to use the two cold-weather animals.

I know polar bears and penguins don’t co-habitate, but that made me think about how many “invisible” friends I have online – which lead me to the sentiment 🙂

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World 2 Me
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Zoo Review, Word Play;
Colors: Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, White; and markers: Sahara Sand, Pumpkin pie;
Other: Dazzling Details (glitter glue), Northern Flurries embossing folder;

Winter Scene

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I created this card as soon as I received my In the Meadow stamps & dies. I never did play in the PTI Make it Monday where you layered dies to create frames…so I did that for this card.

The card is pretty straight-forward. I did hand-cut the hill.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Merry Christmas
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: In the Meadow, Mixed Messages;
Colors: Rain, Melon, Pinefeather, White;
Other: Mat Stack 1 Mega die, Mat Stack 5 die, In the Meadow dies; Polka Dot embossing folder (CB);

Chilly Spark

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I’m interrupting my week of mailable Christmas cards so I can post this card…hope you don’t mind 🙂

I recently bought a bunch of Paper Smooches stamps – I love the cute designs! As I was checking out their website I found their challenge website: Paper Smooches Sparks.

The current inspiration challenge is photo of a frame arrangement. The blue and white color scheme made me think “cold”, and that is what I used as my inspiration to create my card.

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Warm Thoughts
Stamps: My Peeps, Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches);
Colors: Rain, Black, White (PTI);
Other: yellow marker (Copic); snowflake die (MFT); bling (Hero Arts); Northern Flurries embossing folder (SU); Fillable Frame 11 die (PTI);

Penguin Party

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I created this card for the heck of it. The idea to put a party hat on the penguin came to me when I was trying to come up with a winter themed card (that I posted yesterday). It took 5 stamp sets to make this simple card! But I’m so happy they all worked so well together!

As I’ve said many times before, layout is not my strong point, so for this card I used a technique that Maile has used a lot recently (check out the last card in her post).

Thanks for stopping by!

Make a Wish
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Winter Penguin, Tag Its 2, Birthday Bash Sentiments (candle), Cupcake Collection (sentiment), It’s a Celebration (hat);
Colors: White, Summer Sunrise; Pool Party (SU);
Other: Number DSP; bling (K&Co);

New Challenge

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I found a new challenge site: For Your Inspiration. It is a photo inspiration challenge. This week’s challenge is a beautiful sunrise/set photo (fyi18).

I paired that inspiration with the sketch challenge from Waltzing Mouse (wmsc74).

From the FYI challenge, I was inspired by the sunrays. I would have used a red hue in the card, but that just felt a bit to empire-rising-ish.

Thanks for stopping by!

Birthday Wishes
Stamps: Asian Gardens (WMS); Timeless Tags (The Cat’s Meow);
Ink: Olive (SU); brown (Palette); Baja (SU);
Paper: Chocolate, White, Spring Moss (PTI); Baja (SU);
Other: Grommet Tag die (SB); Silk ribbon (PTI);