Blowing In The Wind

The Challenge {Weekly Reminder}

Always Playing with Paper

Hi!  Lesley Croghan from Always Playing with Paper has a new ...just for fun... Challenge up on her blog . Lesley asked if I would like to Guest Design today and  give a litte inspiration.

 This is what I came up with based on the sketch. 

I could not wait to use my new stamp set and punch I got

 for free over at Stampin Up. 

I am sure Lesley can help you with that.

Not sure if you can tell the two center flags are gold shiny paper.

 The rest of the flags stamped and punched out.

Take Care!

Stamps: Stampin Up, and Papertrey Ink Sentiment and line.

Paper: Michael's 110 lb cardstock

Punch: Stampin Up

Ink: Stampin Up

A Stamp You Dont Want to Use But Happy You Have It

March 2-8 Anything Goes (wk1) challenge

Paper Smooches

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Perfectly Peach

I added my Peachy Keen Stamp from long ago, to this Paper Smooches  cat. She needed to look sad because she forgot her friends birthday!

Fusion #5 

Notice on the die I used at the lower edge, it's the same die. Turn it one way and you have

 stitches and the other way you don’t . SSS

I used a bit of the sketch and the colors for this one.

Hello, hope you are doing well. I made a few cards this

 morning with some Paper Smooches Stamps and

 dies that I had not yet used.

 I missed a few friends birthdays . We had about six birthdays in our family, in February so that will have to be my excuse.

Stamps: Paper Smooches , Chubby Chums,Happy Birthday, Peachy Keen

Dies: Quote Tag , and Chubby Chums and Simon Says Landscape Trio

The 12 Kits of Occasions

Welcome to another beautiful and very cold 12 Kit’s :

Our hostess Renee from It's a Patchwork Life

Thank You Renee for a very fun packed Kit.

 I loved the pink!

 Oh my gosh I have so much left!

 I have a very random selection of cards today!

 I am entering this snowman card in the 

Weekly Christmas Card Challenges SCCC13

 Anything goes. 

Oh my goodness this glitter paper is amazing in

 person, so I just let it shine!

Renee stamped so many beautiful pink sentiments I decided to make a card out of them.

I may have cluttered this one up a bit… 

I just kept adding and adding. 

Merry Monday #97 {Sparkle & Shine with Aqua, White and Silver/Gray}

I am adding the card above to Merry Monday

I would have liked to have the word snow at the lower edge,

 but I had to hide a tear. 

Please stop by 12 Kit’s Blog to get the full supply list, click on the tabs under the banner. You will also get all the details about our group.

We  have a guest designer with us Judy Marino 

Welcome Judy, and I loved the card you added to our 12 Kit's

Cathy Weber
http://emptynestcrafter.blogspot.com

Jeanne Jachna

http://akeptlife.blogspot.com

Jessica Davis

http://thepaperparade.blogspot.com

Joyce Mehrberg

http://cards-by-the-sea.blogspot.com

Kara {kandrdesigns}

http://kandrdesigns.blogspot.com

Kelly Schirmer

http://ginghamgirlsadventures.blogspot.com

Kim Heggins

http://cupcakescardsandkim.blogspot.com

Marybeth Lopez

http://marybethstimeforpaper.blogspot.com

Renee Lynch

http://itsapatchworklife.blogspot.com

Sharron Gregory

http://onpapillonwings.blogspot.com

Tracey McNeely

http://inmycreativeopinion.blogspot.com

I hope you have a wonderful week!

Courage

Make It Monday #153: Watercolored Backgrounds With Heat Embossed Sentiments

wtih Dawn McVey

Week 84: PAINT

A quick card today, for my husbands sister. I must confess I did not use paint I used ink. Other than that I followed instructions. 

I painted first, heat dried the paper then embossed in white. 

Stamps: Mum's the Word and Faith & Hope  from Papertrey Ink.

Thanks so much for taking the time to comment.

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

February 2014 Blog Hop

Welcome to the Hop.

 I chose the two lower right photos for my inspiration.

I used the new Button Stacks Die ,Frilly Flowers and 

Faith & Hope on the card above. 

For this card I used Frilly Flowers and did quite a bit of masking to have the flowers look layered. 

Not sure why I didn't use any of my new stamps. 

Have fun on the hop I am sure there will be tons of inspiration.

Thank You!

Stamps: Papertrey Ink : Frilly Flowers and Button StackFaith & Hope and  Stamps by Judith

Ink : Papertrey Ink: Harvest Gold, Smokey Shadow and New Leaf, Stampin Up Sahara Sand 
All the paper is from Papertrey Ink

Quilting and Digging

Click here 

Time for a little Love….

 and I have one for anything goes.

For the card above I used Lil Inkers Design, memory box and Mama Elephant Dies, Papertrey Ink sentiments.

This one can be for a birthday 

On this card I used Obsession Impression and Lil Inkers Design Stitched Squares.. Dies, Papertrey Ink Stamps and old baby quilt craft paper I had in my stash . The cardstock is PTI and Stampin Up Sahara Sand .

I hope you have a wonderful day!

God Bless!

More Flowers

 Make It Monday #152: Layering Dye & Pigment Inks

 I sure loved learning this technique by Heather. 

Challenge #4 - Use a Floral Theme

 I am going to say this is a clean and simple card.

 I will add a sentiment when I know what this will be used for.

I stamped my first image, Tweet Talk  from Papertrey Ink , in white, then stamped the colored ink on top of the white. Using, Solid Stitches & Swirls . I like the subtle look of the underneath design. 

Hope you have a blessed day!

Stamps Solid Stitches & Swirls Stamp Set, Tweet Talk
Inks: PTI Berry Sorbet, Fresh Snow….Hero Arts: Pale Tomato, SU Strawberry Slush and Old Olive
Paper: PTI Fine Linen 
Die: Lill Inkers Design : Stitched Rectangles 

Barbecue Weather In CA.

This card  just seems to go with our weather. 

I will not be bragging in the summer when we have no water. 

Challenge Blog

 Welcome!

This time the Design Team was asked to add a

 blended background to our card. 

For everyone else the challenge is the same… Make a card with type print or sheet music to your card. You have a chance to win 20$ off your order.

I have been trying to teach myself how to do more with my blog. I finally learned how to add the watermark that Anya Schrier made for the DT at Serendipity Stamps.

I am not the best blender but I did blend a few blues for my sky. I added a bit of Glossy Accents to the lawn chair. 

Julie Warner

Karen Amidon

Marybeth Lopez (Me)

Miriam Napier 

Pauline Pollington

Vickie Zimmer

Anya Schrier

Jeanne Jachna

Jenny Gropp

Sale : Buy 3 items and the 4th one is free!

 good through February 26

Stamps:

Grilling Cling Set

Everyday Words Small Horizontal

Dies:

Papertrey Ink - Tipped Tops Die

Gold Embossed Holly

This photo shows the embossing a bit better.

Merry Monday 

Festive Friday

 I used  gold and red 

Hello, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. 

We spent ours with family and friends. Not much time for crafting though. 

I missed playing in Merry Monday .. just way to much going on last few weeks. I knew after seeing the DT cards that I wanted to play. 

I used the Holly stamp from Serendipity Stamps. I love it when a card comes together in a matter of minutes. ( not loving it when the photos give me trouble ) I cut a bit off the front of the card and added a strip of gold foil paper to the bottom.  I fussy cut the image and used foam tape to adhere to the card.  

Hope you have a wonderful week!

Stamps: Holly With Frame  and Think Big Favorites #20

Vintage Cream ..Vintage Green?

Papertrey Ink Birthday Celebration

 Create a  card with a matching envelope… 

Something I love to do and I make many.

I used my envelope punch board to make the envelope and you can go Here to learn how to make the fast and simple liner.

Again ...I apologize for the photos .I will try to get some tomorrow with natural light.

 I used Mums The Word stamp and die set, Lovely Layers stamp and die for the leaves… I wanted them to be a bit bigger.The sentiment is from Women of Life ( discontinuing on the 15 I think)

 The ink is Mellon Berry and the paper is Vintage Cream not (Vintage green) :) I cut the flower in a striped paper and layers it a bit to the side. 

Hope you all had a nice St. Valentine's Day!

Thanks for stopping by !( looks like I misspelled that on another post)

I do that a lot 

All products are from Papertrey Ink

but, the LID stitched rectangles.

Two Cards

Under Construction So please excuse the mess.

Papertrey Ink's 7th Anniversary Celebration!

Its all about stripes today for PTI

Birthday Celebration Week 2: Step It Up

Create a card, tag or layout with a focus on adding dimension.

The ribbon on this card below is Seam Binding – Oatmeal

 from Paper Sweeties 

Wplus9 Birthday card above.

 I may have added way to many dots on this card , but don't you love those gifts with bows! I used Birthday Basics Die and Borders & Backgrounds 3

Below is my Papertrey Ink  Striped card.

 and CAS.ology 

 This is pretty much a CAS card with a bold sentiment and dark cardstock.

This time I masked with washi tape then stamped the Stitches & Swirls Stamp Set and heat embossed, with gold. Then added the sentiment from Mum's the Word Stamp Set

I am also adding this one to

 Week 82: BOLD