Congrats ~ Papertrey Ink's May Blog Hop

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Hi everyone! Welcome to my take on this month's PTI Blog Hop :)  I took inspiration from both the blooms and colours.  I dug out my Painted Petals set along with the ink colours I saw in the photo, then went to down stamping these two backgrounds ('cause I'm still making 2 cards at a time!)

  

I experimented a bit with some aquamist leaves on the left one, but it didn't go very well so I covered it up with some vellum and a tag :) Now it looks beautiful again! 

 Thanks for stopping by!  I can't wait to see how you were inspired!

Dream Big ~ The Card Concept

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Hello everyone! Today starts a new challenge over at The Card Concept challenge blog based on the picture below... 

I was inspired by the gorgeous mix of neutrals, pinks, and gold accents.  I found this "Dream Big" die cut card in one of my Simon Says Stamp card kits and knew it would be the perfect jumping off point for my card.  Then I just started adding some bits and pieces from my scrap pile :)  I love when I can do that.  I think the style is Clean & Layered, although I'm never good at nailing down a particular style.  I like the "anything goes" look! LOL.

I hope you'll head over to The Card Concept blog to see all the different interpretations from the Design Team then join in the fun!  Have a great day!

Just Because (it's Holiday Monday)

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Happy Victoria Day Monday to all my Canadian friends...this is my take on PTI's Make it (Holiday) Monday!  LOL  I love holiday Mondays because it usually means I have time to watch the MIM video first thing in the morning with coffee in my PJs.  It's the little things, right?  Today we are asked to make felt flowers.  I literally said, "ouch," each time Lizzi squeezed those darling little petals with hot glue so I'm thinking she hadsa cooler hot glue gun than mine.  I went for some spray adhesive instead :)  I wanted a card that was fairly flat so I just layered the flowers like I do when using paper.  These dies cut the felt like butter without any adjustments to my Big Shot. I did, however, use a metal shim for the melon berry layer on the biggest bloom just to make sure it cut all the way through.  Thanks for stopping by!

Sending You Hugs

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 Mid week greetings to you all!  I love PTI release week because that means that the MIM challenge turns into a Create Along with Us challenge.  I love getting inspiration from some of my favourite designers.  I cheated a little this time and am CASEing Heather's card from this release with a former card from Melissa...here are their cards...



 

I am so happy I got those banners sentiments and dies...I can't stop using them!  I'm also getting my money's worth from last year's Anniversary set.  Thanks for stopping by!

Congratulations ~ Curtain Call Inspiration

Hello everyone!  EEK! It's May! That means there's a new challenge is up and ready to go over on the  Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge.  This time we’re inspired by this photo…

I tried to mimic the flowers with my Botanical dies on a woodgrain background.  I'm really enjoying these dies!  Want to play along?  Head over to the Curtain Call blog for more inspiration and then join in the fun! Thanks for stopping by!

Sending Birthday Cheer

Hello friends!  I was excited to have a couple of hours in the studio after all my Saturday morning running around.  These two cards ('cause I'm still trying to create 2 cards at once) are for this week's PTI Make it Monday challenge to use a big sentiment as a background.  The background is hard to read on this second card...it's the New Beginnings sentiment from Tulip Time.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Wish Big ~ The Card Concept

Hello everyone! Today starts a new challenge over at The Card Concept challenge blog based on the picture below...  

I was inspired by the soft colours and bird images, which helped me pick out these sweet papers from a couple of different paper pads.  Then I went into my lace box and found a little scrap of lace, the perfect size to sneak under the sentiment.   I hope you'll head over to The Card Concept blog to see all the different interpretations from the Design Team then join in the fun!  Have a great day!

New Verve Release!

Welcome to Verve's May New Release Spotlight Hop! If you've arrived form Laurie's blog you are right on track!  There's something new in the Verve shop today, and we're celebrating with a blog hop. Along the hop you'll see the Divas' first looks at the new Butterfly Grace stamp set and Graceful Butterflies die set. We're also hosting a little giveaway,so why not join in the fun and hop along with us? Just leave a little shout out in the comments at each stop and you'll be in the prize drawing for the new products. Check out the Verve Blog today for a little more about the new goodies and all the prize info and deadlines.

I was going through new Verve withdrawals so when this set came to me I was head over heels in love.  I wanted to make this a thank you card for a friend so went with a double sentiment...I love how Julee's fonts from different sets work so well together. Head over to Marisa's blog for more inspiration!

Julee Charmaine Christyne Laurie Maureen Marisa Teresa

what's in it?
stamps: Butterfly Grace,  Simply Amazing (Verve)
ink: onyx (versafine), raspberry fizz, pure poppy (PTI)
paper: white (PTI), Baxter (seven paper)
accessories: Graceful Butterflies, Stitched Pennants Die Set, Shine Bright Sequin Mix (Verve), black twine (Hemptique), banner die (PTI), stitching

Happy Mother's Day

Hi everyone!  Today's card is for the current PTI Make it Monday challenge :)  I've taken my cards into work and am quickly running out of Mother's Day cards.  It was nice to take some time to play with watercolours and Laurie's video sure helped!  Have a great week!

stamps:Wonderful Marvelous (Verve)
dies: PTI

Grateful for You ~ Curtain Call Inspiration

 Hello everyone!  EEK! It's May! That means there's a new challenge is up and ready to go over on the  Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge.  This time we’re inspired by this photo…

I was inspired by the colours and butterfly, minus the sharp edges of those glorious paper butterflies.   Want to play along?  Head over to the Curtain Call blog for more inspiration and then join in the fun! Thanks for stopping by!