Good morning!! This is my second post today...so if you haven't seen my birthday card for Aimes, scroll down :) There's fun over at Kristina's blog this week...another crazy, wild and wonderful colour challenge. One of the strategies I use when juggling so many colours is to pair the colours up....for example, pumpkin pie and ruby red are similar so they would go together...and the blues would go together as well. Then I look around at the ribbon I could use and embellishments. Now, having said all that, it's not a fail safe formula...but it has helped me tame some of these difficult, never-would-have-put-these-together colour combinations :) I wasn't quite satisfied with this first card (below) so I made a second card (above). I like both for different reasons...so here they are :) Okay, today is the LAST staff meeting of the year!!! I think it will be my favourite one :D Have a wonderful day and thanks for visiting :)
What's in them?
{happy birthday}
stamps: pti giga guide lines; birthday basics
ink: su pumpkin pie, ruby red
paper: pti white, autumn abundance dp; su so saffron
accessories: pti scallop die, Michaels ribbon, button, twine,
{you are so sweet}
stamps: pti say it with style; hero arts ledger
ink: su ballent blue, pumpkin pie, ruby red
paper: SU pumpkin pie, white, kaisercraft dp
accessories: stitching, ek success binding edge, paper clip; buttons, twine, pti ribbon, corner chomper, ms butterfly punch, gemstones
Good morning!!! Today is my sweet blog buddy's birthday!!! She was born on the longest day of the year...the first day of summer!!! I see this as another reason why we were drawn together...I love the summer and am a sunlight seeker :D This is the card I sent her a few weeks ago...hoping it would reach her in time and it did :D So Happy Birthday, Aimes!!!! I hope you are celebrating it right :D Hugs,
What's in it?
Stamps: SU admit it
Ink: versafine onyx
Paper: PTI white and raspberry fizz dp; SU bermuda bay, glitter cardstock
Accessories: stitching, su scallop and ticket corner punches; pti buttons, Michaels ribbon, heart nestabilities; gemstone
Good morning!!! Happy Father's Day!! Today's card is the one I will give my dad tonight at our family dinner. I made a very similar card for the Embellish Blog Hop last month which eventually was for a colleague's husband. I loved the layout so much that I wanted to make my own :D I scanned an old (old,old) black and white photo of myself when I was about 2 or 3 sitting on my dad's back, then printed it out onto cream cardstock. We are probably playing "horsie" as my dad loves horses. It was taken in the same house where my dad still lives. :) I know he will love it and will probably bring a tear to his eye :) Mission accomplished for Father's Day!! I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday :)
What's in it?
Stamps: SU old world map
Ink: SU choc chip
Paper: PTI kraft, cream; SU dp
Accessories: computer, twine, button, basicgrey letters
Good afternoon!!! Well, blogland seems very quiet these past few days...has anyone else noticed that? Eek!! It must mean summer is here and everyone is out enjoying the gorgeous weather that finally has come back to town :) I've been a happy little stamper in the studio today...chores and workouts are done and now it's play time :) Today's card is for the fourth Viva La Verve sketch this month. Now, you are probably asking yourself...uh, why all the blue? Well, I was inspired by the teddy bear's diaper!!! LOL I was first thinking I would go all pink, cream and yellow shabby chic...but the blue really caught my eye and as I was flipping through my new October Afternoon paper, I found this lovely piece!!!! OMGoodness, I had to use it!! I did fit the pink, cream and yellow in, though :) A simple card, but that paper says it all :) Okay, I'm off to Starbucks with my dh...I hope you have a lovely afternoon...come back tomorrow because I'm posting my Father's Day card and it's really sweet :D Thanks for stopping by :)
Good evening!! We are enjoying a lovely, sunny evening. Today's card uses another fabulous Mercy sketch. Before I went to bed last night, I was thinking about hawaiian shores and summer sunrise...mmmm, how summery they would look together :) I also wanted to play some more with my blossom dies and stamp set. Simple and elegant :) The felt flower is more of a teal colour, but apparently my editing program only likes one kind of teal...the hawaiian shore....it can't handle two different shades of it :( Tomorrow is Friday!!! Yippee!!! Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful Friday :)
What's in it?
Stamps: PTI birthday basics, beautiful blooms 2, polkadot basics 2
Ink: versamark, SU more mustard, versafine onyx
Paper: PTI white, hawaiian shore, summer sunrise
Accessories: fiskars apron lace punch, PTI button, twine, PTI blossom dies, felt
Good morning!!! Or should I say Bonjour?!! Today's card is for this week's Curtain Call Colour Challenge :) The colour slate was just too irresistible ...a challenge for sure with all those neutrals and 2 pops of colour. Sahara sand makes me think of my ledger stamp as that's the ink I've been using to create faux ledger paper (without raiding my dh's ledger book!! LOL). LOVE durango (or terracotta) and razzleberry :) My friend, Melisa, made this card with Verve's Thankful Hearts and inspired me to use several of the stamps in that set. Some paper tearing, subtle dry embossing, a bit of bling and this card came together rather quickly :) Yay, it's hump day :) and 2 weeks to go!!! Have a wonderful day and thanks for spending a few minutes with me today :D
What's in it?
Stamps: Verve Thankful Hearts; PTI Inside and Out Thankyou; Hero Arts ledger
Ink: SU sahara sand, basic grey, baroque burgundy
Paper: PTI white, SU basic grey
Accessories: cuttlebug ef, ek success binding edge; PTI buttons and ribbon, $store button; twine; gemstones,
The colours were inspired by this A Creative Mint photo...a little pop of red twine just like that single red button, so sweet :) I needed some more sympathy cards...I have run out after taking my cards into work to sell to my colleagues. I'm replenishing baby cards too :) Okay....two more weeks to go!! Have a lovely day :)
What's in it?
Stamps: Verve Forever in our Hearts
Ink: versafine onyx
Paper: PTI kraft, cream, ocean tide; SU ballet blue, October afternoon dp
Accessories: oval nestabilities, SU scallop border & boho flowers punches, Grandpa's vintage buttons, twine, stitching, seam binding ribbon,
