Take Two

It's Hump Day and I'm back to share a card I reworked last weekend. A lot of us crafters have made a thing or two that just didn't turn out like we planned. The first iteration of this card was one of those. I'd made the card for a challenge where I left the front of the white card base exposed then impressed a die into the front, creating a subtle frame and then stamping my sentiment inside it. The flower embellishment was added to the bottom corner of the frame. Blah. Too pale, too boring. So I didn't use it for the challenge, and the card sat and sat. I came across it in a box while I was sorting this weekend and decided that rather than toss it I would rework it. So here is Take Two:

Much better. More colorful, more fun patterned paper. I'm happy with Take Two.

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the downward slope to the weekend!

March PTI Blog Hop

Happy Sunday! Oh man, is there a full moon going on or something? I have had some annoying computer issues this weekend between updating my virus software, saving my photos, getting my photo editing program to work and then posting this to the wrong blog. I'm just now finally able to get this post done, and I actually finished these cards last week. Maybe I should take this as a lesson to take the photos and schedule the post as soon as the cards are done!

I made two cards for the March PTI blog hop. Visit Nichole's blog here to see the details of the challenge and the inspiration photo.

Here is the first card I made:

I loved the yellow stripes and aqua ribbon in the inspiration photo and wanted to incorporate those elements into my card. The striped paper is from Michaels and I scored it for $.19 on sale!

Here is the second card I made, which gave me the opportunity to use the new Medallions background set along with Rosie Posie (yes, I'm a bit of a latecomer to the Rosie Posie party!)


Thanks for stopping by! Have a lovely week!

Make It Monday: Graduated Backgrounds

Hi! I was really in the mood to craft when I got home from work tonight so I decided to play along with this week's Make It Monday. I chose to make my graduated background with Copic markers. I ended up making two cards, but I preferred the second one I did over the first:

The blue tones I chose to work with reminded me of water, and I remembered the cute fish image in the Tremendous Treats Valentine set, so I decided to make an underwater scene. I left the heart air bubbles uninked when I stamped the fish, stamped it three times on scrap paper, colored them in with yellow Copics, then trimmed them out by hand. I found the perfect companion sentiment in my rubber stamp drawer and the itty bitty rhinestones as air bubbles finished the card off perfectly.

Here is the first card I made:

The colors seem a bit off in the photo, the background isn't that dark in real life. Again, I went with a water theme on this one. Seems especially appropriate given all the rain we've been getting here over the last few weeks. I'm ready for some spring and sunshine!

Thanks for stopping by!

Best Fishes card details:
Cardstock and Tremendous Treats Valentine stamp set from PTI; Copic markers; Best Fishes stamp from Impression Obsession; Rhinestones from Michaels; Memento Ink.

Sun Will Come Out card details:
Cardstock, Scattered Showers and Scattered Showers Additions stamp set, umbrella and cloud dies from PTI; Memento Ink; Copic Markers; white felt.

You're Tweet

Hi! I'm popping in with a quick post to share a card I made this weekend. Last week one of my co-workers surprised me with a pack of 12 x 12 patterned paper. It's a darling Paris-themed paper pack with a couple of sheets that have a cute girl on them, and I've actually come close to buying it for myself several times when I've gone to Michaels but have exercised great restraint and held off! One of the papers in the pack is a collage of store fronts and window box images, and it inspired me to make this as a thank you to my friend:

I initiated the popular Poppy Stamps window and window box dies that I've had in my stash for quite awhile. They cut beautifully and I can see myself using them for all sorts of occasions. Little Bitty Bird makes a special appearance at the top of the window and chirps "You're tweet!" to my friend.

Thanks for stopping by and have a good week!

Card details:
Note card, Patterned Papers and Spring Border die from Memory Box; Grand Madison window, Grand flower box and Ivy Tendril dies from Poppy Stamps; Little Bitty Bird stamp set from PTI; sentiment from A Muse Artstamps.