MIM: Ice Cream Scoop = Flower?

Happy Weekend! Earlier this week I found the time to make a card for this week's PTI Make It Monday challenge, which was to find a non-flower die and turn it into a flower. I went through all of my PTI dies and came up with a few possibilities, but decided to go with the least predictable of the bunch: the ice cream die that coordinates with the Sweet As Can Be Set.

The cone portion of the die didn't fit into my vision, but the ice cream scoop did, so I cut six "scoops" and adhered them to a circle base, then added a couple of punched scalloped circle layers and an aqua flower button from my stash, and there was my handmade flower embellishment!


Thanks for stopping by! Hope you're having a lovely weekend!

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.

PTI Make It Monday: Glitter Buttons

I'm back with a project for this week's Make It Monday, to use glittered buttons. I found this big yellow flower button in my stash and decided to sparkle it up with some Buttercup stickles. The rest of the card just fell into place after I picked out some coordinating card stock and paper in my scrap bin.

It is sunny right now in Seattle, though the forecast today does include some snow! It's definitely cold out, but I'm not seeing any clouds that look like they are going to bring us snow. I hope not, I'm ready for spring!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a good week!


Card details:
PTI: Summer Sunrise and New Leaf card stock, Blooming Button Bits stamp set; Lifestyle Crafts trellis die; Basic Grey Indie Bloom paper; Stampin' Up yellow card stock; Adirondack ink in Watermelon; Memento Bamboo Leaves ink; buttercup Stickles; button from my stash.

February PTI Blog Hop: Interactive Cards

Hi and Happy Weekend! I'm back with a project for Papertrey Ink's February blog hop, to make an interactive card. I knew my February release order wouldn't arrive in time for me to play with the new zipper or slider dies for the hop, so I created this project last weekend.

I found a depleted Starbucks gift card lying on my desk and it got me thinking about fun ways to present a gift card to someone. I came up with this:

And here is the interactive part where the recipient can pull out the gift card:

Thanks for stopping by! I look forward to seeing all the other projects in the hop!

Card details:
From PTI: New Leaf card stock, Dark Chocolate card stock and ink, Dotty Biscotti patterned paper, Warm Happiness Too stamp set and die, Simple Sentiments stamp set, Mini Tab stamp set and die; Memento inks in Bamboo Leaves and Cottage Ivy; Martha Stewart baker's twine in brown and green; mini kraft sacks from?; Tim Holtz tiny attacher and staple; We R Memory Keepers corner chomper; Fiskars notch punch.