Designing with Digital Images Part 5

I can never have enough birthday cards in my stash.  The color scheme of this one is perfect for spring or summer.  For Lizzie's image I embellished the candle flames with yellow Stickles for some added pop.

Just one more card to go!
 

Designing with Digital Images Part 4

This card with Maile's digital image is my second favorite of the night.  I love the gradient pink color in the image.  It was a perfect companion to this collection of Basic Grey True Love papers.  Finally using up some of my patterned paper stash.  Too bad this didn't make a dent in my collection.  Sigh.

Just two more cards to go--#5 is next.

Designing with Digital Images Part 3

My third card uses Dawn's digital freebie.  This image made me think of the Green Boutique patterned paper pack and I pulled that out to use some of the paper and printed images.  I also made a 4 x 4 square card, since I had exactly half a sheet of patterned paper scrap.  I think this is a bit busier than I would like but it's still a fun card:

Card #4 is up next!

Designing with Digital Images Part 2

I'm back with my second card of the night.  I think this is my favorite card of the bunch as I'm drawn to the bright colors, cheerful image and anything tea-related is okay in my book!  Melissa Bickford has such a fun, cheery style.  I will definitely be making more cards with this image:

I'll be back soon with my third card!

Designing with Digital Images Part 1

Happy Wednesday!  In the last year or so my blog posts have dwindled down to about one or two a month.  While working full time keeps a roof over my head, my bills paid and funds my creative addiction, it does get in the way of me having time to play!  So when I do get the chance to play, I'd prefer to play more and blog less.

My creative time during the work week is pretty much limited to blog surfing and dreaming up card ideas while I commute to and from work on the bus.  However, the free digital images offered up as part of PTI's anniversary celebration today and the chance to win some customized stamps designed by Nichole were enough of a driver for me to push through the work day fatigue when I got home tonight and I sat down and made 6 cards!  That's more than I make in a weekend sometimes.  Nothing like a little competition to get my creative rear in gear.  Here's my first card, which uses Heather's digital freebie:

 Most of the cards I made tonight have little to no stamping on them.  I did swipe some white pigment ink over the impressed numbers panel to add some interest on this card, though.  I'll be back shortly with another card.  I'll keep the chatting to a minimum, though.  ;-)

Thanks for stopping by!

PTI January 2013 Blog Hop: Black Background

I'm back with my project for this month's blog hop which is to focus on a black background.  I have not really started on Valentines yet, and my limitless layer heart dies were sitting on my desk waiting to be used.  I also spied the rainbow color scheme worksheet from a recent MIM challenge that I didn't get a chance to play along with and decided to combine the two challenges together.  So here is my project:

I used the chevron embossing folder from Stampin' Up to add some interest to the black layer.  It felt strange to me not to put a sentiment of some sort on the front, but I couldn't really figure out a good place to add it, so I just left it alone.

Thanks for stopping by!  I look forward to seeing what you created!

Make It Monday #100

I enjoy the Make It Monday video series every week, but I usually run out of time and don't get to play along, or else I make the project but then don't create a blog post for it (that's usually the case for most of my crafting projects). This week though, I had the time to make the project and get my blog post done--perhaps the chance of winning a $100 gift certificate has something to do with it!

 

I decided to use an oversize envelope to package my card with the extended embellishments.  This challenge prompted me to use some new things I recently acquired--paper and an organization tool.  The floral paper comes from a new Recollections Valentine collection at Michaels.  I was able to use nearly the entire 6 x 6 sheet with this project.  That was satisfying because as much I love to use patterned paper, I'm often left with scraps of various sizes and then there is the dilemma of what to do with said scraps.  My other new purchase is the We R Memory Keepers Washi Tape Dispenser.  Depending on the size of washi rolls, the box says you can store up to 30 rolls.  I think I have about 22 stored in mine.  I wish I could say that took care of organizing my collection, but no, I still have nearly a shoe box filled with rolls of that lovely tape.  However, I've decided that I will swap the rolls out of the dispenser periodically with the change of seasons and holidays, thus giving more of my tapes equal opportunity for use.

 

Back to my project.  With this new organization tool, I now have some of my tapes more visible so when looking for a way to embellish my envelope, my eyes floated to my tape dispenser and I found two rolls that looked like they would pair nicely with the patterned paper.  And I really liked the look of the two tapes layered together.

That's it from me.  Have a wonderful week!