Two Birds with One Stone

Happy Sunday! Most of us are familiar with the adage "Kill two birds with one stone." Well, I'm finding that I have to apply that to my crafting now. There simply isn't enough time for me to do all that I want to accomplish, so if there are two challenges I want to participate in, I try to come up with one card that will fulfill both challenges. I was able to do that with this card:

This card is for this week's Make It Monday challenge, which is to partially impress a card element, and the current PaperTrey Playhouse challenge which is to make a card inspired by your favorite season. Although you can't see it at all in the photo, the Lemon Tart paper is partly impressed with the canvas impression plate. And since Fall is my favorite season, I made a card with fall flowers (dahlias) and fall colors.

Hope your weekend is going well. I met a friend this morning for a walk and then we went and had manicures and pedicures at a nearby salon. Even though we only live about 30 minutes from each other, I haven't seen her in almost a year, so we had a lot of catching up to do! I have a new soup recipe I'm trying out (Morroccan Chickpea) and it's simmering on the stove in my new Le Creuset Dutch oven. I'm planning to pair the soup with some pita bread and hummus. My family is coming over for dinner tonight, so we'll see what the soup rating is!

Thanks for stopping by!

Card details:
Cardstock, patterned paper, stamps, impression plate and banner die from PaperTrey Ink; Martha Stewart circle cutter; EK Success circle punch; Memento ink; Copic markers.

My Love Affair With Key Lime

I made a lot of cards this weekend with Key Lime note cards from Memory Box. I made a boxed set of coordinating note cards (birthday, thank you and hello) for my mom for Mother's Day. Since inspiration struck and I had all of the supplies together I decided to get a head start now so I don't go crazy in May! I haven't photographed them yet, but once I have a pic I'll post it. After my note card set was done, I had two cards left in the package and I challenged myself to come up with two more cards so I could throw away the wrapper! Here's my first one:

I stamped the flower image from Hero Arts in white ink and embossed with white embossing powder. Then I applied four different distress inks to the background with foam applicators. I'm really happy with how this card turned out. I guess I'm skipping spring and jumping to summer based on the colors I chose for this card!

Here is my second card:
This one has a similar layout to the first card. I stopped at Michaels yesterday and found the peacock feather stamp and a package of two Smooch Spritz sprays (Citrus Tickle and Splash--love the names!). The colors of the sprays made me think of peacock feathers and I thought it would be fun to use them with the stamp. The card has a lot more sparkle in real life. I thought the sentiment from an older SU! set was a perfect accompaniment.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a good week!

Make It Mondays: Creating With Fun Foam

I'm back with this week's Make It Mondays project, which was to pull out some fun foam from your craft supply and die cut and/or stamp with it. I didn't have any fun foam in my craft arsenal, so I made a special trip to JoAnn's yesterday. I picked out a few spring-like colors with no particular idea in mind and brought them home. The aqua blue made me think of robin's eggs, which made me think of nests, and then my card idea was born. I cut the fun foam with one of my limitless layer dies and used it as a mat for my bird nest image. In keeping with the nature theme, I mounted everything on top of a piece of kraft cardstock that I embossed with the woodgrain impression plate.

Card Details:
Cardstock, stamps, die, impression plate and twine by PTI; Ink by Memento and Color Box; EK Success circle punch; Fun Foam.

PTI Make It Mondays: Adding Glitter With Scor-Tape

I'm back with a card I made for this week's Make It Monday challenge. I've had the Martha Stewart glitter assortment pack for some time now, but I think I might have only used it once. This challenge was the perfect excuse to bring it out of my cabinet! My February PTI release package was delivered earlier this week, and I knew I had to try out the Parisian Lace doily and the Doily Detail dies right away. While I love the end result, it was a big ordeal trying to get those little bits and pieces out of the Parisian doily even with the punch out tool. I had to run it back and forth in my Cuttlebug and Big Shot Express multiple times and then use the punch out tool in between passes. I think I'm going to have to invest in the metal shim to hopefully help the die punch out more cleanly. Still the end result is beautiful, and I don't regret the purchase.

Blue is my favorite color, and I love this combination of Hawaiian Shores and Aqua Mist. The glitter is the Feldspar color.

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

PaperTrey February Blog Hop Challenge

Happy Friday! Today is the 25th of the month which means time for another PTI blog hop! This month it was all about scallops. The first card I made for the challenge didn't turn out as great as the idea I had for it in my head (I'm sure we've all experienced that before!) so I tried one more time and just went for the clean and simple look. My goodies from the February release arrived on Wednesday so I was able to play with some of the new products. I also pulled out a stamp set that is old for me but had never seen ink before-Blooming Button Bits.

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of the hop!

Card details:
PTI: Royal Velvet and Raspberry Fizz cardstock, stamps, scalloped button die; Neenah Classic Crest white paper; Memento inks in Rose Bud, Grape Jelly and Bamboo Leaves; purple
baker's twine; Glossy Accents; SU! scalloped border punch; Corner Chomper.

Happy Mail

Just popping in with a quick post tonight. I made this sweet card earlier this month. I love the MFT Pure Innocence line of stamps. I only have a few sets. The little girl is just adorable, and so much fun to color. Great for practicing Copic and paper piecing techniques! I think it would be fun to do an entire calendar some year with just images of this little girl.

Is there anything better than a "happy mail" day, especially if it includes a package of crafting goodies? Mr. Brown is scheduled to deliver my PaperTrey Ink package on Wednesday. Yippee!

Hope you have a great week!

Card details:
MFT Pure Innocence Happy Mail stamp set; patterned paper from Basic Grey Sugar Rush & Eskimo Kisses collections; Copic markers; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Paper Zone note card in Slate; SU! scalloped border punch.

PTI Make It Monday: Vellum Sentiment Strip

Happy Sunday evening! I'm just making the deadline for the PTI Make It Monday challenge to create a card with a vellum sentiment strip. I see I need to work on applying my Scor-Tape so it doesn't show through the vellum! This card features three new items I recently added to my craft arsenal: the Beautiful Blooms II #3 dies; Healing Touch stamp set and some new paper from My Mind's Eye--the Stella and Rose Gertie collection.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a good week!