Hooray!

Hi everyone! I had a bit of time yesterday and thought I'd play in this weeks CAS-ual Friday Challenge. This week is Hunger Games - which means using an arrow!

I had to search through all my stamps to find an arrow, but finally came across this one from PTI. I also used the ticket border die to cut the ticket out. Navy ink from A*Muse used on the arrows.

Designer paper is from Authentique. I cut out a star to dangle off of the red bakers twine to match up with the star in the DP and the red stamped center one. Navy satin ribbon hides the seam between the two pieces of DP.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

You are in my thoughts

Hi everyone! Here's a digi from Tiddly Inks that I had a blast coloring!

I used PTI's white cardstock to print on and then waited a day to color with Copic's.

The designer paper is from TAC and might still be available over at Red Rubber Designs. I used the Tessatina border from Memory Box under the DP to jazz things up a bit.

Sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.

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PTI blog hop - touch of gold birthday card

Hi everyone! I decided to participate in this month's PTI blog hop touch of gold. Here is the picture announcing the hop.

Here is what I did with it! I'm liking the different texture on this, but I think I have more than a touch of gold!

Stamps are from PTI and I used Versamark and gold embossing powder to create the touch of gold.

The left hand border is cut out of a 12 x 12 Color Me gold sampler pack from Hot Off The Press. I've had the gold wire mesh in my drawer forever and decided to cut it to use on this card. The Happy Birthday panel is popped up using foam tape.  I decided to do a bit of gold embossing on the inside of the card to match the front. I just inked up the top part of the stamp instead of the whole thing to make the border. All cardstock is from Papertrey, Ink.

Thanks for dropping in!

Fudgesicles!

Hi everyone! As I was on the airplane going to San Diego, I was flipping through my new HGTV magazine until I could boot up my Ipad. Anyway, I came across this sweet little ice pop garland that was on the freebies page. (it actually is a kit and costs $12.50 from paper-source.com) I earmarked it thinking that I could make something similar but smaller to put on a card. Well, here is what I came up with.

This has no stamping on it whatsoever! Sentiment is computer generated. I used the smallest My Favorite Things rounded banner die to cut out three fudgesicles using dark chocolate cardstock.

I didn't have any popsicle sticks so I decided to head on over to the dollar store. As I was leaving with my package, I glanced down at the ground and what is staring up at me? I long wooden coffee stir stick - and a skinny one at that. I walked by it at first, then thought better and went and picked it up. I gave it a good wash once I got home! Had to get rid of the yukky germs! Ok, so as I begin to assemble the fudgesicles, I realize that the bigger sticks are just that, too big. So at this point I'm really glad that I picked up that stir stick. I broke it into three pieces and used an nail file to sand the one with the jagged broken end. Not bad!

At this point I had a thought -  the fudgesicles that I grew up eating had grooves in them. So I got out my stylus and made the grooves.

Fishtail banner die from MFT was used to cut the sentiment out. I layered it with the same dark chocolate cardstock and added three tiny gold pearls. The brown designer paper is from Making Memories. All cardstock is from PTI.

So, what do you think of my inspiration piece? It's funny where our ideas come from. Thanks for stopping in!

Thank you - Mojo #298

Hi again! I think I'm in a summer mood - might be because the sun just came out (it's 3:00 PM) and it's supposed to be nice this weekend! Anyway, here's my take on Mojo Monday's #298 sketch .

Watermelon stamp is an old one I got from Wildflower stamps ages ago. It's a clear stamp so I was able to line up the rind, fruit and seed really easily. I used Fresh Ink from Impress in Limeade and Pink Lemonade and then stamped the seeds in Versafine. The Thank You sentiment is from Verve.

Pink designer paper is from Lasting Memories. Lime green cardstock is from Bazzill and I used the pennant trim die from Verve for the right hand side.

Scrappers floss was used to tie the white stain ribbon together before adding the bow. I decided to twirl the ends with my piercing tool instead of just cutting them off. Bow was created using the Bow Easy.

I'm also entering this card into the Summer Fruits challenge over at Simon Says Stamp!

Have a great weekend!

Time to relax!

Happy first day of Summer! I thought I'd share this card to get you excited about relaxing in the sun!

Stamp is called little umbrella from Mo Manning (purchased through Stamping Bella) and colored with Copics. I also sponged on some summer sky memento ink for the sky!

The sentiment did come with the stamp and I think it's so very true!! All cardstock is from Papertrey, Ink.

I hope you find time to relax this weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Love you

Hello all! Sharing another digi stamp card today! This one is going to make a cute anniversary card for DH in September!

Digi stamp is called geeky love by Make it Crafty. I colored them with Copic's and used a square nestie to cut it out.

The fishtail banners were cut out and then embossed to add some texture. Sentiment is from Verve and cut out using their label die. Added two tiny gold pearls for some bling and were done!

Thanks for stopping by!