Papertrey Princesses Challenge #3

This time it was Michelle's turn to post the challenge.  Her challenge was for us to color on our project.  This birthday card was made using a stamp by Stamping Bella.  I love using their stamps for coloring.  The patterned paper is Basic Grey - Nook and Pantry.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's, Piece of Cake set.  I used Copic Markers to do the coloring.  The ribbon is from my stash.  For the scallop border, I used the newly released scalloped dies from Papertrey Ink.  This is the medium scallop. 

Thanks for taking a peek, I'd love to hear what you think.

Wanted - Lost Mojo!

If you see my Mojo, will you please send it back to me.  I really have been bad lately with working on any projects.  However, I did take a class at Archiver's last week on making Shabby Chic cards.  The class used Hero Arts stamps and Ranger Paint daubers. (Which I give a big Thumbs Up).  I really liked using them, the consistency of the paint was wonderful and the colors are scrumtious!  We also used the Distress Stickles which I like much better than regular stickles.  They seem to be toned down a bit, the colors are not quite so bright.  Here are the cards I made. Everyone in the class made the same cards.  It was fun using paint with stamps instead of ink and will use this technique again very soon.

Thanks for taking a peek and I'd love to hear what you think.

Papertrey Princesses Challenge #2

Ok, I'm way behind in my blogging.  Sorry about that, but life/work keeps getting in the way of my fun time.  I know this is a bit late for Valentine's Day, but I incorporated it into my project.  This time it was Lee's turn to issue the challenge.  It was to create a 3D project.  All of the products used on this are from Papertrey Ink.  Thanks for taking a peek and I'd love to hear what you think.

Papertrey Ink 3rd Anniversary Celebration - Challenge

Today is day 2 of the big Birthday Bash over at the Papertrey Ink website and Nichole's blog.  There were several free downloads offered today.  The Challenge for today was to use the downloards on a card or several cards.  Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to do more than one card.  Here is the card I did using the free cupcake download.  I did use Maile Belles http://mailebelles.blogspot.com/ card as inspiration for this layout.   The sets I used for this card are Polka Dot Basics, Jounaling Lines and the sentiment is from the Let's Celebrate set.

Thanks for taking a peek and I'd love to here what you think.

My Time Made Easy Template - Shutt-erfly

As many of you know Lauren Meader decided to open her own online shop with her amazing templates http://www.mytimemadeeasy.com/.  I love doing the templates.  They are fun to put together and they open an whole new area of design and decorating possibilities.  This is one I did last month from her first release.  It's called Shutt-erfly.  The top is designed to look like Butterfly Wings, hence the name of the packaging.  I made this one and filled it with a bag of chocolate covered peanuts.  I did change this up a bit by cutting out an oval in the middle of the box and covering with clear cardstock so you can see the goodies inside.  Lauren has also designed Digital paper.  This is something I thought I'd never do and I ended up loving it.  There are several other patterns to coordinate with this plaid as well and will be using those on some future projects. 

Thanks for taking a peek today and I'd love to hear what you think.

Papertrey Princesses Inspiration Challenge

Yes, I know I've been a bad blogger of late.  I think there are a few reasons for this.  First, after having two wonderful weeks off at the holidays, I just couldn't get myself motivated and back into a routine. Second, I think my Mojo went on holiday as well.  Third, 'Life' just got in the way.

I think the 'renewal' of The Papertrey Princess challenges are just what I needed to get my motivation back. (or at least some of it).

Our first challenge of the year is from the amazingly talented Anya. (a link to her blog is in the sidebar on the left).  Anya chose an inspiration challenge.  Here is the picture of the inspiration piece.  I love the colors, textures and elements in the sewing basket.

Here is my card.  I think the stripes, the colors, the sewing, the pinked edges and the pins are all represented in the card.  I'm pretty happy how it turned out.  Thanks Anya for your inspiration piece.

The stamp sets used are all from Papertrey Ink.  The stripes are from the Faux Ribbon set and the stamped circle image are from the Daily Designs and Daily Design sentiments sets.

Thanks for taking a peek and I'd love to hear what you think.

Thank You card.

Here is a card I made with the intentions of sending in to Paper Crafts last publication call for Thank You cards.  I have never sent in anything for pub calls and basically got cold feet with this card as well.  So here is a basic Thank You card using Papertrey Ink supplies.  The Stamp set is Fancy Flourishes, the sentiment is from Giga Guidelines.  The cardstock is Spring Moss and Chocolate Brown.  The Patterned Paper is from The Turning a New Leaf set.  One tip I used making this card, is to use Copic Markers to change the color of your embellishments.  For example the button was a totally different color brown and did not match at all.  I simply colored the button with a dark brown Copic Marker and it matched perfectly.  I did the same for the little metal accent dots under the sentiment.  They started off life as bright lime green.  A little dabbing of dark brown Copic and they also match.  Thanks for taking a peek and let me know what you think.

On a personal note, I just want to Thank You all so much for your kind comments to my GSS win and project.  Thank you for letting me gush a bit.  You are all so sweet.

A Dream Come True!

I won the Guest Star Stamper contest for December on Papertrey Ink!  This month I was asked to be the January "Guest Designer" as part of my prize package.  I cannot begin to tell you how honored I am to be acknowledged by the best in the business.  This truely is a "Dream Come True".  My complete sample design, directions, supply list as well as full photos will be included with the purchase of the template through http://www.papertreyink.com/ on January 15th. And, it's only $5.

I would like to add a big "Thank You" to those of you that visit my blog and leave such sweet comments.  I can't tell you how much you encouraging words mean to me.  Another big "Thank You" to my "real life" friends as well as my "cyber friends"  who are always so generous with taking the time to let me know you are reading.

I hope you like my sample and can't wait to hear what you think.

It's My Baby's Birthday Today!

Of course my baby is 27 years old today, so he's a big baby. :)  Here is a picture of him that one of the guys at work took.  He was actually at a trade show in Las Vegas working, when they decided to rent bikes for the day and go for a cruise.  (see I told you he was a big baby)

Here is the card I made for him.  He loves his IPOD and listens to it all the time.  When I saw this stamp from Stamping Bella, I knew it would be perfect for him.  I used Copic Markers to color the image and Cosmo Cricket - Boyfriend patterned paper.  Thanks for taking a peek at let me know what you think.

PS.  I'm so excited!  My gift card holder that I posted on December 16th won the Guest Star Stamper contest for Decmeber over at Papertrey Ink.  I know those of you that are familiar with this contest understand my excitement.  Thanks for letting me share.

Happy New Year and another GSS submission

Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season.  I sure have enjoyed being off work for 2 weeks, I really wish I could stay home all the time.  Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket? 

We spent the last few days up at our cabin (in Northern Michigan) doing some snowmobiling.  There was lots of snow up there and the trails were in great shape.  We got home late last night, but not before stopping for a wonderful New Year's Eve dinner.

Now for my project.  This was entered in the December Guest Star Stamper contest at Papertrey Ink. 

I posted a couple weeks ago that my boss recently got married.  I wanted to get them a little keepsake to remember the occasion.  Since they had a December wedding, I thought a Christmas ornament engraved with their wedding date would be a nice gift.  I decided to make the packaging to show it off a bit more.  I made the Fold and Go template from Papertrey Ink using transparancy.  I then stamped it with the Snowflake Serenade stamp set with White Stazon. (It's my favorite holiday set - so versitile). I added a bit of bling on the snowflake centers.  Thanks for taking a peek and let me know what you think.