New Stamps

I received some new stamps in the mail earlier in the week.  Two of the sets I ordered were "A Little Argyle" and "Enjoy the Ride" both from Papertrey Ink.  Enjoy the Ride also had a die available that cuts the little car out perfectly.  This has be one of the best ideas in stamping in years.  Stamps and dies that match/coordinate.  Just brilliant!  I was playing around and thought I'd make this little card to see how it all worked.  The cardstock is Kraft, Chocolate and Terra Cotta Tile all from Papertrey Ink.  The ink is Terra Cotta Tile and Chocolate and the ribbon is also Terra Cotta Tile.  I can see using this little car for many cute cards to come.

Thanks for taking a peek and letting me know what you think.

Papertrey Princess Challenge - Think Spring

This time it was BethieJ's turn to post the challenge.  Here is what she posted "Think Spring..Think New..it can be anything you want it to be..a new color combo..a new technique you haave wanted to try, NEW supplies..ANYTHING.." 

Well right after I read the challenge I was trying to think of something to make.  I went outside a little while later and was greeted with these lovely flowers as a sign of spring.  Inspiration Struck!

I have been wanting to use this color combination for some time and thought that it was NEW to me.  I had also purchased the stamp set "Wishing You..." by Papertrey Ink a while ago as well.  But, it was still NEW and in the package.  What better set to use for this challenge!  Here is my take on this challenge. 

Thanks for taking a peek and letting me know what you think.

Baby Shower Gift Card Holder

One of the girls I work with is having a baby at the end of the month.  Last week we had a little baby shower, pot luck luncheon for her.  In addition to a little sleeper, I gave her a gift card to Target.  Gotta love Target for baby and kid stuff.

I made the gift card holder using one of my favorite templates from My Timeless Templates from Papertrey Ink.  The tag was made using stamps from Daily Designs from Papertrey Ink.  I love this set as it is so versitile.  It's great for building and layering and it can be used for almost any occasion.

Thanks for taking a peek and letting me know what you think.

Papertrey Princesses Challenge - Neutrals Only!

It is my turn to present the challenge this time.  For this challenge you are to use Neutrals only.  You may use Kraft, Cream, White and Black.  Or any combination of those.  No colors this time around.  The other day I was playing around with stamping on an envelope and just stamped with some black ink on a kraft envelope.  I really liked the way it looked so this challenge was born.

Here are two views of the card I made.  I used the Year in Flowers Violet stamp by Papertrey Ink.    I was unsure about this stamp when I bought it, thinking I have enough flower sets.  However, it has quickly become a favorite. The sentiment is from the Wishing You set.  Since my sister's birthday is this month, I knew I would be needing a card so I decided to make it a birthday card.  But I think this could make a nice thank you card or even a sympathy card.

I hope you like this challenge and I can't wait to see what you make.  Thanks for taking a peek and let me know what you think.

Papertrey Princess Challenge - CASE IT!

This time it was Cheryl's turn to give us this very creative challenge.  We were each assigned a person in the group to create a card based on one of their cards.  I was give the assignment to create a card based on the amazing Anya's work.  Her cards are beautiful and I was quite itimidated in trying to emulate Anya's work.  Well here goes...  This is the card I chose from Anya's blog.

Here is my version of her card.  For mine I used the Year in Flowers - Violet set from Papertrey Ink.  The sentiment is from the Studio Style set.  The patterened paper from Nook & Pantry by Cosmo Cricket. 

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

St. Patrick's Day Card

I was part of a St. Patrick's Day card swap on the Papertrey Ink boards.  I was lucky enough to receive a card from the amazing Hanneke from the Netherlands.  It was so fun to find this fabulous card in my mailbox on Tuesday when I came home from work.  This is the first time I've ever received mail from that part of the world.  Thank you Hanneke for the beautiful card.  I am honored to receive it.

Gone Cruisin'

K.I.S.A. (knight in shining armour) and I are crusin' the Caribbean for a little vacation.  See you in a few days.

Papertrey Princesses Challenge. Scoring

This time it was Pam's turn to post the Challenge.  Her challenge was about scoring.  Well, I'm not quite sure if there is a real big difference between Scoring and Embossing.  If there is, does that mean that the lines must be straight for scoring?  I took a bit of creative license with this challenge and decided to make my Score Lines a scalloped shape. 

I am loving the new scalloped dies by Papertrey Ink and wanted to try this.  I took the scalloped die and then used my stylus to go around the scallops on a piece of the nice thick Papertrey Paper.  I really like how it turned out and may try it again with some of the other new dies. 

The Stamp Set used on this card is the Men of Life set for the sailboat and the sentiment is from Daily Design Sentiments.  I also sponged a bit of Fresh Snow ink for the clouds and to highlight the waves.  A yellow button sunshine was added and called it good.

Thanks for taking a peek and letting me know what you think.

A Baby Card - Template

A few months back, many of you know that I won the Guest Star Stamper contest on Papertrey Ink.  The catagory I won, was for using their templates.  My prize was a free set of the next months template release.  (I heart templates).  However, when the new templates were released, I wasn't sure I would like the new "In Shape" template sets.  I don't own a Cricut (yet) and wondered how these shapes would work by cutting by hand.  The set I won is called "Rock-A-Bye Baby" and comes with 4 very cute designs.

Fast forward to last week...One of my son's friends just had a baby boy and thought it was the perfect time to try one of the baby templates.  I am so thrilled at how this turned out.  It is one of the cutest cards I've ever made and was suprisingly easy to cut out.  I printed out the template on Vintage Cream Cardstock then stamped it with the Polka Dot Basics set.  I used the template to trace the ear on Bitty Dots Patterned Paper in Ocean Tides.  Then I traced around the feet in some Chocolate Brown scraps and used my Stampin Up scalloped punch to make the feet.  I then cut everything out and assembled it.  I then used one of the Googlie Eyes I had in my craft stash and a little bow on the tail.  I hope you like it.

Thanks for taking a peek and letting me know what you think.

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.