Homespun Angel

I have been having so much fun with this angel! To me she looks very folk art-y, and I got the idea to use her with my Quilter's Sampler set (also by PTI). Lining up those quilt blocks is a bear! I finally cut a 3/4" strip and scored it at 3/4" intervals. It's still not completely straight, but it looks okay. I stamped the blocks and angel in Palette Burnt Umber on SU's Crumb Cake. I colored the blocks with a blender pen and reinkers, Old Olive and Real Red (markers were too intense).

Ribbon tag is Spellbinders, felt ribbon is Martha Stewart. I used the original Love Lives Here dies to cut a little red felt heart and punched some pine boughs out of Ripe Avocado with the MS punch. Looking at this now I wish I had embossed the avocado layer--next time! This was really my idea for my PTI swap, but it took me forever to figure out how to line up those blocks decently and I got fed up. After I got the swap done I thought of my MS scoring board--love that thing! Anyway, I like how this turned out---hope you do too!

Warm Winter Wishes

I am ecstatic over the way this card turned out! I used the mitten die from PTI's Love Lives Here: Holidays for the mittens. The doilies are MFT's Dizzy Doilies. Sentiment is from PTI's Stocking Prints. CS, DP, buttons, and ink are PTI. Felt ribbon is last year's (or maybe the year before?) Martha Stewart. Jingle bell is SU and twine (yes, I finally broke down and bought some which means the trend is over!) is from Divine Twine. I needed a huge roll of it to make cards with the Girl Scouts for a charity we are supporting and that was the biggest one--I saw it in PaperCrafts. The sketch was Mojo Monday 199.

The hole in the bell is VERY tiny! I wound up using a single strand of DMC to tie it onto the twine knot, as I could not get the twine itself through the hole. Sheesh! The things I will go through to make a card. Anyway, I LOVE this card. Hope you do too--thanks for looking!

Halloween-a-thon: Interrupted part 2

Okay, here are the two pix that wouldn't fit in the last post.

To see the rest of the ornaments and the finished Halloween tree, scroll down. Thanks for looking!

Halloween-a-thon: Interrupted

So, I actually had this project finished and photographed by Wednesday evening, but I had to work late yesterday and didn't feel like blogging it. Still, I can't believe I actually posted 12 days in a row--I think that's a record for me!

Today's post is a project I actually planned since I saw THIS blogger's post last year. Unfortunately, by the time I realized I had to do it, all the MS Glow-in-the-Dark glitter had been snapped up. Luckily they offered it again this year.

What you do is take those glass balls that you can get from Mike's or Hobby Lobby. Take the top off and pour in a little Future Floor Wax (I think it's actually called Pledge with Future now). Swirl it all around the inside of the ball and use a paper funnel to dump in some of the awesome glowing glitter (it really does glow in the dark--my son had to take it into the closet to make sure LOL) and shake it all around until the inside of your ball is coated with glitter.

Then I used my Cricut to cut some Halloween images out of black vinyl.

I painted a cool stick from my back yard black, stuck it in some florist's foam in a black plastic cauldron that I got from the Halloween store. I got some purple LED lights from Wal-mart and wound them around the tree,

The scary critters were all cut from the October 31 cartridge, and the spooky words are cut from Happy Hauntings.

Here is the finished product! Blogger wouldn't let me put all my pix in one post, so the last two are in the next post. I love how this turned out! Thanks for dropping by.

Wedding Card

My nephew is getting married this weekend, so I made this card. His fiancee's colors are Certainly Celery and brown (I picked Soft Suede). I used the Paper Lace cartridge to cut the brown and green layers at 4.8". The card itself measures 5.25" square and is made of Gina K Pure Luxury Ivory. I put a few drops of champagne shimmer paint (SU) in a mini mister and added rubbing alcohol to make my own shimmer spray--it's very sparkly IRL.

I stamped this image from the new SU set Four Frames in Soft Suede and colored the leaves with a Certainly Celery marker, and used a blender pen dipped in the shimmer paint to color the roses. The sent. is from PTI's Mixed Messages (the original, not the Mega). I sponged shimmer paint on the brown rose (Mike's) and attached it to the SU crocheted lace.

I also made the envelope using the MS scoring board I bought with a 50% off coupon at Mike's last Sunday. It worked like a charm! I hope they like this card. I got them some of their china for their wedding present. Can't wait to see everyone. Have a great weekend and a Happy Easter everyone. Thanks for stopping by!

Sympathy card, IC sketch and color challenge

The wife of a coworker of mine lost her grandmother, so I made them a sympathy card. I use Inspired Crafter's Sketch #7 and the color combo by cupojafa. Oops, I just realized I was supposed to make a Christmas card for this challenge. I've never tried the cream and white color combo before--very pretty. I just hope this card is not too wedding-y. It's hard to tell, but I embossed the sent with Hologram Highlights mixed with white EP. The little doily is Martha Stewart (I found out about them from Vickie Y over on SCS), butterflies are SU/Sizzix Embosslits, BG is Cuttlebug, sentiment and border punch are SU, and CS and ribbon are PTI. This card was totally inspired by THIS one and THIS one. Thanks for stopping by!

Bookmark Swap

My friend Tracie, who I met through our PTI swaps, is having a bookmark swap. I love to read, though I don't have much time for it these days, so I joined in. This bookmark is 6 inches by 2 inches. I used several SU retired colors: Orchid Opulence, Green Galore, and Yo-Yo Yellow, plus Tempting Turquoise which is still current. I cut the flower out with the Cricut Lite Bloom cartridge. I printed "bloom" in LD Buttercream font on some GG and punched with the MS grass punch. Center of flower is cuttlebugged with Swiss Dots. Top of bookmark is punched with the old SU Deco corner punch and slit punch for the ribbon. I had so much fun making these; I hope Tracie will do it again sometime. Thanks for looking!

52 Sketches # 11

Hi, all, I am a couple weeks behind with my 52 sketches. Sorry about the glare on the photo. This was taken Mother's Day last year. Botanica, the botanical gardens here in Wichita, has no admission on MD, so we went for the first time that day. We have been a couple times since then. I love that place, it is AWESOME! (With apologies to Teresa!) Anyway, I got this new DP (Parisian Breeze and Walk in the Park) a couple weeks ago (Don't worry Jen, it was ordered BEFORE I started my no craft spending run) and it is so beautiful. I was going through pix on the computer and ran across this one--looked perfect for this DP! Next I checked 52 Weeks 52 Sketches, and found the perfect sketch--# 11. Colors are Baja Breeze, Whisper White, and Pretty in Pink. I used Technique Tuesday's Savannah Alphabet and embossed the title in white on Baja Breeze. I love their alphas, you can stamp cursive titles with ease! Used the Martha Stewart Picket Fence Border Punch and buttons from SU, PTI, and my stash along the border. Pink Flower is a Pretties from SU, dyed with Regal Rose reinker. Large yellow flower is Heidi Swapp, as is the blue, but it used to be white, I dyed and sponged it with Baja Breeze. Butterfly stamp is from a new SU set, will edit to add the name later.

Thanks for looking!

Absolutely Fabulous Raspberry Fizz!

Morning all! On Mon. I got my new PTI order. I am crazy about this color, Raspberry Fizz, actually released last month by PTI . I used the flower from the new With Sympathy set (it matches the flower in the DP) and glittered it up. This sketch came from the latest issue of Papercrafts Magazine, it was just so cute and I knew it would be perfect to use with this color and DP. The sentiment is from Mixed Messages, punches are all SU. Little flower and brad are unknown.

This is a sympathy card. I had a little trouble getting it right, and I'm still not really satisfied with it. CS is Mellow Moss by SU (die cut with Top Note die from SU), Stampers Select white by PTI. I love the flourished vines image, stamped it in PTI Ripe Avocado. I embossed the flowers in white. I was going to mount the piece on RA, but it didn't look right. I stamped the flourish in Mellow Moss on the white for a BG and mounted on MM card base. Butterfly is Martha Stewart punch out of Lavender Moon CS by PTI.

Sara has posted a sketch challenge inspired by this flourish image--give it a try! Hope everyone has a great day!