Chairs to You!

Here's another card from the On My Couch set. I used a sketch from the most recent (Halloween) issue of PaperCrafts--it's a great sketch! This card measures 4.25 " square--I decided to try a different size for a change. It seemed to fit the chair. Again I used Bitty Baby Blessings DP. I just love the colors and patterns in that. CS: Lavender Moon by PTI, Certainly Celery by SU. Brads are Making Memories. This sketch has some cute little pillows; I stamped one onto the dotted paper, cut out and popped up.

Hope you have a great day--try to get into some stamping time. It's good for what ails ya!

On My Couch

Well, I finally caved and got Lisa Johnson's sets On My Couch and On My Couch Additions from PTI. These sets are chock full of adorable images and sentiments. I have been having a blast playing with them! Here I stamped the outline couch on Bitty Baby Blessings DP and cut out. Stamped the rug in SU Pumpkin Pie, table in Palette Burnt Umber, vase in SU Certainly Celery, framed picture in Palette Noir and colored with SU markers. BG is also from Bitty Baby Blessings, CS is Pumpkin Pie and Certainly Celery. Sent is from Birthday Basics by PTI. Scallop border punch, ribbon, and library clip are all SU. I just love how this came out. Thanks for stopping by!

The apples of my eye go BACK TO SCHOOL!

Well, the Y camp finished last Fri, and school doesn't start until Thurs. I had today off from work with the kids, and while I was happily playing in my stamp room, Ems came in and wanted me to make a card for her new teacher. I don't have the teacher set from PTI, but I've been meaning to try something. On scrapbooking pages you always see these neat shapes for journalling. I decided to combine Borders and Corners Circles with Journalling Lines from PTI to make one of my own. I used my Nesties to make a reverse mask, stamped the circle, covered with the mask, and stamped the lines. The apple is from SU's Tart and Tangy, sentiment is from Vintage Picnic. CS: Confetti Tan (SU retired), Pure Poppy and Dark Chocolate (PTI), DP is Chocolate Remix. Ribbon is PTI, eyelets are ret. SU. The focal point is cut out with Nesties. Have a great back to school!

My Time to Create Challenge

Well, anyone who looks at my blog (thank you!) knows I am a huge fan of Lauren Meader. Not only is she an amazingly talented stamper and template designer for PTI, she is a funny blogger too! Every Sat. she hosts a challenge. This was for last Sat's challenge, you can see it HERE. I loved the colors in this particular challenge and decided to play along. I chose the Recipe Wrap-Up template, which is one of the two free ones, although I have several of them. Not sure what I will use this for. The colors are SU Basic Gray, Kiwi Kiss, and Baja Breeze, DP is Urban Garden and A Walk in The Park. Stamp set is Boutique Grunge by Inque Boutique. I cut out a flower from the DP and layered it. I used the photo corner punch and the Textile CB embossing folder, and I made diagonal pockets for the inside instead of following the pocket pattern included with the template. Pearls are from K & Co.

First flip open.

2nd flip open.

Fully open--diagonal pockets. Sorry about the terrible pix, wrong time of day outside but if I didn't get it done while DH and DD were out, it wasn't going to get done!

Hope you enjoyed this project--have a great weekend.

Mojo Monday Week 97

Good afternoon all! Here is my card for the Mojo 97 challenge. All supplies are SU except for the yellow layer (Summer Sunrise from PTI) and the alphabet (Karen Foster Snap Stamps). DSP is Good Morning Sunshine (retired). CS colors are Pacific Point and Kiwi Kiss (ret.) I painted the chipboard bird's beak and feet yellow and the edges of the rest of him blue to match the paper. Painted his eye black and added a little crystal effects to make it shiny. Die cut is Sizzix from SU. I am in the process of decorating a clock from Kaiser Craft with this paper and when I saw today's Mojo sketch, thought it would be good for this little bird. Thanks for stopping by!

Summery Picnic Card

I have been having a ton of fun with the Vintage Picnic set from PTI! Sorry but you're probably going to be seeing a lot more of it!

Here I used Lauren's My Time Sketch 20. I stamped the flowers in brown on vanilla, colored them with Stampin' Pastels. Basket is stamped on Creamy Caramel. DP is retired SU but looks fab with the Melon Berry base. Punched scallop circle is Summer Sunrise. Buttons and jute are PTI. Sent. is from Birthday Basics.

Hope you have time for a picnic sometime soon!

Text Box Text Style--July Blog Hop

It's time for another PTI Blog Hop! You can read all about it HERE. This month's challenge was to use text in some way on your project. I chose to use the set Background Basics Text Style and my first PTI love, Text Boxed. Using text lends itself to emboss resist, as does Text Boxed. I stamped the text BG in Palette Burnt Umber on cream CS, then clear embossed the leaf image over it and brayered with Ripe Avocado, trimmed, matted with Ripe Avocado CS. I used my Long Rectangle Nestie to emboss the cream layer on my card front, nestled the focal piece into it, and stamped the sent. which is from Out on a Limb Sents. I stamed the same BG on an old PTI stamp box in Timber Brown Stazon, let it dry, then die cut it with SU's butterfly die. I put some adhesive pearls down the middle for the butterfly's body and attached with foam tape. I love how this turned out and I'm very proud of it! I hope you like it too and that it inspires you to use text on your projects. Can't wait to see what the other hoppers have created--there are always a TON of amazing projects!