This card was tricky to photograph.  The teal mat, clouds, and airplanes are mounted on a piece of clear acetate.  The orange mat is mounted underneath on the chevron paper but when it is closed they match up so the orange mat makes an outline shadow for the the teal mat.

It was made for a baby shower for a little boy.  I chose to forgo a sentiment and instead made the formation of planes.  The orange mat was just the right size for a handwritten note. 

I need to make more cards with this technique as it was fun to make and the outcome is fun as well.

Thanks for looking.
Paper: Pebbles - Happy Thoughts; Duralar - Acetate Alternative; PTI - Stamper's Select White, Harvest Gold, Aqua Mist
Stamps: PTI - Little Hot Rod
Ink: Memento - London Fog
Dies: Little Hot Rod, Cloud Dies, Mat Stack 4, Mat Stack 4 Layerz

Yep, another Papertrey card made tonight. The free printable had me inspired! 

Paper: Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreuse Stripe, Staples - white
Stamps: Heart-2-Heart #1 & #2
Ink: Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores
Dies: Mat Stack 3, Limitless Layers 1 3/4" circles
Embellishments: Pure Poppy saddle stitched ribbon, PTI printable

Mmm...texture.  It's my favorite!  This card has some fun textures with the embossed vine background, pleated ribbon, embossed edge on the Spellbinder mat, pointed petals on the flower, and smooth button.  

It is hard to see in the picture but the flower has text stamped on it.

This medium pink, aqua, orange, and cream color combination is pretty cheerful. 

How do you mail cards with thick layers like this one?  The orange mat is raised with dimensional foam and so is the flower that also has a thick button.  I'm thinking in a bubble envelope.  How would you send a thick card?

Thanks for looking!

Paper: PTI - Berry Sorbet & Aqua Mist, Close to My Heart - orange polkadot
Stamps: Think Big Favorites #3
Ink: PTI - Berry Sorbet & Smokey Shadow
Embellishments: cream seam binding, PTI button - Aqua Mist, PTI - beautiful blooms II #1, Spellbinders - labels 4, Cuttlebug - vine embossing folder
Other: Cuttlebug

I have been wondering how I was going to utilize this squiggly lines paper so when I was browsing my pattern paper stash during my WOF card series marathon, I grabbed it.  I had a feeling this particular polkadot paper may work so I found it and was delighted that it went together; combing different companies' stuff is fun for me. 

I had received a sweet gift of Close to My Heart patterned paper and stamps a few months back but was hoarding them as they were too pretty to use.  Enter my new resolution to use the things I hoard because I love so much.  The pack contains several polkadot papers in many colors.

The flowers got some bling and slightly distressed edges to finish them off.

Next, I added some torn aqua cardstock and ran with it.  I don't use lavender paper often but was excited that it went with the squiggle paper so I used it as my base.

The sentiment is from a Stampabilities set and was stamped in dark gray.

That's it for today.  Thanks for stopping in.

Paper: My Mind's Eye - squiggles, Close to My Heart - pink polkadot, PTI - Aqua Mist & Lavender Moon

Stamps: Stampabilities - faith set

Ink: PTI - Smokey Shadow

Embellishments: PTI - beautiful blooms II #1, The Paper Studio - rhinestone brads

Other: Cuttlebug, Crop-o-dile

Tiny tags on cards make me smile as they are just so cute.  This one I hand cut so it was easy peasy to make.

The rose is a triple layer stamp.  I could get lost in the detail of these three shades of pink.  

Thanks for dropping by!

All items are PTI unless noted.
Paper: Raspberry Fizz, Rustic Cream, Stamper's Select White; My Mind's Eye - green polkadot
Stamps: The Sweet Life, Friendship Jar Fillers: Spring
Ink: Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz
Embellishments: Raspberry Fizz saddle stitch ribbon, Paper Studio - pink grommet, Ribbon Boutique - thin white satin ribbon
Other: Mat Stack #4 die, craft knife, Crop-o-dile, Cuttlebug

Today's card is simply a rainbow of butterflies.  I bought this set right after it was released but barely used it until lately.  Now, I can't get enough of it but it is now fall.  Yep, that is my luck. ;) 

All items are PTI unless noted.
Paper: Raspberry Fizz, Rustic Cream
Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies, Stampabilities - faith set
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores, Simply Chartreuse, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Smokey Shadow

Today I have a fairly simple floral card to share from my WOF series I did.  These flowers from the Natural Beauties set is so much fun to stamp with! I really enjoy how the flowers are so detailed and how the ink is disbursed to look like shading.  Swoon!  

Thanks for taking a peek.

All items are PTI unless noted.
Paper: Simply Chartreuse, Rustic Cream
Stamps: Natural Beauties
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Royal Velvet, Hawaiian Shores, Simply Chartreuse
Embellishments: The Paper Studio - gems

Here is today's WOF series card.

This ribbon makes me happy.  I bought a bunch of it for my daughter's birthday invites and was pleased to have extra to use on other projects. See those flourishes? They emboss beautifully and make for some fun texture.

Thanks for looking. :)

All items are PTI unless noted.
Paper: Raspberry Fizz, Aqua Mist, Lavender Moon
Stamps: Natural Beauties
Embellishments: Bo Bunny ribbon
Other: Mat Stack #4 die, Cuttlebug, The Paper Studio - flourish embossing folder

This is the first of a series of different cards I made for my church's Women of Faith (WOF) event.  I believe I made 70+ in a week and a half.  This is quite a feat as I have three small children and a life that refuses to pause--imagine that. ;)  Being the overachiever that I can be sometimes, I strived to make each card different.  I must say that this quality quickly becomes my own enemy many a time.  Those who know me know exactly what I mean!

For this card I used a polkadot embossing folder on some Raspberry Fizz cardstock, stamped on a Mat Stack #4 die cut, and add some colorful Bo Bunny ribbon.

All items are Papertrey Ink unless noted.
Paper: Aqua Mist, Raspberry Fizz, Rustic Cream
Stamps: Think Big Favorites #3
Ink: Orange Zest
Embellishments: Bo Bunny ribbon
Other: Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug - polkadot embossing folder, Mat Stack #4

August was a crazy, crazy month.  Not only was it crazy but it flew by--I cannot believe it has been over a full month since I last posted.  I'm sure many of you share this crazy time at August.  I created a lot but it was mainly developing my own curriculum for my son's pre-K that I am attempting to homeschool.  With that behind me, I can finally sit down and share the cards I did manage to squeeze in here and there.

This to-go coffee cup die/stamp set has been sitting, waiting for me to use it for a couple months.  I bought them specifically for whom I made this card.  It is a fun set to use.

The sentiment is stamped inside the negative cut out of the polka dot paper on the card base and edges of the polka dot paper got inked with chai ink.  

After die cutting the to-go cups, I use Tim Holtz Distress Ink on the white card stock and then rubbed chamomile ink on top of that to achieve this look.  After all that was dry, I stamped the images. I used a green and a pink Copic markers to fill color on the cups.  The loopy lines got traced with RV25 after the green was stamped, YG13 filled in the checkers on the the middle cup, and RV25 filled the hearts in on the last one. They were then mounted with foam dimensionals on top of the kraft colored ribbon that I tried to make look like steam coming up off hot cups.  I know it is a bit of a stretch but a cute stretch.  ;)

Thanks for looking!

Paper: Close to Your Heart - Dotty for You pack - pink on pink tiny polka dots, Papertrey Ink - Kraft and Stamper's Select White

Stamps: PTI - Heart-2-Heart #1 & Signature Greetings

Ink: PTI - Smokey Shadow, Hibiscus Burst, Simply Chartreuse, Camomile & Chai Distress cubes; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Antique Linen

Embellishments: PTI - Kraft saddle stitch ribbon

Other: PTI - Heart-2-Heart #1 die & Happy Day die, Copic - YG13 & RV25, Cuttlebug

This is the first card set I have made.  I made it back in January while at craft retreat but they have been sitting on the shelf as I couldn't figure out what I was going to do with the missing element--an outline around the edge.  I really wanted to stitch the border on the pale pink cardstock, but I forgot until after I had adhered all them together with permanent adhesive.  

Then it dawned on me--I could do an outline border with yellow marker! 

After I stamped the image, I colored in areas with my Copics.  The pearls were adhered with Glossy Accents and aren't going anywhere!

This set I left free of sentiments.  The inside is simply stamped with a single flower on the kraft cardstock.

I put them in an acetate box I adorned with a yellow ribbon.  The four of them fit perfectly in the box with room to spare for the envelopes.

Paper: Papertrey Ink - Sweet Blush, Autumn Rose, Kraft
Ink: PTI - Autumn Rose
Embellishment: The Paper Studio - pearls, PTI - Lemon Tart twill ribbon
Other: Copic - BV0000, Y11, YG11; Sharpie Ultra Fine - yellow; acetate box