Sunday, May 31, 2015

Congrats You Did It!


Happy Sunday!  I went to a graduation party yesterday for our neighbor's son.  We have known him since he was a baby (he calls us aunt and uncle), so I wanted to make a nice card for him.  I stole this design from Maureen's card that I saw and saved a little while ago.  Hers was a bit more girly, so I had to man this up!  I didn't have anything appropriate for a male grad, so I went to my Silhouette Cameo machine and dusted it off (literally!).  I don't think I've used it in about a year!  Shame on me, I know!  I purchased three designs (each on sale for only $.75!) because I wasn't sure which I would use.  I ended up using all of them.  His high school colors are green and gold, so I cut the numbers from yellow cardstock and adhered it to a piece of green pattern paper.  On the right, I added a panel on dimensional tape, the sentiment, and the grad silhouette.  I didn't add any sequins or enamel dots like I normally would for a girly card (darn those boys!).  This card is a little bigger too...4.5" x 6".

I decided to add the other grad silhouette on the inside with another sentiment.  Look at how detailed that silhouette is and how nicely it was cut with the Cameo.  I've got to use it more often!  On the envelope (I didn't take a picture of it) I added the same sentiment as on the inside and a grad cap silhouette.
 
Thanks for stopping by today!  Hope to see you soon!
 
Recipe
Stamps:  Signature Greetings III and Wet Paint (PTI)
Paper:  Recollections white, daffodil delight, black, Summer Picnic dp
Ink:  Versafine onyx black
Accessories:  Silhouette Cameo, By the Numbers dies (PTI), dimensional tape


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Saturday, May 30, 2015

Just Us Girls #295 - Wild Card Week

It's Wild Card Week over at Just Us Girls, and Sharyn has chosen paper piecing as the challenge.  I haven't done that in a while!  Fun challenge! 
 
 I chose to use the Friendship Jar stamp set for my card.  I stamped the jar and paper pieced the lid.  Lots of little pieces to cut!  I used paper from the same paper pack to cut the lid and the banners.  I added lots of enamel dots and mounted the main panel on aqua and yellow mats.
 
My layout and color choices came from the Fusion Challenge.
 
 
You can see more from our design team and out guest on these blogs.
 
 
This is Tenia's last week with us a guest designer.  Thanks for playing with us and sharing your fabulous creations with us!
 
Thanks for stopping by!
 
Recipe
Stamps:  Friendship Jar and Signature Greeting III (PTI)
Paper:  Recollections white, aqua mist, daffodil delight, brushed silver, Family Tree (Pebbles)
Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, soft pool
Accessories:  enamel dots, Wink of Stella
 

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Time Out #32 - CASE with Your Own Twist

Hi everyone!  We have a new Time Out challenge which we call CASE with Your Own Twist.

So all you have to do is CASE this card and add your own twist.  This beauty is by Deepti.
 
And here is my CASE of her card.  I actually started out pretty much CASEing it exactly, but changed direction.  I love the gingham paper and used that with the black background.  I cut the gingham with an edge die, then added the butterfly.  The body of the butterfly has star dust stickles added to it.  I embossed the sentiment and added the sequins. 
 
The sketch I followed is from the week's Sweet Sunday Sketch.
 
Deepti has started her own stamp line at STAMPlorations and is giving away one of her own designs for our winner!   You can see more on the Time Out blog for details.
 
You can see more from the Design Team and our guest for this challenge, Maura, on the Time Out blog too!
 
Thanks for stopping by!
 
Recipe
Stamps:  Year of Flowers: Sweet Peas (PTI)
Paper:  Recollections white, black, Chicken Scratch Gingham
Ink:  Versamark
Accessories:  Darla and Vivienne Butterflies (Memory Box), A2 card curve edge (SSS), white ep, sequins, star dust stickles

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Just Us Girls #294 - Photo Week

Hello friends!  Happy Memorial Day weekend!  Do you have any plans?  I'm planning on relaxing at our cabin with family and friends. 
 
This week is Photo Week over at Just Us Girls, and I'm the hostess this week.  I chose this picture that I just fell in love with!
 
Here's a close-up.  What inspiration can you take from this beautiful entry way?
*paint the inside of the door* Pin Obsessed: Favorite Finds - This Silly Girl's Life
 
Here's my take on it.  I started by sponging some distress inks onto the front of my card base.  Then I die cut this cover plate (it reminded me of the design on the mirror in the photo), and added the flower, like in the rug.  The leaves were die cut from linen that I believe was stained with tea.  I found these stored with the dies.  It looked like the color of the floor.  I added some pearls and a sentiment on the banner. 
 
You can see more form our design team and our guest at these blogs.
 
 
Thanks for stopping by!
 
Recipe
Stamps:  Just Sayings (Tim Holtz)
Paper:  Recollections white
Ink:  Versafine onyx black, dried marigold and broken china distress inks
Accessories:  Twisted cover plate and ruby rose dies (PTI), trio banner dies (WPlus9), linen, pearls, Wink of Stella, dimensionals


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Saturday, May 16, 2015

Just Us Girls #293 and a Surprise Birthday Party!

Hi everyone!  This week over at Just Us Girls we have our color week challenge!  Chris chose these fabulous colors to work with!  So pretty!
 
This is also a special post since there is a surprise birthday party going on for my Time Out friend and coordinator, Sandie Monroe.  If you'd like to wish her a happy birthday, like I'm doing here (Happy Birthday Sandie!), you can link up your card here.
 
Here's my card for Sandie using the fun JUGs colors.  I used four of them:  yellow, coral, green, and dark blue.  I started with this fun die from PTI called Sentiment Splits: Vertical.  I stamped each piece with a stamp set from PTI called Stamp-a-Faire 2014:  1940s.  I stamped the different elements in the four colors I chose.  The sentiment was stamped in black.  I love the fun colors and I hope Sandie loves it too!
 
 
You can see more inspiration from the JUGs team and our guest on these blogs.
 
 
Thanks for stopping by!
 
Recipe
Stamps:  Sentiment Splits and Stamp-a-Faire 2014: 1940s (PTI)
Paper:  Recollections white
Ink:  Bahama blue, pear tart, dandelion, morocco (Memento Luxe), Versafine onyx black
Accessories:  Sentiment Splits: Vertical (PTI), Wink of Stella, dimensional tape
 
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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Time Out Challenge #31 - Grunge with an Embossing Twist

Hi all!  We have a new Time Out Challenge for you this week.  It's grunge week, and there's a twist...use embossing!

Thankfully I had this Grunge Me set from PTI to help with this challenge.  I stamped some elements on the bottom half of the card in yellow and gray and the splatters on the top in Versamark ink.  Then I embossed them with white embossing powder (the twist!).  I added the circle which was stamped with the sentiment and more splatters.  Pretty grungy, don't ya think?  Cute little square card.
 
 
I'm also playing along in the Fusion Challenge, using both the photo and the sketch.
 
We are sponsored this week by Stamplorations.  They are giving a $10 voucher to the winner and another $10 randomly to someone who twists with us!
 
We also have Ksenija joining us this time around!  Welcome!
 
You can see more from the design team on the Time Out blog.
 
Thanks for stopping by!
 
Recipe
Stamps:  Grunge Me (PTI)
Paper:  Recollections white, basic gray
Ink:  Versamark, basic gray, daffodil delight
Accessories:  Circle die, white embossing powder, dimensionals


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Saturday, May 9, 2015

Just Us Girls #292 - Trend Week

It's Trend Week over at Just Us Girls.  Vicki has chosen a tried and true trend - embossing. 
 
I chose to use wet and dry embossing.  When I was surfing blogs this week, I came across a card made to look like it was quilted (I cannot remember who it was that did this technique!).  What I did was punch out squares from coordinating paper.  Then I covered a piece of cardstock with adhesive and placed the squares on top  Then I ran it through an embossing folder to make it look quilted.  You'll be able to see the quilted look in the next picture.  Then I also embossed the sentiment in white embossing powder.  The flowers were cut with the button stacks die and I tied it up with floss.


Here's a close up of the "quilting".
 
I also used the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch.
 
You can see more from the team and our guest.
 
 
Thanks for stopping by:
 
Recipe
Stamps: Communique Curves Sentiment (PTI)
Paper:  Recollections white, melon mambo, rich razzleberry, so saffron, Razzleberry Lemonade dp
Ink:  Versamark
Accessories:  Embossing folder, Button Stacks die, white embossing powder, square punch, floss, dimensionals
 

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Saturday, May 2, 2015

Just Us Girls #291 - Word Week

It's Word Week over at Just Us Girls, and my friend and fellow JUGs designer Cheryl chose "twine" as the word.
 
 I pulled out my template die for this project.  As I was putting it together, I realized how much I miss making things from templates!  When I was on the My Time Made Easy design team, I made some fabulous things from their templates.  Anyway, I purchased this Goodie Bag die a while ago and it's just so cute put together!  I found this Jillibean paper in my stash and die cut the bag die from it.  I tied the bag together with some baker's twine from The Twinery.
 
I cut a strip from the leftover piece and added  it to my card front.  I used a Spellbinder's die to cut the tag.  While it was still in the die, I sponged some Wild Honey ink on the tag.  The sentiment was die cut from the same paper as well as three other times from kraft paper for some dimension and added it to the tag.  I tied some twine to the tag and added some sequins to the card to finish it off.
 
I used this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches for my layout on the card.
 
You can see more inspiration from our design team and our new Guest Designer for May on these blogs.
 
 
Thanks for stopping by!
 
Recipe
Stamps:  Thanks All Ways (PTI)
Paper:  Vintage cream, Chilled Strawberry Soup (Jillibean)
Ink:  Memento rich cocoa, wild honey
Accessories:  Quote Tag die (Paper Smooches), Tag die (Spellbinders), Goodie Bag (Lawn Fawn), lemondrop bakers twine, sequins, dimensional tape, corner rounder
 

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