MFT Card Sketch 161

Good evening fellow crafters! How are you all doing? I certainly hope you all have had a great weekend, have had plenty of rest, and are ready to jump-start your way into another week that will surely zoom right past us all! The last few days have been sort of a blur, had a bit of a family emergency to deal with, won't go into detail about it here, but lets just say that God gives us all second chances for a reason, and we should all be grateful for the lives we have and are able to live every day.

Today I wanted to share with you real quick a Valentines Day card I made for the My Favorite Things Cards Sketch #161.

I used a White Cardstock base for my card, and added some Valentine Paper that I've had left over for a few years now. The digi image is from Whimsie Doodles digital images store, isn't she adorable?! They have some of the cutest digital stamps, I just love how easy digital stamps are! I added the wrong shade of gray to her "Cupid" wings, so I tried to tone it down a bit with some glitter. The banner die cut is from Papertrey Ink's Notched Hearts Banner Die collection. The stamped Happy Valentine's Day round sentiment and heart are from My Favorite Things Lollipop Additions: Love stamp set. I only own the Lollipop stamp sets and matching die sets for the Lollipop series through My Favorite Things, but would love to invest in some more of their products soon! I love all the dies they have available!

I need to catch up on some Etsy orders, then get some rest to start my work week. Thanks so much for stopping by, hope you all enjoy the rest of your week!

Papertrey Ink MIM #150

Good afternoon fellow crafters! Can you believe it is already the last day of January?! The month has just disappeared! I am so happy it is Friday though, I am beyond ready for the weekend!

This week over at Papertrey Ink, Melissa Phillips has challenged us to make a window screen card. I didn't think I would have time to participate in the challenge this week, but I did have some extra time this morning to whip up this 4x4 square Valentine's Day Card!

This is the first time I used the PTI Polka Dot Parade #11 Stamp Set and the little Owl is just too cute! I used the Harlequin Harlequin Cover Plate die for my "window screen" and placed that on top of some scrap Valentine Paper. I colored my tree branch and leaves using American Crafts Stamp markers, and stamped my owl with Stampin Up ink colors. I used the Limitless Layers 2¼" Circle dies, and a Recollections. Valentines cling stamp from Michaels for the red hearts.

I also wanted to share with you this card I made for the January Blog hop but didn't get to post in time :( I used the Cupid's Arrow stamp Set for this card along with a Hero Arts Valentine sentiment.

I have to be at work in 45 minutes and still need to get ready, so I will see you all next time. Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend!

Papertrey Ink Make it Monday #148

Good evening fellow crafters! How are you all doing? I am doing well, I am extremely tired right now so I am going to make this as short as possible! I've been super busy working on lots of orders for my Etsy Shop. I've been staying up way too late the last couple of weeks and haven't been getting as much sleep as I know I should be, so tonight I want to get a couple extra hours sleep at least!

I wanted to share the Thank You card set I made for this weeks Make it Monday challenge for Papertrey Ink. The challenge this week is Generation Stamping with Line Images and Multiple Colors. I like to have several Thank You cards on hand to send out with my Etsy shop orders, so I wanted to make a couple more cards.

I used Hero Arts Sew Me Flower Jewel Stamp set for the flower and TPC Studio's Card Crafting Thank you Stamp set for the "thank you". I used 15 different Stampin' Up Ink colors (unfortunately, I put them all away before I remembered that I would have to list them all here, and stamped my flower several times like Dawn McVey shows us in her video. I used PTI Kraft Cardstock for my base as well as matching SU cardstock scraps for the front of each card. I added a few rhinestones to each flower, and that was it!

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a great week!

Valentine's Card Set

Good evening fellow crafters, are you ready for the weekend? I know I sure am! I have a few orders to finish up for my Etsy Shop, but other than that, I cannot wait to relax tomorrow, hang out with the kiddos and family and just be lazy!

I have been busy creating lots of fun projects for Valentine's Day. It is definitely my favorite time of year to make cards, treats, and favors. My absolute favorite is finding new ways to make Kids Classroom Valentine Cards. Back in September, Papertrey Ink released the Instant Photo Pull Out die set, and Nicole and the Design Team showed us all some fabulous and creative ways to make Holiday cards with the die set here. I couldn't wait to get my hands on this die set, but not to make Holiday photo cards. As soon as I saw the set, I knew immediately that I wanted it to make Kids Valentines Day cards!

I made this Valentines Card set using red cardstock. I used both Papertrey Ink's Tiny and Tremendous Treats: Valentines stamp sets, along with the Framed Out #11 stamp set. The "Pull Here" stamp is from the Movers and Shakers" Sentiments stamp set. I die cut the Tremendous Treats images from Kraft cardstock, stamped them in, and only colored in the little hearts. I cannot tell you how much I love these cards! I think there might even be room inside each little "envelope" for some kind of small, flat Valentine candy, maybe a candy bar?

I am already working on more of these little cards in other colors. Aren't they just too cute?! Anywho, I hope you all have a fantastic weekend, have a great night and thanks for stopping by!

Papertrey Ink Make it Monday #146

Good evening fellow crafters, hope you are all having a fabulous Monday! Feeling a little sad as it comes to an end because it is just one more day closer until the new year :( Can't believe it is over, truly feels like this year was the fastest one yet. Christmas just passed and it didn't even feel like Christmas to me. The girls however are enjoying their Winter vacation and are staying plenty busy with all their new goodies!

My latest Papertrey Ink haul came in on Christmas Eve day, which was a treat for me! I couldn't wait to get all these new products in hand, this month's release features so many new Valentine stamp and die sets, and they are just wonderful! I have been keeping myself busy when I am not working, definitely been staying up a little later than usual!

For the last Make it Monday Challenge of the year, Ashley Cannon Newell is challenging us to use up some scraps to create some angled backgrounds on our projects. I really wanted to make a Valentine's Card, I was so tired of making Christmas cards to be truly honest! I used some scrap paper I had left over from last year and started my "angled card". I used a Kraft cardstock base along with Basic White and Real Red cardstock. I used the Cupid's Arrow stamp set from Papertrey Ink. I used one of the banner dies from Papertrey Ink's Notched Heart's Banner Die set. Here is the background before I added the banner die to my card:

I stamped my images and "happy valentines day" sentiment onto the banner die and adhered it to the front of the card. I am okay with how the card turned out, although, I think it might be a little bit too busy. I am thinking for my next card (if I have time to do one before the week is over) I will alternate some plain cardstock with the patterned paper.

It is getting a bit late, going to spend a little time with the kiddos before heading off to bed tonight. In case I don't get to post again before the new year, I truly wish you all the best of luck and love in the New Year, and may it bring you happiness, peace, health and wealth! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Classroom Christmas Favors

Good evening fellow crafters, how are you doing? Are you enjoying the first day of winter? It has been windy all day today, which makes our 42 degree weather seem even colder. We are not used to this type of weather, we hardly ever get snow here and if we do, it usually only lasts about a day or two!

The girls are enjoying the start of their winder vacation, and are definitely excited for Christmas. Although, I have to admit it really doesn't feel like Christmas time. I still have a ton of presents to wrap and need to get some things prepared for our families Christmas Eve get-together. Sadly, this year I was chosen to work on Christmas day. We spent Christmas last year at Disneyland, and although it truly was an amazing experience, we did not have a Christmas tree or any family gatherings, so I was really looking forward to it this year. But since I work, I just can't bring myself to get into the Christmas spirit! I sure do miss Disneyland though, isn't Cinderella's Castle beautiful during Christmas time?

Freshly Made Sketches #115

Man, I am on a roll! I don't think I have ever had the time to post this many projects at one time ever! I am so blessed to be able to have some extra time this week to myself to just sit down, relax, and finally create!

This card is for the Freshly Made Sketches #115 challenge. This is the first time I am joining one of the FMS challenges, I see their challenges all the time but have never participated in one! I love these sketch challenges though, it is so nice to have someone else decide how they want you to make the layout of your project!

I used a digital stamp from Whimsie Doodles, love all their Christmas images, they are adorable! I colored in my image with some Prismacolor markers: Crimson Red, Dark Brown, Blush Pink, Process Red, Apple Green, Dark Olive Green, Light Peach, and Raspberry. I sure do love my Prismacolor markers, although I do hope to one day invest in some copic markers. I have had my Prismacolor Markers for over 5 years now and they still work like a charm. The only one that is just now starting to run out is the Crimson red. I love the way these markers blend together to create a nice, clean colored look.

My sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Boutique Borders: Christmas Stamp set. I had a left over snowflake cut out from PTI's Fancy Snowflakes Die set, so I glittered that up and placed it behind my digital stamp. I embossed my red panel with clear embossing powder after stamping it with Hero Arts Snowflakes and Edges Cling stamp. The only thing I would change on the card is the red panel, I think it is too much red against all the red in my digital image, but I still like the card anyway.

Thanks for stopping by again, bye!

Dynamic Duos #82

Good afternoon fellow crafters! Happy Saturday! Any big plans for today? Have you all finished your Holiday shopping yet? Truth be told, I haven't even started! I know, I know, definitely need to get a move on it, there are only a couple of weeks left until the big day and it will be here faster than I want it to be!

The family and I are heading out later to our city's yearly downtown Tree Lighting, so I have been spending the morning just relaxing. I needed a couple of Thank You cards for some people at work, and I also wanted to put something together that wasn't too complicated and would be easy to re-create later on as a card set. Ruth over at Flower Sparkle created this same card design and I just love the simple design and look she created using Stampin' Up's Madison Avenue Stamp Set. I hadn't used this stamp set yet but was determined to give it a try. I am submitting this card set for this weeks Dynamic Duos Challenge #82. This is also my first Dynamic Duos Entry!

The colors for the challenge this week are Gumball Green and Primrose petals. I added some Kraft cardstock and a little bit of Crumb cake ink to match the Kraft, and some clear rhinestones for embellishment. The Thank You sentiment is from TPC Studio Card Crafting Thank You rubber cling stamps. I really needed to put this cards together today since I work tomorrow, and needed something easy since I don't have use of a die-cutting machine right now. I am happy to announce that my big shot has been shipped out as of yesterday and is expected to arrive by the 11th. Man, I cannot wait! In case you missed it, check out my previous posts to find out what happened to my poor Big shot :(

Thanks so much for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Christmas Card Set

Good afternoon fellow crafters. Happy Friday! Hope you are all having a great start to your weekend! I go in to work in a few hours, but I did spend the entire morning finishing up the cleaning of my craft room and I am so relieved that I am finally finished! Don't you just love the look of a nice clean, organized craft space? I know I sure do, I can find everything I need faster and hopefully I won't be throwing away any more die sets! :( I didn't have any luck finding my One Liner Die set, as I mentioned previously I misplaced it and I think I may have thrown it away in the trash. Anywho, here is how my room looks now:

There are a few more areas that I would like to organize, so hopefully I will get to that next week. Yesterday night while in the middle of all the cleaning madness, I was watching some Christmas youTube tutorials by Amy over on Prairie Paper and Ink and she had made this really nice, clean simple card with my favorite Kraft cardstock, and I really wanted to make a similar card set.

Since I can't use my Big Shot right now, I really liked the simplicity of this card. I used Kraft cardstock and patterned paper from the Paper Studio's Santa and Friends 6x6 paper pack. The stamp sets I used are Hero Arts Joy to All and a Recollections Christmas Stamp set which unfortunately doesn't have a name listed on it. This was very fast and simple to put together, and I just love it.

Thanks for stopping by, I need to stop by the post office before picking up the kiddos from school and heading off to work. I hope you all enjoy your weekend!

CAS(E) this Sketch #56 and colourQ #218

Hello again, this is my second post for today and if this is your second time here today, thank you for stopping by again, I definitely appreciate it! Earlier today, I showed you my card for Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday Challenge #143 and you may have read about my Big Shot dying out on me. Well, since I had the day off today I definitely wanted to try and enter a few more challenges around the blogging world, even if I didn't have any way of using my Big Shot! Crazy how much we rely on our die-cutting machines!

I created a very simple, 2 card set today for CAS(E) this Sketch #56 and colourQ #218. This is only my second colourQ card and this is actually my very first CAS(E) this sketch challenge! I have been following their blog for a while now but have never entered a challenge. In fact, I do a whole lot of Papertrey Ink challenges and I decided it was about time I step out of my comfort zone and check out some other blog challenges for once!

I guess the good thing about not being able to die-cut anything right now is that I didn't have to over-think my card today. It was fairly simple to put together since I already had a sketch prepared for me and a color combo as well! I used a Kraft cardstock base and Papertrey Ink's Happy Harlequin Stamp set, along with the Stampin' Up Colors Real Red, Cool Caribbean, Lucky Limeade, Bermuda Bay, and White. I added some Crumb Cake ink as well to match my Kraft cardstock. I used Early Espresso ink to stamp my sentiment, which is from Hero Arts Joy to All stamp set. Very fast cards to put together, I love this color combo for Christmas, it is so pretty!

Again, thank you for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your day!