Lawnscaping #45

I've been meaning to play in another Lawnscaping Challenge, and this week's challenge to 'use something you haven't used in a while' was just the nudge I needed.  I've been meaning to paper piece the tree in Critters in the Forest and create a cute little forest scene ever since I bought that set.

I stamped that tree three times, and then cut each section out.  I raised each tier one level with dimensionals. I used patterned papers from American Crafts  Merrimint, which I picked up at Target.  I am so excited that Target is now selling some really great crafting supplies. I did not put a sentiment on the card.  I'll put something on the inside when I actually use the card.


Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Lawn Fawn Critters in the Forest, Winter Owl
Paper:  PTI White, Dark Chocolate, Kraft, American Crafts Merrimint
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Other:  PTI In the Meadow Dies

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Cloud 9 and CAS(E) this Sketch

I'm playing along in this month's Cloud9 November Blog Hop.   Here is the inspiration photo:

I was inspired by the colors and the overall cozy feeling invoked by the picture.  My main source of inspiration, however was the card by DT Member Christina, who made the most gorgeous card using Fairisle Backgrounds and Winter Wishes.  I used this week's sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #5 for my card.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  WPlus9 Fairisle Backgrounds, Winter Wishes
Paper:  PTI White
Ink:  PTI Pure Poppy, Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening

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10 Minute Craft Dash #6

I'm just popping in with a quick post for this week's 10 Minute Craft Dash.  Since this week's sponsor is Avery Elle, and I am (still) in love with my chevron arrows, I cased this card I had pinned a while back.  Total time to make was 7 minutes, 58 seconds.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Avery Elle To the Point
Paper:  PTI White
Ink:  PTI Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreuse, Canyon Clay

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Make it Monday #90

During this week's Make it Monday #90:  Creating Focal Point Sentiments with Stamps and Dies, Betsy Veldman showed us how to combine sentiment sets with alphabet dies. 

I made two cards with this technique.  The first is a holiday card, that will be sent to Vera Yates for her Caring Hearts Card Drive.  I selectively inked just the "Merry &" from "Merry & Bright" and used my PTI Block Alphabet dies to spell the word 'bright' in Ocean Tides, Scarlet Jewel and Aqua Mist"   I used Paper Glaze to get a bit of sheen on the colored lights.

The idea for this next card came to me during spin class.  I used a sentiment from Paper Smooches Good Gab.  I stamped the sunburst from Hello Sunshine so that all the rays would be coming out of the middle of the 'O' in 'color'.   I love this sentiment, but honestly do not know what one does with this sort of card.  Any ideas?

This is such a fun and easy technique, and I think I'll be using it again sometime.


Supplies Used (PTI):
Bright
Stamps:  Holiday Lights
Paper:  White, Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist, Scarlet Jewel
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist, Scarlet Jewel
Other:  Block Alphabet Dies

Color
Stamps:  Hello Sunshine, Paper Smooches Good Gab
Paper:  White, Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Limeade Ice, Blueberry Sky, Winter Wisteria
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Summer Sunrise
Other: Block Alphabet Dies

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Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge

I am playing along with the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge for the first time ever.  I loved the inspiration photo that I saw this morning, and decided to focus on the text and make a word collage, which is something I had thought about doing with my Paper Smooches sentiments for a long time.  This photo was the kick in the pants I needed to stop thinking about it, and just do it.

I used sentiments from Chit Chat, Word Salad, Sentiment Sampler, and Good Gab.  I love PS sentiment sets, and have most of them.  I used the colors of this week's Color Throwdown, and then realized that I missed the challenge by a day.  Bummer, because I spent a lot of time figuring out how to add black to my card.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Paper Smooches Chit Chat, Word Salad, Sentiment Sampler, and Good Gab
Paper:  PTI Kraft, White, Canyon Clay
Ink:  PTI Enchanted Evening, Canyon Clay
Other:  Twine from The Twinery

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Happy Birthday On the Farm

I broke out my On the Farm set to make a birthday card for a friend who has loved horses for as long as I have known her.  I used this card by Kara as my inspiration. I tried to color the horse to look like her own horse.

Supplies Used (PTI):
Stamps:  On the Farm, Crackle, Over Under Easy
Paper:  White, Pure Poppy, Fine Linen
Ink:  Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Limeade Ice, Fine Linen, Chai
Other:  On the Farm Die

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Baby Cards and More

I had some fun this weekend, playing with my new Background Basics:  Striped Sweater set. I made a few baby cards, inspired by this card posted by Erin Lincoln during the release week.

I really liked how it turned out, and decided to make two more--one for a girl, and one that could go either way.

Here they all are, together.  I will be very prepared for any sort of baby that arrives.

One of my mother-in-laws loves to knit, and she makes a lot of gifts.  I had an idea to surprise her with some tags that she could use with her knitted gifts.  I m sending them to her today, and I hope she likes them.


Here is the front--the bottom says 'handmade is best' from Button Boutique.

Here is the back.  I used two images from 2012 Holiday Tags.

I made 10 all together.  I put a button on top of each tag--it was a good way to use up some of my larger buttons, that I always think are too big to put on a card.

Supplies Used (PTI):
Baby Cards
Stamps:  Background Basics Striped Sweater, Mixed Messages (Baby, Bundle of Love), Little Bitty Bird (sweet), Tag It's (Star), Heart 2 Heart (Heart)
Paper:  White, Spring Rain, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist
Ink:  Harvest Gold, Spring Rain, Aqua Mist, Memento Angel Pink, Hibiscus Burst, Enchanted Evening, Hawaiian Shores
Other:  Star & Heart Border Dies, Tiny Tags Die, Twine from The Twinery

Tags
Stamps:  Background Basics Striped Sweater, Button Boutique, 2012 Holiday Tags
Paper, Ink, Ribbon, Buttons--various PTI colors, Embroidery Floss

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The 12 Kits of Christmas: October

I'm here with the latest edition of our 12 Kits of Christmas.  We are a bit delayed, due to Hurricane Sandy.  My heart goes out to all who have been affected by this natural disaster.  If you are wondering what you have stumbled into, please click here for more information.  This month's kit was generously provided by Jessica of The Paper Parade.   If you know Jessica, you are probably expecting to see a bunch of super cute cards, featuring some of the adorable critters from Paper Smooches.  If so, then you would be correct.

Just take a look at all the goodies she sent.  One of the most fun parts about this group is getting to play with stamp sets and dies I don't have, and this month was no exception.  Jessica sent so many fun and whimsical elements, plus the most adorable patterned paper, and I had such fun watching these critters come to life as I moved them around my desk.

 When I get a kit like this, it can be a bit overwhelming at first.  I have gotten in the habit of spending some time fussy cutting the images, then moving them around to see where they want to land.  This kit was no exception--once I sprung the images loose, they pretty much told me where they wanted to go.  Let's take a look, shall we?

Once I cut out and colored these adorable little socks, they told me that they wanted to hang from a clothes line.  I used my Banner Border set to create a place for them to hang.  Afterwards, I realized that they should probably be hanging from a fireplace mantle, but--too late.

I am in love with this dog.  Isn't he just the cutest?  I know so many Spanish speaking people who would get a real kick out of this card--it's going to be hard to decide who gets it.

I just adore this cute little penguin, and I paired him with a Christmas tree and a little gift.  I think he might be giving the gift to the dog above, but we will never know.

 

This card  is my favorite.  I just love those two snowmen hanging out together, tall and thin with short and squat.  Since I have the set that these two guys come from, I was able to take advantage of that and do a little paper piecing with their hats and scarves. 

I almost didn't post this card.  I liked it when I made it, but compared to everything else I ended up doing with this kit, it seems rather boring.
 

Since we had a bit of extra time this month, I made this last card to highlight some of the cute patterned papers Jessica sent.  It is a direct CASE of some cards I posted here.  I used the PTI bead die to cut the patterned papers.  This would be a super way to use up paper scraps to make cards that are quick, easy, and flat for mailing.

Well, that's it for me.  I've kept you long enough.  Now, please head over to see what everyone else has done with Jessica's kit.  Believe it or not, I still have quite a bit left over, and so I am eager to see what everyone else did, and what I can CASE with my leftover supplies.  A huge thank you to Jessica, for putting together such a fun, whimsical kit.  And, if you have any questions about supplies, just check the list that I'm sure Jessica will have in her post.

Here is a list of the other members of The 12 Kits of Christmas.  Please stop by their blogs and check out what they have done this month.

 

Renee of It's a Patchwork Life

 Cathy of Empty Nest Crafter

Suzanne of The Card Yard

Marybeth of Marybeth's Time for Paper

Joyce of Cards-by-the-Sea (that's me!)

Amy of Stamp-n-Paradise

Christina of Sea Glass and Sentiments

Kim of Cupcakes, Cards and Kim

Kara of KandR Designs

Jessica of The Paper Parade

Jeanne of A Kept Life

Sharron of On Papillon Wings

 

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Happy Birthday Jeanne

We are having a surprise blog hop in honor of sweet Jeanne's birthday.  Or unbirthday.  She is a very secretive gal about her birthday, but a little birdie tells me that it is sometime in November.  Jeanne once told me that she is more likely to celebrate an unbirthday, rather than a birthday.  So, here's to you, Jeanne--and the 364 days of the year when it is not your birthday.

Now, if you know Jeanne, you know that she is all about the ribbon and the bows.  So, for Jeanne's card, I broke out some of my super, too special to use, hoarded forever ribbon--a bit of hand dyed silk ribbon I got a while back on a trip to San Francisco.

My card design is based on Jeanne's awesome sketch, which is the current challenge this week at Waltzingmouse, where Jeanne 'works' as a Mischief Maker.    Here is her sketch:

And here is Jeanne's birthday blog hop card:

Happy Birthday Jeanne!


Here is a list of all the members of Jeanne's Surprise Birthday Blog Hop:

Cathy

Joyce 

Kim

Marybeth

Kara

Jessica

Jen

Kelly

Renee

Anya 

Tracey

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Waltzingmouse Eat Cake, Picnic Patterns
Paper:  PTI White
Ink:  Memento Angel Pink, PTI Hibiscus Burst
Other:  Super special ribbon, PTI Picnic IP

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CASology #17

I have a card for this week's CASology #17.  The cue word is 'sugar', and I immediately thought of candy.  Perhaps, that is because I made this card on Halloween--but the candy I was thinking about was candy canes.  Yum!

Supplies Used (PTI):
Stamps:  Friendship Jar, Friendship Jar Holiday Fillers, Hero Arts Envelope Background
Paper:  White, True Black, patterned paper from my scrap box, but is probably MME
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, London Fog, Color Box Fresh Green
Other:  Dies:  Friendship Jar, Tiny Tags, Edger, Twinery twine, Copic T1 Marker, Prismacolor Pencils

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