Holiday Sparkle...

I needed a quick holiday card for my fashionista friend and Girl Scout Leader so I took some inspiration from the SCS sketch challenge and Teapot tuesday challenge this week.

Here's what I came up with...

recipe:

stamps- Gina K retro boutique, papertrey ink holiday sparkle

paper- white, black, real red, unk scraps for paper piecing

ink- memento black

accessories- rhinestones, cuttlebug embossing

And just to put you in the holiday spirit...

Santa's little Helper has posed (and smiled)

for her Holiday portrait:

Daisy says, "Merry Christmas Everyone!"

CAS97 Birgit's sketch

Hi and Happy Monday! It's time for the Clean and Simple challenge on Splitcoaststampers! Today's challenge is a sketch one...inspired by a card from one of our newest DT members- Birgit! I just love Birgit's style, it's very unique! Here is my card for the challenge:

recipe:

stamps- Papertrey Ink Signature series dress form

paper- SU DP, going grey, PTI white, Bazzill blue

ink- black

accessories- PTI die, sheer ribbon, CTMH bitty sparkles

Thanks for stopping by!

Holiday cards... some more!

I've been a badddd blogger again! But to make up for it here are a few of my holiday cards that are going out in the mail this week!

* I was really into the navy blue thing...LOL

Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back tomorrow with the CAS challenge from Splitcoaststampers! Have a good night!

more faux letterpress!

when you try a new technique sometimes you really TRY it! I think I treid almost every embossing folder I have to see what works best for the faux letterpress technique. Here's what I got!

recipe: stamps- Papertrey Ink fillable frames #8

paper- real red, white

ink- tempting turquoise, black, fresh snow

accessories- cuttlebug embossing folder, rhinestones

recipe: stamps- Papertrey Ink Stocking Prints, Peaceful Poinsettia

paper- kraft, pure poppy, white, wild wasabi

ink- black, fresh snow, wild wasabi

accessories- PTI embossing plate and die, cuttlebug embossing folder, felt, rhinestones

recipe: stamps- Papetrey Ink embellishments, giga guide lines

paper- old SU purple unk?, vintage cream

ink- purple acrylic paint, black, fresh snow

accessories- MS fine glitter, cuttlebug embossing folder

recipe: stamps- Papertrey Ink heart print sentiments

paper- kraft, melon mambo, white, SU DP

ink- melon mambo, black

accessories- PTI dies, cuttlebug embossing folder, divine twine, button

Thanks for stopping by!

faux letterpress for FTL110

Hope you enjoyed World Card Making Day yesterday! Here are some cards I made this weekend....

The Clean and Simple challenge this week was to use the faux letterpress technique. Here is one of the cards I made for that...it is also for the clean and simple blog sketch this week...FTL110

recipe: stamps- Papertrey Ink Birthday Bash Sentiments

paper- hawaiian shores, white

ink- hawaiian shores, black

accesssories- sizzix balloon die, cuttlebug embossing folder, divine twine

*one more post for today...more faux letterpress....

Holiday cards....a start

I'm trying to decide on a holiday card to send out this year....I have int he past only used the picture ones but I think I will just include a photo of the kids inside the card....Here is my first contestant!

This is also for the sketch challenge at clean and simple blog...the Free 4 All challenge at SCS to use scallops and the Ways to use it challenge at SCS to get started on holiday cards!

recipe: Stamps- Leigh Hannah Holidays, Papertrey ink Holiday Greetings

paper- wild wasabi, real red, white

ink- wild wasabi, black

accessories- ribbon, rhinestones, PTI scallop border die

Back to School at LAST!

Ok finally my kiddies are back in school! That gives me more time to blog and keep up on challenges! I made these cards for my kids' teachers to let them know from the get go they are appreciated! I did a kinda faux letterpress here...just inked the top of the PTI embossing plate and then embossed...looks cool huh?

recipe: stamps- Papertrey Ink Fruitful, Unity sentiment from KOTM

paper- kraft, black, white

ink- real red, black, fresh snow

accessories- ribbon, PTI embossing plate

Thanks for stopping by!

CAS82 Sketch by ME!

This week's Clean and Simple challenge on SCS is a sketch by ME! How exciting! Jen chose this card for everyone to use:

Trick or Treat with One Sheet!

I did this the other day for the Ways to use it challenge...we had to use only one sheet of cardstock!

Here are some I made for today's challenge (it's weird to follow your own card!)

For this one I used the baby Wipe technique...you squirt some re-inkers on a folded baby wipe and basically make a new inkpad. I made a rainbow one! Then I stamped some smaller butterflies in grey and then stamped the script over it in black. Too cool!

The butterfly is stamped on acetate so you can see through it.

Rainbow of Butterflies

For this one I made a mask out of a post it note (a big one) with a square nestability die. Then I sponged in with blue, stamped over the mask with the black flourish and drew in the outline by hand. Quickie felt flower, button and balers twine and viola!

Pretty Window

Getting even simpler....I didn't even make the squares with this...just implied them with the stamps. I kinda like this color combo (crumb cake, real red, baja blue and more mustard)....interesting......

Happy Hello

Thanks for stopping by! You can see more details in my SCS gallery (I didn't feel like typing them twice today!)

It's Delicious!

This week's clean and simple challenge was to be inspired by a word...DELICIOUS!

One thing that is delicious to me is summer fruits! I have had lemons and limes in my kitchen all summer and have added them to everything, even just water! Here is my delicious lemon-lime treat:

recipe: stamps- Papertrey Ink Fruitful, Fiskars Celebrations

paper- wild wasabi, white

ink- black, certainly celery, wild wasabi, barely banana, crushed curry

accessories- ribbon, rhinestones

And another delicious thing to me is Martini's! I love experimenting with new recipes...one of my new summer favs is a Basil Martini (and I have a ton of it growing in my yard this year)...

recipe: stamps- Rubber Romance (sentiment)

paper- black, wild wasabi, white

ink- black

accessories- ribbon, stapler, martini stickers

Thanks for stopping by!

Color Challenge CAS81

These are for the Clean and Simple challenge at SCS today...a color challenge, Kraft, Turquoise and White.

First I used some scraps and added some stamping to them. The bakers twine is my new favorite thing!

recipe: stamps- Papertrey Ink Botanicals, Asian fusion

paper- kraft, white, hawaiian shores

ink- hawaiian shores, crumb cake, black

accessories- bakers twine, button

This one was a happy accident...I meant to only

put the crystal effects on the shell

but it got all over the circle so

I just spread it around!

The whole card has a shiny look now.

recipe: stamps- SU Beautiful Beach

paper- kraft, white

ink- tempting turquoise, crumb cake, black

accessories- crystal effects, white gel pen

This last one reminds me of the beach here on Long Island...

long tall grasses on the shore.

recipe: stamps- TAC crackle BG, Unity KOTM,

PTI mega mixed messages

paper- kraft, white, hawaiian shores

ink- hawaiian shores, crumb cake

distressing

Thanks for stopping by today!

more dirty challenges...

more cards I made for the Dare to Get Dirty challenges this week.....

some Dirty challenges!

This week on SCS the Dirty Dozen is posting a whole lotta challenges! I played in a bunch today and am looking forward to the rest of the week! Here is what I did today:

See my SCS gallery for the info on each card HERE

CAS76 A Fun Sketch

These are for the Clean and Simple challenge this week CAS76...a fabulous sketch from our very own ravengirl, Toni! You can see the sketch here:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1693114?&cat=500&ppuser=156271

recipe: stamps- Papertrey Ink Fillable Frames #4

paper- PTI white, black, SU gable green

ink- black

accessories- ribbon, stapler, butterfly die, circle punch, crimper, black marker

recipe: stamps- Papertrey Ink Damask Designs

paper- SU soft sky, PTI rustic white

ink- versamark

accessories- clear EP, PTI felt & button, hemp, wide ribbon

Thanks for stopping by today!

CAS75

This is for the Clean and Simple challenge here on SCS today...use dry embossing!

So easy since I tend to do it a lot! One of my favorite embossing plates is PTI's woodgrain. I love to use it on core-dinations paper and sand it up. I am in need of a bunch of manly cards...all the guys in my family have summer bdays! This one is for my cool cousin with a harley! TFL!

One more...a simple Thank you with my new PTI set and die....love when they match!

I'm a TWIHARD!

I just got these awesome stamps today from Skipping Stones Designs....OMG I {heart} them! Here are 2 cards I made (with my new favorite thing- rolled roses!)...

The first is a sketch from Skipping Stones SSD031...

*PS I made the BG paper myself! I downloaded the screenplays from Twilight and New Moon (don't know if they are real but it worked for me!) and played with my new version of photoshop and viola! FUN!

OK one more...I gotta show love to Edward too....

This sketch is from Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #81...

a CAS sketch

I had a few minutes early this morning before the kids woke up today (which I will pay for later when I am falling asleep at the pool) so I made a challenge card...actually 2 challenges. This is for the SCS color challenge today (rich razzleberry, so saffron, baja breeze CC278) and the stampTV sketch challenge (stvsketchms6). I was drawn to this sketch because it was CAS but in the end it was quite a challenge for me!

PS of course after I took the picture and typed in the whole post, I realized I used cream for the card base and white for the image panel. Normally, I just don't like to mix white and cream but oh well....

recipe: stamps- Papertrey Ink Teatime additions, polka dot basics,

heartfelt sentiments

ink- so saffron, rich razzleberry

paper- rich razzleberry, so saffron, white, vintage cream

accessories- border punch, ribbon

More CAS...

This is for the Etsy Inspired Challenge #92 and a new challenge I found called Clean And Simple...they have great sketches! This is for FTL 94

The etsy inspired challenge site is called My Zoetrope and I was inspired by this adorable strawberry print...

Thanks for stopping by!