Tag You're It #39

My friend Erin is the designer fir the Tag You're It! challenge this time around & she encouraged me to play along!

Here's what I came up with:

PTI tag die as well as plane stamp & die. Patterned papers are old- the clouds are MME & the plane is on Little Yellow Bicycle. Loved that I put a bunch of older supplies to work for this!

White 1.25" silk & 1/4" taupe silk finish off the top!

There's still a couple of days to play along with this one! :D

I've got some super exciting news to share!

I will be the Guest Designer in March for Paper Sweeties!

I can hardly wait!! :D

Stampendous + The Ribbon Resource!

 The Ribbon Resource and Stampendous are teaming up this week for some fun & prizes!!

Here's what I've come up with:

I stamped the giant peony image & heat embossed with Stampendous Summer Shine Embossing Powder in pink.

I tied a 1.25" fuchsia silk bow around the card, layered some 3/8" multi-sized beaded string & tied them in with the 1/4" fuchsia silk. I love how it turned out! 

Next up a Valentine card!

I heat embossed the sentiment white white detail powder, and the little hearts with clear detail powder.

I tied the 1.5" white Valentine's Day Ribbon around the base and added a 3/4" red satin heart to the center!

Make sure you stop by all the blogs this week for inspiration- The Ribbon Resource is giving away 3 $25 gift cards too!!

Did you know The Ribbon Resource offers ribbon in 5 yard amounts & free shipping on orders over $25? Head over to check it out!

Stampendous Line Up

Monday

Amy Rysavy

DeeDee Catron

Gini Williams Cagle

Tuesday

Jen Shears

Jenifer Cowles

Jennifer Davey

Wednesday

Karen Baker

Karen Hanson

Latrice Murphy

Thursday

Lori Williams

Michele Kosciolek

Rebecca VanDeMark

Friday

Tami Mayberry

Terri Burson

Tracy McLennon

PTI Blog Hop: January 2016

This month the inspiration for the hop is a photo- see below.

I was rather stumped until I started looking through my patterned paper & found this piece from Authentique- the colors seemed like the ones from the inspiration. Now that I've got them both up they aren't a perfect match, but I'm ok with that!

I used fillable frames 8 for the frame & sentiment.

I used 5/8" orange ruffle edge down the right border- love the detail it created!

I'm normally so very literal- glad I could think outside of the box on this one a bit!

MIM #237: Matchbook Valentines

This week the challenge at PTI was to make a matchbook Valentine. 

I can't remember ever using this technique, which is crazy! It is fun & easy!

Here's what I came up with:

I put an old sheet of patterned paper to work as my 'matchbook' and added a stamped Valentine from Tag-It's #11.

I covered the staples with 3/8" adhesive ric rac. Super fast & fun.

LOVE how it turned out!

Create Along With Us: January 2016

This week PTI challenged us to create along with them as they showcased the new release. I was smitten with Melissa Phillips' card and decided to recreate it!

Here's what I came up with:

I used the butterfly from Love Lives Here and colored it with the Zig markers I won during Pretty Pink Posh's Birthday Bash! (EEEK!!!) I really loved the way they colored! I'm not a copic girl at all, but these are much more like watercolors!

A flourish from Fancy Flourishes is stamped with Chai ink. I don't have a tag that large so I used a spellbinder circle die to round the top.

The felt hearts are from the centers of one of the Love Lives Here dies & they are machine stitched in place with gems added to the centers.

The gold background I created with a coverplate Erin sent me- I used Versamark ink & then brushed on Dreamweaver Metallic f/x in goldfinch.

My mom has been sick so I used a thinking of you sentiment from Botanical Silhouettes.

The ribbon is 1/2" solid wrinkled pink that I've added some ink to.

Here's Melissa's creation... So very pretty!

Cardmaker Hop!

I'm playing along with the Cardmaker Hop today- here's what I've come up with:

I used Authentique patterned paper for the panel. A layer of 1.5" cotton ribbon with red stripes was topped with 5/8" red adhesive rosettes. 

Yep,

Adhesive. 

Love.

I tied all the layers with a red burlap string bow!

One more:

This one uses more Authentique paper, this time I topped it with 5" white tulle that I folded in half  so that it would appear more white. I adhered a row of 5/8" red satin hearts over the tulle then layered red burlap string & ivory burlap string & tied a bow with them together!

There you have it! And I've got some Valentine's ready to go!

I hope you enjoy the hop!

Of course there's a prize: 2 prizes of - $25 gift cards to the Ribbon Resource!

Here's the lineup so you don't miss any inspiration:

• CardMaker
• Amy Rysavy
• DeeDee Catron
• Carisa Zglobicki
• Gini Williams Cagle
• Jenifer Cowles
• Dawn Lusk
• Jennifer Davey
• Karen Baker
• Kim Klinkovsky
• Karen Hanson
• Latrice Murphy
• Linda Beeson
• Lori Williams
• Michele Kosciolek
• Lisa Silver
• Rebecca VanDeMark
• Tami Mayberry
• Pamela Haskin
• Terri Burson
• Jen Shears
• Tracy McLennon
  
• The Ribbon Resource

Dressing Up a Bag at The Ribbon Resource!

I'm up at The Ribbon Resource today!

Head over to check it out!

Make it Monday #236: 2015 A La Carte

This week was a 2015 a la carte week at PTI- so I chose the make your own foam stickers!

I had some craft foam in my stash & am embarrassed to say that I have not finished my thank you's- so here's what I created:

The top is glitter paper- so much tidier & preferred when the card is for a man! ha!!

Looking forward to finding more time to craft in 2016- maybe I will be able to play in all the MIM!

January Sketch For You To Try

I'm playing along with SFYTT for the first time since my parents are rock stars & gave me some Reverse Confetti for Christmas! That Holiday Coffee Hop sure added to my wish list!

Here's what I came up with:

I used a DCWV card base, topped it with 2" natural cotton burlap blend, topped it with a snipped of 1.5" cotton ribbon with red stripes, then tied a 5/8" red twill knot. I forgot how much I love that twill!

I used the 'Be a Barista' & 'Caffeinated Cups' Stamps & Dies.

I can't remember the last time I used a sketch! I wanted to put those new goods to work for my parents' thank you! ;D

MIM #235: Adding Color to Stamped Images

This week the challenge at PTI was to add color to stamped images. I used the prismacolor pencils & gamsol technique & LOVE the vintage feel it gives the flowers from Graceful Greetings!

I used a DCWV printed card base & spellbinder dies to cut & emboss the panel. 

A simple gold metallic string bow finishes it off.

I made a few of these since I have lots of thank you's to send after a wonderful Christmas!

I'm quite behind since we left the day after Christmas & spent the week in the snow! 

Happy 2016!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great week!