Country girl

The Timeless Tuesday #158 challenge this week is create a project showing country comfort. At first I was at a loss, but then started thinking about denim and how I have this paper that looks like denim. While I was looking for it, I found this hay bale paper. When I think of country, I think of farms and you definitely have to have hay on a farm. I added a little pink paisley and pink ribbon because cowgirls need a little bit of softness. My mother-in-law has horses and my almost 6-year-old helps do chores almost every day. So, I think this card will probably be for her. The sketch is Stampin' Sisterhood #12. The horse stamp is from SU! and the sentiment is from Verve's "Celebrating You" set. The die is also from Verve: "Charming Oval".

Just because

I have been waiting to use this butterfly die by PTI and this card seemed the perfect chance. The sketch is the Sweet Stop Sketches #147 and the color combo is the Pretty Palette #49: saffron, aqua, lime, and teal. It is a fairly simple card: I die cut the butterfly from the center of the panel and stamped the various circles from PTI's "Simply Stationery" set. I stamped the small butterflies and the base panel with "Timeless Textures" from Skipping Stones Design. The sentiment is from Verve's "Celebrating you". I inked the edges of the small butterflies and then outlined the wings and body with glitter pen.

To have & hold

I have two cousins getting married within two weeks of each other this spring. So, I need several wedding shower/wedding cards. The Our Daily Bread Designs #98 challenge is to create a card/project that is NOT a square or rectangle. It worked out nicely that the Mojo Monday #230 challenge this week is either a round or square sketch. I chose the round and since I find them rather small (at least with the dies I have), it is the perfect size to include in a shower gift. I'm also entering this in the Pixie Cottage #110 Anything Goes challenge.

Dies/punches: spellbinders classic circles large and scalloped circles large, EK success flower punch, Fiskars border punch, PTI leaf die.

Stamps: Skipping Stones Design "Timeless Textures", sentiment from an American Crafts wedding set.

Cutest thing ever!

Ok, I just today received this die from Taylored Expressions for this bag and I HAD to use it. And you might be thinking that it is just a bag, but check out the last picture of this post! It is like half (or less) the size of a small Martha Stewart punch!! It is sooooo adorable. The little tag also came from the same die set: shopping bag and labels. The flower and the sentiment on the tag are both from PTI's "Year of Flowers: Collection". I created the bag (other than for the fun of trying out a new die) for the JUGS #125 challenge to create a template or 3-D project and used buttons, flowers, and ribbon.

A day of sunshine

This makes me so ready for summer! The sketch is Viva La Verve February 2012 week 4 and I also used the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge to use variegated colors. This was a very simple card after I picked the rainbow colors and figured out how wide to make the stripes. Then I sprayed the strip with spray adhesive and sprinkled on some white glitter. It add sparkle and muted the colors a bit which was a added benefit. The sentiment is from Verve's "Celebrating You", the dragonflies are from PTI's "Places, Please" and I inked them with blue and added a bit of green onto the tips of the wings and tail. Then I colored them over with glitter pen to add the shimmer of dragonfly wings.

Glorious Christmas

I have to say this is one of my favorite cards that I have created lately. I used the Seems a Little Sketchy sketch, the For Fun recipe challenge (use 1 sentiment as the main image, 2 ribbons, and 3 brads or buttons), the Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge #61 to use either ribbon or a charm, and the Make it Monday #55 challenge to create a large frame out of smaller frame stamps.

This picture shows the frame image I used to create the larger frame. It is from PTI's "Places, Please" set as is the tree image stamped in the circles and on the white ribbon. By using the oval die cut behind my sentiment panel (sentiment is from Verve's "Richly Blessed" set), those frames look like they are one. I really liked this technique. I already have plans to try it again with a different frame set. The ribbon is Ripe Avacado from PTI, the papers are DCWV Christmas pack.

Tent card

This was my first attempt at a tent card. And as most of the new techniques I have been challenged to try, it was rather fun. But this is the week of my brain not working properly and the tent card challenge was the Sweet and Sassy digi challenge. Which was all good until I got the card all made and realized that I did NOT use a digital image which is the Main part of that challenge. DUH! So, it was really just for fun. Ha! But, anyway, I used the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesdays #142.

The pointsettia image is from PTI's "Year of Flower Collection" and the sentiment is from Verve's "Ornamental Christmas". Both were heat embossed with gold powder.