Irreplaceable

Sorry for the darkness of the photo, it was a rainy day and I had a hard time getting the camera to take a good picture. In real life, this shoe is just so much more fabulous! I don't think you can see it at all, but feathery part is green and I added glitter pen to make it all sparkly. Anyway, the shoe and sentiment are both from a Skipping Stones Design set (can't think of the name, but probably something with "shoe" in it). I also used the music stamp from their "Timeless Textures" set to overstamp the patterned paper that was created using the "Guide Lines 2" set from PTI. Love that set for creating backgrounds. Check out my other cards this week for more looks. I also used my favorite Fleur de lis squares die from spellbinders. The sketch is Skipping Stones Design #121.

computer printing

This week's Make it Monday challenge (from Papertrey Ink) was to combine computer generated text with stamps and dies (they explain it so much better on this video). I can't always participate in their challenges as I don't always have the needed supplies, but I do have a computer, stamps and matching dies so I was all set. So, my text was printed off the computer and fit perfectly in the blank space of this stamp from PTI's Mat Stack 2 set which also fits perfectly in the matching die (go figure!). I used Guide Lines 2 (also from PTI) to create the patterned paper. The sketch is from Sweet Stop Sketches, and the color combo is the Pretty Palette #53 combo of daffodil, aqua, pink and eggplant.

Peace

This week's challenge from Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #65 was to create a project using an image of a house or part of a house. I wasn't sure I would be able to pull this one off, but they aren't called challenges for nothing! : ) But in my stash of old Christmas cards that I have saved for just such an occasion, I came across this peaceful little scene. Love the warm glow from the windows and the deer in the bottom left corner by the stream. I used the Viva La Verve March week 4 sketch with a little tweaking (hopefully not too much) and the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long "Anything Goes" challenge.

I used a cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder, the charming oval die set from Verve and the sentiment is from Flourishes "Paperwhites" set.

happy spring

When I first saw this sketch from My Time Made Easy's Pretty Patterns #53 challenge, I wasn't too sure about it. But I really like how this card turned out. The image is from A Day for Daisies (a freebie to use in their challenge which is "shades of blue") and it fits the theme of the Sweet 'n' Sassy Digital challenge #46 to create a spring project. I had to adapt the image a teensy little bit by adding the little piece of tree trunk. The image is only of the bird and branch. But the way I cut it out and with the cloud layers, it just looked like it was floating out in the middle of nowhere. The cardstock, ribbon and ink (brocade blue and night of navy) are all from SU! I used the fleur de lis square die from spellbinders, the Guide Lines 2 set from PTI (for the patterned layer) and a sentiment from one of those dollar sets you can buy at JoAnn's or Michael's.

Elegant thank you

I so love the elegance and the combinations you can create with Papertrey Ink's "Guide Lines 2" stamp set (used to create the patterned layer)! I created five cards this week and used that set on four of them. Love it! Anyway, this card uses the Viva La Verve March week 3 sketch (I was a week behind!) and the challenge from Stampin' Sisters in Christ to "use Everything" on your project. I've got embossing, patterned paper, lots of layers, die cut layers, ribbon, leaves, flowers and pearls!

PTI: cardstock and ribbon (ocean tides), stamps (Damask Designs, Mat Stack 2, Guide Lines 2), leaf die

Spellbinders: Labels four

Cupcakes

This candle-laden cupcake is the inspiration photo for the Stampin' Sisterhood challenge #15. Since I need thank you cards for my soon-to-be 6 year 0ld's birthday, I went with the cupcakes with candles as my inspiration.

I used the Skipping Stones Design #120 sketch, the JUGS #128 color challenge: light pink, spring green and cream. The sentiment is from PTI's "Through the Trees" set. I love it's elegance. The cupcakes are from a SU! set. I don't know the name and the stamp is really one long strip of cupcakes/cakes. I selectively stamped the cupcakes I wanted to use.

Spring thanks

For this card, I use the Sweet Stop Sketches #150 sketch with a spin: show me your green, the Stampin' Sisters in Christ #131 challenge to create a project with spring in mind (and what says spring more than a daffodile?), and the Pixie Cottage #113 challenge to create an Easter or Spring project. The papers are all DCWV, the flower is from PTI's "Year of Flowers: Collection", the sentiment is from their "Through the Trees" set and the die is Verve's "Elegant Ovals."