With Sympathy

This is a card that uses white for the card base, layered with a wine colored pattern paper and a strip of black.  The flower is stamped on white and adhered to a piece of Scarlet Jewel cardstock, both cut with nestabilities.  I rounded the corners and added the sentiment, butterfly and two silver balls as embellishments.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Flower Fusion #9, Places Please, Communique Curves Sentiments
• Paper:  PTI Scarlet Jewel, Stampin' Up
• Tools:  Labels Fifteen Nestabilities, Corner Rounder
• Other:  Silver Adhesive Balls
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Thinking Of You

This card was made with the Martha Stewart Daisy Pattern punch kit - it's a "punch around the page" kit that's exclusive to HSN.  I used white for the card base and added a layer of Hawaiian Shores.  I cut the daisies on the left hand side, backed it with a piece of Lemon Tart cardstock and added clear gems to the centers.  I used the "punch around the page" punch to create the yellow square the flower (colored with Copics) and sentiment are on.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI In Bloom, Vintage Picnic Sentiments
• Paper:  PTI Hawaiian Shores, Lemon Tart
• Tools:  Martha Stewart Daisy Pattern Punch Kit, Standard Circle Nestabilities
• Other:  Copics, Clear Gems
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday

This card is for my PTI buddy - today's her birthday.  When I first saw this penguin stamp, I was on the fence about getting it, but then I started seeing so many cute cards with it so I needed to get it too.  I used white for the card base and embossed it with a "snow dots" embossing folder.  I edged around the card with pink and added a dab of Stickles to the center of each snowflake.  The penguin is diecut and stamped; I colored his nose and feet with Copics and added a little pink chalk to his cheeks.  The "happy" banner and "birthday" sentiments are from Tag-Its #10.  The penguin is and mounted on foam tape and adhered to two circles; I paper pierced the scalloped one.  I made his hat, putting a little Stickles on the edge and added the black pompom.  My final step was adding the black twine, which makes the black on the card pop.  Happy Birthday Linda!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Winter Penguin, Tag-Its #10
• Paper:  PTI Stampers' Select White, Autumn Rose
• Tools:  PTI Winter Penguin Die, Standard and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Snow Dots Embossing Folder
• Other:  Copics, Stickles, Twine, Pompom
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy New Year!

Happy 2012!!  It's hard to believe another year has gone by, and quickly too!  Doesn't it feel like we were just ringing in the new year for 2011?  My mom always told me the years would go by faster and faster when I got older, and now I understand what she meant!

I don't make New Year's resolutions, but my "challenges" for this year are:
1)  stop buying so many craft items (I mean, how much stuff can one person have and use?)
2)  use what I have
3)  make more things

Doesn't sound that hard, does it?  At least I have a couple of my crafting friends who feel the same way, so I guess we will become a support group for each other.  lol  

This year as I use something I haven't used before, or something I haven't used in a very long time, I'm going to try and highlight it in some way.  That way I'll be able to track my progress at least with goal #2. I made 605 cards last year, plus projects, so making more things might be a stretch, but heck, I'm up for a challenge.

Happy New Year - wishing you and your families a happy and healthy 2012.

Walking In A Winter Wonderland

This is my last Christmas item to post!  I made this for my friends who have a house in the mountains and when I think of deer, I think of them.  I used Spring Rain for the card base and stamped it with snowflakes, adding a dab of Stickles to some of the centers.  The tree is made with Spring Moss cardstock and I ran it through the woodgrain impression plate.  I made the snow by tearing white paper, then added glitter to the edges.  The deer and birds were diecut; the deer are backed with coasters and mounted on foam tape.  I added the sentiment (on foam tape), dew drops and twine. 

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI In The Meadow
• Paper:  PTI Spring Rain, Spring Moss, Pure Poppy; Bazzill
• Tools:  PTI In The Meadow Silhouettes Dies, Woodgrain Impression Plate; Tag Trio Nestabilities
• Other:  Twine, Dew Drops, Martha Stewart Glitter, Stickles, PTI Coasters
• Card Size:  5.25" x 5.25"

Christmas Doodad

This is the doodad I made for Christmas using Hershey nuggets; I made 6 different kinds.  I wrapped the nuggets with patterned paper instead of stamping address labels (like I've done in the past), which really gives you a much wider selection to choose from.  The nuggets were placed in cellophane pretzel bags with a cardstock backing and tied with ribbon.  I added the tags with twine and a couple of jingle bells.

Project Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Tiny Treats: Christmas
• Paper:  PTI Kraft, Autumn Rose, Pinefeather, Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, Avocado
• Tools:  Standard & Scalloped Circle Nestabilities
• Other:  Ribbon, Copics, Bells, Hershey Nuggets, Pretzel Bags
• Size:  2.0" x 8.5" (includes bag)

Seasons Greetings

I made this card for my parents' mail carrier; I always try to make her something "postage" related. I used white for the card base and layered it with green and the postage pattern paper.  I cut the tag from Tag Sale 5, made the hill of snow from ripping white paper and stamped the snowflakes. The sledder (you can see I used this die a lot too!) was made with a diecut and backed with coaster for support.  I added gold Stickles to the snowflake centers and glitter along the edge of the snow and the bottom of the sled.  Next steps were adding the pompom, ribbon, bells and twine.  The tag is mounted on foam tape.  To bring all the gold on the card together, I put Anita's stickers on the corners.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Signature Christmas, Shape Up Snowman Accessories
• Paper:  PTI Scarlet Jewel, Bazzill, DCWV
• Tools:  PTI Tag Sale 5, In The Meadow Silhouettes Die
• Other:  Anita's Stickers, Bells, Ribbon, Twine, Pompom, Stickles, Martha Stewart Glitter, PTI Coaster
• Card Size:  5.5" x 5.5"

Cocoa Snowman

I made this for a friend of mine who's a cocoa drinker.  I used a tea tin purchased from PTI and wrapped blue pattern paper around the bottom and on the lid.  I diecut the snowman, stamped the face, coloring the nose and cheeks.  I stamped the cocoa cup, colored it, cut it out and adhered to to the snowman's body with foam tape.  I bent the arms to make it look like the snowman is holding the cup (an idea I got from Nichole's blog) and stamped "hot cocoa mix" (who knew I had this stamp? lol) on the bottom.  I added the twine and typed up the directions on the computer and put them on the back of the can.  The can is filled with a bag of Starbucks cocoa mix - I also included a mug, ceramic spoon, mini marshmallows and cinnamon sticks.  A cute gift to make and to give.

Project Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Shape Up Snowman Accessories, Everyday Treats, Tremendous Treats: Christmas
• Paper:  DCWV
• Tools:  PTI Shape Up Snowman Die
• Other:  Tea Tin, Copics, Chalk, Twine
• Size:  2.5" x 6.0"

Snowflakes Sparkle...

I think one of the best PTI purchases I made this year was the In The Meadow stamp set and matching dies.  What a wonderful set with so many options!  This is the Christmas card I made for my parents.  I used Spring Rain for the card base and stamped it with snowflakes, adding silver Stickles to each one.  I made the drifts of snow by ripping paper and outlined them with glitter.  I diecut the trees, ran them through the Cuttlebug using PTI's Woodgrain Impression Plate and sprayed them with pearl Glimmer Mist.  The sledder is diecut twice, once with Blueberry Sky cardstock and once with coaster for support.  I added the pompom to the hat, dew drops to the sentiment and a bit of twine.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI In The Meadow, Shape Up Snowman Accessories
• Paper:  PTI Spring Rain, Spring Moss, Blueberry Sky
• Tools:  PTI Woodgrain Impression Plate, In The Meadow Silhouettes Die Collection, Tag Trio Nestabilities
• Other:  PTI Coaster, Twine, Stickles, Martha Stewart Glitter, Pompom, Dew Drops
• Card Size:  5.5" x 5.5"

Merry Christmas!

This is the Christmas card I sent out to family and friends.  I used kraft for the card base and rounded the bottom corners.  Instead of using just one background paper, I picked out a striped and dotted patterned paper and adhered them to the kraft.  I diecut a Postage nestability in Vintage Cream, edging around it in tea dye ink.  I diecut the stockings and stamped them with a brick red ink, added Stickles to the fur and mounted them on foam tape.  I punched the branches and glued them together to create the garland.  I added the sentiment and wrapped a light brown yarn around the bottom.  Merry Christmas!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Love Lives Here: Holiday, Year of Flowers:  Poinsettia
• Paper:  PTI Vintage Cream, DCWV, The Paper Company
• Tools:  Postage Nestabilities, PTI Love Lives Here: Holiday Die Collection, Corner Rounder, Martha Stewart Branch Punch
• Other:  Yarn, Stickles
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Christmas Tags - Part 2

These are the other 4 tags I made.  You can see I really did get a lot of use from Tag Sale 5!  The tags were so much fun to make!  I can't wait until next year to start making more.......(did I really just say that?)  lol

Project Details:

Ornament

• Stamps:  PTI Tremendous Treats: Christmas, Holiday Button Bits
• Paper:  PTI Enchanted Evening, Ripe Avocado, DCWV
• Tools:  Standard & Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, PTI Tag Sale 5
• Other:  Copics, Glitter Pen, Ribbon
• Size:  2" x 3-3/4"

Merry Christmas

• Stamps:  PTI Stylish Sentiments:  Holiday
• Paper:  PTI Kraft, Pinefeather
• Tools:  PTI Holiday Words Die, Holly Jolly Die, Tag Sale 5
• Other:  Ribbon, Glimmer Mist, Gems
• Size:  2" x 3-3/4"

Tree

• Stamps:  PTI Holiday Button Bits
• Paper:  PTI Pure Poppy; Heidi Grace
• Tools:  PTI Love Lives Here: Holiday, Tag Sale 5
• Other:  Ribbon, Stickles, Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, PTI Coaster
• Size:  2" x 3-3/4"

Snowman

• Stamps:  PTI Tremendous Treats:  Christmas, Snowman Accessories
• Paper:  PTI Kraft, Scarlet Jewel, Pinefeather
• Tools:  PTI Shape Up Series: Snowman, Tag Sale 5, EK Success Snowflake Punch
• Other:  Stickles, Ribbon, Copics, Chalk
• Size:  2" x 3-3/4

Baby's First Christmas

My friend Debbie asked me to make her a card for her first grandchild, Hadley.  I was looking on Splitcoaststamper's Gallery and saw a card with this baby stamp on it - and I just had to have it! I contacted the woman (thank you Linda!) who posted the card and she was kind enough to tell me she bought the stamp from Pink Gem Designs - and I immediately purchased the stamp.  Thank goodness it was a digital stamp, so I was able to get it right away. lol

I used pink for the card base and topped it with a paisley patterned paper.  The stamp is colored with Copics; I added stitching around the stocking (copied from Linda's card), pearl pen to the bow and tinsel glitter to the fur around the stocking and hat.  I also added a little pink chalk to highlight her cheeks.  The image is mounted on foam tape for dimension.  Isn't she adorable?

Hadley was cut from my PTI alphabet dies and mounted on foam tape. I added the two snowflakes in the corners with a pink gem in the middle.  My last step was to add the ribbon and the hat pin, made with silver balls, pearls and crystals.   

Card Details:

• Stamps:  Pink Gem Designs
• Paper:  DCWV
• Tools:  Standard & Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities, PTI Alphabet Dies
• Other:  Copics, Hat Pin, Foam Snowflakes, Gems, Silver Balls, Pearls, Crystals, Ribbon, Tinsel Glitter, Pearl Pen, Chalk
• Card Size:  5.5" x 5.5"