Black & White & Blue Sympathy

A friend of mine was kind enough to send me a bunch of paper she didn't want and I've been having a great time using it on cards!  I really like the look of this black and white patterned paper and PTI's Spring Rain together, so decided to use it for a sympathy card.  The sentiment is from PTI's With Sympathy stamp set and the butterfly is Martha Stewart.

Baseball 18th Birthday

My friend asked me to make a sports themed card for her grandson's 18th birthday.  This gave me a chance to use PTI's new Just The Ticket stamp set.....don't these tickets look like I bought them? (I know I'm going to use this set a lot!) The card base is white, with a layer of red and blue and then I added the striped paper down the middle.  I cut the 18 with the Cricut; the banner and "Nicky" were made with Sizzix dies.  The baseball items - balls, glove, bat and hat are Jolee's stickers.  The tickets and a just a bit of twine finish the card off!

Rose Birthday

This card is for my godmother, her name is Rose and I always try to send her something rose related.  The card base is PTI Vintage Cream, topped with a piece of patterned paper (origin unknown).  I used PTI's Year of Flowers:  Roses; I stamped the rose on patterned paper, outlined it with a Copic marker, cut it out and edged it with glitter.  I did the same for the leaves; stamped them on Spring Moss paper and outlined them with a Copic.  I added the sentiment, Vintage Cream ribbon, a Martha stewart butterly punch and a couple of crystals.

 

Larkspurs Belated Birthday

This is my favorite time of month when I get to use my new PTI stamps!  I'm embarrassed to admit I forgot my friend's birthday last week so made her this "belated" card.  This is a new stamp set called Year of Flowers:  Larkspurs.  I used Plum Pudding for the card base and topped it with Kraft.  I stamped the flower image and used a q-tip technique I learned from Nichole on PTI.  This was fun to make and I thought I'd post the entire step by step process. 

Step 1:  I stamped the image and colored the stems/leaves with Copic colors YG93 and YG95.

Step 2:  Using a q-tip, I rubbed a light purple (VersaMagic Spring Pansy) ink over the flowers.

Step 3:  Next,  I rubbed a darker purple (Brilliance Pearlescent Purple) ink on top of the lighter purple.

Step 4:  I outlined the entire image with white (Brilliance Moonlight White) ink and then smudged all of the colors together to give it a softer look.

Step 5:  I put clear glitter on the edges of the flowers and added a sheer purple ribbon. 

Christmas in July

I don't normally do anything for Christmas in July, but it does make me think of colder weather, and that's something I'd like right now!  This is another House Mouse stamp called "Tumble Wreath".  I used some pretty holly patterned paper, colored the image with Copics, added a little glitter on the wreath, cut it out with deckled rectangle nestabilities and added the ribbon.  Only 5 months until Christmas!!

Piece of Cake!

I try to use stamp sets I haven't used for a while and PTI's Piece of Cake is one of them.  This is a white card base topped with a piece of Hibiscus Burst, embossed with PTI's linen template.  I stamped the cake on white, cut out with Large Labels nestabilities, stamped the sentiment and added crystal flowers.  The card looked too plain so I added the black corners; the black makes the "happy birthday" pop and looks great with the hibiscus.  Happy Birthday Ann Marie!

100th Birthday!

My mom asked me to make a card for a woman she plays bridge with that is turning 100!!!  What an amazing milestone!  She wanted something that related to cards.  The card base is white, with layers of red and black.  The card suits and sentiment were made on the computer, and I bought little playing cards at Joanns and formed them into playing hands.  The card still needed something so I added the polka dot red ribbon.  

Birthday Train

Today is my uncle's birthday and he's a real train buff; I thought he would get a kick out of this card, even though it's a little on the "young" side.  The card base is white with a layer of train patterned paper from a DCWV stack.  I cut the train and caboose on the Cricut, added the "steam" (cloud dies!) with the sentiment and photo corners.

Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby!

I borrowed these baby stamps from a friend - aren't they just adorable?  They are from Stampin' Up and I had a lot of fun deciding which ones to use (there are a total of 8 images).  The card base is white and then I added layers of solid pink and pink polka dot.  The images are colored with Copics, cut with regular and scalloped square nesties; the sentiment is from PTI's Signature Greetings.  I started out with plans to just make a "girl" card and liked the way it turned out so much made a "boy" card too.

Teddy Get Well

This is a stamp by Stampavie called "Teddy Get Well" and my first time to buy this stamp brand (but not my last!).  The cardbase is white topped, with a layer of pale yellow patterned paper.  I stamped the image and colored it with Copics and cut it out with Deckled Rectangle nestabilities.  I added blue corner punches from a new sizzlet I just bought.  The stamp is so cute!

You Know You're Old When...

I had this Gina K Designs stamp set for a while and thought it was time to get them out again.  The card base is white, topped by a piece of blue, chocolate and then patterned (this patterned paper is one I thought I'd never use, but I like it on this card!)  The stamp is colored with Copics and mounted on 2 circle nesties and I added a couple of crystals in the corner.  The inside of the card says "getting lucky means you found your car in the parking lot". 

Money Band

My friend asked me to make her a band to wrap around a pack of 60 dollars that she's giving as a birthday gift.  I cut Raspberry Fizz and black circles with nesties and paper pierced the scallops.  The "60" is a cuttlebug font, the "birthday wishes" from Papertrey and then I added a couple of crystal flowers.  What a nice gift to get!