Dusting off the old blog...

Wow, it's been such a long time since I last posted.  March 22.....and 4 days later I became a proud mama.  Needless to say my 'me' time has been drastically reduced.  But now that my little guy is getting older (6 1/2 months already!) I think it's time I start getting back to it.  My goal to post one per month.  Seems realistic to me.  Let's see.

Here is a quick one to get me started.  I'm feeling in the Halloween mood already (been sewing my little guy's first Halloween costume) and this week's colourQ challenge is a perfect fit!

I was following this weeks fall-to-layout 161 from clean&simple.

Thanks for stopping by after all this time.  I look forward to catching up on all your blogs as well!

PTI Color Challenge

Here is a great color combo from Papertrey Ink : Ripe Avocado, Ocean Tides, Vintage Cream and Dark Chocolate!  Love these colors so much!  There are 10 combos from PTI that you can find here that are sure to inspire. 

If this layout looks familiar scroll down a bit - I used the FTL126 again (same as yesterday!)  I used Close to my Heart ink and stamps except the sentiment which is from the PTI mega mixed messages set.  All paper is PTI.

Thanks for stopping by to have a peek!

Valentine

Another Valentine's Day themed card - so easy to do with the color combos at ColourQ recently.  Here's the palette for this weeks challenge (71) -

I used the FTL126 - I may try this one again using the numbers for a birthday card.  

The flower stamp is from Flourishes and sentiment is from a Unity KOTM.  The flowers were colored with copics R20, R22, and R24.  I used memento rich cocoa ink for a softer look to the flowers.  

My mind is just working overtime to come up with a birth announcement for my little guy's big arrival.  I'll also soon be posting another thank you card as I have another baby shower coming up this weekend.  I'm so lucky to have such great friends and family!  

Thanks for stopping by!

Another thank you card :)

So another thank you card - this one baby themed.  I used the ColorThrowdown 126 color palette:

And the Fall-to-Layout 125 over at the clean&simple blog:

All supplies are Close to my Heart with the exception of the sentiment which is Hero Arts.  Now to make a whole pile of these and continue working on thank you notes from my baby shower!

Father's Day

So, I've been having a bit of 'creative block' when it comes to creating father's day cards.  After quite a few days of frustration and reject cards, I finally have a card I'm happy with....I think.  I finally decided to just keep it simple and not try to overdo it.

I used the FTL91 sketch for the layout.  The boat and waves were cut from the Life is a Beach cartridge.  And I added just a touch of sparkle with stickles on the flag....I just had to!

So, one Father's Day card down, one to go....

Recipe
Paper - Cardstock: PTI Rustic Cream, Patterned: CTMH
Ink - CTMH: Moonstruck, Distress Ink: Anitque Linen, Weathered Wood
Stamp - CTMH: small chocolate alpha
Other - Cricut, Cuttlebug, Stickles, Foam squares

OLC take 2

So here is my second attempt ever at a one layer card.  It still such a challenge for me.  I like the overall idea of this card, but I think I would like to retry it.  A few glaringly obvious problems...like the spacing...ah well.  What I do like?  The colors.  Summery, fruity, yummy.  :)


I used the FTL90 sketch to create a card for the OLW challenge (ribbon) at simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com.  


Thanks once again for stopping by.  I really appreciate all the kind comments!!


Recipe
Paper - PTI Select White
Stamp -CTMH - You're Sweet
Ink - CTMH - Buttercup, Cranberry, Hollyhock, Olive, Sunflower
Other - Ribbon