A card for the friend who inspires me!

So it's the birthday of a very talented friend of mine.    Please go check her out at natureofcraftythings.blogspot.com/.  I'm sure you'll find some inspiration as well.  I'm so lucky to have such a great friend in my life!

After my super long slump, I managed to haul out the old cricut to get the birthday cake cut from the Sweet Treats cartridge.

This card is for the color challenge 53 at the playdate cafe - black and white with a splash of burgandy.  Also, it's based of the sketch challenge 132 at http://tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com/.

Recipe
Paper - Black and White  PTI cardstock, Cranberry CTMH cardstock, Unknown polkadot
Stamps - Hero Arts
Ink - CTMH cranberry
Other - Cricut cut from Sweet Treats, CTMH cranberry ribbon, self adhesive pearls, copic marker, pop dots

For another wedding this summer

So, today another wedding card.  I used that great Flourishes cherry blossom stamp again, except I made the flowers blue this time!  I think the blue is super pretty.  Maybe I'm biased because I colored it?

I used the current Taylored Expressions sketch challenge (117).  And I used the new Papertrey Paper Dolls color challenge - Hawaiian Shores, Ripe Avocado and Dark Chocolate.  I was a little bad and substituted Spring Rain for Hawaiian Shores, only because those were the copics I had.  I'm pleased with how it turned out.  :)

Recipe
Paper - PTI: Stamper's Select White, Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado and Kraft
Stamps - Flourishes: Cherry Blossom; Cornish Heritage Farms: Sentiments
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, StazOn Timber Brown
Copics - B39, C41, B45, YG67
Other - Ribbon, Nestibilities Scalloped Squares

Father's Day - Part II

Ok, so here is what I came up with for my second Father's Day card.  I used the TESC115 challenge sketch with some stamps from PTI and CTMH.  Again, I had to add a little something 'girly' (the ribbon).  

Not sure why I had such a problem with these cards...hopefully by next year I'll have some great ideas...

Recipe

Paper - Cardstock: CTMH - buttercup; PTI - Rustic Cream, Dark Chocolate; Patterned: CTMH

Stamps - PTI: Through the trees; CTMH - small chocolate alpha, label

Ink - CTMH: Ponderosa Pine, Buttercup; StazOn: TImber Brown

Other - Cuttlebug (swiss dots embossing folder), metal dots, ribbon

Zooper Fun!

My zoo pals again!  I love them so much!!  Today I introduce you to monkey, panda, elephant and lady vulture.  So, a fun and easy card for me today, as I'm going into work tonight.  The sketch for the card comes from tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com.  Love playing along with those challenges!

I used my cricut to create the scalloped borders as well as cut out the circles (both from Plantin Schoolbook).  Who needs punches?  I also pop-dotted my stamped images for a little dimension.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Recipe
Paper - Cardstock: Green DCWV, White Neenah, Patterned: CTMH (pink) and recollections (green)
Stamp - Cornish Heritage Farms - Zooper Fun, Hero Arts - sentiment
Ink - Memento tuxedo black, CTMH olive, hollyhock, ponderosa pine
Other - cricut, copics, pop dots

PTI Blog Hop

Hello!!  It is blog hop day!

So, here is my submission for the the Papertrey Ink April blog hop!  Yay!  So what was the challenge you ask?  Why, it was to use tissue paper in some form on your project.

I chose to make a card incorporating the faux silk technique.  Each block has a stamped image (or a couple) on piece of tissue paper.  I used copics on the small tress to give them a bit of color after stamping.  Then, I crumpled and smoothed out the paper. Each piece was glued down to white cardstock.  Turned out pretty cute I think.  On the green cardstock I used another stamp and versamark ink to create a background.  I decided to 'pop dot' the tree to give it that little bit extra!   The stamps I used are from the PTI Through the Trees set.

The sketch is based off of the challenge at Tayloredexpression.  I think it's a fun one, and will be trying it again soon!

Thanks for hopping by!  I can't wait to see what everyone else has created!

Recipe
Paper - PTI cardstock in Stamper's Select White, Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avacado and Sweet Blush
Stamp - PTI Through the Trees
Ink - Memento ink - Tuxedo Black, London Fog, Angel Pink; StazOn - Timber Brown; Close to my Heart - Olive, Versamark - watermark
Other - Copic Sketch Markers - E35 G21; Tissue Paper; Foam Squares

Tea for Taylor

Good morning!!  So today I am continuing with the tea theme.  I really love this stamp set.  I'm also really loving my new patterned paper from PTI - pink and pretty!  Today's card is based on the Taylored Expressions sketch #109.  Check it out and play along.  :)

I managed to sneak a little cricut into this card - the scalloped edge and circles were all made with the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge.  Thanks for coming to have a look and hope you're having a fabulous day!

Recipe
Paper - Patterned:PTI pink patterns, Cardstock: CTMH colonial white
Stamp - Flourishes Let's have tea
Ink - Memento tuxedo black
Other - cricut, twill ribbon, tea bag, copic markers

Paper rose card

Hello!  Another card for another challenge!  The sketch for this card was taken from Taylored Expressions #108.  I also used the color scheme from My Pink Stamper (pink, green and black).  I really wanted to try my hand at making the paper flower.  The technique used I learned for Kathy Orta's video which can be found here.  So a big thank you there!  Instead of using the George cart (I don't have it - yet), I used the New Arrival cart to cut the flower.  The papers I used were a combination of Basic Grey, CTMH and Anna Griffin.   Sentiment is CTMH and ink was StazOn in Jet Black and Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap.

Hope you are having a wonderful and crafty day!!