Papertrey Ink CAS

I finished off some swaps this morning and whilst tidying my desk, came across a partially coloured flower from PTI's set Friends Til the End. My friend Laura (okiechic on SCS) gave me the image and I coloured it with Gamsol and Prismacolour Pencils. I like how it turned out, I just added the sentiment (from SU's Pendant Park) and layered it up with crushed curry and riding hood red.

Recipe
Stamps : Pendant Park (sentiment), Friends til the End (PTI)
Cardstock : WW, Riding Hood Red, Crushed Curry
Ink : Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories : SU Word Window & Modern Label Punch, Gamsol & Prismacolour Pencils

A Sketch before Breakfast

Morning all! I'm going out for breakfast this morning so this card had to be really quick! Here's the sketch challenge from SCS, and here's what I came up with:

Recipe
Stamps : Bird on a Branch, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Cardstock : WW, Soft Suede, Flock Together DSP
Ink : Tempting Turquoise, Soft Suede, Melon Mambo
Accessories : Stamp a Majig, Dimensionals

Colour Challenge Tuesday

Good Morning! I have a lot to do today so my first job (of course) was the Colour Challenge which you can find here. I used my new set 'Pendant Park', which I think is just lovely, along with the colours Pixie Pink, Certainly Celery, Apricot Appeal.

Here's a close-up of the Modern Label Punch. I layered it by using my 'Movers & Shapers' die in the Big Shot. This die, cuts a shape in your card, and the piece which is discarded makes the perfect matt to the Modern Label Punch. Love it!


Recipe
Stamps : Pendant Park
Cardstock : WW, Certainly Celery, Apricot Appeal, Pixie Pink
Ink : Choc Chip, Certainly Celery
Accessories : Big Shot, Movers & Shapers Die, Modern Label Punch, Apricot Appeal Brads, Dimensionals

Clean & Simple Miss You

Well, Sarah (my 13 yo daughter) left for England last week to stay with my parents in Suffolk. I'm so excited for her, but I miss her terribly ... so I decided to make a card for her today. She scoffs at my cards, but I think she'll secretly like to get one from me!!! I hope so anyway!!!!

Today's CAS challenge to a sketch. The original card is here, I think it's just lovely ... mine turned out longer and skinnier to accommodate the balloons, but I think Sarah will like it. The sentiment is a bit lost, but it's on the green polka dots and says "Miss You" ....

Here's a closer look at those gorgeous shell buttons ... you can see the pop dots I used on the small button ... but at least you can see how they're attached {LOL}.

Recipe
Stamps : Every Day Button Bits, Mixed Messages (PTI)
Cardstock : Real Red, Garden Green DSP, WW
Ink : Choc Chip
Accessories : Shell Buttons, Embroidery Floss, Red Gingham Ribbon, Pop Dots

Baby Booties

Just wanted to share another project I've been working on. My cousin, Kate, is expecting her first baby on September 1st and I'll be seeing her when I go to England in August. She doesn't want to know the sex of the baby so we'll have to wait until the little one arrives for that surprise. Anyway, when I see her, I want to give her a tiny something so I found the perfect inexpensive gift in Target the other day ~ these adorable tiny teddy bear booties for a newborn. They really are just the sweetest thing! Well, you know a stamper could never give a gift without some sort of gift-box, right? So I made a customised box, the base uses Barely Banana, and the lid uses Mellow Moss.

I cut an 8 1/2" square and scored on all 4 edges at 2". After burnishing the folds, I cut diagonally from the outer edges into the point where the scores intersect, this makes a nice, clean corner. The base of the box was cut 1/8" smaller (8 3/8") and scored at 2". This makes a nice, snug fit. The booties lay perfectly inside the box. Just pray the box doesn't get squished on the way to England!!!! The Teddy image is from a new set from SU called Teddy & Train. I coloured him with Copic markers. I then used my nesties to cut the scallop square and the layers are from the same 2 colours I used to make the box.

Recipe
Stamps : Teddy & Train
Cardstock : Barely Banana, Mellow Moss, Whisper White
Ink : Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories : Choc Chip stitched grosgrain Ribbon, Nestabilities, Big Shot

New Papertrey Ink Cards

Just wanted to make a quick post with 2 cards using the new set from papertrey Ink called Everyday Button Bits. I love this set! It's such a great idea. The stamps come with a space for you to place the button of your choice ... so this first card shows the hot air balloons. All you have to do is stamp the image, then add your buttons to finish it off. Perfect!

And this one is 2 stamps of birds. You add the buttons (and a little embroidery floss black eye through one of the holes). Then you add a wing and you get these cute little birds. My friend Sharon also got this set, you can see what she did with hers here.

I want you to click on the birds to make the picture larger and look at the grass. This is soooo clever! My friend Moe showed me how you can trim the edge of the 1/4" grosgrain ribbon to make a thread to decorate your buttons. Such a clever idea. You can then colour-match your projects, you can also pull the ribbon apart to get a frayed look ~ another friend, Maria, took the discarded piece and made the grass under the birds' feet. How stinkin' clever is THAT!

Recipe
Stamps : Papertrey Ink, Everyday Button Basics
Cardstock : Whisper White, Barely Banana, Mellow Moss
Ink : Memento Rich Cocoa, Mellow Moss
Accessories : Buttons and Embroidery Floss

Ways to Use Charms

Hi everyone. Today's challenge over on SCS is to use charms on our cards. I opened up my drawer of 'odds and ends' and this tractor charm was lying right on top of all the junk ... so I had an 'aha' moment and went off to find my new set, Farm Life. The perfect combo! Of course, this is an easy peasy card, no fancy techniques here ... just a little layering and some sponging and another little practice at colouring with pencils and gamsol ~ heaven!

Recipe
Stamps : Farm Life
Cardstock : Whisper White, Really Rust, Bravo Burgundy, Choc Chip
Ink : Choc Chip, Sahara Sand
Accessories : Tractor Charm, Gingham Ribbon, Sponge, Gamsol & pencils