Stamp-a-faire Re-creations

At the PTI Stamp-a-faire we made 10 make and take card projects. I have becoming very far behind in my card ministry, so I decided to use some of these cards as my "sketch" to recreate the cards. For this card "Sending You Joy" I used most of the same stamp sets as original, except I used Turning a New Leaf for leaves (I believe a different set was used in original card. I also chose a different color scheme, loved the pinks that were used on the original but thought I would go with the traditional yellows for the sunflowers (Very bright and cheery, don't you think?)
I used dandelion and rich cocoa inks by Memento and old olive by Stampin Up!. The cardstock was Harvest Gold, PTI(I found myself reaching for it again, love it) and old olive, SU ( Must say I have always loved this color). I also used some yellow embroidery thread (came in a kit for making those friendship bracelets, lots of pretty colors. I knew they would look great on cards).



This second card I did not have any of the original stamps so I went through my stamps and found a flower center from a SU set that I used in Sea Breeze, Versa Magic ink and rich cocoa, Memento ink. The jar and flowers are from a set called Everyday Jar-gon by Clear Dollar stamps (it has several jar toppers, and images for inside the jar, fish, cookies, candy, and the flowers shown). It also has several sentiments as well, I used a sentiment from Warmest Regards, SU (just because it had a more formal feel)

I colored the image with Copic markers and used the embroidery floss and a button to finish off the card. For my ministry we send a lot of cards by mail and we have been charged extra postage if the card is too bulky, so I have had to limit the embellishments of late. I was inspired by the use of your stamps in a "new" way that we used on several of the cards at Stamp-a-faire. I guess I am a literalist, what ever the image I would use it for its intended purpose, I would never dream of using an image that did not fit the space, but it can really look great. If you are not familiar with the original cards from this event, please check out Nichole Heady's blog, capture the moment, you will find it as a link in my side bar.

Thank you for your comments, I love to hear from you and I want you to know "my fellow cardmakers" how truely inspired I am by your work. Thank you.

Hero Arts, Wreath

I found this Hero Art Stamp set and just thought it would have many uses in my card ministry. It has the wreath stamp and two individual flower stamps, so that you can stamp the flowers and cut them out and pop them up on wreath, as I have done. It also has several sentiments like the ones shown. I recently went to the PTI Stamp-a-faire and purchased some of the PTI papers and I have to say, I love the paper. What was I waiting for, well I know why I didn't buy some sooner and that is I have tons of paper. This paper makes such great cards. I used my Copic markers to color the flowers and wreath, rich cocoa Memento ink for sentiment and Harvest gold PTI cardstock. I also used black pearl pen by Viva for the centers of flowers.

This added a very nice shine and texture to center of the flowers and on the purple card I used Tuxedo black Memento ink for sentiment and the black pearl pen for "pearls" on either side of the sentiment. Please leave me a comment.

Hope you have a great day.

Just a CAS card using this lg bottle stamp I found at JoAnne's a while back.
Colored the flowers with Copic markers. I found it difficult to make the bottles look like they had fluid in them without coloring all the insides. I am getting my "new" craft space organized and I made many cards yesterday, which I will be sharing soon.
I hope you are keeping cool and having a great summer. For me it is coming to a close all too soon. Leave me a comment, I would love to hear from you.

PTI July Blog Hop

Here is the inspiration photo for this months PTI blog hop.

Here is my interpretation. First I love the Mehndi Medallion stamp set that I just purchased this weekend at Stamp-a-faire. I wanted to try something different with it so I stamped it several times in Memento Tangelo ink, SU Brocade blue and Memento Rich Cocoa. I then cut by hand (will be looking for a circle or scallop to cut it out in future) or punched out parts of the image with various sized circle punches and popped up each layer with pop dots.( I attempted to show that in bottom photo).

I also purchased the dies for Turning A New Leaf die set and I cut it out of Spring Moss. I used the sentiment out of the exclusive Iconic Images set in Memento Rich Cocoa ink. We had a lot of fun over the weekend and met a lot of talented people. Thank you PTI for a great event.

Please leave me a comment, I would love to hear from you. Have a great day.

Musical Thank you

My dd recently had a piano recital and I made this thank you card for her piano teacher. We think the recital is just as important to the instructor as the student. So we always like to give the teacher a little something to show our gratitude.

This is the card that I came up with this year. The rubber stamp is by Stampendous and I cut the image with Spellbinders and with the die still in place inked with Distress Inks and then matted in purple. I colored the flower with Copic markers and I used the Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background and inked it a bit as well. I used some velvet stiched ribbon that I had purchased at Michaels for a finishing touch.

Dandelion with Sympathy

Hello everyone,
Where has the time gone? We have been so CRAZY busy trying to create more space in our home. Who knew it would be so difficult and take so long. We were just moving rooms and throwing out stuff. How hard can that be?
Anyhow, I do have a new crafting space and I still need to make some tweeks as to where some of my equipment should live. My daughter is testing out the space with some craft projects of her own, but I think overall she digs my digs.

For the card I just needed something CAS, so this is what I came up with. I used the dandelion stamps from Autumn Leaves, the sentiment from Stampin' Up! and some crinkled chocolate brown ribbon. I really liked the effect. I added a little dot of white enamel in the centers of the flowers.
Wishing you the best.

Baby Cards

Here are a few baby cards. The orange striped card uses Baby stamp set by Stampabilities. I used a tab punch and sentiment from different stamp set, I thought the sentiment went with the the toys on wheels. The second card I used a set of safari animals from Autumn Leaves, I masked the image a bit to get the repeat of grass and flowers and I inked the sky using a cloud mask. The ribbon was a piece of scrap that was left over from previous project. Coloring on both cards used Copic markers.

Enjoy and feel free to leave me a comment. Have a great day!