Flower birthday wishes

Cute cards group four

Last one in this series! But I still have another card lined up to share. Hopefully there will be more to follow!

Cute cards group three

One more to go!

Cute cards group two

Two more groups still to come!

Oh hai. I can haz cardz?

Ummm...yeah. It's been a while. I've actually done some crafty things, just haven't had much time to post them. So I'm teeing up several posts tonight, for at least a week's worth of crafty goodness!
First up is a couple cards in a series. All were made with the same materials and method. First I started with these: loads of 1" squares punched from a paper series:

Then I adhered a grid of squares to a piece of cardstock and then broke out the ol' sewing machine! I played with the stitches and patterns. Then I grabbed the coordinating chipboard and diecut pieces, a few stamps, and some buttons and rhinestones and went to town!
Come back in a day or two to see the next group!

PTI Anniversary 2011 - Day One!

It's that time of year again! Papertrey Ink's anniversary spectacular! Day 1 brings an announcement of the new design team as well as a contest - post your favourite PTI card from the past year! I went through my cards, and I think this is my favourite.

It was first posted here. Of course it features two of my favourite sets: Enjoy the Ride and A Little Argyle!

The prize for the contest is a jaw-dropping $700 worth of PTI goodies. The list is almost too long to read! I think I would fall over and DIE if I won. I'm crossing my fingers!

Salt Dough Ornaments

Yup, still haven't finished with Christmas! So my daughter made these salt dough ornaments at the end of LAST year's Christmas, and only got around to painting them in November/December of this year. I gave them a couple coats of Mod Podge, and then we added them to the tree!

I used the recipe here (love this website!)

More Christmas cards

I made these cards for two of my crafty friends. I wanted to do something special and fun, so I tried the cracked glass technique using UTEE.

Here's a close-up:
And the inside:
Ink and stamps are PTI, ribbon is SU, paper is some that I won (and don't know who makes it!)

And I made a few more of those reindeer cards. It's hard to see, but the ink is Tsukineko Brilliance Ink, which has a lovely shine to it.
I have several more cards to share over the next few days - I've been crafting here and there over the last few months, just haven't had much time to upload the photos!

I've also found a new obsession, COPICS, and I have some projects to share with those too!

Bring on the tooth fairy!

I promised my daughter we'd make a pillow to hold her teeth, now that number SIX is about to come out. Have I mentioned she's not yet five?

I "conveniently" forgot to remind her to put the first five teeth under her pillow, given that she gets a lot of treats and presents already, but everyone asks her what the tooth fairy has brought her, so this time she wouldn't be distracted :p

Anyway, she wanted an owl, and this is what we decided on. She picked the colours, I did the work ;)

I used the Pink Cat Studio Cuddles digital image (for paper piecing) that I received when PCS was first trying the electronic/hand-cut files. Do you remember this card and this layout? I didn't have a marker that worked well on the felt (and I wanted to work fast) so I printed out the shapes and quickly cut them out.

Then I spent the time embroidering the entire thing. This is only my second embroidery project - my daughter's stocking was the first!

I made a little pocket (to the right of the owl) to hold the tooth.

I used PTI felt for everything I could, and the cheap felt I had for the rest. Wow, the difference is AMAZING! PTI felt is so thick and sturdy. I wish I had more colours so I could have done the entire thing in their felt!

A couple quick tags

My daughter and I made some Toblerone Shortbread cookies, and I made up these tags quickly to give some cookies as gifts. My daughter added the artwork on the green tag :)

A few cards

I played teacher for some friends and came up with a few cards for everyone to make. These were my samples. Most supplies are PTI and SU. The reindeer card is The Cat's Pajamas.

Holiday Swap!

I participated in a holiday swap over at the PTI forum. The suggested cost was $15, and we gave a list of things we like, things we covet, and things we love. My giver was Ally, and this is what I received in the mail today!

She packaged up Birthday Bash Sentiments, some of the fun leaf ribbon, a sweet jar of buttons, some rustic twine, and a yummy tin of Kisses! And check out her beautiful card - isn't it gorgeous?

Thanks so much Ally, I really love it!

I've already mailed off my gift, and I will post a photo as soon as I know she's opened it.

A Trio of Tags

I made these for the November 2010 Papertrey Ink blog hop. The theme is tags! There's another reason I made these, about which you'll hear soon.

I used the PTI Tag Sale 1 die, and one of the PTI Limitless Layers dies. Also Background Basics: Christmas, one of my new favourite sets! I thought the pink, green, and grey was a fun colour scheme for Christmas.

Here's a look at the base of the tags, which I really like. I created a background out of different borders stamps from BB: Christmas.

All dies and stamps are PTI, ink, paper, and ribbon (except the pink, which is from Michael's) are SU.

Thanks for stopping by!

Crafting with friends...

...is my favourite way to craft! My friend Renée was over with her daughter (Chloe's best friend) and while the little girls were painting, I convinced Renée to make a few cards! Now she doesn't like to admit it, but she's a very crafty girl (ask her to see the Advent calendar she made for her daughter!)

She used mostly PTI products, and this is what she made!

The first card also has stamps from Pink Cat Studio. Don't you LOVE those glittery snow drifts?

I think the first card here could be something sold at Ikea. And the last card is my favourite. I think I'm going to copy it myself!

Of course the girls couldn't stay away from the stamps, so they decorated envelopes:

I had a few pieces left over from another crafty night (photos from that coming soon!) so I made this today:

I just LOVE Background Basics: Christmas! That wee mouse is adorable.

Merry Little...Spring?

I was very excited to purchase PTI's Merry Little Christmas. And the first card I made with it?

It's not yet winter, and I'm already looking forward to spring!

Don't you love the PTI Sunshine Impression Plate? And the scalloped border of felt? I used my favourite dotted flourish (from Holiday Button Bits) for the grass, and the sentiment is from Mini Scrapbook Series: Journaling Circle.

All supplies are PTI (except Chocolate Chip, Almost Amethyst, and Lovely Lilac inks.)

Mini Notecards

See, I told you I'd post soon! I felt guilty after my last post, so I decided to do this one quickly.

I've also decided to make a change when listing the supplies in my projects. I'll point out tools/supplies of interest, but I won't be listing them all. I'm trying to spend less time on the computer and more time actually creating!

So I have made a few cards over the last several months, but not many. I preferred to enjoy the beautiful summer outside, and mostly ignored my poor crafts room.

Anyhoo, even with the recent heatwave this week, I'm determined to get back into the crafts room and make the most of all my supplies!

I started with something simple (I think I started making these cards in July, by the way!)

I had a set of embellishments that coordinated well with some SU notecards, so I basically just put the two together. I added some PTI stamps and dies, embossing/impressing, and came up with these.

These ones are fairly simple, just basically the store-bought embellishments stuck on the card. I also stamped the envelopes, using the PTI 2009 Anniversary set.
I decided to also make some of my own embellishments - the two below with butterflies (the other two are more store-bought ones.) The butterfly die is PTI, the scalloped circle is a Nestie. I used embroidery thread for the antennae. The PTI car die and stamp came in handy, as well as some simple circle Nesties:
When I was done, I decided to make a couple totebags to hold the cards. I just free-handed them, although I've done something similar before following a pattern, so these were fairly easy:
So, there you go! I have some more cards ready to be posted, part of a large set that I started making back in, oh, June or so!

Win some PTI!

Oh hi! Remember me? Uh, yeah, it's been awhile. Anyway, I have several cards to post, I just haven't had time to get them uploaded. Soon, I promise. And I still owe you guys some blog candy.

Anyway, until then, check out Moonlight Creations for your chance to win some blog candy!

Happy Days

This card was created for Ted's Happily Ever Challenged #6 - which is likely the most unique challenge in which I've ever participated! Check out the challenge for the deets, but basically I had to use orange, dry embossing, colouring, and a vehicle.

Well, how perfectly perfect. I just happen to be on a car stamp kick! So yup, you guessed it, another Enjoy the Ride card! One of these days I'll try using another set and layout!

Anyhoo, pretty self-explanatory. It's hard to see, but I coloured the bumper, headlights, and windshield (and used the kissing technique on the body again - does that count as colouring?) I coated the headlights and windshield in Crystal Effects.

Stamps: Enjoy the Ride, A Little Argyle (PTI),
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White (SU)
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip (SU)
Accessories: Enjoy the Ride car die , Woodgrain impression die(PTI), Cuttlebug (Provocraft), Crystal Effects, Chocolate Chip ribbon (SU), pencil crayons (Media)

Baby on Board

This is one of my favourite cards in this series of "Enjoy the Ride."
I love how the arygle turned out, and the fun kissing technique on the car, and the bling. So happy with it!

Stamps: Enjoy the Ride, A Little Argyle (PTI),
Paper: Hawaiian Shores (PTI), Whisper White (SU)
Ink: Fresh Snow, Berry Sorbet, Hawaiian Shores (PTI)
Accessories: Enjoy the Ride car die (PTI), clear rhinestones (Kaiser)

Be Happy

Hee. I told you I was in love!

This time I used Polka Dot Basics II for the background and the kissing. It's hard to see, but I also used the dotted argyle stamp to add some interest to the background.

Stamps: Enjoy the Ride, Polka Dot Basics II, A Little Argyle (PTI),
Paper: Hawaiian Shores (SU)
Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Berry Sorbet, Ocean Tides, Fresh Snow (PTI)
Accessories: Enjoy the Ride car die (PTI), Dew Drops (Robn's Nest)