Congratulations Cards

I was asked to make a couple of congratulations cards for 2 graduates. One was "girly" and one was very athletic. So fun to make 2 different cards back to back, I really enjoyed this commission. Mostly because I was just allowed to create based on a word or two, instead of really specific instructions.

The first card is probably my favourite.



I started off with a base of soft stone, and a layer of lavender moon. I made some pattern paper on soft stone with WMS musical backgrounds set, and layered some PTI fancy flourishes on top. Covered the whole thing with glue and tissue paper (one of PTI MIM techniques) and set aside to dry. This was the most time consuming part of the card, and I ended up hacking it to bit !! oh well
Ballerina is from a CTMH set. Beaded oval with some milled lavender distress inks, and WMS fancy phrases for the sentiment - figured it was appropriate with the ballerina. Ribbon is some gorgeous 2 sided Martha Stewart Satin (in the dollar bin and Mikes!!) and lost of rhinestones finish it off.


Next is a MUCH different card..and WAY harder for me to make...kept telling myself to stop when I wanted to add one more embellishment.
This is for the athlete - actually THE top female high school greco-roman wrestler in Ontario - and came in 3rd across Canada. So I wanted to play on that.



Used the faux metal technique for the middle of the medal (with PTI's Mega mixed messages), and Nichole Lazy Stamper Medallion for the base. Used like a bajillion different adhesives to glue them together!



Yellow is PTI harvest gold that I stamped with the Chevron from WMS off beat backgrounds. Banners are from PTI's Banner builder, Congrats from Say it with Style both stamped with a brilliance blue.
Ribbon and card base are SU Pacific Point

Thanks for looking everyone !! Enjoy your week!

Summer Card Camp

Hello all, and happy long weekend to those of us in Canada !!

I enrolled in the summer card class thinking it might give me a bit of a kick start to my languishing mojo, and would challenge me.

I was thinking i might get a bit of an intro before the challenges started but BHAM !! Out of the gate we got a colour combo that was...well....challenging !

So I did the best with what I got. I took out full sheets of card stock in those colours....and stared...and stared some more, willing a card to come to me...and nothing. Nada. Zip. So I went back and took a look at Jennifer Macguire's card. The colours weren't exactly in your face, but rather accents. So that gave me some hope and I started again.






Card base is PTI aqua mist. I cut out a frame using 2 nesties, and love this technique!


Stamped some polka dots in the upper right corner (round and round, PTI anniversary set) and cut off the lower corner. I made this flower using some pretty fabric I picked up at the CREATIV festival a few months ago, and backed it with some purple leaves. I know purple leaves arent exactly found in nature, however since aqua ruffle flowers aren't either i figured I was safe!! The flower was created using 2 different sizes of PTI scallop dies, as well as a big ol' SU button.

The frame is from a Waltzingmouse set that co-ordinates with the nestie, and the stamp from PTI's new faith based set - name escaping me right now of course.

So I survived my foray into the bright side. I came out alive. Converted - maybe not. But a little more open minded at least !!

Naughty Naughty Blogger

Sorry all. Life has been hectic, and my only computer was largely monopolized by hubby's online course.
However, said course has finished and I can stop surfing on my iPhone !!!
I've got a few things saved on my hard drive to share, and look forward to commenting on all your posts again.
First, I made a card set for a cousin of mine who needed some thank you cards, and here are the first 2.

I made 2 card bases of SU Basic Grey. Love this gray and soft rose combo. I made some pattern paper with PTI doilies and Worn Lipstick distress inks. Vellum Mat stack 4, limitless layers in gray and tag it on the centre.

I did some ribbon loops, and embellished with SU satin ribbon.

OK, off to comment so keeping this quick ! See you soon !!

Mother Mash Up

My Internet friend Michelle calls it a Mash up when you use stamps from different companies - I've got 4 companies products on this card !! But I love it..... Paper is SU's presto patterns. The white pattern is glossy and the rest of the paper is matte, allowing you to brayer or sponge (which I did) to bring the pattern out. I used frayed burlap to layer the colour on the PP Frame is from WMS labels 10, and i don't have this nestie yet but they were SUPER simple to cutout, even for the scissor challenged like me. Cameo is a Hero Arts stamps. I saw Anya from the WMS DT do this with labels 18, and thought it would look just as pretty with some other labels. Mother is heat embossed in white from PTI Mega mixed messages. Brown base is SU's Soft Suede, lace and Brad are also SU The Came was inked in soft suede, then a fine dusting of Champagne Mist API was sponge dabben on ever so slightly.... Enjoy !

A la Mode baby

OK, so this is all Stephanie Mino's fault - she was posting using these adorable MFT A la modes and I had to grab a few - they are irresistible !!!

I made this for my new little niece (Our little girl has a first cousin 3 months younger than her, how cute is that !!) And i coloured up one of my new stamps. It fit perfect in PTI's mat stack 5 die. Crochet border is an MFT die, and the little label is Fillable frames 12 cut down - those little tabby things are perfect for rhinestones, the brad is SU and the little crochet flower is from a PTI friends etsy shop. They match PTI colours and are PERFECTLY sized!! Ribbon is SU taffeta and making me pine for more kraft coloured ribbon options....oh well ....

Papertrey Paper Dolls Hop

Hello all and I'm glad to get to hop with a really fun card, for the PTI Paper dolls hop
The theme is PTI, and you need to use a product that start with a P, T and an I
SO, my P is paper (too easy I know!)
My T is Tiny Treats Birthday (I used the monkey Image)
And my I is impression plate - the wood grain one on the new leaf layer
Cardstock and leaf ribbon PTI, Brads are SU and used copics to colour the monkeys

Thanks to the Paper dolls for a fun hop, good luck to everyone !

Special Birthday

So hopefully we all have that friend. The one who got us into this hobby...enables us almost as much as we enable them...TOTALLY thinks nothing of you going over at 9 at night to pick up the perfect stamp/die/embelishment to finish your card...knows your stash almost as well as you do.
So, know you have to make this friend a birthday card....while entertaining you 3 yr old and 2 month old ! And surprisingly this card came together quickly
Fine line base, sweet blush layer stamped with the text stamp from WMS stamped in cognac pallette. Stamped the base from Make a Wish in cognac and the cake in sweet blush.
Vintage cream satin ribbon and fancy cut die cut from Fine Linen...embelished the card with some buttons and some ruffled ink ribbon

Hope she liked it.....there was some PTI goodies in the inside !!!