With deepest sympathy

This was a very simple and easy card to make. I got this flourish stamp for a dollar at a local craft store, can't pass up a bargain.



I embossed the Labels Two die onto my vintage cream card base, then stamped the flourish with ocean tides ink onto a smaller die and adhered it to the card with some foam pop dots. I matted a strip of vintage cream onto some ocean tides cardstock and stamped the sentiment in ocean tides then added some pearls to finish it off.

Supplies
Stamps: flourish from stash, PTI 2nd anniversary set
Ink: ocean tides
Paper: vintage cream; ocean tides
Other: foam pop dots, pearls
Finished Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

With deepest sympathy

I love how the feather gives this birdie some character. Thanks to Melissa Phillips for the idea.


This embossing folder from Cuttlebug really ties everything together. I've really been playing out of my comfort zone lately when it comes to putting colors together. I've always had to have everything match or coordinate, but thanks to some of the ladies on the PTI design team I'm stepping out of the box.

For this card I used hibiscus burst, lemon tart, ripe avocado and aqua mist. I did have to match the feather with one of the colors and choose hibiscus burst.

Supplies
Stamps: PTI 2nd anniversary set, Polka Dot Basics
Ink: true black
Paper: hibiscus burst, lemon tart, ripe avocado, aqua mist
Other: feather from stash, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Nnestabilities scallopped circle die
Finished Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Thank you so much

A quick card for you today.


For this one I used the Guide Lines Two set stamped in hibiscus burst, spring rain and lemon tart on stampers select white and attached it to a hibiscus burst card base. I also added some scor lines at the top and lemon tart twill ribbon. The sentiment is from the Damask Designs set where I used some white embossing powder. To finish it off I added a felt flower I had in my stash. Thanks for stopping by.

Make a Wish

This cupcake is so darn cute. I had a scrap piece of this pp from My Mind's Eye Tres Jolie collection and wanted to use it up. I collected some cardstock that had the same colors in the pp and this is what I came up with.


I used aqua mist for the card base and cut out a piece of pure poppy with the nestabilities Label One die. I embossed it with Cuttlebug's swiss dot folder, cut it in half and attached it to the top and bottom of the pp with a zigzag stitch. Using the nestabilities oval die, I cut out a piece of vintage cream cardstock and stamped my focal image and sentiment to it. I then attached it the card with some foam pop dots. I also added some Xmas Red Stickles to the cherry to make it pop.

Supplies
Stamps: PTI 2nd anniversary set, mega mixed messages
Ink: spring moss, dark chocalte, pure poppy, true black
Paper: My Mind's Eye, aqua mist, pure poppy, vintage cream
Other: Nestabilities Label One and oval dies, Cuttlebug's swiss dot folder, zigzag stitch, Xmas Red Stickles
Finished Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Best Wishes

I took a few days off work to get some spring cleaning done around here. I did get alot accomplished which was my plan. My body is feeling the affects from it but the house looks and smells beautiful. I was able to participate in PTI's blog hop last night which was alot of fun and wonderful to see what everyone created with the Timeless Templates. Boy did I get some great ideas, thanks ladies.

I finally had some time today to play and can I just say I love the 2nd anniversary stamp set from PTI. I love all the art and sentiments that are in this set. Melissa Phillips added a feather to the bird in one of her projects and I remembered I had two bags of feathers. One bag has pastels and the other bright colors, so I started pulling out feathers that would match PTI colors.


For this card I thought this feather went well with raspberry fizz. The patterened paper is by Imaginisce and also has a glittery raspberry fizz in it as well as alot of other PTI colors. I think that's what attracted me to it. I used a decorative punch on the bottom of the spring moss paper, added the sentiment from mega mixed messages set and finished it off with some spring rain twill ribbon.
I'll be posting a project everyday this week so stop back and thanks for stopping by to take a look. Have a great week.

Supplies
Stamps: PTI 2nd anniversary stamp set; mega mixed messages
Ink: true black
Paper: Imaginisce - All Kinds of Happy, raspberry fizz, spring moss,vintage cream
Other: spring rain twill ribbon, feather from stash, Fiskars border punch, foam pop dots.
Finished size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

PTI April Blog Hop

It's Blog Hop Time again, boy times flies. This is my second time participating and I'm glad you stopped by to check out my contribution to the hop.

A friend of mine needed a wedding card and I thought most people give a monitary gift and the Recipe Wrap Up would work great.


I used a shimmery ivory cardstock for the base and added some melon berry for alittle color. I created a belly band to help keep the card closed and added a focal image using the Nestabilities Label One dies. The stamped image is from the Wedding Day set as well as the sentiment. A decorative punch by Fiskars was used on the front too.


For the inside, I just made one pocket to place the monitary gift in and the sentiment is from Birthday Basics. I love how this is simple by elegant, perfect for a wedding.

Supplies
Stamps: Wedding Day and Birthday Basics
Ink: melon berry
Paper: shimmery ivory cardstock (sorry, dont know who makes it), melon berry
Other: Fiskars sunburst punch, Nestabilities Label One dies, pearl

Thanks So Much

In my opinion, you can never have enough thank you cards. I always like to send a thank you card when someone has done something kind for me or for a gift I've received. I chose to use the new Guidelines Two set for this one.


I decided to use summer sunrise with spring moss and dark chocolate. The card base with embossed the Cuttlebugs swiss dot, the spring moss cardstock was distressed and the dark chocolate was trimmed with scalloped scissors. For the focal image, I used Nestabilities Label One and stamped the flourish at each point in summer sunrise and the sentiment in dark chocolate. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Guidelines Two, Mega Mixed Messages
Ink: summer sunrise, dark chocolate, spring moss
Paper: summer sunrise, spring moss, dark chocolate, vintage cream
Other: spring moss twill ribbon, pearls, swiss dot embossing folder; Heidi Swapp edge distresser, Fiskars scalloped scissors
Finished Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Happy Anniversary

This is one of the cards I submitted to the PTI's April GSS. I gave this to my parents who are celebrating their 56th anniversary today.


I used dark chocolate cardstock for the base and stamped a florish from the Wedding Day stamp set in vintage cream. Then I die cut a scalloped circle from melon berry and a straight circle from vintage cream and stamped Happy Anniversary in melon berry and the decorative circle in dark chocolate both from Wedding Day. I added some vintage cream satin ribbon and pearls to finish it off. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies
Stamps: Wedding Day
Ink: dark chocolate, melon berry, vintage cream
Paper: dark chocolate, melon berry, vintage cream
Other: vintage cream satin ribbon, peach pearls
Finished Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Thank You

This is a thank you card I made for my sister and her family for inviting me to join them for a little weekend get away.


We went to Lancaster, Pa and stayed on a working dairy farm (no we didn't have to actually work). They have a guest house they rent out. Here is a link to their site http://www.meadowviewkfarm.com/. This is the third time I've been there and just love it. If you are looking for a little R & R, I would recommend it. The family that owns the farm is just wonderful. You have full access to the farm, you can watch them milk the cows and you can have a hand at it if you wish. They have a little chicken coop where you can collect fresh eggs. They have little calfs that you can help feed. This is a great place to take the little ones. My nephews just love going to "The Farm". Here are a few pics of our trip.


These are my two nephews feeding the calves.

This is farmer Barry taking the boys for a ride.

These next pics were takin first thing in the morning from the front porch. Notice in the second photo the amish buggy. I think they were all heading off to church cause there were quite a few buggies passing by that morning. In the third photo, off to the right is one of their barns.




This place is off the beaten path, but if you're looking for more to do you can go into the city where there are pletty of things to do there.

Happy Easter

I've been cooking and baking all day so I don't have that much to do tomorrow. This is the first time I've had a chance to sit all day. I wanted to post my Easter card that I send to my family this year. Because of time restraints, I make multiples of the same card for holidays.

I saw this paper last year in my LSS and knew I wanted to use it for my Easter cards this year. I love the little bling it has on it. The green paper it Bazziell Basics Bling and I think it compliments the pp really well. I added a little scallop at the bottom of the pp. Using the spring rain twill ribbon around the card pulls out the blue color in the little flowers. I added a little pearl to the flowers and stamped the sentiment in Berry Sorbet.

Happy Easter
Lisa

Supplies
Stamps: Limitless Labels
Ink: berry sorbet
Paper: Imaginisce - For Peep's Sake, Bazzill Basics Bling
Other: spring rain twill ribbon, scallopped scissors, pearl, flower

Happy Birthday

I lifted this from a design Melissa Phillips did for the 2nd anniversary set by PTI. I just thought it was adorable and loved the feather she added to the birdie. My sister snatched this one up so I'm going to make a few more for my stash.

The patterened paper is for My Mind's Eye and the flower is from my stash. I added some zigzag stitching and scallopped edge to the kraft cardstock.
Thanks for stopping by.

Wedding

Here's a little card I made awhile ago and found it in my stash. I thought it would make a pretty wedding card.



The patterened paper is from K & Company along with the little heart 3-D sticker on the ribbon center. The sentiment is from the Papertrey stamp set. I added a jewel on each side of the sentiment and used foam pop-ups. I rounded off the corners and added the cream satin ribbon I had in my stash. This was a very easy card to make but I just loved the elegance of the paper.

Sweet Baby

A friend of mine needed a baby card and asked if I would make her one. Not knowing the sex of the baby, I decided to use a bunch of different colors. I love this polka dot glittery paper by Doodlebug Designs.



The lavendar paper is by Bazzell Basics Bling. I thought the shimmer in the paper went well with the glittery polka dots. I used the Labels Two nestabilities to cut out Lemon Tart and Stampers Select. Next I stamped the baby feet in lemon tart and added the sentiment from the mega mixed messages set in plum pudding. I think this card is adorable that I'm going to need to make another for my stash.
Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies
Stamps: Mega Mixed Messages and Stamp Craft.
Ink: lemon tart and plum pudding.
Paper: Doodlebug Designes, Bazzell Basics Bling, lemon tart and stampers select
Other: ribbon from stash, foam pop-ups, corner rounder
Finished Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Life and Birthday Basics

I just love this stamp set. This card was inspired by Lisa Johnson's tubbler insert she did when previewing her new set "Life".



I just starting stamping away trying to add different colors and also adding a little sparkle to parts of the flowers and buds. The card base is ripe avocado, I stamped on kraft and matted it with true black. I didn't want to add anything else to the card like ribbon, brads, buttons, I think it would have taken away from the image.

Supplies
Stamps: Life and Birthday Basics
Ink: true black, Tombow markers
Paper: ripe avocado, true black, kraft
other: glitter
Finished Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

March Blog Hop

This is my first blog hop and I'm really excited to be able to participate. This is the card I created by making my own background.



For the top of the card I used kraft cardstock with the Damask Designs set stamped in Vintage Cream. The bottom half I used the Background Basic: Stars collection stamped with Anne Griffin ink (sorry the color was not marked on the cube) on vintage cream cardstock. I used the oval nestabilities in straight and scallopped and the stamp is from Garden of Life. Vintage cream twill ribbon was added along with some buttons from my stash. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Damask Designs, Background Basics: Stars, Garden of Life
Ink: Vintage Cream and Anna Griffin
Paper: Kraft and Vintage Cream
Other: Oval Nestabilities, eyelit, buttons, floss.
Finished Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Another Birthday Wishes

For this little number I used the Life stamp set by PTI and some water color markers. For me, this is the first time working with markers and I am so loving the effect they give you especially with this set.



I added some crystle fine glitter with a glue pen to the center of the flower and cut out the oval using my nestabilities and added it the scallopped oval I punched out with my Marvy punch.

Supplies
Stamps: Life and Faux Ribbon for the sentiment
Ink: true black, Tombows markers
Paper: kraft, vintage cream, ocean tides, and My Mind's Eye
Other: oval Nestabilities, scallopped punch, melon berry twill ribbon, foam pop-ups.
Finished Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Birthday wishes

I've been playing around with some of my new goodies I purchased from PTI. I love the Life stamp set by Lisa Johnson. The possibilities are endless when working with this set. I was disappointed when I opened the Guidelines Two set because my guideline stamp was messed up. Half of the stamp is all foggy on the underside and will not stick to the block. I've never had this happen to me before. I've read that this has happened to other folks so I'm waiting to hear from customer service to see what I need to do to get a replace stamp.

I so wanted to play with that set this weekend since I had the time. Next weekend I'll be doing some spring cleaning cause we have our annual spring clean up which mean if there's anything you want to throw out that can't be picked up with your regular garbage this is the time to put it out at the curb. For instance I've got an old old dresser (not worth keeping), an old TV, a TV stand, boxes of stuff and I still have to go through the garage and the cellar. That same weekend I'll be having all the family over to celebrate my parents birthdays which are a week apart. The following weekend I'm going out of town with my sister and her family for a little R & R and the weekend after that is Easter. Hopefully I'll get some play time during the week.

Ok, enough of that, now on to my project.

Here I used the new PTI color Hibiscus Burst and the new stamp set Life. I never worked with markers before so I went to my local scrapbook store and picked up a few. These markers are from Towbow. I've heard so much about the Copic markers but I had to take what I could get my hands on at the time. I do like how the markers give it a watercolor effect. I grabbed my Cuttlebug Tiny Tags set and stamped the birthday wishes on it and attached it to the ribbon with a metal ring.

I used the Heidi Swapp edge distresser around the stampers white cardstock and matted it to some spring moss cardstock. I then tied it up with some Hibiscus Burst satin ribbon and attached it to the Hibiscus Burst card. For a final touch I added alittle sparkle to the buds with some Martha Stewart crystal fine glitter and glue pen.

Supplies:
Stamps: Life and Mixed Messages
Ink: True Black, Tombox markers
Paper: Stampers Select White, Hibiscus Burst and Spring Moss
Other: Hibuscis Burst satin ribbon, Martha Stewart crystal fine glitter, glue pen, Cuttlebug tiny Tags, Heidi Swapp edge distresser
Finished size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Wishing you joy

This card is so bright and cheery. I love PTI's Polka Dot Basics, it's one of those stamps sets I want to use all the time.



The flower is made with some red felt I had in my stash along with Cuttlebug's flower dies finishing it off with the green button that I tied with some white floss. The sentiment is from Heartfelt Basics where I mixed Spring Moss ink with Pure Poppy. I used scallopped scissors to cut the bottom of the Spring Moss cardstock and added a few score lines to the top.

Supplies
Stamps: Polka Dot Basics and Heartfelt Basics
Ink: Fresh Snow, Spring Moss and Pure Poppy
Paper: Pure Poppy, Spring Moss and Stampers Select White
Other: Trio Tag, Pure Poopy Ribbon, white floss, button, scallopped scissors and Score Pal.

Birthday

This project uses My Mind's Eye Tres Jolie collection. The ocean tides ribbon coordinates really well with this patterened paper. For the focal image the birthday sentiment is from Stampin Up and the background stamp I paid $1.00 for at a local craft store. I used the square plain and scallopped nestabilities and made it pop with some foam pop ups. I added some pearls for a finishing touch.



Supplies
Stamps: Stampin Up, Whispers from Sugarloaf
Ink: Aqua Mist and Ripe Avocado
Paper: My Mind's Eye Tres Jolie collection, Ocean Tides by PTI.
Other: Ocean Tides twill ribbon, pearls from Kaires Scrapbook, square nestabilities

More Masculine cards

Here are just a few more masculine birthday cards that I've been working on to fill my sister's order.







I was able to get my order in for the Guidelines Two stamp set before it was sold out. I'm waiting for that to come in so I can work on a few more masculine cards to finish my sister's order. In the meantime I need to get working on the 13 female cards she wants and a few other projects I'm working on.

Hello

This card reminds me of spring with all the different pastel colors.



I was inspired by Michelle Wooderson when doing the tree. I love visiting her blog, she does some amazing work.

I used the largest scallopped long nestabilities to make the card base from spring rain cardstock. I had to run it thru my Cuttlebug a few times to make sure it cut all the way thru both layers of cardstock. I matted my focal image onto lemon tart cardstock where I stamped a scallopped image and dots from Beyond Basic Borders stamp set. I stamped the dots using a glue pad and added some lavender glitter.

The tree image is from Beyond Basic Borders stamped in spring moss. For the pastel dots on the tree I used the circle from Around and About stamp set and accented them with a little sparkled by using a clear glitter pen from Spica.

Supplies
Stamps: Beyond Basic Borders, Around and About
Ink: spring moss, sweet blush, lavender moon, lemon tart, aqua mist and true black
Paper: spring rain, lemon tart and select stampers white
Other: nestabilities, glitter, ribbon, corner rounder punch
Finished Size: 3" x 6 1/4"

Masculine Card

My other sister put her order in for birthday cards for the year. She wants 9 masculine cards. I just have a hard time do manely cards but I'll share a few with you that I've completed so far.


For this card I used Making Memories pp, Stampin Up sentiment, PTI Dark Chocolate cardstock, square Nestabilities and brads.



I chose to use My Mind's Eye pp; PTI Background Basics: Stars and Around and About stamps, Ripe Avocado ink and paper for this card.



I tried to use earth tone colors when making these cards. I love the My Mind's Eye pp and this one worked well with the Ocean Tides and Dark Chocolate colors. I used my Scor Pal to add some texture to the top of the card.

Stationary Gift Sets

I made these stationary gift sets for my sister to give to three girls that work for her. I just love how these turned out. I let my sister pick the colors. Thanks to Nichole Heady for the inspiration.

I used the Simply Stationary set from PTI along with the cardstock coordinating ribbon and ink. The note cards and envelopes are also from PTI.



Supplies :
Stamps: Papertrey Ink Simply Stationary
Ink: Plum Pudding, Ripe Avocado, Berry Sorbet
Paper: Sweet Blush, Berry Sorbet,Lavendar Moon, Plum Pudding, Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado
Other: PTI Ribbon in Berry Sorbet, Ripe Avocado, Plum Pudding; Nestablities Label Two; All Boxed Up Timeless Template; Circle Punches; Scallopped Scissors; Foam Pop-Ups

Thinking of you

For this card I made a template for the wave. I started with a card from summer sunrise, traced the wave and cut out, then I made another wave from pure poppy but this one I cut just alittle longer and used scallopped scissors to cut it out. I used my crimper for the spring moss and attached it to the bottom of the inside of the card. Using the Around and About stamp set I made a wave out of the long sentiment to match the wave in the card.
Got my straight and scallopped nestabilities out and cut a die from pure poppy and stampers white cardstock. I added a little jewel to the center of the flower. For the top front of the card I used the vine stamp from Beyond Basic Borders and stamped it with versamark. The little flowers are from the Around and About set where I added a little sparkle using the Spica clear glitter pen.

I think I will be sending this card to my sister in Florida just to let her know I'm thinking of her and miss her bunches.

Happy Monday to everyone!

Supplies used:
Stamps: Around and About; Beyond Basic Borders.
Ink: Pupre Poppy, Spring Moss, Summer Sunrise, versmark.
Paper: Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Spring Moss, Stampers White.
Other: jewel, Nestabilities, Spica Clear glitter pen, crimper

Make a Wish

A quick card for you today:

I used the nestabilities square die to cut sweet blush and stampers white cardstock and used the Rustic Branches wreath stamped with spring moss with berry sorbet dots which I added some stickles for some sparkle. I used my crimper for the spring moss cardstock.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Rustic BranchesInk: Spring Moss, Berry Sorbet

Paper: Polka Dot Parade, Berry Sorbet, Spring Moss, Sweet Blush, Stampers White

Other: crimper, square nestabilities, tickles

Finishes size: 4 1/4 x 51/2