Birthday Boy Bug

Hey all! Happy Monday to you! Hope you had a wonderful weekend - ours was super busy but good. I whipped up a quick card the other day using a Papertrey Ink set and matching die that I purchased at CHA this summer. I love how quick and easy it is to line up the stamp with the die. I paired it with some cotton twill, baby braddies, and some October Afternoon patterned paper.

A pretty simple card but a good one to add to my stash. It seems like I never have enough cards for the men/boys in my life. I'm keeping this short as my to-do list is overflowing today! Thanks for stopping by.

Back to School Happenings!

Hey all! Today is the first day of school for our district and I saw my son go off to his new school this year. After two years of French immersion we decided it just wasn't for him and have returned him to his neighborhood school. He's super excited but also a tad bit nervous.

Ever since I saw Christina's bag tag, I knew that I wanted to make them for my kids as well. I used Wyatt and His Wagon and stamped him on a cream Perfect Panel. I cut him out and put him on some Cosmo Cricket Joy Ride paper. Some twill and an Earth Girl button rounds out this tag. I used a binder clip to attach it to his bag - ribbon might be a bit girly?!

I also decided to make a quick card for his teacher. My son has a very distinct learning style and I generally try and schedule a meeting in the first couple weeks of school to discuss it. I used some Papertrey goodies that I picked up at CHA as well as some Earth Girl felt cut with the Open Scallop Border die.
And finally, here's a pic of my kids this morning. My daughter is on gradual entry until next Friday, but she had her first visit this morning as well.

Have a great day!

Re-made Make & Take

Hey all! Hope you had a great weekend! I did! I whipped together a quick card using one of the make & takes that I squeezed in at CHA. That felt flower on the card was one of the Papertrey Friday projects and was originally on a pin backing. I decided to pull it apart and pair it with some of my new goodies.

I used some ledger paper and the Signature Greetings stamp set as well as added some felt ribbon from my stash. Super simple!

I must admit that while I was making this card and choosing the sentiment, I was thinking of all the amazing people that I met at CHA. And I was kind of wishing for a different sentiment - more along the lines of "You make me laugh so hard I almost peed my pants". But alas - there was no such sentiment in the set! Darn! So this one will have to do!

Have a great day friends!

Thank You Berry Much!

I must be crazy, because not only did I need to make teacher's cards for my own kids teachers, I also offered to make cards for my friend's teachers as well!

When I heard that my friend was doing a strawberry theme for her teacher gifts, I knew that I wanted to use this strawberry die that I had bought for another project and had only used it that one time. I paired it with some Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety paper and added some stitching. I made 4 of this same design so kept them pretty simple!

Hope you're having a great week friends!

Gratefully CAS!

Don't forget to enter my blog candy draw HERE! You have until Saturday night at 7pm EST to get your entry in!

Gasp I know!! I can't believe I cranked out a Clean and Simple card. But in all honesty - to me this image just begs for it! I love this flower from Papertrey's Friends 'Til the End and it's fun to colour. I used the sketch from this week's CAS challenge on Splitcoast and paired my flower with some SU patterned paper and ribbon.

Thanks for all your wonderful comments and for visiting! Later taters!

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Friends 'Til the End

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up Craft White

Paper: MFT Perfect Panel, Soft Suede cs, Thoroughly Modern dsp

Accessories: Ribbon, foam boosters

Hey There Chickadee!!

Hey friends!! Just a short and sweet post on this beautiful Sunday morning. We've had a super busy weekend so it's nice to take a quick moment and blog. I'm still trying to work my way through all the images in my Papertrey Everyday Button Bits set and I've been loving all of the button birds that I've seen on blogs and in galleries. I paired mine with some My Mind's Eye Be Loved paper and some soft suede cardstock. That ribbon is actually the Stampin Up In color ribbon (the reverse side) which ended up matching my patterned paper to a tee (talk about luck). I love that cards with this set come together relatively quickly!

On a personal note, I love this sentiment as I have fond memories of feeding chickadees out of my hand when I was young. I love looking at the pictures of my brothers and I with these small little birds perched on our outstretched hands eating sunflower seeds.

Anyway, hope you're all having a wonderful weekend!

Little Sketch for You to Try

A friend of mine requested some baby cards the other day and I was happy to comply! It's been a while since I've made any and I had fun. I used Jen's sketch for you to try (big congrats to my friend Megan who is now a sketch sister!) for my layout and Bitty Baby Blessings from Papertrey Ink. The patterned paper is from the DCWV Nana's Nursery stack. I pleated the ribbon and then sewed it - if you're looking how to do this Amy wrote an awesome tutorial here.
Hope you're having a great start to your week! Later taters!

Soaring By...

I'm still on my quest to use the images from the Everyday Button Bits set. I love this hot air balloon image and I paired it with some shimmery cardstock and shimmery Bo Bunny paper. The layout is last week's Mojo Monday sketch with a few minor changes. These images are really easy to use - I think that this set will be really versatile.
Hope you had a wonderful weekend! Happy Monday!

Everyday Sketchy Buttons!

Hello friends!! I had a chance to play along with Taylor's sketch challenge and pulled out my Everyday Button Bits set from Papertrey. I had been dying for this set but have only used a couple of images so far. I paired this fun floral image with some old Scenic Route Sonoma paper (that I still {heart}) which matches perfectly with PTI's sweet blush and berry sorbet. I threw a little Kiwi Kiss in there as well and called it good! I tried to fit a sentiment on there, but after fiddling for way too long, gave up and stamped a birthday sentiment inside the card!
I'm off to get some cleaning done (oh yeah!) so I hope you're having a great week so far!! Later taters!

Enjoy the Ride Under the Wire!!

I actually made this card last weekend, but haven't had a chance to post it until today. I used the sketch from Crazy 4 Challenges and my Papertrey Everyday Button Bits. I also got out my Cosmo Cricket Early Bird patterned paper. Although this card was relatively simple, it took me a while to "get it right". I adore this stamp set and cannot wait to use it some more!! This card is going to one of our small group leaders from Church who is going on a mission to Haiti next week. I think the sentiment is totally appropriate!!
Hope you have a great weekend! We're all sick here and we have my son's birthday party tomorrow. But it's all good! Later taters!

Friendly Mercy!

Happy Monday y'all! I finally had a chance to stamp this weekend and made this for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. I took a little creative license and used the flower as my top panel. I got this set from Papertrey last month and hadn't used it yet. It was so much fun to colour - although I do need some more practice! The paper is some older Basic Grey and it's paired with Rose Red and Almost Amethyst (even if it looks more blue in the pic!). Not sure if you can see, but I stamped the smaller flower from the set in white ink on the amethyst panel and then cut the panel in three pieces.
Hope you have a great start to your week!! Later taters!

Stitched Clean and Simple

Hey y'all!! We're on vacation in Georgia so the greeting seemed appropriate! Man it's hot down here! We're having an especially damp, cold summer so it seems especially warm here!

I made this card last week for both the colour challenge and clean and simple challenge over at Splitcoast. The colours were blush blossom, coral, celery, chocolate chip and white. The clean and simple challenge was to use stitching. I pulled out some Doodlebug rubon stitches that I've been hoarding and they worked beautifully - time to use up the rest of the packs!

The woodgrain stamp is from Hero Arts and the flowers are from Papertrey. This is different for me - but I'm pleased with it. I am really wanting the new woodgrain bg stamp from Stampin' Up, but not sure if I can justify it, seeing as I already have a stamp (albeit much smaller).

I'm off to Archivers today (so excited!) so I'm going to vamoose! Hope you're having a great week!

Taylored Friendship

Two posts in one day - what the heck's going on??? Don't get too used to it - this post is to squeak my entry in for Taylor's sketch challenge! I used Quilter's Sampler by Papertrey and some more of that yummy Scenic Route paper (Sonoma). This is actually a very late thank you for a RAK that I received a long while back. The person getting it is amazing with sewing and fabric, so it totally suits! I pleated the ribbon, which also qualifies for today's Ways to use it Challenge over on Splitcoast! Later taters!!

Quilted Comfort

This is a card I made for VSN last weekend on Splitcoast. The challenge was to use a grid technique as well as sponging on your card. I decided to use my Quilter's Sampler set from PTI and simply stamped various quilt blocks on SU's Parisian Breeze paper and punched them out with a square punch. I arranged them randomly and adhered them to a piece of cardstock. I sponged around the entire block as well as around the entire card. I love that this card looks labour intensive, but took less than 45 mins. to make.
Happy Memorial Day weekend to my American friends - hope you're having a wonderful holiday! We've had a busy weekend of yard work, bike riding, a bit of shopping, and lots of family time. Talk to you later taters!!

Sketchy Ladybug!

I made this card last weekend during VSN over at Splitcoast. The challenge was to make a red and black card (and it was o.k. to use white as well!). Red and black always make me think of ladybugs, so I grabbed my Little Lady set from Papertrey. I pulled some old Basic Grey paper (Aged and Confused) and the red pattern paper is Scenic Route. I stamped the ladybug in Riding Hood red ink on shimmery white paper. I also pierced the trail, although you can't quite tell from the picture. I used Taylor's sketch challenge 68 for the layout although I think the panel was supposed to tuck under the scalloped edge - oh well!! I loved making these quick cards for VSN - 45 mins. was the limit to make your card. Having the sketch and colours chosen made it super fast!
It's beautiful here today! 29 degrees Celsius (about 85 degrees Fahrenheit). It finally feels like summer is around the corner! Enjoy your day my friends!!

CPS 104 and Papertrey!

When I saw that Papertrey was the sponsor for this week's CPS sketch, I decided to play along. I was inspired by this card by Alli Miles but didn't want to completely case it so I changed it up a little.

With the sketch, the branch worked better as a branch than a tree, and I used the thicker branch from Take a Bough. The paper is from Papertrey as well but the sentiment is from Stampin Up. Because the card had so much going on in the upper panel, I decided to forgo the bottom panel and just sanded the patterned paper so the sentiment would stand out more.

I got to use up some primas and buttons that have been in my stash for a while - so it's all good!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!

CASEing Dawn!

I've been playing along with the Papertrey Anniversary challenges over on Nichole's blog, and today she challenged us to make a card using the colour scheme from one of Dawn McVey's damask cards. Dawn has her first set releasing this month - a beautiful damask! I chose to use the colours from this baby card (scroll to the bottom of the post), but I actually used the layout from this beauty because I fell in love with it! I don't have a lot of the PTI colours - pretty much just the pinks, so I had to improvise. I used Kiwi Kiss in place of Spring Moss and I stamped the leaves from Beautiful Blooms on the top. I used a piece of Basic Grey Mellow for the bottom, it was richer than my chocolate chip cardstock. I'm not sure where the ribbon came from but it was all I had that was close in colour to Spring Rain. The sentiment is from Little Lady and is stamped in Baja Blue.
As you can see, I'm still on a quest to fill in my stash with some masculine cards! Hope you're having a wonderful Valentine's Day! I was supposed to share my kid's valentine's today but I wanted to get in on the PTI challenge, so I'll share those tomorrow! Have a goodie (as Dawn likes to say!)!

Papertrey For My Friend

I am so excited about this card!! This was one of those times where I had an idea in my head, and was actually able to execute the idea so that it turned out exactly how I had envisioned. Today's Papertrey challenge was to make a card for a friend. I wanted to make a card for my best friend, who is having a rough time at work. She's a quilter and pretty much the reason I bought the Quilter's Sampler and sentiment set from Papertrey. A couple years ago for Christmas, my friend made me a rag quilt (pictured in the background of the card pic). It's well loved and well used and one of my favorite things, as it is beautiful and reminds me of her. A rag quilt has soft, raggedy seams on the front of the quilt - rather than being hidden away inside the quilt.

I decided I wanted to try and create a rag quilt with my stamps. So after stamping the quilt block on some Scenic Route patterned paper and punching them out, I distressed each block before I adhered them together. I contemplated sponging the edges, but I wanted them to stand out so I left them white. I also die cut some flowers out of muslin and stamped them with the matching flowers from Beautiful Blooms (Nichole did this in her countdown for Beautiful Blooms). I used the CPS sketch for this card and I can't wait to send this to my bff!! Thanks for stopping by!

Papertrey Sketch Challenge

I am having so much fun playing along with the Papertrey Ink challenges. The prizes they are giving away are amazing - one can hope!! I think I may have overdone it with the circles on this one - but what can you do? I am still trying to make some masculine cards for my stash, and I think this one qualifies. Hope you're having a wonderful Saturday so far!! I'll be back tomorrow probably with another PTI challenge, and to show you my entry for the MFT Guest Designer contest!

Papertrey Colour Challenge

I know - 2 posts in one day!!! What is this world coming to? Really I screwed up on the deadline for the PTI bag contest and now I'm playing catch up. This is for the colour challenge and this one will be in on time. We were supposed to use pure poppy, summer sunrise, ripe avocado and ocean tides. I had a hard time with this one - I'm usually o.k. with 3 colours, but 4 freaks me out! I had to match up the colours as best I could as I don't own these PTI colours yet.

The layout is from Taylor's Weekend Sketch challenge - a fun one this week! Thanks for looking again!