Stamp-a-faire Mini book

Hello! I would like to share the mini book I made to document the Papertrey Stamp-a-faire 2012. I had seen others on the PTI forum make similar books to hold the SAF badges and other memories, and I decided to try my own. You can read more about the individual challenges on Nicole's blog post here. I am thrilled with the results! Hope you like them too!

I started with a mini book layout using Christina Kowalczyk's example here. I made mine a horizontal layout instead of vertical. I mostly used the PTI stamp set Summer Camp.
Here is the book front, with the jute tied around it to keep it shut..

 Front without the closure.

 Left side explains all about the Stamp-a-faire, right side is a group picture of our group that day.

 All about the day.

 This is what the book looks like from the top - it's an accordion type layout.

 Group shot.

 Knots Badge and Memory Preservation badge. I just took pictures of my projects for each challenge. the Projects themselves were too big to fit in the book.

 Friendship Badge and Craft Conservation Badge.

 Card Set Correspondence Badge and Rainbow Badge.

 DIY - Make your own Embellishment Badge and my name tag.

 The rest of the pages are pictures of people that attended the SAF day in Centreville, VA with me. Lots of friendships made that day. :)

Wedding and 50th Anniversary cards

Hello! I have two cards to share with you today. The first card is for a wedding for a very special couple from our church. Josh and Allisa were married on July 5th, 2012 on a VERY HOT day. It was an outside wedding at a vineyard in Virginia. Although I did not attend the wedding, I wanted to give the couple something special to celebrate their union. Here is what I came up with:

The white background paper was from PaperSource - I've had it in my stash a long time, waiting for a special occasion. I used the following Papertrey supplies: Filigree Border die, Love and Marriage stamp set, and white cardstock. The heart on the ribbon is from Melissa Frances.

 I packaged the card in a Papertrey stamp box, and made a belly band with the couple's names on it - printed on the computer. On the inside of the card is a Papertrey seed packet cut out of vellum and embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder, containing a gift card. I was pleased with how this came out!

The second card was for a friend of mine who was celebrating her 50th wedding anniversary with her husband. I liked this wedding card so much, that I thought I would do something similar for her. Here is what I came up with for Julia & Raymond:

For this card, the background was from a patterned paper pack from Webster pages - Sunday Picnic and Everyday Poetry. I cut the 50 using Papertrey By the Numbers dies and some glitter paper from Michaels. The sentiment is from the Half and Half Set by Papertrey. The heart is from Melissa Frances, and the doily die cut is from a Spellbinder's Lacey Doily die. 

Again, I packaged this card in a Papertrey stamp box and made a custom belly band for the box. I included a gift card enclosure inside the card using the Papertrey Seed Packet envelope die with vellum. 

Thanks for looking!

Friendship Jar Project

Hello! I decided the other day, that it was high time to pull out my Papertrey Friendship Jar stamp sets (I have all of them) and give them some love. I have been inspired by Melissa Phillips to use glitter more on my cards - I just love her Friendship Jar cards here and here. So I die cut a bunch of jars - big and small, and went to work. Some of these I made duplicates of because I liked them so much. Almost all the cards are covered with fine clear glitter, although it doesn't show up very well in these pictures. There's still lots of glitter on my desk, and I can count on my husband to let me know I have glitter on my face when he comes home in the evening. haha - I just tell him it's part of my sparkling personality - :)

Anyway - here are the cards and a couple tags - I made 10 cards total and two tags.

I used all PTI supplies (except for some ribbon and the red gingham paper). Stamp sets: Friendship Jars, Summer fillers, Spring Fillers, Framed Out #2, Postmarks, Background Basics Twinkle, Background Basics Argyle, PTI patterned paper.

Note: I just love PTI Enchanted Evening ink on Blueberry Sky paper (You've got Mail card). It really pops! Hope you enjoy! Now, to go clean up all that glitter!

Monday with Melis Challenge #1

Hello! I had fun participating in the Monday with Melis (Melissa Phillips on the Papertrey Team) today. Her challenge was to create a card with a birthday theme, using a heart, a background stamp, scallops, and buttons. I seem to be in the baby card mode lately, with a little 7 month granddaughter and another grandchild on the way, so I created this card for a child's birth-day - as a congratulations card for the new parents. I used the Background Basics Twinkle set on the top half of the card, the heart border die and Aqua Mist felt, antique buttons from my stash, and the scalloped border dies (small and medium) with felt for the rosettes. I also used the Filigree border die, the Sending you die, Inside Out Baby sentiments stamp set, PTI Aqua Mist cardstock, Versacolor "Celadon" ink, and some lace on this card. I had to split the sentiment line "The Greatest of Gifts" into two lines by selective inking in order to get it to fit on the Sending You die. Hope you enjoy!

2012 Easter cards for the Grandchildren

Hello! I had such fun creating Easter cards for my grandchildren this year! I thought I'd share them with you.

First up is the card I made for Lucas, our 9 year old grandson. I found it was harder to make an Easter card for a 9 year old that wasn't too girly, or too childish. I decided to use the new Seeing Stars stamp set from Papertrey Ink, as well as one of the sentiments from Movers and Shakers Sentiments. I also used the double ended banner die and the new stars border die. it isn;t real Eastery on the outside, but the inside message is an Easter one.

The next card is for my 7 month old granddaughter Chloe. I try to make her a birthday card each month (for the first year). This was her first Easter card. The stamp I used on her card was a Tilda stamp from Magnolia. I love coloring these with my copics. I used Flower Soft on the tummy and bottom of her foot. I used the computer generated tutorial on Make-it-Monday #59 by Erin Lincoln to make the sentiment on the top of the card. I cut it out with a Spellbinders banner die. I also used PTI white cardstock, and Happy Spots patterned paper. The ovals were cutout with Spellbinders Labels #10 dies. The ribbon is an Offray ribbon from an outlet near me.

The last Easter card is really a tag, it's for my yet unborn grandchild. The baby will be born in September. I do not know the sex yet, so I left the tag gender neutral. I used the  Friendship Jar stamp set and Tag Sale #3 from Papertrey, as well as some copics to color the image in. Again, the ribbon is from the Offray outlet.

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for stopping by!

Using the Card Base-ics die from Papertrey

I was very excited to get my Card Base-ics die from Papertrey a couple weeks ago. I already had a use in mind for it. I make cards for the secretary at our church to send out to folks in the congregation when they are sick or going through a rough time, or just need encouragement. I usually like to include Scripture on the card, but it's almost impossible to choose the right verse with the right inside sentiment. That's where the Card Base-ics die comes in. Using the die, I was able to cut out bases for the cards, which included the little flaps to insert a sentiment.

Then I stamped several different Scripture verses on white cardstock, most using the PTI Library card die (which fits perfectly in the card flaps).

I also used the Christmas Label Die and printed out various inside sentiments from Healing Touch Sentiments and put scor-tape on the back to affix on the inside of the card.
Luckily, the secretary at the church is a former stamper, so she is comfortable in putting these elements together. She was very excited when I showed her how she can custom choose the right Scripture and inside sentiments for the particular card she is sending! An added bonus is that the recipient is able to just slip out the Scripture verse from the front card flaps and carry it with them in their wallet or purse for encouragement during the day. Here's the complete set, which I then packaged up in a PTI clear card box (the older, bigger ones that stamp sets came in). Hope this inspires you to get out those Card Base-ics dies and put them to work!

Papertrey MIM #56 - Die cutting a partial image - card 2

  
Hello! I am participating in Papertrey's Make it Monday challenge this week. Betsy Veldman did a video here on how to die cut only part of a die. I received this Hallmark card from a friend and decided to try to case it with stamps of my own.

I set out using the Beautiful Blooms 2 stamp set from Papertrey, aqua mist and raspberry fizz inks, and a sentiment from Inside Out Thank You. I did a trifold card, scoring and folding an 11" x 4 1/2" at 3 1/2" and 8".  I am pleased with the results and hope you like it too!

 Thanks for looking!

Papertrey MIM #56 Die cutting partial images

Hello! I am participating in Papertrey's Make it Monday challenge this week. Betsy Veldman did a video here on how to die cut only part of a die. The butterflies in Beautiful Butterflies immediately came to my mind. I had a little trouble with the right side of the butterfly almost cutting through, but due to the thickness of PTI cardstock, it just made an indentation. So with no further ado, here is my card for the challenge.

I used PTI cardstock, Beautiful Butterflies stamp set, Aqua Mist, Simply Chartreuse, Spring Moss and Spring Rain inks. Thanks for looking!

Papertrey Ink's 5th anniversary contest - Day Ten

Hello! Today is all about interactive cards over at Papertrey Ink. You can read about all the new products that will be available tomorrow here on Nicole's blog. Today's contest was to make an interactive card. I've only done this once - and it was with SU stamps. So I pulled out the card, and made a new one using Papertrey products. I used the All About You stamp set, Simply Chartreuse cardstock, copic markers, and Memento ink. Here's my card before it is opened:

And then when it is stretched open, two little things pop up from inside.

Hope you enjoy it!

Make It Monday #53 Creative Coasters

Wow! It's been such a full 9 days during the Papertrey anniversary celebrations! I don't think I've posted this much on my blog ever. Today's Make It Monday video, which you can see here, was all about using PTI coasters in a creative way. One of the things I love to do with the coasters is to make little mini books. I made one of my granddaughter a couple months ago using the full size of the coasters. Today, I thought I'd make up a little one of her using the button card size for the book. Little babies change so fast - I need to do one of these every couple months. So I used the coasters to cut out the button cards for the pages, and used the letter dies to cut out the words on the front of the book. I need to work on how to glitter the letters better - I wasn't so pleased with the way they came out. But I'll work on that in another book. I discovered it's GREAT to have the number and letter dies and have a constant source for chipboard letters! So here are some peeks of my little booklet. Hope you enjoy!

Papertrey Ink's 5th Anniversary contests - Day 9 - Card #1

Hello! I'm back again with a card for Day nine of Papertrey's 5th Anniversary contest. You can read about the contest over on Nicole's blog here. The challenge today was to create a card using leaves and butterflies, in honor of two new sets being previewed today.
Here is my card for the challenge:

I used Turning a New Leaf and Love Lives Here stamp sets, Spring Moss and Aqua Mist inks, sweet blush cardstock, and cream, raspberry fizz and aqua mist felt for the butterflies. Also put a snippet of the heart border at the bottom. All PTI supplies. Hope you enjoy!

Papertrey 5th Anniversary Day Seven - Card #1

Hello! Back again with a card for the contest Nicole Heady has running over here on her blog for the Papertrey Ink's 5th Anniversary festivities. The challenge was to make a card using hearts. That one was easy, as I am in the middle of making Valentines for my family. This one holds a special place in my heart - it's a Valentine for my first grandchild - little 5 month old Chloe. It's my favorite of all the valentines I've made.

I used Quilter's Additions for the sentiment on the right, Tag-It's #11 for the sentiment on the left, and one of the sentiments from Tiny Treats Valentine for the faux ribbon. Also used the Rosey Posey set. I  used the heart border die and one of the Fillable Frames dies. Thanks for looking!

Papertrey 5th Anniversary Day Six - Card #1

Hello! I'm back again for a contest for Papertrey's 5th anniversary. Nicole provided five sketches for us to choose from for the challenge. You can read more about the challenge and download the sketches here. I chose Sketch #2 to work with on this card. Here is the sketch:

 And here is my take on it - pretty literally. I used Ocean Tides and rustic cream cardstock, the All About You  and Polka Dot Basics stamp sets, the button card die, the zigzag die,  Aqua Mist and Versamark inks, and some vellum. Hope you enjoy!

Papertrey 5th Anniversary - Day Five - card 1

Hello! Back for Papertrey's 5th anniversary contests! You can read about today's contest on Nicole Heady's blog here. It's about using an image off Pinterest to inspire you in making a card. I have a Pinterest account and am using this image:

 Pinned from Vintage Rose Garden.

I made this birthday card using the cupcake image with white frosting and sprinkles (perfect pearl and micro beads), a pink candle, polka dots in the background, and a pink ribbon represented by the spoon. Hope you like it!

I used Papertrey Berry sorbet cardstock and ink, rasberry fizz ink and cardstock, the Birthday By the Numbers stamp set, the Limitless Layers dies, and versafine onyz black ink. The ribbon is from my stash.

Papertrey 5th Anniversary Day Four - Card 2

Hello! I'm back again with another card for Papertrey's Color Combo challenge on Day 4 of their 5th anniversary celebration. I am using Heather Nichols color combo again - I really like it! Here it is:

 

I pulled out my All About You stamp set and Additions and set to work. I created a background with the flowers and leaves in the set using aqua mist, spring moss and kraft inks. I overstamped the design with a text stamp from WMS. Then I used button twine from PTI and a sentiment from the set to finish things off. The sentiment was stamped on a button card out of vintage cream cardstock, then cut down in size. Hope you enjoy!

Papertrey 5th Anniversary - Day Four

Hello! I'm back on Day 4 of the Papertrey 5th year Anniversary festivities with a card for the Color Combo contest. You can read all about today's contest on Nicole's blog here. I have chosen Heather Nichols color combo of kraft, aqua mist, spring moss and vintage cream.

I pulled out Heather's Library Ledger patterened paper and layered the aqua mist polka dot pattern over a kraft card base. Then I layered the notebook page from the same paper pack and stamped it with BB- Text Style 2 using Kraft ink. I pulled out the Tags for Spring stamp set and stamped the leaf image and the sentiment and backed it with a spring moss Limitless Layers Scallop. Then I tucked a couple Turning a New Leaf leaves in behind the tag. Finished it up with Rustic twine. Hope you like it!