Baby Shower card -- welcome Gracie!

What a joy to make this card! Some friends who've wanted to be parents for a long time have adopted a little girl.
There were many steps to this card -- several dies, embossing, fussy cutting, stamping, paper-piecing; but so worth the effort.

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies: PTI stamps, cardstock, ink, buttons, cupcake die,ribbon; Spellbinders dies, Memento brown, dollar spot jewel

PTI May Blog Hop: Touch of Gold

How timely for PTI's Blog Hop to feature gold accents -- I needed to make a card for a 50th anniversary party. Each of those things inspired me to get a card made.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies: PTI: cardstock, Mat Stack die, edger die, sentiment stamp; Hero Arts vine background stamp, Delicata gold ink, Spellbinders medallion die, Anna Griffin ribbon

Summer-y Birthday card w/PTI Chevron cover plate

I used a new supply in the same week I received it! The PTI Chevron cover plates were so entrancing, I bought both the horizontal & the vertical!

I cut it out from PTI's linen vellum. I'd forgotten this existed until some of the DT used it in their countdown projects. This LO is CASEd from THIS card by Jess Witty.

The birthday girl liked it, so I was a happy card-maker.

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies: PTI: cardstock, vellum, stamp, dies; Memento ink, EK circle punch, Spellbinders daisy die

Memorial Day "Any Hero mail" signing for OWH

I made about 170 cards (with some assembly help from some little crafty girls & their mamas) for a card signing at my church.
These were "Any Hero Mail" cards for Operation Write Home. They have a constant need for these to include in the boxes of handmade cards they send out to units of deployed U.S. Armed Services. You can read more about this here http://operationwritehome.org/anyhero/

Kristina Werner blog giveaway haul!

Kristina Werner did a huge giveaway on her blog -- she was moving to a new house & needed to purge her craft room. She just asked that we pay for shipping of the box of goodies -- what a deal!
I was one of the lucky winners of a Priority Mail box stuffed w/great stuff!
I knew this box was meant to be mine because the first thing I pulled out was a box of Eiffel Tower cards w/French-themed stamps! Further into the box, I found a BG set w/ more French sentiments!
I hope the pictures give you an idea of how much goodie was packed into that box.
Thanks, Kristina! May your new house be a blessing to you & to everyone who enters it!

Online Card classes: Pattern Play, day 2

Here's my card to show stamping on patterned paper. It also shows the mixing of patterns, using a coordinated set of papers.
The classes at OCC are really good.
Thanks for coming by to take a look!

Supplies: Bazzill Card Shoppe, MME Stella & Rose PP, PTI stamp, Memento ink, Martha Stewart punch, Corner Chomper

PTI 6th anniversary: Design Team Favorite inspiration

I used this card (BELOW) by Maile Belles as inspiration. I like the images turned different ways to form a pattern. I decided to use card stock, instead of stamps to make my pattern. My son is a Valentine, so this (ABOVE) is his birthday card.



Supplies: PTI cardstock, dies & stamp; Versafine ink, foam tape, Corner Chomper.

Waltzingmouse Blog Party -- even cameos deserve a little kiss!

Here's my card for the January Waltzingmouse Blog Party. The stamps I used are some that I won in a release night haul.
This will be my husband's Valentine card. (Shhh, don't tell him!)
Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies: Waltzingmouse stamps, Inks: Amuse & Versafine, cardstock PTI, punch- Martha Stewart, foam squares

OWH Mid-Week Throwdown: Show us your green

I saw this sketch on the OWH blog & wanted to try it. The Mid-week throw-down seemed like a good reason to do it.
Thanks for taking a look.

Supplies: Bazzill cardstock, Cosmo Cricket PP, dollar stamp from Michael's, Punches -- EK success & Martha Stewart, (wavy square unkown)