Happy Holidays!!!

   

Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season!
                                   

Papertrey Ink May BLOG HOP Challenge

So, here it is again. May 25th, time for the PTI BLOG HOP.

Here is the inspiration photo:

It's a beauty, don't you think?
So, I began with Turning a new Leaf stamps and didn't like the outcome.

Ended up switching to a Simon Says Stamp Background stamp.  I did some ink
smooshing(with various distress inks) and spritzing with water and then stamping my background.
I do like the final outcome but after all that I ended up with just PTI Hawaiian Shores CS, so that's my one PTI product! I even tried a PTI sympathy stamp that ended up too big for the doily!

Here it is:

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!! 

Smile!

I am finally getting around to post this today. It has been a crazy week. I mainly wanted to participate in Make It Monday this week with Dawn. It was all about Patterns Behind Die-Cut Windows. I wanted to also use a stencil to fulfill another challenge over at AAA Cards.

 

  I began inking up my paper through a dotted stencil to make my pattern of dots and decided it would be cute to stamp little faces on some of them from Lawn Fawn's Love You Smore.  I then die cut my flower/sentiment window with Enclosed Flower from PTI in CS and Smokey Shadow Patterned Paper. Layered my cuts and adhered everything together after adding a bit of ribbon.

Hope you all like it. Hope everyone has a great week!

Make it Monday #280: Stamping Outside the Box

Another Make It Monday with all the girls over at Papertrey Ink. It's Lexi's turn this week and I've always loved her clean and simple style. She inspires me so!

I decided to go springy since I cannot wait any longer for some warm sunny days.

Here is my card:

PTI Supplies used: Bitty Bouquets, Monthly Moments:March, Sweet blush,summer sunrise, harvest gold, spring moss, spring rain and lavender moon inks. Avery Elle Pierced Rectangles. 

Versamark Dazzle and clear embossing powder(for the embossed flowers). 

Sorry about the dark photo. I am finally getting my craft room back in order so I will be getting my photo box back up with much better lighting! Thanks for stopping by!!

This card fulfills the:

PTI  Make It Monday Challenge, 

CAS Game #87-Shiny Spring

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge:Make A Rainbow

MAKE IT MONDAY #279: CURVED SENTIMENTS

It's time for Make It Monday with Ashley this week as she gives us some tips on making curved sentiments out of straight sentiment stamps.

I really wanted to use the Enclosed Butterfly die because I had not broken it in yet.
I also wanted to put a little organic stitching in the background so I used my rotary cutter.
Sorry for the poor picture quality, the sun is long gone!

 I am also entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge:
Things with Wings. Also the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

SUPPLIES: Papertrey Ink CS, Enclosed Butterfly Die,
 Birthday Classics:Feb and April Stamps.
Distress Ink and rotary cutter.


Thanks for stopping by today!

Papertrey Ink March blog Hop Challenge

It's the 25th everybody!!

 I think we all know what that means! 

The Papertrey Ink Blog Hop is today!

Here is the gorgeous inspiration photo below:

I broke out some of my new releases and went to work. 
 I had to use the new wood grain stencil, 
among a couple of the new stamp sets.

So, here is what I created:

If anyone has any tips on cleaning the metal stencil, 

let me know. I immediately put it in water

when I was finished with it but it seemed to still have a film of embossing paste on it. I even used a mild soap. Ended up scraping it off with my fingernails!  Anyway, thanks for stopping by today!!

Supplies: Metal wood grain stencil, Courage and Kindness Stamp Set, Cutaway Tags: Spring 

Stamp Set, Floral Sketches Stamp Set, PTI CS and Inks, Embossing paste, Pretty Pink Posh

Scalloped Oval Frame. 

  That's about all. I am off to help with a

 working day at our church. 

Pulling up carpet or something along those lines.

 I hope to be back later to hop along and see 

what everyone else created for today!

Make It Monday #278: Window Chipboard Sentiments

Congratulations to Stephanie for her first Make It Monday video released this week.  It was something I had never thought to do and I love the look.

 I decided to stick with flowers and I have been reaching for the One Big Happy stamp

 set for the past week so it was there staring at me on my desk begging me to give

 it some more love.  I also pulled out some Avery Elle pigment pads that I don't use too much to

 see if I wanted to pass them on to someone else. I am really trying to get rid

 of the stuff I don't use. Or at least relocate it for now.

I needed to make at least a couple Easter cards so I thought this was a good place to start.

SUPPLIES:

  PTI Limeaid Ice CS, One Big Happy Stamp Set, Birthday Classics:April Stamp Set

                    Pretty Pink Posh Scalloped Frames, The Stamps of Life Blessings Die, Avery Elle

                    Pigment Ink Pads(various colors), Lace trim from Hobby Lobby.

Have a great week everyone, not sure what I'll do Sunday night now

 that I have already done the MIM this week!!