Simon Says Stamptember - Honey Bee

How I just love this set by Honey Bee.  I wanted to try it out and ended up making a card for a friend I haven't seen in a bit who is a cat lover as well.
I colored in the images with my Prismacolor pencils.  I didn't smooth out my coloring the way I should have but it can always be fixed later.

Supplies
Honey Bee - Oh My Whiskers
Papertrey Ink - Delightful Dahlia additions (saying)

Thank you for stopping by!

Terri

Simon Says Stamptember - Lawn Fawn

Such a gloomy Sunday but a great day to get some card making done.
I knew I had some Lawn Fawn and found an older holiday set - Deck the Halls in with my Christmas items.  I decided to use my GinaK Wreath Builder to really shake this up.  I also had some doily's in the closet which I thought would add something different to the card base.  I colored it some ink blending.

Supplies

Lawn Fawn - Deck the Halls
GinaK Wreath Builder & Holiday wreath builder stamp set for the circle in the center
Ink
GinaK - Amalgam Obsidian, Sea Glass & Tranquil Teal
Papertrey Ink - Cocoa Bean, Fine Linen, Spring Moss & Olive Twist

Thank you for stopping by.

Terri

Simon Says Stamptember - Neat & Tangled

I made this card for a nephew and never put it on my blog thus the new entry.

This is their Art Deco stamp.  It was a little bit of work but the end result made it worth it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Terri

Simon Says Stamptember - Altnew

One of my newer purchases, and one of the most anticipated/exciting, is from Altnew entitled Angelique Motifs.  It is a set that I purchased not only the stamps/dies but also the newer mask stencil.  I won't lie there was a learning curve with the masks and my card is far from perfect.  But I know my recipient will love it regardless as it is handmade.

Here is a list of my supplies:

Altnew - Angelique Motifs - stamps/dies/stencil masks
Sequins
Avery Elle - Big Happy Birthday
Papertrey Ink - Watered Rose stamp (small leaf)
Ink -
Papertrey Ink - Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Terracotta Tile, Lilac Grace, Lavender Moon, Amethyst Allure, Plum Pudding, Aqua Mist & Hawaiian Shores
GinaK - Key Lime, Lucky Clover, Sea Glass & Tranquil Teal

I hope you enjoyed my card and thank you for stopping by!

Terri

Simon Says Stamptember - Concord and 9th

I didn't even realize these stamps existed until a stop at a favorite store up in Wisconsin.  They are genius and called Turnabout stamps.  They make card making a breeze.  You pick how many turns you want to do, I did all 4, and then pick the inks for each turn.
This card is a little off as it was my first try but I have figured out that you need to really have your card centered right in those little marks on their jig for this pattern to turn out perfectly, or as close as possible.
Here is my card

Thank you for stopping by!

Terri

Simon Says Stamptember - GinaK Designs

I recently took a road trip up into Wisconsin to visit Gina's store, Village Paper & Ink, and found some wonderful items that had to come home with me.  Of those the Glitz glitter gel intrigued me the most.  Yes, me the one that HATES glitter wanted to really try out this product.  Can I say magic!  No glitter all over my workspace but the glitter shine on the finished product.
Of course I had to try out the black and then using the white I added colored with some of her ink that I had also purchased.  Because of this I had this weird blob of purple glitz in the corner of my paper that I had to cut away.  The idea of cutting along the design came to me today while trying to figure out how to make this look acceptable for a card. I glued my image to a black background, white embossed a sentiment, popped this up with craft foam, matted on another piece of cardstock that matches my image then the whole thing was glued to a white card base.  I added some sequins for some additional shine.
 I LOVE how this turned out, what do you think?

Supplies:
GinaK Glitz glitter gel - black
GinaK Art Stencil floral
The Greetery birthday sentiment
PTI - Soft Stone cardstock
Sequins
Black Bazzil cardstock


Thank you for stopping by!

Terri

PTI Win it Wednesday

These challenges help me to keep up on my cardmaking.  Sometimes you just want to read a book or walk the mall with a girlfriend and get a Starbucks.
This weeks challenge was to use a sentiment die as your focal point.  I really wanted to use my Bold Borders Wave die for this card, the idea was already in my head, so I stamped a Backgrounds Basic stamp onto Kraft cardstock using Kraft ink then die cut the paper.  With some subtle patterned paper behind this border die it truly makes the birthday sentiment pop.  Here is my card -

The card is for my brother in law, guy cards are so hard to do.

Here are my supplies:

All are PTI

Bold Borders Wave

Background Basics Birch

Happy birthday die

Cardstock - Kraft and Americana

Pattern paper - Bitty Big Spring Moss

Thank you for stopping by!

Terri

PTI Win it Wednesday

Laurie's Fabulous favorites challenge #2.

I used a layout for my card that I saw on Pinterest sometime towards the end of last year.  The design was simple which really caught my eye.

My favorite color is hard to pin down but for this challenge I am saying it is Aqua Mist.  Here is my card -

I used four different stamp sets for this card to really mix it up.  I think my girlfriend is going to love it.

Supplies:

Aqua Mist cardstock

PTI stamp sets: Gran's Garden, Leave it be, Spruce & Sprigs & Ivy & Bloom

PTI ink - Melon Berry, Soft Stone, Prairie Grass, Bright Buttercup, Stormy Sea & Canyon Clay

Wink of Stella for some shimmer

Gina K connect glue

Sequins

Thank you for stopping by!

Terri

Papertrey Ink Make it Monday

I have today off for Columbus day and decided to get a little crafty.  I joined in on the MIM over here.  You can check out the video there as well.
I really love the shape shifter dies and thought this was a great idea.  I used some patterned paper on my card but Ashley used a coverup stamp on some plain cardstock for hers.  What a quick and easy card idea!

Here is my card

I just know the recipient is going to love this as much as I do.

Supplies (all PTI except for last 2 items)

Bitty Big patterned paper in Berry Sorbet & Pale Peony
Cardstock - Hawaiian Shores
Ink - Berry Sorbet, Pale Peony & Spring Moss
Stamps - Corner Adorners June & Make it Market Lovely Lace (Happy birthday)
Dies - Scallop Stackers Small & Shape Shifters Oval 3
Recollections Rhinestones
Tag die
You can find the PTI supplies here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Terri

Papertrey Ink September blog hop

This month the inspiration has a very fall like feel but I am not exactly ready for summer to be over yet.  Here is the inspiration photo and this is the link to the post to play along here.

This was my take using the colors for inspiration in this birthday card.  I just love those corner adorners.😉

This is a list of my supplies (all are PTI except for the last one)

Cardstock - Prairie  Grass & Saffron Spice
Patterned paper - Bitty Big- Honey Nut
Dies: Scallop Stackers Large & Pierced Feature Frames Oval
Stamp/Die set - Corner Adorner May
Ink - Prairie Grass, Saffron Spice, Honey Nut, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise & Cocoa Bean
SCT delivered stamp - Celebration

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you had a chance to play along.

Terri

PTI September Create with Us

Papertrey Ink just had their September release yesterday so this week the challenge is to find inspiration from one of the Design Team members.  You can find the challenge here.
I absolutely love everything that the DT creates but Dawn McVey is my favorite.  You can find her here.
This is the card that I chose for my inspiration.

Isn't it beautiful?
And here is what I created.

I changed the orientation as I wanted to use that particular greeting.

Here are the supplies I used (all are PTI except the last 2).

Holiday Plaid patterned paper
Paper- Pinefeather and Pure Poppy
Dies- Pierced Feature Frames, Scallop Stackers Medium and A2 Noted Scalloped Dies
Stamp - Holiday Swoosh
Bazzill paper for card base
Black ink

Thank you for stopping by.
Terri

PTI Create with Us

It has been months since my last post I just noticed.  Hmmmm busy and not sharing my creations it would seem.
Today I needed to make another birthday card for a family member and at the same time create something that I could post for the challenge this week over at PTI.  Who doesn't like the possibility of winning a GC to their store?  Here is the link to the post if you want to join in PTI.
Anyway, if you know me at all you know I just love everything that Dawn McVey creates so I am using her idea as the base for my card.
Here is her card...

Isn't the whole design just beautiful!

Now I didn't have any of the items she used so I improvised with stamp/dies in my stash.  Here is my card...

I thought it would be fun to use some of her products that I haven't used in awhile.  I also used a holiday set as my flower borders on this birthday card, love the simplicity of that set.

Here is a list of my supplies (everything is PTI except the last item):

Raspberry Suite - Holiday Greens Borders & 2015 Birthday tags

To the Point Edgers II

Ink- Green Parakeet, New Leaf & Raspberry Fizz

Paper - Green Parakeet, Cocoa Bean & Bright Buttercup

Sequins

Scallop die from Spellbinders 

Thank you for stopping by!

Terri

February PTI blog hop

Today Papertrey Ink has their monthly blog hop.  The colors as I interpreted them are soft which is a little outside my norm.  This was a good challenge for me to stretch outside my comfort zone.

Here is the link if you are interested in joining along Blog Hop.

This is what I created.

Supplies are all PTI.

Stamps - Corner Adorner February & Sentiment Staples - Birthday

Ink - Lemon Tart, Spring Moss, Pale Peony & Lilac Grace

Cardstock - Soft Stone & Lilac Grace

I hope you enjoyed this cute card and join in over on PTI's blog.

Thank you for stopping by.

Terri

PTI 11th Anniversary stripe challenge

I needed to make a birthday card for my girlfriend and really wanted to use the new Brushed birds set that I received last month with my order.  This seemed the perfect challenge to incorporate those birds.
I used a color palate inspired by Melissa Philips.

Supplies:
PTI-
MIM Brushed birds
Mix & Mat Pretty Brackets
Soft stone patterned paper & solid for tag
Harvest Gold patterned paper & solid for card base
Ink- Melon Berry, Autumn Rose, Pale Peony & Bright Buttercup

Altnew Paper bag ink & Birthday builder stamp
Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Rectangle die
Sequins

Thank you for stopping by!
Terri

PTI color challenge

A real quick post so I can get this up on PTI's blog for the challenge due in the morning.

Terri

PTI 11th Anniversary challenges

Papertrey Ink will be retiring stamp sets in May.  The challenge was to use a set off of the retiring list.
I have had this set for quite some time and haven't really used it yet.  This was my perfect opportunity.  At first I tried to do some stamping but then realized that the images pre-printed would look perfect after cutting them out with the matching dies.
I was so happy  how quickly this came together being that I wanted to get this done on a work night.

Here is my card

Supplies:

Make It Market kit Color Pop Butterflies
Keep it Simple Birthday III stamp

Thank you for stopping by!

Terri

PTI 11th Anniversary

Today's challenge was to use only dies to create a card.  No stamping allowed.  I had to put on my thinking cap for this one as most of my cards are stamped floral images.  You can check out the challenge here.
I found the perfect PTI die to create this card.

I just love how this turned out with all the different greens I used.

Supplies:

PTI  You've Been Framed Diamond Die
PTI Happy birthday
PTI cardstock colors - Simply Chartreuse, Tropical Teal & Saffron Spice

Thank for stopping by!

Terri

January PTI Create with Us

Instead of a Make it Monday for this last weeks challenge, due to the January release of their new stamps/dies & stencils, Papertrey Ink is having a Create with Us.  There are so many inspiring projects to choose from but I found this one by Lizzie Jones just irresistible.

My purchase came just in time for me to create this adorable card.  Here is mine:

I absolutely love how this turned out and I hope my sister in law likes it as well.  And as a side note I am going to go back and buy the stamps/dies for the balloons as I decided I really need them :)

Here is the link if you are interested in joining PTI.

Supplies (all are Papertrey Ink):

Bitty Big Raspberry Fizz patterned paper & Raspberry Fizz cardstock

To the point edgers II

Stitched shapes (stamped pink balloon)

Balloon stencil

Birthday strings stamp

Ink: New Leaf, Aqua Mist, Harvest Gold, Orange Zest, Soft Stone & True Black

Wink of Stella clear for some added dimension on the main balloon

Thanks for stopping by!

Terri

It's Christmas Card day

Over at SimonSaysBlog they are having a contest to win a gift certificate to their online store for uploading a picture of your Christmas cards that you have made this year.
I was going to quickly upload my photos using PhotoBucket to no avail.  That website drives me nutty.  So a quick blog post and off I go.
Here are 2 of my cards that I have made this year.  I used some really cute stamps.  The snowmen are available on SimonSays online store.

Thanks for stopping by.  

Terri

Mojo's October crop

I had these pictures of Lulu on my phone for quite some time.  I had picked out some things from my stash to use on a layout and those items were out on my counter for about 3 months.  They went together beautifully.

Did this not turn out adorable?!?

Supplies:

Authentique paper- Foundations
Basic Grey [un]dressed - Margie - letters
Bazzill chips - arrow
Prima - Little darling kitten
My Mind's Eye - transfer title - Princess
Pet Parade charm
Stampin' up ink Cameo Coral - colored chipboard

Thanks for stopping by.

Terri