Ten Minute Tag Card

It's late but as soon as I got in from work I had a go at today's challenge for the Papertrey anniversary celebrations.  Today is is the turn of the stamp designers and we were given a free digi download to play with.

This started out as a tag but looked too plain and although I am still not 100% about the card it is what it is!    

 

I think this will be it for me this week - tomorrow evening I am off to a special night at the National Theatre.  I have been invited to see She Stoops to Conquer with supper and meet the cast and crew after the performance - get me!

Papertrey Anniversary Day 1 Take Two

My second card for today's anniversary celebration of the PTI design team's favourite things is inspired by my favourite DT member Dawn McVey's card here.  I always think of Raspberry Fizz as Dawn's colour and one of my favourite things is the bloom builder die that she used on hers. 

I chose a different leaf pattern and made the flowers from Dotty Biscotti and tried out my new lace impression die on cream card stock.

My 5 favourite PTI things?

• Bloom Builders #3
• Turning a New Leaf
• Berry Sorbet
• Quatrefoil Die
• Any stamp set by Melissa Bickford

I'd love to know what yours are!

Papertrey 5th Anniversary

Its Papertrey Ink's fifth birthday celebrations starting today - always an exciting time of the year for addicts like me!  The challenge today is to take inspiration from one of the design team's favourite PTI things.

I took my cue from Betsy Veldman's card here.  I love Betsy's folk art style that she sometimes shows us and as it's the weekend and we have our first snow it was the perfect time to hibernate and craft.

I felt a bit out of my comfort zone with all the turquoise (Hawaiian Shores) and had to get family input on what colours to go with it - Fliss chose the Raspberry Fizz - but I kinda like how it out and I needed to try out the new boarder die;)

The light is going now so not sure I will have time for another tonight - I do have a fancy to do one of Dawn's too!  Thanks for stopping by.

A Year of Flowers - Gina K

Last week I saw on Melanie Muenchinger's blog that she had a new book published with her stamp set A Year of Flowers - you can download it at Annies Attic - and this set is one of my favourites.  I have set myself a target to try a version of each of the samples in the book and here are the first two.

It felt good to get my Copics out after far too long!

The blue best wishes card is stamped as a continuous trellis and then cut out  (not easy/very fiddly!) and popped up on foam dots.   The sentiment is from There She Goes.

I haven't put a sentiment on this lily and tulip card as yet - just waiting for the right occasion!  I think it may work as a sympathy card to have in reserve as I never feel like making one when I need one. Note to self to use a stamp positioner next time to get the stems in the right place!

Have a good week and thanks for stopping by!

Timeless Tuesday #150

 So I am sitting at my craft desk aka my dining table and I am trying to come up with some inspiration for this year's calendar and I am struggling.  So I go to my file and pull out last years to try and kick start myself and I remember that I had made all the pages with my Flourishes Year of Flowers stamps and coloured them with copics.  Unfortunately I lost all the photos of them when we were burgled last year but it suddenly struck me that I could use the images again as they are in perfect condition.

So then I hopped over to the Flourishes blog and the challenge this week is to make a tri-fold card; so here we have January's Crocuses .......

 I used Anna Griffin pale green card stock with Papertrey plum pudding dp (although it looks blue in this photo) and the same plum ribbon.

I stamped the inside sentiment especially for my friend Betty - it has been so lovely to have her here in the UK for Christmas visiting her family - hope it makes it safely over the pond for you!

Quatrefoil!

I must admit that I had never heard of a quatrefoil before Papertrey Ink bought out this new die but as soon as I saw it I knew I had to have it!  I have used it so much already and here are two that I managed to photograph in decent light these last weeks.

The first is cut from Harvest Gold card and mounted on Kraft Bitty Dots paper with some copic coloured dahlias and a few copper pearls.

 

Above and below are two Maile Belles inspired (cased!) cards both using the Background Basics:Circles which I am now officially in love with!  I'm not sure why my ribbon on the friend card looks so creamy as it isn't in the flesh.

Finally a card that I made using the Papertrey Simple Sunflower set and a half and half die for my friend Penny for her birthday last year - sorry Penny, not much white space left!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Post Christmas Catch-Up

Long time - no blogging!  I am not sure where December ran off to but it sure disappeared fast!  Time to wish you a very Happy New Year and thank you for stopping by since I last touched base here.

First up is one of the Christmas cards I made this year using the Peaceful Poinsettia stamps and dies. 

I stamped the flowers in pink pearlescent ink and matched it up with some Autumn Rose and Scarlet Jewel card stock.  I got my inspiration from this card by the very talented Deanna - my new favourite blog to browse!

I also whipped up some little decorations from an old pack of Basic Grey Christmas papers  they were really easy to make once I had worked out the dimensions of the triangle I wanted!

Here are two I remembered to photograph before I gave them away ....

and another with lots of glitter!

I'll be back shortly with some new cards - it's been so good to have a couple of weeks off to do a bit of  crafting.

Make it Monday meets A Passion for Papertrey

Whilst I was in background stamping mode I had a go at the challenge over at A Passion for Papertrey this fortnight - to create with the colours below....

I used melon berry, spring moss and chocolate with Turning a New Leaf and Flower Fusion number 9 - the focal is from the 2011 Holiday Tags set and it's mounted on some melon berry felt - I know I'm in the minority but I love melon berry!

I needed a few tags so knocked up a few with the same colour scheme using the tag die and the flower fusion no. 9 die.

Here is a close up of the new formula ink in spring moss - it stamps beautifully - much better than the last spongy formula but I now have 3 spring moss ink pads!

Many thanks for stopping by this weekend - hopefully yours has been as relaxing as mine!

Make it Monday

Or in my case it's Make it Sunday!

I haven't done a Make it Monday before but I love to make a big sheet of background paper and cut it up and for this card I used my new Christmas Poinsettia stamp set.

Although the red poinsettias are the traditional kind I like the pink and white versions that are in the shops for the last few years - so I stamped mine in raspberry fizz with metallic gold centres.  The leaves are from Turning a New Leaf stamped in the new formula spring moss ink - I really love it but is anyone else having a real problem getting the lids off??

Right - it's the last episode of Downton Abbey tonight - I'm going to miss my Sunday night fix!

Simple Silhouette

At A Passion for Papertrey this week the challenge is to include sillhoutettes and as I have hardly used my Iconic Images I pulled it out for this card as a last minute entry.

I used veracolour inks to stamp the background and tried to match the Autumn Rose cardstock.  I just love this colour and the ribbon is so pretty!

I hope you had a great weekend - I went off into town today to the Degas exhibition at the Royal Academy - it was just fantastic and a real treat to see so many fabulous paintings and now I "need" to have a bronze ballerina!

October PTI Blog Hop

Such a great inspiration photo for this month's blog hop that I fished out some supplies and had a crack - it's been ages since I joined in.

In my recipe for this card - Daydreamer stamps on stampers select white card in Persimmon versacolour ink, Autumn Abundance dp and terracotta tile ribbon.  Simply Chartrause card base and some orange card to match those lovely pumpkins from my stash.

Now I look at it I wished I had stamped some flourishes on the card base to match the orange and white pumpkin but it's done now!

Thanks for popping by - enjoy the hop!

Daisies and Doilies

I managed to drag myself out of the crafting doldrums this weekend and get my crafting goodies out onto the table for a play.

Seeking inspiration to kick start me I went over to Melissa Bickford's blog to look at her flower fusion samples - I love this one where she has stamped a sheet of daisies.  I don't have the same # 9 as it's on its way over so I used the flower from Floral Frenzy stamped in plum pudding, hibiscus burst, spring moss and summer sunrise.

There is a feast of die cutting on this card - nestabilities, Parisian lace doilies, sending you leaves, photo finishers and bloom builders # 3 - no wonder I needed new plates for my little cuttlebug!  I am saving my pennies for a Grand Calibre machine - or maybe Santa might take an early hint!