Birthday Pixie

I made this card for one of Connor's little girl friends. I also made her a bracelet and she really liked it!
These little ccdesign pixies are so darn cute. I colored her with copics and used Small Lebels Nestabiities to cut her out. I used my scallop rectangle nestabilities to cut the mat. I placed tiny rhinestones in the corners of the scallop rectangle. I stamped the sentiment on PTI Spring Rain cardstock and cut it out with Ribbon Tag Nesties. The little blue flowers were actually colored with copics. They started out a cream color. The paper is from DCWV and the cardstock is PTI Sweet Blush.

Psychic Bella

I love this bella. She has hair like mine! lol I colored her with copics and cut her out with Petite Oval Nestabilities. I cut the sentiment with Ribbon Tags Nestabilities, and painted it with Shimmerz before removing it from the die. This flocked paper by Heidi Grace is so so so gorgeous! You really have to see it in person to appreciate it. The dots are fuzzy and the rest is kind of shimmery. So fun!

Red Tulips

'Wishing You' has GOT TO BE in my top 5 favorite stamp sets. I just love it. =D

I stamped the tulips in red and ripe avacodo on Vintage Cream cardstock. I cut them out with 'Labels Small' Nestabilities and traced it with a spica glitter pen. The paper is from Papertrey Ink 'Green Tea Leaves.'

Adorable Owl

How cute is this little guy??? He is a digital image from Pink Cat Studio. I colored witm with Copics and mounted him on Ripe Avocado cardstock. The paper is PTI Polkadot Parade.

Polkadots and Damask

I really love hot pink and black together! Not to mention Polkadots and damask! lol I got this Damask stamp from the $1 bin at Micheals. I used Labels 1 Nesties to cut it out, and of coursed traced it with a spica glitter pen. I added some rhinestones in the corner for a little extra dazzle and tied it up with black satin ribbon.

Teacher's Apple

There is something about one layer cards that's just so clean and refreshing. I used Papertrey Inks' Teachers Apple on this card. I scored two lines with my scor-pal just to add a little dimension. I thought the gingham ribbon had a bit of a country feel, so it was a good match for the apples. This card could be used for anything!

Gingerbread

Well my Christmas cards are alllllllll done, postage and everything. =D
I used PTI's Holiday button bits for this card. The gingerbread man is sooo cute. I stamped him in a light brown ink, then again with a glue pad and covered him in brown glitter. (I noticed the glitter doesn't stay too well. Any tips for that other than heat and stick powder?) I used snowflakes from 'Holiday Tree' to stamp the background on the Pure Poppy Cardstock.

Now why are you reading this? Go finish your Christmas cards!!! lol

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pink pink pink!

I really love how girly this card is! So pink and sparkly. I stamped the ornaments using PTI's Vintage Ornaments set. The string they are hanging from are actually from Holiday Button Bits. I added the glitter with a glue pad, and finished it off with a big pink bow in the corner. YUMMY!

Lovin' the Santa

I'm so in love with this little guy from PTI's Holiday Button bits. So so so cute! The cardstock and paper are also from Papertrey Ink. =)

Cosmobella

It's been a while since I've posted a bella card! I used Cosmobella for this one. The GORGEOUS paper is Bloom and Grow by My Minds Eye. I cut my bella out with Long Rectangle Nesties, and traced the die with a spica glitter pen. I thought the bellas' white background needed a little balancing out so I added the big white satin bow next to her.

Eskimo Kisses

I'm 95% done with my Christmas cards! Yay! I just need to include a picture of the kids and add postage.

I used PTI's Vintage Ornaments on this card. It's such a fun set to play with. I stamped the ornament in light blue, then aded the stripes in a darker blue, then again with my gluepad/glitter. I used my Labels 3 Nestie for the ornaments' background. I traced the die with a white pen before removing it from the die. AND doesn't this stamp set go PERFECTLY with Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses paper???? LOVE it! I added some large rhinestones, and finished it off with pink satin ribbon.

i {heart} papers supplies:
Eskimo Kisses Paper
Labels 3 Nestabilities
Two Tone Pink Satin Ribbon
White Pen

Gold Embossed Tree

Hey guys! Tonight my husband and I are giong to the Marine Corps Ball. We have been married for 9 and a half years and I've never gone to the ball before! It's an overnight thing in Primm NV, so it'll be fun FOR SURE. I will miss my 'babies', but a break from them will be great.

On to the card.... I just love PTI red. Isn't it great!? I stamped the tree from Merry and Bright with Versamark and used gold embossing powder on it, and on the sentiment. I think it looks really cool! I cut the tree with oval nesties and traced it with a spica glitter pen, as usual. lol
I finished it off with some gorgeous reversible gold satin ribbon.

ihp1109

Time for another i {heart} papers challenge! We were challenged to do this sketch.

The hardest part was cutting triangles with the right dimensions! First I used my Make a Bloom stamp set to stamp the background pattern. I filled in the white space with some polkadots. I traced all the pink lines with a pink spica glitter pen. (Wish you could see it better in the picture!) Next I cut my triangles and mounted them on red cardstock. I ran my pink cardstock through the cuttlebug with my Quickutz Large Polkadot embossing folder and mounted it on the card base. I stamped some red dots on the pink strip and then adhered everything together. This was a fun and challenging card to make! If you want to play along, use keyword ihp1109.

Gingerbread

Not a lot of time left to get those Christmas cards done!!! For this card I used PTI's Holiday Button Bits stamp set. I inked my Gingerbread Man with Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink. Pretty nice color huh??? I added the buttons to him and mounted him on Eskimo Kisses paper that was cut with my Labels one Nestabilities. I tied it up with PTI Scarlet Jewel ribbon. The sentiment was stamped with PTI's Signature Christmas. =)

Just got back from my first craft fair...

I made $81. $76 of it was hair bows. $5 was one card and one notepad. lol!
It was fun though!

Christmas Angel

How sweet is SHE!!!??? I colored her with Copics and cut her out with Rectangle and Scallop Nestabilities. I used PTI Scarlette Jewel cardstock and Basic Gray Eskimo Kisses paper. I love love love this paper pack! I traced her halo in gold stickles, and also covered her wings in stickles. I used a sentiment from PTI's Merry & Bright Additions, and cut it out with Nestabilities Ribbon Tags. I used Spring Moss twill to attach it to my card.

Less is More

Our Moms were right! lol

The simple cards always seem to be my favorites. For this one I just stamped 3 trees with Papertrey's Merry & Bright stamp set, and added some stickles to the white dots on the green tree. Easy peasy and totally cute!

happy christmas

Ingredients:
PTI Pure Poppy Cardstock
PTI Rustic Snowflakes Paper
PTI: Avocado buttons
PTI Holiday Tree stamp set
Petite Oval Nesties
White twill ribbon- stripes drawn on with copics.

Snowman Greetings

Hi! Isn't this patterned paper adorable??? It is Jolly by Golly by Cosmo Cricket. They have such cute stuff lately! I used PTI ocean tides cardstock and melon berry buttons. I colored my MFT image with Copics and cut it with Nestabilities Labels 1. I forgot to get a picture of it, but I used sparkly clear embossing powder on the snowman. It looks really cool! The sentiment is from PTI's Signature Christmas set.

fa la la

Doesn't PTI's Giga Guidelines make gorgeous patterned paper!!!??? I stamped it with Enchaned Evening Palette Ink. The adorable snowman is from PTI's 2009 Holiday tags and the sentiment is from PTI's Holiday Tree. I cut the image/mat with circle and scallop circle nestabilities. The sentiment was cut with Nestabilities Tags Trio, and outlined with a spica glitter pen. I tied it all up with a red ribbon. =)

I love this card. So simple, but super cute. I CASE'd a card Lauren Meader made for this one. The stamp set is PTI Holiday Tree, and the adorable ribbon is from i {heart} papers.

Kraft and White

I managed to use 3 different Papertrey Ink stamp sets on this simple little card. =)
The branch and ornaments are Take a Bough, the trees are Merry and Bright and the sentiment is Signature Christmas. All of them were stamped in Palette Fresh Snow ink on kraft cardstock. Finished off with gold satin ribbon.

Button Santa

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this PTI Holiday Button Bits Santa! He is just the cutest thing. I used PTI Pure Poppy and True Black cardstock. I stamped the dots with PTI's Polkadot Basics in Palette Fresh Snow ink and tied it all up with black and white polkadot ribbon.

I'm a Winner

Being the lucky girl that I am, I ended up winning Papertrey's 'I want it All package' for participating in their World Card Making Day challenges! I have been having soooooooooo much fun playing with all of my new stamps! It was a nice prize to win because I only had 2 Christmas stamp sets!

I stamped this background paper using PTI's new Giga Guidlines. This set is one of my new favorites! The tree was stamped with 2009 Holiday Tags and the sentiment was stamped with Holiday Tree. I love PTI's twill ribbon because it makes the most perfect little bows. The colors are Raspberry Fizz and New Leaf; a fun alternative to red and green! I used circle and scallop circle nestabilities to cut my image/mat, and added green stickles to my Christmas tree.

Henry's Memorial

This week has been a very sad one as former DT member Sarah Anderson’s 3 year old son Henry passed away. Little Henry was unable to overcome a virus that made him ill last week.

Lorie Ames has organized a way to donate for a memorial for Henry. Henry loved his local zoo and visited it almost every day in the summer. As a memorial, trees will be planted there in his honor. Melissa at Pink Cat Studio has created a digital stamp to help raise funds for a tree for Henry. All proceeds from the sale of the digi stamp, minus Paypal costs, will go towards the tree.

If you would like to donate towards the tree, please visit PCS to purchase the digi stamp:
http://www.pinkcatstudio.com/Digital/Di ... Monkey.htm

Another way to donate to the memorial is to print out this form and mail in your donation directly: http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us/Parks/PDF/M ... mphlet.pdf

You can send in any amount using the form. The funds will be pooled.

Please write on the form that the donation is for Sarah Anderson’s son, Henry. Once all of the money is collected, a tree and location will be selected. If you have questions about the form please contact Lorie Ames. Lorie will be in contact with Sarah along this memorial journey to ensure that her wishes are followed.

To contact Lorie, please visit her blog at http://www.live-love-laugh-create.blogspot.com/

If you don’t know Sarah and would like to learn more about her, please visit her blog: http://scrampinmama.blogspot.com/

Thank you for your help to raise money for a tree for Henry.

Sleigh Ride

What do you think of orange for a Christmas color? =) On this card I used i {heart} papers exclusive Petal Press line. This set is called Sleigh Ride, and it is so much fun to play with! I cut my image and Colorful Christmas patterned paper with Labels One Nestabilities. I colored the sleaigh with Copics and used spica glitter pens for the ornaments. I punched two holes for my ribbon and tied it in a knot under the image. The ribbon , cardstock and sentiment are Papertrey Ink.

Flowers and snowflakes

How is everyone doing on their Christmas cards???? I'm moving right along. For this card I actually used a FLOWER stamp set! It's called Make a Bloom, and as you can see, it makes some adorable snowflakes too! It is a really fun set to play with. I stamped with white ink on the kraft cardstock, and used versamark on the blue cardstock, and tied it all up with some white twill.

Let's Hear it for the Boys

Ok, my last masculine one of the bunch. I used MFT's Let's Hear it for the Boys. Colored with Copics. The patterened paper is Basic Grey- Archaic.

Wise Owl

Another attempt at masculine. I used Papertrey Ink's Wise Owl, and Papertrey Dark Chocolate and Vintage Cream cardstock.
The dot paper is Basic Grey. The owls' mat was cut with Spellbinders Labels 3, and the traced with a spica glitter pen.