CPS 153

Of course I have to play along - it's being sponsored by PTI!!! I almost forgot to post this one! It's been sitting on my desk all week, but with real life going on, it's just been sitting there so I thought I should post it before it's too late!

Here is the sketch.....



And here is my take on it....



Nothing but PTI Kraft and Pure Poppy card stock, a bit of bling, a couple of punched corners, a heart cut from my Cricut and some twine....easy!!





And a bit of decoration on the inside....



Thanks for stopping by! See you next time!

Day 2: Papertrey Ink 3rd Birthday Celebration - Post #3

Last card for the night! Thanks again for stopping by!!

Day 2: Papertrey Ink 3rd Birthday Celebration - Post #2

Okay - I made it back for two more cards but then I'm done.....I've been up 22.5 hours and I've lost my mojo. I'll just let the pictures do the talking!

Day 2: Papertrey Ink 3rd Birthday Celebration!!!

Well, all of you know my heart belongs to PTI, so it's no surprise I'm playing along with the challenge today over on Nichole's blog. I'm hoping to use all nine images, but I have been up since midnight last night unable to sleep and I'm hoping to get some normal sleep tonight!! I see several people have already linked up for all nine images....I wish I had the time!!

I fell in love with Becky's image....so simple, sweet, unusual all at once. I originally printed it on some watercolor paper with the intention of water coloring it, but my printer ink refused to dry, so I just colored it in with colored pencils on Stamper's Select white card stock, popped it up on Spring Rain and called it a day! Did you notice the shadowing on the house??;)



I colored the balloon red because I wanted that to be the focal point and then added Ranger Glossy Accents to it to make it stand out a bit more.



For the inside I stamped the sentiment from last year's anniversary set with Pure Poppy ink in the center, cut out another balloon, glued it down and had it 'tie' around the letter Y by using a black ballpoint pen. I used some more Glossy Accents on that balloon too.



That's it for now - I'm hoping to be back for more but I have to type up a bunch of papers for church so who knows. Thanks for stopping by!!

Three With One!!

Today I have one card that is being used for three different things!!! First up is the Papertrey Ink. blog hop which challenges us to decorate the inside of our cards - that's an easy one, because I do it all the time!



This card is also being used for the Papertrey Princesses Blogging Group which you can see all the names over on the right. Anya challenged us to use the picture below for inspiration.



And finally I'm using this for CPS 151!



I don't think I have ever done so many things with one card! Hope you like it!! I used PTI's Tiny Treats:Valentine as the focal image stamping the little airplane four different times using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloring it in with my SU! markers. The octagons were cut out with my Cricut and George and Basic Shapes cartidge onto PTI Vintage Cream and layered with pop dots onto Spring Rain paper. The green is PTI New Leaf and the base is Kraft card stock. The ribbon is PTI Spring Rain twill. The idea is that the airplane is supposed to look like it's moving.



For the inside, I stamped the little airplane full on this time and layered it again just like the outside. The little banner is attached using two threads of DMC floss number 801. The banner is Spring Rain paper again and it's stamped using SU! Green Galore ink. The sentiment is from PTI Everyday Button Bits.



And finally a close up of the little airplane. Did you notice the propeller on all of the airplanes has a bit of sparkle? That because I colored it in with my Gelly Roll by Sakura pen.



That's it for today - I hope you had fun! Until next time, keep creating!!

CPS 150

(Just a note to all of you, I'm trying something new with my hyper links...I'm listing the actual link so you can type it in yourself or you can click right on it and it will bring you right there. That way there is no doubt of where you are being directed to.)

Card Positioning Systems Sketch Challenge 150 is up and I'm playing along!!!

Here is the sketch:



You can find all the samples made by VERY creative people on their site here:

http://www.cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/

They list a new sketch challenge every Sunday and if you have any questions they have a FAQ list here:

http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/2008/09/cps-faq.html

So feel free to play along....it always helps me with my crafting mojo!

So here is the front view of my card I made.....



The card base is by PTI with Sweet Blush card stock found here:

http://www.papertreyink.com/pm_paper.html

The patterned paper is from my all time favorite patterned paper manufacturer....Basic Grey and it's from their Sugared Collection pack found here:

http://www.basicgrey.com/scrapbook/shop/product/c-sug-1186/category:collection-pack

The bottom half is covered with SU! So Saffron paper run thru my Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. So Saffron paper can be found here:

http://www.stampinup.com/us/enu/default.asp

The Swiss Dots embossing folder can be found here:
http://www.provocraft.com/products/detail.php?cl=cuttlebug&scl=embossing&cat=&item=37-1604

The main little girl image is from Hero Arts clear stamp set Arigato http://www.heroarts.com/products/productInfo.cfm?ItemNo=CL308&subCat=D04 as well as the stamped little flowers which are stamped with PTI Sweet Blush ink and then punched out with the SU! punch, followed by rolling the edges is Dark Chocolate ink.http://www.papertreyink.com/pm_ink.html The flowers were adhered with mini pop dots. The main girl image was stamped using PTI Dark Chocolate ink on PTI Stampers Select White card stock and then sponged on the edges with Sweet Blush ink.

The word 'Thank You' is from the same stamp set using the same with PTI SS and Dark Chocolate ink with the frame coming from my Cricut cartridge George and Basic Shapes.

The inside has more of the same elements, the only difference is the word, 'Arigato' used on the inside.



Thanks for stopping by......I'm not sure I'm liking having the whole link spelled out for you like that - makes the old blog look kind of sloppy, so I think I will go back to the regular way of just highlighting a word and then linking it up as normal. Live and learn!