Lefty Scrapper

PTI Anniversary

2012-02-07T13:35:00.000-08:00

Papertrey Ink is having their 5th anniversary and celebrating with fun stuff all week. I made this card with a free download. The bee went perfect with some new paper from My Minds Eye and I am just crazy about those straight pins. I can't seem to stop buying them. This will make a cute non-traditional valentine to send.

MIM Late

2012-01-17T09:17:00.000-08:00

This card is from last weeks PTI Make it Monday Challenge. I'm a little behind with card making as I'm scrapping a lot these days. Now off to watch this weeks challenge video.

12 Days - Day 1

2011-12-25T13:56:00.000-08:00

I took the online scrapping class from Big Picture Classes called the 12 days of Christmas and this is my first page. We were given photo prompts and now starting today ideas for putting together pages with our pictures. I am excited to say I put this one together today and now I'm waiting for Day 2! I normally don't scrap Christmas so this is really fun for me. Especially because I had to buy a bunch of Xmas stuff for my stash. This was also the photo from our holiday card so it did double duty. Hope you had a happy holiday.

Coloring Embossing

2011-12-18T17:10:00.000-08:00

This weeks Papertrey MIM challenge was really fun, something I have never done before and never would have thought of. You were to use your copic markers to color and embossed image. I just got this new Hero Arts zig zag set and thought it was perfect. I also used the snowman from the Holiday Friendship Jar Filler set from PTI. I used three different blues but one color is hard to see.

Tag Your It

2011-12-10T11:10:00.000-08:00

I usually don't make tags but Tim Holtz 12 tags has inspired me to make one. I also needed a tag for this gift bag. It's kinda sparkles and grunge at the same time. I stamped an angle at the top but it's hard to see in the photo. I used all of his tags for inspiration. Can't wait to see the next one tomorrow.

MIM Challenge

2011-12-03T06:49:00.000-08:00

Today I made a card for the MIM challenge to use ribbon pleating. I love this technique and decided to sew it on. I also like to use the tiny attacher to pleat ribbon but I decided to sew to go along with the rest of the card. My picture isn't very bright but I think it turned out ok in person.

Birthday Cards

2011-11-17T11:17:00.000-08:00

Every year for Christmas I give my husbands grandma at least 12 handmade birthday cards. So I usually try and make some throughout the year but this year it must have slipped my mind so I am working on birthday cards. This is card #2 and it is a sketch from Card Patterns. I saw a banner done with circles somewhere and thought that would be cute.

MIM Reverse Applique

2011-11-09T07:05:00.000-08:00

This was a fun challenge for Papertrey Ink. The idea was to use a die and then back it with patterned paper. I don't have a lot of PTI dies but thought this basket would be perfect. Plus I needed a birthday card and I'm still making fall cards even though it snowed here last night.

MIM Challenge

2011-11-03T14:40:00.000-07:00

This week's Papertrey challenge was to use multiple stamps to make a background. I used three sets: Fall Friendship Filler, Everyday Button Bits, and Grunge Me. This was a really hard challenge for me, but I guess sometimes that's the point. I decided to go with tree backgrounds and tried a number of different stamps for the leaves and ended up using an eyeball stamp from the Friendship Filler set. My images seemed really big to me and it really made me wish I had some PTI flower stamps. Maybe with my next order! :)

Halloween Party

2011-10-31T07:05:00.000-07:00

Just had to post a picture of me and my peeps at our annual Halloween party. This year we went with a Saturday Night Live theme and it was so much fun. We didn't have any duplicate costumes. That's me as Rosanna Rosanna Dana. We also had "Pat", Eugene the anal retentive chief, Buc Wheat, and Chris who lives in a van down by the river. Great Fun!

Brayer

2011-10-30T10:58:00.000-07:00

This week the MIM challenge was to get out your brayer and ink up your embossed paper. I don't have any Papertrey embossing folders so I used this old Quickutz folder that has fall leaves. It was fun getting my brayer out and using it for a different look. The stamp set is from PTI Everyday Button Bits.

Halloween Party

2011-10-27T10:59:00.000-07:00

After my son stopped dressing up for Halloween I decided that I wanted to dress up and have a party. So this is the 5th year we have had a costume party for Halloween. This is the card I made for our party invite. I just love Papertrey Ink's Jar Fillers and this is from their Fall Filler set. It turned out cute but was a lot more work than I thought for making 25! Trick or Treat.

PTI Blog Hop!

2011-10-25T08:45:00.000-07:00

I am very excited about this Papertrey blog hop. The challenge was a photo inspiration and it was so pretty with the fabric pumpkins and the green and oranges. I can't wait to send this card out. I used my new photo finisher die for the sentiment and a friendship fall jar filler stamp for the pumpkins. I die cut the leaves out of canvas and I embossed the background using core creations paper so lots of fun things on this card.

Layered Frame

2011-10-20T12:56:00.000-07:00

Today I made a card for the MIM challenge to use your dies to make a frame. I used two dies from Papertrey but can't remember what they are called to frame this cute little acorn. I used my wood grain folder to give it a woodsy feel. I love that little acorn!

Sketch Inspiration

2011-10-18T10:25:00.000-07:00

Today I'm scrap booking! I am making an album for a Christmas gift and I need to get moving on it so I went to my favorite sketch challenge for inspiration. I also have borrowed a friends cricut for the week so I need to use it while I have it to cut the shapes I need.

Faux Watercoloring

2011-10-13T08:11:00.000-07:00

This weeks PapertreyInk challege was really fun. I had been wanting to make a card with acorns for some reason and this was perfect. I used my Jar Fall Fillers set for the acorn and sentiment and was really excited to use my new distress ink from Ranger, Gathered Twigs from the limited edition set. I love that brown color. So I stamped my image and then used a watercolor brush to fill in the acorns with the brown. Then I had to give it a spray of glimmer mist and that made it even more watercolor like. You can see it better if you click on the cardl. Oh, I also used my new spiral notebook page die. So much fun!

Another Basket

2011-10-06T07:20:00.001-07:00

This week the Papertrey challenge was to make your own tissue paper by adhering tissue paper to score tape and then stamping on it. Well since I keep making cards with my basket stamp the first thing I thought of was basket weave. This took a little bit of masking to get the weave on the tape and it isn't perfect. I also decided I should weave the tape a little. I liked how the tape came out and would use this technique again but my card idea is kinda plain. I guess they all can't be your favorite. Maybe I will go back later and jazz it up somehow.

Rosetta's

2011-10-03T07:00:00.000-07:00

Today I took the Card Pattern challenge and used their sketch to make this card. I had been wanting to use my fabulous Martha Stewart score tool to make some Rosetta's but didn't have a reason. Then the sketch had circles on it so I went for it. They are so cute I made some extras. Might have to make some more cards. This card also has a lot of texture with the ribbon and I added distressed stickles to my brads. It was a lot of fun to make.

Make It Monday

2011-09-28T07:05:00.000-07:00

Today I made a fall birthday card for a friend. The challenge was from Papertrey and it was to use your dies to cut a shape and layer it to make a faux chipboard piece. I used a cereal box and cut this basket 5 times and it turned out perfect. I'm still loving my basket set and making lots of cards for every season with a basket. I'm also glad I purchased the extra sentiments. Happy card making.

Card Class!

2011-09-21T07:03:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I posted because I was taking an online card class. It has been so much fun but I haven't made many cards, just having fun learning. This card I made using the resist tech. with paint. It's fun to get the paints out and get a little messy. Can't wait to try more resist.

Card Pattern Challenge

2011-09-12T06:39:00.000-07:00

Today I used the sketch from Card Patterns to make my card. I turned the sketch on it's side and did a little sewing. I used my new newsprint background stamp again. I think I will be using it a lot which is good. But I hope I don't overuse it. I also used my new stamp from the fall friendship jar set from PTI.

Mail Problems

2011-09-10T11:58:00.000-07:00

Okay, I love these McGill punches and how easy it is to make these flowers but I don't have any idea how I am going to send this card. Does anyone have any good ideas? This card turned out really fall like with new paper from Little Yellow Bicycle and the Newsprint stamp from PTI. I made a bunch of the sunflowers and can't wait to make more cards.

Papertrey MIM Challenge

2011-09-08T09:17:00.000-07:00

MIM challenge this week is to use a stamp that isn't a background stamp to make a background. I used this gift stamp from the Friendship Jar Holiday set. That made it even more fun for me as it's a Christmas set and I'm using it for a birthday. Very simple card. I feel like it needs some bling or some sparkles for a birthday card but I'm done with it for now.

MIM Challenge Colored Pencils

2011-09-01T07:08:00.000-07:00

This weeks MIM challenge was to use colored pencils and to blend. This is not my strong skill so I chose a small image to color and filled in with buttons. I used my wood grain embossing folder for the background. I can't seem to use it enough. I also used the picket fence stickles on my picket fence! I thought this card was a perfect transition from summer to fall on this first day of Sept. Have a great day.

Papertrey Blog Hop Challenge

2011-08-25T08:14:00.000-07:00

Mini cards are so popular right now I decided this would be the perfect time to make one. This card is inspired by the Papertrey Ink photo inspiration challenge. I love this vintage picnic set and the inspiration has books in it so I tore out a page of an old thesaurus and die cut my basket. The daisies were easy with a little stickles for the centers.

Freestyle #2

2011-08-25T07:00:00.000-07:00

Okay I guess I really enjoyed the freestyle challenge more than I thought because I made another card with this technique. This time I used it on my background and went for a somewhat masculine look. Green and purple are my favorite colors but had to add blue for balance. I really wanted to add some stickles or glitter but was trying to keep it more masculine. What do you think? Should I add some?

FREEstyle Copics

2011-08-23T13:42:00.000-07:00

This weeks Make It Monday challenge at PapertreyInk was to go freestyle with your copic markers. This means coloring outside the lines. So...it sounds fun and easy right??? But when you actually put your pen down on your paper you are like, "Am I doing this right?" That's what I did any way. Needless to say I had to practice going freestyle. Kinda goofy I know but I did like how it turned out. Maybe next time I use this technique I will be a little more free about it.

Make It Monday

2011-08-19T06:46:00.000-07:00

This weeks PTI Make It Monday challenge was to use your die as a guide for glitter. As soon as I saw the idea I knew I was going to use my new small friendship die and make an outline of a bug jar. It's suppose to be like the glow from the fire flies. For some reason this card looks much better in person than it does flat on my screen. Maybe the glitter just looks better in person. Any way this was a fun one, haven't used glitter in a while.

RE: Little League

2011-08-18T11:55:00.000-07:00

Well I was gone for a while but hope to be back scrapping and card making soon. My son's little league junior all star team won the state tournament here in Iowa which means that we had an unplanned vacation to Indiana to play in the regional competition. The boys did really well and our record we 2-2 so we got to come home. This is a picture of the team watching a game before we are about to play. My son Jake is the tall one #49 in the middle. Just love this shot. They love ball as much as I love scrapping and card making.

Hydrendeas

2011-08-03T06:42:00.000-07:00

Hydrangeas are my favorite flowers. This picture is of one of the plants in my garden. Living in Iowa the soil doesn't have enough something in it for the flowers to turn blue/purple so every two weeks I have to mix up a gallon of water with mix for each of my six plants. I love them. So any way when PTI came out with a new jar set that had a bunch of hydrangeas in it I just had to get them. Here is my first card with the set and I'm sure there will be many more to come.

Vintage Picnic Basket!

2011-08-02T05:58:00.000-07:00

I can't seem to stop making cards with my new stamp set. It's so cute I have all of these ideas in my head so get ready for a lot of basket cards to come. I will probably have to order the additional sentiments that Papertrey has that goes along with this set.

Lift Card

2011-08-01T07:14:00.001-07:00

I was so excited to get my Papertrey order last week that I went right over to their web site and lifted my first card with this vintage picnic basket set. I just love it and I'm sure will be making many more cards with this set.

Christmas in July

2011-07-31T07:55:00.000-07:00

Okay this week I tried to do the Make It Monday Challenge at Papertrey Ink and I thought I did and then when I went to post this discovered that I made a mistake. You were suppose to use white ink and I used white paint. Oh well this card turned out cute any way. I used the brush technique from last weeks challenge and I also used a dobber to form my line. I guess Monday is just around the corner so I have another opportunity to try again. It was fun to do a winter card in the middle of July!

After this post I kept looking at my card and it was kinda plain so I had to go back and add some bling. Much better.

PTI Blog Hop

2011-07-25T19:08:00.000-07:00

I have a really hard time with photo challenges. I usually end up going with the colors. Here I tried to go with some of the shapes as well. It's the first time I've inked up the rectangle shape so I'm happy to use a new stamp!

Stamp-a-Faire #3

2011-07-23T12:52:00.000-07:00

Okay, I skipped the second challenge and went to #3 which was to use a window and tie a ribbon on it. Can you see my zig zag stitching at the bottom of the card for grass?

Stamp-a-Faire

2011-07-23T11:12:00.000-07:00

Over at Papertrey today they are having lots of challenges for their Stamp-a-Faire. I had time to make another card today and couldn't resist making strips for this get well card for my friend. I hope she isn't watching today. I also can't believe this is my second post. They have some more challenges so check it out. I might have to do another since it is rainy here.

MIM / Card Class

2011-07-23T08:54:00.000-07:00

Today I made a card for two challenges. I'm still using the color combo from the Summer Card Class and I also used a paint technique for the challenge on Make it Monday. I have several friends with birthdays in August and thought it would be a good time to start making birthday cards.

Card #4

2011-07-22T18:38:00.001-07:00

Today's card was based off a sketch from my Summer Card Class. I couldn't figure out how to get the sketch on my blog but I did make another card! This one is pretty simple but I like it.

Thursday's Card

2011-07-21T11:05:00.000-07:00

I wonder how many cards I can make using this same color combo? I really like how this one turned out. I was using paint on another card and saw the sketches and modified one a lot.

Tuesday #2

2011-07-20T08:04:00.000-07:00

Okay, here is my second card of the week for the Summer Card Class. I used the embossing technique they showed using ink on your embossing folder. I used the Tim Holz wood grain. A little hard to see in pic. I also used my new Technique Tues. stamp with the tree I am so excited about. Hope this card makes you smile.

Summer Card Class

2011-07-19T07:59:00.000-07:00

This weeks colors for my summer card class are my favorite. Green is my favorite color and since I have a son I am always using lots of blue. I decided to grung up this card for some reason and I added a little bird in the corner (doesn't show well in pic) that just came in my new Technique Tuesday set. I was so excited to ink it up, I can't wait to use the rest of the stamps in this set. It's called Get Outside and has a great tree image that I'm going to try and use. I'm also going to try and make a card every day this week and post to kick off the end of class. Well see how that goes.

Make It Monday

2011-07-17T08:31:00.000-07:00

I am really slow with this challenge and the card looks like it's a belated 4th card but it's not it's a thank you for a 4th of July cook out. The Papertrey challenge this week was to make your own pocket. I only have one edger die so my choices were limited. Turned out okay for a fast simple card.

Summer Card Camp #3

2011-07-13T06:54:00.000-07:00

This weeks color combo at camp let me be a little grungy. They colors weren't bright summer colors this week so I got out the distressed inks and had some fun. I picked up a new sentiment set from Hero Arts so I'm trying to ink them all up.

Card Class #2

2011-07-07T12:38:00.000-07:00

Well today I made another card for my on line card class I am taking. This color combo was really fun and bright. I'm also excited about it because I made almost all the pieces on the card. I stamped, embossed, glossy accented, stazon on acetate, stickles on brads, die cut, fussy cut, punches. I think that's it. Boy it's fun to use stuff you already have and be really creative.

Birthday Card

2011-07-05T07:57:00.000-07:00

Well my brother in law turns 50 this week so I had to make a special card for him. I think it turned out pretty good. I used 4 different stamp sets on this card. That has to be a record for me. I hope all the different styles aren't too much. I had to use some black. I love that core impressions paper with the embossing folders.

Make It Monday

2011-06-30T07:56:00.000-07:00

This weeks challenge over at Papertrey Ink was two step masking and I really like how my card turned out. I love their videos as they get me to try new technique that I haven't tried before or just revisit an old technique . Do you think my card looks a little like looking out a window at a bike?

Summer Card Camp!

2011-06-29T06:46:00.000-07:00

This month I am taking an online class from Summer Card Camp. I am very excited as this is my first on line class. This week they gave us this really bright color combo to make a card. Color challenges are always the hardest for me so this is really good to step outside of my box. I like how this one turned out but would really like to try another one. I need to make some 4th of July cards so don't know if I will get it done as these bright colors don't really lend themselves to that kind of card, unless I get really creative. ha ha

Make It Monday

2011-06-24T06:36:00.000-07:00

Today I made this card for the Make It Monday Challenge at Papertrey Ink. The challenge was a reverse masking. I don't have a lot of images for this so it's back to my old stand by the mason jar. After I put the card together I realized that I could have done the same technique on the lid but I had already fussy cut out the patterned paper and didn't want to waste it. Maybe next time I'll be more creative.

MoJo Monday

2011-06-22T11:02:00.000-07:00

Today I made a card for the MoJo Monday sketch challenge. It's pretty simple but I like how it turned out, especially the leaf and the half circle. I just keep working on that basic grey paper pack too.

Card Patterns

2011-06-20T07:38:00.001-07:00

Today I made an anniversary card for a friend and used the sketch from card patterns. After I finished it seemed kinda plain so I gave it a couple of sprays with some gold glimmer mist to give it a shimmer.

Make It Monday

2011-06-16T07:33:00.000-07:00

This weeks Make it Monday challenge at Papertrey was to ink your stamp and then ink around the edges with a different color. I needed to make a fathers day card and wanted to break out my two new stamp sets grunge me and my hero my dad. I added some stickles and some glossy accents to the centers of the circles. Pretty simple and clean but it will due.

Card Pattern Sketch

2011-06-13T12:53:00.000-07:00

I have been using a lot of pink and green lately on my cards. Part of the reason is because I purchased the Basic Grey Sweet Threads 6 x 6 paper pack. All the patterns are so pretty it's the first thing I am reaching for. This card is from the Card Pattern Sketch and turned out pretty simple. There is some stickles on the flowers and I traced over my line with a stardust pen, but it's hard to see in the picture.

Mojo Sketch

2011-06-11T11:47:00.000-07:00

Today I needed to make a birthday card for a friend so I went to the Mojo Monday sketch challenge. This card was fun as I got to use my sew easy for the scallops and I also used another Papertrey jar that I made last week in on of their challenges using UTE.

Tissue Challenge

2011-06-10T06:52:00.000-07:00

This weeks Make It Monday challenge over at Papertrey Ink was to use tissue paper over your patterned paper. Well a few posts back you may remember that I used sewing patterns to cut out flowers and since patterns are made of tissue paper I decided since I had already cut into a pattern I might as well keep going. I used the Quilters Sampler set for my background. It took a really long time to stamp and color all those quilt blocks but I think it was worth it. I always have a hard time getting my quilt blocks straight so I liked the fact that the tissue paper covered that up a little and you don't really notice it's not perfect. Ha ha not that my cards are ever perfect but you know what I mean. I also sprayed the card with some glimmer mist but couldn't get a photo with that it would show. I will definitely keep this technique in mind for future vintage cards.

Card Patterns Challenge

2011-06-09T09:33:00.001-07:00

This week I tried the card patterns sketch challenge. I thought I had this really great idea for a card. The sketch really looked like waves to me and so that is what I tried to make it look like with my swirls. Not really sure I like this card all that well but I guess we can't be happy with all the cards we make. Maybe the next one. I'm working on a PTI challenge that I hope will turn out better :)

UTE

2011-06-03T07:30:00.000-07:00

Today I participated in the Papertrey Make It Monday Challenge. The challenge was to use ultra thick embossing powder and apply three layers and then ink. I think it turned out pretty cool. I just knew I needed to use it on the friendship jar to make a pretty pink lemonade. I didn't have a pretty pink ink so I stamped with ink and then stamped again with versamark to emboss. This was my first time using the UTE and I think it turned out okay. I definitely need practice because the first time I did it my paper turned brown, too much heat I think. You can click on the card to see my cracks better. On the inside of the card I'm putting, "When life gives you lemons, ask for tequila and salt and call me over." I have a friend who found out her employer is closing so I thought this would be a fun pick me up card for her.

Card Pattern Challenge

2011-05-31T12:19:00.000-07:00

Today I tried the card pattern sketch challenge. I think it's one of the first time I have used banners. I'm always a little behind on the trends. Ha Ha I think it turned out okay. I had to flip the sketch to get more of my banners on.

PTI Blog Hop / Flowers

2011-05-25T06:54:00.000-07:00

This is my first time to participate in the Papertrey Ink blog hop and I am really excited! You were to use flowers somewhere on your card. I'm not really a flowery person so this was a challenge for me. I had seen on someones blog the idea to use old sewing patterns to cut out and make flowers so this was the perfect opportunity for me to try the idea out. I die cut my flowers out of the pattern paper and then sprayed them with glimmer mist. I think they turned out cute. I wish I had more flower dies so I could layer, but I don't. Since I was using my old patterns for flowers I decided to stay with the sewing theme and use the quilt blocks to make a fence. The flower stems are from bitty buttons set. Can't wait to join in the hop.

Pet Sympathy

2011-05-24T13:18:00.000-07:00

Make It Monday challenge over at Papertrey Ink was to make a sympathy card. She talked about using some bright colors but mine didn't come out very bright. I did use green, does that count? Well this is a set from papertrey that is for a pet sympathy. It has two other nice sentiments as well as that little paw print that I used to make my own embellishment. Sympathy cards are hard for everyone to make and I'm no different.

Happy Anniversary

2011-05-20T06:06:00.000-07:00

Today is my anniversary to my wonderful husband. We don't really make a big deal and since this year is 22 (no milestone) just a card will do. When I can't find a challenge that I want to do (I know the idea of a challenge might be doing something you don't normally do) I go back to my stand by - Cards magazine. They had a lot of cards this month with the wood grain texture or stamp and since I just got the Tim Holtz wood grain embossing folder it was perfect for this masculine anniversary card. I also love using this Papertrey tiny valentine set for other things.

Mojo Challenge

2011-05-19T13:56:00.000-07:00

I haven't done the Mojo Monday challenge in a while so I gave it a try. This is a thank you for a grandma that I am going to have my son send for a birthday gift. I think it will be great for the grandma but I don't know if my son will like the card. It's kinda pink and a little flowery but I like how it turned out and I guess it doesn't matter if he likes it or not.

Leukemia Birthday

2011-05-17T10:17:00.000-07:00

My friend Linda has leukemia and she had a transplant yesterday. They brought her a cake and said it was her birthday! So I decided that I needed to make a pretty birthday card to send her. It's hard to see that the paper has sparkles on it so it is bright and shiny. Hope she is doing well today. I lifted the card idea from Cards. Why do I feel like I'm cheating when I lift a card idea from a magazine but feel so proud when I participate in a sketch challenge? Really the same thing aren't they? Does anyone else feel this way or is it just me?

Love Sac

2011-05-13T15:31:00.000-07:00

Interesting title I know. That is what this giant bean bag like chair is called that we got for my son for his 15th birthday. It's really hard to get gifts for teen age boys who already have all the electronics they want. So I guess you buy a chair for them to sit in while the play their games. The dog seemed to like it too. Any way this is the weekly sketch from sketch inspiration. I used old old basic grey paper and that made me feel good, of course the chip board and stamps are new!

You've got mail

2011-05-10T13:26:00.000-07:00

Today I used another image from my Papertrey friendship jar set. I think I said this before but I'm so glad I got this set. I'm using it for all kinds of cards that I didn't even think about. So this is a sketch challenge from Card Patterns. I haven't used my sew easy lately sew it was a good opportunity to get it out and sew some scallops.

Doodle Bug

2011-05-09T06:40:00.000-07:00

You know how when something easy ends up being hard? Well that's what happened with this card. I bought one of those new Doodle Bug pre-cut cards thinking I would be able to make a really fast card and then ended up taking just as much or maybe more time with it. It came out okay but I think I will just stick with regular cards in the future. I really liked the scallop but I think what threw me off was the polka dots that show. I wanted to match that paper with more paper and couldn't. I guess maybe I need to buy more Doodle Bug paper, ha ha

Spring Flowers

2011-05-06T05:41:00.000-07:00

I'm still making spring time flower cards yeah! This card is made with a stamp from Papertrey. It is from a jar filler set that I just got and couldn't wait to use. It's so much fun to use a new stamp. I'm sure I will be using this stamp again in the future.

Graduate

2011-05-04T07:04:00.000-07:00

Last night my son had a ballgame and we ran into his cousin playing at the same field. They are only six months apart in age but many inches in height. I just love the smiles that baseball and cousins brings out.

It's that time of year to start making your graduation cards so I got out all my stamps and dies. I saw a card using these tickets so I lifted that idea and came up with this. All my grad cards are black and white. They feel kinda boring but I have something to send.

Tulips

2011-05-02T06:30:00.001-07:00

Today I have a card that I think I am going to use for a Mothers Day card. It's brand new from Papertrey and the stamp is so pretty. To color the tulips I had to buy another copic marker to get the shading right. I know that's sad isn't it. I did go to the gallery at papertrey to get help with the coloring of the flowers. I think they turned out pretty good. That part took me so long the rest of the card is pretty simple. I do like the scallops though. I can't wait to try and color this image again with a different color, but that will mean buying another marker.

Gamer

2011-04-28T13:40:00.001-07:00

Today I did a scrap challenge for Sketch Inspiration. The sketch was for a 12 x 12 page but I'm doing my 365 project and the page protector I was using for this week had a spot for 6 x 12 so I modified it to fit. I was also really excited to us several stamps from my new set that I just got from Papertrey Ink called Game On. I can't wait to make cards using the same set.

Line Frame

2011-04-27T05:34:00.001-07:00

This weeks Make It Monday challenge over at Papertrey Ink is to frame your card with a line you draw. I have never done this before and was a little nervous it wouldn't come out straight, but I think I got it. The image is from the everyday button bit set which I really like because there are so many sentiments that you can mix with the images. The card is also very clean and simple and it's nice to do a card like that every now and then.

Mothers Day

2011-04-25T06:02:00.001-07:00

Today I took the Card Pattern Challenge and came up with this mother's day card. It could be just a general card but I'm using it as a Mother's Day Card. I usually make three different cards for Mother's Day so I thought I better get started. I like how this one turned out so It will be hard not to just copy it for all three, but I'm going to try and be creative. I used glossy accents on the jar, but it's hard to see.

Inspiration

2011-04-22T18:46:00.000-07:00

I am so behind on my baseball scrapping so every time sketch inspiration has something that I think will work I try and do a baseball page. You can see by the date this is from two years ago. I really like how this page turned out. It's a combo of old and new products which is always good. Count it!

Make It Monday #11

2011-04-21T13:28:00.001-07:00

This weeks Make It Monday Challenge at Papertrey Ink was a hard one for me. You were to use a die as an embossing tool. Every time I tried I couldn't see the embossed part. I finally decided to use some core creation paper and then sand around my image and you could see it better. I hope you can see it in the photo. I also struggled with getting a good photo. The card turned out okay but definitely not my favorite. The stamps are from their mini valentine set that I just love.

Card Patterns Challenge

2011-04-17T15:23:00.001-07:00

Today I'm trying a new challenge from Card Patterns. It was a sketch and it worked perfect for inspiration for this masculine birthday card I needed to make. I just got this embossing folder yesterday and it has also inspired me. My head is going in circles! I can't wait to use it again. It was really fun to use it on the coordinations paper to give this card a little color. It's hard to see but yellow is showing through.

Make It Monday #10

2011-04-13T06:06:00.000-07:00

Today I have a card that I made for the Papertrey Ink "Make It Monday Challenge #10". This is my first challenge with them and I am really excited because I love their stamps and all their inspiration. The challenge was masking with die cuts so I used my mason jar die and sprayed glimmer mist on the card then stamped inside the jar. I hope I did it right. I know this card is a little out of season but I only have two of their dies and I wanted to use their products for the challenge.

46/365

2011-04-12T06:31:00.001-07:00

Inspired by the Project Life I am going to do my own version. Since I became inspired now instead of in January when most people start I decided to start on my birthday. My birthday was last Friday and I turned 46 so I'm calling it the "slide towards 50 year". This page is a sketch from Sketch Inspiration and worked out perfect for my first page. My husband and son got a kit and put this chair together for my birthday. I just love it and them.

Spring is in the Air

2011-04-11T05:57:00.001-07:00

This is another card that I lifted from the cards magazine. Now I'm up to 8 cards from one magazine. If I make it to ten I think I will have to buy next months. Ha Ha funny the little games we play with ourselves. This card was fun because I used stamps from three old sets and some scraps of paper left over from a layout. I didn't need to buy anything! Woo Hoo I should get extra credit for that. As I was looking for something to stamp on the chipboard butterfly I realized I need more background stamps. So much for this card not costing me anything. Now I'm off to put it in the mail.

My Card Challenge

2011-04-09T10:30:00.000-07:00

My husbands Grandma K is in a nursing home. I write her a letter every week just telling her what's going on with our lives. Some weeks it isn't a very good letter but I think she likes to get the mail. I occasionally send her cards I make too and during a visit she asked if I could put together something they could make at the home. So now every month I challenge myself to make them a card kit. It can't be very complicated so sometimes it is a real challenge. So this is my Easter card kit that I am sending them. I love my new Quikutz egg dies and the basket was just a template I found on line that I reduced. Of course I had to texturize it to look like a real basket. Hope you like my challenge card.

Make It - Emboss It

2011-04-06T05:53:00.000-07:00

Okay I'm starting back with challenges and the first one was an easy one with Make It Monday from Paper Tray Ink. All you had to do was us one of their stamps and heat emboss. I love this ticket set they have and so I used it on a page and a card. Our first little league game was last night (we lost) and I needed a baseball card to send to a mom that couldn't be there. I used distress embossing powder to go with the rest of the distressed look on the card. I didn't emboss on my page, but just wanted to show it. The stamp set is really cool as it has lots of words you can put on the inside of the ticket so is very versatile. I have made some cute birthday cards with the set as well.

Birthday Lift

2011-04-05T05:56:00.001-07:00

Okay, today I have another lifted card from Cards magazine. Their card had spoons and tea cups and as soon as I saw it I thought I can use my Unity stamp set with silverware! I have been waiting to use my little mini set since Christmas and this idea was perfect. I did cut the stamp apart as it has a spoon and knife on either side. I was also excited that the sentiment fit with the card. The cake is from a Hero Arts set. I am going to try and start doing challenges but right now I am doing a challenge of my own to see how many cards I can lift from my march Cards magazine. So far I have lifted 7 and still counting. It makes the purchase seem worth while.

Book Club

2011-04-02T14:05:00.000-07:00

Today I'm posting a page that I put together using a sketch from Sketch Inspiration. They post a sketch every Sunday and have great prizes. This is also the book club that I made the invite for. I had to scrap this picture because in the six months that we have had club this was the first time that we were all together. Love this new line from My Minds Eye and finally got to use my embellishment from Maya Road.

Birthday Car(d)

2011-04-01T06:09:00.001-07:00

Well I needed a masculine birthday card and my hero car set was perfect. That is why I bought the set was to try and make some masculine birthday cards. I stamped on patterned paper again, just love that look and it's hard to see but I sprayed the tag with some glimmer mist. Still gotta have bling! Three days in a row posting, I'm on a roll.

Home

2011-03-31T09:07:00.001-07:00

My two cards for today are both about home and are both lifted from the cards magazine. I just love my quickutz bird and bird house die. They are so cute and the perfect size for cards.

Book Club

2011-03-29T10:44:00.000-07:00

Okay, I have been making a lot of cards lately but they are all scrap lifted so I haven't posted any. But today I am putting on an original card. It's not very exciting but it is using a stamp from "My Favorite Things". I just love their stamps, especially those headless women. Anyway some friends and I started a book club and I'm hosting the April get together so I'm going to send this card out as a reminder. I think we are going to make some book marks to so hopefully when we make those I will post again. I do love this couch with the paper piecing, thank goodness I only had to make 8!

Snowflake Card

2011-01-31T18:06:00.000-08:00

This card was inspired by my Cards magazine from last year. It was a color challenge and at first I didn't think I could do it but I really liked the teal and burgundy together. Plus we are about to get hit with a big snow storm.

Cards & Scrapping

2011-01-25T06:09:00.001-08:00

Okay, I'm going to try and start posting some of the cards and pages that I make. I have been making some cards lately and not doing very much scrapping but that is about to change this week end as I am going on a crop Fri-Sun. Hopefully I will get a lot done. Anyway, I love the stamps at Papertreyink. I made this card with a Jar set they have. I actually have two sets, the jar and the holiday filler. Of course, there are more fillers for the jar and they are on my wish list. This card is perfect for the snow we have been getting. Hope you like it.

Cookies Tray

2010-11-09T12:43:00.001-08:00

I was so excited to make this tray for a friend. Her two daughters were in the Better Homes & Gardens Christmas Cookie magazine and I just had to preserve it. I was really wanting to do a tray and this was the perfect opportunity. All the shapes are from the cricut In My Kitchen cartridge. I just know she is going to love it.

Sketch Inspiration

2010-09-02T10:31:00.000-07:00

I'm going to try and do the sketch challenge every week and finish up my vacation photos. This sketch was very simple so I added some stitching to connect the photos a little.

2010-08-23T06:39:00.001-07:00

I just made this page for a sketch challenge over at Sketch Inspiration and just needed to share it. It turned out so nice and I just love this picture of me and my new niece.

Spring Scrapping

2010-03-23T14:37:00.001-07:00

Well I'm back from a spring break trip and ready to start scrapping. This is a picture of my niece with her moma. No special day just a cute photo and it looked springy to me so it was great inspiration. I used the sketch inspiration sketch #116 for more inspiration and finished this one in about an hour. I also had lots of fun using the new basic grey stuff.

Small Packages

2010-03-11T15:39:00.000-08:00

Today I was excited to find a challenge on the Cards blog. I get the magazine and just love lifting their cards so I decided to visit their blog. The challenge was to make a small card 3 inches or smaller. I immediately thought of my paper trey ink tiny valentine set and use this Winnie the Pooh quote with it. The colors are off in my picture but I was in a hurry and no time to fix it.

Scrap Room Sketch

2010-02-26T06:01:00.000-08:00

I think these pages are hard to see but no time to fix that now. This is a two page sketch from the scrap room. I had lots of fun stitching the circles and using this green paper that I never thought I would use.

MoJo

2010-02-25T05:59:00.001-08:00

Today I needed some inspiration to make a card so I went to MoJo Monday for my idea. Thier sketches are always good for some inspiration.

Scrappin Sports

2010-02-23T13:28:00.000-08:00

I'm back after a little break. I was still scrapping/card making just not posting. As a matter of fact last week end I went to a scrap retreat and got 19 pages and 4 cards done. Woo Hoo. I got 10 world series pages done but have more to go. Here is another one I did today. Scrappin Sports & More is one of my favorite companies that puts out sports paper. I scrap lots of different sports so it's nice to have a good variety. They have a blog and in Feb started having sketch challenges. This is one of the first ones I tried and it turned out pretty good. It's pretty simple but a lot of my sports pages are. Enjoy and check out their blog at www.scrappinsportsand more.blogspot.com

Valentine Mojo

2010-02-02T10:34:00.000-08:00

Today I need to start making some Valentine cards and what better way than to get a kick start from a sketch from MoJo Monday. Looking back I have slacked a little as that was my post last week. I made a fun easy card with this sketch and I like it. It is from a new set that I got at papertreyink. I just love their stamps. This tiny Valentine set makes me hoppy, like the card says.

MoJo Challenge

2010-01-26T13:38:00.000-08:00

Today I took the MoJo challenge and it is a sketch but to make a round card. You can make a square card of the sketch but I went for the round. It was fun and different since I don't usually make round cards. I used one of my favorite 2RedBanana stamps "Sgt. Chicken". He is so cute and comes with several sentiments. I use the I salute you saying the most. I was also excited to use a new green copic marker I just bought yesterday. Woo Hoo new colors are fun!

Banana Split Challenge

2010-01-19T10:15:00.000-08:00

I'm taking the Banana Split Sunday Challenge again this week. It's a color challenge to use blue, white, and silver. I used the Jan. Journaling Block 2 (it's on sale) from 2RB for this card. It's a little hard to see but I did stamp the snowflake with silver and used a stardust pen to fill in the heart. I also pleated my ribbon at the top of the mitten and I don't know that I will do that again. I used a lot of glue dots to hold it down before sewing. Does anyone know of a better way to accomplish this look without using so much glue? You can't use pins to hold your ribbon down.

MoJo Happiness

2010-01-15T06:49:00.001-08:00

I love it when I need a card and I can pop over to MoJo Monday and get a sketch from their sketch challenge. That is what I did today for this very simple thank you card. It was fast and simple and done. The quote is from 2RedBananas set called Early Birds and is a little hard to see. It says "One of the secrets of a happy life is continous small treats".

More Circles

2010-01-14T10:56:00.001-08:00

Today I have a layout that I made for my new favorite blog called Sketch Inspirations. They are new and so far I have really liked their sketch challenges. I am loving the circles on this page and yes I had to stitch on the page as well. I got a new portable sewing machine for Christmas that I leave in my scrap room and now I sew on even more pages/cards than I did before - if that is possible. This picture just makes me laugh ever time I see it. We get a real tree every year and I always take pictures when we are there tagging our tree. Well this year I had some resistance and so I just held the camera out and took a self portrait. Fun for this year but I hope I don't have to do it again.

Circle of Love

2010-01-13T07:11:00.001-08:00

Today I took the 2RedBananas challenge and made a card with circles. I actually lifted the stictched circle idea. The quote from 2RB goes perfect with my earth stamp and it came out nice with some left over Christmas paper.