Hi there! It's already Friday and almost officially the weekend! Just waiting on my husband to get home so we can go buy a few new things for Christmas. Our new house has higher ceilings so we're getting a taller Christmas tree for the living room. I can't wait! Today I have a Christmas card for Freshly Made Sketches.

I admit I struggled a bit with the squares. I started out wanting to make them presents and proceeded to change my mind a few times before deciding to keep them as squares. I pulled out a new stamp set I hadn't used yet and stamped snowflakes onto white die cut squares. I cut squares slightly bigger than the white squares and die cut the large part of the sentiment out of red card stock. I die cut some white snowflakes, adhered them on top of the squares, and stamped the smaller part of the sentiment on the white panel. I matted the panel with a piece patterned paper and adhered it to my card front. 

My Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Quilted: Winter, PTI Wet Paint Holiday

Dies: PTI Wet Paint Holiday, MFT Let it Snowflake, Sizzix Squares

Ink: PTI Pure Poppy

Paper: PTI Pure Poppy, PTI Stamper's Select White, PTI Pure Poppy + White Basics Patterned Paper

Thank you for coming by! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Love You Always

Hello there! I can't believe it's already Wednesday! This week is going by so fast. Today I have a card for this week's CASology challenge.

I started out by die cutting two banners from the new PTI Quilted Tag dies. I stamped the white banner, adhered both banners to my card front, and trimmed off the excess. I recently bought the Wet Paint dies and I am so glad I did. I die cut the "love" and placed it above the white banner and then stamped three hearts around the die cuts.

My Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Wet Paint, PTI Noted

Dies: PTI Wet Paint, PTI Tag Sale: Quilted Die

Ink: PTI Pure Poppy

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select White, PTI Pure Poppy, PTI Pure Poppy + White Basics Patterned Paper

Thank you for coming by!

Papertrey October Blog Hop Challenge

Hi there! I have been excited about Christmas for a couple months now so I was thrilled to see this month's PTI Blog Hop inspiration photo! Such gorgeous traditional colors! I had so much fun listening to Christmas music while creating my projects.

This card is not my usual style. As I was choosing the dies I wanted to use, I decided to play with some layers and experiment with different colors. I like the overall look of it but I wish I would have centered the doily on the red polka dot paper and cut both ends off instead of just the top. 

For my second project, I created a set of four tags using Sheer Basics Vellum Patterned Paper. I backed them with Spring Moss card stock so the white patterns would show up but still be bright. I adhered the wreaths, bows, and die cut sentiments flat to the tags and popped the stamped part of the sentiments up with foam tape. 

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you're having an awesome Sunday!

Sending Holiday Joy

Hi there! This week's Merry Monday challenge is to make a card with a frame on it. I have some new frame dies so I was excited to make my card!

I stamped the house first and then die cut it. I die cut the snow for the roof out of white card stock and also a double sided adhesive sheet. I sprinkled white glitter on the double sided adhesive. I die cut the snowman and lamp post and stamped them. I cut the snow drifts and used a zig glue pen to add some white glitter to the tops. I stamped the sentiment, die cut the frame from patterned paper, and adhered everything to the card front.

My Supplies:

Stamps: PTI All Through the House Make it Market Kit, PTI Holiday Lights

Dies: PTI All Through the House Make it Market Kit, MFT Die-namics Pierced Rectangle Frames

Ink:  PTI Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides, Smokey Shadow, Pure Poppy, Fine Linen, Soft Stone, True Black

Paper: PTI All Through the House Make it Market Kit Patterned Paper, PTI Stamper's Select White

Thanks for coming by! 

Focal Cluster with Holiday Cheer

Hello there! Today I am participating in this week's PTI Make It Monday. I love clean and simple card making so this challenge is perfect for me.

I planned out my cluster with some small stamps from the new All Through the House Make it Market Kit. I stamped most of the images onto the white panel and stamped the stockings onto die cuts. I trimmed a piece of patterned card stock, adhered it to the left side of the card front, and then adhered the white panel.

My Supplies:

Stamps: PTI All Through the House Make it Market Kit

Dies: PTI All Through the House Make it Market Kit

Ink: PTI Pure Poppy, PTI Summer Sunrise, PTI Orange Zest, PTI Dark Chocolate, PTI Aqua Mist, PTI Winter Wisteria, PTI Tropical Teal, PTI True Black

Paper: PTI Tinsel and Tags Patterned Paper, PTI Stamper's Select White

Thank you for stopping by!

You Sparkle

Hi there! I love the current challenge at Addicted to CAS and any excuse to make a sparkly card.

I die cut a cluster of leaves out of a double adhesive sheet and sprinkled it with two different shades of green glitter. I stamped the sentiment on a banner and popped it up with foam tape.

My Supplies: 

Stamps: PTI Masculine Motifs

Dies: PTI Branching Out, PTI Tag Sale: Quilted

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Pine Needles

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select White

Thank you for coming by!

Hello There

Hello! For my second post today I made a clean and layered card combining this week's The Card Concept and Fusion challenges. 

 

I used the autumn neutrals from The Card Concept with the sketch from Fusion.

I took inspiration from the wood grain and embossed the white panel with a wood grain embossing folder. I chose dark brown for the sentiment and found some patterned paper in my stash that I used for the square behind it. I die cut two leaf silhouettes out of ink sponged card stock, adhered everything together, and then adhered the card front to a white card base. 

My Supplies: 

Dies: PTI Scripted, PTI Leaf Silhouettes, Sizzix Squares

Ink: PTI Soft Stone, MFT Grout Gray 

Paper: PTI Soft Stone, PTI Dark Chocolate, PTI Stamper's Select White, DCWV The Forever and Always Stack

Thank you for stopping by!

Tis the Season to Be Jolly

Hi there! Last night my sister-in-law and I had a girl's night in and we were really excited to start creating with our new PTI Make it Market All Through the House kits. I hadn't participated in this week's MIM yet so I made a Christmas tag. This week's challenge was to use stripes on your project.

I chose to use stripes to ground the Christmas tree. Isn't that little snowman the sweetest?! I popped him up with foam tape after I stamped the sentiment. For a finishing touch a tied a red ribbon at the top of the tag. 

My Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Plaid Builder, PTI Make it Market All Through the House, PTI Jolly Holiday

Dies: PTI Bookmark 2, PTI Make it Market All Through the House

Ink: PTI Pure Poppy, PTI Pinefeather, PTI True Black, PTI Fine Linen

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select White

Thank you for coming by! I hope you're an awesome weekend!

Two Cups of Coffee

Hi there! I love coffee and I love Christmas so I had to participate in this week's Merry Monday challenge!

I die cut the stitched rectangle, coffee cups, and flag, and used a punch for the snowflakes. I sponged an aqua circle on the left side of the stitched rectangle and built my layers on top. To finish, I added a few sequins.

My Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Warm Happiness, PTI Warm Happiness Too, PTI Snowfall

Dies: PTI Warm Happiness, PTI Warm Happiness Too, MFT Die-namics Blueprint 13, MFT Die-namics Fishtail Flag Stax

Ink: PTI Aqua Mist, PTI Dark Chocolate, PTI Pure Poppy

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select White

Sequins: Pretty Pink Posh Marshmallow 6mm

Thank you for coming by! 

Follow Your Dreams

Hello there! I just discovered Addicted to CAS and this week's challenge is to take inspiration from the word dream to make a card.

I started out by masking a circle and used an ink blending tool to add some light blue ink. I stamped the sentiment and adhered a butterfly. 

My Supplies: 

Stamps: PTI Fillable Frames #3

Dies: MFT Flutter of Butterflies - Lace

Ink: PTI True Black, PTI Spring Rain

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select White

Thank you for stopping by!

Christmas in Rainbow Colors

Hi there! This week at Merry Monday Kristie has challenged us to make a Christmas card using rainbow colors. I am usually pretty traditional when it comes to Christmas and the colors I choose so this was a definite step out of my comfort zone.

I pulled out PTI's City Scene stamp set to make my card, die cut all the buildings, and stamped each of them a different color. I added some faux snow, framed the buildings with a pierced oval die cut, and then stamped Santa and his reindeer flying over the buildings. I stamped the sentiment on a flag die cut and popped it up with foam tape to add a little dimension. 

My Supplies:

Stamps: PTI City Scene

Dies: PTI City Scene, MFT Die-namics Pierced Oval Frames, MFT Die-namics Fishtail Flag Stax

Ink: PTI: True Black, Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Terracotta Tile, Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold, Spring Moss, Simply Chartreuse, Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky; Memento: Lady Bug, Lulu Lavender; MFT: Grape Jelly

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select White

Thank you for coming by!