FTL258 Challenge

 It's been a while since I have stamped, so I looked for a challenge to help me along. This is for Clean & Simple Stamping's sketch challenge.

 Yes, Dave, this one is crooked. I didn't notice until i was done. LOL.

 I made this one for Michelle, who has a love of green and brown.

Supplies: PTI paper, stamps from A Muse & PTI, ink from PTI & Memento.

June CARDS Blog Challenge

 This is for the CARDS Blog Challenge for June. I used a couple MME background papers. The pink striped strip is from A Muse Mad for Plaid, and the faux stitches is Technique Tuesday stamps.

CTS #31 & CQC 192

I love the challenge of doing a single layer card, but I don't do them very often. This CAS(E) this sketch looked perfect for me to try it today.

I also used the color combo for the ColorQ challenge for this week.

I used my new Ippity stamp, Feather Flight, that I won on Unity's blog a few weeks ago. Woo Hoo! I love that feather! I stamped it in Memento's Teal Zeal, then spritzed it with water.

I like this single feather card the best. I tried it several ways with the feathers in multiples, but still came back to the single one as the favorite.

The Houndstooth is from Papertrey, the Weavy stitching is from Technique Tuesday, and the sentiment is from Stampin Up. The inks are Memento Teal Zeal, Amuse Slate gray, SU Certainly Celery & Soft Sky.

Friends with Flair in Rhubarb

 I made this for Unity's Friends With Flair. I used a page out of the dictionary, and stamped Donna Downey's Insightful Meadows, in Memento Rhubarb ink(my fav). The Sentiment is from Papertrey.

 After I put the card together, I started reading some of the definitions. This one cracks me up! The sentiment is saying how "special you are" and to left underneath is the definition for windbag: a person who talks a lot but says little of any value.

Can I really send this to someone? LOL

Friends With Flair

 This is for Unity's Friday Friends With Flair. I am still in love with Donna Downey's Insightful Meadow set. I stamped the flower in PTI's Ocean Tides, and that is also the base card too.

The sentiment is a SU swap that I just found in my images folder. I used it earlier this week, and just had to use it again, I love it so much. The buttons and twine are also PTI.

Tags

I needed a tag for an order of cards, so I got into my stash of die cuts. I love making extras for just such quick occasions. The leaves, frame and polka dots are all from Papertrey Ink. Oh, and the ribbon too. I love their ribbon! It is so sturdy.

Hand Made Burp Cloths

 I went to a baby shower yesterday, and just had to show you what I made. I have been thinking about what to make for my friend's new baby for awhile. I haven't sewn much in the past few months, and this was the perfect thing to get back into it. I found this tutorial for these super easy Burp Cloths.

 I used Chenille and Snuggle Flannel from Joann's Fabric store. These are so soft, I wish I had a use for them, but alas, I don't burp up anymore. LOL and I don't have kids either.

 Of course, I had to make my own card, and tag to match. I love these little monkeys! They are from Basic Grey: Oliver. And she is using a jungle theme in blue/green for the baby room.

The label for the set, is another of my stash of image trades. It is Stampin Up, against a hand stitched label from MFT, and that is on top of a mat stack from PTI. I used every company I love for this whole set. LOL

CTS 6

 This is for the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #6. I switched sides for the flower/sentiment, I hope that is ok for the sketch. I have been seeing a lot of white on white without mats the past few weeks, so I thought I would try it out with this one.

 A couple years ago, I did quite a bit of image trades on splitcoaststampers.com. I had wanted this sentiment for a long time, and then I got it, and never used it. So I pulled this out of my super stash of images, and added one of my favorite Donna Downey stamps from Unity: Insightful Meadow. I stamped it in my new fav colors from PTI, Autumn Rose. The polka dot paper is MME: Stella & Rose.

CTS2 & CFC75

 This is for CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #2 and CAS-ual Fridays Challenge 75(Over the Edge).

I used A Muse Friend to Friend stamps. I colored the leaves with a Koh-i-noor pencil, then topped it with Glossy Accents.

Wish I Was There!!

 Way back when! I think it was the last month of my design team work with Kim at Serendipity, Kim gave me this ? plastic bubble? I can't remember what it is called. Something to hold memories in, I think. 

Anyway, on one of our stamping get-togethers, I used a JustRite stamp from the beach, and thought this would be perfect to hold a few shells and some sand. 

(But I didn't add the sand, too messy!)

I watercolored with my aquapen. Dave didn't like the way I kept shaking the card, to get the shells just right! Tee hee, but I had fun, kinda like a shaker card!

I used Nestabilities Circles to cut a hole to fit around the bubble and hold it in place. It was a little small, so I used the area that is usually like an embossed mat, and it is folded up a little around the bubble. It holds it in place.

Flourishes Sketch Challenge 181

 I had a fun stamping day with my mom, and this was my first card. I made it for the Flourishes Sketch Challenge this week. I used Flourishes Waterlily stamp set, and masked the lily pad, so I could put multiple buds around it. I stamped it in the new Memento Espresso Truffle, and stamped the sentiment in PTI Canyon Clay. The designer paper is MME's Indie Chic - Ginger.

Classic Wedding Card

 I have been wanting to try the looped ribbon behind a die cut again. This was the only black ribbon that I had, and it is self-adhesive, so the loops were wanting to stick to themselves, but as long as it doesn't get smashed in an envelope, I think it will look okay. I used PTI's Rustic cream card stock, black and Enchanted Evening ink.

The stamps are a retired set from SU. The die cut is from PTI, one of the Mat Stacks. It needed a little something extra, so I ran the edge of a Sharpie along the edge of the die cut. And then I used a glue pen, and some Dazzling Diamonds on the "&". (Wish you could see the sparkle!)

Congrats!

This is for the Stamp It! Cards Congratulations Challenge over on the Moxie Fab blog.

I used the Jumbo Dahlia stamp from Stampendous, stamped it in PTI's Fresh Snow ink on Enchanted Evening paper. The sentiment is from PTI's Fillable Frames Additions set, on a FF die cut that I stamped off once before I stamped lightly again with the Dahlia stamp, then used their tea dye ink around the edges to highlight the sentiment.

Notebook

 Michelle gave me her Just Rite stamps, and a few copics. This is my first flower to color with the copics. I had fun doing the shading, and then the light blue outline.
Just had to make my friend, Monica, a bright, cheery little notebook, and used PTI's Just a Note stamp for the cover.

Graduation Cards

Peggy needed some graduation cards, so I bought some Daviess County & Owensboro City paper at our new local scrapbooking store, Scrappy Chic.

 I designed my own pocket card to hold money. No, I am not this cheap! LOL It was just the only bill that I had, to measure out the right size card, and to take the pic with.

 I made a wrap, and attached a PTI Fillable Frame for this one, and I cut out the Panther for the Daviess Co one above.

Unity Friends With Flair

This is for today's Friends with Flair post on Unity. I am still attracted to the colors from the previous challenge, so I did a variation of that one.

I used some Bo Bunny polka dot paper, and the negative from PTI's ric rac die to do the scalloped edges.

The center image is from Unity's Insightful Meadow set, and a solid leaf image stamped over the top. Sentiment from Ippity's A Moment in Time set punched with a word window punch.

CFC49 & Chevron Color Challenge

This is for the CAS-ual Fridays CFC49 sketch challenge, and the Embellish Chevron Color challenge.

The little round berry stamp is from Unity's Where You Should Be stamp set. 

The chevrons and sentiment are from PTI.

The pink and gray from the color challenge are in the bit of ribbon attached to the one square.