Multi-Color Butterfly

This is another Papertrey Make it Monday project.  It was so easy to make the butterfly and leaves separate colors.  Love this technique!  I also tried the cracked glass technique on the tags from a few weeks ago.

Multi-Color GigaGuidlines

I was inspired by this week's Make it Monday and Nerina's challenge and beautiful card here to stamp for the first time in quite a while. (Also, my power went and my computer battery died, so I couldn't do any work!) I started with this fabric in mind, although I ended up somewhere else entirely.

I love this week's technique.  I didn't have craft foam, but I did have some flat round cotton pads in my craft desk.  Here is the background paper I made.  (If you use cotton, stamp on a craft mat or a lot of scrap. The color soaked right through.)  I was able to stamp the whole sheet with 1 inking!

Here is the card I made. 

Bookmarks for Boys

I've made bookmarks for some young cousins as a Christmas gift for the last few years, so I was thrilled when Papertrey Ink came out with the bookmark dies.  These came together pretty quickly after I picked the colors.  I stamped the background with DotSpot, love that stamp.  The images are from a Kim Hughes set from CHF.  (I was pretty excited to see Kim Hughes is now doing clear stamps!  Yay!)

Thanks for looking!

Papertrey Peeps Challenge #16

These are some tags I made for the papertrey Peeps Challenge 16, hosted by Rhonda.  Yes, from last September.  These are all Christmas tags that I actually made around November.  Yikes!  Anyway, I had a lot of fun making these.  They were the first crafty things I had done in a while, and really got my mojo flowing for Christmas.  These all ended up being tags for cookie trays!

In an effort to blog more, I'm skipping the supply lists. Most of this is PTI, but please leave questions about specifics or PM me on the PTI forum.

Peeps Challenge - January 2011

Hello, Peeps.  I am getting this challenge in right before the deadline.  Thanks to Rhonda for a really great challenge!    I've been crafting in 5 and 10 minute bursts, and I really think it took all of January to figure out how I wanted to lay this out.  But I new from the start it was a card about gratitude and it made me think a little more often about all of the things for which I am grateful.

This card is for one of our Peeps members who has done a lot of organizing and reminding and remembering birthdays behind the scenes.  Thanks, Terri.

In an effort to blog more, I'm skipping the supply lists. Most of this is PTI, but please leave questions about specifics or PM me on the PTI forum

Peeps Challenge #19

This is for the Peeps challenge to use Negative Space.  Thanks, Aimes, for a great challenge!  I actually used two negatives here, the obvious (I hope) is the Christmas tree die cut, but I also used a star burst bunch (and some extra holes made with a cropadile) to "decorate" the tree and let the white base layer show through.  I finished it off with some ric-rac garland and a double ended banner for the sentiment. 

I really wish I would have used Avocado or Chartreuse for the tree.  I'm just not sure about the Pinefeather.  I kept punching holes and stamping swirls to cover it up!

In an effort to blog more, I'm skipping the supply lists. Most of this is PTI, but please leave questions about specifics or PM me on the PTI forum.

Peeps Challenge #7...and #18

This is for the Papertrey Peeps Challenge #7: Inspiring Life. Nerina posted the challenge to use an inspiration photo from Creative Mint. I selected this photo:

I loved the colors and the scrappiness of it. I created this card, using cardstock scraps from other projects.

I actually created this card ages ago, but I couldn't find the photo and I had already mailed the actual card!  I just noticed  that this also fits the Peeps Challenge # 18, to use a card with pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Since I'm so far behind I am double dipping!

In an effort to blog more, I'm skipping the supply lists.  Most of this is PTI, but please leave questions about specifics or PM me on the PTI forum!