I came, I shopped

I saw this quote a couple years ago in one of my cards magazines.  I love it!!!  SOOO ME!  In case you can't see, it says: "Veni, Vidi, Visa.  I came, I saw, I shopped."  And don't you just love this shopping girl?!  She's from a retired CTMH set, Ms. On the Go.  These papers are KI Memories from my stash (I totally forgot I had them!), and I fell in love again with the color combo.  I used the Penshurst and Penshurst Shadow fonts downloaded from dafont.com.

This is another use of my KI Memories paper.  This time I cut some 1 1/4 inch squares.  The label is the Penshurst font I printed and punched out with my Modern Label punch.  The flower is felt, cut with the PTI die.  I love the pink and orange together!

Same design, this time I put it on it's side and used a flower stamp from the discontinued Sweet on You stamp set.  Again, I printed the sentiment and then punched it out.

One Card, Many Ways

This card design I cased from a post by Maile Belles seen here (May 13 entry).  I used some paper by My Mind's Eye and the Butterfly Dreams stamp set.  I cut the butterfly from Cameo Coral and stamped over it in Ruby Red (what a great color combo!).

Here is the same card design with some of the same paper.  This time I punched the Apron border punch along the edge.  I stamped the vintage label in Ruby Red.  The butterfly is cream felt with a Melon Berry button center.

Yet again, same card design.  I liked the Apron border punch so much I used it here.  The vintage label is stamped in Elegant Eggplant.  This time, I decided to try something new and die cut the flower from purple craft foam.  This gives the project a different dimension and texture than simple cardstock.  I also discovered that the best way to adhere a button to craft foam is with hot glue.  I then used a tiny dab of hot glue to adhere the flower to the card.  The button is Ocean Tides and the ribbon Plum Pudding.

Teacher Appreciation

So I know this is a little late for the teacher appreciation week, but I hope you enjoy.  I used the Milk Made Timeless Template from PTI.  This time I added a scalloped circle punch to the top of the containers. 

I cut the flowers from felt and stitched the buttons on, then stitched the flowers to the top of the paper clip.  I also used some of the Designer paper to cover the black portion of the clip.

I love this thank you label so much!  I added some brads and the Kiwi Kiss ribbon to finish it off.

Pink Butterflies

There are two things that have recently caught my attention in my papercrafting world: the color pink and butterflies.  These projects are a reflection of that.  First I have a card inspired by Nichole Heady's post back when they released the Butterfly Dreams stamp set.  Here I decided to mask the center butterfly and then color each one a progressive color of pink.  The card looked great, but I'm currently addicted to glitter too, apparently, so I had to go back over the butterflies with a glue pen and add glitter too.  The sentiment is in an old SU! pink - Positively Pink. 

This is another Butterfly Dreams card.  First I stamped the flourish from SU! Baroque Motifs in Pink Pirouette and traced a few of the lines with some Diamond Stickles.  Then I added some butterflies I'd die cut and colored with copics topped with glitter. 

This card was inspired by one I saw on SCS with the PTI Violets set.  This is the emboss resist technique.  I used Delightful Dahlias instead and added Melon Mambo to the centers and the rest in Pink Pirouette.   The center Dahlia is colored with copics and highlighted with a little glitter on a few of the petals.  Like I said, I'm addicted to glitter lately. 

Bermuda Bay, Baby

I stamped and colored this stamp before I knew what paper I was going to use.  I used SU! Watercolor pencils.  I then had a hard time figuring out what paper to pair with it.  I later realized the green watercolor pencil I used on her dress actually matches Bermuda Bay very nicely.  I inked the edge with Very Vanilla ink before mounting the cut out stamped image to the center.  This ribbon is BEAUTIFUL!  I picked it up at Joann's.  I think I'm in love....

This is another similar card to last week (another Go To Sketch).  I used Basic Grey papers for this one.  I added a sentiment from the Say it with Style set.  I loved the limeade colored buttons - I was so glad I got to use them.  

OK, another Go to Sketch (aren't they fabulous?).  This time I was actually inspired by the shoes of a little girl at church.  (Seeing card design ideas everywhere, that's when you KNOW you have a problem.)  Her shoes were a dark gray and had spots in these colors stitched on them.  Very cute.  Anywho, I actually had another idea with stitching and paper tearing which I'll try later, but for now, I came up with this.

Peach Perfection

Aren't these colors delicious?  I see them and think of an Orange Cream-sicle.  Mmmmmm.  I used another Go To Sketch and die cut my butterfly from some PTI cream felt.  I love this stuff!  Can't wait for them to come out with more colors.  I stitched a Melon Berry button to the center.  The paper is My Mind's Eye Be Loved and Bazzill basics in Bluff.  I stamped the sentiment in Ruby Red.  This is one of the few times I've attempted the ruffled ribbon.  It was a little difficult because I was using 1/4" score tape and I think my ribbon was only 1/2" wide.

Springtime Colors

Greetings everyone!  You ever have one of those days when you know you should be doing a bazillion things around the house, but all you want to do is papercraft?  It's one of those days for me.  It's a hot, humid, overcast day (and I think I'm coming down with a cold) so I'm not motivated AT ALL to do what I should. (BTW, sorry the pic looks off - I'm not even motivated enough to retake the picture.  How sad is that?)

Anyway, this card I used my new Butterfly Dreams stamp set and the PTI Anniversary set Round and Round.  I don't have the dies for the Mat, but I did notice that this image from Round and Round fits perfectly inside a spellbinders Labels 4 die.  Isn't it lovely?  I used some Colorbox inks for the butterflies and Perfect Plum for the circle.  I found this ribbon (which matches Berry Sorbet PERFECTLY) at Joann's over the weekend. 

Next up I have another birthday card inspired by the card I had done earlier with the scalloped circles and matching buttons.  This time I cut the small flowers from the PTI die and added buttons.

Finally, I love these little chick buttons from the Everyday Button Bits set by PTI.  Aren't these colors great together for a monochromatic card?  I used Hawaiian Shores and Aqua Mist and some Chocolate Taffeta ribbon from SU!.  I used Bermuda Bay to stamp the sentiment and wings.