Bless You

I am really enjoying the gold trend going on right now.  When it comes to jewelry I've very much been an all-silver girl until the last year or so and now I'm finding I'm adding more and more gold to my collection.   I haven't used gold in my stamping much over the past few years so it's been fun to work with it again!

Today's card was all about the gold.

I used PTI's stripes stamps to create my embossed lines and then trimmed off a small portion and attached it with dimensionals on top of the panel.  I love the little dimension it added.  That sentiment is stamped with Delicata Golden Glitz ink which was a perfect match to the Zing! embossing powder!  Lastly, I di cut and stamped a leaf from PTI's  Turning a New Leaf set. 

Thank you for stopping by!  I'd love to hear if you are "into" the whole gold trend or not!  Have a great day!

Papertrey Ink January Blog Hop

Hello!  It's been a while since I've played along with the PTI Blog Hop but when I saw the inspiration photo for January's hop I was so inspired to make a card!

The challenge this month was to make a card based on the inspiration photo and use only neutral colors and pinks.

And my card...

I was very inspired by the ombre wall in the top left picture of the inspiration photo and the rows of pink pencils with the gold so that's the direction I went.  I used patterned paper and PTI's Rainbow Stripes die to create the die cut lines.  The "love" was stamped and embossed in gold and then I stamped the heart inside the "o" heart and heat embossed with pink embossing powder.  I love the subtle look that added. All of that was adhered onto my card base that had been impressed with PTI's striped impression plate (which I love but don't believe it is currently in production).  As a final detail, I added a circle that I die cut the inside out of and added it to the corner of my sentiment panel.

Thanks for stopping by!  

Supplies
Stamps: PTI Think Big Favorites #23
Dies: PTI Stripes Impression Plate, PTI Rainbow Stripes Die
Paper: PTI Rustic White, Love Notes by Crate Paper
Ink: VersaMark
Other: Zing Gold & Rose Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

HUGS!

Hello!  I have had the greatest time stamping again since I've redone my space!  This weekend I made cards just for the fun of it, not because I had an assignment due or a card to make for someone. It was so freeing and I was actually inspired...YEA!! I have needed that for a long time!  Such a great feeling!

I had a hard time deciding which card to share today but finally decided a card about hugs would be the way to go since I feel rather chipper today! :)

I had some Christmas money to spend and placed a small order from Simon Says Stamp for that adorable "Hugs" die!  I cut it twice, once out of silver glitter paper and once from Pure Poppy Striped paper from PTI to make a shadow for the word.  I adhered the "hugs" with pop dots to the patterned paper (also new called Love Notes by Crate Paper) and then adhered my enamel dots.

The tilted panel was die cute with Lil' Inker Designs Stitched Mats: Rectangles and then trimmed to fit the card front.  I stamped the sentiment underneath from a set that I haven't pulled out lately (but used it for TWO cards this weekend!!) called "Big & Bold Wishes".  I really like all of the sentiment options that this set offers!  To finish the card off, I tied a little strand of Rustic Cream Button Twine around the Berry Sorbet card base.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Hope you have a wonderful & blessed day today!

Never Dull Your Sparkle

Hello!  I hope you are having a great start to your weekend!  I love these slower, lazy days!  I'll get some grocery shopping done and watch my son play basketball!  I love seeing him out on the court trying his hardest and improving each and every week.  I love that "little" guy (he's 11 now and tall, but I like to think of him as little from time to time you know, lol!).

Today, I am stopping in with a  card that I made for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

I incorporated lots of color into this card!  I love cameras so it was fun to pull out this paper and find a use for it!  The fun sentiment is from the new Lil' Inker Designs set Shiny Happy!  LOTS of fun sentiments in that set!  I also used another LID product on this card.  Those little hearts are die cut from silver glitter paper with the Floating Hearts die.

I tried to get an angle where you could see all of the glitter that I added with the Wink of Stella glitter pen, but it didn't really work.  But....just image that the "sparkle" word really does sparkly beautifully in real life!  The twine, another one of my favorites, is from The Twinery and is the Gold Shimmer twine!

Here is the sketch this is based off of:

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Thanks for stopping by!