Celebrate Today

I am going to a bridal shower today for my Sister-in-Law so I wanted to make an extra special card.  I am so over the moon with all the doily stuff lately!  So for this card I knew what I wanted the theme to be!  I used both PTI's Delightful Doilies and My Mind's Eye Stella & Rose Gertie "Girly" Stamps (I saved you the hassle of googling the stamps and linked them for you...not that I'm trying to enable you or anything, heehee!! Did I mention they are CHEAP...like less than $6 cheap??). 

The color scheme for the shower is Scarlet Jewel, Hawaiian Shores & a touch of yellow (I know since I made & designed the shower invites too...I'll share those at a later date!!).   The stamps on the dies are from PTI's set and the stamps on the card base and the envelope are from My Mind's Eye.  Pretty stamps huh!?

Can you see all that glitter?  You can't miss it at my house because when I was gently pouring it the lid came off and I had the hugest pile of glitter I've ever seen!  I have it ALL over me now...but at least I sparkle! :)  The centers of the doilies on the card base all have glitter and the red doily die also has glitter on each circle.  It is so pretty in real life!

I hope that Anne likes it!  I also took a clothespin (which I forgot to photograph), covered it with paper from My Mind's Eye that matches these doilies (YES, there is matching paper too...be still my heart!!) and poured glitter all over it.  I'm going to attach it to the gift bag and hang the envelope from it if it isn't too heavy.

I hope you all have a great weekend!! Take care and thanks for stopping by!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps:  PTI Delightful Doilies, Round & Round, Bitty Background Blocks, My Mind's Eye Gertie "Girly" Paper: White, Scarlet Jewel, Hawaiian Shores
Ink: True Black, Hawaiian Shores, Palette Sunflower & Moulin Rouge
Other: Glitter (LOTS of it, lol!!), Pop Dots, PTI Doily Dies, PTI Banner Dies, Twinery Twine, PTI Button Dies #2

Papertrey February Blog Hop Challenge

Welcome to the February Papertrey Ink Blog Hop!!

"This month we decided to dedicate the Blog Hop to scallops! We want to see your best use of scallops, of any sort, on a project! This can include scalloped borders, offset-scallops, stamped scallops, scalloped mats, scalloped frames, layered scallops, scalloped tags or anything else you can dream up! We are looking forward to seeing all of your amazing creations!"

I wanted to do something different with scallops! I love scallops, they are so fun, but wanted to try to use my newer stuff and to use them in an unusual way.

I thought that the "Fancy Buttons" stamp from the Button Boutique stamp set fit the bill perfectly so I used it on two cards!

I took the stamp shown below and created a border on my card making large scallops.  Then, I turned the card upside down and stamped the "Fancy Buttons" stamp again 3 times to make the scallop the other way too.   It's hard to see but if you look closely, you can see that this stamp created the purple border in the photo.

Here's a little more of a closeup of the images on the card.  Can you spot all the scallops?

I used a piece of score tape for the Make It Monday PTI Challenge #3 and then sprinkled purple glitter on it to cover up the seam where the two rows of stamps meet (that was the PERFECT way to hide it!!). Very simple but a new, fun way to make a scalloped border!  I couldn't resist throwing in a scalloped doily or two, some scalloped buttons and the Tag It's frame stamp!

For the next card I kept things VERY simple and used the same "Fancy Buttons" stamp to stamp a border at the top of my card. 

I have to say that I LOVE, LOVE the sentiments in this Tag It's set!! The font is so fun and probably one of my favorites!!  I also love how the twine adds just the right amount of emphasis to the card front without overdoing it or taking away from the other elements!

I used the scalloped button dies to create a scalloped button border using the medium sized button for the top of the card. Just changing things up again!  I think it's fun to see a 3D border at the TOP of a card, rather than the bottom or side!

Also as a note, this is a 4x4 card and I cut the Rustic White card base so that it was slightly shorter than 4" so that when I added the buttons at the top it would still fit in an envelope made for a 4x4 sized card.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!! If you would like to see the other participants of the PTI February Blog Hop, you can visit Nichole's blog here!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted)
Thanks So Much Card
Stamps:  Delightful Doilies, Tag-its #1, Button Boutique, Bitty Background Blocks
Paper: Kraft, Pure Poppy, Coaster Board
Ink: Palette French Lilac, Hawaiian Shores, True Black, Champagne VersaMark
Other: Purple Glitter, Doily Details Die, Buttoned Up #2 Die, Maraschino Twinery Twine, Purple Embossing Powder, Score Tape, Pop Dots

Hello There Card
Stamps: Delightful Doilies, Tag-its #1, Button Boutique, Bitty Background Blocks
Paper: Rustic White
Ink: Palette French Lilac, True Black, Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores
Other: Maraschino Twinery Twine, Buttoned Up #2 Die

Trio of Cards...and Colors!

I was itching to make some doily cards today but knew my time would be very limited so I opted for very simple cards.  I really like the results though!  Here is my finished set of cards.

Aren't those bright colors just yummy!! Oh my!! I am so in love with this new Royal Velvet purple cardstock!!

This was the first card in the set that I made.  I didn't get my doilies perfectly lined up, but for a first second attempt it wasn't totally awful so I went with it!  I used 3 doily stamps.  The tiniest one is stamped on the Hawaiian Shores cardstock and the the flower is adhered to it.  I wanted to hang a little piece over the edge of the card again as I like the element that that adds to a card.

Here is doily card #2.  Again, the doily isn't perfect but usable! :)  I didn't stamp this one quite as far off the side as the one above so more of the doily fills the card.  I kept with the same simple design though.  Isn't that twine on the side so cute!! I love it!

And, finally, here is doily card #3.  My middle doily is way off center but hopefully I'll get the hang of it soon.  I used Champagne VersaMark to stamp the doilies on all of these cards and I love how it has a soft subtle glitter to it!! To match that I sprayed some clear glimmer mist on my twine to add a little shine and let it dry.   It is just a very subtle glitter look and next time I'll probably add another coat or two to make it more noticeable.

Well, time to get supper ready!  Have a great day!!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Delightful Doilies & Healing Touch Sentiments
Paper:  Royal Velvet, Hawaiian Shores, Hibiscus Burst
Ink: Champagne VersaMark, Fresh Snow
Other: Twinery Twine, Corner Chomper, Pop Dots, Recollections Mulberry Paper Mini Roses

Nothing Better Than a True Friend

Hey everyone!! Sorry it's been kind of quite here this past week.  I have been super busy working on an event with our high school youth called "Carnival of Comedy" (I am in charge of the entertainment portion which involves working with the kids on the skits they'll be performing that night).  It seems like hours each day have been devoted to planning and replanning and I've made so many lists I can hardly keep them straight!  But it is fun and I am excited to be a part of it!

I wanted so badly to take a break and make a card today and just couldn't find time or mojo or energy.  But then when I thought I was just organizing one last thing, something struck me and I ended up putting together a card.  I have to say that this looks so much better in real life than what it does in the photos though.

Oh. My. Word. That doily die!? Let me tell you. Fabulous! FABULOUS! I can't wait to make my own doilies in any color or pattern that strikes my fancy! This is one BEAUTIFUL die. So. Much. Detail.  And, once I got my die cutout lined up right on the "punch out tool" that you can purchase along with this die, it worked like a charm! Gone are the days of just white or off-white doilies!

I used purple embossing powder to emboss the button card.  It matches perfectly (but is kind of hard to make out in the photos).  I used 3 colors of twine by The Twinery on this card: Lilac, Caribbean & the brand new Honeydew.   

I had a terrible time truly capturing that deep purple color of the doily. If you live in Kansas, and as much as it pains me to say this, it is the color of K-State! LOL!! And even this Jayhawk fan has to admit that it is a beautiful purple (but PLEASE don't tell my dad I said that or I could be disowned, lol!!).

Thank you for stopping by today!! I hope you have a great day!!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Button Boutique, Background Basics: Newsprint, In Bloom
Paper: Rustic Cream, Royal Velvet, Smokey Shadow, Coasters
Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Spring Moss, True Black, Haystack Palette, Tea Dye Duo
Other: Twinery Twine, Parisian Doily Die, Button Dies, Button Card Die, Eggplant Embossing Powder, Pop Dots