Happy Spring

This photo and Dawn's video inspired my first Easter card this year. We just got home from vacation and on my kitchen counter was a Papertrey Ink box waiting to be opened. Here is my sponging attempt on the eggs and bunnies. 

Card Recipe:

Stamps/Die: PTI Bunny Basket

Inks: Hero Arts Bubble Gum, Butterbar, Soft Purple, Green Hills; Versamark 

Washi tape, white embossing powder, Baker's twine

Linking this to: Make It Monday #242  

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge A Bit O' Green

praying for you

Papertrey Ink February Blog Hop Challenge

Ready or not it's the 25th day of the month!

What a lovely photo of spring green, pinks and objects
to inspire us this month!

Here is my take, somewhat literal.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: PTI Beautiful Butterflies & Layers, Cutting Garden, Keep It Simple: Praying for You, Meadow Greens; an old wood Rectangle Background Shadow stamp (behind fern)

Inks: Momento - Angel Pink, Bamboo Leaves, New Sprout; Hero Arts - Cup of Joe; PTI - Soft Stone

Dies: PTI Beautiful Butterlies, Cutting Garden

Misc.: PTI Linen Impression Plate, Gold Wink of Luna pen, PTI card stock, white gel pen

My card is linked to these challenges: February PTI Blog Hop

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes Wednesday Challenge

Every Flower

Linking this card to The Card Concept #49 - Floral Radiance

Papertrey Ink stamps were used: Beautiful Butterflies, Ruby Rose, Ruby Rose Reprise

Hey there

Time Out Challenge #50

Hi and welcome to Home Sweet Home at Time Out ! 

This photo was our inspiration this week.

Here is my take on the newsprint and city landscapes in the picture.

Rummaging through my stamps I found an old Hero Arts newsprint owl for the focal point.  I began stamping in light grey the Hero Arts "A Village" background stamp at the bottom of the panel to help ground my awestruck owl. Stamped the owl in black and added a hint of spring green with a Prismacolor pencil. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Irresistibly Ikat stamp set.

Linking this up to Time Out where you can check out 

all the other entries and design team inspiration cards.

Sending well wishes

CAS(E) this sketch! #160

We were away the first two weeks of February so I've been busy making cards today. Using Chrissy Larson's sketch from Cas(e) this Sketch! I created a masculine all-purpose card for my stash.

Card recipe:

Stamps: PTI Brushed Off, Wet Paint III

Inks: Versamark, Hero Arts: Green Hills, Mint Julep, Pool, Stone Wash, Navy mid-tone shadow inks, Ranger Archival Jet Black

Linking this card to the CAS(E) this Sketch! challenge    

celebrate good times

Make It Monday #239

Customizing Patterned Paper

A piece of Treetops Glisten patterned paper was modified with a stencil and white pigment ink. After drying the ink a few of the stenciled circles were stamped with a flower center from Twig Wreath. A Keep It Simple Frames flag was die cut from bitty dot vellum, stamped with a sentiment from Framed Out #2 and decorated with Twig Wreath centers on aqua circles. The circles were given a gold Wink of Stella center and and a light coat of clear Wink of Stella. The panel was put on an Aqua Mist top folding card with rounded corners. Except for Hero Arts inks and the Heidi Swapp stencil all products used were from Papertrey Ink.

 My card is linked at capture the moment   Thanks Lizzie for a fun challenge!

Sending Prayers

Experimented this afternoon with some watercoloring and making scribble die cuts look like flowers, a bit loose on my interpretation of Marika's card . Her coloring technique is stunning and is featured on the latest Time Out challenge - Case With Your Own Twist. 

After brushing some wet ink on water color card stock, I scored the panel to imitate her vertical line and die cut flowers using an old pattern paper.

Linking this to Time Out Challenge #48-case-with-your-own-twist

Card Recipe:
Ink: Distress shaded lilac & squeezed lemonade, Versafine Onyx Black
Stamps/Dies: PTI Circle Scribbles, Beautiful Butterflies-sentiment, SSS stitched rectangles
Platinum Stickles for floral centers