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

LOVE Always

Valentines cards have been flying off my craft desk the past two days as we will be away the first two weeks of February. I 'm a volunteer librarian at a church school and made 40 cards for the students using PTI's Be Mine. (they should love all the puns) 18 of the cards were actually from a bag of pink floral purchased tags with ribbons and intended for bookmarks which made for fast "cards." Then made three more for my three grandsons. Last but not the least I made one for my honey.

Card recipe:
Sizzix heart dies
Papertrey Ink Wonderful Words: Love
Ink: Momento London Fog & Tuxedo Black
Misc.: SSS woodgrain card stock, My Mind's Eye Filled with Love 6x6 paper pad, sequins, clear Wink of Stella, dimensional tape for woodgrain panel

Linking this card up to several challenges after seeing Joyce's card
Addicted to CAS #80 Red

Simon Says Monday Challenge Love is in the Air

CASology Adore

Zappy Birthday

Papertrey January Blog Hop Challenge

It's the 25th of the month and time for the PTI Blog Hop.

We're were challenged to go modern, graphic or whatever with this photo.

I thought of surf boards and the beach maybe because of going to HI next week!

Instead I made a birthday card for a dynamite male friend of ours~

Card Recipe:

Inks: Distress Ink ripe persimmon & tumbled glass, Versafine Onyx Black

Stamps: PTI Watercolor Wonder & Zappy Birthday

Misc.: black washi tape (around edges of card)

Check out the other fabulous entries at Nichole's capture the moment blog