Anniversary Card

I have an anniversary card to share made using the borders framing Dawn showed on PTI Make it Monday. When I first saw her card, I thought to myself that I would need to draw pencil lines to make everything square up, and then I watched her video… so I decided to make it the way she did, without any markings on the card.  I'm also linking up this card to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes Challenge. Thanks for dropping by, believe it or not, this is my 245th post! Need to do a giveaway for the 250th post!!

Ingredients:

Neenah Solar White and Desert Storm, PTI Think Big Favourites, Boutique Borders: Birthday and Happiness in Bloom, Hero Arts Red tomato, Cup O'Joe and Field Greens.

Two 21st Cards!

I have two 21st cards to share today, one for a female and one for a male. The first one is the one I made for Noelle who was born the same year as my son! I decided to use the chalkboard technique for this card and added some pink accents to a kraft background, the design is based on the current Seize the Sketch challenge.  As it is sponsored by MFT, I decided to dig out my MFT butterflies to finish off the card.

The second one is a masculine one based on the current CAS(E) this Sketch. I'm submitting both cards to Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge as well. Thanks for dropping by!

Ingredients:

Noelle

Neenah Desert Storm, Basic Grey Mint Julep, MFT DieNamics Butterflies, Hero Arts CL492, CG178, Paper Smooches Digits, Versamark, Memories Pigment Ink Unicorn, White EP, MME Enamel dots.

Will

Neenah Desert Storm, Authentique Free Bird series, MFT Dienamics Numbers and Fishtail Flags STAX, Simon Says Stamp Folded Banner and Banner Sayings, Hero Arts Navy, White gel pen.

Just a Note

Here's a quick card I made last night for the current Paper Smooches Sparks - Picture Perfect Challenge. I used my new Memento Luxe inks for the first time .... I now know what the fuss is with these inks. They (orange and purple) are just so juicy and ink up so evenly! May need to order some more! I used the colours in the trigger photo and added some stamped and embossed dots. The design is based on the current Retro Sketch #87 and I'm also linking this up to Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes challenge and Core'dinations Hard Core Crop - Stamp and Core challenge.Thanks for dropping by!

Picture Perfect Challenge

Ingredients:

Neenah Solar White and Desert Storm, black cardstock, Core'Dinations Tim Holtz Distress card, Sizzix EF, Paper Smooches Reflections and Sentiment Sampler, Hero Arts Cup O'Joe, Field Greens and Pool, Memento Luxe Sweet Plum and Morocco, Memento Tuxedo Black

Another Vintage 21st Guest Album

I recently received another order for a 21st Birthday Guest album. This is my fourth order this year! For those who know me, I love making cards and only dabble in scrapbooking or off the page projects. This album is within my comfort zone as the area to decorate is not too large! I used 6.5x6.5 papers from several Kaisercraft collections to make this album - I have to do this as I cannot use a heavy patterned paper inside the album. The name and the wooden numbers were painted with Tim Holtz distress crackle paint and layers of distress inks, paints were used to produce the final result. The inside pages were stamped with Ranger Archival Coffee using a variety of stamps in my collection (too many to list individually). The antique key is from Maya Road and the embellishments from Kaisercraft. I'm adding this to Simon Says Stamp's Anything Goes Challenge. The album is off in the post to Queensland, hope Sarah likes it! Sorry this is a photo heavy blog post!!

Ingredients:
Canson cardstock, Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings and Miss Match (6.5x6.5), Kaisercraft Collectables Sweet Nothings, Ranger Archival Coffee, Tim Holtz Distress Gathered Twigs, MFT DieNamics Tall Alphabets, Spellbinders Rose Creation, Maya Road Antique Key, Kaisercolour Sage, Distress Crackle Clear Rock Candy, Tea Dye Reinker, Tarnished Brass Distress Paint, Kaisercraft brads and blossom.
Stamps from - Hero Arts, Paper Smooches, Kaisercraft, Designs by Ryn, Tim Holtz

Retro Sketch #87

Another quick wedding card with my favourite couple. This time, I've coloured them in with Copics instead of paper piecing... don't look too closely!! This card is based (loosely) on the current Retro Sketch challenge. I'm also linking this up to Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge. Thanks for droppping by!

Ingredients:
Neenah Solar White, red cardstock, Hero Arts LP46 Asian Dolls, CL297 and CL574 Say It All, Memento Tuxedo Black, Basic Grey Konnichiwa,Copics markers, Kaisercraft rhinestones

PapertreyInk October Blog Hop 2 - Mehndi Tags

I usually don't make a lot of tags except during Christmas. The ones I made last year were quick and fast and done when I'm about to wrap all the gifts. The PTI October Blog Hop has pushed me to get mine done early this year! I usually decide on a colour scheme for my Christmas wrappings and the rest just fall into place. The tags I made would be suitable for plain white, red or kraft paper with a bit of natural or red twine or ribbon. I made these tags by inking up my new Mega Mehndi stamp for the first time (I just love the detailing on the stamp) before die cutting the tag! Oops, I made 6 tags again due to the fact I used three colours and wanted to try them on two different card stock. Here are my tags and thanks for stopping by!

Ingredients:

Neenah Solar White and Desert Storm, PTI Mehndi Medallion and Holiday Photo Finishers, Hero Arts Red Royal and Cup O'Joe, Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Tag Sale #3,  Red ribbon.

PapertreyInk October Blog Hop 1 - Chalkboard Tags

I don't think the chalkboard craze is over yet... well not with me anyway! I couldn't resist inking up these stamps for the first time on black! Well, I had to try a red card, so I ended up with 6 tags instead of 5. These would look lovely with kraft paper wrapped presents with a bit of red twine (I didn't have time to do this... the intention was there...) Check out the rest of the lovely tags here and get started before the mad rush in December! Thanks for dropping by!

Ingredients:

Kraft, White, Black and Red Cardstock, PTI Tag Sale#3 die, PTI Happiest of all Holidays stampset, Versamark, White Chalk Ink, White EP, MFT DieNamics Let it Snowflake, AC Brads, Hemp from Hemtique, Red gingham ribbon.