So it's been two years...

Wow, I can't believe it's been over 2 years since I've posted on here. I hate that I go through such long breaks between crafting. Before last week, the last thing I had made was the wedding card for two of my friends that got married in November 2012! I am so glad to be back to doing what I enjoy and I hope to be able to blog more projects over the next few days as I've actually made a decent amount of stuff lately. I've discovered that I really enjoy making no-sew blankets and a bunch of people will be receiving them as Christmas gifts this year. I reopened my Etsy shop and have a couple of items listed on there for sale and will be adding more to it over the next several weeks. Anyway, let's get on to why I'm actually posting today. My dear friend Wendy's birthday is today and I wanted to make her a card to celebrate the day, I entered my card in the JUGS challenge and am excited to be entering challenges again.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies all PTI (unless noted):

Cardstock: Enchanted Evening, Wintere Wisteria, Stamper's Select White

Stamps: Beautiful Blooms, Flutterby Friend, Birthday Basics, Tag-Its #2

Ink: Winter Wisteria, Spring Moss, Memento Tuxedo Black

Other: Edgers #1 die, Limitless Layers 1 3/4 circle dies, Copic markers

To Infinity...and beyond!

Hey there,

thanks for taking the time to stop by! I have another card for your viewing pleasure today. I've had this vision in my head for this card all week and finally got a chance to sit down and create it. I absolutely love all of the Boy Basics sets that PTI came out with awhile ago. My son absolutely loves Toy Story so I thought it would be great to make a card with this fabulous sentiment. He was very eager to color his own rocket ships while I made my card - great bonding time! I'd love to hear what you think :)

I wanted to provide a detail photo of the glittery stars, the impressed background, and the clouds are even flocked!

The sentiment was embossed with silver embossing powder.

And just to show that the slider part works fabulously!

Another Mother's Day card

I decided that I didn't like the original card I made for my Mother-In-Law and decided to make her a different one. I like how this one came out a lot better and hope she feels the same way. I've been in the mood to color lately so took the opportunity to pull out my Copic markers and get to work. I'd love to hear what you guys think :)

The images from Flutterby Friend are colored with Copic Markers and the polka dots on the Blueberry Sky background are embossed with clear embossing powder.

I'm back!

It has been a very long time since I have posted anything on here and I have a very good reason for it. I got pregnant with our second child and completely stopped crafting for over a year and a half. I even thought about just stopping all together and selling all of my supplies that I once loved so much. During my pregnancy and after my son's birth I just had no motivation whatsoever to sit down and do anything crafty. I am so glad to be out of that slump! Over the past couple of months I have had overwhelming desire to get back to doing what I love so I had to go out to my garage (huge mess!) and find all of my stamps, paper, ink, etc. I have three cards that I'd like to share with you that I have made over the last couple of weeks. I would absolutely love to hear what you guys think about what I've made, I am always up for constructive criticism, especially since it has been so long. Thank you so much for taking the time to look and comment!

My first card is a birthday card for my mom, her birthday isn't until May 23rd but I wanted to make sure I had something made so I can get it off in the mail to be there for her birthday. It's hard to tell in the picture (I took the pictures at 10:00 pm) but the Lemon Tart layer has polka dots stamped on it and the Smokey Shadow layers behind the flowers are impressed with the Giga Guidelines Impression Plate.

The second card is a Mother's Day card for my Mother-in-Law, I'm not quite sure about how I feel so I may decide to make a different one.

Supplies all PTI (unless noted):

Cardstock: Smokey Shadow, Spring Moss

Stamps: Fillable Frames #4, Fanciful Flourishes (MTME)

Ink: Fresh Snow, Plum Pudding, Versamark

Other: Plum Pudding grosgrain ribbon, Flutters and Flowers Pretty Pieces Cut File (MTME), Threading Water border punch (Fiskars)

My last card is a Mother's Day card for my mom, I really like how this one turned out. 

Supplies all PTI:

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Stamps: Fillable Frames #4

Ink: Berry Sorbet

Other: Giga Guidelines Impression Plate, Pink Patterns patterned paper pack, butterfly die

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

This is my first time participating in the PTI Blog Hop and I couldn't be more excited about it! This month's challenge was to use our favorite Papertrey Ink color scheme, this was an easy decision for me and I knew exactly what I wanted to use when I read the challenge. The color scheme I selected is: Kraft, Enchanted Evening, Hawaiian Shores, and Fresh Snow. These colors are my absolute favorite and I think they look absolutely perfect together!

Every inch of this card is PTI and I am really happy with how it turned out. I'd love to hear what you think!

Supplies all PTI:

Cardstock: Kraft, Hawaiian Shores, Enchanted Evening

Stamps: Fillable Frames #4, Enjoy The Ride, A Little Argyle, Round & Round

Ink: Enchanted Evening, Fresh Snow

Other: Linen & Canvas Impression Plate, Fillable Frames #4 die, Enjoy The Ride die, Enchanted Evening Copic Trio, T1 Copic marker, Rustic Cream twine

I'm still around!

Wow, it's been awhile since I've posted and I'm sorry about that! I really have been creating I just haven't been updating (shame on me!) and there is one card I can't share yet because I'm participating in a Spring/Easter swap on the PTI forum and I have to make sure Ted gets it first before I share.

I also decided to open an Etsy store after talking to my mother-in-law since she is convinced people would actually buy what I create. I don't have high hopes and my prices are low, I don't expect to make a fortune off of selling what I make but it'd be nice to have some extra money to go towards my month PTI purchases. If you'd like to check it out you can click here.

Here's one of the cards I made today, it is available in my Etsy shop as most of the things I make will be.

Supplies (All Papertrey Ink):

Cardstock: Plum Pudding, Vintage Cream, Lavender Moon

Patterned Paper: Guidelines

Stamps: Year of the Flowers: Violets, Big & Bold Wishes, Background Basics: Tin Types

Ink: Plum Pudding, True Black

Other: Threading Water border punch (Fiskars), Clear Rhinestones, Vintage Cream satin ribbon, Lavender Moon button

Karen's Doodles Challenge

Karen's Doodles started her challenge blogs this week and I am super excited because her images are just too darn adorable! The first challenge for the USA section of her challenge blog is a sketch challenge. I'd love to hear what you think of my take on the challenge!

Supplies (All PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Lavender Moon, Plum Pudding

Patterned Paper: Guidelines

Stamps: Little Helping Hands (Karen's Doodles - digital), Mega Mixed Messages, Take Note

Ink: Plum Pudding

Other: Cuttlebug (Provocraft), Swiss Dots embossing folder (Provocraft), Prismacolor Pencils, Odorless Mineral Spirits, 2" scalloped circle punch (EK Success), 1 3/4 circle punch (EK Success)