Papercrafting Inspiration: Magazine Monday Week 40

I really needed to get the ol' mojo back in gear after a few week's hiatus, so I looked at a few challenge blogs.  I found my challenge at Papercrafting Inspiration:  Magazine Mondays.  Each week a magazine cover is posted as inspiration....we're free to make anything....as long as it's made with paper!  Here's this week's cover inspiration:    

                       


And here's my card:

I chose the citrus-y colors and ray image for my birthday card.

All supplies are from Papertrey Ink except for the numbers which are the Parker number dies by Memory Box.

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Avery Elle August Challenge

I've got a card for the August Avery Elle Challenge.  You can read all about it and see the other entries here.

                                     
Using the Fanfare Clear stamp set I made an anniversary card that will soon be finding its way to my sister in law and her husband.

Cardstock is Bermuda Bay by SU! and white by Neenah, Versamagic ink in Turquoise Gem, gemstones from Hero Arts and ribbon from my stash.

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Papertrey Ink Blog Hop #2

                 

Here's my second entry for the August, 2013 PTI Blog Hop.  See first post below this one.

And, here's the inspiration sketch/color coach for it:

                                            

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Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

It's that time of the month again...the PTI Blog Hop.  I always have good intentions each month, but.......
I'm really liking the color/sketch inspirations for the hop this month...they got my mojo going...especially this one:

                      
Here's what I came up with:

I think it's a great masculine card which is something I always struggle with.  I'm definitely going to make a few more for my stash, and maybe in a few different color combinations.   I think what really made me like it was the texture I added to the base card with the Book Print Impression Plate.  I ran it through my Big Shot, no tabs, and it gave a very slight, rather than the usual crisp impression.

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Happy 3rd Birthday, Lil' Inkers!

Lil' Inkers is turning 3 this month!  And, to celebrate, they've asked their fans to make a birthday card inspired by this photo:

                                  

I love all the colorful pictures, but the one that sang happy birthday, perhaps? to me was the rainbow birthday cake.  I could eat my weight in cake, any kind, and I really like rainbows.  So, this was a no brainer...make a rainbow birthday card!

I used the Lil' Inkers Fanfare Scalloped Border Die and the sentiment is from their Balloon Builders Stamp Set.  Stampin' Up provided the rainbow of cardstock and a bit of white twill ribbon was the frosting on the cake, so to speak!

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Avery Elle March Challenge

The Avery Elle March AEI♥U Challenge is under way and I am getting my entry in just under the wire!   I have looked at the beautiful inspiration photo (see below) so many times....I just love it....so serene and such gorgeous colors!   

So, I decided to do something about it.   I pulled out my Avery Elle To The Point stamp set and got to work.  Here's what I came up with:

Cardstock is by Neenah and PTI and Su!, ink is VersaMagic and Memento, twine is from my stash.

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PTI Blog Hop March 2013

It's Blog Hop day over at PTI!
And, I have a chance to participate this month!  Yeah!

The challenge this month was to use sequins.   I added them to my Memory Box Chloe stems for a bit of bling.  I also used PTI colors soft stone, harvest gold, summer sunrise, terracotta tile and ripe avocado that are featured as this month's Color Play colors.  The sentiment is from PTI's Half and Half stamp set.

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WCMD 2012 Challenge 5: Trend Watch

I squeezed in some time to do another of Ellen Hutson's World Card Making Day challenges.  This one is WCMD 2012 Challenge 5:  Trend Watch Challenge by Julia Stainton.

I've been crazy about some of the latest shape trends...the chevron, zigzags, and more recently hexagons.  One shape I've always been fond of is harlequin.  As I flip through the volumes of patterned paper I have, harlequin is a repeat offender in every color and size.  And, I've noticed  very recently, some newer patterned paper (and stamps) in this design.  I think it is coming back in vogue!  So my trend of choice for this challenge is the diamond/harlequin shape.

I used  the pretty patterned diamonds trimmed from a piece of Pink Paislee designer paper.  A few of the diamonds were popped up with dimensionals for interest.  Sentiment is by Hampton Art and cardstock is SU! kraft.

I've really enjoyed making these challenge cards (see previous post also).  Thanks Ellen and Company!

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The Classroom WCMD Challenge #2

Once again, loooooooooong time, no post.

It was World Card Making Day this past Saturday, and life was pretty hectic.  I'd resigned myself that I just wasn't going to be able to participate in any challenges this year.  But then a little birdie, aka Colleen, called and left a voice message telling me about all the challenges going on out in the blogosphere.  I took a peek at the 5 challenges Ellen Hutson was sponsoring in her Classroom.  And Challenge #2:  Pinterest Inspired Challenge by Chari Moss caught my eye. 

I was inspired by the wood grain wall, branch and wall hanging above the bed in the picture and I immediately knew what I wanted to do.

This card originally started out in landscape format, but after all the pieces were made and laid out, it didn't work for me.  So, I flipped it to portrait format, and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.

Cardstock is SU!, woodgrain impression plate is by PTI, branch die cut is by Memory Box, sentiment die shape is from Whimsy Stamps, sentiment by Savvy Stamps and yarns from my stash.

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OLW 102: While We're on the Subject...

Hello there blog friends!
Long time no post!
But, I just couldn't let the current One Layer Wednesday challenge expire tonight without an entry.  Especially when I had an idea for it.  So the challenge this past week over on Ardyth's blog, MASKerade, was to make a one layer card, with minimal embellishments, that is inspired by our favorite subject in school....way back when.   WAAAAAY   BACK.

And, before I get on with my card, I must say, "WOO-HOO" to Ardyth.  She is a new hostess for the OLW challenges and this is her first challenge.   Way to go, Ardyth....great challenge!

On to my card.

Can you guess my favorite subject?  Art, of course!  Spelling was a close second...I just couldn't come up with anything for Spelling that would be as bright and colorful as this.

I used a 1/2 inch wide paintbrush with all Memento inks.  I've really been into rainbows the last few months.  Sentiment is by Inkadinkadoo.

Thanks Ardyth!

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Celebrate With Style

Well, it worked out this week that I was able to make one card that satisfies the requirements for 2 challenges...yeah!

First up is the One Layer Wednesday (OLW) challenge #96, Birthday Bling from last Wednesday over at the Simplicity Blog.  The rules are one layer, birthday theme with lots of bling.

Second is the Less Is More (LIM) challenge #76, One Layer Challenge with 3 of anything from this past Saturday over at the Less Is More Blog.  The rules are one layer, and three of anything; three colours, three images, three stamps, three words, the number three...anything as long as it relates to the number three.

And, here's my card:

All stamps are by Hero Arts.  I used the polka dot flag from Friendly Flags to make the base of the party hats.  And a tiny flower from the Clear design Thinking of You set to make the fluff at the top of the hats. The sentiment is from Birthday Messages.  I stamped all three "hats"  & the sentiment using Brilliance Pearlescent Ink for a little shimmer and used some bling from my stash.

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Sailing By with Thanks

Here's a little card I whipped up for some boating friends of ours recently.  I liked it so much I made another for my stash.  And, Colleen needs to see it since she just acquired this sailboat punch.  

The paper is a mix of scraps, SU and PTI.  The sailboat is a Fiskars seasonal punch from last summer, the waves are a Fiskars border punch, the clouds are PTI, and the sentiment is Lockhart.

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OLW 95: Stars and Stripes

Yeah!  Was able to fit in another of Susan's One Layer Wednesday challenges!  Loved this one and loved how my card turned out if I say so myself!  I needed some thank you notes and this one was really easy to replicate.  The challenge, as always, is to make a one layer card, this time using a star and a stripe, any theme.  Well, I couldn't pass up the fact that Independence Day was this week....the star and stripe fed into my feelings of patriotism!

Used the retired solid stripes stamp (say that fast 3 times!) from SU!, the frilly star is a $1 clear stamp from Studio G, and the sentiment is from Savvy Stamps.  Used the new Nautical Blue ink from Memento (isn't it yummy???) and SU! Real Red.

This is my second post of the day....please scroll down and wish Colleen a happy birthday!

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Happy Birthday, Colleen!

Today is the big day!  It's Colleen's birthday!  And I DID it!  I made her birthday card with stamps that even SHE didn't know existed!  WOO-HOO!   Doin' the happy dance here...it's REALLY hard to find stamps that SHE is not aware of.  Whew!  Another year of secretive searching that SHE didn't know about!

Colleen, I hope your day is simply wonderful!  You are the bestest!  Wish I could  be there with you to celebrate!

I used stamps from Singing Souls by Unity Stamps.  And an Amuse oval.  And the tiniest heart punch out from the Martha Stewart Heartbeat border punch using glittered paper. Cardstock by Neenah and PTI.

Please click on over to Colleen's blog and wish her a wonderful day!

Now, off to start on next year's card.......

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OLW 90: Dudes Rule

I had a chance to participate in the Simplicity one layer Wednesday challenge yesterday.  This week's OLW is to make a one-layer card for a man in your life.  I actually had this card in mind using punched hearts from colored cardstock, when I decided I could mask the hearts while stamping in different colors and then it would qualify for the OLW challenge.  Score!

The solid heart is from PTI Heartprints and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches Word Salad.  All ink is Memento.

And the dude in my life??  Well, my husband, of course!  We celebrate our 34th wedding anniversary this coming Sunday.

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Happy B-earthday

Isn't this lil' guy cute!???   

 He's the groundhog from Paper Smooches' Birthday Buddies set.  The sentiment is also from that set.  I am entering this card in the National Scrapbook Day contest that Kim announced over at the Paper Smooches blog.  Rules are cardstock only, no patterned paper (unless it is made from cardstock and stamps) and Paper Smooches stamps.  I colored the lil' guy with my copics, used cardstock from PTI, SU! and my scrap stash.  Grass border punch is from Martha Stewart, cloud dies from PTI, and the sun punch is from Punch Bunch.


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Got Chocolate?

Yes, I know.
It's one week beyond Easter and Easter cards are sooo yesterday.  But, I have one more to post for this year.  It's been a busy week and posting just didn't cross my mind.  So sorry.  But, I like this card and I have to share.

This is the retired SU! Chocolate Bunny.  I love him.  He reminds me of all the chocolate bunnies I received in my Easter baskets growing up.  Reminds me of the one the EB left for me last Sunday.

I stamped him in Memento Rich Cocoa, cut him out and popped him up on dimensionals along with the top layer of grass made with the Martha Stewart grass border punch.  Clouds are by PTI.  Cardstock is a mix of SU! and PTI.  Sentiment was typed on my computer using the papyrus font and punched with SU! punches.

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Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone!   I hope you all have had as gorgeous a spring day as we have had here in FL.

A quick post with a quick 'springy' card.

Daffodils are by A Stamp in the Hand, colored with Memento Markers and re-moistened by huffing on the stamp before applying the stamp to paper.  Sentiment is by Savvy.    Sentiment band is by PTI, as is the embossing texture plate used on the yellow cardstock (click on the picture to get a closer look).  Embossed circle made with my Nesties.

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PTI Blog Hop

When I saw Nichole's inspiration photo for the March Blog Hop over at Papertrey Ink, I was really smitten with the colors.  And I had a bit of time last evening to work on a quick card.

The inspiration photo:

My card:

I used PTI Lemon Tart and Aqua Mist cardstock (yes, it really IS Aqua Mist!), Everyday Button Bits for the balloon strings and Mega Mixed Messages for the sentiment.  Various polka dots on the balloons were made with Versamark and stamps from my stash (the middle balloon design is from PTI Round & Round).  Martha Stewart balloon punch and EKSuccess border punch.  Twine from The Twinery.

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Wishing you the Happiest of Birthdays

This is a first!
I don't believe I've EVER had 2 posts in one day in the history of my blog!  Go Me!
After the last Tuesday Trigger post, I had an extra stamped image of the Hero Arts brocade...I couldn't just throw it away....I HAD to do something with it.  And there, next to my desk, was the Skipping Stones Design sketch challenge #119 printout.  Perfect!  That sketch along with the gorgeous, elegant colors of the most recent Tuesday Trigger inspiration, I had the card made in minutes (well, almost)!   Without further ado, here it is:

Details:

White, Crumb Cake & Blushing Bride cardstock by Stampin' Up!.  Vintage Brocade stamp by Hero Arts.  Large flower by Outlines, small flower by Basic Grey.  Sentiment by Memory Box.  Twine by the Twinery.  Button from Michael's.  Versamark and SU! Crumb Cake ink.

Oh!  And here's the Tuesday Trigger inspiration: 

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