Happiness, You make me smile

I got to play in my craftroom last night :) I only made one card but boy did it feel good.

I used the 2012 anniversary set from PTI, Pretty Peonies, as well as Half and Half die and stamp, and Edgers. I had a Studio Calico kit out and was inspired by the blue dot paper and the Accent Cuts that are from Crate Paper Random that were in the SC Country Fair Scrapbooking kit.

This is being mailed out tomorrow to thank someone for a very thoughtful gift.

I had this photo up from Dawn McVey's blog that gave me the inspiration:

I love her bold, clean cards.

Click on this photo and it will bring you to her blog.

Thank you for checking in!

BTW: if anyone can tell me what I'm doing wrong while photographing my projects I would love to know. I have a good camera, and I've been playing with lighting, but clearly I'm doing something wrong.  They look better in person :(  Thanks in advance.

Color Combination #5

I'm normally pretty simple when I create, but this incorporates a lot of colors. I would even go as far as to say it's a rainbow card:

The PTI dies make this card.

Color Combination #4

Pink is sometimes hard for me but using Melissa's combos it was fun.

Color Combination #3

This one is from Erin Lincoln

Here is my take:

Color Combination #2

I used this color combo and let the kraft and cream do most of the talking.

Color Combination #1

So I took the idea of Dawns color theme and made it work for my nephews. I changed the pinks into aquas. I am loving this combination, Thank you Dawn.

these skateboards are just perfect for my three nephews.

Scrapbook Mega Upload

I finally took photos of my scrapbooking pages that I've completed in the last year or so. For now I'm just going through them all up here, hopefully later I'll add comments. TFL

Me at 37

PTI stamp "through the trees" and Studio Calico Cloud rubons.

 Babbling Brook Background stamp from Studio Calico. I heat Embossed with Mustered ZING. Diecut the numbers using my PTI "by the numbers" dies and found the paper on the back of a Studio Calico advertisement that came in the kit. Love it when I find little goodies I can use.

I die cut the "life" using PTI Mat Stack 4 and found the paper from a backing in the Studio Calico packaging from the wood butterflies. I wanted yellow but not solid, and not floral. As soon as I saw it, I thought "that's it". I had to heat emboss the "life" because the paper was glossy and would not have dried without smearing. I used the Outlined Alphabet from PTI, my new favorite alphabet stamp set.

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You Look Fabulous Darling!

The boys love playing with my heals. Who says Girls are the only ones to play dress-up? Rhys was hamming it up in these photos.  I was using last months Studio Calico kits and what ever else I found on my desk. Including PTI little tags. And you can't see it too well in this photo but I stamped FABULOUS over and over, from PTO "Say it with Style" stamp set on the cream color cardstock. And a bonus I got to use Glitter on this boy page :)

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My Space Invader

Jack has a special skill of kicking me out of my own bed.  He sleeps in his bed, but about once a week he comes quietly into our room and cuddles in next to me with out making a sound. He's stealthy, and before I know it I'm asleep. But then I wake up overheating because I am sandwiched between my husband, Ryan, and Jack.  The photo above show how he slowly keeps moving across the bed, ending up taking the whole bed!

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Easter Wishes

Just because, I just received these tulips and I had to play.

This was my first card made playing with my new Tulip Stamp and was a bit reserved with my coloring. The Easter wishes tag is the jar label folded in half over the ribbon and sewn on. I'm really enjoying having my sewing machine on my scrap table.

I was so pleased with the way this turned out that I wanted to try being a bit bolder with my coloring and this is what I got:

I Just Love It!

 

I have got to get some sleep but I wanted to share these with you. I'll post items used and can write more about what I did really soon. Ask any questions you may have and I'll be sure to answer them when I edit the post.

Thanks for looking!

Good Night,

Mel

Papertrey March Blog Hop Challenge

My March Blog Hop creations

Peace, Love, Joy

It is hard to tell from this photo (sorry) but the flower is fabric and the center is sewn with embroidery floss. I love this card in person, there is a ton of PTI goodness used, 6 dies, 2 stamps, cardstock and felt.

In the spirit of the INKers March Challenge and the BlogHop I've made this Brighter days card. This one did not end up the way I had envisioned it and in fact had almost found it's way in the round file more than once.  My "trigger" to finding PTI were these fluffy clouds. My first direction on this card was to sew the clouds with the floss, but in the end it just didn't show up enough. So I played some more. Stamped the rays of the sun, and again, they didn't show up enough, so I used some yellow floss and loved the way it turned out.

After making the flower for my first card, I ran out and bought some more fabric to play with. I used the Smoky Shadow cardstock (looks black here) and oh wow do I need to get more of it, it is beautiful. I picked up some random items that I had cut out for "Peach Joy Love" card above and threw this together. It took a tenth of the time it took me to do the other cards and it just might be my favorite. But it's hard to say because they each of such a different feel to them.

Just for fun I messed around and made this:

I stamped on the clear sheet that we get with our stamps with Stazon. I attempted to do floss all over the balloon, but it didn't look good so in this case, less is more, I tied a bow on it and called it good. Here is a close up to show the plastic overlay.

Thanks for looking!