January PTI Blog Hop Challenge

Here's the challenge Nichole posted for this month:

With the new year comes a clean slate along with many resolutions. This month's blog hop challenge involves you challenging yourself to use a Papertrey stamp set that has yet to see ink or even one that might be collecting a little dust! Go through your stash and see what little used treasure it might hold.

Perfect for me! One of my resolutions is to "use what I got." So my card features 2 stamp sets that have never seen ink and one color of cardstock that sat in an unopened pack. I also chose a new color combo for me. The last personal challenge? Make a masculine card.



So how did I do? Does this classify as a masculine card? I mean, I didn't use bling, lacy borders or ribbon. And it was very hard not to!

Oh, and if any PTI DT members visit here, please notice the striped paper. See how great it looks. Just another shameless plug for a Bitty Stripes Basics collection.

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Larger Than Life, Guide Lines Two, Autumn Abundance
Card Stock: Stampers Select White, Harvest Gold, SU Basic Grey
Patterned Paper: SU Designer Series Paper Neutrals Collection
Ink: Palette Charcoal, Sun Flower
Miscellaneous: Circle punch, Double Ended Banner die, dimensionals

January Friends of WMS Blog Waltz

It's January 17 and time for another Waltzing Mouse Stamps Blog Waltz. The theme this month is Valentines/Love.

In order to combat the monotony of hours on the treadmill or elliptical, I design cards in my head. I had this great idea for a card only to find out I didn't have the set I needed. Truly, I thought I had purchased it some time during 2010. You can guess what will be on my next order! So I used the only WMS set with hearts that I have.



Can't wait to see what Claire has in store for us in 2011.

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Faux Fun, Seasons of Love - Tags
Card Stock: PTI Scarlet Jewel, Sweet Blush, Vintage Cream
Ink: Fresh Snow, Scarlet Jewel
Miscellaneous: Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Sweet Blush ribbon, Maya Road Ruffle Blossom, dimensionals, embossing powder

Card for a Friend

Happy New Year, everyone! Now let's see if I remember how to update my blog. Add to that the complexities of a new camera. I may never post again! LOL

Here's a card I made to send to a friend who is facing some difficulties. In my quest to "use what I got", I pulled out some older rubber stamps and had fun creating this card.



I have lots more to post once I figure out this camera. I finally finished my coaster calendars for 2011. Just a couple of days late.

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Endless Creations sentiment, Hero Arts Flower Flourish and Bird in Cage, Cornish Heritage Farms background
Paper: PTI Ocean Tides, Stampers Select White, True Black
Ink: PTI Ocean Tides, True Black
Miscellaneous: Martha Stewart border punch, pearls, embossing powder, dimensionals.

November Friends of WMS Blog Waltz

It's November 15 and time for the WMS monthly blog waltz. To get us in the mood for the holidays (or maybe to give us a push to complete those holiday cards), the theme this month is Christmas.

Several years ago, one of my favorite paper companies, My Mind's Eye, had a Christmas paper collection that featured browns and blues. I've always liked that color combo and decided to use those non-traditional colors as my inspiration. Although I have several WMS Christmas sets, I seem to go back to Very Vintage Christmas over and over this year.





I pulled out my trusty Marvy snowflake punch to create my embellishment. And Tara, if you are reading this, I had to stand on it to get it to work. I actually thought I broke it but after a bit of time manipulating it, it's ok and ready for the next snowflake!

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Very Vintage Christmas, Seasons of Love, Off Beat Backgrounds
Cardstock: PTI Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Spring Rain
Ink: PTI Dark Chocolate, Spring rain
Miscellaneous: SU Very Vanilla seam binding, Marvy snowflake punch, Hero Arts rhinestones, Nestabilities Pinked Circle die

A Year of PTI - November

With Christmas 6 weeks away, I need to get moving on my calendars. The designs are the challenge for me. Assembly goes pretty easily. In fact, I'll probably be mass producing these when the NE Ohio PTI group gets together on December 4.

So here's the November design. I try not to repeat themes from year to year and I've already done turkeys, acorns and leaves for this month. Wish PTI would add a cornucopia stamp to their line up.



Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: First Fruits, Calendar Basics
Card Stock: Dark Cocolate, Vintage Creme, Summer Sunrise
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Palette Cognac
Patterned Paper: First Fruits Collection
Miscellaneous: SU oval punch, SU Sizzlits Lots of Tags Label 1, Nestabilities oval, dimensionals

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 22

I love to participate in sketch challenges but it seems I rarely have time to do so. Since we gained an hour last night, I'm putting that extra hour towards stamping. Here's what I came up with for Challenge #22. It's not my traditional style but I had so much fun creating it.



Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Compliments of the Season, Text-It, Very Vintage Christmas
Card Stock: PTI Scarlet Jewel, Vintage Cream
Patterned Paper: Webster's Pages Waiting for Santa/Sweet Season Combo Pack
Ink: PTI Scarlet Jewel, Palette Landscape and Cognac
Other: Nestabilities, SU gold ribbon, Cuttlebug die, dimensionals

A Year of PTI - December

Here we are at the last day of the month and I managed to get one more calendar page done. Three down, nine to go and less than 60 days. The craft room cleaning is still in process. With family coming to visit for Thanksgiving, I really need to kick this cleaning up a notch.

But it was far more fun to pull out some stamps for a couple of hours. It's funny how sometimes a project comes together so quickly, while other times it is such a struggle. Today was one of those easy, peasy days. Who knows why!

I found that the retired Stampin' Up Handsome Hunter is a pretty good match for Pinefeather. And I like Pinefeather better in person than on the website.

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Button Bits, Calendar Basics
Card Stock: Pinefeather, Pure Poppy, Stampers Select White
Ink: SU Handsome Hunter, Pure Poppy
Patterned Paper: Christmas Prints
Miscellaneous: Vintage Buttons, SU punches, embossing powder, dimensionals