celebrate, celebrate, celebrate

Happy New Year's Eve!  I'm going to a party tonight and thought that I'd make a fun wine tag to bring along to the party.  My source of inspiration is the new Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge.  I love all the top 10 card posts I've seen in blog land, I'd love to say that I'll post one, but I've been busy doing "Best of" posts on my work blog-- so much fun to go back and look at all the fun things in our area, hikes, restaurants, coffee, wine and today I'm hoping to do a best of why I love our town.  Maybe I'll do a top 10 card post next month.

Materials: Paper Smooches Sentiment Sample, PTI By the Numbers Die, Edgers #3 and Limitless Circles 1 3/4th die, EK Success 1 3/4th circle punch, vellum, PTI Soft Stone card stock, Stampendous Clear ink, Making Memories eyelets, Tim Holtz distress inks: faded jeans, tumbled glass, shabby shutters, evergreen bough, mustard seed, ripe persimmon and fired brick, Tattered Angels black mist

Butterfly Bag, tag and snowflake card

It's Friday, so why not play along with the Friends with Flair crew over at Unity.  I've decorated a kraft bag, for a white elephant party I'm going to tonight for the Unity Challenge "Gift Wrapping" and the CAS-ual Friday "Brown Paper Packages tied with String" challenge.

Next up I made a cute little tag based on the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger.  I used the same HA stamp I used on yesterday's card set, just added a bit of color.

And the last card is based on The Craft's Meow sketch.  The snowflake in the sketch got incorprated in a different location, be proud literal girl over here is breaking out!

Thanks for looking, wishing you all a fabulous New Year's.

Materials: Bag: kraft bag, Unity Bit of Burlap, Unity Key to Joy, May Arts natural string, Versafine black ink, Tim Holtz distress inks antique linen, vintage photo, gathered twigs, Brillance Moonshine ink, Tattered Angels black mist

Tag: Hero Arts Stripes and Frames, Hero Arts cling button, PTI Daily Designs sentiment, buttons, PTI Double sided banner, PTI Tag It Sale #1, Versafine black ink, Tim Holtz distress ink gathered twigs, Hero Arts Soft Blossom, Versacolor Canary, teal ink, Twinery Buttercream twine

Card: The Craft's Meow Vintage Snowflakes, PTI snowflake impression plate, Spellbinders circle die, Stampendous Silver Tinsel embossing folder, Momento black ink, ribbon

Thank You card set

 

Is anyone else behind on their thank you notes?   You'd think that I'd have a box full of them, but I'm out of ones that I like and I keep thinking I'll have time to make individual ones for all the fabulous Christmas goodies, but the anal punctual me is having issues that my thank your are going to be "late".  I know, call me crazy.  I used the Runway Inspired photo for my source of inspiration and made a set for the Hero Arts challenge.  Love that I'm leaving both of these challenges to the last minute...  didn't I say I was punctual?  And since I've done a B&W card with one color on each card I'm going to enter these in the ColourQ challenge.

Materials: Hero Arts Stripes and Frame stamp and embossing folder, Hero Arts Written Thank You sentiment, Twinery twine, Coredinations card stock, PTI Soft Stone card stock, Versafine black ink, EK Success corner rounder

gift card holders

I made these cute little gift card holders for stocking stuffers, I had made these ones earlier, so I just simplified the design for the CAS-ual Friday challenge.  Simon Says Challenge is also having an anything goes week this week.

Materials: Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather paper, PTI kraft card stock, May Arts natural string

Happy Birthday wine label

I'm late to the PTI holiday leftovers party, better bring some wine and a bit of bling to help the gals along on the last 20 minutes!  To check out other holiday leftover creations pop over to Nichole's blog.  I used a gift bag (that had these really fun earrings in them from my grandpa) as my leftovers.  I got a commission (while sitting at the Christmas table) from my sister's MIL for 12 wine labels, so happy to say I've got one done, 11 more to go.  I took a fun photo of this same wine bottle (minus the tag) on the Christmas dinner table, click here.

Materials: PTI Gracias Vases sentiment, PTI Edgers Die, Spellbinders Label Number 4, EK Success 1 3/4 th circle punch, EK Success corner rounder, PTI kraft and chocolate chip card stock, recycled gift bag, Versafine black ink, Stampendous clear embossing powder, Tim Holtz distress stain antique linen, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Barbara Trombley's art glitter silver, Recollections black rhinestones

Merry Christmas, card and mug

Merry Christmas!  In honor of Christmas I've made a Valentine's Day card for my 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday card.  This way I'll be a bit more organized for the next holiday?  Check out the rest of the fabulous DT's projects to find some inspiration, if you're like me you'll need a few thank you cards for all those crafty goodies you got under the tree.  And since I was doing some last minute gift creating yesterday I have one more fun project to share. I was inspired by Christina's recent post and decorated a Starbucks mug with some fun photos from a wedding we went to earlier this year and the great Unity sentiment "Remember Happiness is a Way of Travel Not A Destination"- isn't that perfect for a travel mug?  And me, being me, I used the Play Date Cafe colors (for something a bit different then my normal CAS card).  I think this works for the Unity Challenge of gift wrapping, I wrapped the mug in fun crafty goodies...  who needs anything else?

Materials: Card: PTI Happy Trails sentiment, The Greeting Farm Tearrific, Sassafras Stitchery, Versafine black ink, Tim Holtz fired brick distress ink, Tattered Angels black mist, Smooch Spritz Cherry Ice, ribbon from Yvonne, Stampendous white embossing powder, PTI white card stock

Mug: Starbucks mug, photos, Unity Bit of Burlap, Unity Happiness sentiment, Stampin Up Kiwi Bliss card stock, Pink Paislee twine, PTI kraft card stock, black card stock, Spellbinders Label 8, Versafine black ink, Versamark, Tattered Angels mist

warm winter wishes

So I won a set of stamps from The Greeting Farm the other week through the Ribbon Carousel's challenge and so last night I decided to ink up my new set Tea-rrific.  I wanted to play along with their challenge blog as a thanks, the TGF Farm Fresh Challenge this week is buttons, twine and kraft.  My buttons are kinda hiding, but I used the PTI die to cut them out of the coordinating Cosmo Cricket paper I used.  And since the Ribbon Carousel's current challenge is twine I added some Twinery cappuccino twine to the card.  And lastly (challenge junkie over here), added some fun texture- both with a recycled coffee take out holder and the PTI impression plate for the Lawnscaping "Texture" challenge.  Thanks for looking... hope everyone else is surfing the pre-Christmas rush.

I took this photo last week while enjoying a cup of tea at work, and thought I'd include it here b/c I'm taking card photos at work again...  shows you that my time management skills are a bit off at the moment.  I took the photo for this blog post and now I'm realizing that I forgot to include it.... oops.  Well, you crafty folks can enjoy the photo :)

Materials: The Greeting Farm Tea-rrifc, Lawn Fawn Winter Fox sentiment, Spellbinders Labels One, PTI button die, PTI impression plate, Cosmo Cricket Odds and Ends patterned paper, Twinery cappuccino twine, Versafine black ink, Tim Holtz distress stain antique linen, PTI kraft card stock

Super Sunday cards

Welcome to another 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday.  This week's sketch reminded me of a cake, so I polled the little people in my house for ideas and they came up with "books, stairs, upside down ice cream cone".  I opted for a watercolor feel and some butterflies, but I'd love to see how the sketch inspires you.

And this card uses the current Skipping Stones Design sketch, I missed the deadline last week, so I'm trying to be early this wek.  I was asked to make a few more cards for my girlfriend's co-worker.  Inside the card it has the PTI Big Birthday Wishes sentiment "years ago... on what otherwise might have been just an ordinary day, the world got you".  

Materials: PTI Happy Trails, SRM stickers, PTI Double sided banner die and Happy Trails die, Tim Holtz distress inks festive berries, worn lipstick, seedless perserves, Smooch Cheery Ice spritz, PTI kraft and white card stock, Spellbinders Label One, vellum,

43 card: Skipping Stones Grunge, PTI By the Numbers die, PTI Limitless Layers 2 1/2 inch die, Spellbinders circle die, May Arts natural string, Coredinations card stock, Tim Holtz Gathered twigs distress inks, Tim Holtz woodgrain embossing folder

Happy Holidays

It's a red and kraft party over on my blog today!  I wanted to share the last few labels I made for my card order, which I sent off this afternoon.  Because Wee Memories is having a holiday challenge I'm going to enter these goodies in their challenge.

And in a state of weakness I went into Ben Franklin... their holiday paper was on sale, so I got this fabulous sheet of October Afternoon "Feliz Navidad" and with one sheet made 2 wine labels and 3 cards.

 And to show you the order... drum roll please.  I recruited some help from the fabulous Karen, who helped contribute some of the cards.

Materials: Wine Labels: Hero Arts Poinsettas and Berries, Waltzingmouse Say It Loud, PTI Think Big Favorites, PTI kraft card stock, Coredinations card stock, vellum, PTI edgers die, EK Success corner rounder, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Versafine black ink, Twinery charcoal twine, Stampendous white embossing powder, PTI Limitless Layers 1 3/4th inch die

2nd set of labels: Waltzingmouse Stamps Say It Loud, October Afternoon Feliz Navidad paper, Coredinations card stock, Twinery Charcoal twine, Versafine black ink, Stampendou clear embossing powder, EK Success corner rounder, PTI Edgers and Limitless Layers dies

Holiday cards: PTI Photo Finisher sentiment and die, vellum, October Afternoon Feliz Navidad, Cordinations card stock, PTI kraft card stock, Versafine black ink, Stampendous clear embossing powder

Friends with Flair wine label

I haven't had the chance to play along with Unity's Friends with Flair in awhile, so I thought I'd add this CAS wine label I made, partially motivated by the fun Graphic 45 and May Arts blog hops (the butterfly is Graphic 45 and the fabulous May Arts natural string).  I have a bunch of other things to share, as I'm about to send off my big order, but I'll post it later in the day.  Now can any of you guess what kind of wine is behind the fabulous label?  The only hint is that I can walk to their tasting room from my house.  If you have every sneaked a peak on my work blog you could probably figure it out....

Materials: Unity Life is Fabulous kit butterfly, PTI Limitless Layers dies 1 3/4th and 2 1/2inch, PTI edgers die, PTI kraft card stock, Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime Collection, Sierra Pacific Crafts Signature Suite paper, May Arts natural string, Versafine black ink 

7th birthday, thank you set and a gift tag

This 7th birthday card was commissioned, I sent the client a link to this card and when I went to recreate it I ended up with the card above...  so much for CASEing myself.  I used the Embellish colors for their current challenge "use banners".  Paper Issues is having a number challenge and this cute card is perfect for that challenge.

I have to mail 7 of these little boxes to my nieces and nephews and I thought it would be fun to make tags with a photo on them (b/c I seriously have no time to do these sort of things!).  I used a Waltzingmouse Stamp on the back for their holiday tag challenge.  And since I've used a bit of twine I'm going to enter it in the Ribbon Carousel challenge.

And last but not least, I'm still trying to mass produce for Christmas gifts, so I've made another card set using the new Hero Arts newspaper tulip stamp.  Susan's One Layer Wednesday challenge this week is about something peaceful, and I love the idea of sitting in the grass looking at flowers....

Wishing you all a good day... back to my monster to do list over here....

Materials: 7th birthday card: Hero Arts Flower Box Cling, PTI Tag Its #10, PTI Big Birthday Wishes, Unity Bit of Burlap, PTI By the Numbers die, PTI Limitless Layers 1 3/4th inch die, Versafine black ink, Tim Holtz distress ink antique linen, water color pencils, PTI kraft and chocolate chip card stock, Coredinations Sugar and Spice purple card stock

Tag: PTI Tag Sale #5, photo, Coredinations card stock, PTI Tag It #9,  Watlzingmouse Stamps Very Vintage Label One, Twinery Maraschino twine, Versafine black ink

Card Set: Hero Arts Newspaper Tulip, PTI Happy Trails sentiment, Versafine black ink, Tim Holtz distress inks fired brick and evergreen bough, Stampendous clear embossing powder, PTI kraft card stock

Runway Inspired thank you set

Challenge junkie over here can't miss out on the new Runway Inspired Challenge, woo hoo Jen and her fabulous DT!  I'm still frantically trying to finish up my massive card order, so I'm trying to make as many card sets as possible.  So I pulled out an old Hero Arts sentiment for these cards to enter in their December challenge.

Materials: Hero Arts Written Thank You sentiment, PTI Menhdi Medallion, PTI Mat Stack 4 die, PTI Photo Finisher die, PTI white card stock, vellum, black card stock, Versafine black ink, Tim Holtz distress ink mustard seed, Tattered Angels black mist

Happy Birthday wine tag and gift card

I used this week's Play Date Cafe colors with the CAS-ual Friday "In the Mist" challenge to create a little gift card holder.

 

And since I've been on a wine label tag mission lately, I decided to make one to coordinate with the gift card holder (seriously I can't think of a better birthday present, can you?)  I used the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge as my source of inspiration, although I realize it's a bit of a stretch...   And since Lawnscaping is having a tag challenge I thought I'd enter this in there too.

Materials: Gift Card holder, Waltzingmouse Stamps Frame It sentiment, Lawn Fawn Bannerific, Smooch Cherry Ice and Navy Twinkle. Twinery Carribean twine, patterned paper from my stash

Wine Label: Waltzingmouse Stamps Say It Loud and Very Vintage Labels 4, Lawn Fawn Bannerific, Smooch Cherry Ice and Navy Twinkle, Twinery Carribean twine,  PTI Limitiless layers 1 3/4th inch die, PTI edgers die