Only One You

For my sister's birthday -- I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches which is such a nice sketch to make simple or complex.

The 2 Sisters Challenge is "Summer Fun" , and all of the stamps are NBUS (never been used stuff)  - term complements of Darnell - but she, of course, has her own unique way of spelling this :)

This is not my favorite work, but it will have to do -- as I did spend way too much time getting all the masking done.

supplies:

• stamps: fish ($1. stamps), birthday hat, and Only one You sentiment (S Up), Happy birthday sentiment (PTI), seaweed (StarvingArtist); school of fish (Dylusions)  -- all of these were NBUS
• Paper, ink, and ribbon: PTI and S Up

Today is my first day of summer vacation.  Woo Hoo!
As always, thanks for looking!

Need for Speed

While "Need for Speed" is the title of the challenge over at Less is More - I apparently was not speedy enough to get my card in before the challenge was over.  Oh well - - my friends will like it anyway.  Our husbands met over some classic car shows (each guy has an old hot rod), and she and I bonded over paper crafting -- she likes to scrapbook, I make cards.  His car is a bright yellow, and her favorite colors are peach and aqua.

This is also for the Transportation Challenge at Simon Says Stamp - which I am in time for :)   I love the eyelashes on the girl car!!

 

While this isn't really a "travel" card, I think perhaps it will qualify for CAS-ual Fridays Mapquest Challenge

 

The car stamps are from Sparkle and Sprinkle - the hearts are from Gina K - I am not sure about the sentiment

 

Thanks for looking -- hope your day and night are going great!

 

PTI Overlapping Ombre

This will be for a co-worker who is retiring next week.  She will be greatly missed!

 

Supplies:



• cardstock, texture plate, and stamps: PTI
• pattern paper: Bazzil
• ink: Stampin Up
• butterfly punch: Martha Stewart

It's another rainy evening on the northeast coast -- it should be summer -- but it still feels like spring. 
Hope you are having a good day.
thanks for looking.

Happy I Do Day

My son and new daughter-in-law's wedding was last Saturday.  We had a GREAT time -- I am still talking about it and going over pictures! Here is the happy couple during their first dance.

Here is the card I made for them:

I copied Linda's card seen here .

I still have out-of state company, and the get-togethers continue this weekend.  I hope to be able to really start creating cards again soon.

In the meantime, I am on a high of the wedding festivities and all the family fun!

Hope you are having a great day!

 

 

Beachy Bridal Shower

One of my best friend's sons is getting married.  This is for his fiance's shower.  The theme of their wedding is "beach". 

 

I loved the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch 

And I thought the colors at Play Date Cafe were perfect beach colors.  They even titled their challenge "nautical breezes"  (did they know I was going to finally create this weekend?)

There is a blog that encourages you to create something in 10 minutes - I was able to create this in about 30 minutes (this includes selecting supplies and planning)  I don't know about you, but I savor the creating -- this is my relaxation -- should not be my stress.  But it was fun trying to create something in a short time -- especially since the shower was in 2 hours from when I started this!!  :)

Anyway -- life is hectic but wonderful -- my own son is getting married in 5 weeks!!  Oh my! So now I am going for fittings, shoes, jewlery, hair and makeup trials, etc, etc.  This wedding is more complicated than my own was 34 years ago this past week!  But I am enjoying every minute of it. 

supplies:

• solid paper: PTI
• dark blue pattern: Momenta
• light aqua: Echo Park
• sticker: K and Company
• I "painted" some stickles on the dark blue. 
• sentiment stamp: PTI

Oh, and I was also inspired by this ad in a Good Housekeeping magazine:

Paper Trey January Blog Hop Challenge

I made this for the Paper Trey Ink January Blog Hop - Challenge of Black Backgounds. 

One of my very first ever card classes used the technique I used here: embossed in clear, and colored with Perfect Pearls.  It was great to pull these out again -- and the nice thing about Perfect Pearls is that because they are powder, they don't "go bad". I don't know if the shine and shimmer really shows up in the photo, but IRL they are quite pretty.  I added a few dots with a white gel pen (not sure if I really needed that).  But once they were there, I couldn't take them off.   It is kind of like Darnell's Washi Tape debacle that you can read about. 

I used the sketch from The Paper Players , but rotated  it; and the colors from Color Throwdown





supplies:
Paper: PTI (black and lavendar moon)
Stamps: flower - friendship jar; sentiment - A wreath for all seasons
Other: versamark, clear embossing powder, perfect pearls, ribbon, white gel pen

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WOYWW and My Crafting Space

This is my current craft space: my dining room table.  I love it because I have a sliding door overlooking my backyard, it is bright, and I am right in the middle of the house -- near my hubby when he is watching TV. 
But it is a pain when I have company for dinner or such, as I  have to scurry all this away into my bedroom.  And if you are seated at the table it is not very pleasant to look at this wall of stuff (I cover it in towels to prevent the sun damaging the papers and stamps). 


This is the "wall of stuff", with the table partially set for a family dinner this past Sunday. Isn't the view great?? (NOT!)  The wall of stuff spills over onto the chairs and floors.  I do think I have hoarder tendencies and  some OCD with purchasing stuff - do we all in this hobby?

 Here is where my new craft room will be.  This was my oldest's son's bedroom - of course it wasn't this lovely shade of aqua - it was black and gray sponged, with a maroon rug -- hmmm - his man-cave! Not anymore!!  :)


It's not in the middle of everything, and it doesn't have the great view and sunlight.  I will miss those.  But I can have family for dinner without the hassle of major clean up.

I've already started putting my ribbons in :)
Well, thanks for looking.  I hope to have this room complete, and my dining room reclaimed by our son's wedding in May.  Keep your fingers crossed!