Dino-love

I was trying channel green, scaly creatures with that cool lizard-y paper. I love finding neat stuff like that! Short and sweet today- off to my mother-in-law's house for Sunday night supper; my fave night of the week because I don't have to cook and because my in-law's are wonderful!! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Simple Valentine, Tiny Treats: Valentine (PTI)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Copic markers, Spica glitter markers (Copic)
Paper: Stamper's Select White (PTI); blue, black (Bazzil); green textured paper (misc.)
Other: Scalloped circle punch (Marvy); heart brads (Making Memories); Scalloped border punch (SU!)

Sweetheart

I seem to always forget about using my punches for focal points, and rely on stamped images to do the work for me. :) This time I left that all behind and used a simple punched heart central image. Of course though, I had to pull out Simple Valentine and use that cute little sweetheart sentiment. I just love the font used and how small the words are...my fave Valentine's set by far! And yes, I do realize that the ribbon is positioned so the word LOVE is upside down. :) Oops. That gorgeous sparkly label holder I bought in a package of 3 from the Paper Pickle and I'm surprised I used it because usually I hoard that kind of pretty stuff!

Supplies:
Stamps: Simple Valentine (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Chai, Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Dark Chocolate, Stamper's Select White (Papertrey Ink); Love Bandit collection (Bo Bunny)
Other: Label holder, stick pin, ribbon (Making Memories); pure poppy button (Papertrey Ink); double scalloped punch (Martha Stewart); heart punch (EK Success); Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

A little bird told me...

This was a very simple card to make in little time and I love the end result! It was for my mother-in-law's recent birthday (she won't tell us her age) and she had a good laugh when opening it up, as a bird had flown into her house earlier that afternoon when she opened her door- causing a quite a ruckus!! :) Very coincidental!

Details: I stamped the leaf pattern in Aqua Mist on the Basic Grey paper and added the sentiment and bird in Dark Chocolate ink over top. I stamped the bird a second time on scrap designer paper paper, cut out the wing and adhered it, covering it with Stickles. After inking the edges and adding a GORGEOUS brad from the Nook and Pantry collection I glued it all down to the main panel.

Supplies:
Stamps: Turning a New Leaf (Papertrey Ink); sentiment (Amuse); bird (Mocha Chica by Kim Hughes for CHF)
Ink: Aqua Mist, Dark Chocolate, Chai (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Nook and Pantry collection (Basic Grey)
Other: Stickles (Ranger); brad (Basic Grey)

Welcome Little One!

I love all things Button Bits. :) Baby Button Bits by Papertrey Ink is no exception. When paired with Pretty Pastels paper (whoa, say THAT 3 times fast!) it's a GREAT combination. Little details- the centres of each 'flower' on the designer paper have a touch of Stickles added for sparkle.

Supplies:
Stamps: Baby Button Bits (PTI)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Chamomile
Paper: Stamper's Select, Plum Pudding, Lavender Moon, Pretty Pastels designer paper, 2008 Bitty Dots designer paper (PTI)
Other: Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Lavender Moon button (PTI); ribbon (misc.); scalloped border punch (Martha Stewart); Stickles (Ranger)

Birthday Banner

I made this banner for my daughter's 1st birthday last Monday. I had it hanging in the entry way from our kitchen to the living room so all the guests had to pass under it on their way through. I could not find a Happy Birthday banner that I liked to matched the theme of her birthday- which was a 'tea party', so I made this one with colours that were soft and sweet just like my Robin! :)

Supplies:

Paper: coloured cardstock (Bazzil); designer paper (Papertrey Ink, Making Memories, DCWV); white paper (Papertrey Ink)

Other: Large scalloped circles, patterned paper circles (Cricut); white circles [Basic Shapes 1], letters [Fonts] (Slice); flowers (Prima); clear baubles (Stamping Bella); gems (Zva); brads (misc.)

Dad's birthday

Well, not my dad's birthday, but my children's dad aka my handsome hubby. :) We are a 'flying' family meaning my husband and son are just crazy for airplanes, remote control or real- so I felt this little airplane from Unity Stamp Co. was appropriate. I stamped the sentiment inside the banner and cut out everything once it had been coloured. The chipboard letters were coloured using my Copics. My children gave this card to my husband this past Sunday on his 30th birthday.

Supplies:
Stamps: airplane and banner (Unity Stamp Co.); Birthday Basics (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Chai, Aqua Mist (Papertrey Ink); Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Copics
Paper: Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink); Earth Love (Cosmo Cricket)
Other: Chipboard letters (Basic Grey); foam dimensionals

It's your day!

Yesterday my husband turned 30 years old and he was moving a little slower than usual after the birthday celebrations the night before... :) This is the card I made for him. He told me he wanted a card with no extra embellishments (I actually think that was his way of telling me not to BUY anything else...hmm?), so this is what I came up with using only cardstock, a few basic supplies and tools.

Details: I stamped my backgrounder right onto the Rustic Cream cardstock in Antique Linen ink. I used a SU! 1/2" circle punch to cut out the Granola circles and covered them with Stickles glitter. I distressed the edges of the circle that the sentiment is on and inked all edges with Chamomile tea dye ink.

Supplies:
Stamps: Cracked Montana Earth backgrounder (CHF); Star Prints (PTI)
Ink: Antique Linen (Ranger); Dark Chocolate, Chamomile (PTI)
Paper: Rustic Cream, Kraft (PTI); Granola collection (Basic Grey)
Other: foam dimensionals; Checkerboard punch (Martha Stewart); 1/2" circle punch (SU!); Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Funky circle frame (Provocraft); Stickles (Ranger)