A Blessed Season

Ashley has us creating patterned frames for our cards, this week, on Make It Monday.

Her card was so beautiful on several levels. Her colors were dramatic, and the 

layers were definitely speaking to me. 

So those 2 inspirations were my starting point.

My patterned frame was made with plaid builders on Pale Peony cardstock.

Behind that is Scallop Stackers Small. When that is cut, it leaves the center

whole, or in my case solid red. I opened it up with the oval from Scalloped

A2 Die Collection, almost a perfect opening cut.

Seasonal Borders: Winter formed my swag. The many pieces in the set

allow for all kinds of design. I can't wait to make a wreath with the holly 

and berries!

Sentiment: Penned Elegance Christmas.

Play along with Ashley on PTI's blog! 

Alleluia! Happy Easter

It's Easter week and I have so much to do, baking, shopping, playing with grandkids...

but somehow I found time to be in the craft room (early morning!) and create a card

for PapertreyInk's new challenge: Transformation Tuesday.

This week Melissa Phillips took a beautiful card she made, and simply 

changed colors and styles. 

I did a card for the Card Concept Challenge with Brushed Birds,

and a cover plate with branches.

With a few birds left over, decided to do the second card using the Shape Shifters: Circle 1 die,

together with Beautiful Berries: Spring, changing up the colors from aqua & yellow, 

to Amethyst and Yellow. I added a bit of glitter to this one as well.

I enjoyed this challenge, transforming or tweaking a card a bit, using the same or similar elements

and stamps.

Find Melissa's cards here:

           Transformation Tuesday with Melissa Phillips           

A peek inside 

also playing along with this weeks' Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes

Challenge #328 - #329 - Anything Goes

Below is a list of PTI products I used. If you click on the item,

it will take you right to the product.

Brushed Birds Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Brushed Birds Die

Papertrey Ink - Shape Shifters: Circle 1 Die

Papertrey Ink - Infinity Frames Die

Beautiful Berries: Spring Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Beautiful Berries: Spring Die

Perfect Match Lilac Grace - Inkpad

Perfect Match Amethyst Allure - Inkpad

Perfect Match Winter Wisteria - Inkpad

Perfect Match Blueberry Sky - Inkpad

Perfect Match Stormy Sea - Inkpad

Perfect Match Mint Julep - Inkpad

Perfect Match Prairie Grass - Inkpad

Very Merry

Merry Monday is featuring a photo and color scheme chosen by 

Marcia Hill, this week.

Kraft and Red! Love the theme, and couldn't wait to join the fun.

It's an all PTI card.

My wreath was created with PTI's Beautiful Berries: Winter.

Stag is from Dash Away All, 

 To The Point: Edgers die

 Plaid Builders, and bow from Merry Kiss-mas.

A bit hard to see, but I scored the bg with my score buddy.

Play along for a few more days here:

Merry Monday #264 {Kraft and Red}

PTI September '17 Blog Hop

Good Morning! It's the 25th, and that means time for PTI's September Blog Hop!

Nichole gave us this piece of art for inspiration.

I played with the Brushed off die, fitting my sentiment in the window.

Here's the 1st of 3 cards.

Year of the Psalms: August, Nesting, Ivy & Bloom, and one sprig of Beautiful Berries: Autumn.

The sentiment was 1st embossed with Ivory ep, and then copic colored.

Another card for fall. Beautiful Berries: Autumn, and Year of the Psalms: August.

Twig Wreath and some sprigs from Autumn Pumpkins.

Brushed Off: Rectangle

And one more, a Christmas card

This time with Brushed Off: Oval. 

I cut some of the fir dies from Beautiful Berries: Winter, for windows.

I LOVE the Psalm series! And love the windows to showcase them!

Year of the Psalms: September

Off to hop along with all of you!

Have a great day!

Blessed Autumn card

Dawn McVey has a video that captured my card making heart, on

Nichole's blog. MIM this week celebrates mixing the PTI Florals.

Hooray! I love all things floral, and ALL the florals at Papertrey.

Time to pull out the fall stamp sets. And with Dawn's advice on 'how to', 

combine a few and celebrate this time of year!

I have to tell you, I was late ordering Beautiful Berries: Autumn, just received it a few days ago.

But like all the sets that shine a light on the beauty of this season, I'm won over.

As Dawn advised, I collected several of my Autumn stamps, deciding which ones to combine.

Twig Wreath helped to 'ground' the different sets. 

Simple Sunflower hasn't seen ink in a while, but I liked the size with the berry branch.

Also liked the look of elements in Paper Clippings: Thankful For You Details.

My sentiment is from Inspired: Blessed

Thank you for visiting this morning. Check out Dawn's video here:

Make It Monday #297: Mixing Florals

Happy Little Stampers September '17 Watercolor Challenge

Happy September to you! Oh yes, it's September all ready.

Kids in school, temperature cooling (Hopefully), and the colors change

from bright pastels to fiery hues! Love it!

And, to launch September HLS has a challenge for all the 

Watercolor fans, Anything Goes with an Optional Twist - Spritz

Here's some inspiration for you, stamping and watercoloring with your water based inks.

My sentiment is from Year of the Psalms April from PTI, stamped in Ranger's 

Archival Waterproof black ink. 

The berries are also PTI, a set called Beautiful Berries: Summer, which allows 

2 step stamping.

The inked images were spritzed with water before stamping on watercolor paper.

While still wet, the 2nd layer of defining stamps were added, bleeding just a bit,

not enough to blur the definition.

Some added color around the berries, and leaves, and then some Lindy's Stamp Gang

Starburst dropped onto the card, randomly.

Hope you play along this month. Remember winners receive a $25. gc to the HLS shop.

See you in the linep!

With Joy

Mid week, blogging friends, and playing along with

Merry Monday, a Christmas card challenge, with this inspiration:

Plaid!

I love plaid! Any plaid, so I have lots of plaid paper.

But couldn't find one that I wanted to use, 

so I made my own with PTI's Plaid Builder.

Let me just say, much easier with my misti!

Loop de Loop border die provided my 'trim'.

What the Doodle: Tea Time

Spruce & Sprigs

Tiny Tags

I  die cut the tea cup from shimmer card stock, but it's hard to photograph.

Also added red glitter stickles to the heart.

Merry Monday #218 {PLAID}

A few more days to play!

Thanks for the visit, and happy crafting!