A Tunnel Card

Have you ever made a tunnel card? Laurie asks us to choose our favorite layout in

this week's 'Laurie's Fabulous Favorites' with PTI.

My favorite layout is one that hi lights a sentiment. But I also love to use 

elements to showcase a theme. Such as I've done here, with my sea theme.

 I used the Salt Air: Flora & Fauna sets on a tunnel card I learned from Jennifer McGuire

and her YouTube post here: jennifer mcguire tunnel card.

 Here's the inside:

This is so much fun to make. All the elements dance in perspective as you open the

card. But when closed it becomes flat enough to slip into an envelope.

Here's what it looks like when it's opened.

It's so easy to follow Jennifer as she explains the steps involved to assemble a tunnel card.

It's become a favorite layout for a card. 

Hope you give it a try. think you'll love it as much as I do. 

Happy crafting!

Card Concept Challenge

Welcome back Card Concept fans for a new challenge.

I see a party going on! A pastel party!

Remember choose a card style or combine a couple of styles (listed on the blog), and

play along! 

See you in the lineup!

Birthday Wreath

Hi there, I'm playing along with Concord and 9th, where 'Anything Goes'.

Challenge #24 – Anything Goes

I just love C9, and their new release was wonderful. This is one of their new sets,

So Happy For You, that I paired with Floral Hoop Dies.

Play along for a few more days (it ends the 26th).

MIM with Michelle: Petite Pattern Play

Michelle Leone shows us how to create pattern in our background on this

Monday's tutorial at PTI.

I loved this easy and quick way to make an impact on our cards.

Out came the new Orchid Expressions. I played with the flowers, changing

the colors of the petals. The options are endless!

I think I used every shade of PTI ink! Really easy to stamp with my Misti.

In case you don't know this little trick, here's a way to stamp a bunch of the same images 

quickly and perfectly. 

Die cut the image.

Place it back into the cut cardstock, held in place with your misti magnets.

Line up your stamp,

And... stamp! Replace with next die cut, and the image is stamped perfectly,

over and over and over.

This was my favorite orchid color combo. First stamped with Orchid Allure,

then Raspberry Fizz. The blend of the 2 inks made this gorgeous plum on the die cut.

A left over piece from Pierced Feature Frames provided the rectangle

and I drew the inside lines with a pencil.

The butterfly from Quilted: Summer reminded me of a mini block print,

and lined up well within my masked off rectangle.

So quick and easy, I did a 2nd card using kraft, and the 'thank you' setntiment.

Such a fun technique! Can't wait to 'plant' more orchids!

Friends, I'm sure you've heard of the horrific fires here in California.

They say 20% of our state is on fire. Our home is in a valley near Yosemite, where

one fire is close and hardly contained. 

Our air is so bad, and the heat doesn't help those poor firefighters.

Please pray for containment, relief from the spread of more destruction,

and especially for those heroes on the front lines.

Thank you! 

Orchid Expressions Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink: Orchid Expressions Die

Quilted: Summer Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Pierced Feature Frames Die

Sparkle!

Hi! I'm up on Poppystamps' blog today, with this card made with Poppy's little die

called, 'Swirly Loop'.

Come by the Poppystamps blog to see how I created it!

Sparkle by Nancy Penir

Celebrate Your Special Day

Above & Below, Lizzy's tutorial this week, at Papertrey's MIM,

shows us how to frame our sentiments with die cuts.

Oh happy day! My order arrived just in time to use some of the new 

stamps and dies for my card.

The sentiment is stamped on a strip created with a die from To The Point Edgers 2,

cut with the point down, then turned it around and cut again with the point up.

Love the little windows on that edger die!

I combined 2 sets, Forest Floor: Summer and Herb Garden.

Enjoying the warmup where I live.

Planted some spring color and watching the vegetables ripening.

Just hope the chickens don't eat it before we do!

Happy Crafting!

If you like and want to order any of the stamps, dies or inks you see on my card,

be sure to click on my links. They'll take you right to the PTI shop and product.

Thank You!

Papertrey Ink - To the Point Edgers II Die

Make It Market Mini Kit: Herb Garden,

Forest Floor: Summer Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Forest Floor: Summer Die

Papertrey Ink - Noted: Pinked A2 Vertical Die

All PTI Inks

Perfect Match Pure Poppy - Inkpad

Perfect Match Scarlet Jewel - Inkpad

Perfect Match Berry Sorbet - Inkpad

Perfect Match Green Parakeet - Inkpad

Perfect Match New Leaf - Inkpad

Perfect Match Pinefeather - Inkpad

Perfect Match Spring Rain - Inkpad

Perfect Match Aqua Mist - Inkpad

Perfect Match Ocean Tides - Inkpad

The Card Concept: Happy Birthday

The Card Concept's newest challenge is this yummy photo.

I was inspired by the feminine pink and frosted goodness.

My Clean and Layered card has the elements of the photo, colors, cake, and circular shape.

What inspires you?

Play along with the photo and styles for 2 weeks at the Card Concept.

Happy Crafting!

Concord & 9th

Catherine Pooler Inks

Lindy's Magicals

PapertreyInk products: If you like what you see, my links will take you

directly to the shop.

Papertrey Ink - What the Doodle: Piece of Cake Die

What the Doodle: Piece of Cake Mini Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Wonderful Words: Birthday Die

Papertrey Ink - Shape Shifters: Circle 1 Die

Papertrey Ink - Tiny Tags Die

Poppystamps Jar Collection

Hi everyone! I'm up at the Poppystamps Blog today with a 

card using the new Jar Collection and Peony Stems and Blossom.

Come by and see how I made this card.

Birthday Wishesby Nancy Penir

Thanks for visiting!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Floral Dancer

Good Saturday Morning! 

Hope you're having a wonderful weekend.

I'm up today on the PoppyStamps blog

with a new die called 'Floral Dancer'.

She's a window die perfect for embellishing!

Pop on by the Poppystamps blog to see how I created this card!

Floral Dancer by Nancy Penir

Happy Birthday to You

It's a beautiful day in CA's Central Valley, 

Spring is in full bloom here, with warm (not hot!) days.

And the Card Concept has a new challenge for you,

with this photo:

Vintage Tiles, musical backgrounds, lace, birds, 

well, you get the idea.

What inspires you?

Take a look at a birthday card I did, using the photo for inspiration.

The lacy frame is a stencil from PTI's Lovely Lace,

inked with Ranger's Distress Oxide: Iced Spruce & Vintage Photo.

I LOVE the way those inks blend, and the colors they create,

when overlapped.

The birds, flowers, musical birthday score 

 and leafy branch are from Songbirds, one of my PTI favorites.

Enjoy your Spring day, (hopefully it's as beautiful as mine)

and visit the Card Concept Challenge Blog for more inspiration!

Tulip Birthday

Do you have a favorite PTI floral set?

Papertrey's 10th Anniversary Celebration has a daily party

featuring their new releases.

This challenge we are asked to create a new card with our all time 

favorite floral set.

Tulip Time is right up there in 

my top favorites. Also had to include a background

of Gathered Garden greenery and flowers.

During the release of Garden Greenery, I saw a card made

by Betsy Veldman using the 2 sets together. 

You can see her card here: Celebrating the Past, Present and Future: 2016

Loved the effect of creating a bouquet, with the pop of bright tulips.

Trying to complete my cards by making a custom envelope 

to match, while the stamps are handy.

The card tulips are stamped with Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz,

and Pure Poppy.

The envelope tulips; Sweet Blush, Pale Peony, & Lovely Lady.

The triple stamping intensifies the color and depth. 

These tulips are certainly one of my favorites from PTI.

But don't hold me to ruling out any of the other florals!

There are so many to love!

Play along here:

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With Love

Make It Monday this week, with Melissa Phillips and

Masked Heart Wreaths.

Melissa's video can be seen on Nichole's blog, here:

Make It Monday #272: Masked Heart Wreaths

Melissa suggests other shapes to use as a mask, but

love the heart shape for my birthday message, and masked with Limitless Layers: Heart.

Love this simple way to showcase a sentiment!

Plan to do several more using this mask technique.

I cut my mask from copy paper, and when I touched up a few flower 

centers, it bled a bit.

Afterwards I remembered Melissa used the heart center

she had left over, and it was card stock. Always follow the instructor! 

All the blooms and leaves from the following:

Mini Booms, Bloomin' Cute, & Make It Market: Garden Gild.

Inks: Pure Poppy, Scarlet Jewel, Berry Sorbet, Pale Peony, & Prairie Grass.

Noted: A1 Die

Pale Peony Cardstock.

Birthday for Noelle

Getting in a quick post for PTI's Make it Monday with Ashley.

A birthday card for my granddaughter, Noelle. 

Yes, she's a Christmas baby!

We have 3 in December, right around Christmas Day. 

Loved this tutorial by Ashley, using a photo and Clear Cardstock.

I was privilaged to attend an award's ceremony to honor Noelle,

and several others. She was so proud to get a double award

for grades and 'caring'. 

PTI: Text Block: Birthday Die

Snowflake Border Die

Pure Poppy cardstock, Stamper's Select & Clear Cardstock.

 Memory Box: Heart Locket

Happy Birthday to You

Through some blogging friends, I found a new challenge,

new for me anyway, called Inspired by All the Little Things.

The challenge photo, a bridal bouquet with roses and succulents,

was too good to pass up!

PTI's Delightful Dahlias reminded of the cabbage rose like succulents,

and I let the bouquet shape define my card.

PTI Cover Plate: Pretty Frame

PTI Cardstock: Stampers Select, Aqua Mist, Soft Stone 

Embellished Elegance Leaves and sentiment

PTI Inks: Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides, Stormy Sea, Soft Stone, 

Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet, Scarlett Jewel

Thanks to Michele Leone for the sequins and seed beads,

given in her kit for 12 Kits of Occasions posting tomorrow!

Inspired by All the Little Things - featuring Stephanie Klauck