My Heart Poppystamps Challenge

Good Morning! I'm up on the Poppystamps blog today, with our

Challenge reminder, 'My Heart'

You Make My Heart Flutter: Challenge Reminder by Nancy Penir

My card uses a few of new dies, among them the wonderful,

Rose Stem die, cut twice, once in white and once in red.

Stop by the blog to see how I made this card, and be sure to visit the challenge to enter!

Have a wonderful week, and Happy Crafting!

The Card Concept Challenge: Old Fashioned Love

You're in for a treat at the new Card Concept Challenge.

So much pink rosiness, and full of romantic femininity.

I just had to break out Poppystamps' newest Rose Stem Collage die.

I had this rose designer paper in my stash, and used it behind my rose window shaker.

Dies from You Have My Heart, (PTI) form the tag at the top.

Sentiment also from PapertreyInk's You Have My Heart.

The shaker's contents are my own mix from a very large sequin stash, that

seems to be growing!

Play along for 2 weeks on the Card Concept blog!

Remember, with our challenge, you choose the creative style you use.

So many styles to choose from on our blog,  and you can combine styles!

Happy Crafting!

Love Birds

It's a gray morning here in my neck of the woods (valley),

perfect for staying indoors, watching the cooking channel, 

and being creative with PTI's latest stamps and dies.

Stephanie Gold's video for MIM this week, 

shows us it's OK to use many different kinds of papers for our cards.

My colorful bg paper is actually a napkin. Bright and bold, with b&w dots, I decided to

bring out all the brights from PTI.

The sentiment die is Enclosed: Heart, cut from glitter paper and Raspberry Fizz

cardstock. 

I have a stash of vintage music papers my daughter gave me, and among them was

one with the words, 'sweet - heart'. 

(I know, you don't luck out with that happening often, right?)

I pink inked the edges before all the gluing.

Next was to take my pink crepe paper, gather it, and heat emboss with 

Stampendous: Shabby Pink Embossing Enamel.

I've seriously crushed over every card I've seen made with the new Brushed Birds set.

These 2 are the small birds stamped with PTI Pinks. 

Speaking of crushing, the Farmer's Market Florals? It's going to be hard not 

to use them for ALL projects! Gorgeous. I stamped the leaves, first with Fine Linen

then with Vintage Jadeite. Made for an interesting color combo.

The sweet ferns are from Make It Market: Wonderland Kit. (Olive Twist ink).

A sprinkling of sequins, because, why not, and my card is ready for 

someone special. Probably the DH. He's a keeper!

12 Kits of Occasions: January '17 'Snow Day'

I'm so glad you came by today for a visit. There's so much to see!

It's time for 12 Kits' January post, and our hostess this month is 

the fabulous Jeanne Jackna. (A Kept Life)

Jeanne's kit is all about winter, full of sweet happy papers, snowy 

images, and die cuts, and of course because it's 'Queen Jeanne', lots

of accessories! Honestly, she's the most generous crafter I know and a genius with dp!

So get cozy and let's take a look at Snow Day!

Oh those Memory Box skates! Love them to bits! Gave the blades a silvery tone with a pen,

and matched them with one of Jeannes' silver snowflake charms.

Poppystamps Wintertime Fairies fly over a PTI Mix & Mat: Snowflakes die.

Oh yes, Jeanne included the twine, a color I didn't have in my stash.

These sweet friends from Pretty Pink Posh just look better together.

See that little muffled bird on the banner? A piece of leftover dp Jeanne included, cut 

with a scrap from a Poppystamps die.

I guess you can imagine what fun it was getting this kit and putting everything together.

This sledding cub just seemed to go with the sentiment!

Memory Box snowflakes: Evangeline

No way did I use all the papers and elements and bling in Jeanne's kit.

Plenty leftovers for More!

Can't wait to see what my teammates made with their kit.

We have 2 guests this month, 

Cathy Weber from Empty Nests Crafter, an original member of the group that Jeanne

invited back.

Richard Breaks - That's Mister Cardmaker to You

and the winner of last month's comments: Marcia Hill - Marcia's Stampin' Pad.

Please go by for a visit and leave some love on their blogs! 

Thank You, Jeanne! Loved every single bit!

PTI January '18 Blog Hop

Hello! And welcome to PTI's January Blog Hop!

This month we were given this photo for inspiration

Looks like a party to me!

With a celebration of pastels and loads of white.

My card was made from Paper Clippings: Birthday, and some inspiration from 

Amy Sheffer  (Amy Sheffer - June 2016).

I loved Amy's use of the Double Ups Rectangle die together with the Paper Clippings Birthday 

dies cut from white, as though they were connected. 

Background is a handmade stencil from Coverplate: Circles, 

sponge inked with Spring Rain and Lovely Lady.

The circles and diamonds just add to the celebration going on with the 

birthday die cut.

There's so much inspiration from the photo this month. 

Can't wait to see how all of you created your cards! 

Happy Hopping!

The Card Concept: Rustic Blooms

Welcome to the Card Concept's Challenge #85: Rustic Blooms

Your inspiration photo:

Rustic weathered wood, sweet florals, and shiny glass containers,

all inspired my vintage layered card.

PTI supplied the wood stencil I used for the bg. 

PTI: Cloche Quarters and Cloche Quarters: Spring Fillers 

PTI: Swoosh sentiment dies

Come by the Card Concept blog to see more inspiration from the designers!

Remember you can choose a style from our selection or combine styles to create your card.

Hope you play along. 

Mixing Up a Batch of Thanks

Our challenge this week at PTI's MIM is to created a shadowed sentiment.

Lizzie expertly shows us how on her video here:

Make It Monday #310: Shadowed Sentiments

I was celebrating the arrival of my PTI order, with the Life is What You Bake It set,

and decided to create my card around it.

My bg is a stenciled plaid created with the Horizontal Stripe Coverplate die.

The die cut vellum was first stenciled with Spring Rain, then the vellum stencil was

turned and stenciled with Bright Buttercup.

One of the corners from Floral Flaps gave me an 'awning' over the

spoons and sentiment.

Love this technique, and can't wait to do it again!

Have a great week!

Be Mine!

A Valentine card made for a challenge called: Freshly Made Sketches,

and this sketch inspiration:

The sweet little locket opens to reveal part of the message.

Hurrying along with this post, as the challenge closes soon!

Floral Mask Stencil: Memory Box

Be My Valentine Postcard Script: Poppystamps

Lovely Locket: Poppystamps

Ferrand Heart: Memory Box

PTI Shimmer cardstock

Gold Cardstock: Michaels

Hope your week is full of happy craft time!

Valentine for CTS

CAS(E) this Sketch has this sketch challenge for us 

Such a simple statement of elements and sentiment.

I took some liberties with the horizontal stripe, and first put a swatch of

 Finetec Pearl watercolors on a Smokey Shadow card base, with plenty of

 'white space' (charcoal) showing.

Then some Wendy Vecchi Metallic Gold Embossing paste over a handmade stencil

created with PTI's Stripes Diagonal Die.

Heart, Square Frame & Valentine sentiment die: Poppystamps

PTI: Fancy Foliage Details painted with Finetec Pearls.

CAS(E) this Sketch #255

Theres plenty of time to join in, with some great inspiration from their designers.!

Enjoy your week!

Dearest Valentine

Create Along With Us, Papertrey's challenge to pick from all 

their designer's fabulous release creations, and choose one to case.

I challenged myself this month, to come as close to a Melissa Phillips creation

as I could, with the stamps I had.

I'm such a fan of her work. Layers of lovely images, that seem to be put together

effortlessly yet perfectly!

Melissa's card, using the new bird from Brushed Birds.

My case of Melissa's card:

My case doesn't fall far from the source. See the bottom script?

I adore that about Melissa cards. Little touches of whimsy tucked in and around

that create interest wherever the eye falls.

Heart: Limitless Layers & Limitless Layers: Heart Stitches

Stamp A Faire 2014: Regency Era (Image stamped on heart)

bird: Nesting

flowers & leaves: Garden Party

Valentine sentiment: Birthday Classics: February & Regency Era

You & Me: The Best is Yet to Be

That's it, my case of Melissa's beautiful card.

I have a PTI bird, and I have so many florals to choose from.

Did I feel I had to order the new Brushed Birds? You bet!

Happy Crafting!

Poppy Stamps Blog Blitz

It's Blog Blitz time at Poppystamps, and your comment could win you this darling 

Love Stitch Circle Frame die.

I've made a shaker with the die, but there are so many uses for this beautiful image,

tags, showing designer paper behind the love.

Hop on over to poppy's blog and leave a comment for a chance to win.

Good Luck!

Blog Blitz! Love Shaker by Nancy Penir