Retro Sketches #1

I love playing along with ColourQ, so when I saw that some of the DT girls were starting a new site called Retro Sketches, I had to give it a shot! So here's my card for their first challenge:

Here's the sketch:

The green paper is SU Old Olive and the blue is PTI Aqua Mist. On the Aqua Mist I stamped PTI's BB Retro. The twine is from The Twinery.

The little monster, I know you've seen before on my blog! Hehehe, he is from Paper Smooches' Falling for You. The sentiment is actually one that I got a really long time ago in the dollar bin at Michaels or Joanns.

The patterned paper that I stamped the monster on is from an old SU DSP pack.

This is pretty clean and simple for me, but I must admit, I love it! Want to try this sketch out yourself? Head on over to the Retro Sketches blog here.

Paper Smooches Sparks

I decided to give the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge another shot and I created this card:

I took the rough texture of the stone, clock, and wall into consideration. I also took the round shape of the clock and its stripes and colors into my card. The black letters on my card are from the black numbers on the clock.

I used this cute little twister and sentiment from PS Eco Friendly. The cardstock behind it is PTI and so is the base of the card. I colored the twister with Copics.

The "hi" is from PTI's lower case alphabet die. Usually the PS sentiment has "hi" already in it, but I wanted the hi to stand out, so I just wiped it off before I stamped so I could use the die cut letters instead. The texture is from a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The twine is from The Twinery. The circle was cut out using a Nestabilities die.

Thanks for stopping by!

Paper Smooches Sparks

Time for another Paper Smooches Sparks challenge!

Here's the neat inspiration photo they gave us this month:

I decided to make my monster have the colors of the clock, but be inside a larger clock. The monster is from Paper Smooches Falling for You. The numbers on the clock are rubons from Marcella K. The clock hands are from a SU arrow punch. The circle for the clock was cut using Nestabilities.

I decided to use a SU embossing folder for texture because the photo had a lot of texture in it. I also gave the Paper Smooches sentiment from the Sentiment Sampler the same clock colors which are PTI's Aqua Mist, Soft Stone, and Hawaiian Shores. I cut it out with the SU label punch.

I didn't have a "time to" stamp, so I just wrote it, but I thought it went perfectly with the clock. The kraft ribbon is PTI, and so is the Aqua Mist card base.

This will make a cute birthday card for a guy in the future, or maybe my nephew Liam. I think it turned out really whimsical. I was also able to make one more card with this inspiration photo that I'll be posting soon, so keep your eyes peeled :)

Freshly Made Sketches #24

My sister's birthday is coming up on the 18th and her favorite color is orange, so I broke out the PTI Canyon Clay cardstock and created this card for her:

Here is the sketch I used from this week's Freshly Made Sketches:

The butterflies are from PTI's new Beautiful Butterflies, the mat is Mat Stack 3 and Layerz 3 from PTI. The patterned paper is from a DCWV patterned paper pack.

I also stamped PTI's Mehndi Medallion on the Canyon Clay band.

This is the other card I created on Wednesday night when Suzanne was over :) On another note, I feel completely back to normal now, thank goodness!

CPS #254 & cQc #126

Here's a birthday card I created for my husband's Great Aunt:

I used this week's colors from ColourQ:

And this week's sketch from CPS:

This cute little apron stamp is from Market Street Stamps, and so is the "souper" sentiment!

The border die is from PTI, and all the patterned papers are from a SU DSP pack. The circles were cut out of SU and PTI cardstock with a SU 1 inch circle punch. The twine is from The Twinery.

I'm not sure where the little clothespin is from, I just happened to find a bag of them at work in the craft closet, but it was just the right color and went perfectly with the theme of this card.

I decided to do the polka dots on the bottom layer because the cQc photo inspired me to do so. I ended up only working half a day yesterday and came home and rested, and now I feel almost back to normal, I'm even going to go to Zumba this morning (but take it easy). After going to this frozen yogurt place two separate times and getting sick in the middle of the night after each (the first time was in FL when I got so sick and had to be quarantined from the babies in Oct.!), you can bet I won't ever be going back there!

Card Patterns #154

Here's a spring card I made with the new PTI set to go along with the Christmas label:

And here's the sketch I used:

All supplies are PTI including ribbon, patterned paper, stamps, cardstock, border die. The gorgeous crocheted flower was made by my friend Christina! Sorry for such a short post, everyone, but I was up all night sick and now I'm rushing off to work because I couldn't get anyone to cover for me, but I wanted to make sure this card meets the noon deadline today. Thanks for stopping by!

The Paper Players Challenge #84

Suzanne came over last night after a long hiatus from our Wednesday night crafting nights and it was so nice to have her here! I made two challenge cards with PTI's new Beautiful Butterflies while she was here, and this is the first one for an anniversary that I created:

I used this sketch from this week's Paper Players Challenge:

The sentiment wouldn't fit on my little label, so I got out the large PTI Christmas label die and used the stamp set, too.

The patterned paper is all from a DCWV paper pack, and the cardstock is all from PTI. The twine is from the Twinery. The mini red pearls are from Q & Co.

I'm glad that I used the red and blues because this is also for a man, and I didn't want to make it too girly, so I think that he'll be okay with the blue butterfly, lol. I'll put the other card that I made while she was here up in a couple of days. In other news, we finally got snow over night that stuck! Did you?