Freshly Made Sketches #30

My nephew Liam's first birthday is next week! Wow, I can't believe he's one already. And he's having a dinosaur birthday party, so this adorable little PS dino was the perfect stamp for his card!

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketches sketch:

The "1" and the "st" are from PTI along with the cardstock and the patterned paper. The circle was cut from Nestabilities. The city scape, road, and dino are from Paper Smooches. The "Birthday" sentiment is also from Paper Smooches.

I also have a dinosaur hat I knitted for him, a stuffed triceratops, and one of my favorite movies as a kid, "The Land Before Time." I think he'll like his dino themed gift :)

Paper Smooches Sparks

Time for some SPARKS! I never would have created a card like this before seeing the inspiration photo, but I love how modern it turned out, and the orange accents make this card the perfect anniversary card for my sister's 5th (her favorite color is orange). Check it out:

Here's the inspiration photo from this Sparks challenge:

The ink is all from SU. I used Taken w/Teal and Dusty Durango. The black is Memento.

The satin bow is PTI Hawaiian Shores and the rolled flowers were made for me by my stampin' friend, Gerry, out of PTI Canyon Clay and Aqua Mist felt. Aren't they so pretty??

The card base is PTI Aqua Mist, and all sentiments are from a mixture of 3 different PS Sentiment sets (my collection has grown a bit ;)

There's still time to play, so why don't you check it out, too? Thanks for stopping by!

Retro Sketches #6

What better way to say thank you for an Easter present than with a Carrot card?? Check out these cute Paper Smooches carrots I used on this week's Retro Sketches challenge:

Here's the sketch from this week, and how cool that it is from my blogging friend, Lynn, who I actually met at last year's PTI Stamp-a-Faire!

The sentiment is also from PS, and the banner die is from PTI. The patterned paper is from K&Co. and the cardstock from PTI. The twine is two different colors from The Twinery.

Hope you had a good start to your week :)

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter, everyone! I hope that the Easter bunny filled your baskets full of crafty goodies...and a chocolate bunny for good measure :) I hope you are getting to spend time with families and enjoying delicious food. Here's a look at the Easter cards I created for my girlfriends...using Paper Smooches, of course :)

I designed and made 8 of these cards in an hour...a record for me! I now know that Clean and Simple is the way to go when creating multiples ;) I paper pieced the chick with some SU DSP and used Copics to color in the beak and feet.

The chick and sentiment are both from PS Chubby Chums, the patterned paper is all from SU DSP, the half & half die and cardstock are from PTI and the twine is from the Twinery. The corduroy button is from SU.

Here's a look at the group of them before I mailed them out :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Retro Sketches #5

I've been on a roll with Paper Smooches Stamps on Retro Sketches Challenges, so I figured why stop now? Here's my newest card for Retro Sketches:

Here's the sketch for this week:

I used Paper Smooches Metropolis stamps on this card (cityscape, fireworks, cab, sentiment, road, traffic light) SU patterned paper, PTI ribbon, button, and cardstock.

There's still time to play along, so go check it out yourself, here. Thanks for stopping by!

Make It Monday #59

This week's Make it Monday challenge was to use Computer Generated Sentiments on Diecuts. You should definitely watch the video, I don't know why I never thought of Erin's technique using the negative from the die for perfect cutting placement! I'll definitely be going back to that in the future. Here is the Easter card I created:

And the computer generated sentiment on the jar label die:

So I used Mega Mat Stack #3 and Layerz Mat Stack #3. I used Aqua Mist Gingham paper, Spring Moss, and Harvest Gold paper (and saddle stitched ribbon).

The jar is from the Friendship Jar set and the bunny is from the Spring Fillers set. The grass punch is from Martha Stewart and the pinking border die is from PTI.

Market Street Stamps March Block Party

Every month Market Street Stamps has a Block Party and its really fun to play along. I recently purchased the Hippie Chic stamp set used from a stamping friend, so I decided I'd play with it for the party. Here's the card I created:

I paper pieced the dress form in woodgrain paper from Amuse and gingham Dark Chocolate paper from PTI. I colored the guitar with Copics, and stamped the sentiment right onto the PTI kraft ribbon. I tied the Twinery twine around the ribbon.

The Venetian patterned paper is also from Amuse.

My dad always tells the story of how when he met my mom, all he saw were her legs in her fringed skirt when she was carrying her guitar. This card reminds me of that story :)

Want to play along with this month's party, too? You could win a chance to be a guest designer for Market Street Stamps. Get all the details here.