moxie fab tuesday trigger

It's tuesday trigger time and this lovely chair is the trigger for the week. I had my card done and then realized I used hot pink instead of red!!! It really looked more pink on my monitor but as I was getting ready to upload all of a sudden it looked red! I can't figure that one out so I had to go back to the drawing board and this is what I came up with............

This card looks way better in real life. I am having problems with my photo software and so all my pics look a little off . 

I used all papertrey ink goodness on this card. I will try and get back later to add the deets at the bottom as I am getting ready to go to work.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

all supplies are from papertrey ink unless otherwise specified

stamps: turning a new leaf, blooming button bits, fancy flourishes, christmas friends (birds), birds of a feather (sentiment)

ink: aqua mist, pure poppy, ripe avocado, dark chocolate

cardstock: spring moss, kraft, dark chocolate, vintage cream

buttons: lemon tart mix

card patterns #55

Hi all! Hope your weeek is off to a good start..... I thought I would play with the card patterns sketch this week. This is what I came up with............

One of my friends had her third baby girl last week and so I was in the baby girl card makin' mood. The image is from the baby button bits set from papertrey ink. I have had this set sitting very patiently on my desk since I bought it two months ago just waiting to be used. I have tried but you know how it is, sometimes the inspiration just isn't there when you want it to be. When I saw the sketch this week at card patterns it all just fell together. I am in love with this from my minds eye. It is the quite contrary line. I used a spellbinders label die to die cut the sentiment tag. I even broke out the sewing machine to add stitching.

My girlies are coming over so I am off.....

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

get sketchy #29

Hi all!! It's Get Sketchy time!! This is my first sketch with the Get Sketchy team and I couldn't be more excited!! Our sponsor for the week is The Stamping Boutique. We had three images to choose from and I went with the jump image. I thought this little girl was adorable! I printed her out on stamper's select white from papertrey ink, heat set the image and colored with my copics. Seen as how I don't color very often I didn't think I did a bad job! Definitely not Debbie Olson but not to shabby :) But I forgot to keep track of the colors I used..... I'll try to do better next time :)

I used my new My Mind's Eye paper from the quite contrary line and took my colors from that. I substituted a chipboard swirl for the arrow to make it a little more girly and stamped the sentiment from papertrey ink in dark chocolate. The background on the vintage cream card base is from the background basic tin types set from papertrey ink stamped in spring moss. 

 Thank You all for your kind words and encouragement.... they mean so much. 

Take care and have a great day!!


Lisa

fast & fabulous

Just a quick post to share a card I made a few weeks ago. It's one of my favorites even though it is just a simple card. I did it for the cards magazine fast & fabulous call they had a month or so ago and I had another card picked up instead of this one.

I love that large butterfly punch from Martha Stewart crafts.... I have used it tons. Butterflies are my favorite thing and I know I use them a lot. I stamped the leaf from turning a new leaf in spring moss and added some small rhinestone flowers from heidi swapp that I had in my stash. The sentiment is from the through the trees set and is stamped in berry sorbet.

Hope your week is going okay so far.... I can't hardly believe it is Wednesday already!!

As always thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

card patterns sketch #53

Just a quick post so I can share my card patterns sketch #53. I have been having internet trouble so I haven't been able to get much done!!

Card patterns turned 1 this week so I wanted to say Happy Birthday Cardpatterns!!!! Cardpatterns was the very first sketch challenge blog I participated in when I started my blog last year. Love their sketches!! I was even guest designer one time!! Here is this weeks sketch......

Here is my take..........

 

Sweet & simple is what I call this one. I used my new technique tuesday lace border stamps for the background. Love these!! 

I need to go as I am having internet trouble and don't want to get kicked off again!! I'll post the deets later.....

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

moxie fab tuesday trigger sweet on spring

I am so glad that I had the chance to play this week in the moxie fab tuesday trigger. I have been sooo busy the last couple of weeks that I didn't get the chance to play at the last two triggers :( But when I saw the picture for this weeks trigger I said oo la la this one is for me:)

Here is the trigger...........

 

Can you say HAPPY!! I love this picture and the colors just scream at me because they are my favorites ..... aqua mist, sweet blush, berry sorbet, summer sunrise a bit of hibiscus, a tad bit of orange zest and let's not forget a wee bit of spring moss. Total Moxie fab!!!!

So when I saw this picture I KNEW I had to make these crepe paper flowers that have been on my to do list. 

Problem - I live in the sticks and the only crepe paper I can find is white and a few primary pastels that were not matching what I wanted. 

So what does this girl do to fix the problem??? I dyed the white with the ink colors I wanted:) It takes a bit of time but I got the exact colors I was looking for. 

So here is what I came up with............

This card totally makes me happy. I love how these flowers turned out. I just ran about 15 to 20 layers of crepe paper through my cuttle bug with this flower die and viola!! flowers in different sizes.  The two smaller flowers are from k&company that I have had for about a year and decided to use up. The chipboard "HI" are heidi swapp letters from my stash.

Enjoy your day and thanks for looking!!

Lisa

stamps: turning a new leaf (papertrey ink)

ink: aqua mist for card base, berry sorbet, hibiscus & summer sunrise for crepe paper flowers (papertrey ink)

cardstock: aqua mist (papertrey ink)

chipboard: Heidi Swapp

crepe paper: dollar tree

pearls: Melissa Frances

small paper flowers: k&company

I'm over the moon!!

If you haven't heard already I'll tell you now........... I am now on the design team for GET SKETCHY!!!!! EEEEKKKK!!! I am sooo excited!!! I am thankful to the Get Sketchy team for giving me this opportunity. I can't wait to get started.

This card was in the making before I heard the news so I will celebrate by posting it anyway!!

This is the sketch I was working on this week.....

I flipped this puppy upright because ummm well I wanted to :) I just felt that it looked better upright and this is what I came up with.............

I LOVE the new papers from Prima. I had to have this butterfly paper and I cut one of the butterflies out of the other butterfly paper I got. This card took about 10 minutes to make once I decided what I was going to do. I have been in a vintage mood and it definitely shows in this card. The buttons are from papertrey ink and I added some Jenni Bowlin pearls to the center of one. The others were tied with the silk ribbon that papertrey ink now carries. The sentiment is from the autumn abundance set and is one of my favorite all time stamps. I really love how this turned out. 

So there you have it friends... my big news and a card to top it off.

So go on over to the Get Sketchy blog and give the new design team some love. I'm excited to see what is in store on this next adventure.

As always.... thanks for looking and have a great day!!!

Lisa

 

Here is a fun little card I did awhile back using the everyday button bits set from papertrey ink. Oh how I love the button bits sets. you can get a great looking card with out a lot of effort. Stamp your image, add buttons and your project just takes a step up. Simple. the papers I printed myself from the house of 3 simply amazing kit that I bought at the beginning of the year. LOVE these papers!!! 

I'm off for somemore crafty-ness today!!

Take care and have a great day!!

Lisa

stamps: everyday button bits, mixed messages (papertrey ink)

cardstock: vintage cream: (papertreyink)

ink: ripe avacado, dark chocolate (papertrey ink)

patterned papers: simply amazing kit (house of 3)

buttons: berry sorbet mix (papertrey ink)