A Weekend of Celebration & Summer Card Camp!

"JANE! STOP THIS CRAZY THIIIING!!!!"  ha ha ha...

What a weekend!  Friday happened to be my birthday, I was greeted after work with a family of balloon people my daughters made with my sister-in-law, and a BIG banner that they decorated for me :).  That night, my older daughter (7 years old) earned her orange belt at Taekwondo.  I'm so proud of her!! However, my post today is more about our celebrations yesterday.

The first party is for a close family friend, who recently celebrated her 90th Birthday.  Yep - she's an amazing lady, and I'm glad she is part of my life!  To make her card, I looked to the extra color combos from the Friday part of the online Summer Card Camp, being held by Jennifer McGuire, and Kristina Werner.  Here's what I made:

This card uses the Wonderful Words dies from PTI, as well as the By The Numbers dies, and the Wonderful Words Additions stamp set.  Though the middle 'happy' looks black in my photo, I used PTI's Royal Velvet...such a rich purple color -- it's gorgeous!  A few pearls scattered here and there kind of remind me of confetti.

Supplies:
All Supplies PTI unless otherwise noted

Happy 90th:
Stamps: Wonderful Words Additions
Ink: Plum Pudding
Paper: Stampers Select White, Plum Pudding, Simply Chartreuse, Kraft, Royal Velvet
Accessories: Wonderful Words Dies, Pearls (Basic Gray, Recollections)

Summer Card Camp!!

I don't seem to have time to breathe this Summer, always running here or there, BUT -- I decided to go ahead and participate in the Summer Card Camp, being held by Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner.  I needed something to jump start my mojo, as it's been in it's dormant stage for a while, lol.  This week, the colors are warm and summery, oranges, reds, and greens...gorgeous. 

 
I was short on time, and went completely simple, but, mission accomplished.  I used a Kraft base, and just layered torn pieces of CS up the front.  The colors I used are Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Simply Chartreuse, and New Leaf.  The sentiment (from Think Big Favorites #4) was stamped in fresh snow ink.

I'm certainly hoping to get to give this color combo another whirl, maybe a little more creatively this time!  all of the inspiration with the card camp has been AWESOME to say the least.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: Think Big Favorites #4
Ink: Fresh Snow
Paper: Kraft, Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Simply Chartreuse, New Leaf
All supplies are from Papertrey Ink

All Because Two People Fell in Love...

WHEW!!  It's been a busy, yet SUPER FAST weekend.  WHERE did it go???  We've been busy here with some house projects, hoping to get them wrapped up in our "spare" time, lol.  Making progress, but still a ways to go.

Anyway -- onto my post.  A few months ago, my in-laws celebrated their 45th Wedding Anniversary.  A pretty big deal, especially now a days.  I decided to make a card that would emphasize the importance of that 45.

I pulled out the Papertrey Ink By the Numbers dies, and cut a 4 and a 5, ran them through my xyron and then poured glitter all over them...I mean really, aside from blinking lights (which could come in the future, I'll have to top this in 5 years, HA!) what better than glitter to catch your eye??

Layered the 45 onto some die cuts (1.75" limitless layers, and Mat Stack 4) - and accented with the largest flourish from Fancy Flourishes that was embossed with clear ep.  Finished it off with the sentiment 'amazing years'. From Big Birthday Wishes.

I say amazing, because we ALL got together that day, and took a photo of the whole family...take a look at what has been accomplished in 45 years...and smile.

Have a great day!!

June PTI Blog Hop!!

When I saw the inspiration photo for today's blog hop...I was...well, inspired ;).  What a FUN picture, full of color and life.  Of course, my daughters want their room painted like this now...

I decided to play with my copics and my airbrush, and made my take on the "wall".  I added a piece of white, cut with Mat Stack #4, with my sentiment from Think Big Favorites #1 stamped in Basic Gray ink.  Then gave it a splash of interest with some felt flowers cut with my Beautiful Blooms II #3 dies and a little bling.

Thanks for dropping by, have a GREAT weekend!!

Happy Birthday Waltzingmouse!!

WHEW!!!  I just made it. :)

I started this the other day, and all of the sudden, this morning, I realized that I never posted!!  So, I ran outside, thank goodness for a beautiful sunny day.

This is quick, because I'm unfortunately off to a funeral, but I wish Claire continued success always!!  I ♥ her company, and hope it continues strong for a long LONG time! :)

Happy Saturday!


Supplies:
Stamps: Way Out West, Back in the Saddle
Ink: Memento Black, PTI distress cubes, fresh snow
Paper: water color paper (SU!), Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream (PTI)
Accessories: Sakura stardust pen, WMS tea baggie template, PTI button, DMC floss

Long time...

No speak!!

It's been a loooooong time since I last posted -- nearly 2 MONTHS ago!!  eesh.  I've been a busy bee, not so much in the craft department, but busy, none the less.  I went on a trip to PA to meet some of my favorite people, my PSFs.  I've been chatting with these ladies for YEARS, and finally got to meet some of them IRL. How cool is that?!?!?  I'll tell you.  It was VERY cool.  The weather was unfortunately rotten, but we had a great time, and lot of laughs, despite the nasty weather!  Here are a few pics:

Here's Pam and Sharon working nicely together...

OH!  How'd that get in there??  You see, remember that nasty weather I spoke of??  Well, a few of us were stuck at the hotel while there was a severe storm blowing through the area, complete with flash flood warnings, and a tornado watch (cool, right?)  Well, we made sure we were safe in the lower floor of the building, away from any windows, and lookee at what we found!  What luck.

This is Pam - I ♥ this picture...don't you??  You should go here and tell her! 

This is Laura and I -- we were getting a little giddy at this point...it was late, and we were up waaaaaaayyyy past our bedtime. 

and this is Sharon and Renee...these are 2 of the sweetest people you will ever meet.  EVER.  Unfortunately I didn't get a whole group shot of all of us.  Barb tried, but that's a story for another day ;).  I'm blessed to have such great stamping friends that I can now call REAL Stampin' Friends!!

Fun Foam Make it Monday!

Happy Sunday!  WHEW!  I can't believe another weekend is almost over!!  We've had a great weekend of celebration, I'll share more about that a little later this week, but for today, I've got the card I made for PTI's Make it Monday challenge this week :).

This week's challenge was to use die cut fun foam.  We have no shortage of fun foam in my house, with two little girls who love to do projects, so that was the easy part.  I decided to do some of those fun little rolled flowers, using the foam.  So I broke out my 1.75" Limitless Layer dies, and die cut some foam, then cut a spiral into each one, and rolled them into little flowers, that I positioned on the large leafy image from Turning a New Leaf.

Finished off with a sentiment from Round and Round, some Hibiscus satin ribbon, and a few harvest gold buttons.  Thanks for stopping by, off to prepare for the work week!!

Have a great day!!

Supplies:
Stamps: Turning a New Leaf, Round and Round
Ink: New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst
Paper: Select White, True Black
Accessories: 1.75" Limitless Layers dies, Hibiscus Burst Satin Ribbon, Harvest Gold Vintage Buttons