Sparkle and Shine

I've been away from my crafting because I just got back from the mountains in Canada. Lots of nature, wild life, and good times & fun with my boyfriend and his family. The only part that was annoying was the bugs. They're vicious!

Now I'm back in the comfort of my own home, with no bugs around, I made a few more wedding cards from some scrap pieces of patterned paper I had lying around. These cards also matched this week's Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge: Sparkle and Shine.

It's a simple card but it stands out. The shinny and sparkly trim and circles makes the color gold pops out real well. You can't really see, but the front is actually popped up with some foam, which gave it some dimension. I made another one just like it with another piece of pattern paper. 

You can really see the shine on the paper. Congratulations is embossed with some gold glitter in it as well.

winter on July 4th

Even though it's a holiday, I somehow manage to wake up super early, thanks to the lovely birds, in the neighborhood, chirruping away ever so loudly.

Here's another for this week's Simon Wednesday Challenge: We are going dotty! This is also an entry to PTI Make It Monday Challenge #216.

Originally this was going to be birthday card. However, when I started coloring "happy" in shades of blue, I thought to myself, "winter is more like it!" So I changed sequence colors and the background to a textured, dotted paper to mimic snow. And then I added silver glitter wash tape to give it some spark.

I tried to angle the card and change the flash setting on the camera to help reveal some of the snow dots in the background. Here's another picture. 

Colors: pacific point (SU), night of navy (SU)
Stamps & die: phrase play #5 (PTI)

yellow + orange = summer

My good friend, Grace, is getting hitched in less than three weeks! And her bridal shower is this weekend. I need a card for her but didn't find anything good in what I have made already. I was scrolling through Simon Monday Challenge: Summer. The color yellow and orange keeps coming into my mind. So I had to make a card with those colors! Plus her favorite color is orange.

I liked how this card turned out and decided to making it in purple as well, along with a different inside message. These turned out so lovely! They're perfect for the upcoming wedding and bridal showers.

colors: sahara sand (SU), always artichoke (SU), lemon tart (PTI), orange zest (PTI), simply chartreuse (PTI), royal velvet (PTI), winter wisteria (PTI)
stamps: natural beauty (PTI)

dots & scrabble

Ashley and I have been working on getting our inventory together for the upcoming holiday shows in the fall and winter. It has been so much crafting! I can't believe I'm thinking and designing for Christmas already!

I've came up with this personalized card set using dots as the theme. It just so happen that Simon Says challenge this week: We're Going Dotty! matches perfectly! I made sets of six cards. The name is personalized/customized.

I really like how the colors came out. It's so festive! For the lighter colored stamps, I did a second generation stamping technique.

Colors and cardstock: Stampin' Up Regals
Stamps: Dot Spot (PTI), Santa Stationery (PTI), Game Tile Letters (SSS)

"From this day forward..."

I recently bought PTI's Make It Market Mini: Garden Gild Kit

It came and has been sitting on my desk for two weeks. It's time to break it out!

This card ended up a little messy because I didn't know where or how to start. I added some distress inks (milled lavender, festive berries, and shabby shutters) to make the background. Then added some glitter paper for die cuts to make it pop.

(The distress inks in the image aren't the right ones. Sorry!)

Here's the same card from an other angle. You can see the glitter flower die cuts better. This card turned out ok. If I had spend a little more time and not rush, I think it'd be much better. 

Fussy Cutting and Weddings

I was hoping to craft more since I'm back in my crafty mood. Of course life is always busy and I don't have the time to craft! Thankfully, I can this week.

I got a few wedding coming up this summer and it's time to get working on gifts and cards! I made a simple wedding card, inspired by Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday challenge.

Fuzzy cut is the reason I get sentiment stamps with dies; but it was fun doing the cut for this "Congrats."

The stamps I used were Harvest Berries (PTI) and Your Perfect Day (Stampin' Up). I added some small blings on various leaves to give it some shine. The sentiment is embossed with mint powder (P K Glitz); it does have some glitter within the embossing.

I'm back!

I'm crafting again! Thanks my good friend, Ashley, I've reenter the world of crafting once again. Recently we did a craft show together. Now I'm super excited for our next show!

While shopping for new stamps, I came upon Lizzie's Make it Monday Challenge. Totally inspired and had scraps of vellum laying around, I stepped right into action! I decided to make a Christmas card with the glittery cardstock that I already had. It's never too early to start making holiday cards! I mixed PTI, stampin' up, and whatever I had in my crafty supplies. Please excuse my messy desk.

Christmas in on May Day!

This pink seems brighter than it really is due to lighting. Real color is closer to the image above. 

Happy crafting!