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Shimelle’s Party

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I missed most of Shimelle's party, but finally had time tonight to get one layout done. If I'm lucky I'll get another one done before it gets too late. As soon as I saw this sketch I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Finding all the right papers took a little longer than I expected. This is my favorite family photo from our trip to California last month.

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Cardstock:  American Craft & Jeni Bowlin Core'dinations; patterned paper: Scenic Route; American Craft alpha stickers; "family:" Making Memories Slice Words & Expressions cartridge; word sticker from stash.

Compose A Card

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Becky Oehlers has been posting some great card recipes on her blog for quite some time. I've downloaded all her pdf.s, but this is the first time I've played along. Here's the recipe:

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And here's my take on it. I love these new October Afternoon papers from their new line "Thrift Shop."

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Cardstock:  Colormates; patterned Paper:  October Afternoon; flower: unknown scraps; sentiment: Stampendous; brad: Sassafrass Lass; ribbon from stash

A friend and I are off to Buffalo to a class at Buffalo Stamps & Stuff on using Copic markers with Prisma colored pencils. It should be lots of fun.

Happy Mail and a Card

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The big brown truck pulled up in front of our house this afternoon and left two copies of the new Papercraft magazine (May/June). Inside is my first published card. Interestingly, I did not submit it. It was one of three cards I created for a Moxie Fab challenge. Several months afterwards, I received an email from Cath Edvalson asking if I still had the card. Fortunately, I did, and here it is published. Quite exciting, actually, even though being published wasn't one of the things on my "To Do" list.

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And here is a card for a challenge on Kim Kesti's blog, another sketch from the Go To Sketch magazine. This was a really quick card, but I like it a lot.

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Cardstock: red and black from scrap file, PTI Kraft; patterned paper: Pink Paislee Bayberry Cottage 6X6 pad; sentiment:  Savvy stamps; flowers from stash; brad: Making Memories; Cuttlebug embossing folder; I drew the lines on the sentiment strip with the new "no bleed" Sharpie marker.

CPS 161 Plus Two

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It's been surprisingly difficult to get back in the groove with crafting. The last couple of nights, though, I've been up late watching the men's and women's NCAA basketball championships and have finished several projects as I watched. The first two are for this week's CPS challenge.

Here's the sketch:

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And my interpretations:

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Cardstock:  PTI Hawaiian Shores & Select White; patterned paper: PTI Green Boutique; Cuttlebug embossing folder; AC Dear Lizzy crocheted flowers; silk ribbon from Ellen Huston; pearl: Michael's; stick pin unknown.

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Cardstock:  PTI Pure Poppy & Vintage Cream; patterned papers:  October Afternoon Thrift Shop; ribbon from stash; AC Dear Lizzy crocheted flowers;  sentiment:  A Muse; Nestabilities: long rectangles.

Now a card from a sketch in the newly released Go To Sketches by Papercrafts. The sketch I used is on p.142. I'll be using this publication regularly. So many great sketches and interpretations.

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AC Dear Lizzy patterned papers and phrase sticker; ribbon: Michaels; cardstock: BoBunny

This card is a lift from Debbie Olsen, one of the very best in the industry. My friend is a wonderful seamstress so this seemed like a great choice for her birthday card.

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Cardstock: PTI Pure Poppy & Vintage Cream; patterned papers: Cosmo Cricket "Material Girl;" twill: PTI Vintage Cream; buttons: PTI; safety pin from stash.

CPS 156

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I've been playing with the fabulous goodies I won on the Jillibean blog a few weeks ago. Today I used some of them to make a card for the CPS 156 challenge. Here's the sketch:

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And my take on it:

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I hand cut and folded the edges of a sunflower from the Lentil Soup "Vegetable Soup" paper. In the center I added one of the great new canvas flowers "Green Grid", a button (PTI), and some twine from the Jillibean Stalks "Pigs". I added a strip of the B side of the same patterned paper as a border with a piece of twill from the Bean Stalks "Red & Black." The sentiment is from Papertrey's "Signature Greetings."

Alice in Wonderland Challenge

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I've been thinking about Rhinda's Alice in Wonderland challenge, and really didn't have any idea what to do, but finally decided to give it a whirl. I ended up with this card, just in time!

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I used my Maya Mist for the very first time on sticky back canvas, and then stamped three different watch stamps for the background. I ran a Jillibean "Repair Tag" through my corrugator (haven't used that in years) and added a quote from Alice in Wonderland. The image was a download kindly given to us by Rhinda. A Heidi Swapp watch finished the card front.

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

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Tonight is the February Blog Hop for Papertrey Ink. The challenge was to choose one of the designers who is an inspiration to you, find a project they've completed, and make it your own. I could choose almost any of the Papertrey designers, and I get lots and lots of inspiration from their blogs. I chose Debbie Olsen whose work blows me away time and again. Her coloring with Copic markers is the very best, and details in her cards are amazing. I spend a lot of time on her blog looking at her techniques. Here's the card I chose from Debbie's blog:

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It's a perfect example of her beautiful work. I chose to replicate the paper-pieced violets from Papertrey's new stamp set "A Year of Flowers: Violets," but chose to stamp the smaller violets in the set.

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The shape of my card is also a "lift" from Debbie's blog seen here. I used Papertrey's "Perfect Pastel" papers to piece the violets and mounted them on a piece of Memory Box "Gossamer" paper. The ribbon and safety pin are from my stash. The sentiment on a Quickutz tag is from "Vintage Picnic Sentiments" (Papertrey).

Three Challenges

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I recently acquired the Cosmo Cricket Mini-Decks for both Material Girl and Garden Variety. The papers are so bright and cheerful; just what's needed on these cloudy February days. And they seemed perfect for all three challenges as well.

The first is the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger. This is the first time I've played along with this challenge. The inspiration piece was this:

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I took the yellow and gingham and used some papers from Garden Variety:

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Pure Poppy (PTI), Quickutz tag and rub-on, Hero Arts "Big and Little" flower stamps, ribbon and safety pin from stash

The next challenge is CPS 155. This is one of my favorite challenge sites. Here's the sketch:

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And my take on it:

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Cosmo Cricket "Material Girl;" Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate & Terracotta Tile (PTI); stamps by Judith and PTI ("Take Note"); Jeni Bowlin journaling spot.

And last, but not least, the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch:

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And my card:

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2 Sketches 4 You 46

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I haven't participated at 2 Sketches 4 You for awhile, but I wanted to play around with some sticky-back canvas and used this Week's sketch 46 as a starting point.

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I rotated it 90° to better suit my image.

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Kraft Cardstock (Papertrey), yellow cardstock from stash, patterned paper (Bella Blvd), stamps (Through the Trees-Papertrey, celebrate-Amuse), sticky-back canvas, inks (Antique Linen Distress-Tim Holtz, Vintage Cream-Papertrey), button (Making Memories)

Papertrey Anniversary Challenge

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The anniversary festivities are winding down at Papertrey Ink, but there was another challenge today. The "assignment" was to create a set of floral embellishments, and then use one to create a card. For today's flowers I used Jeni Bowlin papers form the mini sets. They are easiest to crumple since they are text weight paper rather than the stiffer scrapbook papers. I used my Nestabilities "Blossom" and cut three different sizes from seven different papers. I sewed some Papertrey buttons to the middle.

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For the card I used Pure Poppy and Kraft cardstock from Papertrey, a piece of cream cardstock from my stash, the Houndstooth Embossing folder by Cuttlebug, a Quickutz tag and leaves, and piece of gingham ribbon. The sentiment is an Amuse stamp.

CPS 153 & Papertrey Ink

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Papertrey Ink is sponsoring the challenge at CPS which I always enjoy. The number of people who have already posted cards this week is truly amazing. These two sites must be a great combination. Here's the sketch:

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and my take on it:

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Cardstock (Bazzill); patterned paper (Papertrey "Hodge Podge"); stamps (Papertrey "Blooming Button Bits"); button (Papertrey); silk ribbon (Ellen Huston); gems (Michaels & Kaisercraft)

Another Papertrey Ink Anniversary Challenge

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The challenges at Nicole's blog just keep coming, as do the amazing announcements about new products. This one was more challenging than usual. It had two parts. The sketch was easy enough, but the color combination took quite a bit of thought.

Here's the sketch:

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There were several color combinations, and you had to use the one associated with the first letter of your user name at PTI. Here's the one for K:

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I truly would never think to put these five colors together, but I'm pretty pleased with how the card turned out in the end.

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Papertrey cardstock in colors seen above, Sizzix leaf die, sentiment from Blooming Button Bits, flower punch with gems from Michaels, Martha Stewart border punch

Papertrey Ink Resist Embossing Challenge

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It's been a long time since I used this technique, but it was quick and easy to execute. I'm really happy with the outcome as well. Edited to add a link to Nicole's video on this technique.

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Black and white cardstock from stash, Papertrey Ink stamps "Through the Trees" & Spring Rain and Enchanted Evening inks, Beaux Regards cord, black Colorbox ink and clear embossing powder

CPS 151 & 2S4Y 44

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One of my unstated intentions is to complete two card challenges each week, and complete one layout. So far, so good. A friend and I went to lunch today and spent some time crafting together. The result:  two cards for challenges. The first is for CPS 151.

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Here's my card. I've been wanting to make some of these paper flowers but needed a slightly smaller scalloped punch which I picked up at 40% off this week.

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Patterned paper (Basic Grey, Jenni Bowlin), cardstock & ribbon from stash, buttons & twine (Papertrey Ink)

The second challenge was posted at 2Sketches4You. It's been awhile since I played along there, but I always love their sketches and keep a folder of them on my iBook. 

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I needed a masculine birthday card so it was a perfect time to pull out my new Through the Trees stamps from Papertrey Ink. I know this set is going to get a lot of use.

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Cardstock from stash, white embossing powder, sentiment (Impress Rubber Stamps), image stamp (Papertrey Ink), ribbon (Ribbon Expressions)

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop & Start to Finish

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It's Papertrey Ink Blog Hop night. Here's the challenge:

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And as it happens, this card fits the Moxie Fab Challenge that's due tonight as well!

Here's the front of my card:

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I decided to use the message as the inspiration for the inside of the card. As soon as I saw "with a fold in the middle," I knew I wanted an origami heart for the inside.

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Cardstock (Pure Poppy & Select White), patterned paper (Simple Valentine), stamps (Big & Bold Wishes), ribbon (Pure Poppy), ink (Pure Poppy) All Papertrey Ink; chipboard heart from stash, Marvy Uchida punches, Spellbinders Label 8 Nestabilities, chalk ink (Rouge by Color Box)