All that Glitters

TGIF!!!  Happy Friday all.  I spent all day yesterday cleaning up my office / craft room and it's still not completely done.  I really let it go too long.  On the bright side, I actually managed to put together a few cards from the scraps and partially done pieces I had lying around.

Today's card uses some of those scraps.  I had the card base and KaiserCraft patterned paper cut (using Edgers #3 die from Papertrey) and sitting on my desk for a few months.  I'm hanging my head in shame.  Yesterday I glued them together and stuck the coral colored strip, also a scrap, on the bottom of the base.  That's as far as I got with it.

When I saw today's CAS-ual Friday's challenge to use something with glitter I knew how I wanted to finish the card.  I ran a piece of copper glitter tape over the patterned paper and stamped a matching peony from Papertrey's Pretty Peonies.  I finished it off with a wedding sentiment stamped in Dark Chocolate.

Here's another shot that shows the glitter I colored on the flower using my Clearstar Gelly Roll pen:

Playing along with CAS-ual Fridays:

and Simon Says Stamp:

April showers / Spring flowers

Have a fantastic weekend!





 
 All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated.

Stamps:  Pretty Peonies, Enjoy the Ride
Paper: white, Groovy Guava (SU), Kaisercraft Lush pp
Ink:  Dark Chocolate, Sweet Blush, Garden Green (CTMH), Certainly Celery & Groovy Guava (SU)
Other:  Edgers #3 border die, glitter tape (American Crafts), Copic marker R32

Navy & Silver Wedding

I made this wedding card for my husband's co-worker.  Everyone at his work was chipping in for a gift, but he told them that we would contribute a handmade wedding card to go with the gift.  Naturally, this bit of information came to me at the last minute so I whipped something up quickly -- a bit of stamping and embossing, finished off with some ribbon did the trick.

The gorgeous medallion-like images are from "French Quarter" by Inque Boutiue, a stamp company that is no longer in business.  Does anyone remember Inque Bouttique stamps?  I have several of their stamps because a few months before they went out of business I won $100 worth of their stamps.  Even though they are not current I still love many of those stamps and try to remember to pull them out once in a while.

I'm entering this into the current Crazy for Challenges #131 -- to use blue and white with one other color.

Hope you all are having a wonderful week!






Stamps:   French Quarter (inque boutique), Giga Guidlines (PTI)
Paper:  watercolor paper
Ink:   Paris Dusk (memento), versamark
Other:  silver EP, silver ribbon, enchanted evening button (PTI)

One Layer Wedding

You know I love One Layer cards so I didn't want to miss Wee Memories One Layer Challenge this week.

And did you see that Jenny is doing a HUGE giveaway with awesome prizes? Click HERE to read all about it.

Now onto the card.

This is a wedding card for a family member who is getting married this weekend.  The ginkgo leaves are from PTI's Harvest Berries set.  I LOVE them!!!  They are stamped here in Almost Amethyst and the berries are stamped in silver.  That big, gorgeous sentiment is embossed with Silver EP.  Look how it shines!







All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated.

Stamps:  Harvest Berries, Think Big Favorites #2
Paper:  Stamper's Select White
Ink:   Almost Amethyst (SU!), Silver (Stampabilities)
Other:  Apron Lace punch (fiskars), silver EP

Papertrey Paper Dolls #38

It's my turn to host the newest challenge at the Papertrey Paper Dolls Blog.  Have I mentioned how much I love being a part of this amazing group of women?   Not only are they super talented, but they are so generous and kind-hearted too.

Okay, on to the challenge:

It's the start of wedding season!  Anyone attending any weddings this summer?  Even if you don't have a wedding to go to you'll probably need lots of anniversary cards on hand for all the weddings you previously attended.

I'm issuing a simple challenge to make either a wedding or an anniversary card!

My husband and I are going to a wedding this Saturday. I created this card based on the colors of the gorgeous wedding invitation -- black & white with a splash of aqua.

The aqua flower is cut from a sheet of mulberry paper and then stamped.  I just layered three different die cuts to create the blossom.  I used the Victorian Lace border die for my scalloped flap and added some pearls to dress it up.






All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated

Stamps:  In Bloom, Giga Guidlines (sentiment)
Paper:  True Black, white, mulberry paper (remember when)
Ink:  black (memento), tropical blue (rubber stampede)
Other:  Victorian Lace die, In Bloom dies, pearls (michael's)