Be Mine

I am taking the Clean and Simple card making class from Online classes (Led by Jennifer McGuire, Kristina Werner and Julie Ebersole). Loving the class so far. I wanted to share on of the cards that I did for Day 1 of the class using one of the sketches.

Kristina actually showed a very interesting masking technique, but somehow I could not pull it off successfully, so I used a patterned paper instead, so this is not a true CAS card because of it. But I still like how it turned out.

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Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Heart Prints
Paper - PTI White and Hibiscus Burst card stock, Little Yellow Bicycle patterned paper
Ink - Memento Black
Other - Heart Punch, Black Pen

Tag and Frame Challenge

PTI is celebrating their 4th Anniversary and as part of Day 2 reveal - the challenge was to make a Tag and Frame project. More details on Nichole's blog.

I used a hand made tag that I had gotten from India a while ago and then added a frame to it that I made with PTI Limitless Labels Die, PTI Anniversary Tag Download and Heart image from Heart Prints. Just the ticket banner completed the card.

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Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Anniversary Tag Download, PTI Heart Prints, PTI Just the Ticket
Paper- PTI White and Kraft CS, PTI Pretty Pastel Patterned Paper Collection
Ink - Memento Black, PTI Raspberry Fizz
Other - PTI Limitless labels die collection, Handmade Tag, PTI Inking Cube - Chai

Happy Valentine's Day

3rd Post of the day. Please scroll down or click here to see my first card for the PTI Anniversary Challenge and here to see my 2nd card for the PTI Anniversary Challenge.

3) For my last card I used Dawn McVey's combination of Raspberry Fizz, Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores, Dark Chocolate and Kraft. I also used the MFT WSC Sketch #6 for this card.

Here is the Sketch,

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Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Heart Prints
Paper - PTI Kraft, Hawaiian Shores, Dark Chocolate and Vintage Cream
Ink - PTI Pure Poppy, PTI Inking Cube - Chai
Other - PTI Heart punch, PTI Fillable Frame #4 Die, Pearl Embellishments

Moxie Fab Card Style - Fun and Cute

Card Style is the new Special Issue from Paper crafts Magazine and as part of it Moxie Fab is hosting these Card Style Challenges.

As part of the Fun and Cute Card Style Challenge, I created two cards using the FTL94 Sketch from Clean and Simple Blog.

The first one uses Chemistry Set from There She Goes,



The second one uses the images from PTI Heart Prints set,



I used some Doodles, Polka Dots and Heart Images along with Clean and Simple Design per the guidelines from Card style magazine. I had so much fun creating these cards. I love the combination of Pink Polka Dot Paper with the Brown Gingham Ribbon.

Here is the sketch,

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Supplies:
Stamp - There She Goes Chemistry Set, PTI Heart Prints
Paper - PTI Kraft, White, Vintage Cream, Soft Stone CS. PTI Bitty Dot Basics PP
Ink - Memento Black, Copics, PTI Raspberry Fizz, Rangers DI - Antique Linen
Other - Offray Brown Gingham Ribbon, SU Oval Punch, Nestabilities

Laura's Sketch 32 at 2 Sketches 4 You

This is my 101 post on this blog...WOW.. Time flies quickly when you are enjoying what you are doing. :)

This is another wedding card that I did using Laura's sketch 32. I also used the Raspberry Color Challenge #14 for this. The color challenge was to use Plum Pudding, Raspberry Fizz, Scarlett Jewel and Vintage Cream. I used the PTI Bitty Boxes DP in Plum Pudding - this is one of my fav DP. Some Raspberry fizz ribbon added the color to this. The hearts from Heart Prints set was stamped in Scarlett jewel ink.


Here is the close up of the hearts - that I have stamped in Scarlett Jewel Ink from PTI.



Here is the Sketch,


Here is the Color challenge,


Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Heart Prints, PTI Wedding Day
Paper - PTI Bitty Boxes DP, PTI Vintage Cream CS
Ink - PTI Scarlett Jewel
Other - Circle Punch, PTI Raspberry Fizz Ribbon, Generic Pearl Embellishment

Friends Till End Challenge using CPS102

I wanted to do this card for a friend of mine with whom I have not talked in ages and at the same time I saw Nichole Heady's Challenge.

It was perfect for my card. I also used the CPS102 sketch for this card from the CPS Blog

I used this big polka dots paper that I got from Hobby Lobby and you guess it right- this paper also features Raspberry fizz.



Supplies: PTI Heart Prints, PTI Heart Prints Sentiments, Generic DP, Nestabilities, PTI Raspberry Fizz Cardstock, SU Scallop Punch, American Craft Glitter marker.

Here is the CPS Sketch,

Bag the Challenge

Nichole Heady from PTI has been having various give aways to celebrate PTI's 2nd anniversary. You can see her blog here
Day 5 challenge was to alter a bag, any bag. Of course Nichole has done amazing work with her Tote using Garden Life set, but I am have no expertise in sewing. So taking inspiration from Chris and Amy (Whose blog links are on the right hand side), I altered this gift bag to give my husband his Valentine's day gift. This is the first time I am altering a gift bag and it was really fun and I think the final product looks much better than any store bought Valentine day gift bag.

Here is my bag creation,


Close up of the Heart prints center part,



Supplies: PTI Black and White Basics DP, PTI White Shimmer and Raspberry Fizz Card stock, PTI Heart Prints Set, Nestabilities, PTI Circle Borders and Corners, Raspberry Fizz Ribbon, Generic Twine, PTI Raspberry Fizz and Pure Snow Ink.

DISCLAIMER: I apologize in advance for the bad photography. That is a result of my laziness (i.e. not using tripod) and my eagerness to take pictures in the evening as soon as I am done with it and not waiting till daylight.

Also I was running out of sticky tape, so tried some regular glue for the side panels on this bag and that did not work out too well. :(

Combined Challenges

I really liked that latest sketch Challenge that Taylor has on her blog (Click here to see TECC53 sketch). I was trying to come up with a good design for this layout when I saw the OCCC challenge - which was to make a card with two or more hearts (See OCCC Challenge here). So, I figured these two would work great combined and here is my take on these,



I love green and even though it is not a traditional Valentine's day color, I had to use that in my card. :) Sorry for the bad picture, I had completed this project in the evening and could not wait until day time to take the picture. Hence the awkward lighting and shadows. Thanks for looking.

Supplies: PTI Heart Prints, PTI Spring Moss, Berry Sorbet and White Shimmer CS, Large Heart Punch, Word Window Punch, Martha Stewart DP, Nestabilities.

First PTI Swap of 2009

My friend from SCS, Sara is hosting the First PTI swap for 2009. Keeping in mind that Valentines day is just around the corner, I did a Valentine's Day card using PTI Heart Prints set. I did not buy any of PTI Raspberry Fizz patterned paper, so instead I created my own using Raspberry Fizz Ink and Guidelines Stamp set. I was personally very happy as to how the patterned paper turned out. I had always seen Nichole do it so effortlessly.

Without further ado, here is my card. Comments and Suggestions are welcome.



Supplies:
PTI Heart Prints Set, PTI Guide Lines set, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, PTI Raspberry Fizz CS and Ink, PTI Chocolate CS, PTI Burnt Umber Ink, PTI Raspberry Fizz Satin Ribbon