Bugaboo Reindeer Card

I was browsing through some blogs and ended up at Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge blog. I was happy to have found another challenge blog. More than anything, these challenge me to think a bit more with my cars.

This week's challenge #1845  was "Anything Goes".

I created a quick holiday card using this Bugaboo Reindeer stamp. Sentiment is from Taylored Expressions Wings of Joy Stamp set.

I kept it simple with a few patterned papers. I thought of adding some embellishments, but the patterned paper was bold enough and did not need any extra embellishments.

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamps: Bugaboo Reindeer Digital Stamp, Taylored Expressions Wings of Joy
Paper: Coredinations folded kraft Card, PTI Patterned paper, PTI Cardstock
Ink: Memento Black, Copics
Other: Circle Punches

Birthday Cake

Hi Friends, Happy Tuesday. Hoping that week is going well so far. I have been very enthused lately to create some Birthday cards and wanted to share this card.

I used a bunch of birthday themed papers from Hobby Lobby and the image is from Bugaboo stamps. I just love their stamps. I kept it simple with the birthday wishes from PTI Faux Ribbon stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Bugaboo Digital Stamp, PTI Faux Ribbon
Paper - Birthday papers from Hobby Lobby, PTI White and Blue Card stock
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - Circle Punch

Pink Scooter Valentine

Hi Friends, The week is almost coming to an end. I will still share my PL pages here but I will try to combine weeks. It will be a bit more photo heavy, but easier for me.

Valentine's day is just around the corner as time flies..So, I wanted to share this Valentine's day card I did with some Digital Scooter image and some old Circle elements that I had.

I kept the card simple with the image taking up the spotlight. I used some bright Pink Gingham paper from PTI and some small paper roses from Michaels. All in all, a super simple card, but I loved all the pink and red happening on the card.

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Scooter with Flower Basket Digital Stamp by Milk Coffee on Etsy
Paper - PTI Whisper White, Black, Hibiscus Burst Card stock, PTI Raspberry Fizz Gingham Patterned Paper
Ink - Copic Markers
Other - Michaels Recollections brand Paper Roses, Circle Punch

Christmas Owl

Hi Friends, How are you doing? I have been a bit late with my Project Life Posts. Life has happened LOL..I will be back tomorrow with a couple of spreads of PL.

Meanwhile, I did a few Christmas cards over the weekend. It is never too early to get started on your Christmas cards.

I did this card for,

A) July Christmas Cards Challenge on SplitCoastStampers - To create a card with Red, Blue and White Color Scheme and to use something sparkly on the card.
B) Challenge #27 on A Blog Named Hero - To create a card or project using your fav Hero Arts Stamp. I used this Holiday Owl set from Hero Arts.
C)Merry Monday Merry Monday Month Long - Anything Goes Christmas Card challenge.

I kept the card simple with red card base and some old Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Paper. I stamped and colored the hat of the Owl with Blue Copic Marker and then add the sentiment to a white punched out paper. Overall, just a simple card, but loved how it turned out. I also added some red gem embellishment on the corner of the card to add something sparkly.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies
Stamp - Hero Arts Holiday Owl
Paper - PTI Pure Poppy, Enchanted Evening and White CS, Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Collection Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Black and Blue
Other - EK Success Border Punch, Circle Punches, PTI Pure Poppy Saddle Stitched ribbon.

CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #12

Hi Friends, Happy Monday. I am back with a quick hybrid card that I did for the CASE This Sketch Challenge #12. I just loved this sketch. I did the People image and the sending love sentiment digitally and then printed it out and then added the punched out order and pink chevron paper.

The People Clip art were part of PSE10. The Sending Love your way and the heart are part of Studio Calico Darling Dear Digital Stamps. I loved how this card turned out. I was totally inspired by Chrissy Larson's card for this sketch and how she used the Neon Colors.

here is the sketch,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Studio Calico Digital Stamps
Paper - PTI White, Autumn Rose and Raspberry Fizz and Pink Chevron Patterned paper
Ink - Memento black, Copics
Other - MS Lace Heart Border Punch

Holiday Card Boot Camp - Beautiful Ornament

I have enrolled in in Kristina Werner and Jennifer McGuire's Holiday Card Boot camp. If you are interested I think you can still enroll and today is just the first day. There was some ab fab inspiration. This is one of the cards that I did based on the card by Kristina. I am so thankful that she gave us the Ornament file to use as well. I have another card with slightly different colors to share with you tomorrow.

Sorry for the dark photo, I wanted to post this card asap :)) The patterned paper is from a paper collection from Hobby Lobby. It is this beautiful Kraft Paper with patterns on it. Love it. I used Spring Moss and Simply Chartreuse papers from PTI. The Sentiment is from PTI Holiday Spirit Sentiments set. Love this sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by.
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Holiday Spirit Sentiment
Paper - PTI White, Simply chartreuse, Spring Moss, Pure Poppy CS, Kraft Christmas Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Black, SU Cherry Cobbler
Other - Red Twine from The Twinery, Ornament cut from Silhouette, White Foil Paper from Stash, SU Scallop border punch

Cute Butterfly

This is my entry for this week's Sketchy Thursday 8-11 Sketch Challenge.

These are pictures of my friend's daughter Shikha when she had dressed as the most beautiful Butterfly for last year's Halloween. I just loved her outfit and how gorgeous she looks. My layout is slightly different from the Sketchy Thursday Sketch as I could not crop these photos any more. But I am very very happy how this turned out.

Here is the sketch,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - None
Paper - Bazzill Cardstock, PTI Raspberry Fizz Cardstock, DCVW Cafe Latte Stack
Ink - None
Other - Girls Paperie embellishments, My Minds Eye Notes, SU Scallop Border Punch

Ava Flower Girl

I did this card for the Bugaboo - Catch the Bug August Challenge - Anything Goes. I needed a birthday card for a small girl and this Ava with flowers image from Bugaboo was just the right one. I kept the card itself simple with some cool papers and a sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Bugaboo Digital Stamp - Ava Flower Patch, Mega Mixed Messages Sentiment set from PTI,
Paper - PTI Yellow and White Cardstock, October Afternoon Patterned paper
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - PTI Vintage Button, SU Oval Punch, nestabilities

Unity May Sketch Challenge

A simple but elegant card that I did for the Unity KOTM Sketch challenge for May. I used the June 2009 Unity KOTM Perfect in Every Way! I just love this kit.

I am also entering this card for the Unity Challenge - Tweet Tweet - to incorporate birds in your project.

I paper pierced the tea pot with some polka dot patterned paper and then colored the bird and leaves with copics. I really liked how this card turned out and loved this sketch and this sketch will go into my list of to fav's.

Here is the sketch,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Unity KOTM Perfect in Every Way.
Paper - PTI White, Green CS, Bazzill Brown CS, SU Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - SU Scallop Border Punch, Nestabilities, Offray Pink Polka Dot Ribbon

PTI Anniversary Tag Contest

PTI is celebrating it's 4th Anniversary this year. Details are on Nichole's blog.  Today's challenge is to use one of the Anniversary tag sets that the PTI Designers have created (and is free to download) and create a project with it. How awesome is this. Just like having some PTI Digi stamps. Loving it.

So here is first of my cards with the pinwheel tag designed by Maile Belles. I used the Inspired Crafters Sketch for this card.

Here is the sketch,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Anniversary Tag download
Paper - PTI White, Dark Chocolate CS, Bazzill Patterned Paper
Ink - Copics
Other - SU Top Note Die, PTI Limitless Labels Die, PTI Vintage Cream Ribbon, PTI Dark Chocolate Vintage Buttons, Generic Jute Thread.

Scattered Showers - Thinking Of You

The Challenge this time is,

"This month's blog hop challenge involves you challenging yourself to use a Papertrey stamp set that has yet to see ink or even one that might be collecting a little dust!  Go through your stash and see what little used treasure it might hold"

I used one of my favorite older sets called "Scattered Showers" for this card. I had not used this stamp set in a while although it used to be one of my to go sets :) So, in honor of this blog hop, this set got inked up :)

I stamped the umbrella in Ranger DI - Spiced Marmalade, cut it out and popped it up with some foam dots. I cut out the flower using PTI Dies and added some button to it. I love the font in this stamp set.

The card is much better IRL, I forgot to take pictures of the 3D Effect. The white panel is raised as well as the umbrella :). I have inked the edges of the White panel as well as the Green Bitty Box Basics Patterned paper using PTI Chai Inking Cube, but for some reason does not show up well in the picture. I made this card for the Regular card spot in the PTI Card swap that we are having over at SCS. If you are interested in joining the next round of PTI Swap - Jennifer is hosting it - here is the link.

Please stop by at Nichole's blog to see the complete list of participants and to get inspired to use some of your older sets.

Thanks for stopping by,
Stamp - PTI Scattered Showers
Paper - PTI Pure Poppy and White CS, PTI Bitty Dot Basics and Bitty Box Basics Patterned Paper
Ink - Ranger DI - Spiced Marmalade, Crushed Olive and PTI Pure Poppy
Other - PTI Flower Die, SU Scalloped Border Punch, PTI Vintage Buttons

Pink and Black Thinking Of You

I  made this pink and black - Thinking of you card for my friend in India. I used the Sketch #4 of Verve December VLV Sketches. This sketch is designed by Teresa - she has some awesome Verve creations on her blog.

The theme this time was Christmas Ornaments and Decor. I used this Pink and Black Ornament from Etsy as my inspiration.

I used the Verve Kind Words stamp set for this card. I have stamped the flower from this set in Ranger DI - Spun Sugar. It has that dreamy pink look. I stamped the sentiment over it using Memento Black Ink. The papers are all from my stash - they are a mix of KI memories and PTI.

Also for the very first time I also tried Dawn McVey's Ribbon tying tutorial and I have to say, I am very happy with how my bow turned out. Some MS Punched out Butterflies completed my card.

Here is the sketch,

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - VERVE Kind Words
Paper - PTI White and Raspberry Fizz CS, PTI and KI Memories Patterned Papers
Ink - Memento Black, Ranger DI - Spun Sugar
Other- Offray Ribbon, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Nestabilities

Inspired Crafters - September Scrapbook page challenge

Hello Friends,

My dear friend Chris has posted a wonderful sketch for this months challenge over on the Inspired Crafters blog! We would love you to play along with us. Here is what I came up with for the sketch,




These are series of photos that I took of my Friend's Daughter. She was on a quest to collect these bright looking sugar substitute packets. And she was doing this "hurrah" thing by raising her hands. I felt that these pictures were perfect for this sketch. I was inspired by the colors and patterns in her dress for the papers that I chose for this layout. I really love how this turned out.

Here is the sketch from Scrapbook challenges that Chris used for this Month's Challenge.



Thanks for stopping by. Hoping that you can stop by at Inspired Crafters and create a page(or two) of your own.

Supplies:
Stamp - None
Paper - Coredinations and PTI card stock, Luxe Designs and SU patterned paper
Ink - None
Other - Prima Velvet Flowers, Making Memories Button Brads, American Crafts Thicker Letters, Fiskars Border Punch

Inspired Crafters Sketch Challenge #9

Hello Friends,

It is Friday!! And long weekend is right around the corner. Whatever you are doing - crafting, traveling or spending time with family..I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Inspired Crafters blog has been revamped and now you have more time to work on the challenges along with some fun prizes..yeah!!! Today's challenge is a sketch challenge. This sketch was inspired by a Thank you card that I got from my secret sister Donelda.

I kept my card simple and loved how this turned out. I used the Fly Away stamp set from PTI. I stamped the plane image with Memento Black Ink and colored it with copics. I used some SU Patterned paper along with PTI Hawaiian breeze card stock. I love all the different hues of blue in this card.



Here is the sketch,



Please stop by at Inspired Crafters blog to play along with this sketch challenge and a chance to win some prize. If you are uploading to Public Galleries, please use the keyword ICC9.

Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Fly Away
Paper - PTI White and Hawaiian Breeze Cardstock, SU Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Black and Copics
Other - Fiskars border Punch

{ippity} Flowers

I have a special sale going on for {ippity} Stamps for the Month of September. Free shipping on any set(s) that you buy. This is a good time to get some of those sets that you have been wanting for a while. Please click here to see the stamps and order.

I have a quick {ippity} card to share with you using the Faith Blooms Set. I just love this set. I stamped the flower image three times, colored it with copics. Kept it simple with some buttons. I had done this card for the {ippity} release challenge and thought of sharing it here.



On an another note, Inspired Crafters Blog is undergoing some changes and we will have a new sketch challenge up tomorrow with some prizes. So, please check back tomorrow for a chance to win some goodies.

Supplies:
Stamp - {ippity} Faith Blooms
Paper - PTI Dark Chocolate and Rustic White CS, PTI Bitty Dot Basics Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Black and Copics
Other - PTI Vintage Buttons, SU Scallop Border Punch

Christmas in July

I wanted to share this Christmas Card. It is nice to build up your stash of cards and not to be scrambling in November.



I used some BG Eskimo Kisses and DCVW Patterned Paper along with this Mr.Snowman image from Squigglefly. I colored the snowman with copics. Sentiment is from PTI's Mailbox greetings.

This card is for the following Challenges,

1) Squigglefly Challenge #57 to make a Christmas Card.
2) The Shabby Tea Room Challenge #18 - Christmas in July
3) There She Goes Challenge TSG63 - Inspiration Challenge. I loved the Blue and Orange in this inspiration photo, which is what my card colors are based on.

4) Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge FTTC74 - Christmas in July
5) Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #87 - The Holiday. Create a holiday card with Eyelets.

6) Laura's Sketch #56 from 2 Sketches For You. Here is the sketch,



Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamp - Mr.Snowman digi from Squigglefly stamps, Mailbox Greetings from PTI
Paper - PTI White and Vintage Cream CS, BG Eskimo Kisses Patterned Paper, DCVW Tajmahal Collection Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Black, Copics, Ranger DI - Broken China
Other - PTI White Ribbon, PTI Vintage Button, Nestabilities, SU Word Window Punch, Stickles

Pals Paper Arts Challenge #50 Using CPS 174 Sketch

Pals Paper Arts Challenge #50 was to use the colors So Saffron, Chocolate Chip and Basic Gray. I did not have So Saffron, so I used Crushed Curry Instead :). I used the CPS 174 sketch for this card.



I used some Chocolate Chip Designer paper from SU and mounted it on Basic Gray Card Base. I used the sentiment from SU Think Happy Thoughts set stamped in Crushed Curry and Mounted on some crushed curry paper. I colored a white prima color using Copics and added it to the card as well. I kind of like how this card turned out.

Here are the Color Challenge and sketch,




Supplies:
Stamp - SU Think Happy Thoughts
Paper - SU Basic Grey, chocolate chip, white and crushed curry CS, SU Chocolate Chip Designer Paper
Ink - SU Crushed Curry, Copics
Other - SU circle Punches

Mojo Inspired Father's day card

I created this Father's day card for three Challenges,

1) Justrite Friday Challenge #21 - To make a masculine Themed card

2) The Shabby Tea Room Challenge #13 - To create a Father's day or Masculine Card

3) Mojo Monday #142 Sketch.

here is the sketch,



Supplies:
Stamp - Justrite Favorite Occasions Borders & Centers Set 1-5/8"
Paper - OA and MM Patterned Paper, PTI White, Enchanted Evening and Cream CS
Ink - Memento Black, Copics, PTI Dark Chocolate
Other - PTI Enchanted Evening Ribbon, SU Circle Punches

TSG56 - On the Edge Challenge

There She Goes Challenge #56 is to create a card with a border punched layer and some sort of corner alteration. I used the TSG Sweet Pea set for this card. I just love this mini set. Totally worth it.

Here is my card,



I kept it simple. I used the SU Ticket Corner rounder (I think) for the altered corner and EK Success border punch.

Thanks for checking out my card.

Supplies:
Stamp - There She Goes - Sweet Pea Set
Paper - PTI Spring Moss, Lavender Moon and White CS, MS Patterned Paper
Ink - PTI Raspberry Fizz, Memento black and Copics
Other - Dew Drops, Corner Punch, Border Punch

{ippity} Monday 4-12 Blog Hop

Hello Friends, It is the {ippity} blog hop time. Time to get inspired and see some beautiful creations. :) Please stop by at the {ippity} blog to see the complete list of participants.

Click here if you are interested in buying some {ippity} stamps for yourself.

Here is my card using the {ippity} Because of you set..Have I told y'all this is my all time fave set :)...You should get one from me, if you do not have it already :)



I used the two mushrooms from this set along with the sentiment to create this simple card :) In Retrospect, I would have liked to add some glitter to the mushroom and the butterfly in the sentiment...but oh well..Next time :) Good reason to make another card with my fave set. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamp - {ippity} Because of You
Paper - Polka Dot paper DP from AC, PTI Kraft and White CS, Generic Green CS
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa, Memento Potters' Clay
Other - PTI White Ribbon, PTI Dark Chocolate Button, SU Scallop Border Punch. SU Circle and Scallop Circle Punch