You Make Me Smile

I took the plunge and bought my first set of Paper Trey Ink stamp and die sets. I have had "The Sweet Life" on my wishlist for a while! It sure didn't disappoint. As soon as I opened the package, I put them to work and made this card using the sketch at Artful Delight:

The papers are Basic Grey and the sentiment is Ali Edwards... perfect for the friendship challenge at A Passion for Papertrey.

Thanks for stopping by this evening! TGIF tomorrow! :)

Cards times two :)

I made two cards recently and wanted to share :)

The first one uses papers from the Echo Park "Splash" 6x6 pad. Love these patterns!

The flip flops were cut from the Life's A Beach cartridge and the Scrappy Moms "Summer Fun" stamp set is perfect for them!! I could certainly deal with wearing flip flops year round ;) I embossed the yellow layer with the "seeing spots" Cuttlebug folder.

The second card was a baby shower card.

I used the Baby Steps cartridge and a Peachy Keen face.. isn't he the SWEETEST! The cloud was embossed with the "d'vine swirls" Cuttlebug folder.  The sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink.

I am really happy with how they turned out! :)

Thanks for stopping by today, my hubby and I are traveling for the next week. I'm so excited about our trip and hope to have LOTS of great pictures to scrapbook with when we return.

Have a great week!

PS: My bestie Abby is having a huge giveaway on her blog. Stop by and check it out!

Cricut Cardz Challenge #65

There is a really fun challenge this week at Cricut Cardz! This week we are creating cards that fit in a business size envelope - approx. 9x4".

I cut mine at 9" x 6 1/2" inches and scored at 4 inches. I used my Martha Stewart doily lace punch on shorter width.

I just love how it turned out! The little baby is cut with my New Arrival cartridge with an adorable Peachy Keen face. I embossed the green mat with my Cuttlebug swiss dots folder and my Paper Trey Ink sentiment with white embossing powder.

Head over to Cricut Cardz to see what the rest of the design team created and enter your tall cards today :)

Sympathy Card

My hubby asked me to make a masculine, sympathy card for his great uncle (who's wife just passed away). I used Basic Grey's Origins 6x6 pad, a Verve faith stamp (thanks April!), a Paper Trey Ink sentiment and this sketch. I really like how it turned out, despite the circumstances.

Hope you're having a great week! :)

Bohemia Card

Raided my scrap drawer again for this card and rediscovered these wonderful Bohemia papers from My Mind Eye. Can you tell I'm digging my new brown satin ribbon? :) The "thinking of you" sentiment is by Paper Trey Ink.

I used this week's sketch at Get Sketchy. I embossed the pink cardstock with my "Bloom Dots" cuttlebug folder. I inked the raised design in brown ink for and added a few clear epoxy stickers for added dimension.

Thanks for looking!

Cricut Cardz Challenge #43!

Mary has another great card challenge posted for you to create with your cricut! This week we are making gender-neutral baby cards. Only green, yellow, orange, and white allowed!

Here's my take -

I used Basic Grey's Origins 6x6 pad - love the greens and yellows! I cut the bee from Create A Critter at 2 1/2". I added google eyes and diamond stickles to give him/her more personality! The sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink.

Stop by Cricut Cardz to see what the rest of the design team created and link up your card! :) Check back later this morning for another post using this great paper collection!

Color Challenge Card :)

I loved the unique choices for this color challenge - navy blue, ivory, and mint green. After raiding my scrap drawer for navy and ivory cardstock, I went to my stash of 6x6 pads for a mint green patterned paper.

This green paper from Cosmo Cricket's Material Girl is pretty close - it's a light green. I used the same Paper Trey Ink set from yesterdays card.

Very simple but I like it! It's all I've got after a week back to school :)

Papercraft Star Challenge #10!

I love this card sketch, don't you? Clean and simple - and you have until noon tomorrow to enter your project at PaperCraft Star!

School just started back up for me and I like to keep a stash of thank you notes in my desk to write a quick note to parents, my students or one of my coworkers. I used DCWV Grade School stack for my colorful patterned paper. A piece of black satin ribbon brings out the shimmery background. I cut the image from my "A Child's Year" cartridge and used a Paper Trey Ink sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope to make some scrappin' time this weekend :) I hope you will too and don't forget to link up your cards to PaperCraft Star so we can check them out.