Christmas Gifties

 I absolutely love the ideas that PTI's design team came up with. Love. Love. Love. I ordered some Land O'Lakes hot cocoa from CoffeeWiz specifically for this purpose. I cased Debbie Olson's idea, and voila. So easy. I even played with shadowing the cup. Fun! These are getting put together for the hubs' dept. Something small. Something fun. Something cute. Easy peasy.

Card Details: (All supplies PTI unless otherwise noted.)
Stamps: Tiny Treats: Christmas
Ink: Pure Poppy, Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Paper: Kraft, SS White
Other: Mat Stack #1 Die, Copics, Ribbon (Offray), glassine bag

B&B Hand Sanitizer Gifties

 I found the directions for this here, after someone on PTI's MB steered me to it. I was thrilled because I needed to find a holder. However, I had also purchased the holder, which I could not...for the life of me...figure out how to attach. Enter the crafty 8-year old son..."Mom, use your cropadile and punch a hole in the top. String the holder through the hole. Duh, I've been telling you that forever. Why don't you listen to me." So I listened, and it worked. And I love him. 


Card Details: (All supplies PTI unless otherwise noted.)
Stamps: TT: Halloween
Ink: Versamark Black
Paper: True Black, Orange Zest, Halloween Prints
Other: Mat Stack 4 Die

HBM #1 for PTI Peeps

Baby Album

Before I even started cardmaking, I scrapbooked. When my son was born, a friend came over and showed me what scrapbooking was all about. I'd never kept up with a hobby before. Ever. Until scrapbooking. And the cardmaking started as a way to use scraps. 

And then I found PTI...which fed my cardmaking addiction. 


Papercrafting though...has been the only hobby I've ever stuck with. 


Recently, I've been missing scrapbooking. I knew I had a ton of work waiting for me.

Here's a baby album I worked on recently. I've had to make a ton of baby albums recently. This one is for someone who doesn't especially like to craft. ***Gasp*** So I made it extremely simple. All she has to do is plop 4X6 pictures into the album. I left some spots for journaling, but she doesn't have to if she doesn't want to. 

And can I just mention how much I love paper lines. It makes it so much easier to put projects together. 

Matching card...

The cover of the album

The first page where she can add the birth info...

An inside page...

Another inside page

Mojo Monday #159

My mojo must be back because I found myself making cards and visiting blogs at 2 a.m. I was inspired by the Mojo Monday blog and decided to participate this week. Here's the sketch.

 Here's what I came up with. I didn't want to use flowers or a circle punch, so I decided to use some leaves I had lying around from another project. I felt like using warm colors. Man, I'm loving that Teracotta Tile.

 


Card Details: (All supplies PTI unless otherwise noted.)
Stamps: Leaf Prints, YOF: Daffodils
Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU)
Paper: Dark Chocolate, Teracotta Tile, Fine Linen, Orange Zest
Other: Ribbon (AC), Large Scallop Die
Size: 4.25" x 5"

Love Dawn's Work

Dawn McVey is one of my cardmaking idols. Seriously. When I saw her card, I knew I wanted to make one like it. Unfortunately, distressing stuff still freaks me out a little, so I didn't get the edges on my card to be like hers. I did the best I could though, and I like the way it turned out. 

Card Details: (All supplies PTI unless otherwise noted.)
Stamps: BB: Woodgrain, Polka Dot Basics II, Enjoy the Ride
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Paper: Raspberry Fizz, Vintage Cream, Kraft
Other: Raspberry Fizz Felt, BB dies, Vintage Cream buttons, button twine, Raspberry Fizz buttons, Mat Stack 2 Die
Size: 4.25" x 5"

Jr. Legal Notebooks

Although I didn't post pictures until now, I made these before the school year to give to my team and some of my other teacher friends at school. 

 

Notebook Details: (All supplies PTI unless otherwise noted.)
Stamps: Take Note
Ink: Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Chocolate Chip (SU), Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Paper: Kraft, Smokey Shadow, Aqua Mist, Library Ledger, Beautiful Blooms
Other: misc. ribbon, packing tags
Size: jr. legal (5X7)