FS235: Daiseyfreak

Oh Joy! This week's featured stamper is DaiseyFreak. Here is her {chicken} card... which I thought was very case-able! I changed the colors and stamp set and replaced the brads with some bling!

I used some DCWV paper, some PTI cardstock (chocolate, hawaiian shores and white) -- the ribbon is PTI and a butterfly punch. The green gems are from PTI. Sentiment is from PTI's Inside & Out Birthday. Butterfly punch is on dimensionals, as is the main image.












stamps: Inside & Out Birthday (PTI)
ink: avocado
paper: DCWV, chocolate, white, hawaiian shores
misc: dimensionals, punches, green gems (PTI)




Enjoy every single moment of today!!!!!!

fs234: Amylovesnormajean

This week's featured stamper is Amy (aka AmylovesNormaJean)....

her {christmas sleigh} card was so eye catching to me - I loved the coordinating pattern paper and elegance of the stamping~ I created this card for a very special person in my life...



changes: pattern paper, removed the ribbon and brads...added flowers and buttons...changed the main image from an image to a sentiment....changed the colors of the design too. Bird stamped in black and colored in copics. Love this little bird paper! Thought the little bird would coordinate cute with it...made a cute bird-day card!

the sentiment is from Inside & Out Birthday, the bird from Springtime doodles.








stamps: Springtime Doodles, Inside & Out Birthday {Papertrey Ink}
ink: Black, copics
paper: white, pumpkin, designer paper (DCWV)
misc: buttons, punch, dimensionals, prima flowers


Enjoy every single moment of today!!!!!!

FS229: SevenCats

Meow! It's really Me-WOW!

Seven Cats has SEVERAL cards that are case-worthy! Purrrfect! Claudine's {Sea Shells}
card was cute, but I wanted to make it more clean cut for a birthday card. I changed the colors, theme and stamp set. I started with a white base and added some old SU! designer paper. Remember this stuff in a 6x6 pack? Yes, I am a hoarder! I made the long, tall card and reduced the size to pretty small! I used a white layer, propped up on foam squares. Then placed a ribbon with some buttons on the card. The card is for Evan and Sean, who turn 3 (three buttons) - the two blue buttons are for the boys! Happy birthday (inside & out birthday) was stamped in black on a punched oval on the reverse side of the designer paper.




Thats it! Except on the inside I stamped "Good things come in multiples"!






stamps: Inside & Out Birthday
paper: white, designer paper (SU! retired)
ink: black
misc: oval punch, ribbon, foam squares, swiss dots folder, buttons (PTI)



Enjoy every single moment of today!!!!!!

FS225: Rosigrld & Happy Birthday Sophie G!

This week's featured stamper is Rosemary. Her card {here} was my inspiration. I changed the colors & stamp set, rounded one corner and added a button and thread instead of bling.





This was literally a 2 minute card. The white base was corner rounded on one side, I stamped the sentiment from Inside & Out Birthday in pure poppy (it is getting *SO* dry - I need a reinker!!!). I die cut the butterfly (PTI) with some DCWV designer paper and sponged the edge. I added a button with some bakers thread. The butterfly is attached with a foam square.

Finished! Phew! So simple, and mass producible! Love it!

A super-d-duper Happy 6th Birthday to my Sophie G.

Did you know that the Riley & Sophie G. stamps were named after a little girl named Riley and this little sweetie pie? She is a peach!











stamps: Inside & Out Birthday {PTI}
ink: pure poppy
paper: PTI white, DCWV designer paper
misc: Butterfly die cut (PTI), PTI button & bakers thread, foam square

Enjoy every single moment of today!!!!!!

FS219: Coffeestamper

This weeks featured stamper is Coffeestamper, Sue (aka Perk or Perkzi). Apparently giving up coffee for lent has left my brain in a frizzle and I completely overlooked Sue as a featured stamper! YIKES! Sorry it has taken so long Sue! Sue is one of those SCS'ers that has been such a great part of the community - she participates in MANY challenges and really cheers on her fellow stampers!

I saw her {Gently falling in love} card and knew it would be a great case card...



There were a few changes from Sue's card....

• colors
• stamp set
• added buttons
• used patterned paper instead of dry embossing
• changed to a square card
  

I changed up the color a bit to this fun blue, green combo. I love dry pressure embossing, but thought it would be fun to use some of my stash of patterned paper on the background instead. I found this piece of DCWV stack paper in my stash and thought it would make a nice masculine card for my friend Matt's birthday.

I used a strip of embossed new leaf paper with a v cut on the bottom to the card base. I punched out a few scalloped squares in blueberry and new leaf. On the new leaf piece, I stamped the main image with the presents from Train Tracks and the Happy Birthday sentiment from Inside & Out Birthday. I stamped the presents on a few scraps of coordinating patterned paper and trimmed them out and mounted them atop the present on the main image. I used a few copics to spice up the rest of the presents. I added some buttons, one threaded with some blue bakers twine, to finish off the card.










stamps: Train Tracks & Inside & Out Birthday
paper: DCWV, blueberry, new leaf
ink: black, copics
misc: by the numbers impression plate, scalloped square punches, buttons, bakers twine (blue)

Enjoy every single moment of today!!!!!!

FS217: I scream U scream we all scream

For Irene! DandI93 is this week's featured stamper. The CAS103 wedding card caught my eye, so I changed the colors, removed the crimped layer, the pearls and changed the butterflies to flowers.


I like the moss and chocolate together, with a hint of white. Super clean looking!
I started with a chocolate base, then I used the fancy flourishes set by Papertrey for the top and bottom edges with chocolate ink on the moss cardstock. I punched out the main image and stamped the flourish with moss ink on the moss layer, then stamped the sentiment on top with chocolate ink. I adhered it to the card with dimensionals. Some velvet flowers (PTI) with brads are adhered with dimensionals as well.

Simple and easy!









stamps: fancy flourishes, inside and out birthday
ink: chocolate, moss
paper: chocolate, moss
misc: brads, dimensionals, velvet flowers, punches.

Enjoy every single moment of today!!!!!!

FS216: Quixotic

Another weekend, another birthday party...anyone else feel the same way! My kids have more of a social life than I do! LOL! This card is for a little boy in Xavier's class. We went to the Bounce Place in the Mall today for the party! Fun times for little boys!

The card I made was a case for this week's featured stamper, Quixotic (Aka Elaine). She has such amazing coloring abilities, but I found this {magnolia christmas card} stashed deep in her gallery! I thought is was definitely deserving of some love! I changed the colors, stamp set and theme for the card. I also eliminated the ribbon layer and stamped a "break up focal point" instead!


I love blue! I decided that the enchanted evening monochrome look would be a nice way to create the perfect boy card. I used the star stamp from Been Boo'd with snow ink on the enchanted evening base. I did that instead of using the ribbon which Elaine used. Some punched stars with enchanted evening buttons replace Elaine's snowflakes and the main image is stamped in enchanted ink on a spring rain circle punch. I layered that with an enchanted evening punched circle and a white punched circle. There are multiple dimensionals on the circle layer as well as under the stars.


Finally, I used some stickles (you can hardly see them) on the circumference of the spring rain circle. Fun, easy card...very clean and perfect for a birthday boy!







stamps: Been Boo'd, Inside & Out Birthday
ink: fresh snow, enchanted evening
paper: enchanted evening, white, spring rain
misc: dimensionals, punches (circle, star), buttons, stickles

Enjoy every single moment of today!!!!!!

FS212: Coriefoster

This week's featured stamper is CorieFoster. I based my card on Corie's {IC219} card.

I changed the colors and stamp set. I used PTI plum pudding and lavender moon cardstock, along with some designer papers from papertrey ink to create this fun random quilted pattern.



I stamped the sentiment (from Inside and Out Birthday) in plum ink. Lavender moon ribbon and a plum button complete the card.

Simple and fun card for a birthday party this weekend...one of the girls in Xavier's class! Happy Birthday Desi!





All supplies ©Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise noted



stamp: Inside & Out Birthday
paper: plum pudding, lavender moon, designer paper
ink: plum pudding
misc: lavender moon ribbon, plum button

Enjoy every single moment of today!!!!!!

FS211: Get your groove on!

This week's featured stamper is Stampgroover (aka Cookie). Here is her {card}. I created this card:




I loved the clean simple style of the card, so I "cased" it using different colors, a different stamp set, and added a few elements.

I started with a kraft base, added the blush layer, which I embossed with the birds and swirls folder. I distressed the edges with a bone folder and sponged the edges with walnut ink. I adhered the blush layer to the kraft base. I die cut the frame and stamped the sentiment, from Inside & Out Birthday, with walnut ink. I adhered it to the card with dimensionals. I added some stickles to the scalloped edges on the die cut frame. I added three pink gems under the frame, and then punched a butterfly with some designer paper scraps. I sponged the edge of the butterfly and added some stickles to the center of it.

It is a clean and simple card, which took about 7 minutes to create. Have a wonderful Sunday...I am enjoying some quiet time with the spectacular six. This is vacation week in NY. We have nothing planned but a little skiing and some swim practices!







stamps: Inside & Out birthday (Papertrey Ink)
ink: walnut stain (ranger)
paper: kraft, blush (PTI), designer paper
misc: frame die cut (PTI), butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), crystal gems (PTI), stickles, dimensionals, birds & swirls folder
Enjoy every single moment of today!!!!!!

Papertrey Ink Favorites from the past year!

On of the first stamps released last year in the Freckledandfun line contained the amazing video from Nichole Heady during the Springtime Doodle release. You can see Nicole's post {here}. Watching her coloring bring the stamp to life really made me so happy!

I {loved} what Erin Lincoln did with my Been Boo'd set {here}. FUN!

I adored the elegant fun that Maile Belles had with the {Inside & Out: Birthday} set {here}.

Lisa started the holiday season early with her adorable creations using Tree with Trimmings {here}

The Get to the Point came to life with Heather (aka Pine's) colorful scrapbook page {here}


Here are a few of my favorite cards from the past year!

Those are some of my favorites from the past year! Stay tuned tomorrow for a fun new Anniversary PTI celebration!

FS207: Artsy_em

I love LOVE LOVE the {butterfly} card that Emily created. I decided to create my own version of this adorable card!


The changes from the original card: colors, butterflies are paper, not felt, used stickles, not buttons and bakers twine. Instead of stamping the dotted lines, I used some white rick rack and ran it through the hawaiian shores, avocado and summer sun ink. I used a white base, punched out the butterflies with the MS butterfly punch and adhered the rick rack and butteflies to the card. I used some stickles in the center of the butterflies. The main sentiment is stamped in white ink on hawaiian shores using my new stamp set "Inside & Out Birthday". Used a white gel pen to dot the image.

Stamps: PTI {Inside & Out birthday}
ink: summer sun, hawaiian shores, ripe avocado, white
paper: same
misc: rick rack, stickles, punches, nestabilities, white gel pen

Fs206: Whoistracy

This week's featured stamper is Tracy {whoistracy}. I liked her Sew Bird card. I changed the main image to a flower and changed the sentiment. I used different patterned paper too.


I used a kraft base like Tracy, but changed the designer paper to some PTI designer paper. Instead of the stamped bird, I used the PTI flower die, spritzed some tattered angels glimmer mist on the card stock and sponged the edges. I added some stickled to the edges of the petals. Each layer of flower was adhered with a dimensional, and a button (PTI, black) was placed in the center. The sentiment, stamped in plum on white, was v-cut on the edge. I tucked it under the patterned paper square.

What I love about this sentiment, it can be used for more than just birthdays! I will keep it in my stash of cards for those everyday celebrations!

stamps: {Papertrey Ink} Inside & Out Birthday
ink: {Papertrey Ink} plum, hibiscus
paper: kraft, white, designer paper (PTI)
misc: button, glimmer mist (pink), button (pti), dimensionals

Sneak Peek: Inside & Out Birthday day five

Here is another unique color combo that I enjoyed together....spring rain, poppy and dark chocolate. I was playing in the WT305 challenge on SCS (Butterflies). I used the Martha Butterfly punch, white cardstock, colored with copics. I added some amuse card candy gems (blue) and stickles, then attached with dimensionals to the card. Happy Birthday sentiment from the new stamp set coming out January 15 (Inside & Out Birthday), from Papertrey Ink.


I used the big scallop die (papertrey) and a big spring rain PTI button, along with some PTI poppy polka dot ribbon. Fun combo!

Check out some of the other designers goodies on their blogs:
Dawn McVey
Maile Belles
Lisa Johnson
Melissa Bickford
Heather Nichols
& Nichole Heady!

stamps: Inside & Out: Birthday {Papertrey Ink}
paper: white, poppy, spring rain, chocolate
ink: black
misc: poppy ribbon, spring rain button, die, dimensional, stickles, MS butterfly punch, amuse gems

Sneak Peek: Inside & Out Birthday day four

FUN FUN FUN! I am loving the comments and feedback on the Inside & Out: birthday set! Thank you for your comments! Today's card is so simple, yet elegant. I was grabbing cardstock and thought these colors looked so beautiful together. The chocolate and melon berry! Oh yeah! That's what I'm talking about!

I stamped the sentiment and die cut it with a nestablities die. The chocolate was dry pressure embossed with the birds & swirls folder. I added a row of dew drops on the bottom.

Here is a fun little bonus card today, using the birthday tag set.

The new leaf base was stamped with a flower design from Springtime Doodles in new leaf ink. There is a layer of scalloped hawaiian shores paper under the kraft piece of cardstock. I did some paper piercing on the edge of the kraft. The hawaiian shores ribbon is cut in a nice V-cut on the edge. The tag was stamped with new leaf and black ink.

melon & chocolate birthday

stamps: inside & out: birthday
paper: dark chocolate, white, melon berry
ink: black
misc: ribbon, dimensionals, bird & swirls embossing folder, dew drops


New Leaf Birthday Tag card

stamps: 2011 Birthday Tags, Springtime Doodles
paper: new leaf, kraft, hawaiian shores, white
ink: new leaf, black
misc: hawaiian shores ribbon, circle punch, scalloped edge die, paper piercing


You know that there is more eye candy out there:

Check out these blogs:

Dawn McVey
Maile Belles
Lisa Johnson
Melissa Bickford
Heather Nichols
& Nichole Heady!

Sneak Peek: Inside & Out Birthday day three

Hello Papertrey Fans! Here we are on day 3 of the sneak peeks....can you believe it? What do you think so far? FUN STUFF?

Today, I decided to play with a fun color combo: Dark Chocolate and Hawaiian Shores. The sentiment is from the Inside and Out: Birthday set and the image is from the Through the Trees set. The Hawaiian shores cardstock was cut with the scalloped edge die and I placed some papertrey buttons on each scallop.


Simple and fun! Love this sentiment too! It's one of my favorites!

Be sure to check out the other Papertrey Designer blogs: Nichole along with Betsy Veldman, Dawn McVey, Heather Nichols & Melissa Bickford, the beautiful & talented Lisa Johnson and my new friend Maile Belles have some amazing stuff to showcase!

stamps:{Papertrey Ink} Inside & Out: Birthday, Through the Trees
paper: dark chocolate, hawaiian shores, white
ink: dark chocolate, black
misc: scalloped edge die (large), buttons (PTI)