B&W card

I love this black & white look using shades of gray.  You will see this look often from me now that I know how to do it and I need all the coloring practice I can get anyway.

I colored the balloons with Copic Markers in W1, W3,  W5 and W7 and they coordinate perfectly with PTI’s Smokey Shadow and Soft Stone cardstock.

Short and sweet post today.  It’s Friday and I need to figure out a fun activity for the kids today.  We’ll probably end up at the pool or the lake since school starts in about a week. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Annie

Supplies not mentioned:  Up, Up and Away stamp set, Polka Dot Basics stamp set, Pure Poppy cardstock, pure poppy buttons, cloud die (Papertrey Ink). Colorbox chalk ink in Charcoal, Versamark ink. Scallop rectangle nestabilities were used to make the scallop border under the sentiment.

Wild Flower Wednesday color challenge

The Wild Flower challenge this week is a color challenge to use Brown, Cream and Mango (orange-ish red/yellow).  I used School Days Ivy from the Pretty in Pink rubber stamp set—Ivy is also available in digi. I managed to get a yellowish orange on her clothes (kind of) but found I had no pattern paper that worked for me, so I went with some October Afternoon. 

I hope you’ll play along with us this week for a chance to win some stuff from the store.  We love it when you use WFK images… but won’t flog you if you don’t and by playing along you might win a few to use in the next challenge!

Link up your entry here and while you are there, check out the design team samples for this challenge.

Have a great day!

Annie

Supplies not mentioned: Dark Chocolate cardstock, Vintage Cream Cardstock, Dark Chocolate button, Dark Chocolate satin ribbon (Papertrey Ink).  Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Copic Markers.

Papertrey July Blog Hop Challenge

This month’s challenge is all about office supplies! 

I pulled out the set Take Note to make this office supply inspired thank you card.  The mini file folder is held closed by the button and could hold a gift card inside, a sentiment or a handwritten note.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and I’m off to see what the other blog hoppers have made for this challenge!

Annie

Supplies:  All from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted…Kraft cardstock, Text Style background stamp set, Green Boutique patterned paper pack, Take Note stamp set, Hawaiian Shores ink, enchanted evening button.  Lined paper from Creative Memories, Mini file folder from Perfect Presentation. Other Ink used: colorbox cranberry pigment ink, Memento Tuxedo black, Versamark.

Birthday Wishes

I picked up some elegant, flocked pattern paper from My Mind’s Eye.  This is from the Lush collection and it is luscious in person. I used some Ivory silk ribbon from May Arts and I love using it too—it’s a bit hard to cut the ends cleanly because it’s so delicate. I’m entering this card in a new to me challenge site called Just Add Ink.  JAI is primarily SU products but all are welcome.  If you don’t have a blog you can e-mail them your entry—that’s pretty cool.  Check out the current sketch challenge here.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a wonderful weekend!

Annie

Supplies: Sentiment from Tea for Two Additions (Papertrey Ink), Pattern paper from the Lush collection (My Mind’s Eye), Vintage cream cardstock (Papertrey Ink)Memento Tuxedo black ink, pure poppy buttons (Papertrey Ink), Ivory silk ribbon (May Arts), Labels 1 Nestabilities.

Moxie Fab challenges

The Moxie Fab World blog has a few challenges going on right now in honor of their latest special publication, Card Style, and I’ve got a few entries to share.  I hope you don’t mind that I posted them all in one post—I thought it was kind of cool to see such different styles all together.

This one is for the Classy and Elegant challenge…

This one is for Clean and Graphic…

This one is for Fun and Cute:

I’ve always known my style was clean and simple but it’s been fun finding out that I’m clean, graphic, fun and cute with a bit of class! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Annie

Classy/Elegant card: Elegant Birds stamp set (My Cute Stamps), Lush pattern paper (My Mind’s Eye), Aqua Mist buttons and ribbon (Papertrey Ink), Memento Tuxedo black ink, White cardstock.

Clean/Graphic card: You’re Dandy stamp set (Practicing Creativity), Up, Up and Away stamp set (Papertrey Ink), Summer Sunrise ink (SU), Rectangle and Scallop Rectangle Nestabilities (SPellbinders), Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic markers.  Pure Poppy cardstock and cloud dies (Papertrey Ink), pattern paper on clouds from October Afternoon, white cardstock.

Fun/Cute card: The Birds and the Bees stamp set (Wplus9). Barely Banana cardstock (SU), Ivory silk ribbon (May Arts), Spring Moss button (Papertrey Ink), pink cardstock (Papertrey Ink), copic markers, pattern paper in Girl Gingham (Snuggle Bug collection) from Little yellow Bicycle. Scallop rectangle Nestabilitie.

Wild Flower Wednesday: Lace and Sparkle

Lace and sparkle is the challenge this week at The Wild Flower Patch blog.  My normal style is quite far from lace and sparkle and this week’s challenge was indeed a challenge.  I figure if I can make a grunge-ish card then I can use lace!  I ended up adding some sparkle to the flower centers with a glue pen and some Martha Stewart glitter. 

I’m also entering this card in the Moxie Fab challenge Let’s do Vintage and Shabby.

Without further ado…

The image is a freebie and can be found when you join the Wild Flower Kids group on Paper Craft Planet. 

For more challenge inspiration and all the details, head over to The Wild Flower Patch blog. If you have some Wild Flower Kid images to use that’s fabulous, if not, play along with us anyway and you may win a few!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Wednesday!

Annie

Supplies: Rustic White Cardstock (Papertrey Ink), Copic Markers. I used pattern paper from October Afternoon and I’m not sure if it’s Fly a Kite or Thrift Shop since I’ve got them all mixed up. The lace came from my LSS and I failed to note the manufacturer. Oh, and I finally used my Tea Dye Distress Ink that’s been hanging around the craft room forever—I edged text pattern paper with it.

Simply Betty

I recently discovered (this morning!) that Simply Betty Stamps has digi images now and I immediately bought one.  I love her funky images and thought I would enter her current sketch challenge and break in my new  purchase.  Check out the challenge details here.

I used Betty Summer Digi and you can see all the Summer Emo digi images here. I adore the umbrella—who knew dangling skulls could be so darn cute!?  There is still plenty of time to get your project entered and the grand prize is a Guest Designer spot in August! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Annie

Wish Big

Wild Flower Kids are sponsoring Jen Del Muro’s sketch challenge today and I thought I’d be a good little DT member and play along.  I’ve been seeing some black & white colored images lately using copics and LOVE that look so I thought I’d give it a go.

The bling looks better in person and not so crooked—why do all the flaws show up in the photo??? I used white, Soft Stone and Smokey Shadow cardstock and added a bit of color with the candles. WFK images used are Birthday Cake with candles and wish big sentiment.

While you’re out in blogland, visit The Wild Flower Patch blog to see more creations with this sketch and we’ve got a sketch challenge of our own going on for several more days—we’d love it if you used WKF images but it’s not required and hey, you could win some stuff by playing along!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Annie

Supplies: Soft stone and Smokey shadow cardstock from Papertrey Ink.  Button from Papertrey Ink.  Copic markers used w1, w3, w5, w7.  Black embroidery floss.  SU border punch.

Wild Flower Wednesday: Sketch Challenge

We have a sketch for you to try this week on The WIld Flower Patch blog drawn up by you know who…that would be me.  I stayed my usual course of clean and simple –this one is extra clean-- using Birthday Lily.  Isn’t she a doll!

Here’s the sketch…

I hope you will play along this week for a chance to win some of Jen’s fabulous images.

  For more inspiration, visit The Wild Flower Patch blog and view the design team’s sketch cards.

Thanks for stopping by!

2S4Y #56

I made this card for 2S4Y challenge #56.  I couldn’t resist the circle and it was an excellent excuse to break in a new stamp set.

Here’s the sketch:

Here’s my take on the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll be back in the morning with this week’s Wildflower Wednesday challenge!

Annie

Supplies: Flutterby Friend stamp set (Papertrey Ink), gingham pattern paper from October Aftetrnoon, real wood paper from ?? (I’ll have to find that out!), ribbon from AC Moore, copic markers.

More Lawn Fawn cards

Here’s an assortment of Lawn Fawn cards for you on this fabulous Friday!

Using Just my type… Using Bake me a cake… Using Just my type…

Short and sweet today.  I have my 2 kids + 2 more for a couple of days and need to haul them all to the pool.  Wish me luck!

Annie

Wild Flower Wednesday challenge: Grunge

What’s up with blogger and comments?  Anybody else having issues?  I’ve had comments to approve that just disappeared.

Jen has challenged us to find our inner Tim Holtz and bring on the grunge.  Grunge is hard for me and it looks like I ended up with a clean grunge—which is kind of strange if you think about it.

I used my Skater Sage rubber stamp (I chopped off his skateboard) and CPS sketch 174 for the layout.  Skater Sage is also available in digi.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will visit The Wild Flower Patch blog and see what the rest of the team made for this challenge and get the details to link up your Grunge project for a chance to win. 

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Annie

The paper and bottle cap were given to me and I do not know the manufacturer.  The paper looks like Basic Gray to me.  I hand cut the arrows out of some self adhesive cork (AC Moore). Copic Markers, 1” circle punch. May Arts twine.

I love cake

Perhaps I’ve mentioned this before, but I adore this Lawn Fawn set called Bake me a cake.  It’s a fabulous birthday set to have in your collection and the cake can be decorated in many ways.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Annie

Supplies: Pattern paper from October Afternoon, Nestabilities, glitter, PTI melon berry ribbon and button. Twine.  Cardstock base is white edged with Versamagic ink in Wheat.

The Play Date Cafe color challenge

Lawn Fawn is sponsoring the current color challenge at The Play Date Cafe and since I am a HUGE Lawn Fawn fan, I thought I would play along.  I have a few Lawn Fawn cards made and you’ll be seeing them on my blog in the coming days.

You can see all the challenge info HERE, but the colors are red, pink and white.  (I hope I’m not flogged for that circle of blue stripes.)  I used the amazing vintage typewriter from the Lawn Fawn set Just my type.

Thanks for stopping by on this Friday evening and if you are getting a 3 day weekend…Enjoy it!

Annie

Challenge cards

I had a New Year’s resolution of sorts to do more challenges this year and I’ve been hitting a few when I can.

This card is for the City Crafter Challenge: Shades of Green. Green happens to be my favorite color. I stamped the big flower from Friends ‘til the End (Papertrey Ink) in black on the Dotti Biscotti (Papertrey Ink) pattern paper.  The bling is nice and blingy in person.

This card is for the Fourth Friday Fun challenge over at Paper Garden Projects.   I have 2 friends on the Design Team, Alyssa and Amber, and both are very talented ladies.  The challenge was keeping cool and a couple of brightly colored fish are pretty cool to me.

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Annie

Additional supplies: Card 1: Fillable Frames 3 stamp and die (Papertrey Ink). Black ribbon, assorted green buttons (Papertrey Ink).  Card 2: Stamp set: Oceans of Joy (Hero Arts), various copic markers, machine stitching, circle punch, Cork (Karen Foster Designs).