Seize the Sketch #23 by Lee Ann

 

My card for:

Seize the Sketch 

 

I debossed the butterflies first and then stamped.

SSS - Friendship Butterflies in PTI's Aqua Mist, Tropical Teal, Sweet Blush and Hibiscus Burst, striped Aqua Mist pattern paper.

Lil Inkers Stitched Ovals

The Twinery twin and some sequins.

The Card Concept #12 - Nautical & The Challenge #9

 

My card for 2 challenges

The Challenge 

&

The Card Concept

 

PTI's Men of Life pattern Paper and Masculine Motifs in Blueberry Sky

My pattern paper has anchors which you can barely see.  Didn't cut my paper to show them off.

Another retirement card.

CASology #100 & Less Is More - #177 Watercolor

 

Another Retirement card to enter into CASology #100 

 

&

Less Is More 

WATERCOLOR

Art Impressions Watercolor EZ Project A and WC Foliage Set 2

in Distress Inks and markers

Love this look but sure wish the stamps were acrylic....

After looking at more cards on Less Is More, I forgot to put a little color at the bottom of the pot so it isn't just floating in the air.  It seems I always forget some finishing touch.  Darn...

I have a request for a retirement card so making a few so she has a choice to pick from.

Is seems like a lot of us baby boomers are taking the plunge....

Color Throwdown #297

 

A retirement card using colors from Color Throwdown 

This is a scene your could see riding in downtown Seattle on the Waterfront.

Impress Seattle stamp set

PTI's Pedal Pushers

in PTI's Tropical Teal

Memento's Cantelope

& Hero Arts Soft Granite

Colour Me #25 Colour Me Subtle & CASology #100

 

A retirement card using the colors from Colour Me 

Memory Box  Flower Stencil in Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst and Aqua Mist.

PTI's Life is Beautiful stamp making my own ink pad with the same colors as above on a baby wipe.

PTI - Christmas Label Die

Also entering in 

CASology  

CASology #100 - Celebrate and another MIM #169 Chalk, stamp on embossed image.

 

My card for the following 2 challenges

MIM 

&

CASology 

I have been getting requests for retirement cards so thought I would make up a few.

I think this one could be for a man.  I guess all of us baby boomers are coming of age.

Darice - Dotted emboss folder

PTI's Feather Finery stamp set in Tropical Teal

Kind of plain, not really loving it.

Retirement Card for Ruth

 

A friend of mine needed a retirement card so this is the second card I made for her so she would have a choice.  She took both of them

PTI's Botanical Blocks using Distress Inks to watercolor in Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn, & Pine Needles

Color Throwdown #296 & MIM #168 & Paper Crafting Using Stencils

 

Another card for MIM using baby wipes and re-inkers to make a tie-die effect

and 

Color Throwdown

PTI's Life is Beautiful in Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Aqua Mist and Simply Chartreuse

The background is a stencil by Heidi Swapp using daubers in the same colors.

PTI's Double Ended Banners

I am meeting some of my friends from the place that I used to work to celebrate a couple of birthdays.

One of my friends needed a retirement card so I made this.  Hope she likes it.

 Paper Crafting

Kimberly Wiener left a comment on my blog to enter one of my stencil cards to Paper Crafting so that's what I am doing.  This is another one I just made.

MIM #164 Clustered Stamped Sentiment by Heather

 

My card for PTI's MIM this week embossing the sentiment and stamping around to make it pop out.

This was quick and fun to make. 

This card is for a friend who is retiring tomorrow. 

To join in the fun click PTI - MIM

PTI's All About You in Ripe Avocado, Simply Chartreuse, Ocean Tides, Hawaiin Shores and Tropical Teal.