Just Us Girls #413 Word Die Cuts

 

This is my final week as Guest Designer on JUGS 

It has been so fun and such an honor.

So come join us and make a card using your word dies.

PTI's Garden Gild and Grateful Greetings sponged with  DOX inks.

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Make It Monday #296 with Lexi

 

I couldn't resist using Butterflies for my card for MIM this week.

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Lexi's Card 

PTI's Butterfly Dreams in Amethyst Allure, Hawaiian Shores, & Summer Sunrise

To the Point Edger die

 

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SAF 2017 6th Anniversary Iron with Betsy

 

My card for 6th Anniversary - Iron

Betsy's projects

 

PTI's Round Repeats, Pen & Ink on Rustic Cream

 

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SAF 2017 with Stephanie Gold 2nd Anniversary - Cotton

A card for 2nd Anniversary - Cotton

Wow, really struggled with this card.  Tried to do a winter scene with snow, then a Hot Air Balloon with clouds.  Nothing I did, was good enough for me to post.  And this one is just OK for me.

Stephanie's Card with Cotton Candy

PTI's Little Bitty Bird Additions, Keep It Simple Thinking of You

Irridescent Glitter Dust

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The Paper Players #358 with Joanne & Addicted to Stamps & More #256 Anything Goes

 

One card for two challenges:

Just getting this in under the wire for Paper Players 

 

&

ATSM 

 

Just waiting for SAF to get started here with Colleen. Got all dressed and prettied up for our picture.

Stamplorations Framed Daffodils colored with Copiocs

Keep It Simple Thinking of You from PTI

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Make It Monday #295 Z-Fold Card with Ashley

 

The first card I can post that I made at my friend's house.  I'm down in Portland for 9 days for SAF and just visiting and creating with my BFF.   This is the card I made for Ashley's MIM

I came down on Sunday afternoon to beat the Solar Eclipse traffic.  Ran into most of the traffic in Washington.  Got here about 7:40 pm.  We didn't create that night just visited and caught up.

And of course, we had to view the eclipse on Monday morning.  We drove about 20 minutes away and saw 100% of it but for only about 30-40 seconds.  And it was so awesome.  

So we got started crafting late and ran into problems with computers and getting me set up so we could both post without signing in or out.  So needless to say we are having to sign in and out, so if you get a comment that doesn't sound like one or the other of us chances are we didn't sign ourselves out.  Lol....

Ashley's cute card

 

PTI's Life is Beautiful, Beautiflul Butterfies, Quilted Summer, Clearly Besotted Thinking of You

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Color Throwdown #451

 

A card for this week's Color Throwdown 

 

WPlus 9 Beautiful Bouquets Mums another stamp set that I got from my BFF for my birthday.

Using my Ziggs to watercolor.  Still need practice with watercoloring.  

PTI's Keep It Simple Thinking of You

Gina K. striped Foil Mates foiled with a dark pink foil.  It really is a pretty, bright pink. 

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Make It Monday #289 Building Wreaths with Small Images

 

A card for this week's MIM 

Lizzie's Card

 

 PTI's Embellished Elegance, Life Is Beautiful & Banner Sentiments in Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf, Green Parakeet, Terracotta Tile, Summer Sunrise,  Nuvo Crystal Drops

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Make It Monday #288 with Lexi Pantone Chip Inspired Cards

 

After a weekend of Wedding festivities with my son and his new bride., I am joining
 in PTI's MIM  challenge this week with Lexi.  For wedding pictures, see previous post.

I used Berry Sorbet and Soft Stone for background with PTI's Modern Stencils, Mega Gracious Vases,  Petite Pots & Butterfly Hope

Couple of Lexi's cards

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PTI's May 2017 Blog Hop

 

My card for this month's PTI Blog Hop

I used the colors from the inspiration photo with Distress Oxide Inks for the smooshed background and then die cutting PTI's Mix & Mat Scallop Die.  The card base is sponged with the Oxide inks.

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The Paper Players #345 with Nance

 

A card for The Paper Players this week.  Butterflies and flowers are my favorite things to put on cards, so of course I needed to play in this challenge.

 

Avery Elle Butterflies in CP inks stamped and then watercolored. Sentiment Keep It Simple Thinking of You by PTI.

MFT Romantic Script

Nuvo Jewel Drops - Lemoncello

 

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Make It Monday #284 with Melissa Background Stamping with Sentiment Stamps

 

My card for MIM using sentiments for a background

Melissa's Tag

 PTI's Gran's Garden, Noted Scallop A2 Die, Graceful Greetings, MFT Stitched Scalloped Border Die in CP inks.

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Creative with Stamps #14 Flowers

 

A card for Creative with Stamps 

 

This month is flowers and I can't pass this up.  I love flower cards.

Altenew Beautiful Day in CP inks.  Her inks are so amazing.  These were stamped just one time and you get a perfect image every time.  Well almost, sometime not, because of operator error.

PTI's Linen cardstock

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Make It Monday #283 with Laurie's first video Watercolor Wash Background

 

Two cards for this week's MIM

with Laurie.

I made two because I wasn't totally happy with the first one I made which is actually the second one in the post.  It seemed to be all one color.  I went back in and added some color to the top and I like it better.  I think I like it the best of the two except for the smudge.  What do you think?

I tried the other method also, but was not happy with that one at all.

 

Laurie's Cards

  

I used an oldie but goodie, Stitches and Swirls for the embossing and then used my Tansai, Gambi watercolors.  Still struggle with watercolors.  Do better using Ziggs or just PTI or Distress inks.

Keep It simple Frame and Thinking of You. 

Nuvo Ripend Pumpkin Crystal Drops  

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Muse # 213 with Kay Miller

 

A card for Muse by one of my favorite designers, Kay Miller

The leafy branch is from her PTI set Stylized Autumn. and the flowers are from PTI's Bitty Bouquet in CP's inks.  The background is PTI's Crackled in Soft Stone & sentiment in Smokey Shadow.

I love the soft background and then the bouquet of flowers.

Kay's card

 

 

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Addicted to Stamps & More #239 Clean & Simple / Color Throwdown #440

 

A twofer as Darnell would say.  

ATSM  

&

CTD

 

PTI"S Flower Fusion #4 an oldie.  I got this out to try my new spring colors from Catherine Pooler and thought oh I like that flower, so decided to give it some love.

CP Amazing Floral

CP Inks, love these inks.

SOL, Only stitched Square Dies

 

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