Papertrey Ink November Blog Hop!

Hello Everyone!

I feel like it has been so long since I have posted on my blog--with school and children's activities, we have been so busy! Thank goodness for schools giving the kids a holiday the day before Thanksgiving, so we could participate in the blog hop this month! This month's challenge was to create an easy tag or gift wrap to get ready for the holidays.

Chris's Gift Wrap

Every year for Christmas I make several card sets as Christmas gifts for family members. I have started packaging them in the stamp boxes, and this year I was trying for glitter and sparkle for the box wrap. (My theme this year for my cards inside was polka dots, and every card uses a different image and sentiment from Everyday Classics. I will post the cards after Christmas, just in case Mom decides to read my blog . . . . )

Stamps: Tree Trimming Trio, Holiday Tags 2009 (PTI)
Ink: New Leaf (PTI), Versamark
Cardstock: Pure Poppy (PTI)
Accessories: Primas, clear rhinestones (Michaels); silver ribbon (PTI); silver cord (SU); red rhinestones (Kaisercraft)

My Younger Daughter J's Gift Wrap

My younger daughter decided to make her own cards for Grandma as well. She went for a cupcake theme inside, and this is the wrap she created for her card box.

Stamps: Holiday Tags 2009 (PTI)
Ink: True Black (PTI)
Cardstock: New Leaf, Pure Poppy (PTI)
Accessories: Ribbon (American Crafts); Rhinestones (Kaisercraft)

My Older Daughter K's Gift Wrap

My oldest also wanted to create a card set for her Grandma, and she chose to make all her cards using the Quilter's Sampler sets.

Stamps: Holiday Tags 2008 (PTI)

Ink: Dark Chocolate (PTI)
Cardstock: New Leaf (PTI)
Accessories: Flowers (Making Memories, CTMH) buttons (PTI); silver cord (SU)


Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow!

TESC 86 Card 2

Hello Everyone,

I really had fun with Taylor's Sketch this week! My hubby has a birthday coming up and I thought I'd try out the sketch from a masculine viewpoint. I used PTI's Men of Life and used some buttons this time.

Stamps: Men of Life (PTI)
Ink: Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy (PTI)
Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Spring Rain, Pure Poppy (PTI)
Patterned Paper: Men of Life (PTI)
Accessories: Pure Poppy Buttons (PTI)

Thanks for visiting!

TESC 86 Card 1

Hello Everyone,

I put together a few cards for Taylor's Sketch Challenge this week, which was super cute! I just love the scallop border . . . .

For this card, I decided to have a little fun with some cupcakes. I also tried using a glitter border instead of matting my main image--both Nichole Heady (see this card) and Dawn McVey (see this card) have done this technique recently, and I thought it looked cool!

Stamps: For the Love of Cupcakes (TE)
Ink: Versamark & PTI's True Black
Patterned Paper: Doodlebug's Cuppy Cakes
Cardstock: Pixie Pink, Pink Pirouette (SU)
Accessories: Rhinestones, SU's Silver Shine Glitter, SU's Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Silver Embossing Powder, Copic Markers

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy October!

Greetings all!

I feel like I have finally climbed out of the hole called school starting to try to get back into the swing of things. For some reason, this year school starting really turned my schedule inside out more than normal. Things are finally starting to settle down and we are now getting into a more manageable routine.

I made these cards back in September, but still wanted to share them. This first card was for a friend's baby shower. I made the little baby blanket, had some leftover material, and then made the card to match:

Stamps: Everyday Classics (PTI)
Ink: Basic Brown (SU)
Cardstock: Green Galore, Orchid Opulence (SU); Rustic Cream (PTI)
Accessories: Taffeta Ribbon (SU), rhinestones

(And the recipe is approximate, to the best of my memory :)).

Card #2 was part of a retirement set for my Mom. The gift was in a brown basket with a printed liner in brown with pink butterflies. I designed the card to coordinate with the basket, and that is the basket you see in the background.

Stamps: Congratulations (SU--from SAB in February, I borrowed the set and can't remember the name!) and Spring Tags (PTI), plus SU wheel
Ink: Dark Chocolate (PTI)
Cardstock: Sweet Blush, Dark Chocolate, Rustic Cream (PTI)
Accessories: Ribbon (TE), rhinestones

Again, ingredients are only as accurate as my memory :).

Thanks for visiting, I will be back a lot sooner with some fun projects!

TECC #11--The last one!

I promise, this is the last of the challenges we were able to make! My oldest daughter was the only one in my house that got to #11, and I promised her I would post all of her creations (not realizing how long this was going to take LOL). So here is the last card of the Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash Challenges . . . .

From Laurie's Challenge: (TEBBLS)--this is my oldest daughter K's card. She had never done distressing before, said it was interesting!

Stamps: Berries and Cherries (TE)

Thanks so much for visiting all of our creations!

TEBB #9

Hello Again--My daughters and I spent our entire day Saturday making cards for the Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash Challenges. Everyone wanted to enter the contests Taylor had running! So without further ado here are the cards (to make the midnight deadline I will keep the descriptions short and just list the stamp sets this time!)

These cards are for Sharon's Challenge, TEBBSH:

Here is my card (Chris):

Stamps: Fresh Flowers (TE)

Here is my older daughter K's card:

Stamps: Heart Prints (PTI)

Thanks for visiting!

TECC #7

Hello Again--My daughters and I spent our entire day Saturday making cards for the Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash Challenges. Everyone wanted to enter the contests Taylor had running! So without further ado here are the cards (to make the midnight deadline I will keep the descriptions short and just list the stamp sets this time!)

These cards are for Dawn's Challenge, TEBBDE:

Only my oldest had time to do this one--she really liked the look but said cutting out all those puppies was on the harder side! :)

My daughter K's card:

Stamps: Beary Special (TE)

Thanks for visiting!

TECC #6

Hello Again--My daughters and I spent our entire day Saturday making cards for the Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash Challenges. Everyone wanted to enter the contests Taylor had running! So without further ado here are the cards (to make the midnight deadline I will keep the descriptions short and just list the stamp sets this time!)

These cards are for Laura's Challenge, TEBBLF:

Here is my card (Chris):

Stamps: Everyday Classics (PTI)

Here is my daughter K's card:

Stamps: Cupcake Collection (PTI)

Thanks for visiting!

TECC #5

Hello Again--My daughters and I spent our entire day Saturday making cards for the Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash Challenges. Everyone wanted to enter the contests Taylor had running! So without further ado here are the cards (to make the midnight deadline I will keep the descriptions short and just list the stamp sets this time!)

These cards are for Denise's Challenge, TEBBDM:

Here is my older daughter K's card:

Stamps: Sweet Celebration (TE)

Here is my younger daughter J's card:

Stamps: Floral Frenzy (PTI)

Thanks for visiting!

TEBB #4

Hello Again--My daughters and I spent our entire day Saturday making cards for the Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash Challenges. Everyone wanted to enter the contests Taylor had running! So without further ado here are the cards (to make the midnight deadline I will keep the descriptions short and just list the stamp sets this time!)

These cards are for Charmaine's Challenge, TEBBCI:

Here is my card (Chris):

Stamps: Star Prints (PTI)

My younger daughter J's card:

Stamps: Doctor's Orders (TE)

Thanks for visiting!

TECC #3

Hello Again--My daughters and I spent our entire day Saturday making cards for the Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash Challenges. Everyone wanted to enter the contests Taylor had running! So without further ado here are the cards (to make the midnight deadline I will keep the descriptions short and just list the stamp sets this time!)

These cards are for Donna's Challenge, TEBBDB:

Here is my older daughter K's card:

Stamps: Doctor's Orders (TE)

Here is my younger daughter J's card:

Stamps: Halloween Tags (PTI)

Thanks for visiting!

TEBB #2

Hello Again--

For those of you just joining us--My daughters and I spent our entire day Saturday making cards for the Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash Challenges. Everyone wanted to enter the contests Taylor had running! So without further ado here are the cards (to make the midnight deadline I will keep the descriptions short and just list the stamp sets this time!)

These cards are for Karen M's Challenge, TEBBKM:

Here is my card (Chris)

Stamps: Everyday Classics (PTI)

Here is my older daughter K's card:

Stamps: Halloween Tags (PTI)

Here is my younger daughter J's card:

Stamps: Berries & Cherries (TE)

Thanks for visiting!

TEBB #1

Hello,

My daughters and I spent our entire day Saturday making cards for the Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash Challenges. Everyone wanted to enter the contests Taylor had running! So without further ado here are the cards (to make the midnight deadline I will keep the descriptions short and just list the stamp sets this time!)

These cards are for Taylor's Challenge, TEBBTV:

My daughter J's Card:

Stamps: For the Love of Cupcakes (TE)

My daughter K's Card:

Stamps: Sweet Celebration (TE)

Thanks for visiting!

TESC #81

Hi Everyone,

I got a chance last weekend to play with Taylor's sketch. I ended up making two Halloween cards and had a lot of fun!

Halloween Card #1

Stamps: Halloween Tags (PTI)
Ink: True Black (PTI)
Cardstock: Only Orange, Green GStampsalore, Eggplant Envy (SU); Rustic Cream (PTI)
Patterned Paper: Making Memories
Ink: True Black (PTI)

Halloween Card #2

Stamps: Halloween Tags (PTI)
Ink: True Black, Smokey Shadow (PTI)
Cardstock: Black, Only Orange (SU), Rustic Cream (PTI)
Patterned Paper: Bitty Box (PTI)
Accessories: Ribbon (MM), Rhinestone

My oldest daughter also played along. Here is her card!

Stamps: Sweet Celebration (TE)
Ink: True Black (PTI)
Cardstock: Only Orange, Green Galore (SU)

My little boy saw me making cards and decided he desperately needed to make some Halloween cards and would Mommy please take a picture of them and put them up on the blog too. It's really hard to say no to that, so . . . .

Here are the Preschool Cards!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

TESC #80!

Greetings!

Here is my version of Taylor's Sketch Challenge, #80! This is for my nephew's first birthday-- the invitation was all cupcakes, so of course the card needed a cupcake too!

To make the cupcake circle, I tried a variation of an idea I saw on Heather Nichols' blog here. I just stamped my cupcake, colored it, etc. and then inked the whole front with Versamark. Then I covered it with iridescent ice embossing powder from Stampin Up to get the sparkly effect.

Stamps: Wagonful of Fun (SU), For the Love of Cupcakes (TE), Polka Dot Basics (PTI)
Ink: Enchanted Evening, True Black, Fresh Snow (PTI)
Cardstock: Enchanted Evening (PTI), misc. patterned paper
Accessories: Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder (SU), rickrack (CTMH)

Thanks for visiting!

Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash

Hello Everyone,

Taylor over at Taylored Expressions is getting ready to celebrate the anniversary of their very first stamp sets! If you haven't visited her blog or her store, definitely head on over there--Taylor's products are super cute and her customer service is top notch! There will be previews and all sorts of fun challenges and contests--to play, be sure to visit the Stamp a Sweet Impression Blog!

Thanks for stopping by--sending Birthday Bash wishes to all the wonderful people over at Taylored Expressions!

TESC #79

Hello Everyone,

Better late than never, I suppose--I finally got my card finished for the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #79! I used Taylor's new Berries and Cherries set for the first time, it is just so cute!

Stamps: Berries & Cherries (TE)
Ink: Basic Brown (SU); assorted markers (SU)
Cardstock: Pure Poppy, Stamper's Select White (PTI)
Patterned Paper: Doodlebug
Accessories: Liquid Pearls, Lemon Tart Ribbon (PTI)


Thanks for visiting!

Papertrey Ink August Blog Hop!

Here we are for another round of the PTI Blog Hop! Last month was so much fun, and everyone left such sweet comments--thank you so much! This month's challenge was to celebrate Autumn and to create something inspired by Fall--whether it be Fall colors, Fall holidays, etc. The challenge also wanted us to step outside our comfort zone and use fabrics, stitching, or things we don't normally use. My daughters and I all played along this month (have to get in that last crafting before school starts), here is what we created:

EDITED TO ADD: Today is my Mom's Birthday, so I just wanted to say a big Happy Birthday Mom!

Chris's Card

I tried to incorporate some stitching using a CTMH stitch stamp set, and this is the first time I have ever stamped on twill!

Stamps: Mailbox Greetings (PTI), In Stitches (CTMH)
Ink: Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Scarlet Jewel (PTI)
Cardstock: Dark Chocolate, Rustic White, Ripe Avocado (PTI)
Accessories: Summer Sunrise Twill (PTI), Glitter (CTMH, MM)

J's Card

Stamps: Everyday Button Bits, Mailbox Greetings (PTI)
Ink: New Leaf, Plum Pudding, Scarlet Jewel, Summer Sunrise, Spring Moss, Dark Chocolate
Cardstock: Kraft, Rustic White, Scarlet Jewel (PTI)
Accessories: Buttons (PTI, MM)

K's Card

Stamps: 2009 Halloween Tags (PTI)
Ink: Vintage Cream, Smokey Shadow (PTI)
Cardstock: Smokey Shadow, Summer Sunrise (PTI)
Accessories: Silver Cord (SU), Glitter (CTMH)

Thanks so much for visiting our blog!

Back from Vacation with Some New PJs

Hello Everyone! I just saw that we haven't posted since Aug. 4th--wow! We went on vacation, then it took us a week to recover from vacation!

Well, today we are back with lots of stuff to share. My girls both have and love their American girl dolls, and have been wanting some summer pajamas. So with the summer almost over I sat down to see if I could put something together for them. Here is my attempt!

Julie and Mia, modeling their new PJs.

Thanks for stopping by--tonight we'll be participating in the PTI Blog Hop!

TECC 76

Hello Everyone! Just wanted to take a minute and upload my card this week for Taylor's Cupcake Challenge. This week's sketch was really fun--I have seen Dawn McVey talk in her blog about using the clear embossing powder with polka dots (here's an example) and I wanted to try it. I have to say I think it looks kinda cool! Thanks for looking, and have fun with next week's challenge--I won't be able to play along, will be off having fun with the kids!

Stamps: Doctor's Orders (TE), Polka Dot Basics (PTI)
Ink: True Black (PTI)
Paper: Smokey Shadow, Scarlet Jewel, Soft Stone, and Enchanted Evening (PTI)
Accessories: Ribbon (PTI), Embossing Powder (SU)



EDITED TO ADD: My daughters had a chance to play along, and wanted me to include their cards as well!

First up is J's card, she had fun using Taylor's Sweet Celebration set!

Next up is K's card, and she used Taylor's Beary Special set (both my girls really like Taylor's stamps :) ).

Thanks for stopping by!

TECC 75

Hello Everyone! My oldest daughter and I decided to join in on Taylor's Cupcake Challenge this week. Taylor's sketch this week was so adorable! So for my cards I decided to use a cupcake theme, and had so much fun I ended up making three of them--two girly and one hopefully more on the masculine side!

So here are my cards:

Supplies (for all three cards)
Stamps: For the Love of Cupcakes (TE) and Birthday Basics (for the sentiment on the last card) (PTI).
Ink: True Black (PTI)
Cardstock: Hibiscus Burst, Spring Rain, and Stamper's Select White (PTI), Pink Pirouette (SU), and Coredinations
Patterned Paper: Pebbles Party Time Girl and Party Time Boy
Accessories: Grosgrain Ribbon (SU), Flocking (DB), Chunky Glitter (DB & SU)

My older Daughter K's cards: (she was also on a birthday theme):

Supplies for both cards:
Stamps: For the Love of Cupcakes, Sweet Celebration (TE)
Ink: Basic Brown (SU)
Cardstock: Bazzill, DB, Tempting Turquoise (SU)
Patterned Paper: Sizzix
Accessories: CTMH & MM Glitter, Target Dollar Ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a wonderful day!

Papertrey Ink July Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to our blog! My daughters and I started this blog to be able to participate in things like the PTI Blog Hop, and we are very excited to participate for the first time this month! This month's challenge was to use something with print, so we used the text paper from the Chocolate Remix Patterned Paper. Thank you for stopping by, happy blog hopping!

Chris's Card

Stamps: Wishing You (PTI)
Ink: Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate (PTI)
Cardstock: Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream (PTI)
Patterned Paper: Chocolate Remix (PTI)
Accessories: Hibiscus Burst Button (PTI), Lace, Dark Chocolate Ribbon (PTI)

K's Card (My older daughter)

Stamps: Everyday Classics (PTI)
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Raspberry Fizz (PTI)
Cardstock: Dark Chocolate, Raspberry Fizz, Vintage Cream (PTI)
Patterned Paper: Chocolate Remix (PTI)
Accessories: Vintage Cream Button (PTI), Prima Flower

J's Card (my younger daughter)

Stamps: Floral Frenzy (PTI)
Ink: Dark Chocolate (PTI)
Cardstock: Melon Berry, Dark Chocolate (PTI)
Patterned Paper: Chocolate Remix (PTI)
Accessories: Prima Flowers, brads (MM)

TECC 74

Good Day! Today we have some cards to share with you from the Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge. My daughters and I actually had the opportunity to meet Taylor (and she is so sweet in person, we were so sad when we discovered she was moving!) before she moved to Iowa, and one of the things she did mention to us was that she had never seen any of our cards posted. That conversation was one of our motivating factors for creating this blog! So without further ado, here are our first cards for the Cupcake Challenge.

Taylor gave us a great sketch to work with--I really liked the little sentiment circle below the image.

Here is my card:

Stamps: Beary Special, Beary Special Additions (Taylored Expressions)
Ink: Basic Brown (SU)
Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Aqua Mist (PTI)
Patterned Paper: Aqua Mist Bitty Box (PTI)
Accessories: Glitter, Ribbon (MM), Watercolor Pencils (SU)


Here is K (my older daughter)'s card:

Stamps: Doctor's Orders (Taylored Expressions)
Ink: Basic Brown (SU)
Cardstock: Kraft, Pink, Dark Pink, Brown (Bazzill); Very Vanilla (SU)
Pattern Paper: MM
Accessories: Pure Color Pencils (SU)

Here is J's (my younger daughter) card:

Stamps: Beary Special, Beary Special Additions (Taylored Expressions)
Cardstock: Kraft, Brick Red (Bazzill), Bashful Blue, Barely Banana (SU)

Thanks for stopping by today!