Congrats and Fusion Card Challenge #15

Today it is my turn to share a card on the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog. I created a personalized congratulations card. By using sentiments and images from You Said It Sister and The Envelope Please I created a faux subway art card using the chalkboard technique on chocolate.  This is a fantastic way to combine sentiments from several sets to create a completely customized card.

 

Hope that I have inspired you to try this customizing technique, have a great day!

I am also submitting this card to this week's Fusion Card Challenge #15!

Cardstock:  Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: Dolled Up (My Minds Eye)

Stamps: You Said It Sister, The Envelope Please (Fresh Squeezed Stamps)

Ink: Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink) VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Dies: Stitched Mats (Lil' Inkers)

other: white embossing powder, kraft/black twine

CASE Study #153

Sharing a card for this week's CASE Study Challenge.  Another beauty to inspire us from this month's Muse Jennifer McGuire.

I was inspired by the flowers and the thoughtful sentiment.  I created a circle with my flowers using die cuts from WPlus9 Fresh Florals, new to me.  Today my parent's celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary!  What an accomplishment, both still so very much in love, always holding hands and such wonderful role models to have.  This card is for them.

Cardstock:  White (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: Fresh Florals (WPlus9) Home Sweet Home (Lawn Fawn)

Ink: Simply Chartreuse, Lavender Moon, Winter Wisteria, Royal Velvet, Harvest Gold, Dark Chocolate, Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Raspberry Fizz (Papertery Ink) Memento Angel Pink, Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)

other: foam tape, assorted sequins

CCC #58

There is a new Cue Word up on the CASology blog today.

This one might make you do a double take. LOL

I decided to make a gift card holder from a mini paper bag. A quick and easy gift for either a guy or a girl.  This fun sentiment is from Simon Says Stamps Envelope Sentiments.

Thank you to everyone who came to Melissa's Baby Shower, if you would like to see all the fabulous cards click HERE.

Head on over to CASology today to learn what the 'cue card' means to you, how you can play along and see the all the cards created by the Design Team to inspire you.

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely (that's me)

Jen Wills

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Judy Marino

Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Gillian Ross

Kimberly Weiner

Guest Designer: Jenny

I can't wait to see what PAPER means to you!

Cardstock:  Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: Envelope Sentiments (Simon Says Stamps)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

other: mini paper bag

colourQ #203 and CAS(E) This Sketch #41

Happy Tuesday and time for this week's new colourQ!

Beautiful tones this week I wish I had stamps to mimick this cute lunch bag.

This stamp hadn't seen ink in a long time but I thought it would tie in nicely when I didn't have good ink matches for the blues but I had the cardstock. Quick and easy.

I am also submitting this card to CAS(E) this Sketch challenge #41.

Cardstock:  White, Simply Chartreuse (Papertrey Ink) Island Indigo, Pacific Blue (Stanpin' Up)

Stamps: Floral Foliage (Papertrey Ink) Petal Pieces (Simon Says Stamps)

Ink: Simply Chartreuse, Dark Chocolate (Papertery Ink) Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

dies: Sentiment Flag (Lil' Inkers)

other: foam tape

Seize the Sketch #1 and 23 years

Seize the Sketch is a new challenge blog which is the offspring of Seize the Birthday!

Many of my Scrapping friends are on the DT for Seize the Sketch so I had to play along.

Exactly 23 years ago today, I married my best friend and high school sweetheart!

He made me laugh then and he makes me laugh now even though there are currently 800 miles between us as he is working in Wisconsin.  I made a card for him HERE a few weeks ago but I made another card using the sketch.  He is coming home in a couple week's to take our son to University so I have lots of time to decide which card I will give him, maybe both! When I selected this picture my daughter gave me an "Awww, you were both so young!". I had noticed that too.  LOL

Cardstock:  Kraft (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: My Heart (Waltzingmouse) Sending My Love (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Pure Poppy (Papertery Ink) Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

other: foam tape

Dynamic Duos #66 and Seize the Birthday Anything Goes

Happy Saturday friends and it is time for this week's new colour duo at Dynamic Duos!

This week is a Black Tie week and I have to say that these colours are lovely together:

For my card I used the Hero Arts Leafy Vines cling stamp for my background. and embossed the Pretty Peonies butterfly with clear embossing powder.  

I love to emboss with clear embossing powder, it is definitely more forgiving than a colour.

I am also entering this into the current Seize the Birthday challenge.

Do you like embossing more using clear or coloured powder?

Cardstock:  White (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: Leafy Vines (Hero Arts) Pretty Peonies (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Soft Pool (Hero Arts) True Black (Papertery Ink) VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Dies: butterfly (Pretty Peonies)

other: black sequins

Meeting Friends

Today I want to share the lovely day that I had on Thursday with two fabulous bloggy friends, Ardyth and Virgina! 

I have had to pleasure of meeting both of these incredibly talented ladies before, Virginia last spring and Ardyth last week.  Toronto is a big city, I live to the east of it, Ardyth lives in the middle and Virginia live to the west of the city. On a good traffic day, which rarely happens in TO, I can be to Ardyth's house is 35 minutes.  Yesterday morning because of a highway closure during rush hour it took me three times that to get to Ardyth's.  Ardyth has a beautiful home and I got the tour and to see her fabulous and organized craft space.  

We hoped in the car and headed off to Virginia's but there was a very bad accident west of the city and we were not on the road long before it came to a stand still. So Ardyth and I had a bit of an adventure as we got off the highway and decided we could find our way there using the backroads, well three hours later we finally got to Virginia's! 

We were greeted at Virginia's gorgeous home by Virginia and Dr. John who were the most gracious hosts. Virginia made the most delicious lunch starting with her amazing spring rolls, followed by a pasta and shrimp stir fry and then her delicious peach pie.  Yes it is even better than it looks.  After lunch we had a chance to visit Virginia's craft room and check out where she makes her beautiful creations.  After we went to the St. Jacob's Farmer Market to pick up some peaches to take home. 

While we were out Ardyth ran into an old friend so Virginia and I seized the opportunity to go into a scrapbook store to browse and give Ardyth some time to catch up.  Before we left Virginia's to head home we had a chance to meet Virginia's son David, a really nice young man.  Tonight as I write this post I am still full and my stomach hurts from laughing too much.  These are two really fun and funny ladies to hang out with, we will definitely do this again.

What is a post without a card, I made this thank you card for a good friend and it is going out in the post tomorrow morning.  I hope you have a great weekend.