Bridal Shower and Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge

I have been busy creating invitations for a Bridal Shower that my daughter and I are hosting for my soon to be niece-in-law.  My sister's son, my very lucky nephew, is marrying just the sweetest girl ever this summer. So with a little help from Paper Smooches I made 25 invitations and got them mailed out.  I used Shindig and the Wedding Shower dies for my invitations.











I am submitting this to the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge - Anything Goes.

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For the bride and groom

Hello Saturday, isn't a perfect day for a fall wedding?

Popping in to post a card for my niece's wedding today while my nails dry. Something tells me I am going to be sorry in a minute when I smudge them!

I knew exactly what stamps I was going to use for this card and more specifically because of this quote. It is the perfect quote for those unique and one of a kind couples.  Ashley and Tyler are just that and have been together since the day they met in college. They are so relaxed and so perfect for one another.





on the inside:





I am wishing them a lifetime of happiness together!
♥♥♥

The 12 Kits of Occasions - June '14

Well here we are half way through 2014!

What a better way to celebrate than the June installment of  The 12 Kits of Occasions!

Marybeth was our hostess this month with the perfect theme for summertime, weddings and anniversaries. The kits were full of the most gorgeous shimmery papers and die cuts. I have so much left over to play with once I see what the rest of the team has done.  Absolutely perfect colours for the themes.

I have five cards to share with you today.
I am also submitting these to the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes!







I finally broke out my Papertrey Shaker + Sprinkles kit. Easy peasy shaker card!!







I took a close up so you could see the gorgeous paper!

On the window sill:

Make sure you visit the 12 Kits blog to see what the rest of the team has done with this month's kit!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Take 2

There is still time to play along with the current Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Sunflower Surprise!

Here is another take on the challenge using Clearly Besotted Blooming Marvelous.

We really hope that you come and join us for this challenge at the Curtain Call.  We can't wait to see what you do this time!

Curtain Call Crew

Amber Kroening

Barb Murphy

Christina MacLaren

Debby Hughes

Gayatri Murali

Jessica Kephart

Kim Singdahlsen

Laurie Willison

Marisa Ritzen

Maureen Plut

Monika Davis

Sheri Gilson

Stacey Schafer 

Tenia Nelson

Tracey McNeely -- that's me

Come and follow the Curtain Call Pinterest board HERE.

Cardstock:  Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: Blooming Marvelous (Clearly Besotted  Stamps) Dots and Flowers (Hero Arts)

Ink: Butterbar (Hero Arts) Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink) Shabby Shutters (Ranger)

Dies: Blooming Marvelous (Clearly Besotted  Stamps)

other: foam tape, Dark Chocolate grosgrain ribbon, brown button

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Sunflower Surprise

Hey Curtain Call friends it is time for our next inspiration challenge.
This time it is a Sunflower Surprise!

photo credit: poshtotevents.com

Clearly Besotted Stamps is our fabulous sponsor for Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Sunflower Surprise!  Stephanie Wincott, owner of Clearly Besotted Stamps generously provided Blooming Marvellous Stamps and Die Collection for our challenge today!

Clearly Besotted Stamps is offering a wonderful prize to our Sunflower Surprise LEAD, too...Marvellous Blooms Stamps and Die Collection!


If you search for the significant meaning of a sunflower you will see that it is a symbol of loyalty and longevity, symbolic of adoration, significant of radiance and warmth and one of the happiest flowers. 

The card that I made for the challenge is wedding card for two friends being married next weekend.
One sunflower for each of them.

We really hope that you come and join us for this challenge at the Curtain Call.  We had so many amazing entries and fabulous projects for our Back to School challenge, we can't wait to see what you do this time!

Curtain Call Crew

Amber Kroening

Barb Murphy

Christina MacLaren

Debby Hughes

Gayatri Murali

Jessica Kephart

Kim Singdahlsen

Laurie Willison

Marisa Ritzen

Maureen Plut

Monika Davis

Sheri Gilson

Stacey Schafer 

Tenia Nelson

Tracey McNeely -- that's me

Come and follow the Curtain Call Pinterest board HERE.

Cardstock:  White (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: Into the Woods (Lawn Fawn)

Stamps: Blooming Marvelous (Clearly Besotted  Stamps)

Ink: Butterbar (Hero Arts) Pear Pizzaz (Stampin' Up) Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink) Memnto Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Dies: Blooming Marvelous (Clearly Besotted  Stamps) Stitch Mats (Lil' Inkers)

other: foam tape, assorted Copics

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop - June

It's the 25th and time for this month's Papertrey Ink Blog Hop!

The theme this month is a Touch of Gold!

It took a few rounds with me to pull this card together.  Is is possible that embossing powder can go off? Maybe it is just poor quality but even with my embossing buddy that powder wanted to stick, like a fine power that I couldn't even brush off. Anyway I managed to put together a very CAS wedding card.

Enjoy the rest of the hop, thanks for visiting!

Cardstock:  Scarlet Jewel (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: Pretty Peonies, Love and Marriage (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko)

other: foam tape, gold embossing owder

DD #49 & RS#60

Sharing a card for this week's Dynamic Duos Challenge and this week's RetroSketch.  Perfect colours for a wedding or anniversary card and with summer coming (yes it is coming!) these are the cards you want to have on hand.  

I am a huge fan of Deanna Dean of Kloset Kreations.  Her creations are the ones that I repeatedly say "Wow why didn't I think of that!".  She has such amazing talent creating CAS cards.  When I saw her card for this week's RetroSketch I had to CASE her.  I didn't switch things up too much, because hey you can't really change perfection. I used the True Black patterned papers from Papertrey Ink and, Smokey Shadow for my solid.  My ink colours are Soft Grey and Smokey Shadow. I am also submitting this to the  Simon Says Anything Goes challenge and the Passion For Papertrey Let's Celebrate Challenge.

All supplies are from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Cardstock:  White, Smokey Shadow

Patterned Paper: True Black Pattern Pack

Stamps: Rosie Posie, Love & Marriage

Dies: Rosie Posie

Ink:  Soft Grey, Smokey Shadow (PTI) Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

other: foam tape

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Sharing a card I did for this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge.

I apologize for the poor photography, but my light box was not co-operating with the embossing tonight.

A simple modern wedding card on Soft Stone paper and embossing with silver.

All supplies are from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Cardstock:  Soft Stone
Stamps: Love & Marriage

Ink:  True Black (PTI) Versamark (Tsukineko)
other:  silver detail embossing powder

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop December '12

Today is Boxing Day in Canada.  Boxing Day is a statutory holiday, meaning everyone has the day off work.  It is also the Canadian 'Black Friday", the Boxing Day blowout sales and the best prices as well as the biggest day for retail of the year.  I don't plan on going shopping today, I am pretty much shopped out after Christmas, but my daughter is being picked up by a friend at 8:15 in the morning to hit the mall and find some deals!

It was such a wonderful Christmas this year with time spent with family, good times and good food.  This year we had some good news to celebrate.  My nephew and his wife announced the arrival of their first child this July, I am going to be an aunt again for the 22nd time!  Another nephew and his girlfriend got engaged on Christmas Eve.  

So my white on white card for the December Papertrey Blog Hop is for them.

The background is embossed with the Simple Stripes Impression Plate and the two hearts are embossed  in white and adhered to the card with foam tape.

Enjoy the rest of the Hop!

All Supplies are from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted:

Cardstock:  White
Stamps: Heart Prints, Love & Marriage
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark (Tsukineko)
IP: Simple Stripes
other: rhinestone