Papertrey Ink 2012

One more card to share for the Papertrey Ink Celebrating the Past, Present, and Future event.  I actually had a set from the 2012 day, Hello Sunshine!  I love sunshine (well, as long as it's not over 75 outside) and love stamps that feature it.  I did a wash with Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry and then used Crushed Curry to make the sun and rays.  It's a fun and cheery card and I can't wait to mail it out.

I hope everyone had a good weekend.  We didn't do much. Jason had to mow yesterday and I felt bad most of the day.  The pollen is just awful already.  I seem to have a lot of days that start with a headache that doesn't go away.  Yesterday's was bad, so I was lazy.  Now I have a lot of clothes to fold.  Ugh.  Folding clothes and emptying the dishwasher are my most dreaded chores.  It's also bathroom day, so man!  So much fun, right?  lol  It's raining, so I guess there's not much else to do anyway.  

Have a great week! 

Papertrey Ink Mum's the Word

I managed to make another card for the Papertrey Ink Celebrating the Past, Present, and Future challenges.  This card was inspired by the 2013 look back and a card made by Wanda.  I didn't have the stamps featured this time, but I used the colors of Wanda's card with a set I did have.  I added some vellum over my large panel to play on the vellum leaves of her card.  I have another panel I tried first and got a little too water happy, but I think I can use it with the vellum like this one.  It hides a bit.  :)

Hopefully you can see the inspiration.  

Now I have to go clean my desk AGAIN.  I'm the messiest crafter! 

Sketch Saturday with PTI

Papertrey Ink has a fun series going on right now.  Not only are they looking back at the history of the company, but they are hosting challenges as well.  Today they are looking back at 2014 and I was so inspired by the colors of so many of the cards, especially the one below that was made by Betsy Veldman.  I decided to use those along with the new sketch at Sketch Satruday to make a card.  :)

    
Isn't that die awesome?  I thought about my mom when I saw it, so I had to get it.  I am going to save this card for her birthday in April.  I think she will like it. It's so fun to find stamps and dies that remind you of people you make cards and projects for.

Stampin' Up! Barnyard Babies

Barnyard Babies is an adorable set from Stampn' Up! that I just loved when I saw it.  Now once I got it, I was clueless!  After reading Animal Farm this week, I was inspired to pull it out and try to make something.  My little animals are way cuter than some of them in the book.  :)  This wasn't a challenge card or anything like that, just playing around. It's nice to do that sometimes.

Now I'm off to rest.  I volunteered early this morning and it was a lot of lifting and moving boxes, so I'm worn out.  I did sneak in a nap this afternoon, so I should get a few episodes of my current Netflix show in.  Have you guys watched American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson?  I'm a true crime junkie, so I was excited when it was one of the new shows they added in February.  I don't know if I've mentioned it, but I acutally have a master's degree in forensic science.  I've always been interested in it, but I do wish I had went the criminilogy route instead of the science one.  I don't handle the sight of blood very well and get light-headed when I see it. That's probably a good thing to know before you pick a career.  Oops!

Have a great weekend!

Paper Craft Crew 231

I haven't played around with my distress inks and stencils for a bit, so this sketch from the Paper Craft Crew seemed perfect for that.  I don't know if it's too much brown, but I kinda like it.  Monochromatic cards can be fun sometimes.  The stencil and butterly are Tim Holtz stamps and the sentiment is from Neat & Tangled.  (On a side note, I used up my first reinker last month.  Early Espresso, of course.  It's my favorite Stampin' Up! color, so I need to get a new one! I love that color so much.)

Now I'm off to clean up my desk.  I made a huge mess making this one.  I changed my mind a million times on various things, so my desk is a pile of maybe, maybe nots.  :)   Have a great end to the week! 

Freshly Made Sketches 275

Happy Discounted Chocolate Day!  :)   I managed to get myself together this week to play along with my amazing ladies at Freshly Made Sketches.  Our Queen of Layers, Narelle, is the hostess this week.  Her card is awesome and layered, so be sure you go check it out.  :)   The rest of the team made some pretty amazing cards too.  I'm a bit in awe of their creativity this week!

Do you have some of those stamp sets that you got because it was cute, but then it was hard to use?  And you almost never used it?  Yeah, that was this set from Stampin' Up! called Crazy Mixed-Up Love for me. I challenged myself to use it this week and I did it!  Yay!  I managed to find a stamp and embossing folder that helped shed some light on things.  lol

Laila was so excited about Valentine's Day.  It's probably my second least favorite holiday, with Christmas being first, but I tried to make it fun for her today.  Jason worked, so I took Laila to dinner as my valentine.  She loved her little gifts and flowers, so it was a nice day for us both.  Jason got me roses and a fancy coffee grinder.  I love how yummy the coffee smells when it's freshly ground.  I hope your day was nice as well. 

CAS(E) this Sketch 208

Can you believe it is almost Valentine's Day?  It's not a holiday that I particularly like, but I wanted to make a couple of cute cards to send to friends.  I loved the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch, so I thought my little animals would work with it.  My friend loves squirrels, so I need to find a couple more stamps so that she doesn't get sick of seeing this one.  :)  It's from The Greeting Farm, while the sentiment is a Stampin' Up! one.

Isn't that a fun sketch?  I always love to see the new ones from this challenge.  They always get my brain thinking.  

We had some nice not-too-hot weather yesterday, so we headed down to the beach.  Laila had a blast! She was covered in sand and ruined her shoes, but she sure had fun doing it.  Yesterday was one of the few family outings that I can remember where nobody got mad and there were no meltdowns.  It was so wonderful.  

Mojo Monday 483

Trying to keep up the momentum again. I'm tired today, but I did finish this card for the new sketch at Mojo Monday.  I used more patterned paper than I do these days, but it's fun to revisit your old style sometimes, right?  :)  I think the cat has a good message too.

Layers, layers, layers!  :)  

What? You don't check your mail while wearing a chef's hat?  :)