Papertrey Anniversary Continues- Day 2

Today was a day filled with card making for me.  I went home from work early yesterday because I have not been feeling very well, and today I stayed home all day to make cards rest.  I really did get some rest.  For me, it's very relaxing to sit and make cards.  It helps clear my mind and gets my creative juices flowing.  And what could be better than to have some GREAT free dowloadables  to help me be more creative?  Papertrey Ink has a sheet of free downloads HERE.  Just print a sheet or two (I always print once on white cardstock, and once on vanilla cardstock to give myself some options).  So, I have made a few cards and will be posting them individually so I can enter them in the current PTI contest.  And here's the first one:

Happy Birthday Card inspired by Lizzie Jones' candle graphic

Thanks for looking!
Shelly

Papertrey Ink Day 1 Second Entry

Here's my second entry for the first day of festivities going on at Papertrey Ink where they are celebrating 6 years of being a wonderful stamp company.  My card was inspired by a project Danielle Flanders made.

Danielle's Card

My Card

Thanks for looking!
Shelly

Papertrey Ink's 6th Anniversary-Day 1

Let the festivities begin!  Papertrey Ink is celebrating its 6th anniversary by hosting some fun contests and other activities.  Today's post on PTI is all about spotlighting the PTI Design Team.  These gals work wonders with the fabulous stamps and products PTI sells.  The Design Team members have each chosen 6 of their favorite projects made with PTI product.  Today's contest is to create a project inspired by one of the Design Team member's projects.  For my first entry, I chose a beauty made by Cristina Kowalczyk.  A gal at work just became a grandmother for the first time, so I felt a Welcome Baby card was appropriate.



Cristina's Card




My Card

Thanks for looking!
Shelly

Papertrey November Blog Hop Challenge

Papertrey Ink is hosting a blog hop where participants use their creativity to make a card using book cover art as inspiration.  I've seen a few of the projects already and they are just awesome!  Who would of thought book covers would be such a great inspiration?  Anyway, the first photo below is the inspiration cover I found and the second photo is my card.  The photo of my card does not do it justice.  The ornaments are cut from pearlized cardstock so they shimmer nicely.

Inspiration Book Cover

My Card

Thanks for looking!
Shelly

Minty Fresh Final Call

I decided one more should do it for the Minty Fresh Challenge at Moxie Fab World, and here it is.  This card also gather its inspiration from the lovely kitchen pictured below in the previous post.  I would die for this kitchen!  My creative space is almost the same color (a hint more blue) with white beadboard along the walls.



Thanks for looking! Shelly

Moxie Fab World Minty Fresh #2

As promised, here's another entry for the Moxie Fab World Minty Fresh challenge.  For this card, I looked at that lovely minty kitchen inspiration photo and saw the old-fashioned milkshake machine on the counter along with some of the other items from days past, then I found my inspiration.  I used some of the new My Mind's Eye pretty papers from The Sweetest Thing collection.  They coordinated so nicely with my Basic Grey stamp set.

Inspiration Photo: LOVE this kitchen!

Thanks for looking! Shelly

Moxie Fab World Minty Fresh Challenge

Phew...it sure has been a long time since I've been able to post on my blog.  I've been so busy with work, summer fun, and family that blogging took the high road for a bit.  But now fall is almost in the air and it's time to settle down and start doing some challenges again.

For this challenge, the Minty Fresh Challenge at Moxie Fab World, I made a couple cards that I will showcase in separate blog posts.  In this card, I used several prints of minty-hued pretty papers.  I replicated the circle from the lovely China plate along with floral print on the plate and from the pretty pattern pictured below the plate.

...and here's a few minty fresh inspiration photos:





Thanks for looking! Shelly

Moxie Fab World's Card Creations Week: The Postage Challenge

Here's a card I made that fits well in the Postage Challenge at Moxie Fab World.

Thanks for looking!
Shelly

Moxie Fab World's Doily and Lace Challenge for Card Creation Week

Moxie Fab World's Doily and Lace Challenge inspired me to make this summertime lemonade card.  I love how well the black, yellow and white go together.

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Shelly

More Gingham...

Here's yet another gingham card.  This one reminds me of Mary Engelbreit artwork.

Thanks for looking!

Shelly

More Cards for the Gingham Challenge

Here's the second card I made.  This one is not my favorite, but still turned out nice (I think, anyway).

Thanks for looking!
Shelly

Moxie Fab World's Card Creation Week: The Gingham Challenge

The Gingham Challenge over at Moxie Fab World seemed to stir up a little excitement for me, so I made a couple of cards.  I love how gingham and florals look together. Here's the first card I made using some summer fun strawberry print paper and yellow gingham.  I like how the yellow and red pop together.

Thanks for looking!
Shelly

Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger: Bright Bite

Hey Bloggers,
It's been quite a while since I've posted anything or gotten inky.  I've been very busy with work, family, school, blah, blah, blah, etc.!  Anyway, now it's time to get crafty and get reacquainted with all my cardmaking goodies...poor neglected things they are!  Here's a first of many more to come...Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World this week is all about BRIGHT, so that's where I took my inspiration from!

Tuesday Trigger inspiration

Party Just Because

Thanks for looking! Shelly

Papertrey Ink's 5th Anniversary Continues

This month PTI is celebrating its 5th anniversary, and the release this month looks to be pretty AWESOME! The challenge for today is to make a card using some sort of interactive feature, so I chose this card I made for my daughter who just got her driver's permit.  I made the car and peace signs from Shrinky Dinks and strung them together with jump rings.  The chain of items swings freely on the card and can be removed and put on a keychain.

Thanks for looking!
Shelly

Another Card for Papertrey Ink's 5th Anniversary

Here I go with more PTI inspiration!  I got some inspiration from Betsy Veldman back when she made the card noted below.  My version is Valentine's Day themed, but I wanted to try mixing sentiments to see what I could come up with.

Betsy's Card

My Version

Thanks for looking!
Shelly

Papertrey Ink's 5th Anniversary

It seems like it's been so long since I've posted on here and I do apologize.  Life just gets in the way sometimes and you have to make some sacrifices.  Now, on to PTI's 5th Anniversary...I love this time of year when PTI celebrates their anniversary.  There's always wonderful goodies that are given away and beautiful projects to inspire people with.  Speaking of inspiration, today's celebration activities include making a project inspired by one of the members of the PTI design team.  Design team members shared their top 5 products from PTI.  I really liked this project that Maile Bells made, so I adapted the design slightly for Valentine's Day.

Maile's Card and Top 5 PTI Products

My "Maile Inspired" Card

Thanks for looking!
Shelly

Awesome Giveaway...Check it out!

Hurry, quick...head on over to Melissa's site Creating from the Heart and check out the awesome end of the year giveaway she has.  Here's the link to the giveaway: Annual End of the Year/ Christmas Giveaway!!!   There's a Michael's gift card, Copic marker set, Copic airbrush set and a little Copic sketchpad.  WOW!



Copic Marker Set



$150 Michaels Gift Card



Thanks for looking!

Shelly

November Blog Hop at PTI

I decided at the last minute to take part in this month's blog hop over at Papertrey Ink.  Here's the inspiration photo along with a photo of my card.

Inspiration Photo

My Card

Thanks for looking!
Shelly

Moxie Fab World: Tuesday Trigger

Delightfully Random is the theme for this go around at Moxie Fab World's Tuesday Trigger.  The colors and patterns in the inspiration photo are the focus in my card.

Tuesday Trigger Photo

You are Fabulous Card

Thanks for looking!
Shelly

Card Play at Moxie Fab World

Hello fellow crafters.  Sorry I have been a bit busy lately and haven't posted anything new on my blog for a while.  I decided to take part in the Moxie Fab World: Card Play Challenge and make a card using one of the pieces (the "3" card) I received in a box of goodies from PaperCrafts Connection a couple months ago.  I added some diamond texture and a houndstooth frame to blend the black, red and cream colors.

...and here's my "card" card:

Thanks for looking!
Shelly