Workshop Fun At Joan's Gardens

This is one of the projects made on Saturday at a workshop hosted by Joan Fricker (atjoansgardens.com) and her friend Selma (Selma lives in Washington state and was "with us" via Skype!) The flowers were created using "punch bunch" punches. The leaves were created using a sizzix die. Patterned paper is by Graphic 45.

We also made an explosion box; I'll upload a picture tomorrow that will show the box and the gorgeous surprise inside of it. :)

Friendship Quilt

Another card created for a PTI card swap on SCS. I used PTI cardstock for cardbase and layer. The quilt squares are punched using a 3/4 inch square punch from the PTI 6x6 patterned paper pack called Pink Patterns; it is layered on textured Bazzill pear cardstock. The cardbase layer and quilted panel are embossed with a PTI texture plate. Sentiment is from the PTI set In Bloom and the button is from my stash.

Scraplings, anyone?!

This is my first scrapling! I created for a PTI swap on SCS. My scrapling is 1 1/2 inches wide and 4 1/4 inches long. Stamp set used is the PTI Up, Up & Away and the coordinating dies. The blue/green panel was brayered using SU garden green and Brocade Blue inks. SU 1/8" pear pizzaz ribbon. Used a red glaze pen to color the balloons.

PTI Blog Hop

This is my first time to participate in the PTI Blog Hop. This month's hop is dedicated to scallops, any kind of scallops, along with a PTI stamped image/product. I used clear cardstock to create the stamped front of the card using PTI In Bloom and Butterfly Dreams. The scalloped doily circle is a MS doily. The small butterflies are punched from a MS butterfly punch. Gems are SU; inside cardstock is Bazzill Textured Pear and corners are punches with a MS corner punch. Ink used on the clear cardfront is stazon white; the sentiment is stamped using SU Basic Gray.

CAS Larger Than Life

This is a CAS card I created for a PTI card swap! The cardstock used is SU Whisper White; PTI stamps used are Larger Than Life, Basic Backgrounds: Woodgrain; and Handwritten Notes. I can't seem to stay away from butterflies lately, so used Martha butterfly punches as the embellishments on the card. This is a no layer card...only a cardbase! The LTL floral stem was inked with a Kaleidacolor inkpad called Autumn Leaves. I've had this inkpad for a long, long time and this is the first time used! The woodgrain was stamped using SU Sahara Sand ink. Sentiment was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black. Butterflies were punched from white cardstock then punched again from yellow vellum and layered on the white to give a little depth to the no layer card.

Black With A Splash

My Black with a Splash of color created for a color swap hosted by blusky on SCS. I found the gorgeous flowers at the "M" store on sale and couldn't resist them. They fit perfectly in my black with a splash schematics. I used an embossing folder from the Once Upon a Princess folder package.

Tilda with Sunflower

I've been particpating in some card kit swaps, one of which is a Magnolia card kit. This is the card I created using the kit I submitted to the swap. The image was colored with Prisma Colored Pencils and gamsol. The more mustard/cherry cobbler flower embellishment was handmade by altering a die cut flower from the Blossom Party Sizzix die and the SU Boho Blossom punch. A Kaiserkraft gem is adhered to the flower center. The ladybug in the corner is a button with the shank removed as is the center of the sunflower that Tilda is holding. The leaves were created using a circle punch. The double sided patterned paper is Harvest Row by Heidi Grace Designs.