Five for Friday

I cannot believe it is the end of July already!

This month has totally flown by...

1. Last Friday night, I took the kids to our local drive-in, where

we watched Avengers Age of Ultron.

2. It was a bit of a "Marvel weekend", because on Saturday, we drove to Winnipeg

to see Marvel Universe Live!, which was very entertaining,

We also did a little shopping and went to a Lego Builder event at one of the malls.

3. Last night, our church rented the pool in Manitou.

It was a little cool and quite windy, so only Jonah was brave enough to go in the pool.

4. Tonight, we get to go and pick up Sage from camp!

I can't wait to see my best girl and to hear all about her week!

5. I have a card to share for this week's 

Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Texture Kissing.

I had so much fun making my cow card yesterday, that I decided to add some texture

to a stamped cow from Papertrey Ink's On the Farm.

I diecut some white cardstock using the Tag Sale 7 dies and stamped the background

from on the farm.

I used the dots stamp from Simon Says Stamp's Congratulations stamp set

 to add some kissed texture to my cow.

I layered it all on some American Crafts patterned paper 

& stamped the sentiment from On The Farm.

I'm also linking this up to this week's 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #134

Today, I have a card to share that I made for

 CAS(E) This Sketch #134 designed by Chrissy Larson:

Since it's my husband's birthday today, I decided to use the sketch
to make his birthday card.
I also used PTI's On The Farm stamp set & dies,
since I vowed when I bought the set when it was released several years ago
that I would use it every year for his birthday card. ;)

I diecut the clouds and hills using some Pretty Pink Posh border dies.
I smoothed some dark chocolate ink onto some white cardstock
and then diecut the cows from it, so I got some cool markings on them.

I'm also linking this up to this week's 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see the rest of the DT's takes on the sketch 

and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, August 6th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Wplus9 Get Sketchy with Joni #2

Today, I have a card to share that I made for

Wplus9's Challenge: Get Sketchy with Joni #2:

Isn't this a fun sketch?

I decided to use my new Watercolored Anemones stamp set to create my card.

I stamped the anemones on a piece of white linen cardstock and cut it out by hand.

I also stamped some of the flowers on the panel background,

as well as on the corners of the raised panels on the front of the card.

The sentiment is from Wplus9's Fresh Cut Florals.

A few PTI rainstones finish it off.

I'm also linking this up to this week's 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking!

Shine layout

Today, I have a scrapbooking layout to share that I made

using some Webster's patterned paper & some Reverse Confetti  products.

This fabulous quote from the  God is Good stamp set makes me think of stars,

so I chose this fun piece of patterned paper that shows the constellations for my background.

I matted my photo and stamped my sentiment on some Bazzill Basics CS White cardstock.

I had fun stamping my sentiment in three colours to five an ombre effect:

PTI''s enchanted evening, Heidi Swapp's mint & PTI's aqua mist.

I diecut the three flags below the photo from enchated evening, 

aqua mist and the Bazzill CS White using one of the Stitched Flag Trio Confetti Cuts.

I'm also linking this up to this week's

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Sparkle & Shine.

Thanks for looking!

Cards for Sage for camp

Well, today, we're taking Sage to camp for the week.

I know I will survive five days without my best girl (as I did last year),

but I will definitely miss her a lot!

I made her some cards that she can read each night & they also include the blessing

that I say to my kids each night before they go to sleep.

On each one, I stamped the little fox from Mama Elephant's Three Amigos stamp set

as well as the "happy camper" from PTI's Summer Camp stamp set.

I used my MISTI to stamp the fox and sentiment in the same spot on each card

and then changed up the "scenery" to highlight different aspects of camp.

Here's Monday's card:

I stamped the trees and tent from Summer Camp.

For all of my cards, I pressed ink onto my acrylic block and 

applied it to my card with a paintbrush & water.

Tuesdays card highlights horseback riding.

The fence is a Pretty Pink Posh die and the horse is a PTI On the Farm die.

They have a lake with a beach at camp, so here, on Wednesday's card,

the little fox is hanging out on the beach.

The little jar is from a Studio Calico stamp set.

And Thursday's card includes a night time scene stamped with Summer Camp.

So, now I just need to count down the days until I can go and pick 

up my best, best girl.

Four days to go....

I can do this, right?

Thanks for looking!

Papertrey Ink July Blog Hop

It's the 25th of the month, which means that I'm playing along

with the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop, where this month's challenge is this photo:

It's such a gorgeous image!

I decided to use the colour scheme (vintage cream, autumn rose,

scarlet jewel, sweet blush & aqua mist), along with the Wee Folk stamp set

to make my card:

After stamping my butterflies and sentiment,

I stamped the leaf frames in Delicata Golden Glitz.

Thanks for looking!

Five for Friday

1. Last week, Austin asked me if I wanted to attend the Anime Convention

in Winnipeg on Saturday.

While I went to Comic Con last fall and had a great time,

anime isn't my thing.

But since it was important to Austin, I told him I could drive him & pick him up.

He asked a couple of friends to go with him, but that didn't work out, 

but he was confident that we would make some friends there.

I love his fearlessness!

So, we dropped him off in the morning & picked him up after supper.

He had a great time!

I could totally relate -- it reminded me of going to a crop or crafting event,

where I might not know anyone, but everyone has scrapbooking/stamping

in common, so you can visit with other people who "get it".

2. While he was at AI-Con, Jonah, Sage & I thought we'd spend the afternoon

at the waterslide park, but the weather wasn't cooperative,

so we went to check out the new Lego Store at Polo Park & to see Ant-Man

(which was really good!) 

So fun hanging out with my peeps!

3.  Austin started his new job as a dishwasher this past Sunday.

He worked a 4.5 hour shift and was so tired when he got home!

"There was so much work to do, Mom!"

Oh, I'm just loving this..... :)

4. And the rest of our week has been filled with swimming lessons

(it's Jonah's turn now), picking raspberries at my friend's house, 

running errands (thankfully there's usually someone willing to come along to 

keep me company), taekwondo twice a week, rewatching Doctor Who on Netflix 

& spending time with friends.

It's definitely a fun summer!

5. And, I've also had a little time to spend in my craft room and made

a card for this week's Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Watercolours with Diecut Stencils.

I decided to use one of my Life is Beautiful dies to create my stencil:

I used some aqua mist and Memento Lilac ink as watercolours over my stencil.

I also added a bit of splatter with the wet paintbrush.

I stamped my sentiment from Graceful Greetings over top & 

added some rainstones as a finishing touch.

I'm also linking this up to this week's 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Sparkle & Shine.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #133

Today, I have a card to share that I made for

 CAS(E) This Sketch #133 designed by Gayatri Murali:



Isn't it fun?
Here's my card:

Last week, I went to a friend's house to do a little stamping.

I brought along my City Scene stamp set and had fun stamping these buildings in grey.

Once I was home, I stamped my sentiment (from PTI's Wet Paint) in Versamark
and heat embossed them in red Zing! powder.
I'm thinking I maybe should have just stamped the "birthday" in black,
but what's done is done. ;)

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see the rest of the DT's takes on the sketch 

and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, July 30th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Garden Gild Card Kit cards -- Part 2

As I mentioned yesterday in this post, 

I spent some time on Sunday afternoon playing with the beautiful patterned papers 

that came with my PTI Mini-Market Kit: Garden Gild & made eight cards.

I shared four of the cards here and am sharing the remaining cards today.

Since the papers are so lovely, all I really had to do to most of them

was stamp a sentiment.

Very quick and easy!

For this one, I stamped the sentiments from the Garden Gild stamp set

and added some rainstones.

On this one, I stamped a sentiment from PTI's Think Big Favourites #3.

 

Here, I stamped the sentiment from SSS's Blessed stamp set.

And here, I stamped the same sentiment, but did a little masking to add in 

the Love that was already on the patterned paper.

Thanks for looking!

Garden Gild Card Kit cards -- Part 1

I can't believe how little time I've been able to spend in my craft area this summer!

Normally, I spend a lot more time stamping during July & August,

but this year, not so much....

I did spend some time on Sunday afternoon, however, 

and found the beautiful patterned papers that I got with my PTI Mini-Market

Kit: Garden Gild.

I decided to used these papers to make eight cards.

Since the papers are so lovely, all I really had to do to most of them

was stamp a sentiment.

Very quick and easy!

Here are four of the cards that I made:

For the lovely papers with the gold foil on them,

I made some wedding cards by stamping the sentiments from Garden Gild.

And then, I made two birthday cards....

I stamped the sentiment from SSS's Big Scripty Sentiments stamp set

(I just love it!) and added some rainstones to finish it off.

So quick and easy!

Thanks for looking!

Cool Birthday Wishes

Today, I have a fun card to share that I made using some Reverse Confetti goodies.

I diecut the scoop, topping and cone from some Heidi Swapp patterned papers using

the dies from Love & Ice Cream Confetti Cuts.

I created the banners using more Heidi Swapp patterned papers & one of the dies 

from the Stitched Flag Trio Confetti Cuts.

On these, I stamped the sentiment in Heidi Swapp's Teal & PTI's dark chocolate:

"cool" is from Let's Chill & the "birthday wishes" is from Sweet Thing.

 

  

Thanks for looking!

A couple of cards

Thanks so much to Bazzill Basics for sponsoring this post!

I was provided with product, but all opinions are my own.

I have a couple of cards to share today that I made recently

using the Bitty Bouquet stamp set from Papertrey Ink.

I also used the KIS Frames from PTI, as well as some Bazzill Basics 

Classics White cardstock and Card Shoppe: Juicy Pear Cardstock.

The sentiment is PTI's KIS: Birthday.

Here, I used some Bazzill Basics Monochromatic: Chiffon 

and Reverse Confetti's Lots to Say stamp set.

Thanks for looking!