Crafty Peeps Card Kit

I have some cards to share for the latest Crafty Peeps Card Kit.

This month, the kits were prepared by Melissa Ladd Nash.

She included lots of fun die cuts and patterned papers!

I made three cards...

Melissa sent this beautifully stamped die cut -- isn't it gorgeous! 

I added the sentiment -- it's from PTI's KIS: Birthday.

This next card was made with items from the kit.

And for this last one, I die cut the patterned paper using my feather dies from the PTI Beautiful 

Brushstrokes kit.

The sentiment is from Mama Elephant's Wanderlust.

Melissa also had an extra kit made, so she sent it to Sage to play along

-- which was totally sweet of her!

Here are the cards that Sage made with the kit:

Didn't she do a great job?

She was a little stuck for inspiration, on the second card, so I suggested

she cut out the butterflies, but she came up with everything else. :)

And she asked: "Is this one of those challenges where we have to take 

a picture holding our cards?"

It isn't, but since she looked so cute in one of her new fall outfits....

Thanks for looking!

Pretty Pink Posh New Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the Pretty Pink Posh Blog Hop!
Today we're showcasing the fabulous new dies that Paulina has released.

You should have arrived here from my friend, Danielle Flander's blog.
If you're just joining the hop, I have the complete list further down in this post.
Trust me, you'll want to hop along and check out all of the fabulous projects.
And you'll also want to leave a comment on each blog,
because there are two $25 Pretty Pink Posh Gift Certificates up for grabs. 
Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop. 
Note: Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PDT on 10/12/2014. 
Winners will be announced on the Pretty Pink Posh blog.

For my blog hop project,
I decided to use dies from both new sets:
I used a Stitched Tag die & a Stitched Border 2 die.

I also used this week's
 CAS(E) This Sketch #96 by N@ Ali:

Here's my card:

I used some PTI aqua mist, classic kraft and stamper's select white card stock, 

as well as some Simple Stories Sweater Weather patterned paper.

I die cut the woodgrain patterned paper and the white card stock using the Stitched Border 2 die

and adhered them to some aqua mist card stock.

I die cut the tag from classic kraft using the new Stitched Tag die.

I added a couple of leaves die cut with some PTI dies and the Simple Stories

patterned paper, tied them with some Pretty Pink Posh twine 

& attached them to my tag using a Pretty Pink Posh Mini-Clothespin. 

The next stop on the hop is my friend, Amy Kolling.

Here's the complete list:

Pretty Pink Posh blog * Paige Evans * Nichol Magouirk * Kathy Racoosin * Joni Andaya

Maureen Merritt * Gayatri Murali * Danielle Flanders * Leigh Penner (that's me!)

Amy Kolling * Jeanne Jachna * Lisa Elton * Stacey Schafer * Laura Sterckx

Oh, and before you go, I also want to encourage you to 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, October 23rd to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Reverse Confetti Mini-Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the Reverse Confetti mini-release!

I'm so excited that Jen decided to have a mini-release this month!
The products she's releasing this month are super fun & so original

-- you definitely want to check them out.

Today's hop started over on the Reverse Confetti blog 

and you should have made it here from Kathy Martin's blog. 

It would be worth your while to start at the beginning of the hop, so you don’t miss a thing. 

We have tons of inspiration for you to see using the new Reverse Confetti stamp sets & dies!

For my project today, I created a project using the new

Roundabout stamp set, the Envie Wrap Confetti Cuts
and a fun new die that Jen created to make door hangers called Hanging Out.

I decide to use Oliver Owl to make a door hanger for Sage.

The front of this patterned paper from WRMK is a chalkboard look,

so I diecut an Envie Wrap from some aqua mist cardstock to adhere over top.

I paper-pieced Oliver Owl using the pattern from the other side.

Some Studio Calico letter stickers spell out "whoo's there?" -- thinking

that if the door was closed, this would be the response to the "knock, knock" on the door.

Here's a close up of Oliver:

And, when Sage isn't in the mood to entertain visitors,

she can flip the sign to reveal....

I stamped the "thx." from Roundabout.

The American Crafts letters are glittery and very fun -- perfect for Sage!

 

  

Now it’s time to hop on over to Amy Sheffer's blog. 

If you get lost along the way, you can find the hop order and list of all the
participating designers over on the Reverse Confetti blog.

And you'll want to leave a comment on each stop along the way increase
your chances of winning a $15 gift certificate to Reverse Confetti.

  Comments are open until tonight (October 8th) at 5pm CST, and the winner will be announced
on the Reverse Confetti Blog & the Facebook page tomorrow!

Want another chance to win? 

Head on over to Reverse Confetti's Facebook page and 

look for the graphic posted there.

Thanks for looking!

Reverse Confetti Mini-Release -- Day 1

Welcome to the Reverse Confetti mini-release!

I'm so excited that Jen decided to have a mini-release this month -- such a fun idea!
And the products she's releasing this month are super fun, too

-- you'll definitely want to check them out!

For today's post, I created projects using the new

Roundabout & Roundabout Additions stamp sets,
as well as the Envie Wrap Confetti Cuts.


Here's my first card & coordinating envelope:

This is such a fun new die & a fabulous stamp set with excellent fonts!

Here's my card:

I stamped some circles from the Roundabouts stamp set in different colours

on my background.

I stamped my birthday wishes sentiment (from Roundabouts Addittions) and

diecut it with the largest circles from Circles 'n Scallops Confetti Cuts  --

I love how Jen created these to coordinate perfectly together!

Then I tilted it the panel on my aqua mist background and adhered it with

dimensional adhesive and added a few Pretty Pink Posh blush sequins to finish it off.

Then, I decorated my envelope to match:

I stamped the circles again in the same colours.

I diecut the Envie Wrap from aqua mist cardstock and adhered it to my envelope.

I stamped my "just for you" sentiment (from Roundabouts) and

diecut it with the largest circles from Circles 'n Scallops Confetti Cuts 

before adhering it to the Envie Wrap.

And here's the back:

The "hb2u" sentiment is also from Roundabout Additions.

I also wanted to show you how I used the Envie Wrap

(along with the Roundabouts Additions stamp set) on some cards.

Here, I layered the aqua mist Envie Wrap diecut over some MME Chevron patterned paper.

A few buttons & twine finish it off.

Here I adhered it from the top of my card, like a tag and added a MME decorative brad.

The patterned paper I used here is Crate Paper.

On this card, I adhered the Envie Wrap at the bottom of my card, so

that the design of the Crate Paper background points to it.

And lastly, I made a band by diecutting the end of the Envie Wrap a second time

and adhering it to my card under the full Envie Wrap.

Again, I added some buttons & twine to finish it off.

 

   

Well, that's it for me today.

You'll want to visit all of the Reverse Confetti designers

and leave a comment on each one to increase your chances of winning 
a $15 gift certificate to Reverse Confetti.

  Comments are open until October 8th at 5pm CST, and the winner will be announced
on the Reverse Confetti Blog & the Facebook page on October 9th!

Want another chance to win? 

Head on over to Reverse Confetti's Facebook page and 

look for the graphic posted there.

Thanks for looking!

A Halloween Card

Today, I have another Halloween card to share.

When I stopped by at my LSS, I saw this patterned paper from Authentique

and was immediately inspired to use it with the black bird

from Reverse Confetti's Cast A Spell.

 

The front is the music notes/birds and the back is the yellow on yellow stripe,

which I thought made a fabulous moon (die cut using  Circles 'n Scallops Confetti Cuts).

I die cut the bird and broomstick using Cast A Spell Confetti Cuts.

I masked one of the sentiments from Cast A Spell with washi tape before stamping it on my moon.

 

 

Don't forget that Reverse Confetti is having a mini-release

this month, so you'll want to stop by tomorrow to see some of the new goodies.

Thanks for looking!

Fall decorating

I had the day off on Monday, so I did a little fall decorating....

I changed up my chalkboard on my piano and switched things around, adding

some pumpkins and gourds.

Sage was home from school, sick, so we worked on painting

some jars for this week's Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Mason Jar Stamping.

Sage painted the two smaller jars and I painted the big one.

Then, she lost interest, so I went down to my craft area to stamp

& heat emboss on them.

On the smallest one, I stamped the rings using a stamp from the

Monthly Moments: August set, which I heat embossed in seafoam white (cream).

I tied some PTI ribbon around the jar and put some diecut leaves inside of it.

On this one, I stamped with the back of the MM: August ring stamp and heat embossed in cream.

I diecut the leaves using PTI's Leaf Prints and attached them to the ribbon

with a Pretty Pink Posh Mini-Clothespin.

On this one, I used the same stamp as the previous jar, but this

time heat embossed in gold.

I diecut a Tag Sale #3 tag and added the diecut word from the Phrase Play #7 die.

Then I added more leaves, with another Pretty Pink Posh Mini-Clothespin

and some Pretty Pink Posh Ribbon around the rim.

Oh, before I go, I just wanted to say that I realize

that today is World Card Making Day, but unfortunately

I can't play along because I am at a taekwondo tournament all day today --

you'd think the organizers would check to see if anything else important

was happening on this date. Sheesh! ;)

However, I did want to share some happy news.....

Reverse Confetti is having a mini-release this month.

Check it out!

Thanks for looking!

Five for Friday

1. I cannot believe that it's already October! 

September totally flew by.... I'm back at work and subbing 

quite a lot, which is good.

Sunday School started up again and I have a new group of 

kids that I'm getting to know, which is fun.

And, I also signed up to volunteer with the Senior High group on Wednesday evenings. :)

2. Last weekend, Austin & I attended a taekwondo refereeing seminar in Winnipeg. 

Austin volunteered at the seminar, which was fun to see.

We managed to do a little shopping in the morning before the seminar and 

after the seminar, we met my mom for supper.

3. Austin talked me into buying tickets to go to Central Canada Comic Con (C4)

in Winnipeg on November 1st.

And to make it even more fun, we're going in costumes. :)

It's a Doctor Who theme (of course).

Austin is the 10th Doctor (David Tennant), Jonah is the 11th Doctor (Matt Smith), 

Sage is going to be Amy Pond (I found her a red wig at Value Village after having supper 

with my mom last weekend) and I'm going as the Tardis. 

(I still need to make my costume, but am hoping to get it done soon.)

Don't worry, I will post photos. ;)

4.  A couple of things I'm loving right now... these jeans (which I got 30% off & used 

a $10 coupon that I got for my birthday) & these runners (which I got for $10).

Both make me very happy.

5. I have a layout to post for this month's Pages With Papertrey, 

along with a new challenge, which is to create your own patterned paper.

I created my own patterned papers with stamps -- the orange one is a Hero Arts stamp

and the text is PTI's Text Style.

The title was die cut using PTI's Headline Alphabet dies.

I created my banner using PTI's double-ended banner die and heat embossed my 

sentiment (from PTI's Slide Frame) in white.

The pumpkins are from Reverse Confetti's Forever Fall stamp set.

If you create a layout for this challenge, please link it up 

here in the comments on my blog or here on the PTI forum

-- I'd love to see what you create!

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #95

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

 CAS(E) This Sketch #95 by Chrissy Larson:

Here's my card:

I used some Crate Paper Oh Darling patterned paper.

I ran some vintage cream card stock through my die cutting machine

with my Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Zigzag Border Die three times.

Then, I die cut the panel using my Mama Elephant Femme Frames die.

I stamped my sentiment using Papertrey Ink's Keep It Simple: Birthday stamp set.

I die cut the Crate Paper patterned paper & card stock with my PTI Life is Beautiful dies.

A few Pretty Pink Posh sequins (6mm Fresh Mint, 4mm Lemon Meringue, 

6mm Tangerine) finish it off.

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, October 9th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Reverse Confetti SFYTT #17

It's the first of the month, which means that 
I have a card to share for the Reverse Confetti Sketch for You to Try #17: 

October is looking like a busy month for our family...

We have a taekwondo tournament we're volunteering at (refereeing) on the 4th,

Jonah & I are going to see Walking with Dinosaurs on the 11th 

and the following weekend, my friend & I are going down to Minneapolis

to attend the Women of Faith conference (& do a little shopping in

Albertville & at the Mall of America.)

So, I decided to make her a card in anticipation of our trip, 

using the sketch.

Isn't it cute?

I started with some Crate Paper Notes & Things patterned paper

and paired it with a Maggie Holmes Styleboard frame.

Then, I cut a panel of rustic white card stock and stamped it using I Like You.

I stamped the leaves from Petals 'n Posies under the sentiment, as well 

as on the card stock background.

I inked up some card stock using my Tim Holtz blending tool and 

two shades of ink (hibiscus burst & raspberry fizz). 

I die cut it three times using a die from Petals 'n Posies Confetti Cuts

and stamped the centres in ocean tides.

 

Be sure to head on over to the Reverse Confetti blog to see

the other designers' takes on the sketch and to play along, if you'd like.

Thanks for looking!