Papertrey Ink 5th Anniversay Contest ~ Day 2 Card 2

This Freebie image was designed by Maile Belles.  It is a cute image but I am not good at coloring.  I used  colored pencil's because I really stink at markers.  I like the card layout but I did a lousy job of stamping.  I re-inked my Raspberry Fizz ink pad, thank goodness the ink finally was available, but I got carried away!  I over inked it, so my stamp gets too wet and kinda "gloms" on the paper.  I made 4 cards for this challenge so I didn't have time to re-stamp these.  You get the idea, right?  A 4 1/4x5 1/2 white card stock base.  A 4x5 1/4 Raspberry Fizz panel is adhered to the card front.  A piece of marbled pink paper from my stash was used to cut Half & Half die and Double ended Banner die.  The colored image was punched out matted on a pink circle from Limitless Layers.  That was layered on top of a white Oval Limitless Layers cut.  The pretty Damask image at the bottom of the Half & Half is from the new Mat Stack 5 Collection stamp set.  I LOVE that little jewel.  I will be using it a lot.

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

Papertrey Ink 5th Anniversay Contest ~ Day 2 card 3

This 4 1/4x5 1/2 white card stock base card has a teal mat cut at 4x4 1/4.  Mega Mat Stack 4 was used to cut Spring Moss card stock.  PTI Spiral Notebook die was used to cut Scarlet Jewell card stock.  The image by Melissa Bickford.  The really cute Love Stamp image was layered on top of the page.  Button twine was wrapped around the top of the piece and the page was adhered with pop dots.  The sentiment, stamped in Scarlet jewel ink is from Fillable Frames #11.

A very simple card but the Freebie image is very cute.  Thanks Melissa!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

Papertrey Ink 5th Anniversay Contest

 
Hi!  I am back.  I really never intended to take a 2 month blog break.  I have been super busy.  You all know by now I sell all of the cards I make and donate the money for missions at my church.  The money I donate goes to Malawi and is used to dig Bore Hole wells.  Those cost about $8000 each,  Last year I donated $2200!  I was so happy and grateful to those who bought my cards.  Most of my customer come from the Leawood Kansas Curves.  They are AWESOME and generous ladies and I love everyone of them, even the ones that are Missouri tigers fans ;)

So my excuse is ~  I was VERY BUSY!  It takes a LOT of cards, pouches, notebooks to raise that much money, and since the first of the year, I have been making Valentines.  I will post those next, and I promise it won't be 2 months.

So, this post is for the 5th Anniversary contest at Papertrey Ink.  You pick a designer and use at least one of her 5 favorite PTI supplies.  I chose, drum roll here,  Dawn McVey ~ big surprise, huh?

Her list is HERE .  I used them all and I am delighted with the results!  I wasn't sure if I was going to like the bakers twine on the card, I thought I would have liked ribbon or seam binding better,  but I LOVE it!

Here it is:

The card base is 4 1/4x5 1/2 rustic cream card stock.  The Mega Mat Stack 4 was used to cut the cream card stock and the Rosie Posie dies.  Those were stamped with Raspberry Fizz ink on the 2 larger flowers and Hawaiian Shores was used to ink up the small one.  New Leaf ink was used on the leaves.  Chocolate Bakers Twine was wrapped around the Mega Mat Stack and a Raspberry Fizz button and a Cream Tiny Tag that was stamped in Raspberry Fizz ink, were threaded through the twine.  A 4x5 1/4 Raspberry Fizz mat was adhered to the card front and the Mat stack was added with pop dots.  *LOVE*  I really LOVE the card and the color combo.  I really love Dawn McVeys inspiration.

Thank you to my loyal followers for checking in on me and encouraging me to post.  It means a LOT!  LOVE to all of you!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

Bottle Tags ~ Post 1

I am going to split-up my post of my bottle tags to Seasonal first and Everyday the next time.  I call them bottle tags because they can be used for much more than wine.  Vinegar and oil are very popular right now.  We have 2 stores in Overland Park that specialize in just vinegar and oil!  These tags are primarily made with Papertrey Ink dies.  The tag being the main item.  The poinsettias are cut with a PTI die using wool felt and and PTI Wonderful Words Holiday.  The Star of David is an old Stampin Up stamp heat embossed and cut by hand.  The Just For You is from 2011 Holiday Tags.  The FABULOUS Snowflakes are Dawn McVeys Damask Snowflake Die Collection.  They are GORGEOUS!!!  I coat them with glitter and they sparkle and shine!  Lastly the Christmas Tree is from last year and is not the one from the set this year.  I like it better.  It is stamped with Tree Trimming Trio and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  LOVE IT! 

Lots of seam binding and heat embossed sentiments. 

I will show you the everyday ones next.

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

Thanksgiving Pouches

These pouches are based on an idea from Michele Wooderson at Mish Mash .  She sells the flat paper bags you need to make these adorable pouches, although she does not have any in stock right now.  You can find them elsewhere on the Internet.  The bags are 5x7 1/2.  They are folded and the edges zig zaged to form a second pouch.  There are lots of embellishments, ribbons and fun additions.  I use 2 pieces of Ghirardelli chocolate and a bag of cider or cocoa.  Sometimes I use a 4 1/4x5 1/2 folded card.  These have a 4x5 1/2 flat card.  I use hand dyed seam binding and purchased embellishments, when I can, to save time.  I sold 80+ of these for Thanksgiving.  I am working on ones for Christmas now.  I will post those soon.

Ask if you have questions, please.

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan 

Jayhawk Notebook

Sorry I have been MIA,  A trip back to NYC for my husband, decorating my house, selling TONS of thanksgiving pouches (I will post a picture, soon) and getting ready for Thanksgiving...... Whew! 

My sister Pat, *Hi Pat!* asked me to make a notebook with a Jayhawk theme.  Anyone who is a Jayhawk fan, and if you are not, what is wrong with you?, would love this!  I am pleased how it turned out.  The pennant is a cupcake pick.  I used my handy dandy Tim Holtz scissors and trimmed the pick part off and put two pop dots on the top and one on the bottom edge.  Cute, huh!  The basketball on the clothes pin is a button with the shank trimmed off.

So, posts will be sporadic throughout the holidays but I will post when I can.

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

Tag Sale Card

I really like this card!  I like it because I love PTI"s butterfly dies.  This 4 1/4x5 1/2 white cardstock base card has a panel of pale green cardstock cut at 4x5 3/8" and embossed with Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder.  The tag is PTI Tag Sale #3 die.  It was used to cut a Forest Green cardstock.  A medium, white, trimmed shipping tag was stamped with Tim Holtz French Connection stamp.  The large Signature Series PTI Butterfly die was used to cut purple cardstock and the pink one, to be honest, I am not sure where it came from.  Most likely a Cricut cartridge.  It was in my "cuts" drawer.  The butterflies were also stamped with the Tim Holtz stamp to give the some texture, then were layered and a Marquis shaped pearl was adhered to the body.  Organza ribbon was tied in a knot at the tag hole. 3 rhinestones were glued to a tiny clothespin.  Bling was placed on the shipping tag hole and a small rectangle of white cardstock was stamped with the sentiment.  The tag was adhered to the card front with pop dots.

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan