Create Along With Us: July 2017

Create a project utilizing inspiration you've seen during release week. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product.

I really love this card of Nichole's. 

I obviously do not have any mountain dies...

so, I improvised!

I used 2 of Dawns Edger dies, #3 and #4

I enjoyed inking the night sky. I loved it from last years Stamp-a-Faire.

My mountains came out alright. But it needs something else and can't figure out what...

Anyway, I need those mountains...

I used my Stamp-a-Faire gold gilding paint.

Worked like a charm...great tip!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

MAKE IT MONDAY #290: COMBINING STENCILING AND MASKING

Create a project utilizing your take on the challenge. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product and combine stenciling and masking.

Oh. My. Goodness!!!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Betsy's GORGEOUS card!!!!!

So...I nearly copied it verbatim!

I HAD to! Her's is so pretty.

I do not have Betsy's Herb Garden set, but I do have Beautiful Berries. But you already

know that 'cause I've used it on nearly every challenge since I got it.

I love it that much!

I am pretty good at improvising...

I used Mix & Mat: Pretty Brackets. The dashed frame gave me a way to cut out the inside

giving me a stencil. It is a wavy line mimicking Betsy's stencil.

It is obviously not as awesome as Betsy's stencil but it is a pretty good representation.

I should have inked my background a bit more...I was trying to not get too 

aggressive so it is a bit light.

I am in love!!! I LOVE this card and the technique was fun.

I hope my stencil hold up to make a few more cards...I definitely

want to make few more!

It's Betsy's fault I used Beautiful Berries, again!

Not mine...I'm innocent!!!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

MAKE IT MONDAY #289: BUILDING WREATHS WITH SMALL IMAGES

Create a project utilizing your take on the challenge. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product and a wreath built with small images

In my desire never to have a flat card, I created a monster for myself!

I spent WAY too much time with this card. I could not...let well enough alone...

WAY to much time!!! and...it got a bit wonkey...

 I used Rustic Wreath and several flowers...

But on the bright side...it's Thursday...the earliest I have posted a card all summer!!!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

JUNE 2017 BLOG HOP

Such a pretty picture. I love colored glass and these are such calm, soothing colors...kind of a tropical feel...

I don't have any jar stamps so when I need the "feel" of one...I fake it!

I just sponged Sweet Blush and Ocean tides ink on my panel.

I got Grans Garden last month but had yet to ink it up. I was DETERMINED to use

 it and am happy with the results. The buds mimicked the flowers pretty well for me.

I also cannot stop using Pen & Ink. I love the handwritten look...

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

MAKE IT MONDAY #288: PANTONE CHIP INSPIRED CARDS

Create a project utilizing your take on the challenge. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product and stamped "Pantone chip".

Lexi always has the such fun challenges! This one was no exception.

Very cool...I have never looked a Pantone Pinterest page...

I had Sweet Blush out for the Blog Hop and I had another BUSY week. My brother and nephew were in town, so no free time...so I just used the scraps from my Blog Hop card.

I apologize for the non-stop use of Beautiful Berries, but they are so...BEAUTIFUL!!!

So, I'm not really sorry...

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

MAKE IT MONDAY #287: BABY WIPE INKING

-Create a project utilizing your take on the challenge. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product and baby wipe inking.

So...another busy week. I had a graduation Party for Colin. We had 35 or so people here. Middle son Brandon made amazing smoked brisket and pulled pork...so good!

We all had a great time...good food...good friends and family!!!

So last minute card making...

Berry Sorbet and Sweet Blush ink.

I rolled my baby wipe like a cigar...

Makes pretty quick background paper!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

MAKE IT MONDAY #286: COORDINATING CARD PAIRS

Create a project utilizing your take on the challenge. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product and coordinating card pair.

So much for getting my MIM done earlier in the week!!!

Turned out to be a week of "things that come up".

I no longer have kids in school but summer still seems to be busy and lack routine!

And this summer we passed a bittersweet milestone.

My baby boy graduated from college!!!

OK!!! I KNOW in am biased, but...how stinkin' cute is this boy!

This is Colin! He is AWESOME! All of my boys are awesome. I am SO blessed!!!

 Will have another busy week. We are having a graduation party on Saturday...He will need Thank Yous, so that is the direction I went for the challenge.

Crimson and Blue, the Kansas Jayhawk's colors.

It is always a challenge to make masculine cards.

I think I did it here...we shall see if Colin agrees!

Bottle Tag die is my banner, Pen & Ink stamp and Seeing Stars dies.

I did have to use a Royal (KU) blue card stock from my stash.

The KU sticker was cut down as much as I could with a circle punch to fit in the largest star.

Hopefully Colin will like them!!!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan