first birthday train tracks

I made this card for a little boys first birthday.

Stamps: PTI Train Tracks

Dies: PTI Train Tracks and By the Numbers and Simple Circles and Up, Up and Away
Card Stock: PTI Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise, New Leaf
Patterned Paper: Splash by Echo Park
Ink: Memento Tuxedo black
Other: Copic Markers

SFYTT May Friendship Jar and Spring Fillers

Here's my entry for Jen's SFYTT for May. Nothing like waiting until the last minute.





Stamps: PTI's Friendship Jar and Friendship Jar Spring Fillers. PTI Tiny Tag for the sentiments.

Ink: Memento black.

Cardstock: Kraft from PTI and can't remember who made the other pink color.

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon: Modern Homemaker

Other: Copics, Spellbinders, PTI crystals in green

Baby Button Bits SFYTT March

It's time for the March Sketch For You To Try (SFYTT).


I needed a baby card for my nephew and his wife who are expecting their third child this month.


Here is the second card using the same stamps and same papers. I used Spring Rain cardstock on this one.


Stamps: PTI Baby Button Bits
Cardstock: Stampers Select White, Spring Rain, Pure Poppy, all PTI
Ink: Mememto Black
Pattern paper: Men of Life from PTI
Buttons: Pure Poppy from PTI
Bakers twine from PTI
Copic markers to color bear and letters

valentine tags 2011

I made these tags for Girlville in exchange for a pin cushion and she also sent me a pretty broach she crocheted. I'm so glad she asked me to do these tags for her. I enjoyed making them. It definitely got me to do something instead of just thinking about it.

PTI Day 7 Tag & Frame Challenge

Today is the Paptertrey Ink anniversary day 7. The challenge today is to make a tag using a frame. Here are two tags that I made this evening. I love the Beautiful Blooms patterned paper. It's really cheerful. The colors Hawaiian Shores and Pure Poppy together are so nice together.

I can't wait to see what else PTI is going to show us at midnight tonight and tomorrow night. Then Tuesday (at midnight) everything they are showing will go on sale. I don't think I am going to stay in budge this month.




Everything I used to make these tags is from Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Fillable Frames 3 and Fillable Frames 1 (sentiment)
Cardstock: PTI Hawaiian Shores
Felt: Hawaiian Shores, Pure Poppy
Ink: Pure Poppy and True Black
Ribbon: Pure Poppy and True Black and Bakers Twine (red and white)
Buttons: True Black
Dies:Tag Sale 1, Rickrack, Beautiful Blooms II #3, eyelet lace border
Patterned Paper: Beautiful Blooms

Papertrey Ink Button Challenge

Today, I'm participating in Papertrey Ink's 4th Anniversary party. Today's challenge calls for making something with buttons. I made these tags using Holiday Button Bits stamp set. They were so fun to make. I love making tags because PTI has tag dies that cut the tags to the proper size. And you can cut all kinds of patterned paper and felt and fabric, too, to match that size.


Cardstock: Kraft
Stamps: Holiday Button Bits, Paptertrey Ink and small snowflakes from a Martha Stewart set
Patterned paper: from my stash and I can't remember who made it
Ink: Fresh Snow, Papertrey Ink and Versa Magic brown
Buttons: Pine Feather, Pure Poppy
Ribbon, Pine Feather, Pure Poppy Papertrey Ink
Dies: Tag Sale 1 and Tag Sale 2, Papertrey Ink, rickrac die

PTI Make it Monday Go-To Sentiments

Papertrey Ink is having their fourth anniversary this year. Every anniversary they have special challenges and contest and giveaways. I am trying to participate in as many as I can this year.

My card today is for the Make It Monday event. This will be a new challenge that is posted every Monday. A video will be posted showing a technique or project. I always like video instructions. Make It Monday this week is using several of the same type of sentiments on your card. I chose to do a birthday card.

I used the "Framed" stamp set for the box-type look. Then used "Friends To The End" stamp set for the flowers. Then I used about 7 different stamp sets for the sentiments. I forgot to write them all down. I masked the box area and heat embossed the sentiments and then sponged with Momento Pear Tart ink. I am not crazy about my sponging on this card. But I wanted to post it anyway. It really looks better in person.