Inspired Birthday Card

Howdy friends!  I'm popping in real quick like to share a birthday card I made for a 13 year old girl.  I originally had a different card made for her, but then decided that since this was her first TEEN year I needed something more appropriate - not too kid like, but still cute.  I am participating in Papertrey Ink's July 2011 Blog Hop and here is the inspiration picture.

Gorgeous I tell ya!  My interpretation for a teen birthday card:

I am totally loving this color combo!  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Jennifer

Supplies: (all supplies are Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted)

Cardstock (Vintage Cream),  (Kraft) - The Paper Studio

Patterned Paper - The Girls Paperie

Stamps (Cupcake Collection, Hello Friend)

Ink (Dark Chocolate, Spring Rain, Orange Zest)

Stickles (Orange) - Ranger

Twine - Hobby Lobby

Gel Pen (White) - Gelly Roll

Stamp-a-faire #8

Ok - I'm wiped - this is my final card for tonight.  I was able to do 7 challenges out of 9, which means I have 7 Christmas cards complete!!!!  Check out challenge #8 on the blog.  Here is my card:

Supplies:

(all supplies used are from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted)

Cardstock (Scarlet Jewel, Vintage Cream) (Kraft - The Paper Studio)

Stamps (Background Basics: Sheet Music, Signature Christmas, Mod Squad)

Ink (Scarlet Jewel), (Vintage Photo - Ranger)

Twine - Hobby Lobby

Glass Glitter - JoAnn's



Stamp-a-faire #9

Yes, I know - I went from #5 to #9 - but I HAD to do this card!  Using your stamps in a new way - why not a Mod Christmas??!!  Who says it needs to be traditional?  Check it:

Eek!  I'm so excited!  Super duper fast and super duper cute!

Supplies:
(all supplies used are Papertrey Ink unless noted otherwise)
Cardstock (Select White)
Stamps (Mod Squad, Friendship Jar Holiday Fillers)
Ink (Dark Chocolate, Orange Zest, Spring Rain, Berry Sorbet)

Stamp-a-faire #5

I can officially say that I've created my Christmas card goal of 5 per month!!  Now I'm only about 2 months behind.  Thanks to Papertrey Ink and the Stamp-a-faire challenges on Nichole's blog today, I'm quickly knocking out my cards! 

The challenge for #5 was to use a solid stamp and make a border.  I used a stamp from Vintage Ornaments to make icicles.  Cool, huh?

Ok - I'm off to try and get one or two more done before calling it a day!

Supplies:

Cardstock (Select White, Enchanted Evening) - Papertrey Ink

Ink (Fresh Snow) - Papertrey Ink

Stamps (Vintage Ornaments, Tiny Treats: Christmas) - Papertrey Ink,  (Simply Sweet Occasions)-My Pink Stamper

Gems - Tulip

Ribbon - Hobby Lobby

Embossing Folder (Divine Swirls) - Provocraft



Stamp-a-faire #4

Here is an unconventional color for a Christmas card.  The challenge was to use these colors - hmmmm...

This is the next card for my Christmas card stash:

 I wasn't sure that I was going to like this, but it turned out pretty well.

Supplies:

(all supplies are from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted)

Cardstock (Ripe Avocado) (Blue - Bazzill)

Ink (Enchanted Evening, Simply Chartruese, Ripe Avocado)

Stamps (Tiny Treats: Christmas)

Ribbon - Hobby Lobby



Stamp-a-faire #3

I'm on fire peeps!  This card took literally 10 minutes to complete.  Once I saw the challenge  I knew EXACTLY the kind of card I was going to make!!

Here it is:

Supplies:

(all supplies are Papertrey Ink unless noted otherwise)

Cardstock (Select White)

Die (Limitless Layers)

Stamps (Vintage Ornaments, Signature Christmas)

Ink (Dark Chocolate, Raspberry Fizz)

Twine (Carribean) - The Twinery

Gems - Tulip

Stamp-a-faire Card #2

Whew!  This card came together super fast and I L.O.V.E how it turned out!

Check it out:

Supplies:
(all supplies are from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted)
Cardstock (Select White, Smokey Shadow, Raspberry Fizz)
Ink (Smokey Shadow, Raspberry Fizz)
Stamps (Vintage Ornaments)
Ribbone (Gray) - Hobby Lobby

Virtual Stamp-a-faire

Howdy friends!  I'm 'attending' a the Papertrey Ink Stamp-a-faire today.  PTI is hosting a huge stamp party up in Ohio and being that I'm not near Ohio - I'm participating in their virtual faire.  They have some challenges on Nichole's blog that are lots of fun, so I'm going to try and get as many done as possible today.  This is going to be a perfect way to get more Christmas cards done - so I'm going to post them as they get finished.

Here is #1:

Whew  -  one down, several more to go!!

Supplies:

(all supplies are Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted)

Cardstock (New Leaf, Select White)

Ink (New Leaf, Smokey Shadow)

Stamps (Tiny Treats: Christmas, Signature Christmas, Background Basics: Sheet Music)

Twine - Hobby Lobby

Button - my stash

Howdy all - several cards to share today!!

Wow - where is the summer going?  One minute I'm lounging in the pool, the next minute we are running around doing fun stuff, and now I'm seeing school supplies out - WHAT??!  Believe it or not, I'm not ready for the kids to go back to school and I certainly don't think they are either!

So, I've been out of the swing of all things crafty for the past 3 weeks due to vacation and having family in town.  I finally made it up here and was stuck on what to work on.  I perused some of my usual haunting spots and found a couple of challenges to get my creative juices flowing.  So, without further ado - here is what I've been doing!! 

First up - Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge: Dry Brushing Technique

I decided to do another Christmas card as I'm way behind on my goal of doing 5 per month!  I'm about 15 cards behind now - well make that 14 now that this one is completed!

Next up - Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday: I Scream For Ice Cream!

Create a project using a cool treat - of course, you must use a Cricut cut on the project.  I needed to make a birthday card and this is what I came up with:

Thanks for coming by today!  Have a creative day!!

Jennifer

Supplies:
Merry Christmas card (all supplies from Papertrey Ink unless noted otherwise)
Cardstock (Vintage Cream, New Leaf, Spring Moss)
Ink (Spring Moss), (Chestnut - ColorBox), (Embossing Pad - Top Boss)
Embossing Powder (Clear - American Crafts)
Stamps (Vintage Ornaments)
Paint (Funky Vintage Lipstick - Making Memories)
Twine and Ribbon from my stash
Adhesive (ATG - Scotch)

Best Wishes Card
Cardstock (White, Blue, Pink - The Paper Studio)
Patterned Paper ( Mod Retro Stack - DCWV, Lost and Found - My Mind's Eye)
Vellum - The Paper Studio
Die Cut (From My Kitchen - Provocraft, Just the Ticket - Papertrey Ink)
Stamps (Just the Ticket, Cupcake Collection - Papertrey Ink)
Ink (Chestnut - ColorBox)
Stickles (Diamond - Ranger)
Gem - The Paper Studio
Adhesive (ATG - Scotch, Dimensional Foam Squares - The Paper Studio)