Papertrey Ink's Throwback Thursday!

                         THROWBACK THURSDAY - 

                       Your Beautiful Birthday

It's time for the latest 'Throwback Thursday' feature over on the Papertrey Ink Blog, where we are highlighting the amazing Your Beautiful Birthday! 

This lovely customer appreciation freebie, from December 2018, is quite happy as a crisp, clean and graphic 3 3/4 x 5" birthday creation. There's lot of great white space and a subtle rainbow of color......allowing the beautiful hand lettered sentiments to take center stage! AND, as an added bonus, this design creates a lovely uni-sex birthday greeting (which I never seem to have enough of)!

The rainbow-sprinkled cake, in shades of Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores and Amethyst Allure, is accented with simple black accents and a pretty snippet of b/w stripe patterned paper from Bitty Big: True Black.

The cake layers are given a bit of dimension by stamping the tiny dotted image onto the 'layers', created with the Building Block die. In addition, the beautiful sentiments (and cake stand) are popped up with dimensional tape. The delicate little candles are highlighted with a bit of Stickles sparkles.

CAS(E) this Sketch #307

Happy Thursday and welcome to CAS(E) this Sketch #307! It's another lovely one from Donna Mikasa, that can be interpreted in so many ways. Be sure to take a peek at what the rest of the DT has come up with, as they are sure to inspire.
I have a happy occasion to create for, as a new member of the family, a baby girl, will be arriving next month! This decidedly feminine card starts with a pretty oval frame, some lovely gingham and floral patterns and a trio of petite, sparkle-y flowers.... all on a clean Fresh Snow Linen base. The beautiful, hand lettered sentiment/die is the finishing touch.
We hope that you'll love this sketch and will be inspired to play along. Can't wait to see your addition to the CTS #307 gallery!
P.S. - A warm welcome to GD, Lorraine!

The 12 Kits of Occasions - January 2019

Welcome to The 12 Kits of Occasions! Jeanne Jachna is our hostess for January 2019, and she has assembled an amazing 'Good Fortune' themed kit with a wonderful array of ninjas, kimono-ed girls, Chinese take-out, and more! Plus.....some beautiful patterned papers, lovely die cuts and perfectly coordinating sentiments! 
Surely the lovely projects from the talented 12 Kits Team will inspire a bit of ooh-ing, aaah-ing and CASE-ing, so please be sure to hop around to see ALL of the crafty inspiration! You can find a complete list of everything that's included in the kit by clicking here.
Thanks so much for joining us today for the 
January 2019 edition of The 12 Kits of Occasions!
P.S. - A warm welcome to our FOUR fabulous guest designers - Jeanne Tomshack, Kelly Schirmer, Kimberly Weiner and Richard Breaks AND our newest 12 Kits member, Kara!!

CAS(E) this Sketch #306

Happy Thursday and welcome to CTS #306! Here's a beautifully versatile sketch from Brian King, with loads of lovely potential. And be sure to take a peek and what the rest of the DT has come up with, as they're sure to inspire!!
The ombre-is pinks were my jumping off point, with gray accents, a few die cut letters and some petite sentiment stamps...... plus a sprinkle of sparkle as the finishing touch!
We hope that you'll love this sketch too and will be inspired to play along. Can't wait to see your addition to the CAS(E) this Sketch #306 gallery! 
P.S. - A warm welcome to our wonderful GD, Windy!!

Fusion Card Challenge - 'Penguin Love'

Thanks for joining us for the newest Fusion Card Challenge - 'Penguin Love'. The amazing inspiration photo is a wonderful starting point. But that sketch is pretty great too! So, which will you try??
The beautiful photo and the great sketch helped with this design. Lots of crisp white, some soft grays, a few pops of gold, a trio of tiny penguins and the perfect little sentiment help to finish off this CAS card!
The DT has provided some amazing inspiration, so be sure to hop on over and join the party!
When playing along you may use the sketch OR the photo as you jumping off point. OR, if you are feeling super duper clever, you can fuse 'em together!

We hope that you'll join in at the Fusion Card Challenge and will enjoy all of the loveliness from the DT and the always amazing gallery!

Barb Ghigliotty

Jeanne Jachna

Jen Mitchell

Karren Johnson
Linda Callahan
Lyndal Higgins 

Michelle Lupton
Wanda Cullen

PROCEDURES:

1. Play with just the sketch challenge.
2. Play with just the inspiration photo challenge.
3. Or you can create FUSION by combining BOTH challenges into one card.
4. Use the challenge graphic and link back to Fusion in your post.

Papertrey Ink's Throwback Thursday!

                         THROWBACK THURSDAY - 

                    Happy Hearts + Cover Plate: Hearts

It's time for the latest 'Throwback Thursday' feature over on the Papertrey Ink Blog, where we are highlighting the amazing Happy Hearts stamp set and the coordinating Cover Plate: Hearts die! 
This rainbow of color makes me so happy....... and a quick pass with the Cover Plate: Hearts die help to easily create this beautiful array of hues and patterns! These pretty hearts are not just for Valentine's Day, but for any occasion when you are wanting to send a heartfelt greeting!

The scallop stamp from Corner Adorner: December, stamped in Weathervane ink, creates an adorably wonky frame for my rainbow of hearts. The Cover Plate: Hearts die is cut down just a bit (4 1/4") to fit into the frame and on to this 5" square card.

The delicate sentiment (also in Weathervane) from the XO Skinny Mini Mini stamp set, is die cut using the petite banner from Tag Sale #10. 

Many thanks for joining me today. Please take a peek at the Papertrey Ink Blog, and at Lizzie's AMAZING creation, for more lovely inspiration using the Happy Hearts stamps and Cover Plate: Hearts die!

Papertrey Ink MIM #348 - 'Lotsa Letters'

Papertrey Ink Make it monday#348 

'lotsa letters'

A rainbow of letters and florals, and a good amount of beautiful white space, help to create this vibrant card. An embossed background and raised circular frame add a bit more interest.

Lotsa left over letters and many Let's Fiesta flowers too .......  so a few more colorful creations to follow! We hope that you'll be inspired to use your die cut letters to create something beautiful.

Can't wait to see your addition to the MIM #348 gallery!