Flourishes, stars, birds: oh my!

After feeling sick for a bit, I finally felt well enough and was able to breathe enough to be creative tonight! I made two new cards with the same layout but much different styles. This first one I had in mind as a congratulations, enoouragement or graduation card, using bolder colors.



The second is a bit mellower, with more of a vintage feel. The original idea of the card is inspired by Nichole Heady's card here . I was thinking about my friend when I made this and will send it to her to congratulate her as she enters a new chapter in her life.



Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

"Follow your own Star" (all product PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Star Prints, BB: Text Style, Fancy Flourishes
Ink: Smokey Shadow, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, True Black
Paper: Smokey Shadow, Select White, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise
Other: Pure poppy satin ribbon, sponge, dimensionals,

"New Beginnings"
Stamps: BB: Text Style, Birds of a Feather, Fancy Flourishes
Ink: Smokey Shadow, Plum Pudding, Cat's Eye chalk ink, Antique Linen Distress (Ranger)
Paper: Plum Pudding, Smokey Shadow, Vintage Cream
Other: Plum Pudding satin ribbon, sponge, dimensionals, paper piercer

Baby girl card

My friend, ALW requested a baby card based on my design seen here . I love the colors she chose, pinks and browns and really enjoyed making this. I used the PTI script set, Background Basics: Text Style, for the background as I thought it was fitting for her.



And a peek at the inside.

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

"Welcome Little One" (all supplies PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Everyday Classics, Background Basics: Text Style
Ink: Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Dark Chocolate, Antique Linen and Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Dark Chocolate, Sweet Blush and Hibiscus Burst
Other: Hibiscsu Burst satin ribbon, dimensionals, buttons (Foof-ala), twine, Threading Water scallop edge punch (Fiskars)

PTI May Blog Hop

Yellow is the theme of this month's blog hop! I wanted to try out another of Lauren's Timeless Templates and chose the Perfect Match box. I used lemon tart and soft stone cardstock and the beautiful Chloe's Closet papers by Making Memories, which match really well with the PTI colors. I lined the inside of the box with some cute blue polka dot paper from the same line.



Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

"Thank You" (all products PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Star Prints for sentiment
Paper: Lemon Tart, Soft Stone, Chloe's Closet (Making Memories)
Ink: Summer Sunrise
Other: Scor Tape, eyelets, Lemon Tart satin ribbon, Nestabilities tag, twine, Lauren Meader's My Timeless Template- Perfect Match Box

Two birthday cards for 4 year olds...

We had the pleasure of attending the birthday parties of two of my son's classmates this weekend. I really can't bring myself to buy a card anymore, so I set out to make some boy cards! For the first one, I used some Cosmo Cricket paper and a cute Martha Stewart car stamp.


The second one uses Crate Paper and a little robot by Stampendous (not exactly sure though!).

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

"Happy Birthday Sean" (all products PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Martha Stewart Transportation, Mother, and Fresh Alphabet
Ink: Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate and Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: New Leaf, Stamper's Select White and Cosmo Cricket
Other: decorative edge scissors, twine, dimensionals, sponge

"Happy Birthday Quinn" (all products PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Stampendous Robot, Mother, and Fresh Alphabet
Ink: Dark Chocolate and Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Pure Poppy, Stamper's Select White and Crate Paper
Other: decorative edge scissors, dimensionals, sponge and Copics

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge- Week 6

Another fun challenge from Dawn! These colors are beautiful together! I ended up making two cards with all my stuff already out.



My first card is a Congratulations card, could be used for graduation, job promotion, or to celebrate any of life's happy moments! I used PTI's 2009 Anniversary set to stamp the star background, as well as the little star cluster in dark chocolate from Out on a Limb. The sentiment comes from Dawn's own set, Scattered Showers.



The second one is an Anniversary card using Heart Prints as the background, stamped with aqua mist ink on aqua mist paper ( I notice now in the picture how much the ink is fading...)

Thanks for taking a look!
Melissa

"Congratulations"(all product PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Everday Classics, Out on a Limb, Scattered Showers
Ink: Berry Sorbet, Aqua Mist, Dark Chocolate, Versamark
Paper: Berry Sorbet, Dark Chocolate, Stampers' Select White, Aqua Mist
Other: Ribbon (American Crafts), star punch (?), Filigree Embossing Powder

"Happy Anniversary"
Stamps: Heart Prints
Ink: Aqua Mist and Dark Chocolate
Paper: Aqua Mist, Berry Sorbet, Dark Chocolate, Stamper's Select White
Other: Aqua Mist satin ribbon

Shower cards

When I first received the stamp set, Scattered Showers, I stamped a whole sheet with the same design. I only cut part of it and made a card. Today, I used up most of the rest of it for these two cards.


The first one is a baby shower card.



And the second for a bridal shower.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

"Happy Baby Shower" (all products PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Scattered Showers
Paper: Hibiscus Burst, Smoky Shadow, Stamper's Select White, Ocean Tides
Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Smoky Shadow, Ocean Tides, True Black
Other: Hibiscus Burst satin ribbon, dimensionals

"Happy Bridal Shower"
Stamps: Scattered Showers
Paper: Hibiscus Burst, Smoky Shadow, Stamper's Select White, Ocean Tides
Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Smoky Shadow, Ocean Tides, True Black
Other: Ocean Tides satin ribbon, dimensionals

Papertrey Princess Challenge

I joined a blogging group from the Papertrey Ink forum and we are taking turns hosting challenges. I missed the first one due to my trip, but now Michele has given us our latest challenge. You can see it here. For my card, I dusted off the set Father Knows Best for the tree and Out on a Limb Sentiments for the "thanks so much".

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

"Thanks so much" (all product PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Father Knows Best, Out on a Line Sentiments, Fine Houndstooth (CFH)
Paper: Stampers Select White, Smoky Shadow, Ripe Avocado
Ink: Smoky Shadow, Versamark, Ripe Avocado, True Black
Other: Ripe Avocado grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals, clear detail ep

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge- Week 5

Hi everyone! Here is my card for Dawn's challenge...just in the nick of time!

ETA: Or not...I missed the deadline...boo!

I used my "Life" set as well as Dawn's "Damask Designs" for the sentiment.



I also stamped the inside of the card.



Thanks for looking!
Melissa

"Thank you so much" (all products PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Life, Damask Designs
Ink: Smoky Shadow, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz
Paper: Stamper's Select, Raspberry Fizz, Hibiscus Burst, Smoky Shadow
Other: Hibiscus Burst satin ribbon, sponge

Wedding cards

I made these cards recently; one for my best friend and husband and the other for my cousin and his wife. The pink and black matched the wedding colors, as well as the polka dots emulating the dice as the wedding was in Vegas!



For the second one I was inspired by their wedding invitations, which were beautiful and created by the bride, who is a very talented artist! I wanted to use floral and a bluish-green color. (It's difficult to see in the picture, but I used the small and large heart with flowers inside) I also wanted to use the same heat embossing technique as the other wedding card and make it simple and classy.
I carried them all the way across the country with me, but forget to give them out, so they are headed into the mail tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

"Happily Ever After"(All product PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Heart Prints, Everday Classics (Anniversary set)
Ink: True Black, Hibiscus Burst, and Versamark
Paper: Hibiscus Burst, True Black, Stampers Select White
Other: Hibiscus Burst satin ribbon, dimensionals, Embossing powder, gems

"Love Always"
Stamps: Heart Prints
Ink: Versamark and True Black
Paper: Ocean Tides, True Black and Stampers Select White
Other: Ocean Tides satin ribbon, dimensionals, Embossing powder

Thank you

I am back from my trip, although it's taken me awhile to get into the swing of things! All of my stamping friends will be happy to know that I didn't "waste" any of my money on gambling...I'll save those pennies for new goodies! Here is a card I made using Melon Berry cardstock and ink from PTI.
Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

"Thank You" (All product PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Damask Designs, Polka Dot Basics
Ink: Melon Berry, Dark Chocolate, Versamark,and Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Melon Berry, Dark Chocolate, Stampers Select White
Other:Sponge, Dark Chocolate satin ribbon, dimensionals, Embossing powder